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Originally Posted by Bonded
It is pretty divided among my coworkers, friends, and family. My guess is if you put it to a referendum it would fail, not that is the best thing to do when it comes to infrastructure projects.
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Yeah, and moreso:
Almost any individual thing if put to a referendum would fail. New hospital in Edmonton? Calgary and rural aren't going to vote for that. New hospital in Calgary? Edmonton and rural, nope. Tax increase? Nope, nope, nope.
Things get done through horse trading. New hospital in Calgary, Edmonton, and clinics in smaller communities, funded by a tax increase? Now that just might pass.
On the other hand, if you put a tax cut, debt repayment, and service increase into individual questions, they'd all pass, but would be impossible to implement together.