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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Do you really see his approach as pro-Alberta? It looks as though the majority of what he is saying he’ll do is basically spend a lot of tax dollars on projects that further the interests businesses, which is fine in itself(to some extent) but if he’s at the same time planning to reduce the deficit, those projects will likely be paid for with funds that would have otherwise gone to public services and other infrastructure projects. I may be wrong but I think there are more albertans who rely on things like roads, schools and healthcare than there are albertans who own businesses in o&g.
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You do realize that Alberta itself needs to encourage investment into the private sector right? That we have investment fleeing this province, we have people being laid off, with the jobs that are being created they're lower paying jobs, that we're losing tax revenue because of this crisis right?
How many times have we seen in this thread "well we need to counter mis-information with information. There have been a bunch of ads for example up to a couple of years ago by private industry to counter mis-information by Suncorp and Husky for example. The Government needs to get out on this train as well, so yeah its probably a good way to spend money.
What you're saying about cramming the money into the public sector and programs makes no sense because
We're probably facing a shrinking revenue pool
Cramming more money into programs and infrastructure isn't going to convince the private sector and especially Oil and Gas that the government is going to help them turn the tide on what's happening.
The most prudent action that goes along with and is probably more effective then merely talking is a government strategy around how they're going to show that Alberta is open for investment and actually pro business.
Not every answer is to spend money on public services, and public infrastructure.
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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
The referendum talk is just smoke and mirrors, he’s playing on people’s emotions when he knows, or ought to know, that it will accomplish very little while also costing tax payer dollars to do. He also still hasn’t explained what he will do to actually get the pipeline going.
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Fair enough, except that its not the Alberta Government that has to get the pipeline going, its the federal government that has to get the pipeline going. What Kenney is talking about is at least going after mis-information and trying to convince investment to stay in this province.
The referendum if it happens is about forcing the Federal Government to face their choices and put pressure on them and the rest of Canada and its probably a moral boost for Albertan's who are pissed off.