I like Prentice but there needs to be at least a minority government for anything to really change. And 1 person cant chance decades of rot.
There is a lot of blame to go around.
Probably in this order:
1 - PC's kept taxes artificially low compared to the next lowest province which meant people kept voting for them. The other partys are in such dissaray that now is the perfect time to bring in a PST, I think at most they lose is 10 seats. Take your lumps now while there is no real downside and start to fix things rather than not changing with the times.
2 - PET ruined all chances of the Liberals ever mounting an effective opposition in Alberta which is why the run has lasted so long and why the WRA even exists in the first place. And members of the Liberal party in Alberta seem too blind to see that a re-branding is all that is required (hello Alberta party).
3 - Over decades of "no chance of losing elections" the political system has elevated the mediocre to positions of power and the resulting policies have been worse than mediocre.
Alberta has one big problem and that is union contracts whose wages have grown lock step with the private sector and havent been reduced given the benefits they receive that the private sector dosnt. Businesses can institute a 10% across the board pay reduction but governments cant. And speaking from someone whose mother is a nurse and who thinks for some reason she is entitled to private sector wages and public sector benefits - the fight to reduce the costs across all sectors of the province will not be an easy battle.
Im hoping it doesnt get this far, but I wonder what will happen with the equalization payments. What happens when every province is a have not province, where does the money come from?
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