May 5, 2015 Orange Crush in Alberta. Rachel Notley Wins! (speculation at noon of election day but riding the wave of hypotheses based on polls and conversations and hope !)

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People say ‘Alberta is not an NDP province.’
And I say they are right.
Alberta doesn’t belong to a political party.
Alberta belongs to Albertans.

Rachel Notley 3 May, 2015

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Why do I think NDP ALBERTA will win?
31% more people voted in the advance polls. 12% more voters registered this election.
Why?
A friend quipped: “Because they have a choice and can imagine change!”

Why is Rachel winning? Insert here all of the polls, the articles east west north south about Rachel’s skill, gifts, history, talents.

Here’s the poll that was published the day before the election with huge NDP numbers and a majority government predicted. Will this come true? Who knows.

Hypothetical begins with the same letter as Hope! It is now 1:29pm election day and I can manage hope for a few more hours until we all gather to watch the election returns and come to know what has transpired.

Why will Rachel win? Imagine the wonderful community, the excellent numerous campaign workers and the well-funded campaign and you have a story about the transformation of Alberta.

11148572_10153344422291385_2025959887160694327_oWill NDP win? The opposition underwhelms —

  • The PC’s leader Prentice has the charm of a board-room bureaucrat.
  • The Wild Rose limps on with a leader who might win votes. Fenceposts have been  elected in Alberta.
  • The Alberta Party barely breathes.
  • The Green Party makes excellent arguments but doesn’t have the voter base.

But NDP Alberta is soaring. (please don’t disappoint, Alberta)

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  • Everyone was looking for the Notley Crue t-shirt invented by NDP campaigners. You can order them here. 
  • Or you can buy the “Keep Calm and Notley On” shirt off my back but I’m not selling!

11174608_10153346992716385_8778017773931011246_oJanice Williamson

writing the i in oil

the pomegranate Writes the “I” in Oil

Why “oil”?

This site and blog are based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where the economy pivots on oil. I encourage contributors to reflect on the oil economy. How does it impact your everyday life? How do you think through sustainability in an oil economy?

This category “oil” slides into issues around the environment. But to write “oil” is to think about how we live and work. Who profits? How is our economy tied to it whether we live and work in Fort McMurray’s Tar Sands  or bicycle to work in Vancouver. Oil is what we take for granted. How does oil impact our lives? How we are implicated in it?  How do our workplaces benefit from it? The oil industry contributes millions to the workplace that puts a roof over my head.

How do we write ourselves in the oil economy. What is accomplished when bring this network of connections into the light?

How might things might be different? Continue reading “writing the i in oil”