Orange Chinook : : Politics in the New Alberta / / edited by Duane Bratt [and three others].

• Superior document: Arts in action
• TeilnehmendeR: Bratt, Duane, 1967-
• Place / Publishing House: Alberta : : University of Calgary Press,, 2019.; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: Spanish; English
• Series: Arts in action.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 453 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Includes index.; MRU author.

In 2015, the New Democratic Party won an unprecedented victory in Alberta. Unseating the Progressive Conservatives -- who had won every provincial election since 1971 -- they formed an NDP government for the first time in the history of the province. Orange Chinook is the first scholarly analysis of this election. It examines the legacy of the Progressive Conservative dynasty, the PC and NDP campaigns, polling, and online politics, providing context and setting the stage for the unprecedented NDP victory. It highlights the importance of Alberta's energy sector and how it relates to provincial politics with focus on the oil sands, the carbon tax, and pipelines. Examining the NDP in power, Orange Chinook draws on Indigenous, urban, and rural perspectives to explore the transition process and government finances and politics. It explores the governing style of NDP premier Rachel Notley, paying special attention to her response to the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire and to the role of women in politics. Orange Chinook brings together Alberta's top political watchers in this fascinating, multifaceted analysis.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Setting the Scene -- Out of an Orange-Coloured Sky -- The Tory Fall and the Ndp Victory -- Politics, Alberta Style: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Conservatives, 1971–2015 -- Death of a Dynasty: The Tories and the 2015 Election -- Ready for Rachel: The Alberta NDP’s 2015 Campaign -- Marginally Better: Polling in the 2015 Alberta Election -- Alberta Politics Online: Digital Retail Politics and Grassroots Growth, 2006–16 -- Oil Sands, Carbon Tax, and Pipelines -- Betting on Bitumen: Lougheed, Klein, and Notley -- The Politics of Alberta’s Carbon Tax* -- Notley: The Accidental Pipeline Advocate -- The Ndp In Power -- After Forty-Four Years: The Alberta New Democrats and the Transition to Government -- Fiscal Constraints on the Orange Chinook -- Beyond the “Lovey-Dovey Talk”: The Orange Chinook and Indigenous Activism -- Alberta’s Cities under the NDP -- The End of Exceptionalism: Post-rural Politics in Alberta -- Notley’s Governing Style -- A League of Their Own: Alberta’s Women Party Leaders -- Notley and the Beast: An Analysis of the Crisis Communication of Rachel Notley during the 2016 Wildfire -- Alberta’s Future Political System -- What’s Past is Prologue: Ontario 1990 and Alberta 2015 -- Out of the Blue: Goodbye Tories, Hello Jason Kenney -- Appendices -- Alberta Voter Turnout, 1975–2015 -- Party Votes in the 5 May 2015 Alberta Provincial Election (87 seats) -- Non-Renewable Resource Revenues Tables, 2005-6 to 2017-18 (current dollars) -- A GDP Expenditure-Based, 2005-16 -- Alberta Provincial Revenues and Expenditures, 2007-17 (billions of current dollars) -- Alberta Provicial Government Per Capita Health Expenditure, 2008–17 (current dollars) -- Alberta Provincial Government Health Expenditure, 2008–17 (millions of current dollars) -- Contributors -- Index