Forever Canadian Petition Support (Alberta Politics)

[Parallex]

I still feel like we're heading to an early election. All the recall petitions, all the prospective citizen initiative petitions, MHCare Scandal still bubbling around, Guthrie trying to restart the PC's...

Smith could solve or delay a lot of problems if she rolled the dice on an early election. Walk into it with her anti-trans bill to placate her Maple MAGA set and the pipeline deal with the Feds for the Normies. Makes a lot of sense for her to go sooner before those all explode in her face and give her more time to weather any storm.

[Wolven]

Originally Posted by Parallex

I still feel like we're heading to an early election. All the recall petitions, all the prospective citizen initiative petitions, MHCare Scandal still bubbling around, Guthrie trying to restart the PC's...

Smith could solve or delay a lot of problems if she rolled the dice on an early election. Walk into it with her anti-trans bill to placate her Maple MAGA set and the pipeline deal with the Feds for the Normies. Makes a lot of sense for her to go sooner before those all explode in her face and give her more time to weather any storm.

Not to mention the new riding redistribution that takes 1 riding away from rural and gives 3 ridings to Calgary and Edmonton.

It would also give her a new mandate to say that the voters are good with all of the NWC use, grifts, and scandals that have happened under her watch and clear the way for the pension plan, police force, separation, etc.

[Fuzz]

Well she better do it soon, because we can't have elections in the spring. She said so, and gave herself another 6 months of room because of it. So she'd look like a bit of a tit if she delayed it until spring.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Wolven

Not to mention the new riding redistribution that takes 1 riding away from rural and gives 3 ridings to Calgary and Edmonton.

While the new maps are definitely more representative and 'fair', they do not necessarily benefit the NDP or hurt UCP. The new ridings are likely to go orange, but some tight ridings got harder to flip (CGY-Bow) or keep (CGY-Acadia).

The path to victory very clear under the current system, but not necessarily easy. 12 ridings decided by <700 votes last time went 6 NDP 6 UCP. NDP needs to sweep all 12 to win (could be less if the independent(s) win again). But of course UCP could also sprinkle fairy dust on NW and East Calgary to hold those ridings...

[Wolven]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

While the new maps are definitely more representative and 'fair', they do not necessarily benefit the NDP or hurt UCP. The new ridings are likely to go orange, but some tight ridings got harder to flip (CGY-Bow) or keep (CGY-Acadia).

The path to victory very clear under the current system, but not necessarily easy. 12 ridings decided by <700 votes last time went 6 NDP 6 UCP. NDP needs to sweep all 12 to win (could be less if the independent(s) win again). But of course UCP could also sprinkle fairy dust on NW and East Calgary to hold those ridings...

Agreed, those voters in those ridings need to get their heads into the game.

The best part about these petitions and recalls is that it is causing people to get into conversations with other people about everything going on in this province instead of waiting for the American feed to tell them what's so great about conservatives and separation (National Post, Calgary Herald, Instragram, Facebook, etc).

These citizen led petitions, conversations, and all of the momentum coming out of people activating to this degree is going to build up and get to the ballot box. The longer it goes on, the more people will be engaged.

And then if Smith were to do something to eliminate the recalls.... I think that would result in justified rage from the many, many people who are choosing to get engaged and make their voices heard.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

it stands for C U N T


we all know that

Na, they have neither the depth nor the warmth

[Faust]

FIRST READING: How an Albertan anti-separatist may have accidentally triggered a separation referendum

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/how...ion-referendum

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Faust

FIRST READING: How an Albertan anti-separatist may have accidentally triggered a separation referendum

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/how...ion-referendum

Except as reported by Lukaszuk's tweet, "the UCP government denied the Chief Electoral Officer a supplemental budget required to prepare a referendum on Alberta’s separation from Canada" during the November 3rd session, so probably not.

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by Faust

FIRST READING: How an Albertan anti-separatist may have accidentally triggered a separation referendum

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/how...ion-referendum

I'm not sure why you're taking anything Tristin Hopper writes seriously.

[Amethyst]

The UCP's response?

Change the rules so there can be more than one petition on the same topic, petitions no longer have to be constitutional, and the Chief Electoral Officer can no longer ask the courts if a proposed petition is legal.

If you vote UCP, you're a separatist. Full stop.