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  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. I. Setting the Scene
    1. Introduction: Out of an Orange-Coloured Sky
  8. II. The Tory Fall and the NDP Victory
    1. 1. Politics, Alberta Style: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Conservatives, 1971–2015
    2. 2. Death of a Dynasty: The Tories and the 2015 Election
    3. 3. Ready for Rachel: The Alberta NDP’s 2015 Campaign
    4. 4. Marginally Better: Polling in the 2015 Alberta Election
    5. 5. Alberta Politics Online: Digital Retail Politics and Grassroots Growth, 2006–16
  9. III. Oil Sands, Carbon Tax, and Pipelines
    1. 6. Betting on Bitumen: Lougheed, Klein, and Notley
    2. 7. The Politics of Alberta’s Carbon Tax*
    3. 8. Notley: The Accidental Pipeline Advocate
  10. IV. The NDP in Power
    1. 9. After Forty-Four Years: The Alberta New Democrats and the Transition to Government
    2. 10. Fiscal Constraints on the Orange Chinook
    3. 11. Beyond the “Lovey-Dovey Talk”: The Orange Chinook and Indigenous Activism
    4. 12. Alberta’s Cities under the NDP
    5. 13. The End of Exceptionalism: Post-rural Politics in Alberta
  11. V. Notley’s Governing Style
    1. 14. A League of Their Own: Alberta’s Women Party Leaders
    2. 15. Notley and the Beast: An Analysis of the Crisis Communication of Rachel Notley during the 2016 Wildfire
  12. VI. Alberta’s Future Political System
    1. 16. What’s Past is Prologue: Ontario 1990 and Alberta 2015
    2. 17. Out of the Blue: Goodbye Tories, Hello Jason Kenney
  13. Appendices
    1. Appendix 1. Alberta Voter Turnout, 1975–2015
    2. Appendix 2. Party Votes in the 5 May 2015 Alberta Provincial Election
    3. Appendix 3. Non-Renewable Resource Revenues Tables, 2005-6 to 2017-18
    4. Appendix 4.A. GDP Expenditure-Based, 2005-16
    5. Appendix 4.B. Provincial Per Capita Expenditure-Based Spending, 2005-16
    6. Appendix 4.C. Provincial Population, 2005-17
    7. Appendix 5. Alberta Provincial Revenues and Expenditures 2007–17
    8. Appendix 6. Alberta Provicial Government Per Capita Health Expenditure 2008–17
    9. Appendix 7. Alberta Provincial Government Health Expenditure 2008–17
  14. Contributors
  15. Index

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9/11, 360

A

A Place to Grow, 299–300

A Very British Coup,390, 397

Aberhart, Bill, 18, 21

Aboriginal, 8, 43, 197, 201, 202, 205, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 254, 255, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 263, 265, 350n79. See also First Nations, Indigenous, Métis

Aboriginal Multi-Media Society, 255

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, 252, 255, 258–59, 262

Achen, Christopher, 20

Adams, Allan, 257, 261

Agenda for People, 392

agenda-setting, 356–71

Agnew, David, 390, 397

Agrawal, Sandeep, 279–81

agriculture, 286, 293–94, 297, 300, 301, 302, 307, 312n7. See also farms, farmers, and farming

Airdrie-Cochrane, 306

Alaska, 31

Alberta Advantage, 32, 237–38, 242, 295, 299, 309, 409

Alberta Alliance Party, 38

Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC), 297, 307, 309

Alberta Chamber of Resources, 153–54, 158

Alberta Department of Energy, 155, 168

Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, 155

Alberta Energy Company, 24, 149–52, 160, 322

Alberta Energy Regulator, 202, 260

Alberta Environmental Protection, 155

Alberta Health, 281

Alberta Health Services, 107, 284

Alberta Heritage and Savings Trust Fund, 24, 31, 148, 158, 230–31

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, 24

Alberta Human Rights Commission, 330

Alberta Land Stewardship Act, 280

Alberta Native News, 252, 255, 257–58, 262

Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority, 149

Alberta Party, 5, 10, 60, 73, 85, 98, 126, 130–31, 180–83, 210, 380, 389, 394, 415, 418

Alberta Sweetgrass, 255, 258

Alberta Treasury, 147, 155

Alexander, Keith, 25

Alexis, Cameron, 257

Allen, Darby, 335

Allen, Mike, 51

Ambrose, Rona, 414–15

American Petroleum Institute, 167–68

Anderson, Rob, 39, 48

Anderson, Shaye, 284

Apple, 109

area structure plans, 279

Arpan, Laura, 358–59

arts funding, 129, 300, 323

Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Alberta, 257, 259

Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Canada, 259, 264

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, 257, 261

Atkinson, Pat, 386

Atlantic-Richfield, 149

B

Banff, AB, 337

Barnes, Peter, 390, 393

Barrett, Dave, 382–84

Bartels, Larry, 20

Battle River-Wainwright, 299

Bay Street, 389

BC Clean Communities Program, 199

Beebe, Lowa, 252

Belanger, Yale, 263

Bellegarde, Perry, 259, 264

Benoit, William, 357–58, 369

Berger Inquiry, 191, 193

Bill 1 (Reform Campaign Finance), 222

Bill 1 (Property Rights Act), 302

Bill 6 (Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act), 284, 293–97, 308–9, 336, 343

Bill 12 (Preserving Canada’s Economic Prosperity Act), 340

Bill 20 (Renewable Electricity Act), 165, 180–81

Bill 21 (Modernized Municipal Government Act), 272, 283

Bill 22 (Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act), 251–52

Bill 25 (Oil Sands Emissions Limit Act), 165

Bill 27 (Renewable Electricity Act), 165

Bilous, Deron, 221, 283–84

bitumen, 27, 147, 157, 159, 160, 178, 184, 261, 303, 325, 339, 429. See also oil; oil sands; tar sands

Black (later Nelson), Patricia, 27, 153

Blackfoot, 250

Blake, Melissa, 335

Blakeman, Laurie, 75–76, 420

Blakeney, Allan, 387

Borden, Robert, 48

Borins, Sandford, 116–17

Boucher, Jim, 260

Boutiller, Guy, 39

bozo eruptions, 41, 331–32

Bradley, Elizabeth, 234

Braid, Don, 43, 48, 50, 132, 265, 381

Bratt, Duane, x, 2, 4, 10, 30, 35–56, 59, 84, 122, 141, 328, 333, 384

British Columbia, 7, 79, 88–89, 92–94, 160, 162, 172–73, 176, 183, 192–93, 196–98, 202–4, 217, 220, 225, 303, 309, 340–41, 378, 382–83, 386

