Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Red Slinger]

Originally Posted by Stewie991

Incorrect, Albertan First, Canadian Second!!!!!

Enjoy travelling on your Alberta passport and using your Alberta Bucks. You can feel safe knowing the Alberta government is negotiating trade agreements and reviewing tariffs with other independent nation-states.

[chedder]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Because the AB Conservatives are so good with your money.



cough cough - war room - cough

Also CPP 10 year average annual return vs AIMCO 7.3%

[Muta]

Originally Posted by Red Slinger

Enjoy travelling on your Alberta passport and using your Alberta Bucks. You can feel safe knowing the Alberta government is negotiating trade agreements and reviewing tariffs with other independent nation-states.

Don't forget, with separation him and his separatist buddies will also get to pay for the entirety of their new military they now have to build, and now get to deal with even more red tape in getting oil and natural gas and any pipelines to the coast... or literally, anywhere. These separatist morons don't understand the real, actual hidden costs of their narrow-minded political ambitions.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Stewie991

Incorrect, Albertan First, Canadian Second!!!!!

just stop

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

The ardent "Alberta first" thing is weird to me. Not even in America have I heard people moistly identify with the state they live in they way some do in Alberta.

"GOD BLESS MISSOURI!" or "OKLAHOMA FIRST, AMERCIA SECOND!"

maybe you hear it in Texas, maybe

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Muta

Nope. Canadian first. Always will be. And I was born in Alberta.

This immigrant to Canada agrees.

[Senator Clay Davis]

As I will say about anything this government does, on it's own I don't support it. Add BusTits, call it the "BusTits Pension Plan", and I'm fine with it (as long as I can opt out).

[photon]

The amount Alberta would get seems like the most important part and is the part that I'm most skeptical of.

Would the Canadian plan give some kind of verification of what that number would be?

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by Muta

Nope. Canadian first. Always will be. And I was born in Alberta.

Frankly, the inertia of being born here is the only real reason I put up with this clown show year after year

[underGRADFlame]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

The ardent "Alberta first" thing is weird to me. Not even in America have I heard people moistly identify with the state they live in they way some do in Alberta.

"GOD BLESS MISSOURI!" or "OKLAHOMA FIRST, AMERCIA SECOND!"

*beaten to it*
Ever meet a Texan?

[Ozy_Flame]

See post #14900

[Fuzz]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1704573218961436922
Pseudoscience in Primary Care? Sure, ya, why not throw tax dollars away on that, too.

[TorqueDog]

Oh look, a picture of three grifters.

[GullFoss]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

The CPP isn't the same as OAS and GIS. The biggest hint is that the wealthier you are, the less OAS and GIS you're entitled to. With CPP, the more you make, the more you pay. And the more you pay, the more you receive. A pension plan is supposed to be something like the future value you receive as an old person is equivalent to all the money you contributed, plus the return on that money .

Except that for CPP silent generation and Boomers get more than they paid in and everyone younger gets less than they paid in. There's a cross generational subsidy that AB can take advantage of if they leave the system. That's why Smith can promise both lower premiums and higher entitlements.

With regards to your concern on investment mix, it's a fair criticism. But I'd suggest that CPPIB does a lot more of the mark-to-model valuations of private assets that drives their returns, which are arguably substantially detached from reality (especially as interest rates rise). And it's very clear that CPP pays huge fees, both to internal staff and external managers, which creates a lot of conflicts of interest. Between the two issues, there's something going on there that should be investigated, but no one cares because they just look at the high level returns.

Pretty much - https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...anielle-smith/

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

https://twitter.com/user/status/1704573218961436922
Pseudoscience in Primary Care? Sure, ya, why not throw tax dollars away on that, too.

You know what the difference is between a Chiropractor and a Medical Doctor?

Medical Doctors don't pretend to be Chiropractors.

[MoneyGuy]

Referendums are expensive. Smith should have three - an APP, Alberta police force and separation. You know she’s got her sights on all three anyway.

[Fuzz]

Everything she does is a precursor to separation, and it's pretty wild people don't see that.

[Burninator]

Saying you are an Albertan over a Canadian feels so small minded to me. Baby brained patriotism.

[surferguy]

I’ve lived in Alberta most of my life and it’s embarrassing that these donkeys get to speak on a national stage for me. These Albertans can pound sand

[Yoho]

Originally Posted by surferguy

I’ve lived in Alberta most of my life and it’s embarrassing that these donkeys get to speak on a national stage for me. These Albertans can pound sand

Albertans have spoken and put their vote/faith in Premier Smith so let’s see how this plays out.