Alberta Election Thread - Election Day April 16 2019

[stang]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

That's an odd take.

So you think voting in a hardline Conservative party with regressive social policies is going to win national favour and get some pipe in the ground?

If not, how do you get the pipelines in? It seems at the provincial level, a lot has been tried, with minimal success.

If this isn't something that can get solved at the provincial level, maybe it would be prudent to start planning like it can't be solved.

By Notely? Ha.

I live on the border of Sk/ab. I see a lot of new projects and expansion in Sk. I see a lot of wells being shut in on the Ab side. Whys Husky putting most there thermal projects in Saskatchewan?

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by stang

By Notely? Ha.

I live on the border of Sk/ab. I see a lot of new projects and expansion in Sk. I see a lot of wells being shut in on the Ab side. Whys Husky putting most there thermal projects in Saskatchewan?

Care to expand what that has to do with pipelines? I am assuming they haven't built a bunch of pipelines to tidewater through other provinces that have flown under the radar.

[Regorium]

Originally Posted by stang

By Notely? Ha.

I live on the border of Sk/ab. I see a lot of new projects and expansion in Sk. I see a lot of wells being shut in on the Ab side. Whys Husky putting most there thermal projects in Saskatchewan?

Because it's outside the curtailment and downstream of the current pipeline bottleneck.

[Slava]

Well this is basically amazing! I have no idea how long it is, but it's "Kenneys Quest" which is basically Zelda for the election. I'm a couple minutes in and wish I could blow off the time to complete this...https://serene-cove-73665.herokuapp.com/

[Ozy_Flame]

Kim's Convenience star Andrew Phung with a new take on the Alberta Election and a call to action for the younger voters:

Opinion: Stop letting Albertans over 40 decide the future of our province

When polls open tomorrow, Albertans will collectively face one of the most important decisions in generations. The average Albertan is 37.9 years old. If you’re older than that, you’re probably already a voter. If you’re younger than that, ask yourself one question: do you trust older people to decide what direction Alberta will take?

“Young people don’t vote.” It’s about as much of a cliche as “millennials sure love avocado toast.” There are good reasons for that. Avocado toast is hella delicious. Young people live incredibly busy lives. And every election, older voters turn out in droves.

If you’ve been hearing anything at all about this campaign, you’ve probably heard radically different ideas about where Alberta needs to go. You might know about RCMP investigations. I ain’t saying anyone’s guilty. I’m just saying that’s a legit thing happening right now.

Whatever your political leanings, the differences come down to the most fundamental questions about who we are as Albertans.

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Kim's Convenience star Andrew Phung with a new take on the Alberta Election and a call to action for the younger voters:

Opinion: Stop letting Albertans over 40 decide the future of our province

When polls open tomorrow, Albertans will collectively face one of the most important decisions in generations. The average Albertan is 37.9 years old. If you’re older than that, you’re probably already a voter. If you’re younger than that, ask yourself one question: do you trust older people to decide what direction Alberta will take?

“Young people don’t vote.” It’s about as much of a cliche as “millennials sure love avocado toast.” There are good reasons for that. Avocado toast is hella delicious. Young people live incredibly busy lives. And every election, older voters turn out in droves.

If you’ve been hearing anything at all about this campaign, you’ve probably heard radically different ideas about where Alberta needs to go. You might know about RCMP investigations. I ain’t saying anyone’s guilty. I’m just saying that’s a legit thing happening right now.

Whatever your political leanings, the differences come down to the most fundamental questions about who we are as Albertans.

nice enough opinion piece, but the whole young people are too busy thing is a crock of feces.

"Young people live incredibly busy lives." yeah so do those over 40.
we can find 15 minutes to vote. so can the kids.
he should be tell thing them to not be so lazy instead of giving them the excuse of being busy.

I instead say many of the younger people don't have the same sense of civic responsibility as those over 40 do. so they could not be bothered to vote as opposed to being too busy.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

nice enough opinion piece, but the whole young people are too busy thing is a crock of feces.

"Young people live incredibly busy lives." yeah so do those over 40.
we can find 15 minutes to vote. so can the kids.
he should be tell thing them to not be so lazy instead of giving them the excuse of being busy.

I instead say many of the younger people don't have the same sense of civic responsibility as those over 40 do. so they could not be bothered to vote as opposed to being too busy.

But as far as the balance goes, people between 18 and 40 are much, much busier on average than those over 40.

Personally, I don’t see a 35 year old as “a kid” nor do I see suggesting people under 40 are significantly busier in every way than retirees (which make up a decent portion of the “over 40” crowd) to be a controversial statement.

