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Originally Posted by Slava
I just think that in the overall context of the dicsussion it seems to be lost that we have some deep issues in the province, and likely no party can do much about it. Our problems have less to do with politics and much more to do with a global economic phenomena.
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I disagree. The desire by most Albertans to have some of the lowest taxes in the civilized world while expecting public services that are second-to-none is a huge political problem. The last politician to point out the incomparability of those two desires was vilified for it. Basically, Alberta has an extraordinarily entitled population.
It's not as though we're trying to do something unique here. There are places in the world that don't have oil, don't have royalties of any kind, and still manage to provide a decent standard of living and high quality public services to citizens.