Index
2SLGBTQA+, 23, 149, 288, 348, 354. See also gay-straight alliances; same-sex marriage; sexual orientation
A
Alberta 2030: Building Skills for Jobs, 371, 377, 383
“Alberta Agenda”, 106–114, 117, 118, 120, 121. See also “firewall”
Alberta Association of Police Chiefs (AACP), 133
Alberta Court of Appeal, 202, 209
Alberta Education, 347, 356–357, 360, 410
Alberta Energy Regulator, 219, 289
Alberta Film and Television Tax Credit, 11, 303, 304, 307–308, 309–310
Alberta Health, 129–130, 325, 326–327, 332, 338–339, 345, 354, 360, 394, 409, 411, 436–437, 461, 463
Alberta Health Services (AHS), 248, 278, 323, 325–327, 329–330, 332–336, 338, 354, 360, 394, 397, 399, 402, 404, 409, 411, 436–437, 461, 446–447, 452–453, 456, 461, 463
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, 321
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, 261, 267, 278, 387
Alberta Labour Relations Board, 334, 367, 398, 399
Alberta Medical Association (AMA), 50, 322, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 337, 338, 395, 396–397, 409
Alberta Party, 22, 26–27, 29, 33, 35, 40, 65, 307
Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA), 12, 341–342, 344–347, 348, 349, 351–352, 355–356, 357, 358–359, 390, 394–395, 401, 406, 408, 410
Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund, 341, 346, 408
Alberta Union of Public Employees (AUPE), 327, 332, 390, 394, 398–399, 402, 408, 411
Allard, Tracy, 444
“Alohagate”, 75, 129, 425, 444–445
Angus Reid Institute, 63, 66, 71, 102, 336, 433, 464, 466, 476
Assembly of First Nations (AFN), 110
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, 292–293
Athabasca University, 297, 362–363, 380, 384, 405
auditor-general, 239. See also Wylie, Doug
B
Baber, Roman, 426
Barnes, Drew, 75, 125, 299, 448
Bassano, AB, 332
Battle River, AB, 282, 291, 296
Bell, Rick 79, 142–143, 225, 230, 318, 411–412
Biden, Joe 9, 54, 201, 223, 225, 230, 249
Big Lakes County, AB, 293
Bill 1 (An Act to Repeal the Carbon Tax), 189, 197, 198, 206, 219, 221
Bill 6 (Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act), 2, 289, 391
Bill 21, 2019 (The Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability Act), 324, 393, 394
Bill 21, 2020 (The termination of our Agreement, the Physician Funding Framework, Medical Staff Bylaws, limited access to community infrastructure stabilization supports during the pandemic, reducing and removing AMA’s administration of the MLR, etc.), 330–333
Bill 30 (The Health Statutes Amendments Act), 328–329, 330
Bill C-48 (Oil Tanker Moratorium Act), 107, 202, 219
Bill C-69 (An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts), 107, 115, 202, 212, 218–219, 229
bitumen, 105, 208, 215, 228–229, 234, 240, 247, 250, 261, 299, 406–407. See also oil; oil sands; petroleum
Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta’s Finances, 16, 323–326, 332, 338, 370, 383. See also MacKinnon Panel; MacKinnon report
blue Dodge Ram pick-up truck, 1, 7, 22, 169–185, 419, 473
Bow Island, AB 332
bozo eruptions, 23
Braid, Don, 96, 98, 100, 102–103, 208, 210, 237, 253, 396, 405–407, 409, 465
Bratt, Duane, ii–iv, vii–ix, xiii, 1, 8, 15–16, 22, 25, 55–56, 74, 76, 79, 100–102, 149, 166, 176, 189, 207–209, 217, 228, 246, 262, 296, 314, 316, 406, 469, 474–475, 477
British Columbia (BC), 8, 12, 29–30, 55, 67, 76, 105, 191, 193, 196, 200–202, 212, 217, 235, 243, 250, 271, 292, 308, 311, 328, 347, 358, 363–365, 367, 371–373, 388, 390, 426, 457, 462, 480
Brown, Janet, 3, 28, 62–66, 68–70, 76–78, 207, 358, 374–375, 383, 408–409
Brownsey, Keith, ii, 2, 16, 56, 76, 166, 207–208, 228, 406
Bruseker, Frank, 245
bureaucracy, 421. See also civil service; public service
by-election, 3, 68, 96, 212, 411
C
Calgary, AB, iv, xii–xiii, 2, 4, 9–10, 16, 21–22, 28–30, 32, 37, 39–40, 44, 50, 55–56, 60, 64, 74, 76–77, 79, 83, 96–97, 100, 102–103, 126–127, 130, 132–133, 135–136, 141–143, 163, 165–167, 170, 177, 181, 185, 207, 209–212, 225, 227–231, 236, 238, 241, 246, 248, 252–253, 281–282, 285, 291, 294, 296–298, 306, 308–311, 313, 316–318, 322, 331–333, 335, 338–339, 352, 357–360, 379–380, 387, 401, 406, 408–412, 443, 446, 450–451, 459, 463–466, 470, 472, 478–481
