UCP Leadership Election

[Roughneck]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

He's been painfully shy about talking policy specifics and the things he has talked about like equalization payments and letting the western bastards freeze in the dark strike me as being painfully ignorant about economics.

As far as I know he's promised to balance the budget within 3 years, but neither him nor Jean seem to want to volunteer any way for that to be achievable.

Is cutting 10 billion dollars out of the provinces' spending really 'fiscally responsible' or is it pennywise and pound foolish?

Seems like a lot of smoke and mirrors.

Well he was part of a federal party that consistently put up deficits and didn't do anything about the equalization formula while they were a majority, so that should tell you all you need to know.

[Fozzie_DeBear]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

oh, ok.

What term should I use to describe left wing trolls who engage in the exact type of gutter politics that they decry the right for doing?

Because the NDP just unleashed a pile of it onto social media and it needs to be called out for exactly what it is.

In both cases it is weaksauce....anything that takes the public away from being able to debate issues and policy and replaces it with labels and scorn is taking us down the path of America.

[GordonBlue]

well, time for me to spend some time investigating the Alberta Party platform. I can't vote for Kenney and I can't vote for notley.

[Lubicon]

I'm not a huge Kenney fan but keep one thing in mind. The UCP has not even had a convention yet and has no official policies or party platform. Kenney's thoughts, beliefs etc. may have little relevance depending on where the UCP comes out with their policies on various topics. I'm willing to give them at least that before I decide. I so wanted to consider the Alberta party last election but they just seemed too far left on some issues. Time to look again I suppose, then compare to whatever the UCP comes out with.