Survey says...
Hey, remember the nuclear workbook the province put out last month, to gauge Albertans’ feelings on the future development of nuclear power plants? No? Well don’t worry, neither do the other 99.9% of Albertans who either didn’t know about the survey or chose not to participate. That’s right – according to the Journal, out of our provincial population of roughly 3.3 million people, Alberta Energy estimates it has received just 3,500 responses to date. In case you don’t have a calculator handy, that’s one-tenth of one per cent of Albertans.
But hey, that happens right? I mean, let’s be honest: infrastructure debates are not terribly interesting or sexy. Not everybody has Internet access, or time to complete such a lengthy survey. Not everybody can be expected to weigh in or get involved. So the province’s best course of action is probably to sift through the few thousand responses they did get, mull them over, and move on. I mean, what else can you do?
Ack. I guess you can decide that you REALLY want to know how people feel about the issue and keep asking. Turns out the Municipal District of Northern Lights in the Peace Region did a survey of its own which also garnered disappointing results – so they decided to start door knocking until they could be satisfied they had a real handle on how people were feeling.
The punchline? Even before they start door-knocking, the M.D. of Northern Lights’ survey has gotten responses from more than 25% of the people who received it.
If you’d like to make your voice heard on either side of the nuclear debate, take a second and send a message with your questions, concerns or support to Energy Minister Mel Knight or your M.L.A.
