this is alberta. realistically, she has to plan for a four or five year term, and expect to lose the next election. i know it's hard and maybe even dangerous for a party to think like that, but it's what she should be thinking - unless she just wants to get erased from history five years from now.

i like that she's thinking big. but, she has to work fast. she has to assume she has one term. and, she has to be thinking about traps for future governments that are going to stop them from repealing her entire period via omnibus. that means getting shovels in the ground asap, tying up investments in things that are broadly insoluble, etc.

i know; this is toxic. but, this is alberta.

www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/30/no-long-term-future-in-tar-sands-alberta-rachel-notley#comments