All-Candidates Oil Sands Survey

SURVEY RESULTS FOR EDMONTON-WHITEMUD

Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.

1. The oil sands should be developed as fast as possible.

 Strongly AgreeModerately AgreeNeutral or UnsureModerately DisagreeStrongly Disagree
Valerie Kennedy
Green Party		    
Nancy Cavanaugh
Alberta Liberal Party		    
Hana Razga
NDP		    
Dave Hancock
PC Party		    
David Ward
Wildrose Alliance		did not complete survey
Albertans*7%21%5%35%32%

 

2. The Government of Alberta should suspend new oil sands approvals until infrastructure and environmental management issues are addressed in the oil sands region.

 Strongly AgreeModerately AgreeNeutral or UnsureModerately DisagreeStrongly Disagree
Valerie Kennedy
Green Party		    
Nancy Cavanaugh
Alberta Liberal Party		    
Hana Razga
NDP		    
Dave Hancock
PC Party		    
David Ward
Wildrose Alliance		did not complete survey
Albertans*41%30%3%15%10%

 

3. New oil sands mines should only be approved if companies can demonstrate that they can return mined areas back to the way they were before mining began.

 Strongly AgreeModerately AgreeNeutral or UnsureModerately DisagreeStrongly Disagree
Valerie Kennedy
Green Party		    
Nancy Cavanaugh
Alberta Liberal Party		    
Hana Razga
NDP		    
Dave Hancock
PC Party		    
David Ward
Wildrose Alliance		did not complete survey
Albertans*65%23%1%7%4%

 

4. Which one of the following two statements most closely describes how you feel about the pace of oil sands development in Alberta.

 Market forces should decide the rate of oil sands development.Government should manage the rate of oil sands development to meet the long term interests of Albertans.
Valerie Kennedy
Green Party		 
Nancy Cavanaugh
Alberta Liberal Party		 
Hana Razga
NDP		refused to answer this question
Dave Hancock
PC Party		 
David Ward
Wildrose Alliance		did not complete survey
Albertans*20%74%

 

5. This question compares two ways to set targets for greenhouse gas emissions in the oil sands for the next few years. Do you think that greenhouse gas reduction targets should seek to reduce the...

 Total amount of greenhouse gas emissions below current levels, even if it costs industry more.Amount of greenhouse gas emissions per barrel of oil produced, even if total emissions continue to increase.
Valerie Kennedy
Green Party		 
Nancy Cavanaugh
Alberta Liberal Party		 
Hana Razga
NDP		 
Dave Hancock
PC Party		 
David Ward
Wildrose Alliance		did not complete survey
Albertans*70%20%

 

*Albertans' results are drawn from Albertans' Perceptions of Oil Sands Development, a poll commissioned by the Pembina Institute and conducted by Probe Research Inc. in Spring 2007. Learn more
   

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