British North American Act, 20

Broadbent Institute, 107

Bronconnier, Dave, 276

Brown, Janet, 4, 41, 47, 50, 57, 70, 79–101, 128, 137, 334, 341

Brownsey, Keith, x, 7, 141, 209–26, 333, 384

Buffalo, Stephen, 261

Buffer, 136

Building Canada Fund, 275

bureaucracy, 154, 224, 382, 386, 389–93, 397n39. See also civil service; public service

by-elections, 37, 38, 45–46, 48, 49, 294, 299, 330, 408, 416

C

Calahasen, Pearl, 249

Calgary, AB, 8–10, 15, 18–20, 22–23, 25–27, 33, 37–39, 43, 49, 53–54, 60–61, 70–71, 120, 132, 141, 151–52, 174, 180–81, 195, 201, 203, 250, 252, 271–73, 275–85, 287–88, 294–96, 301, 303, 305–9, 311, 328, 334

Calgary Board of Education, 45, 328

Calgary Herald, 29, 40, 249, 265, 329

Calgary Metropolitan Plan, 280

Calgary Petroleum Club, 151

Calgary Stampede, 18, 53

Calgary Sun, 29

Calgary-Acadia, 52

Calgary-Elbow, 46, 322

Calgary-Foothills, 45, 330, 408

Calgary-Fort, 61

Calgary-Glenmore (federal), 195

Calgary-Glenmore (provincial), 38

Calgary-Greenway, 329

Calgary-West, 45, 330

California, 177, 192

Callaway, Jeff, 54

Cambodia, 250

Cambridge Analytica, 103

Cameron, David, 2, 386, 395

campaign finance reform, 73, 222, 416

Campbell, Robin, 408

Canada Assistance Plan, 235

Canada Elections Act, 247

Canada Health and Social Transfer, 235

Canada Health Transfer, 235–38, 240–41

Canada Social Transfer, 235–36

Canadian Alliance Party, 38, 53, 400

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, 195, 334

Canadian Chamber of Commerce, 196

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 21

Canadian Communication Association, 108

Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 284

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 22, 43

Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 283

Canadian Natural Resources Limited, 157, 161, 178, 334

Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development, 156

Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 20

Canadian Political Science Association, 108

Canadian Taxpayers Federation, 181, 285

Canadian Union of Public Employees, 276

cap and trade, 170

Capital Region Board, 280, 284

carbon dioxide (C02), 166–70, 172, 178. See also greenhouse gases

Carter, Stephen, 39–40, 100, 277–79, 287

CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), 139, 282, 286, 341–42, 363, 412

Ceci, Joe, 61, 388

Cenovus Energy, 161, 178, 334

CFWE-FM, 255

Charest, Jean, 74

Charlebois, Kelly, 51–52

Charlottetown Accord, 386

China, 167, 177

Chipewyan, 250, 257, 261

Chrétien, Jean, 153–54

Christian Labour Association of Canada, 157

Chumir, Sheldon, 26

Churchill, Winston, 48

cities service, 149

city charters, 8, 272, 278, 285–86

civil service, 7, 26, 212, 214, 215, 218–21, 224, 225, 323, 391, 397n35, 39. See also bureaucracy, public service

Clark, Brad, 8, 247–70

Clark, Christy, 176, 181, 197, 199, 325

Clark, Greg, 181

Clark, Joe, 322

climate change, 3, 22, 33, 40, 68, 128, 141, 159, 161, 165, 166–77, 178, 179, 180, 182, 201, 222, 248, 260–61, 282, 285, 288, 298, 329, 354, 366–67, 392. See also environment; global warming

Climate Change Policy Review Panel, 161

Climate Leadership Implementation Act, 165

Climate Leadership Plan, 6, 159–60, 178, 181, 334, 339

Climenhaga, David, 280, 285

Clinton, Hilary, 97, 103, 344

Clugston, Ted, 281, 284, 287

coal, 149, 165, 167, 170, 171, 173, 174, 180, 199, 222, 228, 260, 298, 309, 429

Cold Lake, AB, 157, 281, 283

Coletto, David, 88–89, 95

Columbia Pipelines, 201

Community Revitalization Levy (CRL), 278, 279

Conference Board of Canada, 301

Conservative Party of Canada, 53, 62, 92–93, 110, 117, 122, 129, 180, 182, 199, 201, 205, 251, 257, 264, 329, 399–400, 407, 409, 413–15

Constitution Act, 1982, 200, 271

Coombs, Timothy, 357–58

Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), 247, 303, 389, 395

Copeland, Craig, 283, 287

Courtoreille, Steve, 257

Cramer, Katherine, 308

Cree, 250, 258

Crescent Point Energy, 179

Cross, William, 3

Crouse, Nolan, 284

Cycling into Saigon, 2, 386, 395

D

Dallas, Cal, 45

Daniels, Stormy, 103

Danyluk, Ray, 284

Davis, Bill, 16, 396

de Caprio, Leonardo, 201

debt, 31, 152, 158, 182, 184, 214, 228, 231, 232, 237, 238, 239–40, 242, 243, 244n5, 245n21, 246n24, 324. See also fiscal policy

Decore, Lawrence, 19, 31, 40, 252

Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 360

Deficits (See also Fiscal policy), ix, 8, 31, 32, 39, 49, 68, 107, 152, 158, 214, 227, 228, 231, 232, 239, 240, 242, 243, 339, 341, 342, 350n77, 387, 388, 396, 401, 433

Delacourt, Susan, 110

Dene Sarcee, 250

Denis, Jonathan, 51–52

Department of Children’s Services, 339

Devine, Grant, 220

Dicerni, Richard, 45, 215, 218–21, 224, 387, 391–93, 395

Didsbury, 303

Diefenbaker, John, 247

Dinning, Jim, 36–37, 152

Dirks, Gordon, 45

Diversity, 58, 61–62, 329

Dodge, David, 388

Donovan, Ian, 47–48

Dosanjh, Ujjal, 332

Douglas, Tommy, 218, 247

Drever, Deborah, 338–39

Drew, George, 16

Duckett, Stephen, 107

Duerr, Al, 277

Dunvegan-Central Peace, 305

duty to consult, 199, 201, 205

Dysfunction: Canada after Keystone XL, 200

E

Earth Summit, 168–70, 177

economic diversification, 25, 158, 161, 302, 339

Edmonton, AB, 8, 10, 15, 19–20, 23, 25–27, 37, 41, 44–45, 52, 60–61, 132, 140–41, 149, 152–53, 160, 174, 181, 192, 213, 217, 219, 250, 252, 254, 258, 260, 271–73, 275–82, 284–88, 294–97, 301, 303, 305–8, 310–11, 393, 411, 415

Edmonton Journal, 29, 40

Edmonton Sun, 29

Edmonton-Glenora, 61

Edmonton-Gold Bar, 61

Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood, 118

Edmonton-Strathcona, 60

Edmonton-Whitemud, 45–46

education, 19, 26, 42, 59, 69, 175, 228, 232, 234, 235, 238, 240, 241, 242, 243, 273, 295, 298, 299, 300, 301, 309, 321, 323, 324, 326, 332, 334, 339, 341, 350n77, 351n86, 408, 409, 411. See also post-secondary; teachers; universities

Eggan, David, 221

EKOS, 81–82, 86–87, 94–96, 98

elections

—Alberta: 1935, 21, 377; 1944, 54n1; 1971, 1, 10, 17, 18, 33, 37, 40, 46, 47, 148, 211, 212, 213, 303, 399; 1975, 148, 427; 1982, 47, 151, 427; 1986, 30, 47, 271, 303, 427; 1989, 46, 47, 427; 1993, 19, 20, 23, 30, 31, 40, 46, 47, 98, 231, 427; 1997, 20, 47, 98n2, 427; 2000, 98n2, 427; 2004, 30, 36, 38, 47, 79, 98, 427; 2008, 30, 37, 38, 41, 47, 57, 59, 69, 79, 104, 107, 108, 111–21, 126, 128, 140, 141, 212, 300, 322, 332, 418, 419n1, 427; 2012, 1, 4, 19, 30, 31, 36, 39–41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 56n32, 57, 60, 66, 79, 81, 88, 89, 91, 92, 96, 97, 98, 100n23, 104, 107, 111, 116, 122–31, 133, 138, 139, 140, 141, 296, 297, 301, 324–25, 329, 331, 391–92, 400, 427; 2015, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50–52, 53, 57–73, 75–76n28, 79–80, 81, 84–86, 88–89, 90, 91, 92–93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 130, 132–39, 140, 141, 161, 165, 183, 198, 209, 212, 213, 215, 216, 222, 223, 232, 248, 250, 253, 263, 264, 271, 285, 297, 305, 306, 319, 333, 353, 354, 377, 379, 380, 381, 383–84, 392, 394, 399, 400, 403, 410, 411–12, 413, 416, 418, 419, 427, 428;
Calgary Municipal 2010, 39, 132; Edmonton Municipal 2013, 132

—federal: 1988, 79, 98n2; 1993, 98n2; 1997, 98n2; 2000, 98n2; 2004, 98n2, 99n6, 116; 2006, 62, 98n2, 99n6; 2008, 62, 129; 2011, 122, 217; 2015, 75n28, 88, 89, 92, 93, 96, 109–10, 132, 133, 140, 249, 252;
Ontario 1990, 9, 378, 379, 380, 381–82, 383, 392

Elections Alberta, 51, 248, 252

Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, 304–5

electoral redistribution, 10, 304–6

Elzinga, Peter, 26

Emergency Operations Centre, 363

emissions, 159, 165–74, 176, 177, 182, 198, 200, 201, 205, 219, 260, 339, 371. See also greenhouse gases

Enbridge, 193, 196, 198–201, 261

Energy Diversification Advisory Committee, 161

Energy East Pipeline, 196–97, 198, 204

Energy Efficiency Advisory Panel, 161

Energy Efficiency Alberta, 173

energy industry, 2, 3, 5, 6, 24, 27, 28, 31, 33, 43, 64, 147–62, 168, 178, 180, 191–206, 230, 239, 261, 293, 298, 303, 307, 339, 350n80, 354, 369–70, 401. See also oil

Energy Information Agency, 196

energy policy, 2, 3, 5–6, 27–28, 147–62, 168, 173, 177, 179, 180, 191–206, 230, 260, 262, 294, 298, 302, 304, 326, 335, 340, 350n79, 80, 81

Enoch Cree Nation, 258

environment, ix, 27, 31, 118, 159, 167, 169, 175, 183, 200, 402, 403, 417. See also climate change; global warming

Environment Canada, 155

Environment Policy, 3, 29, 33, 154, 155, 157, 176, 178, 197, 198, 199, 200, 222, 248, 259, 261, 282, 285, 298, 304, 335, 340, 371, 402, 403, 417

Environmentalism, ix, 28, 33, 43, 159, 161, 177, 192, 194–95, 196, 199, 200, 260–61, 262, 303, 334

Epp, Roger, 8, 19, 293–315, 343

Equalization, 22,

Ermineskin, Randy, 258–60

Ermineskin Cree Nation, 258

Established Program Financing, 235

Europe, 170, 177, 255

Evans, Iris, 26

Executive Council, 45, 212–15, 218–20, 224

expenditure, 8, 228, 232, 233, 234, 238, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244n8, 274, 285, 430, 431, 433, 434, 435. See also spending

Explorers and Producers Association of Canada, 179

Exxon, 168, 170

F

Facebook, 103, 105–6, 109–11, 115, 117–18, 122, 126–28, 130, 133, 136–39, 141, 144, 262, 295, 354

Fairview, 297

farms, farmers, and farming, 19, 37, 286, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 303, 304, 307, 310, 312n7, 314n32, 336

farmworkers, 284, 293, 294–95, 296–97, 310, 336

Federal Court of Appeal, 177, 199, 201, 205

federal government, 6, 15, 20–22, 25, 29, 148, 149–50, 152, 153–54, 155, 156, 159–60, 175, 176, 177, 181, 183, 192, 193, 195, 197, 198, 199, 201, 202, 204, 205, 206, 228, 230, 234–37, 238, 244n4, 247, 252, 260, 261, 274, 275, 276, 277, 287–88, 339–40, 341, 342, 349n74, 362, 403, 404, 405

federal transfer payments, 228, 234–37, 238, 240–41, 287–88, 335

Federal Transport Commission, 192

federal-provincial relations, 21, 22, 29, 148, 153–54, 174–75, 176, 177, 183, 199, 234, 236–37, 240–41, 244n4, 335, 339–40, 341, 342, 350n80, 350n81, 380, 405

