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Michael Walters

Edmonton Journal

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Michael Walters: Alberta must reject U.S. racial politics When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, many people wanted to believe America had crossed some great racial threshold. A Black man had won the presidency of a country whose history included slavery, segregation and generations of organized white supremacy. Maybe America was finally becoming post-racial. It wasn’t.

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11.09.2026 10

Edmonton Journal

Michael Walters

Opinion: Time for a new national conversation about infrastructure Canada’s infrastructure is aging faster than it’s being maintained. The debate about how to address it is stuck. Not because the problem is unsolvable, but because we keep treating a systems failure as a funding debate.

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01.06.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

Michael Walters

Opinion: Next-level collaboration needed to fix Edmonton's social ills Edmonton is a city of generosity, grit, and practical action. We show up for each other when things get hard. But today, the forces pressing against our most vulnerable — relentless cold, the shortage of supportive housing and recovery spaces, untreated mental illness and addiction, fragmented systems, and rising public fear — are stronger than anything we’ve faced in decades. Our current pace, approach, and political culture are not equal to the scale of the problem.

24.12.2025 20

Edmonton Journal

Michael Walters

Michael Walters: Restoring safety is the first priority We asked Edmonton’s mayoral candidates to answer the question: “Why I should be mayor.”

19.09.2025 20

Edmonton Journal

Michael Walters