Calgary Board of Education (CBE), 359, 401, 408, 410
Calgary Economic Development, 306, 308, 311, 313, 352, 360
Calgary Herald, 37, 60, 83, 96, 100, 102–103, 141–142, 209–210, 228, 231, 236, 252–253, 298, 316–317, 357–360, 409–412, 465, 479
Calgary Police Service 127, 133, 141–142, 478
Calgary Sun, 60, 136, 142–143, 225, 230, 412
Calgary-Lougheed, 212
Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), 53–54
Canada Pension Plan (CPP), 93, 95, 107, 123
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), 107, 120, 123
Canadian Association of Journalists, 237
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, 194, 291, 298
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), 16, 26, 28, 32–34, 52, 55–57, 74, 76–79, 102, 116, 125–126, 134, 138, 141–142, 153, 164–167, 185, 208–210, 228–230, 248, 253, 255, 299, 316–318, 336, 338–339, 345, 357–360, 374–375, 383–384, 407–412, 431–433, 443, 464–466, 477, 480
Canadian Energy Centre, 9, 198, 222, 233–256, 298, 474. See also “war room”
Canadian Energy Pipelines Association (CEPA), 226, 231
Canadian Energy Regulator, 218
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, 212, 218
Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL), 192–193
Canadian Taxpayers Federation, 251, 418
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), 389, 402
carbon capture and storage, 204
carbon capture utilization storage strategy (CCUS), 204
carbon dioxide (CO2), 194, 204
carbon tax (Alberta), 8, 22, 25, 28, 30, 46, 49, 189–190, 192–193, 195–197, 198, 203, 206, 209, 219, 221, 262, 271, 291, 314, 474. See also Specified Gas Emitters Regulations (SGER); Technology Innovation Emissions Reduction (TIER)
carbon tax (British Columbia), 271
carbon tax (federal), 8, 30, 46, 107, 196, 197, 198, 202, 203, 205, 206, 235, 246
Carmangay, AB, 293
Cattaneo, Claudia, 236
Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH), 331, 437, 443–444, 448, 450–451,454, 457. See also Hinshaw, Deena
child care, 25, 27, 150, 155, 156, 157, 161–162, 437. See also day care; Early Childhood Services
Clark, Brad, viii, 9, 67, 79, 106, 149, 164, 198, 222, 233, 296, 299, 312, 316, 472, 477
climate change, 25, 44, 46, 95, 178, 189–193, 195, 197, 199, 203, 205, 207, 209, 214, 228, 236, 244, 246, 249, 251, 254, 295, 299, 407. See also environment; global warming
Climate Change Advisory Panel, 192
Climate Leadership Plan (CLP), 2, 8, 20, 25, 28, 46, 189, 190, 192, 198, 203, 206, 207–208, 216, 474
coal, 8, 10, 25, 46, 53, 170, 180–181, 183, 185, 191–195, 197–198, 203, 205–206, 217, 241, 254, 289–290, 292, 295, 298, 299
Coastal GasLink, 292
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA), 55, 329, 335, 339
Conference Board of Canada, 164, 296, 360
Conservative Party of Canada (CPC), 106, 115, 150–151, 250, 251, 453, 475
Constitution Act, 115–116, 200, 342–343, 356
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), 322, 387, 405
corporate tax, 25, 27, 221, 226, 248, 251, 255, 262, 303, 312, 393
COVID-19, ix, xi–xii, 1–3, 5–6, 10, 12–15, 53, 74–75, 83–84, 95–97, 102, 122, 128–131, 140–141, 156, 161–162, 166, 170, 180–181, 200, 211, 215, 222, 226–227, 229, 259, 263–265, 273, 278, 299, 324, 327–329, 331, 333, 341, 345, 347, 349–351, 353–354, 356, 359–360, 362, 376–377, 380, 383, 392, 395–396, 398, 400, 415, 418–420, 423–424, 427, 430–433, 435, 437, 440–441, 447, 449, 457, 463–466, 470, 473. See also lockdown; masking; pandemic; vaccination; vaccine; vaccine mandate
crime, 6, 44, 133–134, 136, 142, 151, 289, 404
crude, 9, 203, 213, 216–217, 220, 223, 228–229, 244, 246, 249. See also bitumen; oil; petroleum
cultural industries, viii, xi, 11, 301–318, 474
curriculum, 12, 93–95, 284, 288, 297, 342–346, 348–349, 351–352, 355–360, 395, 401, 408, 474
