Keynote presentation by Satya Das, Principal at Cambridge Strategies, for the Alberta Party 2010 Policy Conference.

1. Rebooting Alberta
The Citizens’ Way!
Satya Brata Das
Alberta Party Policy Conference
Red Deer, 13 November 2010

2. RICH!
Alberta spends
$110 million a day
on its
3.8 million people

3. PRIVILEGED!
TD Bank:
Albertans
better off
than all North
Americans

4. and ANGRY . . . Why?

5. Few satisfied with Stelmach government. . .
10%
25%
17%
25%
21%
2%
I am very satisfied with the Stelmach government
Slightly agree
Agree
Completely agree
Disagree
Completely disagree
Slightly disagree
Albertan Values Mapping – Cambridge Strategies Oil Sands Survey 2010

6. … perhaps because half feel they have no
influence on the government
30%
28%
13%
6%
2%
21%
My opinions have no influence on the government
Slightly agree
Agree
Completely agree
Disagree
Completely disagree
Slightly disagree
Albertan Values Mapping – Cambridge Strategies Oil Sands Survey 2010

7. Half of Albertans feel they are not being
listened to by their provincial government
31%
30%
14%
3%
2%
20%
I am not being listened to by my provincial government
Slightly agree
Agree
Completely agree
Disagree
Completely disagree
Slightly disagree
Albertan Values Mapping – Cambridge Strategies Oil Sands Survey 2010

8. Strong distrust for established politicians
9%
4%
19%
45%
23%
Who do you trust the most to responsibly manage Alberta’s growth
Brian Mason (NDP Party)
David Swann (Liberal Party)
Ed Stelmach (PC Party)
None of the above
Danielle Smith (Wildrose Alliance)
Albertan Values Mapping – Cambridge Strategies Oil Sands Survey 2010

9. Fewer than 20% satisfied with Alberta MPs
16%
27%
23%
22%
11%
1%
I am satisfied with the way the Alberta-based Members of Parliament, from any
political party, are representing the interests of Albertans in Ottawa
Slightly agree
Agree
Completely agree
Disagree
Completely disagree
Slightly disagree
Albertan Values Mapping – Cambridge Strategies Oil Sands Survey 2010

10. Where did we go wrong?

11. It’s not just us!
Seven
behaviours
driving
discontent

12. Wealth without Work

13. Pleasure without Conscience

14. Knowledge without Character

15. Science without Humanity
Hiroshima,
August
1945,
survivors
of the first
use of
nuclear
weapons

16. Commerce without Morality
The market
needs
Rules and
Regulations!

17. Worship without Sacrifice

18. Politics without Principles

19. Gandhi’s 1925 diagnosis is true of our times!

20. Gandhi’s Remedy:
understand the suffering of others
give wing to the fallen
abandon ego and pride
serve the divinity within all

21. Do we brag we’re
“best in the world?”
Or aspire
to something
more worthy?

22. A new Alberta Aspiration:
Being the best for the world

23. The best Alberta is built on. . .
 Freedom from fear
 Freedom from want
 Living together in community
with dignity
 In harmony with one another,
 . . . And with the natural world

24. And it starts with you . . .

25. . . . when you speak truth to
Power

26. . . . with the courage of your convictions

27. So how do you know you’re right?

28. Because your values
speak to our values

29. The Values Map of Alberta

30. Policy driven by Albertan values
- Conjoint Surveys on Albertans Values
Understand Learn Design

31. Leadership Values in 2010
Albertan Values Mapping – Reboot Alberta Survey of Progressives 2010
Curiosity
Religion
Generosity
Hope
Creativity
Courage
Candour
Honesty
Integrity
Personal responsibility
Clarity
Learning
Empathy
Respect for diversity
Fiscal Responsibility
Accountability
Wisdom
Environmental Stewardship
Well being
Transparency
Equity
Complexity

32. $1 billion a month health care
Percent of respondents agreeing or strongly agreeing with the statement
Albertan Values Mapping – LPN Survey 2010

33. What we want from our health care
Albertan Values Mapping – LPN Survey 2010
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Skilled
Knowledgeable
Caring and compassionate
Thorough
Responsible
Ethical
Respectful
Dependable
Collaborative care
Responsive
Commitment
Patience
Confident
Supportive
Resourceful

34. Albertan oil sands stewardship:
the “social license” to operate
2
6
10
12
14
18
19
20
Development
Land use
Reclamation-
pace
Water
Greenhouse
Ecological
monitoring
Habitat
Reclamation-
type
Albertan Values Mapping – Oilsands Survey 2010

35. The democratic petro-state

36. Our take from the oil we own

37. Our Common Wealth

38.  We have $15 trillion worth of oil sands wealth.
 Let’s fund the transition
to sustainable
energy, starting with
greener hydrocarbon
production.
Rebooting Alberta:
Sustainable energy for the world
Rebooting Alberta:
Sustainable energy for the world

39. Rebooting Alberta:
Clean Energy for the World
 Greener oil sands; cleaner coal;
alternative energy; bio-energy and bio-
economy.
 The oil sands can make
Canada the world’s first
clean-energy superpower.

40. Rebooting Alberta:
Grow the Nano Economy
Rebooting Alberta:
Grow the Nano Economy
•Powerful application
in medicine and
biotechnology; energy
and environment;
computing and
telecommunications
•Rearrange the way
atoms act and
behave in any form

41. Investment-grade feasibility study by
Province: stand-alone high speed train line
needs fewer than two per cent of drivers to
switch to make it economically viable.
Province assembles the right-of-way;
private sector builds and operates to
government standards.
Multi-use right of way
can include buried high-voltage power
lines, fibre optics, oil and gas pipelines,
dedicated truck highway
Rebooting Alberta: High Speed RailRebooting Alberta: High Speed Rail

42. Carbohydrate economy to complement the
hydrocarbon economy using starches and
sugars in crops and forests
Rebooting Alberta:
The Bio Economy
Rebooting Alberta:
The Bio Economy
A zero-waste economy in which
every product and by-product is
processed to optimal value
•Agriculture and wood fibre make
insulation, textiles, building products,
industrial papers, composite materials
(even for auto parts), polymers, binders,
fragrances, food wraps
•Biomass to produce electricity;
synthesis gas; liquid and solid fuels.
Results?

43. Alberta leading in societal development
• wellness
• literacy
• connectivity
• community
• diversity
• inclusion
• sustainability
Rebooting Alberta:
Aspirations for our society
Rebooting Alberta:
Aspirations for our society

44. You can be the change
you want to see in the world!

45. “I am the master
of my fate:
I am the captain
of my soul”
Nelson Mandela by
Yousuf Karsh, four
months after release from
27 years of rigorous
imprisonment
INVICTUS

46. Leadership begins in the mirror!

47. All you need is. . .

48. Inspiration. . .
Emancipate
yourselves
from mental
slavery!
None but
ourselves can
free our
minds!

49. And Action!

50. GAME ON!