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Originally Posted by Slava
I'll take back the comment about the economy because you're right it doesn't belong in this thread. I still stand by the fact that the Conservatives have been in power for 37 years though and we have no one to blame for this mess other than them.
In a province where money is plentiful and obviously people are concerned about this issue there is simply no excuse. You can consider that a politically motivated shot if you want to...I could care less. But the fact is that its really about priorities and its obvious to me that the priority has not been health care in Alberta and continues in this vein with the current administration.
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Now there's a comment I can agree with. It's true. We lie in the bed we made by repeatedly electing landslide conservative majorities. That desperately needs to change. Dave Taylor, as much as his voice sounds like sandpaper in my ears, needs to win the leadership race for the provincial Libs, and we, the people, need to even out the amount of power any party has in this province.
In fact, I'd like to see a Liberal minority in Alberta next time around (don't tell my folks... They'll disown me). Just to get things back on track as far as social programs are concerned.
Hopefully the price of oil hangs around the $100 mark for a while and the people around here have a rude awakening as to how volatile a commodity our source of "wealth" is, and we start electing people with ideas instead of encouraging the status quo endlessly.
Surplusses are great until we find ourselves in the situation we're in right now. It's pathetic. 10 hours in emergency room is not an uncommon story around these parts. Hate to sound de-sensitized to H&L's individual story, but I am. And that really needs to be addressed.
Hopefully good leadership from the opposition on the next go around spearheads this. Sadly, the opposition has been preaching this all along, but we albertans have ignored it because we hate the federal liberals so much. So sad.
FTR, excuse my use of the word 'we'. But it's mostly true.