D
day care, 27. See also child care; Early Childhood Services (ECS)
debt, xii, 25, 28, 92–93, 95, 278, 323
Decillia, Brooks, vii, 3, 5, 22, 59, 65, 76–77, 79, 121, 445, 469, 477
deficit, 9, 28, 49, 94, 261–263, 267, 270–271, 323, 355, 388, 427, 431
doctors, 12, 52, 293, 295, 321–323, 327–328, 330–333, 335, 337–338, 385, 389, 392, 394–398, 408–409, 435–436, 455, 464. See also physicians
Drayton Valley-Devon, 23, 40, 149
E
Early Childhood Services (ECS), 342
economic diversification, 11, 302, 316–317, 368, 387–388
Edmonton, AB, 7, 10, 28–34, 40, 44, 50, 57, 78, 102–103, 117, 125–127, 130, 132, 138, 140–144, 164–165, 183–185, 209, 219, 227, 229, 239–240, 253–255, 264, 278, 281–282, 285, 288, 294, 296–299, 311, 316–318, 332, 338, 357–360, 375, 379, 383–384, 390, 405–411, 427, 432, 443, 446, 464, 472, 480
Edmonton Journal, 31, 33, 102–103, 143, 183, 209, 240, 253, 255, 278, 299, 316, 318, 357–360, 406, 408–409, 432, 464, 480
Edmonton Police Service, 7, 127, 144
Edmonton Sun, 117, 126, 239, 254, 405, 407
Elections: Alberta 2015, 2, 5, 15, 21, 27, 29, 36, 42, 48, 53, 54, 65, 70, 84, 86–91, 158, 170, 189, 192, 196, 261, 344, 386, 469, 470; Alberta 2019, 17–79, 84, 86–91, 95, 115, 119, 127, 140, 146, 148, 149, 153, 155, 157, 158, 162, 170, 179, 181, 189, 196, 197, 200, 206, 211–227, 234, 262, 306–307, 322, 323, 345,368, 385, 391, 396, 415,473; federal 2015, 6, 43, 46, 60, 67, 201, 217, 218; federal 2019, 46, 53, 60, 71, 106, 109, 110, 123, 198, 201, 422; federal 2021, 67, 74, 202, 402, 422, 452, 453, 454; spending, 48
electoral reform, 27
Elliott, Christine, 417
Ellis, Faron, 23
emissions, 8, 25, 44, 46, 189, 191–195, 197–198, 201–209, 216–217, 239, 243–247, 250, 254–255, 293. See also carbon dioxide (CO2); greenhouse gases (GHG); methane
employment, 101, 107, 112, 161, 166, 197, 243, 245, 263, 277, 298, 302–303, 311–312, 315, 325, 368, 373, 376, 382, 390, 392–393, 408, 472. See also jobs
Enbridge, 216, 226, 230, 245, 247. See also Line 5; Northern Gateway
Energy East, 8, 31, 216, 219, 221
Enoch First Nation, 292
environment, 85, 89, 91, 93–95, 107, 172, 179, 192, 195, 200–202, 205, 207, 209, 215, 217–218, 228, 236, 238, 241, 244–245, 249–250, 254–255, 260, 299, 352, 378, 386, 415, 426, 430, 437, 474
environmental non-governmental organization (ENGO), 8, 9, 10, 194, 196, 199
environmentalism, 173, 176, 180, 189, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 232, 234, 235, 239, 241, 245, 250, 289, 290, 390
Epp, Roger, viii, 10, 173, 180, 281, 297, 408, 477
equalization, 6, 25, 30–31, 53, 92, 95, 106, 108, 113–119, 121–123, 126, 174–175, 184, 196, 200–201, 211, 220, 400, 422
Ermineskin First Nation, 292
F
Facebook, 4, 36, 40, 42, 46–48, 50–51, 116, 210, 242, 357, 437, 461, 466
Fair Deal Panel, 6, 53, 105–126, 135, 143, 201, 209, 301, 316, 472
federal equalization program, 6, 25, 30, 196
federal government, 2, 8, 20, 25, 26, 30, 54, 90, 95, 101, 107–108, 110, 113–115, 117, 120, 122, 125, 133, 135–136, 151, 161–162, 164, 175, 189, 190, 197, 198, 200, 202, 204–205, 206, 210, 216, 223, 224, 225, 276, 284, 291–292, 296, 304, 308, 343, 385, 419, 420, 422, 448–449, 458, 462, 472, 474
film production, 11, 240–241, 254, 302–318, 474, 478
firearms, 107, 112, 120. See also gun control
“firewall”, 6, 95, 106–108, 114, 117, 120–121, 123–124, 135, 143
First Nations, 110, 136–137, 143, 236, 241, 243, 248–249, 283–284, 290, 292–293, 295, 297–298, 341–343, 346, 348, 352, 354. See also Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation; Cree; Dene; Enoch First Nation; Ermineskin First Nation; Fort McKay First Nation; Indigenous Peoples; Mikisew Cree First Nation; Piikani First Nation; residential schools; Stoney Nakoda First Nation; Wet’suwet’en First Nation; Whitefish First Nation
fiscal policy, 260–262, 269, 277, 474
fiscal stabilization, 25, 108, 113, 115, 119, 122
Flagstaff County, AB, 282
