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This is the talk page of the Parkland Institute.

Non-partisan claim seems dishonest

This institute is clearly partisan if you take a look at the names associated with it. Having Atwood as a keynote speaker is one thing, the first researcher cited (Kevin Taft) was literally head of the Alberta Liberal Party a decade ago and used his profile at Parkland as a launch pad. Numerous "reliable sources" show the founder Gordon Laxer is a far left activist and has made a career in left wing activism, such as labeling the "tarsands" destructive to Alberta at Green Party rallies, but promoting a provincial sales tax as if it would help our economy (which critics claim would be destroyed by his ideas being implemented). And the views and keynote speakers promoted are nearly all left-wing and the policies and people attacked are right-wing in everything I've seen. The institute has repeatedly been criticized for the last point by government, economists (who apparently don't get to be involved in political economy), and media that don't report the Parkland Institute's opinion as fact. It's disturbing how often these wrong labels of "bi=partisan" or "non-partisan" are found on these kinds of pages and in the media. Wikipedia users should be made aware of the biases of those who are accessing and influencing them. One of the so called reliable sources on this page is literally called "About the Parkland Institute" by... The Parkland Institute. I feel my bias is too strong to change the page, but one of these things could be noted in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.3.242.43 (talk) 20:16, 9 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]