Has Kenney said where he's going to start slashing if not Healthcare?
Natural attrition is a strategy to in effect "cut" the size of the bureaucracy, but that is playing the very long game. Something is going to have to give in the short term if we are to cut the deficit. Carbon tax will be gone (although something in disguise might end up replacing it), and it's political suicide to put in PST even though we badly need it.
So buckle up, I feel something is going to get cut, and it's not going to be pretty. My guess is K-12 education, Social Services in various areas (disability, AISH), Municipal Affairs, Environment and Parks, Culture and Tourism, and Service Alberta.
Everything comes at a cost. That Kenney tweet looks good for the papers, but you can't have that cake and eat it too.
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