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Originally Posted by kn

It was just a matter of time before 'conscience rights' became the story. If I was the PCs, I'd hammer on this and try and scare everyone into thinking the WRP has a 'hidden agenda':
http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/po...686/story.html

I wouldn't accuse them of a hidden agenda. Its right there in the policy.

Originally Posted by crazy_eoj

Is it really any more interesting than an Ipad? This is another program with no clear benefit, and no accountability. The 'signal' you speak of is entirely arbitrary. And the oil is easily saleable, even moreso with a westbound pipeline. How about a 2 billion dollar fund to push through the gateway pipeline?

Furthermore It's simply duplication of research dollars already being done by major industry. If they wanted to do something they should provide a tax break for oil and gas R&D. But we all know the screaming and crying that would result from that.



Well the pension payout I was referring to was paying off the portion of the unfunded liability that the teachers union already had agreed to pay. The government simply traded 2 billion of our dollars in order to keep teachers quiet during the last election.

So yes, telling people to pay the portion of their unfunded liability they already agreed to pay instead of pandering to union interests would be a good idea.

The Government is always more wasteful that a private individual. That's why we've spent over 180 billion dollars of resource revenue and had very little return on that investment.

The thing is with the carbon issues that we aren't trying to convince ourselves! Of course in Alberta we largely have no issue with this, but around the world that isn't the case. Will the funds double-up? I don't know, quite honestly. The $2 billion also sounds good, but about $800M of that has been spent, so while the Wildrose would have you believe that you can save that amount you just can't.

I do get a little laugh when people say with a straight face how impeccable their spending habits are and then how bad the government is. I'm not using the "popcorn and beer" line here either, but just take a spin through any of the reports saying how prepared people feel for retirement, how many contribute to RRSPs and that sort of thing. Have a look at how many people will retire with debts these days. The financial reality is far different than how you paint it when it comes to that sort of thing. Does that mean people waste their money? I wouldn't accuse them of that. It would just appear that there might be a better use for some of their funds than the latest widget or a night on the town at times.