Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Duruss]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Fight with Ottawa about everything but roll over for coal companies without so much as a whimper.

You sir are paying attention and that isn't fair! Take your radical woke mind virus out of my freedom!/s

[Muta]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

So that makes it:

Tylenol Debacle
Coal Debacle
Dynalife Debacle
Private Surgical Facilities Debacle (Pending...but I think we all know where this one is going)
Alberta Police force no one wants
APP no one wants
Silently nodding to/courting separatists

vs
Lightbulbs and PPAs



Ugh, can you imagine actually voting for those NDP clowns after all of that.

Don't forget the UCP quietly lighting $1.4B of taxpayers' money on fire for a doomed pipeline that everyone saw coming!

[puffnstuff]

https://bsky.app/profile/markusoff.b.../3lsyvdzbiv22l

New Crown corps Danielle Smith has created:
1) Heritage Fund Opportunities Corp.
2) Independent Agency Police Service
3) Recovery Alberta
4) Centre of Recovery Excellence
5) Acute Care Alberta
6) Primary Care Alberta
7) Assisted Living Alberta

The party of small government...

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Muta

Don't forget the UCP quietly lighting $1.4B of taxpayers' money on fire for a doomed pipeline that everyone saw coming!

Oh I didn't forget.
But that was Jason Kenney.

I was doing JUST Danielle Smith! That way no one could say "Yeah that wasn't Danielle Smith. This UCP is way different than the last UCP"
You add in the rest of the UCP shenanigans, and it certainly doesn't paint a rosier picture.

[Flacker]

Originally Posted by Muta

Don't forget the UCP quietly lighting $1.4B of taxpayers' money on fire for a doomed pipeline that everyone saw coming!

They are a band of misfits to be sure, but Keystone XL isn't entirely dead money yet. Although nothing Trump says is to be believed, so you may ultimately be correct.

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/resu...e-xl-pipeline/

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Flacker

They are a band of misfits to be sure, but Keystone XL isn't entirely dead money yet. Although nothing Trump says is to be believed, so you may ultimately be correct.

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/resu...e-xl-pipeline/

Our tax dollars are gone. No wishful thinking about a deal with the most unreliable deal maker in history is going to make that $1.3 billion available for hospitals or schools, or vaccines, or roads, or transit.


This is what happens when you vote for these people. *poof* ####ing gone.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Flacker

They are a band of misfits to be sure, but Keystone XL isn't entirely dead money yet. Although nothing Trump says is to be believed, so you may ultimately be correct.

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/resu...e-xl-pipeline/

Yes it is.
There is no world world where any company in Canada is going to put the money up to build KXL.

Trump's word isn't worth a thing.
No company is going to put the money up to even look at this project because you can be certain one of the following will happen:

1) Trump flips and the line isn't approved
2) It takes too long to get started and approvals get cancelled....again
3) Trump goes nuts on tariffs again, and no producer in Canada is keen to sign up for more export to the US right now

It's dead dead dead!

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

Yes it is.
There is no world world where any company in Canada is going to put the money up to build KXL.

Trump's word isn't worth a thing.
No company is going to put the money up to even look at this project because you can be certain one of the following will happen:

1) Trump flips and the line isn't approved
2) It takes too long to get started and approvals get cancelled....again
3) Trump goes nuts on tariffs again, and no producer in Canada is keen to sign up for more export to the US right now

It's dead dead dead!

OK, but hear me out...what if the Alberta Gov't threw a few more billion at it?

[indes]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

OK, but hear me out...what if the Alberta Gov't threw a few more billion at it?

Keep that up and you'll have a cabinet position! How are you at washing kickbacks?

[puffnstuff]

Dreeshen really hates bike lanes doesnt he?

https://livewirecalgary.com/2025/07/...ry-bike-lanes/

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/edm...devin-dreeshen

[Whynotnow]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Dreeshen really hates bike lanes doesnt he?

https://livewirecalgary.com/2025/07/...ry-bike-lanes/

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/edm...devin-dreeshen

The provincial road network? Dear lord the jurisdictional over reach is staggering with that statement.

[Fuzz]

The only shocking thing is that he waited this long to bring it up after the resounding success Ford has achieved. Presumably so he can make it an election issue for an election they aren't really supposed to meddle in. But it's good red meat for the base, something to rally around. Nothing a Conservatives like more than taking something good from people.


"Are clogging up our major arteries" The only thing clogging up major arteries are vehicles, partially because you idiots keep getting in the way of transit(and not in the way that is self resolving). Yes, the bike lanes on roads like Deerfoot, Glenmore and Crowchild have got to go. I'm with ya, you MAGA ####.


Unreal we have to be ruled but such morons.

[Torture]

Go fill some of the ####ing potholes on Deerfoot or build the ####ing Green Line before you whine about bike lanes Dreeshan.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Torture

Go fill some of the ####ing potholes on Deerfoot or build the ####ing Green Line before you whine about bike lanes Dreeshan.

We need some potholes on the Bike Lanes! Give them some obstacles to keep them on their toes!

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by Locke

We need some potholes on the Bike Lanes! Give them some obstacles to keep them on their toes!

I know joking, but the state of quite a bit of the separated bike network has gotten pretty crappy like that.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

I know joking, but the state of quite a bit of the separated bike network has gotten pretty crappy like that.

What? How? How do pedal bikes make potholes?? Are you guys out there at night with pick-axes or something?

[Bigtime]

More often than not the lanes are in the drainage areas of the roads, hence the good ol' freeze thaw cycle beats them up over time.

That, and the nightly pick-axe meetups.

[troutman]

Siksika Nation Challenges Government of Alberta Decision to Lift Moratorium on Coal Development in the Rocky Mountains

https://siksikanation.com/siksika-na...cky-mountains/

Chief Crowfoot added: “We have tried to engage the Government of Alberta in good faith over the past several years on this issue. They made commitments to consult with First Nations in regional land use plans and other forums but they just don’t listen. Litigation was our only option at this point. Once coal mines are approved the damage will be done and it will be too late.”

Click here to read the legal challenge: Application for Judicial Review https://siksikanation.com/wp-content...pplication.pdf

[#-3]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Dreeshen really hates bike lanes doesnt he?

https://livewirecalgary.com/2025/07/...ry-bike-lanes/

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/edm...devin-dreeshen

He's doesn't hate bike lanes on an intellectual level, these people are not thinkers, they are instinctually offended by anything that doesn't feel like something their team would support, and the will repeatedly make dumb choices, they cut off their nose to spite their face as long as they are signaling that they hate liberal ideas.

This isn't even a comment on if the bike lanes are a good idea or not, it's just there is 0 chance this guy has even contemplated bike lanes beyond the depth that allowing them sounds like not owning the libs, there for without looking into numbers, facts, or analysis of any kind they are bad.

[The Fisher Account]

Bike lanes are a dog whistle you blow right before an election to distract the rabble from the important things you're neglecting to build for them