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Originally Posted by rubecube
You know, it'd be a lot easier to take the opposition seriously if there were ever any constructive criticism or alternative ideas proposed. Instead we get a bunch of "adults" throwing temper tantrums. I'm fully on board with going after the NDP for their failures, but how about establishing yourself as a viable alternative. Where is the WRP's shadow budget? What are their plans for fixing unemployment in the province? How about the PCs? The only party that actually seems to be putting out alternatives is the Alberta Party.
I guess if oil doesn't recover at least there will be a booming salt industry to fall back on.
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You keep saying this Rube and with all due respect, that's not how the opposition works and you know it.
The oppositions job is not to campaign and create shadow budgets and talk about how to fix un-employment. That literally happens during an election.
The oppositions job is to call attention to the failings of the government, call attention to the bad policies. and the terrible decisions that the government is making.
Thomas Mulcair federally never platforms when he's in opposition, his job is to ask questions and poke holes and criticize. Trudeau when he was in opposition never came up with a shadow budget, nor plans to improve employment.
BTW I think that Wildrose used to promote Shadow Budgets and other things like that and it got little to no traction.
Its not the oppositions job to govern and create policy. Its their job to be in opposition to what the government is doing.
Why would they want to give away their election platform?