The question makes me chuckle, because it is yet another example of the dismissive and bullying approach this government takes to anyone who doesn't share their views or their prescriptions for the future.
I can assure you, Mr. Calkins, that my comments do reflect the attitudes and opinions of the Federation of Labour. These issues related to royalties, pace of development, and development of value-added industries have been debated extensively at successive conventions of our federation that are attended by literally hundreds of union leaders and activists from across the province.
I know that Conservatives from Alberta like to give the impression that all Albertans think alike and that all Albertans are Tory blue and march in lockstep, but the reality is that's not the case. There is a very significant number of Albertans who share concerns about the pace of development, who think that decisions made by this government are moving us in the wrong direction.