[Ozy_Flame]

Yeah I tend to agree, people under the age of 40 can live more busy - if not busier - lives trying to make ends meet than people well over 40. This is usually the age bracket of working longer hours, starting families and doing extra-curriculars.

That said, everyone can find 15 minutes to vote - this election made it incredibly easy to make one.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Slava

Well this is basically amazing! I have no idea how long it is, but it's "Kenneys Quest" which is basically Zelda for the election. I'm a couple minutes in and wish I could blow off the time to complete this...https://serene-cove-73665.herokuapp.com/

That's hilarious! I guess I know what I'm doing when I get home.

[Frank MetaMusil]

Originally Posted by Slava

Well this is basically amazing! I have no idea how long it is, but it's "Kenneys Quest" which is basically Zelda for the election. I'm a couple minutes in and wish I could blow off the time to complete this...https://serene-cove-73665.herokuapp.com/

I got to Don Braid in the huts after Nenshi gave me the Rocky Mountain pass.

This is amazing.

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

But as far as the balance goes, people between 18 and 40 are much, much busier on average than those over 40.

Personally, I don’t see a 35 year old as “a kid” nor do I see suggesting people under 40 are significantly busier in every way than retirees (which make up a decent portion of the “over 40” crowd) to be a controversial statement.

he should have said retirees, then. he was pretty specific about over 40.
and not letting those "old" people decide the future.

guess I'm picturing everyone I know between 40 and 55, most of whom who lead extremely busy lives, no less than some 20 or 30 year old guy.

nit-picking on the intent of his piece, I know. but the young people too busy to vote thing bugged me.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

That's an odd take.

So you think voting in a hardline Conservative party with regressive social policies is going to win national favour and get some pipe in the ground?

If not, how do you get the pipelines in? It seems at the provincial level, a lot has been tried, with minimal success.

If this isn't something that can get solved at the provincial level, maybe it would be prudent to start planning like it can't be solved.

Get the truth from our dunce PM.

Maybe there are no more pipeline going in. Is TM2 dead? Why don't you ask the goddamned PM?

Then we can move on with our lives. Don't pin hope where there's no hope.

How dare I expect politicians to be truthful. Is there any other job where lying and telling part of the truth profusely is so rewarded?

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

But as far as the balance goes, people between 18 and 40 are much, much busier on average than those over 40.

Personally, I don’t see a 35 year old as “a kid” nor do I see suggesting people under 40 are significantly busier in every way than retirees (which make up a decent portion of the “over 40” crowd) to be a controversial statement.

LOL. How old are you again?

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

But as far as the balance goes, people between 18 and 40 are much, much busier on average than those over 40.

Personally, I don’t see a 35 year old as “a kid” nor do I see suggesting people under 40 are significantly busier in every way than retirees (which make up a decent portion of the “over 40” crowd) to be a controversial statement.

This is probably zero per cent true. The difference is you are too young to know how much free time you actually have.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Slava

Well this is basically amazing! I have no idea how long it is, but it's "Kenneys Quest" which is basically Zelda for the election. I'm a couple minutes in and wish I could blow off the time to complete this...https://serene-cove-73665.herokuapp.com/

So, this election has been terrible and I've been wishing it were over pretty much since the writ dropped, and even more over the past week... but this might actually make it worth it. Utterly amazing.

[Weitz]

I think younger people don't actually realize what free time is.

Planning to watch a hockey game or TV or going for a drink with friends is still free time.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

But as far as the balance goes, people between 18 and 40 are much, much busier on average than those over 40.

Sorry, I call bull####. Ask anyone in their 40s with kids and a full-time job if they have more free time than they did when they were in their 20s.

Younger people vote at lower rates because:

A) They're less likely to follow civic affairs altogether.
B) A lot of people don't feel they have a real stake in the game until they start paying significant taxes and/or they have kids.

Spoiler!

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Weitz

I think younger people don't actually realize what free time is.

Planning to watch a hockey game or TV or going for a drink with friends is still free time.

Those are obligations. Life is rough man.

[transplant99]

Of the 1,202 people polled — both online and by phone — UCP support is up three percentage points among the leaning and decided voters, reaching 50 per cent. Support for the NDP has also grown slightly, up one percentage point to 40 per cent.

Support for the Alberta Party dropped three points since the last Global News/Ipsos poll was conducted post-leaders debate, which had pegged support for the party at 10 per cent. The Alberta Liberal Party saw a one-point drop in support, to just one per cent.

https://globalnews.ca/news/5167276/a...ap-not-enough/

[Fozzie_DeBear]

15 min of your time to have your say in choosing your Government for the next 2.1 Million minutes is a ####ing no-brainer.

Voter apathy is BS