The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[FreeNorth]

This article from The Guardian has more balance and context than the four points picked by the author of the SA article: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/30/no-long-term-future-in-tar-sands-alberta-rachel-notley

The so-called socialist parties in Canada tend to be pragmatic.

Two paragraphs from the Guardian article highlight the attitudes of the Provincial Premier and the Federal Prime Minister

“I want to change the direction, bend the curve and do it as effectively as we can while maintaining jobs that are important to Alberta. People deserve to see government both at the federal and provincial levels that are committed to very significantly changing the rate of greenhouse gas emissions coming out of both Alberta and Canada.”

Such pronouncements have put Notley at odds with Harper. The free market conservative, who is up for re-election on 19 October, has called Notley a “disaster”.