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, 261

Finance Canada, 155

Finance Department, 219

First Ministers’ Accord on Health Care Renewal, 236

First Nations, 161, 177, 192–93, 197, 199, 201–3, 248, 249–57, 259, 261–65, 310. See also Aboriginal; Indigenous

First Nations Drum, 252, 255

fiscal conservatism, 37, 38, 72, 183, 323, 328, 332

fiscal policy, 7–8, 28, 31–32, 42, 48–49, 52, 64, 152–53, 154, 155, 156, 158, 219, 227–43, 302, 303, 307, 328, 333, 388, 389, 407, 408, 409, 429. See also debt, deficit, government expenditure, provincial budget, spending, tax

FiveThirtyEight, 90, 97

Flagstaff County, AB, 311

Flanagan, Tom, 22, 41

Flickr, 115, 117, 122

floods of 2013, 9, 328, 335, 359

Ford, Rob, 285

Forsythe, Heather, 39

Fort McKay First Nation, 260

Fort McMurray, AB, 9, 39, 51, 149–50, 157, 160, 195, 255, 334–35, 353–55, 357, 359–60, 362–63, 367, 381

Forum Research, 81–82, 86–87, 92, 94–96, 99–101

fossil fuels, 7, 159, 162, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 174, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, 222, 354. See also bitumen; coal; natural gas; non-renewable resources; oil; petroleum

Francis, Doug, 20

Fraser, Rick, 415

Fraser Institute, 261

Frost, Leslie, 16

G

Gainers, 25

Gallup, 79

Gas Tax Fund, 275

gender, 9, 58, 61–62, 74n9, 174, 244n8, 248, 319–43

General Motors, 177

Getty, Don, 21–22, 25, 29, 33, 37, 44, 46, 152, 158, 213–14, 412

Given, Bill, 271, 275, 282, 284

Giving Away a Miracle: Lost Dreams and Broken Promises and the Ontario NDP, 389

global warming, 166–67, 168, 169, 170, 175, 177, 178, 180, 182, 183, 184, 371, 402, 403. See also climate change

Google, 70, 177, 363

Gotfried, Richard, 49

Goudreau, Hector, 284

Graff-McRae, Rebecca, 283–84

Grande Prairie, AB, 271, 275, 280–82, 284, 286

Graves, Frank, 98

Great Canadian Oil Sands, 149, 157

Great Depression, 377, 379

Green Party (Alberta), 118

Green Party (BC), 7, 160, 176, 204

greenhouse gases, 33, 159, 165–67, 170, 171, 172, 182, 200, 201, 219, 260, 339. See also carbon dioxide; emissions; methane

Greenpeace, 181, 261, 334

Griffiths, Doug, 45, 284

Guatemala, 250

Gulf Coast, 196, 200

Gulf Oil, 149

Gunter, Lorne, 169

Gurnett, Jim, 217

H

Hancock, Dave, 26, 45–46, 212, 215

Harcourt, Mike, 384

Hardisty, AB, 199–200

Harper, Stephen, 1, 22, 43, 62, 121–22, 128–29, 138, 195–97, 199–201, 236, 251, 257–58, 264, 329, 414–15

Harris, Mike, 384, 394

Hastings-Simon, Sara, 282

health care, 8, 22, 23, 183, 227, 228, 232–34, 235, 236–37, 238, 240–42, 243, 250, 275, 281, 284, 295, 296, 299, 302, 308, 321, 323, 324, 325, 326, 330, 332, 334, 336, 339, 341, 349n73, 350n77, 351n86, 392, 401, 408, 409, 411, 434, 435

Health Reform Transfer, 235–36

Heaney, John, 217, 220, 225, 385

High River, AB, 9, 328, 347

Hill and Knowlton, 217

Hinman, Paul, 38, 115, 118

Hoffman, Sarah, 61

homelessness, 281, 311

Hootsuite, 136

Horgan, John, 160, 217, 339–40

Horne, Fred, 45

Horner, Doug, 40, 45, 324, 412

Horner, Hugh, 19, 33

Houser, Sally, 69

housing, 120, 158, 264, 271, 275, 281, 282, 286, 287, 299, 300, 339, 341, 401, 402

Houston, TX, 18

Howard, Frank, 247

Howe, C. D., 193

Huffington Post, 264

Hughes, Ken, 45, 284

Hunsperger, Allan, 41, 55, 107, 329, 331

Hurricane Katrina, 360

Husky, 25

I

Idle No More, 264

Ignatieff, Michael, 122

immigration,17–19, 30, 281

Imperial Oil, 149, 151, 192

Indian Act, 251

Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 251

Indian Land Claims Commission, 251

Indian Resource Council, 261

Indigenous, ix, 8, 173, 196, 202, 247–70, 298, 300, 303, 312, 334, 339

individualism, 401, 402, 417

infrastructure, 24, 31, 118, 148, 150, 158, 160, 173, 193, 199, 203, 206, 220, 271, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277–78, 280, 281, 286, 295, 298, 300, 302, 307, 311, 354, 368, 388, 409

Insights West, 81–82, 86–87, 94–96, 100–101

Instagram, 105, 122, 126, 133, 136–40, 262, 354

Interprovincial Pipeline, 192

Inuit, 248–50, 255

iPhone, 109, 137

Ipsos-Reid, 81–82, 86–87, 94, 100–101

Iveson, Don, 132, 140, 181, 273, 282, 286

J

Jablonski, Mary-Anne, 45

Jansen, Sandra, 74, 183, 413–14

Japan, 177

Jasper National Park, 194

Jean, Brian, 49, 54, 67, 68, 108, 136, 138–39, 169, 180, 182, 331, 335, 409, 415–16

Johnson, Lyndon, 167

Johnston, Art, 325

Johnston, Richard, 80, 99–100

K

Kelowna Accord, 251

Kennedy-Glans, Donna, 55, 326

Kenney, Jason, 10, 22, 53–54, 56, 72, 138, 161, 180, 182, 188, 265, 312, 341, 351, 399–400, 413–16, 422–23

Keystone XL Pipeline, 175, 196, 198, 200, 201, 261, 339

Khan, Stephen, 42, 414

Kinder Morgan, 160, 175–76, 181, 193–94, 198–99, 203–5, 261, 340

King, Adrienne, 217, 221

Kirby Report, 236

Klein, Ralph, 6–7, 19–20, 22–30, 32, 36–38, 40, 44, 46, 65, 75, 147–48, 151–59, 161–62, 194, 212, 214, 231–32, 237–38, 252, 272, 276, 279, 295, 299, 322–23, 343, 403, 405, 416

