It’s unthinkable, right? Any politician who mused on such economic sacrilege would likely be kicked out of the party and rightly so, since the auto sector is responsible for the
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But that’s not what happens in Alberta.
, the Alberta NDP has spent most of its considerable election advertising budget attacking United Conservative Party Leader Danielle Smith for questions she posed and comments she made generating discussion as a popular radio talk show host and podcaster. In reality, the UCP could make some doozy commercials about NDP former cabinet ministers and current candidates, but haven’t, for some unexplained reason.
Van Tighem likens the oilsands to slavery and pipelines to an addiction. “That’s how slavery works; it makes bosses rich by stealing the energies of their slaves,” he wrote in his 2021 book on Alberta’s energy sector called: Wild Roses Are Worth It.