This fellow has completely fabricated this comment.

I have been in Alberta since the 1970s.

The world wide recession of the early 1980s and the high interest rates prompted by the Federal reserve, that saw rates rise to over 20 percent, the U.S. unemployment and politicies of the U.S. all came to Canada.

All of Canada, the world, not just Alberta.

This fellow has been listening to the political fabrications that the Alberta Conservatives have planted election after election.

I can tell you first hand, after watching every moment of what unfolds in Alberta, the NEP hype is exaggerated beyond all reason. It was also 26 years ago Frank.

Alberta has been held hostage by big oil companies for decades, and the NEP was just one more case where the real culprits, big multi-national foreign oil companies have controlled and basically blackmailed Canada into infighting with ourselves with comments like Frank.

Frank has no clue that the recession here in Alberta was the same as everywhere else. I was here. He was not. Actually he makes a comment like that to sabotage the truth, because his comment is SO made up, and has his dates wrong, so his purpose is spreading a lie, Harper’s lie.

When Harper says “NEP!” think of it this way..

Harper is counting on those greedy, and ignorant enough to vote for him, to believe this hyped up NEP whine. Get over it, Alberta. Norway handled things a lot better than Alberta politicians. Why? Because the Kingdom of Norway treated all areas fairly, and they have kept much more in royalties, instead of infighting and letting the real thieves, big oil, rob us blind. Norway also was smart to keep a lot more money in savings. Alberta premiers have been too chicken or on the take, so we’ve kept far, far less in royalties compared to what we could have.

Alberta has been stupid, and if anyone falls for the Conservatives cry, then Harper was correct when he said he was looking for voters who are uninformed and apathetic. I guess that means we’ll lose Canada altogether, because of greedy people who do not love Canada.

BY MARC ON 07.03.08 10:56 PM

That pic of Harper just cracks me up, too, always has. I remember the day it appeared years back, and I thought, “that’s a keeper!”