Kneebone, Ron, 7–8, 32, 51, 227–46

Kowalski, Ken, 19

Krause, Vivian, 200

Kyoto Protocol, 29, 170

L

Laboucan-Massimo, Melina, 261

Labour issues, 108, 151, 157, 161, 242, 284, 293–94, 295, 297, 303, 310, 394. See also farmworkers; unions

Lac La Biche, 287

Lady Gaga, 41

Lall, Jamie, 51–52, 409

LaPoe, Victoria, 361

Larivee, Danielle, 272–73, 284, 286–87, 335, 339, 364

Laughren, Floyd, 388

Laurier, Wilfrid, 47

Layton, Jack, 217

Leach, Andrew, 171, 205–6

leaders’ debates, 5, 50–51, 69–70, 80–81, 104, 333–34

leadership contests, 26, 211–12, 399–400, 405–6, 407, 412–16

—Alberta Progressive Conservative Party: 1986, 412, 413; 1992, 26, 406, 407; 2006, 26, 36–37, 44, 295–96, 405, 412; 2011, 26, 39–40, 42, 44, 323–24, 325, 327, 405, 407 412; 2014, 43–44, 53–54, 400, 405, 406–7, 415;
Alberta United Conservative Party 2017, 54, 351n88, 413–14

Leadership for What Matters, 392

Leduc, 192, 228–29

Leech, Ron, 329, 332

LEED Gold Standard, 282

Leger Marketing, 81–82, 85–87, 89, 94–96

Lesser Slave Lake, 253–54, 305

Lethbridge, AB, 61, 75, 271, 278, 284

Lethbridge-West, 61

Levant, Ezra, 107, 336

Liberal Party (Alberta), 5–6, 10, 16, 19–20, 23–27, 31, 40–41, 44, 49, 53, 60, 65, 73, 75, 84–85, 107, 113, 115–21, 126, 131, 174, 180–83, 224, 231, 252, 377, 385, 399, 408, 410–12, 420

Liberal Party (BC), 176, 325

Liberal Party (federal), 19, 24, 47, 92–93, 110, 122, 132, 139, 152–54, 159, 193, 198–99, 205, 276, 381, 407

Liberal Party (Ontario), 16, 380–84, 388, 395

Line 3 Pipeline, 199

linear assessment, 280–81, 298

Lisac, Mark, 25, 29

Little Bow, 265

Lloydminster, 25, 303

Los Angeles, CA, 201

Lougheed, Peter, 6–7, 19–21, 24–25, 27–31, 33, 37, 40, 147–49, 151–53, 157–62, 206, 211, 213, 226, 244, 322–26, 340, 343, 345, 350, 406, 410

Love, Rod, 38, 214

Lubicon Cree, 261

Lucas, Jack, 281, 285

Lukaszuk, Thomas, 42–43, 45, 48, 406, 415

Luntz, Frank, 169

M

Macdonald, Stephen, 215, 224

Macdonald, William, 213

MacIntyre, Don, 169

Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, 191, 193, 194, 197, 204

Mackinaw, Craig, 259

Maclean’s, 80, 205

Mainstreet Technologies, 81–82, 85–87, 94, 100–101

Malloy, Jonathan, 3

Mandel, Stephen, 45, 287, 415

Mandela, Nelson, 41–42, 325

Manitoba, 174, 217, 220, 264, 378

Manning, Earnest, 1, 16, 18, 54

Manning, Preston, 37

Mar, Gary, 26, 39–40, 324

Marketing Research and Intelligence Agency, 82

Marland, Alex, 362

Martha and Henry, 26, 64–65, 75

Martial, Bernice, 258

Martin, Don, 334

Martin, Ray, 271

Mason, Brian, 115, 118, 120, 126–27, 220–21, 337, 408

McAllister, Bruce, 51, 409

McConaghy, Dennis, 200

McGrath, Anne, 66, 217, 225

McIver, Ric, 43, 406

McLellan, Anne, 153–54

McQuaig-Boyd, Marg, 337

McQueen, Diana, 284

McVean, Sheridan, 9, 334, 353–73, 381

media, 8, 23, 28, 29, 32, 41, 42, 46, 52, 59, 61, 63, 69, 71, 79, 80, 81, 94, 97, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 117, 119, 120, 121, 136, 139, 140, 141, 192, 203, 209, 218, 248, 249, 261, 265, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257, 262–63, 265, 266, 294–96, 320, 321, 327–28, 329, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, 340, 354–55, 356, 360–61, 362, 363, 366, 367, 382

Medicine Hat, AB, 215, 281, 284, 286

Meech Lake Accord, 386

methane, 165, 166. See also greenhouse gases

Métis, 248–51, 253–58, 261, 263, 265

Metropolitan Centre, 33

Miller, Andrea, 361

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), 251, 258, 263–64

Monk, Kathleen, 66, 217

Montreal, QC, 185

Montreal Stock Exchange, 155

Moore, Marv, 19

Morneau, Bill, 340

Morrison, Jim, 394

Morrow, Greg, 277, 287

Morton, Ted, 22, 26, 36–37, 39, 412

Mount Royal University, x

Mulcair, Tom, 217

Mulroney, Brian, 21, 153–54, 322, 407

municipal districts (MDs), 279, 280–81

Municipal Government Act, 271–72, 278–79, 283–84

Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI), 276–79

municipalities, 173, 177, 271–88, 298, 300, 305, 307, 339; fiscal issues, 273–78, 281; governments, 8, 158, 271–88, 359

N

National Energy Board, 177, 191–93, 197, 201–3, 205, 215, 262

National Energy Program, 21, 25, 230, 244, 350

National Geographic, 194

National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, 282

National Task Force on Oil Sands Strategies, 154

natural gas, 167, 171, 172, 184, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 219, 222, 228, 354, 379, 402, 408, 429; price of, 39, 148, 407

