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Discusses the unique public consultation that the government of Alberta is seeking from citizens in October of 1997 about the Calgary Declaration. Opposition to the program from Social Crediter Randy Thorsteinson; How the consultation will be handled; What it aims to discover; Thorsteinson's claims that the questions in the survey are ambiguous; Outlook for passage of the Calgary Declaration.

Focuses on controversy in Alberta over a gay history project conducted by the Red Deer and District Museum. The opposition to the project voiced by legislative assembly members Victor Doerksen and Stockwell Day; The reaction of the community; Comment from Wendy Martindale, museum director.

Looks at several financial scandals affecting the administration of Ralph Klein in Alberta in 1997. The Multi-Corp. affair; The theft of over $800,000 from the CKUA fund; Missing money from the fund of a Conservative constituency association, the St. Albert Tory association; Comments from the association's president Lesley Gronow; Criticism of Gronow's comments and behavior.

Discusses Alberta politics and government as of September 8, 1997. The suggestion by the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) that a sales tax might be a good replacement for the municipal property tax; The recommendation by Alberta's Tax Reform Commission and Growth Summit co-chairman Mike Percy that Alberta examine a sales tax.