Match the politician with the quote
Campaign full of unexpected utterances
It’s the Schrödinger’s cat election.
Until we open the box — the ballot box — we won’t know who our next premier will be. If there’s a hung parliament, with no clear winner, we might not even know then. It has been a wild campaign, with five parties in contention for seats and with leaders and candidates saying some very unexpected things. Sometimes it’s been hard to tell exactly who’s speaking — especially when they say things that seem at odds with their political reputations. And in that spirit, I’d like to give you this spring Saturday pre-election entertainment. Can you tell the players without their programs? Can you guess which candidates said what? Get ready and mark your ballots.
1. Which party leader said this, in reference to LRT funding:
“I don’t think there’s anything more important than Edmonton Transit and Calgary Transit and making sure people can flow easily through cities. We have urban congestion and we need to get cars off the street.” a) Rachel Notley — NDP b) Greg Clark — Alberta Party c) Brian Jean — Wildrose d) David Swann — Liberal e) Janet Keeping — Green
2. Which party leader said this, in reference to the Northern Gateway pipeline?
“A lot of questions that First Nations people have been asking relate to tankers and pilotage requirements and first-responder mechanics and the role they’re going to play and are the people going to be bonded and where’s the money going to come from if they’re a problem. ... Everything I’ve heard from the Haisla who live there is they don’t agree with the terminal being in Kitimat.” a) Brian Jean — Wildrose b) Jim Prentice — Progressive Conservative c) Rachel Notley — NDP d) David Swann — Liberal e) Greg Clark — Alberta Party
3. Which party leader said this, while discussing pipeline construction?
“We are an energy economy. That’s what we are, that’s our strength.”
a) Jim Prentice — Progressive Conservative b) Brian Jean — Wildrose c) Rachel Notley — NDP d) Greg Clark — Alberta Party
e) David Swann — Liberal
4. Which provincial candidate said this, about gay-straight alliances?
“I’ve always said Alberta students should have a GSA on school property if they want one, and I’m proud Bill 10 will now mandate it.”
a) Laurie Blakeman — Liberal
b) Linda Osinchuk — Wildrose
c) Gordon Dirks — Progressive Conservative d) Brian Mason — NDP e) Cristina Stasia — Alberta Party
5. Which party leader said this, while advocating stricter monitoring of air and water quality?
“In government, you have a carrot and a stick. And I think the stick is much more effective on corporations.” a) David Swann — Liberal b) Brian Jean — Wildrose c) Rachel Notley — NDP d) Janet Keeping — Green e) Jim Prentice — Progressive Conservative
6) Which party leader said this?
“The key issues, for most Albertans, is trust. Can they actually trust a government that has for 40 years spent all their resource wealth … and now is taxing everybody but the corporations?” a) Brian Jean — Wildrose b) Rachel Notley — NDP c) Greg Clark — Alberta Party d) David Swann — Liberal e) Janet Keeping — Green 7. Which former party leader offered this assessment of the leaders debate?
“I’m in a room full of business conservatives. Feedback so far is the men look grim and Rachel looks great.” a) Brian Mason b) Raj Sherman c) Ed Stelmach d) Alison Redford e) Danielle Smith
8. Which party leader said this, while speaking of electoral prospects:
“We’re shooting for official Opposition status. We’re very realistic about that.” a) Rachel Notley — NDP b) Brian Jean — Wildrose c) David Swann — Liberal d) Greg Clark — Alberta Party
e) Jim Prentice — Progressive Conservative
ANSWERS :
1. Brian Jean. Yes. Really, while speaking to the Journal editorial board this week.
2. Jim Prentice. He actually said this back in September to the Globe and Mail.
3. Rachel Notley. Attempting to prove her oilpatch cred to the Calgary Herald editorial board.
4. Gordon Dirks. Yup, that was the education minister, attempting to rewrite history on Twitter this Thursday.
5. Brian Jean. Truly. Doing his best to earn the title Green Jean.
6. David Swann. Doing his best to encroach on NDP turf without sounding “extreme.”
7. Danielle Smith. On Twitter, she has been remarkably warm about Notley’s campaign performance.
8. David Swann. Unfortunately for him, there’s lots of competition for first runnerup. psimons@edmontonjournal. com Twitter.com/Paulatics