Originally Posted by First Lady
Specifics please...
While it might not be fair, when Hinman opened his mouth about social issues, he painted the WRA as religious, old school, and backward. Essentially, everything that the Stelmach government has done, really. However, people may overlook the current PCs because they still have fond memories of Klein and Lougheed (even Getty) being more in line with the ideal PC outlook. When people think of the Wildrose Alliance, they will think of Social Conservatives like Hinman and Thorsteinson, and their religious views. Politics isn't about accuracy, its about perception, and those two put you guys in a bad place optics wise. There's really nothing else for the average voter to go on, and it will take a lot of time and energy to change that. Good luck though, we really need a legitimate alternative.
I think Swann's solution involves simply throwing more money at a broken system.
And until people wake up and smell the coffee, that's about all one can responsibly do. The system is broken, but cutting it will only make a bad situation worse. What the government is doing is reckless and cowardly. The costs are spiralling out of control because of union issues, administration and bureaucracy. Consolidating the top means nothing if there's still thousands of bureaucrats. All they are doing is cutting at the easiest level, the front lines. For a union related example, rather than limit how many top end RNs can work overtime at upwards of $90/hr, they cut the positions outright, rather than force the younger $42/hr RNs into the positions. People need to be at the point where they realize a regulated private system, like Europe, is the necessary solution. Sadly, the political will simply isn't there... yet. Right now, the PCs are simply too inept to try.
Liberals may get elected in Calgary or Edmonton; it is not going to reduce rural PC MLA's. Besides it is a complete rot from within; they need a good cleansing to get them back on track.
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