Normally, candidates step away from policy during campaign season, but out-of-control blazes are making this election anything but normal
Alberta is well-acquainted with natural disasters, but the early-season nature and ferocity of the wildfires in the northern part of the province this spring make them stand out.
Understandably, Ms. Smith looked flustered in Calgary on Thursday morning at a UCP event as she switched from premier mode – talking about the wildfire – to partisan attacks against the NDP. She should have left any and all discussion of the wildfire situation to the Government of Alberta afternoon briefing.
Whichever party forms government, the wildfires place local emphasis on what a changing climate means – whether that’s policy and spending on adaptation , or more detailed emissions policies from one of the world’s biggest oil-producing jurisdictions. Speaking at a stop in Calgary on Thursday evening, NDP Leader Rachel Notley said she is staying in close touch with people on the ground in fire-hit areas. But she didn’t have any plans to tour there.“Generally speaking, when people are in the midst of fighting wildfire, politicians are not really your best foot forward in getting the actual fire controlled,” she said.
“If the Chief Electoral Officer concludes we no longer have the ability to provide voting services or access to voting, we will make an application to the Court of the King’s Bench to discontinue the election in an individual electoral division,” spokesperson Michelle Gurney said in an e-mail. A video in which local officials earlier this week answered questions for Grande Prairie residents forced to leave their homes and farms put some of these issues on display.
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