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Originally Posted by Jacks
It also produces endless minority governments which generally means constant campaigning and gridlock in the legislature. Trying to keep everyone happy also means that the tough decisions never get made and spending stays high. We'd still be buried in debt if Klein had to deal with a minority. No thanks.
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I didn't say the Wild Rose had to agree with prop. rep. I said they had to agree with it
if they want to be considered a populist party.
So fine: they don't support prop. rep. They're also not populists. They should thus stop playing the anti-intellectual populist card when concerned citizens point out that the slate standing behind Danielle Smith is comprised (with a few exceptions) of ideologues and lackwits--and that otherwise they aren't different from the Tories at all.
It's not elitism to ask that people who put themselves forward for public office have some quality that makes them stand out. You can't just put ANYBODY up for election and expect that the drones will fall in line and vote for whatever nincompoop got enough of their friends to turn up to a nomination meeting.
The person who's running in my riding has a resume that is so unimpressive that I would seriously not hire that person to be an executive assistant. She's quite literally less qualified than the idiot in Alison Redford's office who tweeted about Danielle Smith's family status. That's just not acceptable for a party that hopes to form a government. If the Wild Rose can't even attract qualified people, how am I to believe that they can run the province?