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At the NDP's national convention in Edmonton in April, Avi Lewis and a group of leftist activists tabled the so-called Leap Manifesto, which calls for Canada to generate all electricity from renewable sources by 2050, and slash the production and use of fossil fuels. Alberta NDP Premier Rachel Notley dismissed those ideas as "naive." But if you're trying to set your investment strategy, it might be best to follow the pinkos. Over the past five years, the S&P/TSX Renewable Energy and Clean Technology Index has trounced the oil-and-gas-dominated S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index.