Ford, Doug, ix, xi, 14, 23, 26, 40, 183, 197, 212, 251, 256, 378, 384, 415, 417–433, 464, 476
Ford, Rob, 418
Ford, Michael, 418
foreign service location (FSL), 304, 309, 310
Fort Chipewyan, 293
Fort McKay First Nation, 292
Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche, 3, 68
fossil fuels, 1, 355. See also coal; crude; natural gas; oil; petroleum
Freedom Conservative Party (FCP), 22, 29, 35, 38, 44
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP), 238
fundraising, 3–4, 48, 50, 98, 103
G
gay-straight alliances, 20, 39, 288, 341, 352, 360
gender, viii, xi, 7, 28, 145–148, 150–157, 162–164, 166–167, 169, 182, 343, 354, 367, 382, 388, 479–480
Gibbins, Roger, 38, 53, 55, 57
global warming, 101, 194. See also climate change
Goods and Services Tax (GST), 31, 206, 270
government expenditure, 273, 361, 370
Grand Prairie Regional College, 374
Granic Allen, Tanya, 417
Granum, AB, 282
greenhouse gases, 194, 247. See also carbon dioxide (CO2); emissions; methane
H
harmonized sales tax (HST), 27
Harper, Stephen, 6, 46, 107, 122, 135, 151, 183, 194, 207, 212, 216, 224, 251, 389, 392, 406, 431, 469, 475
Harrigan, David, 334
Harris, Mike, 229, 369, 373, 381, 417–418, 421
health care, ix, xi, 11–12, 14, 20, 31, 46, 52–53, 75, 92, 95–96, 150, 155, 173, 192, 260, 263, 271, 273, 286, 288, 319, 321–329, 331–333, 336–337, 345, 370, 385–386, 388, 389, 391–392, 395–398, 400, 402–404, 411, 435, 438–439, 442, 445, 449, 455–457, 461–462, 466, 474. See also Alberta Health; Alberta Health Services (AHS); Alberta Medical Association (AMA); College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA); doctors; Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA); hospitals; nurses; physicians; United Nurses of Alberta
Higgs, Blaine, 197
Hillier, Randy, 426
Hinshaw, Deena, 128, 331, 333, 437, 443, 450–452, 456–457, 460, 465
hospitals, 10, 180, 286, 288, 293, 322–325, 329, 331–332, 396, 402, 404, 412, 458
Hudak, Tim, 417
I
income tax, 27, 197, 263, 267, 271, 274, 278
Indigenous Peoples, 243, 247, 249, 284, 287–288, 291–292. See also Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation; Enoch First Nation; Ermineskin First Nation; Fort Chipewyan Metis Association; Fort McKay First Nation; Inuit; Métis; Mikisew Cree First Nation; Piikani First Nation; residential schools; Stoney Nakoda First Nation; Wet’suwet’en First Nation; Whitefish First Nation
infrastructure, 28, 44, 93–94, 115, 125, 201, 217, 227, 244, 246, 260, 292, 295, 298, 303, 306, 330, 361, 379, 390, 393, 408
Innovation Capital Working Group, 312, 318
interactive digital media (IDM), 303, 311, 312–315, 318
J
Jean, Brian, viii, 3, 8, 16, 20, 29, 68, 78, 88, 96, 98, 195, 200, 211, 228, 235, 316, 410, 426, 472, 478
jobs, 4, 11, 22, 25, 28, 30, 36, 44, 54, 101, 105, 113–114, 150, 161, 166, 170, 180, 183, 195, 198, 202, 219–221, 224, 226, 235, 241, 243–245, 272, 278, 282, 288, 291–292, 295, 309, 315, 332, 357, 361–362, 371, 377, 383–384, 386, 388, 390–391, 398–399, 401, 435, 473. See also employment
Johnson, Lisa, 98, 102–103, 209, 230, 253, 255, 299, 408, 464
K
Karahalios, Belinda, 426
Kenney, Jason, ii–iv, vii–ix, xi–xii, 1–11, 13–16, 19–34, 36–40, 45–46, 50, 52–54, 56, 68, 70, 74–75, 77–79, 83–84, 87–88, 90, 95–100, 102–103, 108–109, 115–116, 119–123, 125–126, 128–130, 134–135, 138, 140–142, 153–154, 164–166, 169–185, 189–190, 196–205, 207–213, 215, 217–227, 229–231, 233, 235, 239–241, 246, 249–256, 259, 262, 277–278, 283, 287, 290, 294, 298–299, 302, 322–323, 327–329, 333–334, 336, 338, 353, 360–362, 373, 375–376, 379–381, 384–385, 389, 391–395, 398, 400–412, 415, 417–433, 435–439, 441–443, 445–446, 448–449, 451–454, 456–457, 459–465, 469–476
Kent, C. Adele, 138–140, 144, 228
Keyano College, 374
Keystone XL (KXL), 9, 54, 125, 200, 216, 223–225, 230, 243, 249–250, 291, 293, 299, 393. See also Trans Canada Pipelines
Kinder Morgan, 115, 216–217, 223. See also Trans Mountain Extension
King, Doug, vii, 6, 107, 127, 172, 405, 478
