myles

Don, I wrote the minister, premier, and my MLA to thank them already. I also met face to face with my MLA to reinforce what I wrote. I hear what you're saying but I don't agree. I saw on FB just this week the Nature Conservancy wrote a thank you letter to the AG in support of the park and this would be in addition to what I've seen from TU, AWA and a bunch of other like minded groups that have done something similar. Let's not get complacent, I get it. But I think there are positive steps being taken so the AG knows they have support on this. Myles

What do I think? Thing #1: It's getting expensive to live in Alberta. Trudeau and Notley both increased personal income taxes and now Iveson wants to increase municipal taxes in Edmonton. It's hard seeing the Alberta Advantage anymore. Thing #2: I agree doing something with the environmental portfolio was needed to get a social license for pipelines but wind power can never be 'base load capacity' because it is inherently unreliable. If the energy mix becomes 70//20/10 nat gas/renewables/coal by 2030, that might work. We should just be careful to recognize what energy mix will allow Alberta to hit carbon reduction targets with resources we have in abundance that are suitable to providing affordable, reliable electricity. If we start forcing things with massive subsidies to renewables I can see us going down the same path as Ontario where we've spent a bunch of money converting a grid that now doesn't work and need to buy power outside the province. Thing 3#: I'm not sure how I feel yet about driving down HWY 22 and seeing windmills on every hill. I like wind power but not when it ruins something special like that.

There were a few. One would be the Smith River, Montana.