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So, Erin O'Toole just pulled a Beyak and excused residential schools.
The future is renewables. People in high school are becoming more eco-friendly compared to 30 years ago.
For some stuff gas engines are preferable like snowblowers, or construction vehicles but otherwise natural gas, hydrogen and electric are taking over.
I don't see fossil fuels being the cash cow they were in the 20th century.
When i went to high school many years ago the talk then was windmills and solar now many don't wnat that they want different forms of renewables.
Erin O'Toole is going to lose the party another election.
The Ndp has to day something with Singh at only 13% that could do them in if there was a election.
My guess is that would be single digit seats for them.
An impact of .37c per L on gas (over 10 years) isn't that enormous.
Based on current prices, we would still be below historically high prices we've paid at the pump.
I remember prices north of $1.40/L not so many years ago.
I kind of doubt they ever will, barring any geopolitical crises. Batteries and renewables are forming an effective cap on the price of oil.
That was pre-fracking when prices were skyrocketing. We then had the fracking era which brought prices down. Now a lot of those frackers have gone bankrupt and supply is tighter. We could see $1.40 gas in a year or two if the Covid recovery is faster than oil production can rise. And that's the kind of thing that can make trouble for an incumbent government.
Actually it's the threat of fracking and the frackers balance with the Saudis determining oil prices now. The BEV share of the current road fleet (not sales) is less than 1-2%. That's not really enough to move the needle on oil demand.
'A family tradition': Alberta minister does not step down over Hawaii trip
While many Albertans across the province denied themselves tropical getaways over the holiday season, it has come to light that a number of provincial officials did not follow the same rules set out by the COVID-19 pandemic.calgary.ctvnews.ca
Tracy Allard, the representative for Grande Prairie and Alberta's minister for municipal affairs, first apologized Thursday for an ill-timed trip to Hawaii, which saw her jet off to the island getaway on Dec. 19.
During a media conference Friday, she said the trip was part of a long-standing tradition for her family.
"We have been going to Hawaii for most of the past 17 years since our youngest child was born," she said.
However, she says her family was impacted by the COVID-19 restrictions, which prevented her from seeing her two sons.
"We did make the decision to travel with my immediate household, which is my husband and my daughter."
So, because Allard felt Alberta's International Border Testing Pilot Program was "a safe way for Albertans to travel abroad" and in order to help the airline industry, she decided to carry through with her trip.
"We were confident that we were fully compliant with Alberta's current health mandate," she said.
However, when news came to light about several Alberta government officials leaving the province for recreational purposes over the Christmas holidays, Allard said her decision, in retrospect, was an error.
"As a minister of the Crown, I know that I am held to a higher standard," she said. "I definitely made the wrong decision."
Despite admitting her mistake, Allard shied away from announcing her resignation from her post and instead "acknowledged the frustration and anger" that her actions had caused.
"Many Albertans chose to forego dearly-held traditions this Christmas with family in order to follow public health recommendations and guidelines. I know my actions seem dismissive of the frustration and grief that many have experiences. For that, I am truly and deeply sorry."