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Taft has a B.A. and Master%27s Degree in Community Development from the University of Alberta, and a PhD in Business from the University of Warwick in England. Prior to entering politics, Taft was a researcher and consultant for the provincial government. He was propelled into the public eye as the author of Shredding the Public Interest, a book published in 1997 which accused the Ralph Klein government of unnecessarily cutting funding for public services; Klein responded by accusing Taft of being a communist. The book spent 12 weeks on the Financial Post bestseller list, and was chosen as "Alberta Trade Title of the Year" by the Book Publisher's Association of Alberta. In 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri Taft co-authored a book with Calgarian journalistA journalist is a person who practices journalism that is, who creates reports as a profession for broadcast or publication in mass media such as newspapers, television, radio, magazines, documentary film, and the Internet. Origin and scope of the term In Gillian Steward, titled Clear Answers: The Economics and Politics of For-Profit Medicine.
In 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap, Taft entered politics and was elected to the legislature as a Liberal MLAMLA is a three letter acronym that can stand for a number of different things: Modern Language Association Master of Landscape Architecture Martial Law Administration of Bangladesh Member of the Legislative Assembly see also MPP) Myelosis Leucemica Acuta in the riding of EdmontonEdmonton a Canadian city, is the capital of the province of Alberta. History Edmonton was founded in 1795 when a Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post was established with the construction of Fort Edmonton. John Rowand, a fur trader for the North West Company-Riverview. Three years later in the spring of 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co Ken Nicol resigned as leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and Taft was elected as leader. Despite leading a party saddled with a $900,000 debt he helped his party more than double its seats in the 2004 Alberta general electionOn October 25, 2004, Premier Ralph Klein called a provincial election for November 22, 2004. The 26th Alberta general election was due to be called no later than March 2006. Held in conjunction with this election was the Alberta Senate nominee election, 2 to 17 from 7 before the election call.