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Originally Posted by Slava
I don't think that I'm left of centre at all. I am fiscally conservative and socially liberal, and it does mystify me that there is no sound party in that realm (where I think most Albertans are, actually). I do laugh that I identify myself as a centrist and you bring up the Wildrose though. Might as well bring up the NDP while you're at it!
Honestly, I just want to see some discussion about things like what we do after oil, actual plans to deliver healthcare, a gameplan to invigorate and make progress in our education system and a thought out path to deal with the looming shortage of workers. Do that, and with a responsible budget, and I'm interested. Instead we have willy-nilly spending, tax credits, band-aid solutions for decades old problems and the courting of special interest groups. Its really too bad.
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Agreed. Alberta Party seems like a valid option, but unfortunately, as an actual grassroots party, they lack the money and organization (unlike a splinter cell like the Wildrose Alliance) to be viable in a stupid first-past-the-post election this time. Of course it doesn't help that their leader wasn't invited to the debate either.