Made in Alberta: The Ray Martin Story
Made in Alberta: The Ray Martin Story is John's first book, published in September of 2018. It was a non-fiction best-seller in Edmonton. You can learn more about the book here. You can buy the book here.
Political Writing
August 6, 2014: GUEST POST: WHEN YOU TALK TO ‘MIDDLE ALBERTA,’ NDP LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES, TALK ABOUT MONEY!
December 30, 2014:
GUEST POST: ALBERTA’S NDP CAN MAKE THE WILDROSE COLLAPSE WORK FOR THEM, BUT IT’LL BE HARD WORK
January 12, 2017:
GUEST POST: FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ALBERTA’S LATEST ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES COMMISSION
October 27, 2017:
GUEST POST: TALES FROM THE ANNALS OF INEVITABLE RIGHT-WING POLITICAL VICTORIES IN WESTERN CANADA
April 30, 2019:
GUEST POST: WHY ALBERTA’S NDP WILL BE LIVING DANGEROUSLY FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS
September 15, 2019
GUEST POST BY JOHN ASHTON: NEW APPROACHES ESSENTIAL TO COUNTER JASON KENNEY’S PLANNED WAR ON LABOUR
May 25, 2020:
GUEST POST BY JOHN ASHTON: DON’T LET INNER CITY WARD 7’S NEEDS BE FORGOTTEN IN EDMONTON’S NEW WARD MAP
July 28, 2020
BILL 32 AND ALBERTA'S UNIONS: WHAT'S NEXT
December 3, 2020
Is Jason Kenney’s popularity sinking? Maybe, but here's why it might not matter come election time
Sand & Gravel Industry Writing
July 28, 2017
Breaking the NIMBY cycle-more-load-breaking-the-nimby-cycle-5462/
December 4, 2019
One More Load: Dealing with detrimental delays
April 29, 2020