06-01-2023, 06:46 PM
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#2121
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Originally Posted by Yoho
That def has something to do with Smith winning the election on Monday.
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It’s probably the person who was premier before the election’s fault.
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06-01-2023, 07:01 PM
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#2122
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Originally Posted by Faust
The Breakdown @TheBreakdown
“Smith’s right-hand man also looks back to when Notley did a big favour for the UCP by promising to hike the corporate income tax if the NDP won.”
“It gave us an opportunity to show Albertans Notley hadn’t learned a thing,”
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Honestly, the NDP blew it with tax hike to 11%. No matter how well intentioned it was it was terrible politics. Even just going to 10%, which they could argue was the norm for years, would probably have saved them enough Calgary votes to make the difference.
It reminded me of the minimum wage hike. No issue with end goal but the timetable was so short. (Having said that I have no idea if there were net negative impacts to the minimum wage hike)
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06-01-2023, 07:50 PM
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#2123
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In Your MCP
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Watching Hot Dog Hans
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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Suncor slashing 1500 jobs.
UCP hard at work.
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Damnit, Trudeau!!
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06-01-2023, 07:53 PM
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#2124
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoho
That def has something to do with Smith winning the election on Monday.
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This is one of the companies that are reacting to Danielle Smith being elected. They were waiting and now action.
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06-01-2023, 07:55 PM
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#2125
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Originally Posted by edslunch
(Having said that I have no idea if there were net negative impacts to the minimum wage hike)
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Small business no longer exists in Alberta.
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06-01-2023, 10:28 PM
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#2126
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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06-02-2023, 07:32 AM
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#2127
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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Originally Posted by opendoor
I don't know about the data on migration specifically, but the number of doctors is increasing, but at a rate slower than the population is growing. So the number of doctors per 100K has been dropping steadily in recent years in Alberta.
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And I don't have data to support this, but I feel like we use GP services more than ever before too
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06-02-2023, 07:34 AM
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#2128
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Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor
Small business no longer exists in Alberta.
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My neighborhood is booming. Not a big box in sight.
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06-02-2023, 07:51 AM
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#2129
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor
This is one of the companies that are reacting to Danielle Smith being elected. They were waiting and now action.
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No...this has nothing to do with the election.
They changed CEO's because of lagging earnings in comparison to other oil giants.
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“As a company we needed to make changes that will strengthen our company for the future, and that includes our overall cost structure,” Seetal said by phone, adding the 1,500 job losses will be spread across the organization and will affect both employees and contractors.
Suncor has been under pressure from shareholders — including activist investor Elliott Investment Management — to improve its financial and share price performance, which has lagged its peers.
Earlier this spring, Kruger, the former CEO of Imperial Oil Ltd., was enticed out of retirement to take the reins of Suncor and try to turn around the oilsands giant.
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These cuts were always coming.
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06-02-2023, 09:03 AM
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#2130
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Scoring Winger
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Y'all forget your sarcasm detectors at home this fine Friday?
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06-02-2023, 10:44 AM
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#2131
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
No...this has nothing to do with the election.
They changed CEO's because of lagging earnings in comparison to other oil giants.
These cuts were always coming.
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Likely true. However, if the NDP had won, guess what the headlines would have said about the identical move?
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06-02-2023, 10:52 AM
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#2132
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by transplant99
No...this has nothing to do with the election.
They changed CEO's because of lagging earnings in comparison to other oil giants.
These cuts were always coming.
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I think that's 100% true, but can you imagine the counter-factual.
If the NDP had been elected 2 days earlier, there would have been a never ending stream of opinion pieces and armchair economists for the next 25 years talking about how the NDP erodes investment in the oil industry just by looking at it. Nevermind the decades long trend towards disinvestment in development and towards squeezing every penny out of the existing infrastructure (because those guys understand where the climate change stuff is going too), never mind what happens every time the oil price shows a downward trend. NDP in power = scared investors, UPC in power = this was always going to happen.
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06-02-2023, 11:21 AM
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#2133
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor
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Danielle better cut corporate taxes quickly or there won’t be any jobs left.
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06-02-2023, 11:27 AM
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#2134
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#1 Goaltender
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Can we close this thread now and resume all AB politics talk in the normal one?
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06-02-2023, 11:29 AM
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#2135
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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What can or should the UCP do to prevent these kinds of things from happening, and would NDP supporters approve of it?
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06-02-2023, 11:34 AM
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#2136
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Originally Posted by woob
Can we close this thread now and resume all AB politics talk in the normal one?
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Close them both and get a brand new shiny one. We just need a catchy name.
AB Politics 3: Disasters imminent
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06-02-2023, 11:44 AM
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#2137
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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AB Politics, Episode 3: Revenge of the Smith
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06-02-2023, 11:48 AM
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#2138
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Join Date: May 2016
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We are on number 4 now I think.
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06-02-2023, 11:51 AM
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#2139
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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AB Politics, Episode 4: A New Nope
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06-02-2023, 11:52 AM
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#2140
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
We are on number 4 now I think.
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Easy there, we are in Alberta. Don't want to progress too quickly. Might frighten some people.
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