Andrew Nikiforuk details the foreign takeover of pseudo-sovereignist Danielle Smith
Premier's populist rhetoric is a fraud; Gina's the real boss of Alberta
Populist poseur Danielle Smith with her puppet master, Empress of Alberta Gina Rinehart
“Thanks to Rinehart’s promises of jobs and prosperity, one political geography voted yes to a project that will destroy water and landscapes in a neighbouring municipal district. In the divisive process, the billionaire weaponized an economically depressed community to buy the illusion of social licence.
“In the process Rinehart effectively disenfranchised 200,000 water drinkers downstream from the proposed mine, as well as five million Albertans who own the resource and have consistently opposed mining in Rocky Mountain watersheds.
“Last month Smith’s government openly embraced the billionaire’s Grassy Mountain project in an abrupt press briefing before Christmas. Since then, hundreds of demonstrators have flooded the streets of small towns downstream from the proposed mine site to defend their water security in an arid landscape.”
Read the full article by Andrew Nikiforuk in The Tyee . . .
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