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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them"
Sure. Though that means Rachel Notley is anti-oil, anti-pipeline and not at all a friend to this province or its economy.
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I'll qualify this by saying I am in no way an NDP supporter.
Is she anti-oil?
Well she certainly used to be.
Is she now?
There are probably arguments to be made on either side of that.
She certainly isn't the biggest cheerleader, but she did do a few things that were beneficial.
The royalty review for example. I was originally very skeptical of, and I thought the timing was horrible, but I think the results were very good.
Has she been perfect on pipelines? Nope.
Has anyone else done better? Nope.
So is she anti oil? I guess that depends on your definition, but she's certainly come around at least to some degree.
Is that something we should condemn her for?
Is the ability to change their mind not a quality we should desire in a leader?
By your logic, Jason Kenny will always be opposed to same sex marriage and hospital visitation.
If you're willing to accept that he can change, and see that as a good thing, then not giving Rachel Notley the same consideration is pretty short sited and small minded.
And that's the difference here.
Neither Ford nor Kiryakos, have shown any pattern to indicate that they have changed, they doubled down, took their balls, and went home. I wish they would, I hope they do, that's what we should all want, for people to be able to change their minds.