Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Torture]

Alberta threatens to exit ‘unsustainable’ subsidized child-care program

The province estimates Ottawa’s proposed funding terms would leave it facing a $5-billion shortfall over the 2026 to 2031 funding period.

“[This leaves] Alberta to prop up an unsustainable and inflexible system that cannot meet the demands of our growing population,” Jones said in his emailed statement.

If Ottawa does not increase its funding, Alberta plans to stop participating in the subsidized child-care program after its agreement expires in March 2026.

https://www.canadianaffairs.news/202...-care-program/


Stop meddling in our business Ottawa but also, give us more money!
I for one, can't wait for childcare fees to go up from ~300 to $1k+ per month in 2026.

[Fuzzy14]

Of all the government expenditures to gripe about and threaten to cut, subsidized child care should be at the bottom of the list. It's so clearly a net benefit to society, it's something that should have been provided long ago.

sigh.

[Izzle]

But muh BuDgEt SuRpLuS!!

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy14

Of all the government expenditures to gripe about and threaten to cut, subsidized child care should be at the bottom of the list. It's so clearly a net benefit to society, it's something that should have been provided long ago.

sigh.

Shut the FCUK UP you commie.

[Fuzz]

What do you need child care for if you've let them all die from measles?

[Amethyst]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy14

Of all the government expenditures to gripe about and threaten to cut, subsidized child care should be at the bottom of the list. It's so clearly a net benefit to society, it's something that should have been provided long ago.

sigh.

You're supposed to have a trad wife to raise the children.

Radical leftists who think women should be allowed to work outside the home can pay for their own childcare!

[indes]

All bluster for sure. That's way too many votes that would be too easy to "buy" for the NDP. IMO it would be a landslide election win for the ANDP if the UCP cuts this and ANDP campaigned on bringing it back.

[PepsiFree]

It’s probably the extreme left’s fault for being too woke and thinking they’re better than them. Best to go after children and their families as a response.

[TheIronMaiden]

How many folks get measles at the Stampede this year?

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by Torture

Alberta threatens to exit ‘unsustainable’ subsidized child-care program

That would be the most monumentally stupid own goal possible... given that it's the UCP we're talking about I'm glad my kids aren't in daycare anymore.

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

How many folks get measles at the Stampede this year?

Covid too, oh but that went away right?

https://covid-tracker.chi-csm.ca/

[troutman]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

How many folks get measles at the Stampede this year?

1. STDs
2. Covid
3. Alcohol Poisoning
4. Measles

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by troutman

1. STDs
2. Covid
3. Measles

You are guaranteed syphilis if you attend the UCP stampede breakfast! Those hotcakes are hot!

[WideReceiver]

Dani to feds: stay out of our business.
Dani to Alberta cities: do what we say or we’ll step in.

https://t.co/CNi6UjKZdV

[BlackArcher101]

Sharing wealth is “part of the grand bargain of Alberta,” he said, with rural areas depending on city services and cities depending on the wealth from natural resources in rural areas. “We have to be able to develop those resources responsibly and thoughtfully, and you’re also going to need to invest in those communities. This is how Canada was built.”

He continued: “The idea is that we have an obligation as a society to be reasonable about how we deliver services to all corners of the country, and that includes within our province.”

Sounds like he would be in favor of a system that equalized services for all....... Maybe some sort of equalization payment system?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by WideReceiver

Dani to feds: stay out of our business.
Dani to Alberta cities: do what we say or we’ll step in.

https://t.co/CNi6UjKZdV

Using terms like woke and DEI, Dan Williams said municipalities of every size and type should concentrate on services taxpayers deserve and expect.

“I want to make sure that Edmonton and Calgary are doing their jobs. There’s not a left-wing and a right-wing way to plow a road or deliver water or treat wastewater. These are just the obligations of municipalities,” he told The Macleod Gazette.

“But if they start veering into plastic straw bans and DEI policies and legalizing business licenses for brothels, then they’re way off base from the responsibility of a municipality,” said Williams, the member for Peace River and the former minister of mental health and addiction.

Uhm, waste management, non-descriminatory hiring practices, and businesses licenses are exactly what municipalities exist for, You ####ing dumbass dip####. What idiot thought you were qualified for this job?

Here's a hint, ####o. If you look south and see what they are doing and think that is somehow good for society, stick your head in a combine and save the rest of us from your stupidity.

This is what I mean when I say you give these mother####ers an inch. Next thing you know, you and/or your family are on the deportation list. Stop giving the worst of humanity anything, let alone power.

Sharing wealth is “part of the grand bargain of Alberta,” he said, with rural areas depending on city services and cities depending on the wealth from natural resources in rural areas. “We have to be able to develop those resources responsibly and thoughtfully, and you’re also going to need to invest in those communities. This is how Canada was built.”

Somebody haul out the irony gong, this mother####er wants to smash the #### out of it!

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Covid too, oh but that went away right?

https://covid-tracker.chi-csm.ca/

That's a spot-on impersonation of Fuzz circa 2023.

But it may surprise you to learn that no, no one cares. People consider it being sick, just like catching a cold, and they treat it similarly now.

Spoiler!

Yeah, the sky isn't falling.

[KelVarnsen]

Those people are idiots.

[Fuzz]

Gotta be nice to have that luxury.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

Those people are idiots.

That's a pretty baseless assumption; like so many things, it depends who you talk to.

If I have a cold, I don't go out and hang out with people.

The end. It's easy; I'm sick, I'm miserable and feel like ass and don't want to do anything.

Do you genuinely think I care if I'm sick with [random cold bug] or COVID? No, I don't give a sh-t: I'm sick, that's all the information I need to inform my behaviour.

I just don't see the value of constantly misery-spiraling over it either. It's here, it isn't going away, and people are going to live their lives.

Seriously, what's the desired outcome? Should we shut Stampede down because of measles and the slight uptick of viral genomes in the waterwater? I've been on IV-infused immunosuppressants since 2021, I got -- and keep getting -- my COVID shots so I can go enjoy my life, I'm not putting it on hold because of the amount of COVID in the waterwater went up.