Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Reggie Dunlop]

Scrutineers are not allowed access to voters lists inside the polling station. They cannot take a photo of them.

[Knut]

Originally Posted by kermitology

If the arena deal is a deal breaker for your vote.. NDP look to have loosely gotten on board

https://twitter.com/user/status/1658512731626930179

Can somebody break this down for me.

I know people that say "If Notley gets in I can not continue to operate my business". I want real world stuff to counter them.

[calgarygeologist]

I'm all for paying lower taxes but does it really make financial sense for the province, under the NDP's promises, to eliminate small business tax, leave personal income tax untouched and not implement a PST while increasing investment, operating and capital costs all over the place?

[Ozy_Flame]

Corporate tax for non-small businesses go back up to 11%. That's still lower than the 12% the NDP had during their term originally.

[Knut]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Corporate tax for non-small businesses go back up to 11%. That's still lower than the 12% the NDP had during their term originally.

What is the cut off for "non small Business" ?

[Ozy_Flame]

Also, Brian Jean welcoming extremist, police photo Opportunist and buttressed can of human creamed corn Keean Bexte into his press conference with open arms.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1658536462395265025

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by Knut

What is the cut off for "non small Business" ?

Under current tax laws, a small business in Alberta is one that generates less than $500,000 in revenue per year.

[Yoho]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Yea, these latest polls are incredibly disappointing if accurate and a pretty sad indictment of the Alberta populace. Just beyond embarrassing. I left the province a few years ago. I've always said that I would eventually love to go back and possibly retire there at some point, but this current version of Alberta is definitely not the one that I grew up in, and watching this bats*** crazy, MAGA-esque governement destroy my once beloved province is really disheartening.

If the UCP wins, and it's looking like they very well might, it's gonna set Alberta down a very dark and dangerous path. Can't believe the people in that province would award these a**holes another 4 years, but here we are. Best of luck, folks.

Well it’s best to leave the Province up to the people that actually live in it so I wouldn’t worry, enjoy your perfect utopia wherever that is.

You’ll be missed as much as the hole that’s left when you take your hands out of a bucket of water trust me.

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

Legit question,

How many of the many people complaining and worried on this forum are out campaigning for the NDP candidates in their area?

Not a chance, my mouth will do more harm for the NDP after I get angry at the stupidity coming out of someone's mouth.

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

Sign on the lawn?

I made the "mistake" of putting a sign on my lawn during covid supporting nurses, I cant' remember now what it was. It was ripped out after a matter of days, and lets just say things don't feel as welcoming as they did in the past. I won't do that again. Yes, it sucks that I'm giving in to the fear of retribution by my own neighbors. I don't want to give them any more ammunition.

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

Social media presence sharing up to date information on UCP tactics and lies?

Gave up on social media, so no posts from me. Social media is a toxic wasteland and posts aren't going to do anything to sway peoples minds.

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

Heading to forums to ask questions of all the candidates?

Already know who I'm voting for, so not sure why I'd go to one.

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

Holding UCP candidates accountable?

I will be with my vote.

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

Just wondering. It is really doom and gloom and angry rhetoric in here, and seem to be very few trying to do anything to help.

I helped build signs and hand them out for the NDP. That's as far as I'll take it.

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

Most of you literally live in the battleground of this election.

My area isn't a battleground, won't even be close.

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

Go DO something about it.

Apart from speaking with people close to me to try sway their vote (which is zero pretty much since blue = their identity), then I will be doing something with my vote.

[Knut]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Under current tax laws, a small business in Alberta is one that generates less than $500,000 in revenue per year.

Is that Gross Revenue ?

[Ashartus]

Originally Posted by Knut

Is that Gross Revenue ?

Taxable income

[redforever]

Originally Posted by Slava

What voting machines are they talking about? Like aren't we still using paper ballots and dropping them into the box?

Not for advance voting.

[Duruss]

At the end of the scrutineer article the quote about not wanting to tell a lie, but you don't have to tell the whole truth. They think thats clever, but it is just lying by omission, there's nothing clever to that.

These TBA folk are hateful numpties.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by Muta

If the UCP wins, I could see them performing even worse than they are now, as Smith thinks she'll has a mandate from all Albertans for her psychopathic behaviour, and the UCP will fall in line because... UCP. Once that point hits and TBA further enacts its extreme right-wing christo-fascist/redneck policies, moderate conservatives may actually start drawing line and taking a stand. It's gonna get bad. And people like Yoho will cheer it all on, while feeble followers like him get duped (by design) in the process .

I guess this is what really bugs me about the UPC voters behaviors. Their party's policies are nearly indefensible, when polled individually they are incredibly unpopular, and their actions don't even live up to their own rhetoric.

But people still vote for the name, and that party still takes that as a mandate rather than adapting to issues polling at all.

The UPC has figured out that 35% of Alberta does care what they do, they just know they have the right name, and 35% of Alberta doesn't vote. So as long as they can stay an inch ahead of the 30% that is paying attention they don't need to listen to the electorate.

[Muta]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1658531230298824704

Endorsed by Todd Hirsch too, who's a very skilled economist.

[MoneyGuy]

Charles Adler: “Danielle Smith makes Jason Kenney look like Winston Churchill.”

He’s hammering Smith with Ryan Jespersen. I’d say it’s great radio but Ryan’s not on radio anymore.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by Knut

Can somebody break this down for me.

I know people that say "If Notley gets in I can not continue to operate my business". I want real world stuff to counter them.

I think particularly as you approach the service economy the argument is a total load of BS. Services are by definition local, and everyone should be paying the same taxes locally. So it's possible that higher taxes could have an impact on prices in the long run, but in a market economy we you'd have to drive several hours to patronize outside business there isn't a good mechanism for slightly higher taxes to tank well run businesses. The argument is just a variation on the old argument from the libertarian that doesn't need anything from the government except for working roads, and public schools, and healthcare, and that covid stimulus cheque they happily cashed, and EI, and has no problem calling the police...................... But what they certainly don't need from the government is a tax bill.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

Sign on the lawn?

Yep. Had to remove it before my house was listed on MLS, but it was up there for a little bit.

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

Most of you literally live in the battleground of this election.

Funnily enough, I moved to a riding -- Calgary-Buffalo -- that has historically not been blue very often -- in fact, it hasn't seen a Conservative MLA since 2008. But I'm still voting orange.

[gasman]

Originally Posted by Knut

Is that Gross Revenue ?

Its not Revenue, its Profit

Less than $500,000 of Profit.

And you still pay the small business rate on the first $500K of profit.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by gasman

Its not Revenue, its Profit

Less than $500,000 of Profit.

And you still pay the small business rate on the first $500K of profit.

I think you are right, but the rules state that it's based on having less than $500,000 in annual taxable active income, which typically includes revenue earned from the sale of goods, provision of services, or any other operational income related to the core business activities of the company. So I suppose it's net income.