A NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY means different things to different people. To Stevie and the gang from Alberta, it means "give us what we want"; to others, it means optimum sustainability and concern for the environment.
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Licia Corbella, at The Calgary Herald has a very interesting take on this, "Corbella: Redford so wrong about national energy strategy":
Way back in November when Alison Redford became leader of the Progressive Conservative party and therefore premier, I opined that her idea of bringing in a national energy strategy was wrong-headed. First, it would dilute Alberta’s dominant voice on the issue to becoming just one in a chorus of many. Second, that by seeking consensus on an energy strategy when the circumstances in each province are so divergent, national unity could be damaged.
This past week has proven that I was right and Redford was wrong. And yet, saying I told you so gives me no pleasure.
In November, Redford said the national energy strategy was “about ensuring we can talk about the use of energy in an integrated fashion.” I’m not even sure she knows what that means. It’s the kind of empty rhetoric that sounds great in the halls of the United Nations, but means nothing in the real world.
This past week has proven that I was right and Redford was wrong. And yet, saying I told you so gives me no pleasure.
In November, Redford said the national energy strategy was “about ensuring we can talk about the use of energy in an integrated fashion.” I’m not even sure she knows what that means. It’s the kind of empty rhetoric that sounds great in the halls of the United Nations, but means nothing in the real world.
