Is Alberta Collapsing?
WHERE ARE WE & HOW DID WE GET HERE? I have been writing and ranting for years about Alberta’s broken political culture and the corrosion and erosion of
Environment
Once COVID is Under Control, Climate Change is Next.
Mark Carney is the former Governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England. He is the British Reith Lecturer for 2020, in four lectures, he
Albertans Rate Kenney as Failing on All Key Issues.
Angus Reid has a new survey out with some interested Alberta data. It is an internet panel-poll of about 600 Albertans who are signed up with them and
Oil and Gas Clean Up Crisis in Context
The Alberta taxpayer has been saddled with the responsibility for cleaning up over 300.000 end-of-life and abandoned wells in Alberta. These are the legal obligations of conventional energy
Do Your Opinions Matter to Government?
Do you feel listened to? Are your phone calls, emails, and letters to the UCP government Ministers or your MLA getting a reasonably relevant response? Do you feel
ENERGY INVESTMENT RHETORIC VS REALITY!
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers forecasts a 14% in upstream oil and gas spending in 2021 IN CANADA. Let’s see how the Kenney government spins this. I will
How Serious Are You About Citizenship?
In Alberta, our “citizenship” is something we have been able to take for granted for a long time. HIstorically we have had little reason not to trust the
Justification for Oil Sands Environmental Cutback Suspicious
Break the glass on your Bullsh*t Detection equipment and turn up the dial on your Skepticism Amplifier. In the Canadian Federation we are used to the Federal and
INTEGRITY DOESN’T MATTER WHEN COLLUSION CAN WORK AGAINST IT!
Did the Kenney-controlled UCP government lie to us, mislead us, or disinform us…or undertake all of these deceits when environmental rules were suspended by the Alberta Energy Regulator
DO YOU TRUST THE KENNEY GOVERNMENT?
Major crisis situations usually give a boost to the approval ratings of politicians. Most notable is Ontario’s, Doug Ford. He has jumped a positive 40 points in approval
The Trouble With Bill 12
Bill 12 is a bad policy that prefers old-oil oligarch over landowners and taxpayers over end-of-life well respoinsibilities.
Teck Resources Backs Off the Frontier Project
Teck cancels Frontier Project because of investor uncertainty because, in part, of a lack of climate change framework in Canada and Alberta.