Klein, Ralph, xiii, 1–2, 5–6, 15, 30, 85–88, 99, 107, 110, 117, 135, 143, 175, 191, 208, 215, 228, 250, 267, 269, 271, 283, 302, 304, 306, 322–323, 334, 346, 361, 373, 375–376, 385–386, 388–389, 392, 402, 405–407, 419, 470
Krause, Vivien, 233–234, 250, 252
L
labour, ix, 13, 39, 50, 52, 139, 162, 173, 175, 203, 236, 272–276, 287, 309, 311, 314, 317–318, 333–334, 341, 361, 367, 371, 374, 377, 381–382, 385, 387–393, 395, 397–399, 401, 403, 405, 407–409, 411, 454, 474. See also unions
LaGrange, Adriana, 154, 345–347, 357, 401, 410
Leach, Andrew, 192–194, 203, 210, 239
Legault, François, 31, 34, 220–221, 229, 429
Lethbridge, AB, 10, 23, 138, 192, 299, 363, 379–380, 410
Liberal Party of Alberta, 4, 22, 26, 27, 29–35–36, 38, 43, 65–66, 85–86, 87, 307, 346, 386–387
Liberal Party of Canada, 6, 22, 25, 27, 30, 43, 85, 91, 106, 109, 121, 123, 174, 178, 201, 205, 206, 217, 224, 235, 322, 344, 422, 453, 472, 475
Liberal Party of Ontario, 416, 422
Line 5, 230, 245, 247, 255. See also Enbridge
lockdown, 52, 180, 222, 350, 437, 438, 446, 451, 455, 457
Lougheed, Peter, 1, 15, 60, 86, 208, 212, 228, 301–303, 321–322, 385–388, 392, 406–407, 419, 479
M
MacEwan University, 374
MacKinnon report, 11–12, 370, 372–373, 394. See also Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta’s Finances
Mainstreet Research, 60, 63, 66, 74, 76
Malloy, Jonathan, ix, 14, 415, 431, 439, 478
Mandel, Stephen, 26–27, 33, 40–41, 47
Manitoba, 38, 197, 201, 308, 410, 422, 427–428, 436
Manning, Ernest, 1, 15, 173, 175, 385–387, 419
mask use, 12, 128, 130, 181, 349, 350, 380, 425, 428, 429, 443, 444, 450, 453, 458, 459, 460
masculinity, 7, 146, 165, 170–171, 176, 181–183
Maurice, Eddie, 6, 134–135, 142
Mavericks (Glenbow Museum exhibit), 173, 178, 183, 185
McAdams, Roberta, 387
McGuinty, Dalton, 419
McKinney, Louise, 387
McKinsey & Company, 161, 166, 371
media, iv, xiii, 4–5, 20, 22, 33, 35–36, 38–41, 43, 45–52, 54–57, 59, 61, 64, 72–73, 76–77, 79, 129–131, 134, 138–139, 158, 161, 164, 183, 193, 216, 234, 236–238, 240–242, 250 252, 254, 256, 293, 303, 305, 308, 311–312, 314–315, 317–318, 339, 345, 351, 379, 410–411, 451, 455, 461, 465, 474, 477–481. See also Calgary Herald; Calgary Sun; Facebook; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC); New York Times; Rebel Media; social media; Twitter; Western Standard; YouTube
Medicine Hat, AB, 198, 299, 332
Métis, 293, 346, 349, 352, 354
Mikisew Cree First Nation, 292–293
minimum wage, 20, 25, 314, 391–393
Molnar, Christine, 331, 339, 395
Morton, Ted, 101, 108, 184, 316
Mount Royal University, ii, xii–xiii, 207, 380, 477–481
Mulroney, Brian, 417
N
Nagel, Tyler, viii, 7, 169, 419, 478
National Energy Board, 212, 218, 233
natural gas, xi, 2, 8, 9, 11, 34, 46, 94, 101, 105, 122, 145, 148, 149, 150, 156, 158, 189, 191, 192, 193–194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200–201, 207, 215, 216, 218, 219, 222, 224, 226, 227, 237–238, 239, 240, 241, 243, 244, 245, 246–247, 248, 251, 259, 260, 261, 266, 269, 286, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 301, 302, 312, 315, 352, 355, 376, 386, 399, 473
Nenshi, Naheed, 60, 141–142, 387
Neufeld, Mark, 130
New Brunswick, 31, 197, 205, 210, 219, 365
New Democratic Party (NDP) Alberta, xi–xii, 1–5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 19–22, 24–25, 28–30, 35–55, 59–60, 62, 64–65, 67, 68–70, 74–75, 84, 86–90, 98, 100, 145–146, 149–150, 154–156, 160, 162, 170, 173, 174, 177–178, 189–190, 192–193, 195–197, 200, 206, 212–213, 215–219, 222, 225, 235–236, 261–262, 270, 271–272, 287, 289, 293, 301, 303, 306–307, 310–315, 344, 346, 348–349, 353, 367–368, 385–387, 389–391, 394, 397, 401–402, 469–470, 473–474
New Democratic Party (NDP) British Columbia, 67, 217
New Democratic Party (NDP) Manitoba, 38
New Democratic Party (NDP) Saskatchewan, 38, 75
New York Times, 198, 239, 242, 253, 360
Nixon, Jason, 71, 200–201, 209, 238–239, 459, 473
Northern Gateway, 8, 202, 212, 216, 219, 239
