Climate Change Denial turning point in electoral defeat:
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She seemed to be on the defensive for the first three weeks but things shifted the last week of the campaign with the pro-Caucasian, anti-gay “bozo eruptions” from Wildrose candidates. Smith refused to condemn her candidates and tried to paint her party as the victim of intolerance. By doing so, she appeared to be the one tolerating intolerance. And then there was Smith’s own bozo eruption when she insisted the jury was still out on the science of human-induced climate change. That got her loudly booed from the audience at a leaders’ debate hosted by CBC.
That may have been the turning point, the moment when Albertans wondered with some alarm what it would be like to have a premier who would potentially embarrass the province on the world stage by denying global warming. It wasn’t just our reputation at stake but our economy that relies on exploiting, selling and shipping bitumen from the oilsands.
Redford seized on the moment, pointing out that the Wildrose was a step in the wrong direction.
“On Tuesday morning the world is going to be watching to see who the premier of Alberta is and what the future of Alberta is and I think that’s what this is coming down to,” argued Redford. “Which party is articulating a vision for the future of this province that truly reflects how Albertans are feeling about their future?”
The answer: the Progressive Conservatives.
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