Demand Honesty

We are constantly being manipulated and misled by unscrupulous politicians.

Danielle Smith has been making some strong statements about the inability of Alberta's power grid to get to net zero by 2035.

She has constantly referred to power brown and blackouts if we rely on solar and wind to reach a net-zero power grid.

She also says even the proposal of net-zero regulations has resulted in lost investment opportunities for Alberta.

Nowhere does she cite reports or research that she us relying on to support these positions and predictions about an unreliable power grid using solar and wind. She never mentions that natural gas-sourced power would still be allowed for base load demands and backup.

She doesn't release the names of the projects, the sponsors, nor who she had spoken with when bemoaning lost investment already happening, even at the draft stage of regulations.

She never mentioned the billions of new solar and wind investments, already here and more coming.

Unless and until we get more reliable disclosure of evidence to support her or propaganda, we should be very skeptical about the honesty and integrity of her statements.

Her record on honesty and integrity around the Alberta pension fiasco has proven she doesn't deserve any benefit of the doubt.

She rarely mentions more local decentralized power source options like geothermal and geo-hydro as alternatives. She never mentions industrial heat as another local power solution.

As the world moves forward, she shows she is fully committed to an Alberta that is non-adaptive to the reality of the end of fossil fuels.

We need more, better, timely, reliable, and relevant disclosure of information from our politicians.

We will not get openness and honesty unless we demand it as citizens. If you want a better government, become a better citizen. Get engaged in the issues that concern you.