Alberta Politics Thread

[OMG!WTF!]

The beer tax completely destroyed my beer company. We brewed at Great Western and sold in AB. So that's not happening now.

This is interesting...

http://www.financialpost.com/m/wp/ne...ersify-economy

I want to say "Good job Rach!". And I like the direction she's taking. It's just that she basically contradicts everything she and the NDP stand for in this one swoop.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!

The beer tax completely destroyed my beer company. We brewed at Great Western and sold in AB. So that's not happening now.

This is interesting...

http://www.financialpost.com/m/wp/ne...ersify-economy

I want to say "Good job Rach!". And I like the direction she's taking. It's just that she basically contradicts everything she and the NDP stand for in this one swoop.

Inter-Provincial Trade Taxation? Um...why exactly do you like that? We're supposed to be in this together.

[OMG!WTF!]

Originally Posted by Locke

Inter-Provincial Trade Taxation? Um...why exactly do you like that? We're supposed to be in this together.

No sorry. I should have quoted from the article. She's offering a couple boutique-ish tax cuts to incentive new business and investment. I'm cheesed about the idiotic beer tax mess. What a dolt. But at least the tax breaks are starting to come to some of the right places.

[Dozer]

I think this article summed it up fairly.
http://business.financialpost.com/fp...hers-in-canada

[CaptainCrunch]

I've completely stopped drinking beer, its gotten ludicrously expensive even the local brands.

[the_only_turek_fan]

Notley with a very revealing statement:

“There was much hope that we would have seen a female president of the United States for the first time,” said Ms. Notley, Alberta’s second female premier

“That’s a bit of a step back because we thought we were on the way there from the perspective of women moving forward in politics.”

Feeds into the narrative that we should elect women just because they are women....

[ae118]

Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

Notley with a very revealing statement:







Feeds into the narrative that we should elect women just because they are women....

Nah. A lot of us were pleased with the prospect of a female president. It's symbolic (and women in top positions make practical differences). But that's separate from actual politics and policy. She's just acknowledging it would be a step forward for women.

[Robbob]

Out of curiosity, anyone know what the delay is for the province to chip in for the green line? It would seem like an easy ask with both the City and Feds already committing 1.5B each for a "green" project. I thought the NDP would be all over this and already set aside blank cheques for infrastructure projects?

[LanceUppercut]

Originally Posted by Robbob

Out of curiosity, anyone know what the delay is for the province to chip in for the green line? It would seem like an easy ask with both the City and Feds already committing 1.5B each for a "green" project. I thought the NDP would be all over this and already set aside blank cheques for infrastructure projects?

They don't want to spend any money in Calgary, when it will not pay off in votes in 2019.

Now that I got a bit of snark out of the way, I'd expect them to announce funding when the PR value is highest. Either that, or they figured out they are dead broke and don't have any money to keep the lights on in the province.

[Resolute 14]

Notley and the NDP haven't cared that we are dead broke before, no reason to expect that to change now. The problem, more than likely, is your snark. Notley would have handed a blank cheque over to Edmonton already if they were the ones waiting on the funding.

[iggy_oi]

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/c...tley-1.3850354

Hard to argue with making sure school kids are fed

[taco.vidal]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/c...tley-1.3850354

Hard to argue with making sure school kids are fed

More money in the pockets of the parents of school children that wont have to shell out money from weekday breakfasts. More disposable income for smokes and beer.

[taco.vidal]

Whats Trump got to say on breakfast programs? Do all kids get the same menu? If you bring your own food, can you eat with everyone else? Do you have to show your tax returns?

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by taco.vidal

More money in the pockets of the parents of school children that wont have to shell out money from weekday breakfasts. More disposable income for smokes and beer.

Yes, I'm sure that's where all the savings will go, even the parents who don't smoke or drink will have no choice but to start with all the savings.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by taco.vidal

Whats Trump got to say on breakfast programs? Do all kids get the same menu? If you bring your own food, can you eat with everyone else? Do you have to show your tax returns?

What does trump have to do with any of this?

[Ducay]

Nice try Iggy, another Trump breakfast apologist I see. I bet you doubt he will make breakfast whole again. I'm with Taco, no tax return no Cheerios

[Bunk]

So assuming that rather conservative Jason Kenney wins PC leadership and successfully merges with the Wildrose, one can assume it will disaffect more centrist PC members (this already seems to be happening).

What would people think of a unified "centre"? Bring disaffected PCs, the remnants of the old Liberal Party, Alberta Party and new/other classes of Albertans seeking good governance together. Create a new party that identifies with socially liberal/libertarian and moderate/fiscally conservative principles (think Peter Lougheed, Laurence Decore provincially or Paul Martin or Joe Clark federally) and create a very large tent centrist, pragmatic alternative. Notley and Kenney the ideologues, the new party where most Albertans are. Slava the leader ;-)

[Jacks]

If Kenney manages to merge the 2 parties they will probably go back to the 45-60% super majorities that they had under Klein. Assuming of course that he goes centre right with the party.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Bunk

So assuming that rather conservative Jason Kenney wins PC leadership and successfully merges with the Wildrose, one can assume it will disaffect more centrist PC members (this already seems to be happening).

Somewhat, but I think even the disaffected are likely to hold their noses and vote for the new PCWR two-headed monster to get the NDP out. I would.

What would people think of a unified "centre"? Bring disaffected PCs, the remnants of the old Liberal Party, Alberta Party and new/other classes of Albertans seeking good governance together. Create a new party that identifies with socially liberal/libertarian and moderate/fiscally conservative principles (think Peter Lougheed, Laurence Decore provincially or Paul Martin or Joe Clark federally) and create a very large tent centrist, pragmatic alternative. Notley and Kenney the ideologues, the new party where most Albertans are. Slava the leader ;-)

You had me until "Slava the leader".

Seriously though, I like Greg Clark a lot. He just makes a ton of sense. What you're describing is basically what I want to see, and what I think a lot of people in this province want to vote for. It's just weird that there is no such viable option.

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by Jacks

If Kenney manages to merge the 2 parties they will probably go back to the 45-60% super majorities that they had under Klein. Assuming of course that he goes centre right with the party.

Kenney is pretty darn conservative. I think that party is truly right-right.