Bill, I'm part of your we. And have voted different ways over the years - not married to any party. Notley's conversations with the oil companies re royalties seemed to go better than Stelmach's. And over the 40 year Conservative dynasty, the government ran deficits in half those years, depending on oil fortunes. 

The days of "standing up for Alberta" with belligerence instead of reason are yesterday's tactics, employed by politicians like Trump who aren't getting anything done.