“Participation

comes from Latin, pars capere,

which means to take,

or retake the part that belongs to you,

and in a democracy,

the part that belongs to us,

the people,

is the sovereignty.

We are, in theory,

legally the source of power and decision making.”

(ref)

If you are eager to participate, send me an email and include your postal code.

Too often, and for too long, people have deferred to others.

In the absence of scrutiny and renewal, government bureaucracies become bloated and dysfunctional, at best. Often they become ripe with corruption.

In Alberta, “participation” has begun.

In this short clip from the movie A Bug's Life (1998), Hopper, conveys to the grasshoppers what can happen to ruling elites when large numbers gather in support of a few brave individuals.

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(Email script compliments of Joe Maller.)

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