- Royalty review improved conventional oil and gas royalty system significantly
- Agree PPA was terrible
-Agree lightbulb program was brutal
-Bill 6 was good legislation in general, farms are real businesses that have real safety risks. They are not special
-Alberta’s tax base needed increasing to deliver services at the level expected. If Kenny cuts revenue he is an idiot. We have subsidized low taxes with resource revenue for far too long
- Alberta needed a Sales tax, the Carbon tax effectively is one. Doing the political heavy lifting on this was important. Again Kenny would be an idiot to cut it now the political damage was taken on by someone else. Put the funds in general revenues and leave it in place
- agree social license didn’t work. She got ####ed by Trudeau
- agree the coal phase out is poorly designed
The other big thing she did is took on her unions and won without them striking. Getting 0% raises without strikes was good governance and needs to continue for another 3 years at least to bring costs back in line.
I think that on taxation the NDP fixed the revenue side of the problem in Alberta. This was a very important accomplishment that the next premier needs not to squander. The NDPs record is also not as bad as people make it out to be. That said spending increased greater than pop growth plus inflation over the 4 years so that is not acceptable.
I really hope Kenny’s platform is competent.
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Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil
Beautiful.
I've prepared a primer in case some have forgotten how rough this has been.
- 8 month royalty review, Notley finds out it's fair and in her words "isn't the time for a cash grab."
- Losing the PPA lawsuit they sued themselves over.
- Unconstitutional small brewery taxes ruled against THREE times.
- The powerbar/thermostat racketeering.
- Pissing off farmers with Bill 6.
- Corp taxes up, income taxes up, min wage up regardless of business size.
- Carbon tax not campaigned on.
- Multiple credit downgrades.
- Social license doesn't exist.
- Phasing out coal power then buying it from Montana.
I'm sure I missed a bunch, but feel free to add.
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