Natural Resources Canada, 155

Nelson, Marcia, 393

Nenshi, Naheed, 9, 39, 132, 181, 273, 275–77, 282, 287, 328

Nepinak, Derek, 264

New Brunswick, 196, 237, 240

New Democratic Party (Alberta), ix–x, 1–11, 16, 18–19, 23, 25, 35, 49–54, 57–76, 80, 84–86, 90–92, 97–98, 104–8, 112, 115, 117–18, 120, 123, 126–27, 131–33, 136–37, 139–41, 151–52, 157, 161–62, 165, 169, 171–75, 181–83, 199, 206, 209–10, 212–13, 216–17, 219–27, 231–32, 239, 241–43, 247–66, 271–72, 277–78, 283–88, 294, 297–98, 303, 305–7, 309–10, 332–34, 337–39, 353–54, 377–81, 384–94, 396, 399–401, 403, 408, 410–14, 416–19

New Democratic Party (BC), 7, 66, 160, 162, 176, 204, 217, 220, 225, 303, 378, 382–85

New Democratic Party (federal), 92–93, 110, 116, 122, 152, 162, 217, 220, 225, 247, 303

New Democratic Party (Manitoba), 217, 220, 378

New Democratic Party (Nova Scotia), 378, 385

New Democratic Party (Ontario), 9, 16, 378–91, 393–95

New Democratic Party (Saskatchewan), 217–20, 225, 378, 385, 387

New Democratic Party (Yukon), 378

New York, 177, 200

Newell, Eric, 154

Newfoundland and Labrador, 233

Nixon, Jason, 169

Noelle-Neumann, Elisabeth, 29

non-renewable resource revenues, 7, 51, 148, 150, 228, 229, 238, 245n21, 429. See also royalties

Norris, Pippa, 106, 121

North American Free Trade Agreement, 204

North Dakota, 200, 261

Northern Gateway Pipeline, 196, 197–98, 199, 201, 204, 205, 261–62

Norway, 31, 245

Notley, Grant, 5, 25, 151–52, 160, 162, 164, 303, 314, 332, 403

Notley, Rachel, ix, 2, 5–9, 25, 27, 49–50, 53–55, 57–60, 62–63, 65–72, 74, 76, 85, 104–5, 132, 136–37, 139–42, 144, 147–48, 157, 159–63, 165, 171, 178, 182–83, 191, 198, 206, 209–10, 216–24, 248–49, 254, 256–58, 260–61, 264–68, 288, 292–94, 297–98, 302, 307, 311–12, 314–15, 319, 322, 332–43, 345–50, 353–55, 357, 359–60, 363–64, 367–71, 377–81, 384–87, 389, 391–95, 399, 403, 408, 410–11, 420–23

Notley, Sandy Wilkinson, 332

Nova Scotia, 327, 378, 385

Novatel, 25

O

Oates, Cheryl, 71, 217, 220–21

Obama, Barrack, 109, 175, 200, 261, 344

Oberg, Lyle, 25, 328

Occupational Health and Safety, 284, 293, 336, 349n70

Occupational Health and Safety standards, 284

OECD, 241

Off and Running, 386

oil, 3–4, 6, 7, 18, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 35, 59, 64, 71, 121, 147–62, 175, 178, 179, 182, 191–206, 219, 222, 228, 230, 231, 232, 244n4, 259, 260, 261, 262, 280, 294, 298, 299, 303, 322, 334, 337, 339, 340, 342, 354, 360, 364, 367, 368, 371, 379, 389, 402, 403, 405, 407, 408, 418, 429 (See also bitumen, petroleum); price of ix, 3–4, 5, 7, 21, 25, 30–31, 32, 48–49, 50, 59, 148, 150, 152, 157, 158–59, 171, 172, 176, 178, 184, 195, 196, 230, 231, 232, 237, 238, 239, 240, 242, 243, 244n4, 245n21, 246n23–32, 294, 339, 354, 367, 379, 386, 403, 407, 408, 418

Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers (OCAW), 303

Oil and Gas Conservation Board, 149

oil sands, ix, 5, 6, 24, 25, 27, 28, 33, 35, 107, 118, 147–51, 153–62, 165, 172–73, 178–79, 180, 192–96, 198, 200, 203, 259, 260, 261, 303, 354, 367, 371, 389, 402, 403

Oil Sands: A New Energy Vision for Canada, The, 155

Olds-Didsbury, 294

O’Neill, Katherine, 415

Ontario, 9, 16–17, 20, 79, 149–50, 173–74, 192, 198, 224, 275, 309, 377–97, 404

OPEC, 206, 229–30

Ottawa, ON, 20–22, 24, 149–50, 153, 176, 180, 183, 199, 216–17, 220, 257, 260–61, 264, 275, 340, 386, 391, 403, 407

Our Fair Share, 38,

P

Pacific Western Airlines, 24

Palmer, Howard, 19

Palmer, Tamara, 19

Pantheon Research, 81–82, 86, 94

Paraguay, 250

Paris Accord, 170, 177, 198, 293

Parkland Institute, 251, 283

party mergers, 28, 38, 53, 54, 98, 351n88, 399, 400, 413–16

Payne, Scott, 71–72

Peace River, AB, 157, 253–54

Pembina Institute, 181, 282

Pembina Pipelines, 193

Percy, Mike, 26, 44, 218

Peterson, David, 382

Petro-Canada, 152

petrochemicals, 24, 149, 303

petroleum, 150, 151, 172, 173, 366. See also oil; bitumen

Phillips, Shannon, 61, 260, 349

Philpott, Jane, 237

Pickup, Mark, 80, 99–100

Pincher Creek, 303

pipelines, ix, 5, 6–7, 149, 150, 151, 153, 159, 160, 162, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 181, 191–206, 261–63, 280, 298, 303, 335, 337, 339, 340, 341, 342, 350n79–81, 354, 386, 389, 418

Poitras, Audrey, 257

Politics of Resentment, The, 308

polls, 1, 4, 17, 39, 40, 41, 44, 50, 56n32, 57, 66–67, 79–100, 107, 115, 120, 121, 126, 128, 136, 137, 174, 175, 213, 216, 218, 265, 324, 329, 330, 332, 334, 340, 341, 342, 351n86, 381, 382, 388, 406, 411, 417, 418

populism, 64, 66, 70, 71, 73, 403, 404, 407, 410, 417

post-secondary, 203, 235, 236, 300, 301, 308, 313n26. See also education; universities

Postmedia, 249

Precht, Paul, 155

Prentice, Jim, 3–6, 10, 17, 22, 26, 28, 33, 36, 43–52, 54, 64, 68–73, 75, 104–5, 107, 136–37, 139–40, 199, 202, 212, 215, 218, 221, 223–24, 226, 248–49, 251, 257, 302, 304, 330, 333–34, 337, 342, 391–92, 396, 399–400, 406–9, 411–13, 415, 418