Notley, Rachel, 1–2, 4, 7–8, 10, 13, 15, 19–23, 25–33, 36–37, 40–41, 44–46, 53–54, 59–60, 68, 70, 77, 84, 145, 156, 158, 167, 170, 174, 176–177, 189–190, 192–195, 203, 206, 208, 212–213, 216–219, 221–222, 224–226, 228–229, 235–236, 250, 261, 287, 301, 334, 367–368, 385–387, 389–391, 405–407, 410, 420–421, 469, 474
nurses, 12, 52, 272, 278, 286, 288, 295, 322–325, 327, 333–334, 337, 385, 389–390, 392, 396–397, 399, 407, 409, 411. See also United Nurses of Alberta (UNA)
O
O’Toole, Erin, 453
oil, viii, xi, 2, 8–9, 11, 20, 30–31, 33–34, 51, 75, 101, 105, 108, 115, 122, 125, 145, 148–150, 156, 158, 167, 170–171, 173–177, 181, 187, 189, 191, 193–208, 211–213, 215–222, 224, 226–230, 233–237, 239–252, 254–256, 259–263, 265–266, 269–270, 274, 276, 285–286, 290–293, 295, 297–299, 301–302, 312, 315, 321, 323, 352, 355, 360, 376–377, 384, 386–389, 403, 405, 438–439, 473. See also bitumen; crude; petroleum
oil sands, 25, 228–229, 234–236, 239–240, 244, 246–247, 249–250, 291
Ontario, ix, 12, 14, 76, 101, 157, 191, 193, 197–198, 201, 205, 209–210, 251, 256, 276, 308, 311, 328, 347, 358, 363, 365, 367, 369, 371–373, 377–378, 381, 383–384, 388, 402, 406–407, 413, 415, 417, 419, 421–433, 439, 457, 462, 478
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), 421
Orange Chinook, ii, xiii, 2, 11, 16, 42, 56, 60, 76, 78, 88, 100, 166–167, 207–208, 215, 228, 296, 389, 406–408, 469–470, 477, 479
P
Pallister, Brian, 38, 197, 422, 428
pandemic, xii, 1, 3, 12, 46, 49, 52–55, 68, 74–75, 83–84, 96–98, 122, 125, 127–131, 140, 156, 162, 164, 171, 180, 185, 211, 222, 226–227, 250, 259–60, 263–265, 272, 277, 288, 291, 298, 302, 308–309, 317, 322, 327–328, 330–337, 342, 345, 347, 349–354, 356–357, 359–360, 362, 375–376, 383–384, 386, 396–398, 400, 402, 404, 409–410, 416–417, 423, 425–433, 435–439, 441, 445, 450–457, 459–466, 470–472. See also COVID-19; mask use; vaccination; vaccine
Paris climate conference, 193, 216
Park, Lindsey, 10, 29, 53, 180–181, 185, 192, 252, 290–291, 387, 426
Parlby, Irene, 387
petroleum, 93, 94, 95, 244. See also bitumen; crude; natural gas; oil
Piikani First Nation, 292
pipelines, viii, 2, 4, 8, 20, 22, 28–31, 33–34, 36, 44, 54, 90, 94, 105, 107, 110, 115, 120, 170, 183, 195–196, 200, 202, 205, 211–213, 215–221, 223–227, 229, 231, 241, 244–247, 251–252, 290, 292, 355, 361, 408, 422, 435. See also Coastal GasLink; Energy East; Keystone XL (KXL); Line 5; Northern Gateway; Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX)
police, 6–7, 53, 93, 95, 107, 112, 114, 120, 123, 127–144, 201, 421, 427–428, 432, 478. See also Alberta Provincial Police Force (APPF); Calgary Police Service; Edmonton Police Service; Ontario Provincial Police (OPP); Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
policing, vii, 6, 61, 127–144, 293, 299, 478
Ponoka, AB, 345
populism, 6, 7, 14, 89, 90–91, 94, 99, 101, 106, 110, 145–147, 151–152, 161, 163, 171–175, 177, 178–179, 181, 182, 285, 287–288, 297, 369, 387, 404, 416, 430, 435, 438, 462
post-secondary, ix, 11–13, 269, 273–274, 279, 323, 344, 350, 361–365, 367–383, 401, 421, 437, 449, 456, 458, 460, 473–474, 476. See also colleges; universities
Postmedia, 60, 237, 250, 255, 406–407, 410. See also Calgary Herald; Calgary Sun; Edmonton Journal; Edmonton Sun
Prentice, Jim, 2, 5, 21, 27, 85–86, 88, 90, 100, 194, 224–225, 228, 230, 261, 270–271, 278, 334, 406–407, 478
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta (PC), xi, 1–2, 4–5, 7–8, 10, 14–15, 19, 21–22, 26, 36, 38–39, 42, 54, 59–60, 68, 70, 74, 84–91, 99, 100, 110, 150, 155–156, 170, 189, 192, 194, 196, 206, 212, 251, 261, 269, 306, 321, 323, 345, 386–387, 404, 406, 416, 422, 426–427, 429, 431, 469–470, 472, 475
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC), 475
Progress Conservative Party of Ontario (PC), 415–416, 417, 426–427, 429, 431
provincial budget, 12, 270, 307, 310, 312–313, 316, 355
provincial sales tax (PST), 27, 179, 185
Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns, 199, 234
public sector, ix, xi, 2, 11, 150, 164, 271–272, 319, 328, 334, 370, 385–386, 388–390, 393–394, 398, 420, 430–431, 462
public service, 114, 177, 260, 269, 324, 355, 392, 397, 400, 406, 409, 418. See also bureaucracy; civil service
Pugliese, Karyn, 237
Q
Quebec, 12, 31, 34, 54, 76, 101, 105, 112, 116–117, 121, 173–174, 178, 191, 200, 219–221, 229, 276, 308, 311, 365, 372, 378, 402, 407, 429, 436, 439, 457, 463
R
Raymond, AB, 293
Rebel Media, 49
Red Deer, AB, 10, 97, 137, 250, 282, 404, 411, 460
Redford, Alison, 2–3, 5, 85, 88, 99, 334, 336, 475
Redwater, AB, 285
referendum, 6, 25, 30, 53, 92–95, 106, 108, 113–123, 126, 196, 200–201, 396, 400, 409
Remillard, Chaseten, viii, 7, 169, 419, 473, 478
representation, viii, 7, 112, 131, 145–147, 152–166, 175, 226, 249, 313, 355, 479; affective, 146, 152, 156, 159–163; descriptive, 152–155, 158, 162–163
residential schools, 12, 284, 341, 343, 348, 352–354
Rioux, Jean-Sebastien, viii, 8–9, 29, 106, 149, 200, 211, 228, 230, 235, 316, 439, 478
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), 6, 20, 30, 32, 40, 53, 103, 107, 127, 133, 144, 201
rural Alberta, viii, 4, 6, 10, 12, 27, 30, 45, 48, 118, 127, 133–135, 137, 139, 142, 145, 171, 178, 281-300, 322, 332, 335, 350, 355, 359–360, 387, 391, 395–396, 403, 408, 459, 466, 471, 477
Ryan, Peter Malachy, vii, 4, 35, 56–57, 134, 299, 432, 478
S
same-sex marriage, 21, 31, 387
Saskatchewan, 11, 38, 75, 125, 184, 197–198, 205, 209–210, 322, 365, 367–368, 370, 402, 407, 422, 427, 429, 436
Savage, Sonya, 154, 199, 204–205, 233, 238–239, 249–250, 253–254
Sayers, Anthony, vii, 3, 5, 27, 55, 78, 83, 100–101, 151, 166, 208, 461, 471, 479
schools, 10, 12, 20, 149, 264, 282, 284, 286, 288, 289, 341–360, 423, 428, 436, 437, 438, 447, 452, 453, 457, 458, 459, 460; K–6, 12, 288, 297, 342, 345–346, 348–349, 351, 355–359; K–12, 11, 12, 93–95, 250, 359, 370, 447, 462, 465, 474, 480
school boards, 12, 128, 288, 349, 354, 357, 380, 395, 401, 408, 428, 442–443, 446, 449, 459–460
Schweitzer, Doug, 11, 133–136, 140, 161, 166, 238–239, 309–310, 313, 315
Screen-Based Production Grant, 306–307, 314
sexual orientation, 149
Shandro, Tyler, 12, 139, 322, 324, 326, 328, 330–332, 338, 395–397, 403, 409, 411, 454, 473
Sherwood Park, AB, 10, 29, 252
“sky palace” scandal, 425
Smith, Danielle, 15, 83, 88, 100, 242, 461, 469–470, 472, 474–475
Smith, Mark, 23, 32, 40, 149, 165
Smoky Lake, AB, 293
social conservatism, 89–90, 94, 101
Social Credit Party of Alberta, 344, 406
social media, 4, 35–36, 38–39, 41, 43, 45–49, 51–52, 55–57, 134, 161, 216, 234, 237, 242, 251, 254, 345, 411, 455, 461, 480–481. See also Facebook; Twitter; YouTube
Specified Gas Emitters Regulations (SGER), 192
Statistics Canada, 142, 145, 147, 166–167, 178, 185, 248, 272, 275–276, 278, 283, 365–366, 375, 378, 382–383, 388, 406
Stelmach, Ed, 2, 5, 68, 85, 88, 99, 135, 192, 236, 249, 251, 323, 334, 475
Steward, Gillian, ix, 12, 208, 215, 228–229, 264, 321, 370, 395, 406–407, 410, 479
Stewart, David, vii, 3, 5, 27, 38, 55, 78, 83, 85, 100–101, 103, 110, 151, 164, 166, 208, 461, 471, 479
Stoney Nakoda First Nation, 292
Supreme Court of Canada, 8, 117–118, 125, 151, 197, 202, 209, 368, 389, 392, 408
Sutherland, Richard, ii–iv, vii–ix, xiii, 1, 11, 16, 56, 76, 166, 207–208, 228, 301, 406, 469, 474, 479
T
tax, 2, 6, 8, 10–11, 22, 25, 27–28, 30, 46, 49, 93, 95, 107, 112, 114, 123, 137, 150, 178–179, 185, 189–190, 192–193, 195–198, 202–209, 215–216, 219, 221, 226, 235, 243, 246, 248, 251, 255, 260–263, 267–268, 270–271, 273–274, 276–279, 290–293, 298, 303–304, 307–315, 317–318, 323, 343, 377, 386, 388, 393, 474. See also carbon tax; corporate; tax credit; goods and services tax (GST); harmonized sales tax (HST); income; provincial sales tax
tax credit, 11, 150, 204, 303–304, 307–312, 314–315, 317–318, 377, 474
