Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, lifelong advocate of private health care, moved unexpectedly yesterday to nationalize the province’s recently privatized medical lab services. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). Health Minister Adriana LaGrange made the announcement at what looked like a hastily organized press conference in Red Deer, but she
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Alberta Politics: Trudeau Liberals call the opposition’s bluff and ‘nationalize’ (sort of, maybe) the Trans Mountain Pipeline
OK, so Ottawa’s going to buy the Trans Mountain Pipeline for $4.5 billion and run it as a Crown corporation. That’s a good start. (Caveats to follow.) Theoretically, it could ensure transparency and accountability, even responsibility, to a business in which the private sector adamantly refuses to deliver any such
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Now The Guardian Chimes In – Time to Nationalize Canada’s Fossil Fuelers
They took their sweet time. On Tuesday we proposed nationalization of fossil fuel companies as the best way to keep hydrocarbon reserves safely in the ground and clearing the way for a transition to clean, alternative energy. Now it’s The Guardian calling for putting Canada’s oil companies under public control. It
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Is It Time to Nationalize Fossil Fuels?
There are times when governments must intercede to protect their citizens against significant threats and dangers. Fossil fuels present a significant threat and danger to life of all forms around the world. We know if we are to have any reasonable prospect of limiting global warming to no more than
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