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Originally Posted by firebug
I would assume that with a statement like this you would have some supporting evidence showing how enrollment in higher education has decreased and that classrooms are half full with tuition being slashed in order to attract more students... or maybe not?
Lets face it Ralph made some tough choices that have worked out well for the province (lets see... in the province with the lowest minimum wage the McDonalds by my house is offering $9/hr full time).
Ralph would be wise to light the fuse and let the Province know when he will bow out.
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My evidence is all personal, which is government officials raising concerns that the supply of well educated youth is being affected by good paying low skill jobs. And the fact that to meet skilled job needs, the province is recruiting like mad from other provinces.
Lets face it, Ralph had nothing to do with the Black goo which is a big reason why Alberta is where it is (low corporate taxes is another, but other provinces have closed that gap considerably).
A big problem IMO is that the Government says that diversification into non-energy industries is a big part of the future success of the province, but the current government isn't doing enough to make it happen.
In a nutshell do you remember the bumper sticker "God please let their be another oil boom and I promise I won't **** it all away.". Well the current monarchy IMO is too stale to implement the plan to insure we have an economy that isn't a one-trick pony.
I hope I am wrong
PS And Ralph did light an 18-month fuse yesterday, he will retire in Oct 2007...maybe ;-)
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