Progressive Conservative Party (Alberta), ix, 1–11, 15–33, 35–56, 57–61, 63–71, 73–77, 79, 84, 89–92, 97–98, 100, 104–5, 107, 114–19, 122, 124, 126–27, 129–31, 133–34, 136–38, 140–41, 147–48, 151, 174, 180–83, 209–15, 218–25, 231, 249, 251–54, 257, 263, 284, 312, 323–24, 327–31, 333–34, 351, 353, 380, 384–85, 387, 391, 399–400, 403, 405–19

Progressive Conservative Party (federal), 37, 54, 153, 400

Progressive Conservative Party (Ontario), 16, 381–82, 384, 386

property rights, 296, 302

Prosper Energy Ltd, 260

Public Affairs Bureau, 364

private-public partnerships (P3s), 149, 275–76

public sector workers, 40, 42, 325, 388, 389, 410. See also healthcare; teachers

public service, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 385, 386, 390, 391, 393, 397n39. See also bureaucracy; civil service

public services, 64, 68, 158, 182, 184, 242, 298, 299, 300, 302, 307. See also education; health care; social programs; social services

Q

Quebec, 15, 22, 79, 92, 129, 173, 198, 333, 404

R

Rae, Bob, 9, 380, 382, 384–91, 393–97

Read, George, 118

Rebel Media, 107, 293, 336

Red Deer, AB, 271, 278

Reddit, 15

Redford, Alison, 9, 26, 29, 31–32, 36, 39–46, 48–52, 55, 91, 107–8, 122, 126–28, 130–31, 138, 197–98, 215, 221, 224, 249, 277, 296, 301–2, 307, 319, 322–28, 331, 335, 338, 342–43, 387, 391, 397, 403, 405–6

Reform Party, 1, 37–38, 153, 329, 407, 414

regional planning, 279–81, 283–86, 287

Reimer, Jan, 275–76, 279

Reimer, Neil, 303

Remillard, Chaseten, 9, 334, 353–73, 381

Rempel, Michelle, 180

renewable energy, 159, 165, 173, 282, 302

Republican Party, 169

Residential schools, 250, 258, 262

Return on Insight, 81–82, 87, 94

Revenant, The, 201

revenues, 7, 8, 24, 31, 48, 50, 51, 59, 152, 158, 159, 170, 172, 173, 181, 196, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 234, 237, 238–39, 240, 242, 245n21, 280, 283, 286, 287, 295, 325, 336, 341, 342, 400, 401, 403, 408, 409, 429, 433. See also royalties; tax

ridings. See names of individual ridings

Rio de Janeiro, 168–70, 177

Robarts, John, 16

Rockefeller Brothers Fund, 200

Rocky Mountain House, AB, 295

Rocky View County, AB, 280

Rodney, David, 180

Romanow, Roy, 218–19, 385, 387

Roosevelt, Franklyn, 79

Roskos-Ewoldsen, David, 358–59

Royalite, 149

royalties, 7, 8, 21, 24, 27–28, 38–39, 50, 119, 122, 148, 152, 155, 156–57, 158, 161, 184, 219, 222, 231–32, 238–39, 244n1, 259, 322, 334, 335–36, 354, 371, 400, 401, 402–3, 407–8, 411, 429

Royalty Review Advisory Panel, 161

RSS feed, 111, 115, 126, 130, 133, 136, 143

rural Alberta, 8, 10, 17, 19, 37, 38, 65, 141, 174, 182, 278, 280, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 293–311, 325, 336, 343, 383

Rural Alberta: Land of Opportunity, 299–300

Russell, David, 33

Russia, 103

Rutkowski, Jim, 217, 225

Ryan, Peter, 5, 103–44

Ryerson University Infoscape Research Lab, 111, 116, 141

S

Sabir, Irfan, 339

Saher, Merwan, 325

Saint John, NB, 196

Sainte-Marie, Buffy, 264–65

San Francisco, CA, 200

Sangar, Toby, 276

Santos, John, 4, 41, 47, 50, 57, 70, 79–101, 128, 137

Sarnia, 192

Saskatchewan, 45, 174, 193, 217–20, 225, 247–48, 304, 335, 378, 385–87

Saxberg, Scott, 179

Sayers, Anthony, 10, 52, 71, 90, 380, 384, 399–423

Schmidt, Marlin, 61

Schneider, Dave, 265–66

Schweitzer, Doug, 54

Scott, Gerry, 65–66, 216

Senate, 21–22

Seymour, Jim, 213

Sharpe, Sydney, 43, 48, 50, 132, 381

Shell Canada, 161, 178, 259, 334

Sherman, Raj, 408

Sherwood Park, AB, 301

Sixties Scoop, 265

Sky Palace, 42

Slack, Enid, 273

Slave Lake, AB, 335, 359

Small, Tamara, 3

Smith, Danielle, 9, 39–41, 46–48, 54, 91, 126–30, 138, 140, 296, 319, 322, 324, 328, 335, 342–43, 381, 408–9

social conservatism, 38, 183, 324, 329–30, 403, 404, 414, 417, 419

Social Credit Party, 1, 4, 10, 16–18, 21, 35, 37, 40, 53–54, 148, 213, 377, 384, 403

social issues, 296, 329, 404, 417

social media, 5, 41, 71, 103–41, 203, 252, 254, 262, 263, 264, 293, 294, 319, 321, 335, 337, 338, 355, 357, 360–63, 366–67, 371

social programs, 227, 232, 234, 236, 241, 242, 339, 342, 350n71, 401, 402

social services, 228, 232, 234, 235, 240, 241, 242, 243, 273, 274. See also public services; social programs

South Africa, 42, 325

Spearman, Chris, 278

Specified Gas Emitters Regulation, 172–73, 178, 198

Spectra Energy, 201

spending, 8, 24, 25, 49, 51, 152, 158, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 252, 275, 277, 278, 295, 325, 385, 387, 388, 400, 401, 403, 405, 408, 409, 411, 431. See also expenditure; fiscal policy

Spirit River-Fairview, 303

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, 261

Starke, Richard, 414–15

Statistics Canada, 309

Steele City, NE, 200

Stelmach, Ed, 19, 26–27, 31–32, 36–40, 44, 48, 51–52, 115–22, 138, 161, 172, 212, 214, 224, 295–96, 300–301, 305, 322–23, 328, 338, 403, 406

