But conservation is also to be balanced with economic growth and stewardship.
Kenney used coded Dominionist Christian language to communicate his plans in his 2018 policy platform.
But unless you can interpret his coded language, it just sounds like word salad.
UCP may seem like they’re speaking to the entire public, but their communication is specifically aimed at Dominionist Christians & loyal followers of far right ideology.
Knowing this when reading the lead in reveals they claim “moral obligation” to steward the environment.
That’s a reference to Dominionist Christian belief that Evangelical Christians, God’s newest chosen people, were given the earth and everything on it to control and manage the resources. So if you aren’t one of those Christians, you have no claim to stewardship.
Much like pastors inform their congregants that God’s biblical laws supersede secular law, so they don’t have to obey laws that are contrary to their interpretation of God’s commands, stewardship is God’s way of giving Dominionists exclusive rights to govern ALL resources.
Stewards control how and who has access to resources. To preserve a valuable environmental resource means restricting its use to those who share the same ideology. Or who can pay the hefty price to access it.
Plus someone’s got to be in charge of collecting those fees.
That’s called job creation and contributing to the economy.
This isn’t an attempt to siphon money out of the pockets of Albertans to direct it to other issues. It’s UCP claiming exclusive access for Dominionists.
It’s UCP creating a lucrative job for a Dominionist steward who will also shepherd the development of Kananaskis according to God’s plan.
I don’t know how else to present this information so people will hear it.
Kenney and UCP are primarily Dominionist Christians in the process of installing policy and institutions that favour those who share the same biblical beliefs and values.
Kenney is not governing for the Alberta public.
Kenney and UCP govern for the Dominionist Christian minority who elected them.
Miranda Rosin is the MLA representing Kananaskis. She’s a member of the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship.
She’s petitioned Parks Canada on behalf of fellow Dominionist Christians. Because Parks Canada blocked development in a federal park. Because it was inconsistent with their environmental preservation policy.
But it would have enabled the Dominionist Christian steward to increase his profits.
That’s what is happening.
It’s not just covid that is the emergency. Dominionists are imposing policy and freedoms that will greatly enhance their power and seriously reduce all others agency.
Gone are the norms for decorum and political process. Swept away by constant bloviating, obstructionism, open disrespect, disinformation and personal smears.
While politics has always been fraught with conflict, generally reality wasn’t debated or created through discourse.
Democracy is a tricky concept to define. A few believe it’s limited to free and fair voting. Voting makes up a tangible part of democracy, but overall, democracy is a belief system. So it’s abstract in nature and difficult to fit into a narrow universal definition.