Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Muta]

I blame this catastrophe of a current government on moderate conservatives who didn't do their homework on the party (or intentionally refused to) and still voted for the UCP. There are many on CP who were for them, and now are conveniently nowhere to be found in this specific thread. And now we have over three years left still of Marlaina and her band of intellectually-defunct goblins attacking this once-great province and trying to burn it to the ground to appease a redneck few.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by D as in David

Our pro-business UCP government, folks.

Calgary Construction Association Dismayed by Further Delays to Green Line LRT Due to Provincial Funding Pull, Warns of Risk Precedent for Future Provincially Funded Projects

https://cgyca.com/industry-updates/f...-future-provi/

Not just funding cuts, the government also acts on their own whims to destroy entire industries based on nothing but ideology. Why would any business want to operate in a province like this?

[Monahammer]

Not the only infrastructure grant that will be effected. Something funky going on.

[wireframe]

Originally Posted by Muta

I blame this catastrophe of a current government on moderate conservatives who didn't do their homework on the party (or intentionally refused to) and still voted for the UCP. There are many on CP who were for them, and now are conveniently nowhere to be found in this specific thread. And now we have over three years left still of Marlaina and her band of intellectually-defunct goblins attacking this once-great province and trying to burn it to the ground to appease a redneck few.

The moderate conservative is a myth. They pretend to be moderate when they talk to decent people in the real world but they keep voting for the most reprehensible form of conservatism offered to them. Yes, those people are to blame but no, they are not moderate.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

I think the problem is that the city changed the terms (quite significantly) on their end, first.

“In an interview on CBC Calgary's The Homestretch on Aug. 1, Dreeshen said the funding was "100 per cent" secure.

That assurance came in the aftermath of a vote by city council in late July to cut six stations from the initial phase of the Green Line and to increase its budget by $700 million to over $6.2 billion”

The funding was, in fact, not secure.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7312973

[Muta]

Originally Posted by wireframe

The moderate conservative is a myth. They pretend to be moderate when they talk to decent people in the real world but they keep voting for the most reprehensible form of conservatism offered to them. Yes, those people are to blame but no, they are not moderate.

I think they are moderate, just willfully ignorant.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

“In an interview on CBC Calgary's The Homestretch on Aug. 1, Dreeshen said the funding was "100 per cent" secure.

That assurance came in the aftermath of a vote by city council in late July to cut six stations from the initial phase of the Green Line and to increase its budget by $700 million to over $6.2 billion”

The funding was, in fact, not secure.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7312973

We were talking in a legal context; whatever formal process had occurred previously was for a different alignment. Also, Kenney's gov't passed a bill saying they could pull the plug with 90 days notice.

But it would be pretty neat if we could sue politicians for such baldfaced lies.

[Izzle]

We should merge the federal, provincial and municipal threads. It will be the lowest engagement thread ever.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

And lo, the people did marvel at the roar of the internal combustion engine, for it was a mighty sound that stirred their hearts. As the chariots of steel did race upon the earth, the thrumming of pistons was as the voice of many waters, a symphony of power and might. And they did rejoice, for in the sound they found joy, a testament to the works of their hands and the ingenuity bestowed upon them. Thus, the sound of the engine was beloved among them, a reminder of the dominion they were given over the earth.

[puffnstuff]

Oh good theres to be a policy banning 'chem trails'

####### morons

[Whynotnow]

Originally Posted by wireframe

The moderate conservative is a myth. They pretend to be moderate when they talk to decent people in the real world but they keep voting for the most reprehensible form of conservatism offered to them. Yes, those people are to blame but no, they are not moderate.

I’m a moderate conservative, I have voted NDP for the last 3 elections at least.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Oh good theres to be a policy banning 'chem trails'

####### morons

Thank god for that, I hope they ban Sasquatch next. Shaved ape might end up signing with the oilers if he commits a sexual based offence.

[Nancy]

Originally Posted by Muta

I blame this catastrophe of a current government on moderate conservatives who didn't do their homework on the party (or intentionally refused to) and still voted for the UCP. There are many on CP who were for them, and now are conveniently nowhere to be found in this specific thread. And now we have over three years left still of Marlaina and her band of intellectually-defunct goblins attacking this once-great province and trying to burn it to the ground to appease a redneck few.

Those Pocketbook Conservatives are not commenting because the only issue they care about is doing just fine. The low tax, low regulation environment is what puts the cash in their bonus envelopes. They are not appeasing the rednecks, they are taking advantage of them.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by Nancy

Those Pocketbook Conservatives are not commenting because the only issue they care about is doing just fine. The low tax, low regulation environment is what puts the cash in their bonus envelopes. They are not appeasing the rednecks, they are taking advantage of them.

Typical conservatives.

"#### you, I've got mine."

[calf]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Oh good theres to be a policy banning 'chem trails'

####### morons

No kidding. That's clearly Federal jurisdiction

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Nancy

Those Pocketbook Conservatives are not commenting because the only issue they care about is doing just fine. The low tax, low regulation environment is what puts the cash in their bonus envelopes. They are not appeasing the rednecks, they are taking advantage of them.

Have pocket book conservatives gotten anything yet? Flat tax isn’t back, regulations have been made worse for solar and are the same for O+G.

There have been a distinct lack of subsidies for things like Carbon Capture which would reduce costs to producers.

So right now they have done #### all for the pocketbook conservative.

When we get ####ty government we are supposed to at least pay less tax.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by calf

No kidding. That's clearly Federal jurisdiction

No, world government

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by GGG

Have pocket book conservatives gotten anything yet? Flat tax isn’t back, regulations have been made worse for solar and are the same for O+G.

There have been a distinct lack of subsidies for things like Carbon Capture which would reduce costs to producers.

So right now they have done #### all for the pocketbook conservative.

When we get ####ty government we are supposed to at least pay less tax.

They believe that when their conservative overlords aren't able to give them the promised bounty, it just means that the NDP would have been even worse for them financially. Somehow.

[united]

Originally Posted by aaronck

That was a different UCP hack-

Another banger by the same guy

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Muta

I blame this catastrophe of a current government on moderate conservatives who didn't do their homework on the party (or intentionally refused to) and still voted for the UCP. There are many on CP who were for them, and now are conveniently nowhere to be found in this specific thread. And now we have over three years left still of Marlaina and her band of intellectually-defunct goblins attacking this once-great province and trying to burn it to the ground to appease a redneck few.

I was told by Cowboy89 that this was the dollars and cents party!