I'm going to admit to a sort of train-wreck fascination with what's been happening in the Alberta Green party for quite some time. So when "Mary Martin" posted on a recent blog that some things had recently been posted on the facebook page for the Greens in Alberta, I had to take a look.

In a culimination of a long series of posts here on Gauntlet.ca, we can now make it official.

When last I updated you on the situation with the Alberta Greens, their leader Joe Anglin claimed that the party was on the brink of deregistration by Elections Alberta because they had retained an accountant who determined that there was not sufficient information to provide Elections Alberta with the required financial reports.

There is an epidemic of identity crisis going through Alberta's opposition parties right now.

One of the things that excites me about blogging is that sometimes, you learn a lot from your comments section.Last week I posted on the troubles facing the Alberta Greens. That initiated a conversation in the comment section between a number of people closely involved in the matter. For those of you who don't want to read through the comments yourselves, here are the salient points:

On the Green Party situation, check here for an enlightening comment from leader Joe Anglin, explaining the Green Party's situation in more detail.  Kudos to Joe for being frank about it.  And thanks again for reading.

The official opposition of the wealthiest province of one of the wealthiest nations in the world cannot afford to hire someone to answer the phones.Daveberta reports that the last two employees of the Alberta Liberal Party have received layoff notices.

The LPC's Renewal Committee came out with a number of proposals that I think were right on target.  The right things to do, not just the easy things to do.  I commented before on how that result was bemusing to me, because I have long since given up caring what happens to the LPC.

There will be two electoral reform do-overs in BC this year. In May, the British Columbia government will re-do a referendum on adopting BC-STV, a more proportional and more democratic electoral method than the rest of the country uses. Last election, it was defeated, barely, with only 59% of the popular vote. (It needed 60%. Don't ask me why.)

People lament the lack of involvement in political parties in this Country.  But let's look at the way electoral exigencies have affected that national convention of the Liberal Party of Canada.First, because of a possible governing coalition, all of the individuals contesting the leadership of the LPC withdrew, and the deadline for nominations has long passed, meaning that there will be no decision made by the members of the LPC at its Vancouver convention on who will be the leader of the party.  There is only one candidate.  He will be acclaimed.