I've known Jason for 25 years. I don't like some of his politics and didn't particularly like working with him in YOW, but I would suggest that it is unwise to assume he is done or out of politics.
“What I know for sure will be that Albertans will not be part of that conversation.”
That's fairly rich, coming from a party leader for whom it is a novelty to have multiple people wanting to be the candidate in a riding.
What voice have Albertans had in NDP internal politics Ms. Notley? Oh right, no public allowed in the backrooms where your party decides internal matters.
Yes, Conservative internal politics are messy - that's because members are allowed to have divergent thoughts and even to disagree with each other.
I'm not nearly as impressed with ideologically pure parties who brook no dissent among their ranks - it smacks of either brainwashing or overt marketing (in other words, people disagree, but they're not ALLOWED to express it).
Either way, bragging about the fact that your people march in straight rows - while claiming to be the party who wants to "listen to Albertans" seems a tad disingenuous.
“Even in a place like Ontario, with a very Conservative premier, there was a steadier hand there and more consistency.” I'm sorry, but Doug Ford is anything but "very conservative". Sure, he's no NDPer or Liberal, but Rachel is going to have to back that up with some concrete examples.
I won’t talk Mr. Wells ear off, but this farmer won’t be taking “electric buses” to the field or anything else powered by electricity for that matter. It simply doesn’t exist. The horsepower requirements EVERY SECOND that a tractor is seeding or a combine is harvesting won’t be met by energy stored in batteries and a Honda generator at the side of the field.
Pundits and urban politicians have turned their climate action gunsights toward agriculture (especially those nasty earth killing livestock). Is Mr. Wells and Rachel Notley prepared to give primary ag producers a seat at the table, or will food production be wound down, like coal and oil and gas?
Rachel Notley, while a person of integrity and character, is still NDP. I remember listening to a cbc call in when she was in power. A parent called saying that because her government would hide if a student was in a gay straight alliance from parents he would never vote for her again. People fear the loss of choice and freedom for things like school choice and parental authority in Alberta. A lot of us also liked the degree of freedom we had during COVID unlike other provinces. So regardless of Rachel’s personal character or whatever yo-yo gets to be leader of the UCP a lot of us will vote UCP.
Call us stupid if you will, and you will, but that’s how democracy works!
Not an NDP fan as a rule, but Notley at least has some integrity and competency. She's a mom who swears she will turn the car around if the kids don't behave themselves.
The UCP are a sackfull of cats. Kinda like the fed Cons really....
I've done door-knocking with Rachel Notley and I knew her father, Grant. She is one very strong, capable woman, and certainly someone who will have learned from mistakes and the shortcomings a newbie government made as it woke up to find itself in power.
this was great. wish we had similarly probing and revealing interviews with other leaders instead of the sound bites and ridiculous 'debates' usually on offer.
While I respect Rachel Notley, it is no secret that she decimated the Alberta economy within a short 2 years! There is no way we should ever go back to that. I lived in Saskatchewan during an NDP rein of about 8 years and I will move before I live through that devastation again! Also, you should have asked her what she thinks about Mr. Singh saying it should be illegal for people to protest against him or yell at him for not doing his job! THAT IS SCARY STUFF!!
Rachel Notley is without doubt - by any objective measurement of ACTUAL preservation and enhancement of service to ALL Albertans (economically AND socially - in Health Care and Education and Infrastructure), the best leader this province has seen since Peter Lougheed (for whom I have both voted over the past 50 years).
If government is to remain our representative effort to do for all of us collectively what we cannot do for ourselves alone - as opposed to the ever more secretive, ever more authoritarian, ever more corrupt, short-sighted, incompetent, and in service to Foreign Corporate interests before all others that is Kenney and the UCP, then the return of the Ms Notley and the NDP cannot come soon enough.
"Even in a place like Ontario, with a very Conservative premier, there was a steadier hand there and more consistency.” Ummm, as someone who has just moved out of Ontario, I can tell Notely this was definitely not the case.
I've known Jason for 25 years. I don't like some of his politics and didn't particularly like working with him in YOW, but I would suggest that it is unwise to assume he is done or out of politics.
