Voting in Alberta

The federal election is on and Alberta is unique among Canada’s provinces in that it is the only province where people vote the same way federally as they do provincially.

Success for the Green Party in the federal election will have a lot of impact on the next provincial election, so it is really important that the Alberta Greens help the federal party to do well.

The Green Party message in Alberta needs to speak to Albertans. We need to let Albertans know that the Green Party is working to ensure they have jobs for the long term. We are the only political party that is talking about transforming Alberta from an oil province to an energy province and this is critical for Alberta’s long term success and prosperity.

What is Alberta going to be like without oil? Is it going to be like Newfoundland without cod? We need to start capitalizing on some of Alberta’s renewable resources. We have great sunshine for solar power, good wind profiles for wind power and the largest concentration of expertise in geology to make geothermal work. The only thing we lack to create long term jobs in energy in Alberta is the political will.

The only way we are going to get that political will is by pulling together.

Realizing the way Albertans vote, we need to work with the people of Alberta to get where we need to go.

Please help me spread the message “Green means jobs” in Alberta this federal election.

George Read
Leader, Alberta Greens