teachers, 12, 40, 50, 92, 94, 149, 288, 341, 343, 345–353, 356–360, 382, 385, 390, 392–393, 395, 397, 401, 406–408, 410, 443, 474. See also Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA)
Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER), 25, 198, 203, 206, 322, 331
television, 11, 170, 235, 302–317, 474, 477, 481
ThinkHQ, 336
Thomas, Melanee, viii, 7, 103, 141, 145–146, 150, 153, 156–158, 166–167, 208, 253, 479
Thompson, Graham, 78, 235, 432
Toews, Travis, 100, 322, 333, 397–398, 472
Tombe, Trevor, viii, 10, 259, 278, 302, 355, 362, 377, 480
Toogood, Kate, vii, 4, 35, 480
Trudeau, Justin, 6, 8, 14, 22, 25, 27, 29–30, 37, 53–54, 106–107, 109, 115, 122–123, 125, 142–143, 164–165, 174, 176–177, 184, 189–190, 196–198, 201–202, 204–205, 207, 209, 211–213, 217–219, 223–224, 230, 235–236, 284–285, 422, 432, 466, 472, 478
Trump, Donald, 9, 21, 38, 60, 71, 149, 185, 223–224, 230, 287, 419, 424
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 297, 343, 354, 356
Twitter, 4, 36, 39, 42, 46, 48, 55–57, 134, 164, 166–167, 171, 183, 227, 238–239, 242, 253, 384, 410, 432, 446, 450, 464–466
U
United Conservative Party (UCP), iv, vii–ix, xi, 1, 5, 12, 14–16, 19, 30, 32, 35, 41–42, 46, 48, 57, 59, 61–62, 64, 68–71, 73–75, 77, 79, 81, 83–84, 87, 90–91, 93–95, 100, 102–103, 105, 108, 110, 114, 117, 120, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 139, 140–141, 143, 145–147, 152, 158, 160, 165, 170, 172, 179–181, 183, 185, 189–190, 196, 198, 200, 203, 206–207, 209–210, 212–213, 218–219, 222, 227, 229, 233, 236, 238, –241, 248, 250–253, 255, 259, –262, 269–272, 277, 284, 287, 296–297, 299, 301, 303, 305, 307, 309, 311, 313, 315–317, 321–322, 325, 327–328, 331, 334, 336–337, 341–343, 345, 347–349, 351, 353, 355–361, 363, 368, 371, 379, 382–383, 387, 391, 393–394, 396, 398, 400, 402–404, 406–407, 409–412, 415, 417, 420, 423, 425–426, 429, 435, 439, 444, 446, 448, 459, 463–464, 466, 469, 476
United Conservative Party leadership campaign 2018, 40–41, 100, 182, 353
United Farmers of Alberta, 4, 285, 387
United Nurses of Alberta (UNA), 272, 325–326, 334, 337, 390, 397–398, 402
United States of America (USA), 9–10, 72, 131–132, 149, 206, 220, 235, 243, 283, 309, 369, 448–449
universities, 13, 274, 322, 325, 346, 348, 354, 361–384, 387, 420–421
University of Alberta, 23, 55–57, 110, 165, 184, 192, 239, 297, 374, 380, 383, 477, 480
University of Calgary, iv, xii–xiii, 16, 56, 76, 100, 135, 166, 207, 228, 248, 296–297, 316, 338, 359, 406, 463, 466, 478–481
University of Lethbridge, 363, 379
Usher, Alex, 322, 364, 382–384
V
vaccination, 12, 53, 96, 98, 130, 282, 333, 380, 401, 426–427, 429, 433, 436–437, 447–450, 452, 455–456, 464–465, 471
vaccine, 14, 83, 96, 98, 128, 181, 321, 336, 352, 354, 422, 427, 429, 448–449, 453, 458–461
Varcoe, Chris, 209, 215, 228, 231, 236, 252
video game production, 303, 311–316
Vipond, Joe, 333
W
Wabamun, AB, 284
“war room”, viii, xi, 9, 25, 27, 33, 125, 196, 198–199, 219, 222, 233–234, 236–242, 246, 248–255, 312, 472. See also Canadian Energy Centre
Webber, Charles, ix, 12–13, 323, 341, 395, 474, 480
Wesley, Jared, vii, 6, 39, 101, 105, 125–126, 145, 161, 167, 175, 200–201, 296, 406, 411, 472, 480
western alienation, 6, 38, 53, 89–90, 95, 101, 105–107, 125, 177
Wet’suwet’en First Nation, 201, 292
Whitefish First Nation, 292
Whittingham, Ed, 193, 208, 219
Wildrose Party of Alberta, 1, 3, 5, 8, 15, 19, 23, 26, 36, 38, 42, 53, 59–60, 68, 74, 84, 86–91, 96, 99–100, 155, 170, 195, 196, 206, 212, 242, 416–417, 469, 470, 472, 475
Wilkinson, Jonathan, 203
Williams, Lori, ix, 13, 193, 309, 326, 341, 385, 407, 481
women, viii, 7, 40, 145–167, 176, 178, 236, 285, 326, 365, 387–388, 398, 407, 481. See also gender
Wood Buffalo National Park, 291
Wylie, Doug, 239
Y
Yiu, Verna, 336, 404, 453, 461, 466
Young, Lisa, vii, ix, 1, 10, 13–15, 25, 83, 102, 122, 128, 222, 231, 263, 282, 284, 289, 295, 323, 325–327, 329, 332, 338, 346, 351, 354, 359, 361, 376–377, 384, 392, 401, 415, 428, 435, 470, 474, 481