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Originally Posted by Slava
This is kind of a strange take to me (about the spending). Are you suggesting that if the NDP was in power they would've spent less? I can't see that at all. They would've spent on different things, but it's not like they're preaching austerity and instead we have the free-spending UCP.
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Even forgetting about old news like the Warroom or Keystone, the UCP recently sent back $130M to the federal government that was slated for abandoned oil well clean-up, that we didn't use. At the same time, the UCP promised oil companies $20B in royalty breaks (which is the same in reality as a cash reward) to fulfill their obligations to clean up their own wells, which they already signed agreements to do (so we essentially already paid for this).
The difference is that when the NDP spends money, at least we get SOMETHING for the expenditure. When the UCP does it, we get nothing, and it's on a bigger scale.