But this is not the end of the Republican Party of Alberta or the separatist movement or Smith’s tendency to kowtow to the more extreme elements of Alberta politics, writes
No. It’s all culture warriors in the Alberta Republicans right now. I don’t know if I’ve seen much about pipelines at all from them. They prefer dogwhistling - “stand up for our values”. Meanwhile, the oil industry basically owns the UCP and Danielle Smith, to the point where agriculture has kind of been pushed out.
That’s also why they lost. The oil industry is popular in Alberta, as is the idea of having our cake and eating it too, when it comes to the federation. The cultural conservative stereotype of is way off, though, even for the most part in rural areas.
No. It’s all culture warriors in the Alberta Republicans right now. I don’t know if I’ve seen much about pipelines at all from them. They prefer dogwhistling - “stand up for our values”. Meanwhile, the oil industry basically owns the UCP and Danielle Smith, to the point where agriculture has kind of been pushed out.
That’s also why they lost. The oil industry is popular in Alberta, as is the idea of having our cake and eating it too, when it comes to the federation. The cultural conservative stereotype of is way off, though, even for the most part in rural areas.
Canada is owned by oil companies. Trace oil prices to Canadians dollar value and you’d see pretty quick as to why.
Or if you have the attention span this is really informative, after all the gold bug stuff:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bOXgOLCm54A