Read on Twitter
The reporter who asked about Alberta, renewables and Green New deal is @660NEWS’s Tom Ross.
Kenney did not field the question professionally, and wielded his version of a smear: that maybe journo worked for a Vancouver indie outlet with a green focus. https://twitter.com/Tommy_Slick/status/1253745803945893889
Kenney did not field the question professionally, and wielded his version of a smear: that maybe journo worked for a Vancouver indie outlet with a green focus. https://twitter.com/Tommy_Slick/status/1253745803945893889
By the way, here’s the current front page of http://thetyee.ca
Here’s how to contribute to the award-winning journalism of @TheTyee, a reader-supported news outlet: https://support.thetyee.ca/?utm_campaign=help_pay_nav
For Kenney’s full answer to @Tommy_Slick’s question on an Alberta transition, it’s here. The weird questioning a reporter’s Calgary-ness is a small part of a broader, more typical Kenney answer in defence of oil sector. (h/t @maxfawcett)
What’s particularly odious about @jkenney’s swipe is the inherent assumption that Calgary reporters ought to be petro-patriotic hometown industry defenders; like there’s something un-Albertan about even asking about a Green New Deal or sharp transition.
I’m a Calgary journo who isn’t a big believer in Green New Deal or swift energy transition as Alberta’s economic saviour; I’m more incrementalist. But considering such ideas unseemly for a Calgarian is a crappy look for a political leader.
