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Originally Posted by Slava
Well can you explain how exactly the Wildrose is going to keep taxes where they are, payoff the debt/deficit and not slash services? Don't give some BS about "finding efficiencies" or anything either; where does the money come from?
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Below is a list of a few things that they proposed to cut funding.
Delaying the Royal Alberta Museum by one year
Extending some non critical three year projects over four years
— Rolling back 30 per cent salary hikes voted in by cabinet almost four years ago under former premier Ed Stelmach.
— Freezing wages for civil service workers and thinning managerial ranks, through retirement and attrition, to a 10-1 from a 4-1 ratio within five years.
— Cutting by 50 per cent the $14-million Public Affairs Bureau, the government's communications arm, which the Wildrose calls a de facto Tory mouthpiece.
— Ditching a $2-billion carbon capture and storage plan — even if it meant paying millions of dollars to private firms for cancelled contracts.
— Reducing cabinet to 16 departments from 20 and slashing severance packages for politicians.