Stephenson, Laura, 3

Stevens, Ron, 26

Steward, Gillian, 6, 336

Stewart, David, 10, 52, 71, 90, 380, 384, 399–423

Stokes, Brian, 217, 219

Stoney (Nakoda Sioux), 250

Strankman, Rick, 337

Strom, Harry, 213

Sturdy, John, 247–48

Sun News Network, 107

Suncor, 149, 161, 178, 259, 334

Superior, WI, 192, 199

Supreme Court of Canada, 21, 29, 205, 304, 350

Sutherland, Richard, x, 1–11

Swan Hills, 25

Swann, David, 75, 121, 181, 409

Syncrude, 24–25, 149–51, 154, 159–60, 195, 259

T

Taft, Kevin, 6, 27, 115, 117–20, 165–89, 334

Takach, Geo, 16

tar sands, 148, 149, 150, 157, 200, 354. See also oil sands

Tar Sands Campaign, 200

Taras, David, x, 3–4, 15–34, 35, 141

tax, 49, 152–53, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 234, 237, 238, 239, 240, 242, 243, 248, 272, 275, 277, 278, 280, 285, 286, 288, 298, 299, 307, 354, 401, 405, 409, 410, 411

—carbon: Alberta, ix, 5–6, 108, 159–60, 161, 165–84, 198, 200, 205, 222, 260, 282, 294, 303–4, 308, 309, 339, 341, 343, 371; BC, 172; federal, 176, 198, 205;
corporate, 49, 64–65, 107, 172, 228, 234, 333, 354, 409, 411
income, 22, 64, 172, 183, 228, 234, 274, 286, 409, 410, 411
property, 272, 273–74, 278, 279, 281, 284, 286, 287
sales, 8, 32, 140, 153, 171, 237, 238, 243, 273, 274, 286, 409

Taylor, Glen, 126

Taylor, Lorne, 25

TD Economics, 179

teachers, 26, 40, 323, 324, 325

Texas, 19, 35

Think Progress, 107

ThinkHQ Public Affairs, 81–82, 86–87, 94

Thomas, Melanee, 5, 8, 36, 57–77, 85, 105, 333, 381

Thomson, Graham, 391

ThreeHundredEight, 90, 97, 99, 137

Tides Foundation, 200

Toombe, Trevor, 181

Topp, Brian, 66, 69, 216–21, 225, 384–87, 392, 395

Toronto, ON, 18, 285, 332

Towle, Kerry, 47–48

Trans Mountain Pipeline, 160, 175, 176–77, 181, 192, 198, 199, 201, 204–5, 206, 260–61, 262, 339, 340

TransCanada, 193, 196, 198, 200–201

transition, 209–25, 378, 382, 384–89, 391–92, 393

Treasury Board, 219, 221

Treaty 6, 248, 258, 260, 267

Treaty 7, 248, 267

Treaty 8, 248, 254, 257, 267

Triple Crown: Winning Canada’s Energy Future, 199

Trudeau, Justin, 22, 74, 110, 138, 140, 159–60, 181, 183, 198–99, 205, 261–62, 341

Trudeau, Pierre, 21, 160

Trump, Donald, 97, 103, 175, 177, 255–56, 294, 308

Tupper, Allan, 24

Turner, Alina, 283

Turner Valley, 20

Twain, Mark, 203

Twitter, 69, 75, 103–5, 109, 115, 117, 120–22, 126, 130–33, 136–39, 144, 262–63, 265, 333, 354

Tyson, Ian, 18

U

unions, 40, 42, 151, 157, 222, 276, 303, 323, 324, 325, 389, 411

United Conservative Party, 10, 22, 54, 73, 161, 182–83, 265, 309, 341, 349, 351, 399–400, 415, 418–19

United Farmers of Alberta, 16, 53

United Kingdom, 99

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), 251, 258, 262, 264, 266

United Nations Framework on Climate Change, 168, 293

United States, 17, 21, 51, 90, 97, 107–8, 148, 159, 168, 178, 191–92, 194, 196, 198, 201

universities, 69, 156, 168, 242, 308, 324, 325. See also education; post-secondary

University of Alberta, 205, 19

University of Calgary, 36, 98, 181, 203, 277, 281, 285

University of California Berkley, 277

University of Toronto, 273, 279

US State Department, 200

V

van Herk, Aritha, 29

Vancouver, BC, 192, 200, 260, 285, 350

Veer, Tara, 278

Vegreville, 37

Vivone, Rich, 24, 29

Voter Turnout, 427

VoxPopLabs, 90

Vriend v. Alberta, 29

W

Waddell, Chris, x, 141

Wall, Brad, 335

Warrack, Allan, 28

Watson, Peter, 215, 223

Watt, David, 1

Waxman-Markey legislation, 200

Weaver, Andrew, 176

Webber, Len, 55, 326

Weiner, Bernard, 357

welfare, 242, 308, 321, 324, 326, 402. See also public services; social programs; social services

West, Steve, 25

West Yellowhead, 305

Western alienation, 20, 22, 174, 403–4, 407, 417

Western Canada Concept, 37, 294

Westlock, AB, 311

Wetaskiwan-Camrose, 253

White, Graham, 2, 9, 377–97

wildfire, Fort McMurray, 334–35, 337, 353–71, 381

Wildrose Party, ix, 1, 4, 7, 10, 19, 24, 26, 28, 31, 36, 38–41, 44, 46–49, 51–54, 57, 60, 63–66, 68–69, 73, 79, 84–85, 87, 90–92, 98, 106–8, 115, 118, 121–22, 125–29, 131, 135–36, 138, 169, 174, 179–82, 210, 223–24, 296, 302, 305–6, 324, 328–33, 337, 351, 379, 381, 391–92, 399–400, 403, 408–18

Williams, Lori, 9, 42, 319–51

Wilson, Harold, 383

Wilt, James, 8, 271–92, 298

Windspeaker, 255, 261, 264–65

Winnipeg, MB, 284

Wisconsin, 192, 199, 308

Wood Buffalo, AB, 287, 335, 354, 357, 359

Workers’ Compensation Board, 284

Wright, Terence, 361

Y

Yager, David, 179

Yedlin, Deborah, 6–8, 191–206, 387

Yes Minister, 390, 397

YourAlberta, 363

YouTube, 105, 107, 109, 115, 117–19, 122, 126, 128–29, 133, 136–39, 141, 354–55, 364

Yukon, 193, 378

Z

Zussman, David, 386

Zwicker, Jennifer, 7–8, 32, 51, 227–46

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