“What I know for sure will be that Albertans will not be part of that conversation.”
That's fairly rich, coming from a party leader for whom it is a novelty to have multiple people wanting to be the candidate in a riding.
What voice have Albertans had in NDP internal politics Ms. Notley? Oh right, no public allowed in the backrooms where your party decides internal matters.
Yes, Conservative internal politics are messy - that's because members are allowed to have divergent thoughts and even to disagree with each other.
I'm not nearly as impressed with ideologically pure parties who brook no dissent among their ranks - it smacks of either brainwashing or overt marketing (in other words, people disagree, but they're not ALLOWED to express it).
Either way, bragging about the fact that your people march in straight rows - while claiming to be the party who wants to "listen to Albertans" seems a tad disingenuous.
“Even in a place like Ontario, with a very Conservative premier, there was a steadier hand there and more consistency.” I'm sorry, but Doug Ford is anything but "very conservative". Sure, he's no NDPer or Liberal, but Rachel is going to have to back that up with some concrete examples.
I won’t talk Mr. Wells ear off, but this farmer won’t be taking “electric buses” to the field or anything else powered by electricity for that matter. It simply doesn’t exist. The horsepower requirements EVERY SECOND that a tractor is seeding or a combine is harvesting won’t be met by energy stored in batteries and a Honda generator at the side of the field.
Pundits and urban politicians have turned their climate action gunsights toward agriculture (especially those nasty earth killing livestock). Is Mr. Wells and Rachel Notley prepared to give primary ag producers a seat at the table, or will food production be wound down, like coal and oil and gas?
Rachel Notley, while a person of integrity and character, is still NDP. I remember listening to a cbc call in when she was in power. A parent called saying that because her government would hide if a student was in a gay straight alliance from parents he would never vote for her again. People fear the loss of choice and freedom for things like school choice and parental authority in Alberta. A lot of us also liked the degree of freedom we had during COVID unlike other provinces. So regardless of Rachel’s personal character or whatever yo-yo gets to be leader of the UCP a lot of us will vote UCP.
Call us stupid if you will, and you will, but that’s how democracy works!
Not an NDP fan as a rule, but Notley at least has some integrity and competency. She's a mom who swears she will turn the car around if the kids don't behave themselves.
The UCP are a sackfull of cats. Kinda like the fed Cons really....
I've done door-knocking with Rachel Notley and I knew her father, Grant. She is one very strong, capable woman, and certainly someone who will have learned from mistakes and the shortcomings a newbie government made as it woke up to find itself in power.
this was great. wish we had similarly probing and revealing interviews with other leaders instead of the sound bites and ridiculous 'debates' usually on offer.
While I respect Rachel Notley, it is no secret that she decimated the Alberta economy within a short 2 years! There is no way we should ever go back to that. I lived in Saskatchewan during an NDP rein of about 8 years and I will move before I live through that devastation again! Also, you should have asked her what she thinks about Mr. Singh saying it should be illegal for people to protest against him or yell at him for not doing his job! THAT IS SCARY STUFF!!
Rachel Notley is without doubt - by any objective measurement of ACTUAL preservation and enhancement of service to ALL Albertans (economically AND socially - in Health Care and Education and Infrastructure), the best leader this province has seen since Peter Lougheed (for whom I have both voted over the past 50 years).
If government is to remain our representative effort to do for all of us collectively what we cannot do for ourselves alone - as opposed to the ever more secretive, ever more authoritarian, ever more corrupt, short-sighted, incompetent, and in service to Foreign Corporate interests before all others that is Kenney and the UCP, then the return of the Ms Notley and the NDP cannot come soon enough.
"Even in a place like Ontario, with a very Conservative premier, there was a steadier hand there and more consistency.” Ummm, as someone who has just moved out of Ontario, I can tell Notely this was definitely not the case.
I'm not sure if she is a good fit for Alberta, but I think she'd really help bring some focus to the federal NDP.
Great Interview. Nice to hear an interview not slanted towards supporting the Liberals. As far as the NDP don't think I will ever vote for them.
Changing it up, nice. Generating some interesting comments, as well.