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  1. Half Title
  2. Series
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. I. Setting the Scene
  9. Introduction: Jason Kenney and the Perfect Storm
  10. II. The 2019 Election
  11. 1 - Two Combative Leaders, Two Disparate Parties, and One Bitter Campaign: The 2019 Alberta Election
  12. 2 - The Alberta 2019 Election Online: A Turn to Two Party Electoral Dominance?
  13. 3 - Standard Error: The Polls in the 2019 Alberta Election and Beyond
  14. III. Inside the United Conservative Party
  15. 4 - Divisions among Alberta’s “Conservatives”
  16. 5 - Albertans and the Fair Deal
  17. 6 - Policing and Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government
  18. 7 - Playing the Populist Victim: Women, Gender, Representation, and the United Conservative Party
  19. 8 - Kenney’s Ride: Albertan Neo-Liberal Myths and the Symbology of a Blue Dodge Ram
  20. IV. Oil and Gas Policies
  21. 9 - Alberta’s Climate Policy: Public Kenney versus Private Kenney
  22. 10 - Jason Kenney, Energy, and Pipelines in the 2019 Alberta Election: A Study in Hubris
  23. 11 - Just Our Facts: The Energy War Room’s Adventures in Branded Content
  24. V. Alberta’s Fiscal Situation
  25. 12 - The Long Slide towards Fiscal Reckoning: Managing Alberta’s Finances in an Age of Decline
  26. 13 - Always More Than It Seems: Rural Alberta and the Politics of Decline
  27. 14 - Cultural Industries Under the United Conservative Party
  28. VI. Health Care, Education, and Public Sector Policies
  29. 15 - Bitter Battles: The United Conservative Party’s War on Health Care Workers
  30. 16 - Education and the United Conservative Party of Alberta
  31. 17 - Riding the Roller Coaster: Post-Secondary Education in Alberta under Kenney
  32. 18 - Labour in the Time of COVID
  33. VII. COVID in Alberta and Ontario
  34. 19 - Comparing the Kenney and Ford Governments
  35. 20 - “With Comorbidities”: The Politics of COVID-19 and the Kenney Government
  36. VIII. Conclusion
  37. 21 - Conclusion: States of Uncertainty
  38. Contributors
  39. Index

Index

2SLGBTQA+, 23, 149, 288, 348, 354. See also gay-straight alliances; same-sex marriage; sexual orientation

A

Adler, Charles, 24, 25, 32

Airdrie, AB, 10, 166, 283

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

Allan, Steve, 199, 234

Allard, Tracy, 444

“Alohagate”, 75, 129, 425, 444–445

Angus Reid Institute, 63, 66, 71, 102, 336, 433, 464, 466, 476

apps, 4, 41–44, 50, 136, 143

arts funding, 301, 303

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

Bigfoot Family, 240–241, 254

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 Quill, AB, 284, 297

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

Brooks, AB, 299, 332

Brown, Janet, 3, 28, 62–66, 68–70, 76–78, 207, 358, 374–375, 383, 408–409

Brown, Patrick, 57, 79, 417

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

Callaway, Jeff 20, 26, 33

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

civil service, 386, 406

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

colleges, 13, 274, 361–384

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA), 55, 329, 335, 339

Collyer, David, 194, 207–208

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

Copping, Jason, 331, 466

corporate tax, 25, 27, 221, 226, 248, 251, 255, 262, 303, 312, 393

Coutts, AB, 458–459, 466

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

Cree, 286, 292–293, 295

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

Dene, 286, 295

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

Eastern Slopes, 10, 180, 289

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

Fir, Tanya, 312, 315, 417

fiscal policy, 260–262, 269, 277, 474

fiscal stabilization, 25, 108, 113, 115, 119, 122

Flagstaff County, AB, 282

Floyd, George, 131–132

Ford, Caylan, 22, 40

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

Forum Research, 63–66, 70

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

Getty, Don, 5, 267, 271, 302

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

Guilbeault, Steven, 193, 202

gun control, 107, 183–184

Gunter, Lorne, 239, 254, 407

H

Hardisty, AB, 291, 299

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

Henry, Marc, 29, 33, 285, 336

Higgs, Blaine, 197

Hillier, Randy, 426

Hinshaw, Deena, 128, 331, 333, 437, 443, 450–452, 456–457, 460, 465

Hoffman, Sarah, 4, 21

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

Inuit, 297, 349, 352, 354

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, Halvar, 345, 357

Johnson, Lisa, 98, 102–103, 209, 230, 253, 255, 299, 408, 464

K

“kamikaze candidates”, 40–41

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

Khan, David, 26–27

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

Kyoto Protocol, 107, 191, 207

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

Lac La Biche, AB, 3, 68, 288

LaGrange, Adriana, 154, 345–347, 357, 401, 410

Leach, Andrew, 192–194, 203, 210, 239

Leduc, AB, 22, 191, 285, 386

Legault, François, 31, 34, 220–221, 229, 429

Leger, 62–63, 66, 96, 102

Lethbridge, AB, 10, 23, 138, 192, 299, 363, 379–380, 410

Levant, Ezra, 246–247

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

Livewire Calgary, 39, 55

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, Janice, 11, 370

MacKinnon report, 11–12, 370, 372–373, 394. See also Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta’s Finances

Madu, Kaycee, 133, 144

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

McFee, Dale, 138, 144

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

Milke, Mark, 242, 254, 255

minimum wage, 20, 25, 314, 391–393

Moe, Scott, 66, 197, 422, 429

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

Nanos Survey, 63, 66

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

Netflix, 240–241, 254, 309

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

Newfoundland, 182, 365

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

Obama, Barack, 9, 72, 223

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

Okotoks, AB, 6, 134, 137, 140

Olsen, Tom, 236–240, 249, 253

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

Ottawa protests, 458, 459

Oyen, AB, 291, 293, 299

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

RéseauLu, 43, 45

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, Guy, 403, 406

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

St. Paul, AB, 284, 286

Staples, David, 240, 360

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

Takach, Geo, 175, 184

Taverner, Ron, 421, 432

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

Western Standard, 49, 185

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

Wynne, Kathleen, 420, 422–423

Y

Yedlin, Deborah, 215, 228

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

YouTube, 42, 126, 182, 242, 256, 278, 299, 333, 464–466

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