I share your cynicism. I don't personally believe that the Cons will necessarily pull through on all their promises (or even that their goals are truly noble), I'm just surprised how fast they've changed their rhetoric.
As for environmental policies hitting their voter base, they have a lot of slack. Albertans aren't going to vote Liberal (much less NDP or Green), so unless another party shows up further right than the Cons they are safe. Actually, a Bloc Alberta party would do very, very well in that scenario. Furthermore, if the Cons adopt policies that negatively affect oilsands workers, it's not like any party would be able to call them out on it, because that only makes the Cons look like environmental heroes.
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Re: Hooray?
Date: 2007-02-05 04:46 am (UTC)As for environmental policies hitting their voter base, they have a lot of slack. Albertans aren't going to vote Liberal (much less NDP or Green), so unless another party shows up further right than the Cons they are safe. Actually, a Bloc Alberta party would do very, very well in that scenario. Furthermore, if the Cons adopt policies that negatively affect oilsands workers, it's not like any party would be able to call them out on it, because that only makes the Cons look like environmental heroes.