Anger and angst : Jason Kenney's legacy and Alberta's right /

"Alberta is on the verge of a very important election, featuring an extreme right-populist party--the United Conservative Party--versus the New Democrats. Given the current national discourse around energy transition and provincial autonomy--and the rise of the populist right across Canada--thi...

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Other Authors: Harrison, Trevor W., 1952- (Editor), Acuña, Ricardo (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Chicago ; London : Black Rose Books, 2023.
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Table of Contents:
  • Sorry, not sorry : the nasty, brutish and short Premiership of Jason Kenney / Janet Brown and Books DeCillia
  • A window on Jason Kenney's fall from grace / Ricardo Acuña
  • The religious roots of social conservatism in Alberta / Gillian Steward
  • Decoding the UCP's freedom mantra / Trevor Harrison
  • "We reject the premise of your question." The media and Jason Kenney's government / David Climenhaga
  • Extraction first: the anti-environmental policies of the UCP government / Laurie Adkin
  • The future is past: a political history of the UCP energy policy / Kevin Taft
  • Alberta's brain drain redux: the migration / Richard E. Mueller
  • Turning the screws, turning back the clock: the UCP and labour / Jason Foster, Susan Cake, and Bob Barnetson
  • Alberta's job creation tax credit: a hidden gift to oilsands producers / Bob Ascah
  • Choice over rights: the UCP's ultra-right vision for education / Bridget Stirling
  • Alberta is open for business: the renewed push for health care privatization / John Church
  • Ground zero in Canada's higher education shock doctrine: UCP Alberta's post-secondary sector / Marc Spooner
  • Subsidized rental housing and homelessness under the UCP / Nick Falvo
  • Early learning and child care: the role of the government under the UCP / Susan Cake
  • Dysfunction in the family: provincial-municipal relations under the UCP / Ben Henderson
  • Back to the future: the UCP's Indigenous policies, 2019-2022 / Yale D. Belanger and David R. Newhouse
  • Simply conservative? Rethinking the politics of rural Alberta / Laticia Chapman and Roger Epp
  • Pepper-spray for all: the UCP's approach to countering race-based hate in Alberta / Irfan Chaudhry
  • The United Conservative government, right-wing populism, and women / Lise Gotell
  • Conclusion / Ricardo Acuña and Trevor Harrison