Tag Archives: Rachel Notley

Notley’s Royalty Review

Posted on February 1, 2016 by susanonthesoapbox

Rachel Notley is driving Brian Jean and Ric McIver crazy. Every time they think they’ve backed her into a corner on the energy file she comes out with a creative and pragmatic solution which has the industry’s backing. What’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment | Tagged , , , | 39 Comments

Notley’s Approach to Trans Mountain (boys, get with the program)

Posted on January 24, 2016 by susanonthesoapbox

“Projects like pipelines shouldn’t pit one province against another—they should stimulate conversations that recognize the economic needs and positions of all provinces.”—Alberta premier, Rachel Notley   It doesn’t matter what Rachel Notley does to support interprovincial pipelines it’s never enough—at … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, Politics and Government, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 18 Comments

Five Resolutions for Rachel Notley

Posted on January 3, 2016 by susanonthesoapbox

Ms Soapbox’s first round of New Year’s resolutions for a politician (Alison Redford) were ignored, but she’s a persistent soul and will try again. This time she’s prepared five resolutions for Premier Rachel Notley. Stay the course on your climate … Continue reading →

Posted in Alberta Health Care, Economy, Education, Energy & Natural Resources, Politics and Government, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 23 Comments

The Value of Money

Posted on December 13, 2015 by susanonthesoapbox

Dr David Dick is fascinated by money. Ms Soapbox isn’t…or wasn’t until she tried to understand why Albertans kept telling pollsters they’re okay with the NDP’s plans for greening the environment, funding education and healthcare and protecting paid farm workers … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Economy, Politics and Government, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 47 Comments

Bill 6: What are we really talking about?

Posted on December 7, 2015 by susanonthesoapbox

“Between what was explicitly stated, and what was intended, fear and miscommunication has filled the gap.” – Rachel Notley on Bill 6 Safety is paramount. Everyone says so. And yet all hell broke loose when the NDP government tried to … Continue reading →

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Notley Reads the Tea Leaves: The Climate Leadership Plan

Posted on November 29, 2015 by susanonthesoapbox

Last Sunday hell froze over, or so it seemed to many Albertans. Alberta’s NDP premier, Rachel Notley, unveiled her government’s Climate Leadership Plan. She was surrounded by representatives from NGOs and aboriginal groups as well as the CEOs of Suncor, … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, Politics and Government, Science | Tagged , , , , | 16 Comments

Refugees? Paris? Wait, what?

Posted on November 22, 2015 by susanonthesoapbox

What’s the difference between these two sentences? Sentence “A”: “You terrorist, you don’t belong here.” Sentence “B”: “You might be a terrorist, you don’t belong here.” Sentence “A” was uttered by two white males who attacked a 31 year old … Continue reading →

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Brian Jean Embarks on Post Truth Politics

Posted on November 15, 2015 by susanonthesoapbox

“Fact-checking was a great development in accountability journalism…[but] one-off fact-checking is no match for the repeated lie.”     Brian Jean, leader of the Wildrose opposition, published an article in the Calgary Herald last week. It was heavy on the repeated … Continue reading →

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POTUS Kills Keystone XL

Posted on November 8, 2015 by susanonthesoapbox

On Friday Barack Obama refused to issue a presidential permit allowing TCPL’s Keystone XL pipeline to cross the border between Canada and the United States. Obama rejected KXL because it wouldn’t meaningfully contribute to the economy, reduce gas prices or … Continue reading →

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Budget 2015: The Neutrino Problem

Posted on November 1, 2015 by susanonthesoapbox

Scientists solved the problem of the Ghost Particle in less time than it’s taken the Alberta government to come up with a creative approach to economic diversification. For 40 years Tory premiers talked a good line about diversification but with … Continue reading →

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