There is more heat than light in Kenney’s call for Alberta to ‘fight back’ GlobeDebate
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Four years ago, Jim Prentice was unable to unite the right or stop the vote-splitting between Progressive Conservatives and Wildrose. That’s how he ended up as the last in a long line of PC premiers, the final leader of a dynasty that had won every election since 1971. Mr. Kenney has spent the past three years welding the right back together. As a result, on Tuesday night, his United Conservative Party captured an overwhelming majority.Mr.
He even talked about cutting off oil shipments to B.C. “If the B.C. New Democrats continue to block our energy,” he told an audience late in the campaign, “we’ll happily give them a carbon-free Vancouver by 2020.” A referendum on equalization? Last we checked, that was in the Constitution, and it’s not something a province can unilaterally amend. Also, some of Albertans’ federal taxes are going to support citizens in several other provinces because the average Albertan is still somewhat wealthier than the average resident of those provinces. Yes, really.Cutting off oil to B.C.? Aside from being unconstitutional – see Section 92A – it’s self-defeating.
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