TRIBUTE TO LINK BYFIELD, 1951-2015

Link Byfield
– founder of the Citizen’s Centre for Freedom and Democracy, a lobby group dedicated to advocating responsible government,
– for 18 years, editor and publisher for the Alberta Report.

John Robson, PhD
– columnist and commentator with Sun Media,
– Invited Professor at the University of Ottawa.

Elsa Schieder, PhD
thinker extraordinaire
– a.k.a. Dr Zee, for good thinking from A to Z,
– creator of The Idea Emporium.

Alberta Budget Troubles and Western Prosperity:
Past Lessons and Future Hopes

Mark Milke
Author of Tax Me, I’m Canadian: A Taxpayer’s Guide to Your Money and How Politicians Spend It
– director of Alberta Policy Studies for the Fraser Institute,
– lecturer in political science at the University of Calgary.

TOPIC: Lessons from Alberta’s Budget Fumbles

Farmers vs Railroads. A Class Action Suit Fails.

Tom Jackson
He let his name be used in a class action suit. It’s been a hard battle.

TOPIC: The Battle – and the Current Legal Outcome

Brian Lilley
– host of Byline on Sun News,
– political journalist and Senior Correspondent for Sun Media’s National Bureau.

The Door to Conservatism.

Dave Reesor
Let’s Do It Ourselves:
– the foundational belief is that the vast majority of people possess common sense, but that it’s application has been stifled and discouraged.

A New Direction for Alberta

Marcel G. Latouche
President & CEO The Institute for Public Sector Accountability
plus lecturer of economics and public sector finance at SAIT Polytechnic.

Inoculating Our Children Against Political Correctness

Alexandra Belaire
– blogger – as Xanthippa
– champion of freedom of speech – like for Connie and Marc Fournier, who had Canada’s oldest Conservative forum.