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Kevin Taft holds a Ph.D. in Business from the University of Warwick. He has extensive public policy experience in the Alberta government, private sector, and non-profit sector, particularly in health, energy, and economic policy. He is the former CEO of the ExTerra Foundation as well as the author of four books and many research studies and articles on political and economic issues in Alberta. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta with the Alberta Liberal Party from 2001 to 2012, and Leader of the Opposition from 2004 to 2008. He lives in Edmonton.
". . . a must read for anyone who wants to save democracy and the
planet at the same time."--Gillian Steward "Toronto Star
columnist"
"Deep states cement their power in darkness, Taft writes; shine a
light and they recoil. Exposing how the sector undermines the
environment to further corporate greed, he notes, can restore
public faith that energy regulators and governments work for
us--not big oil."--Andrew Reeves "This Magazine"
"It really inspires a different kind of conversation about the
future of oil, about how we manage our land, about
government."--Rosemary Griebel "CBC Alberta"
"It's a challenging and insightful read, one that will likely spark
many debates about how we talk and think about the oil and gas
sector."--James Wilt "DeSmog Canada"
"Kevin Taft brings a fresh perspective through the insight he
gained as an elected politician who had an insider's eyewitness
view of the role of the oil industry in Alberta."--Maria Alejandra
"Ottawa Life Magazine"
"Kevin Taft, the ultimate insider / outsider, deftly peels back the
cover over what Big Oil doesn't want you to see."--Gordon Laxer,
author and director of Parkland Institute
"Kevin Taft's powerful book, Oil's Deep State is compelling because
it is drawn from his personal experience as a politician. In order
to understand why governments at the federal and provincial levels
have been so reticent in taking action to get us off fossil fuels,
we must see that money has undermined democracy. There is no place
for ethics or morality when the sole drive of corporations is to
make money, the more and faster, the better, and that means getting
rid of all obstacles to unbridled growth, even if the future of
generations to come is in jeopardy. Unless corporations are reined
in, environmental destruction and climate change are certain to
happen. Read this book, get mad, then take action to restore
democracy."--David Suzuki
"Taft delivers a gripping read for anyone who wonders why, despite
a broad consensus for ambitious action in the face of the climate
crisis, our country is hurtling in the wrong direction."--Avi
Lewis, journalist and filmmaker
"Taft meticulously details the impact powerful forces from the oil
industry had over Alberta during the long-reign of the old
Progressive Conservative government and the influence it still
exerts over Rachel Notleys New Democratic Party government in the
never-ending debate over oil pipelines."--Dave Cournoyer
"Daveberta"
"Taft offers a full-throated denunciation of the politicians in
both countries who align themselves with energy companies and
appear to do their bidding on climate-change policy. Such secretive
collaboration, he writes, has led to the embedding of "oil's deep
state" in the key institutions of democracy in Alberta, but also in
Ottawa and in Washington."--Shawn McCarthy "The Globe and Mail"
"Taft's book is a must for voting-age Canadians who smugly believe
that the political idiocy unfolding in the USA can't happen in
Canada."--David Schindler, environmental scientist
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