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Originally Posted by RyZ
Somebody sell me on an how an NDP party that is known for raising taxes, being anti-business and supporting defunding the police are going to make the cost of living more affordable for Albertans and tackle skyrocketing violent crime in the cities? Typical NDP policy seems to support these things getting worse quickly.
Have they talked policy? Done 180? Whats Notleys plan here? What am I missing?
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You are gonna have to show your work on this one. How has the NDP taxes made life less affordable for most Albertans? They raised taxes on people making over $130,000 a year, and corporations making profits over $500k. They reduced it for companies making less and left it alone for the majority of personal Albertans.
In comparison, the UCP has made my life much less affordable by removing caps on utilities and insurance providers, plus instituting more premiums and user fees such as the Kananaskis pass.
How have they been anti-business? They have gone forward with some environmental policies, like a carbon tax, that is very much becoming the norm around the world, gave incentives for green energy, film industry and tech industry. Plus they even got the Feds to get TMX going.
You obviously don't understand what defund the police means. It is focused on instead of using those funds for enforcement, using more funds for preventative measures. Having people trained to deescalate a situation or using trained counsellors in situations over bullets and arrests. And while crime is up, I think "skyrocketing" is fear mongering based on the actual data.
I don't see how typical NDP policy is making any of these things worse. In their 1 term then made some great strides at recovering from a recession that was out of anyone's hands. You can see the economic growth over the term.
If you want to bring up specific policies that the NDP did that negatively affected Albertans - and there were a few, no government is perfect - then I am sure there are lots of people to discuss. But otherwise this is just asking people to defend baseless stereo-types of the NDP.