The Rockies: More Valuable Than Oil: Trump Wants Canada’s Water
In 2005, former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed told a Canadian Club of Calgary gathering that the United States would want our water, and we need to be prepared.
“We should not export our fresh water; we need it, and we should conserve it. We should communicate to the United States very quickly how firm we are about it,” Lougheed said.
Calgary Herald: ‘Not about left or right’: Advocates decry coal mine in Alberta's Eastern Slopes
Corb Lund speaks to members of the Canadian Club of Calgary during a luncheon at the Ranchman’s Club on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. Lund, along with environmentalist Kevin Van Tighem and former Lethbridge mayor Chris Spearman, hosted a talk entitled Voices from the Eastern Slopes: The Argument Against Coal Mining.
Calgary Herald: Smith insists she wants to work with city on Green Line — but the alignment has to change
Premier Danielle Smith speaks and takes questions at the Canadian Club of Calgary at the Ranchmen’s Club in Calgary on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.
CBC: It could be a devastatingly dry summer in Alberta. So what can be done about it?
Among those chief areas of interest for Alberta's 10th premier was the future of the country's water supply. In 2005, Lougheed warned Canadian politicians against sharing the country's water supply with the United States. In a speech around that time, he suggested that Alberta's most important resource was water, not oil and gas.
"We should not export our fresh water. We need it and we should conserve it," Lougheed said in a speech to the Calgary branch of the Canadian Club in 2005. "We should communicate to the United States very quickly how firm we are about it."
Global News: Preston Manning warns Western alienation could spark separatist surge on the Prairies
Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning issued a dire warning for politicians at a luncheon in Calgary Wednesday afternoon.
Western separatist sentiment is on the rise, particularly in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Manning told the crowd at the Canadian Club of Calgary. He said that political leaders who ignore such populist movements do so at their own peril.
CBC: Regional alienation will be 'a challenge' for next federal government, Manning says
The founder of what was the Reform Party of Canada is concerned that a pervasive level of alienation could leave the country more divided after next month's federal election.
Preston Manning, who channelled western alienation into the creation of the Reform party in 1987, told the Canadian Club of Calgary that there is a lot of anger across the country.