Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[getbak]

All the votes...

1. Nenshi: 62,746
2. Ganley: 5,899
3. Hoffman: 3,063
4. Calahoo Stonehouse: 1,222

[carmenshoes]

Originally Posted by getbak

All the votes...

1. Nenshi: 62,746
2. Ganley: 5,899
3. Hoffman: 3,063
4. Calahoo Stonehouse: 1,222

Never in doubt.

[craigwd]

I didn't put him as my first choice but my god, what a speech! <3

[carmenshoes]

He doesn't have a seat so what riding will he run in?

[getbak]

Originally Posted by carmenshoes

He doesn't have a seat so what riding will he run in?

Shannon Phillips just resigned her seat in Lethbridge-West. The NDP has won the seat in the last three elections, with solid majorities in two of them. That seems like a good bet since it won't require any other sitting MLAs to resign.

[Ferarri]

Nenshi should get the party to change its name immediately. Every ballot matters and a party name shouldn't automatically deter people from voting. You know the UCP have their sheep ready to go so can't afford to have a name sway those who are on the fence.

[Reggie Dunlop]

The UCP will delay calling any by-election as long as possible... just to mess with them.

I don't think Nenshi runs in Lethbridge.

Notley will likely resign her seat in Edmonton-Strathcona opening it up to another candidate, but my bet would be Parmeet Singh Boparai stepping down in Calgary-Falconridge (Nenshi's riding).

[getbak]

It won't happen immediately, but I think the party will adopt a new name well before the next election (I'd guess sometime in 2025), and distance itself from the federal party too.

[Fuzz]

The Nenshi Democratic Party, no need to order new signs and stationary.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

The Nenshi Democratic Party, no need to order new signs and stationary.

Maybe a new colour though

[octothorp]

Just for context, Smith got just under 35,000 first ballot votes at the UCP leadership convention. Nenshi gets nearly double that.

I do like the idea of him running in Lethbridge. NDP need to get as many seats in play for the next election. Edmonton is still a lock. All of Calgary is in play now except for maybe the deep south. Getting the small cities (Lethbridge and Red Deer) in play would be the next target. If there was someone who could step aside in somewhere like Banff-Kananskis or one of the northern non-Edmonton ridings, that would be great too, but the NDP don't have any ridings there for anyone to step aside.

And honestly I think it would do Nenshi good (both in terms of imaging and working on his own messaging) to have as much contact as possible with Albertans outside of Calgary/Edmonton.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

Maybe a new colour though

Porange?

[Reggie Dunlop]

Remember, Shannon Phillips is leaving in no small part because being a NDP MLA in that city was dangerous for her and her family.

[bagofpucks]

Originally Posted by octothorp

Just for context, Smith got just under 35,000 first ballot votes at the UCP leadership convention. Nenshi gets nearly double that.

I do like the idea of him running in Lethbridge. NDP need to get as many seats in play for the next election. Edmonton is still a lock. All of Calgary is in play now except for maybe the deep south. Getting the small cities (Lethbridge and Red Deer) in play would be the next target. If there was someone who could step aside in somewhere like Banff-Kananskis or one of the northern non-Edmonton ridings, that would be great too, but the NDP don't have any ridings there for anyone to step aside.

And honestly I think it would do Nenshi good (both in terms of imaging and working on his own messaging) to have as much contact as possible with Albertans outside of Calgary/Edmonton.

Just a heads up, Banff-Kananaskis is orange.

[octothorp]

Originally Posted by bagofpucks

Just a heads up, Banff-Kananaskis is orange.

Right you are, I was looking at the 2019 map.

[bagofpucks]

Originally Posted by octothorp

Right you are, I was looking at the 2019 map.

It’s a bit confusing as they changed the region in 2019 as well. But yes, I wanted to make sure our area gets credit I think every other rural area with smaller towns is blue.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Regorium

It really is that hard.

Do you count downstream emissions or not? Environmentalists argue that oil produced by O&G companies are intrinsically linked to the use of said oil. Oil companies believe that scope 1 and 2 emissions are the only ones that should count.

So, just starting from this, you cannot claim that CCS would do anything for scope 3 emissions but you can for scope 1 and 2. So both are true, and would require dragging this out in court, in headlines, basically all the media coverage that O&G companies don't want.

If you want scope 3 emissions to be included in the internationally recognized standard, then I would say O&G companies should basically give up and they don't even have to waste money on communication or advertising.

"Proposed CCS project would reduce emissions by ___ tons *

*based on scope 1&2 as calculated by ____ study"


It's not that hard. Just show your work. Like most other products do (to some extent).

[Locke]

Originally Posted by getbak

All the votes...

1. Nenshi: 62,746
2. Ganley: 5,899
3. Hoffman: 3,063
4. Calahoo Stonehouse: 1,222

Whoa what? I had no idea Calahoo Stonehouse was an option! I'd have voted on that name alone!

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Locke

Whoa what? I had no idea Calahoo Stonehouse was an option! I'd have voted on that name alone!

If you’d have voted at all, you’d have known it was

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

I am extremely interested in what the next set of polling looks like.