When push comes to shove, they will side with their profitable corporate backers who don't want to pay more for the right to extract our oil and gas.
Furthermore, the large, profitable energy corporations who bankroll the Liberal and Conservative parties don't want to diversify away from fossil fuels.
Only Brian Mason and Alberta's NDP can be trusted to look out for the needs of our economy, and our environment.
Alberta's bountiful energy resources have created a lot of wealth for our province. However, successive governments with ties to big oil companies and other polluters made bad use of those resources. They have given away resources for a song, denying revenue to Albertans that could have built schools, hospitals, and better roads. And they have allowed the Alberta economy to be solely focused on oil and gas, ignoring the need to diversify. They have left ordinary Alberta families at the mercy of a boom and bust economy.
Brian Mason and the NDP have a plan to reduce our dependency on polluting fossil fuels. By increasing the amount energy companies pay to extract resources, the NDP has a plan to create a $20 billion fund for the creation of a green energy economy, including:






Stelmach is scrambling in place. Politically speaking, he is running up a down escalator.