Tag: Alberta NDP

What can technology adoption theory tell us about United Conservative Party energy politics?

What can technology adoption theory tell us about United Conservative Party energy politics?

PC members appear to be Early to Late Majority Adopters, Wildrose are Laggards. Can they get along in the United Conservative Party? The Wildrose Party and PCs agreed Thursday to create a new political organization – the United Conservative Party (UCP) – they hope will bring down the Rachel Notley NDP in 2019. Energy and climate policies will […]

The political journey of Markham Hislop

The political journey of Markham Hislop

Thanks to Markham Hislop’s work on the Energy Transition, he was in favour of the NDP and Liberal climate/energy policies before Rachel Notley or Justin Trudeau (that’s a joke, folks) When I began my journalism career 30 years ago, reporters were encouraged to keep their politics under their hat. We were supposed to be politically neutral, […]

Fact checking Drew Barnes: Ain’t no sunshine in that man’s talking points

Fact checking Drew Barnes: Ain’t no sunshine in that man’s talking points

Nothing Drew Barnes said in Thursday’s Question Period is accurate, knowledgeable, or insightful Drew Barnes is the Wildrose energy critic, which is a pretty busy job given the size of the Alberta oil patch and the aggressive new energy and climate policies of the Rachel Notley NDP government. A reader sent me a Hansard link to […]