Sustainability not part of the PC lexicon.
Sustainability reaches into all corners of our lives: rising inequality, health and healing, stress and time management, chopping trees and drilling for oil, agriculture / water and toxic sludge. All of these areas of our lives have a cumulative effect on the entirety of our province.
Albertans have the fourth highest ecological footprint in the world, exceeded only by the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, and the United States. We are consuming energy, food, and other resources at a rate almost six times the Earth’s natural capacity to sustain our current level of consumption.
The citizens of Alberta know that we can do better, that we must do better. What’s missing with the current government is vision and political will.
For the record, Ralph Klein might not have given a “tinker’s damn” about important issues facing Albertans, but… Pat Murray does!
Why Alberta Liberal policy gets a better grade:
Thanks to a windfall of energy revenues, Alberta is poised for a tremendous leap. From experience, we know this can’t last.
The Alberta Liberals believe it’s time to start translating our current energy boom into permanent prosperity and the opportunity to build a truly remarkable future.
There is a growing demand for cleaner energy sources, and Alberta is ideally suited to explore development in this area.
To move Alberta forward, the Alberta Liberals will focus on setting Alberta on course to become a world leader in developing new energy technologies:
• spending smarter,
• revitalizing the Heritage Fund; and
• working with industry and education partners to strategically prepare for a post-petroleum era.
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