As I tweeted in early November and as I told the Edmonton Journal in December, I believed that Rachel Notley had what it would take to lead Canada into the global oil market. I meant what I said.
But now, sad to say, it is now clear to me now that Rachel Notley would never do what is necessary for any Alberta pipeline project to succeed. My opinion changed as of April 3, 2019 because of evidence that I came across that day, just last week.
What changed my mind is an e-mail sent by Leadnow, a Vancouver-based non-profit organization, on April 1, 2019. In this e-mail, Leadnow forwarded an undated e-mail sent out by Duncan Kinney, Executive Director of Progress Alberta.
Duncan writes: “We're going into our fourth week of digital door knocking and text banking and it has been incredible. We can talk to a lot of voters in very little time and we've identified thousands of supporters that we will be getting out to the polls.”
Duncan explained that Progress Alberta is working hard to defeat Jason Kenney: “We’re holding texting parties every week in the lead up to the election, where we text thousands of voters across the province to make sure they don’t vote for Kenney’s UCP.”
On April 1, Leadnow forwarded Duncan’s e-mail to its supporters. An Executive Director of Leadnow noted that Leadnow would not be directly involved in the Alberta election and suggested, “With the election just two weeks away, will you sign up to join Progress Alberta’s campaign to stop Kenney?”
By encouraging Leadnow supporters to join Progress Alberta, Leadnow effectively joined the campaign against Jason Kenney. To understand the relevance and the seriousness of Leadnow’s involvement in the Alberta election, it is important to know that Leadnow was created as part of the “Strategic Incubation” program of a Rockefeller-funded, U.S. organization that helps local organizations to swing elections in their countries (outside the U.S.).
What this means is that the Rockefeller’s election machine is helping to defeat the United Conservative Party, the only political party in the provincial election that is committed to breaking the U.S. monopoly on Alberta oil exports.
Key Evidence:
RE: Leadnow and The Rockefellers
The On-line Progressive Engagement Network
- Payment of US$257,000 from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to OPEN (2012-2017)
- The 2015 Annual Report of the On-line Progressive Engagement Network, key pages
- Leadnow staff in photos with OPEN (in New York, 2013; in England; 2015 and in Australia; 2016)
The Online Progressive Engagement Network (OPEN):
- Who Is Behind Leadnow?
- Submission to Canada Elections RE: Leadnow
Payments from Tides Foundation for The Tar Sands Campaign: