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Originally posted by Coolsurfer79@May 10 2005, 01:49 PM
The Governmet of Alberta spent like drunken sailors and got us into an enormous debt, and then were bailed out by an oil boom so large that we are now the only have province and we can also spend more than anyone else. That the Alberta government cut so much to education really show they lacked foreward vision. Education spending is one of the keys to strong economic growth. I guess I just don't believe the Federal Conservatives can fall ass backward into money like the Alberta Conservatives did.
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Honestly you are so uninformed. Yes the Alberta governement in the 80's and very early 90's spent like sailors on a 2 night shore leave. But is wan't because the were brimming with money. Trudeau's NEP simple decimated Alberta's economy. In response Alberta tried to spend/ loan it's way out of the (external)depression. Klein, after elected, cut spending. With Mulroney deep sixing the NEP, yet without the Oil revenue, Alberta started to not only balance the budget but pay of the loan. The massive upward swing in Oil prices has allowed Alberta to pay it off 2-3 decades in advance.
Education-wise...yes Alberta took it on the nose. But place it in this spectrum as you will. Alberta teachers never lost their #1 status as highet paid teachers. Alberta regained after a few year the #1 place as the lowest # of students per class in the country. During Klein's tenure Alberta teachers are still the best trained and Students have excelled. Topping the PISA examinations in the world nevermind Canada.
