Alberta Election Thread - Election Day April 16 2019

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by Ducay

There is a reason Edmonton went all orange - specifically, about 58 billion reasons.

Pretty sure you can thank Calgary for that too last time

[Ozy_Flame]

The dark clouds are forming as we speak ....

Couldn't resist

https://twitter.com/user/status/1118623964450811905

[Azure]

Well at least he is promoting that the province is open for business even if he hasn't done anything.

I wonder what some of the bigger producers are thinking right now.

[GreenLantern2814]

So, are we still getting money to protect the city from another multi billion dollar flood?

[puckedoff]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

So, are we still getting money to protect the city from another multi billion dollar flood?

Haven't you heard the pundits? We're getting an ark!

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by puckedoff

Haven't you heard the pundits? We're getting an ark!

Is that a maybe?

[IliketoPuck]

Originally Posted by Azure

Well at least he is promoting that the province is open for business even if he hasn't done anything.

I wonder what some of the bigger producers are thinking right now.

From what I've read today, the majority of execs in the industry are cautiously optimistic.

[IliketoPuck]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

The dark clouds are forming as we speak ....

Couldn't resist

https://twitter.com/user/status/1118623964450811905

Dark clouds in NDP Edmonton and beautiful sunshine here in Calgary.

E=NG hypothesis confirmed.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by IliketoPuck

Dark clouds in NDP Edmonton and beautiful sunshine here in Calgary.

E=NG hypothesis confirmed.

Hahaha . . . Time to take a break, Nostradamus

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Anyone know when the transition day is? I know it usually happens pretty quickly.

Jason Kenney has set April 30 as the date for when he and his cabinet will be sworn in.

He plans to recall the legislature in the third week of May, at which point the new laws will be tabled.

https://www.660citynews.com/2019/04/...-for-april-30/

[FireGilbert]

Nice to see Albertans have finally figured out they are allowed to vote out incumbent governments. 2 government changes in 4 years is as many as the previous 80 years.

Don't be afraid to do the same thing in 4 years.

[curves2000]

Question for some of the accountants on this board regarding some potential changes in Alberta.

With the new UCP government looking at repealing the carbon tax, how would this affect someone who hasn't filed taxes in a few years? A friend of mine asked the other day and I didn't have an answer since I am more in tune with the political environment than some other friends.

It's my understanding that they haven't filed since the carbon tax came into effect and they haven't received their rebates of course, now they want to see if its possible to get retroactive benefits by filing before the law changes?

Thanks

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

The whole "no voice" argument is just pants on head stupid.

People who voted for them - including myself - have a voice. We exercised it yesterday. And believe it or not, our local MLAs do, in fact, represent us. Far more so than rep by pop would, where nobody has an actual MLA to represent them.

Stupid, eh? Ironic, when you seem to be oblivious to electoral systems that are both proportional and maintain local "representation".

[Husky]

Originally Posted by curves2000

Question for some of the accountants on this board regarding some potential changes in Alberta.

With the new UCP government looking at repealing the carbon tax, how would this affect someone who hasn't filed taxes in a few years? A friend of mine asked the other day and I didn't have an answer since I am more in tune with the political environment than some other friends.

It's my understanding that they haven't filed since the carbon tax came into effect and they haven't received their rebates of course, now they want to see if its possible to get retroactive benefits by filing before the law changes?

Thanks

So they havent filed taxes and probably owe but they are concerned they will miss out on rebate? Awesome

[PaperBagger'14]

Alberta energy stocks had a solid bump to follow the election. CNRL, Cenovus and Crescent point all up at least 3% over the day.

[Regorium]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

Alberta energy stocks had a solid bump to follow the election. CNRL, Cenovus and Crescent point all up at least 3% over the day.

CPG had jumps of 5% and 8% in the last two weeks. Cenovus is up 40% YTD.

Whatever point you're trying to make, it's wrong.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by Regorium

CPG had jumps of 5% and 8% in the last two weeks. Cenovus is up 40% YTD.

Whatever point you're trying to make, it's wrong.

So you're saying there is no correlation between Albertan energy stocks jumping after voting in the UCP? Totally within your right but most business networks and stock market analysts would disagree with you.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/tsx-near...ixed-1.1245918

https://business.financialpost.com/p...-markets-mixed

Feel free to post any business related articles that claim otherwise.

[The Fonz]

Originally Posted by Muta

You're not wrong about the number of RFPs; I'm putting the finishing touches on two Edmonton ones alone this week. Business is great up there.

Will they... knock our socks off?

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

So you're saying there is no correlation between Albertan energy stocks jumping after voting in the UCP? Totally within your right but most business networks and stock market analysts would disagree with you.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/tsx-near...ixed-1.1245918

https://business.financialpost.com/p...-markets-mixed

Feel free to post any business related articles that claim otherwise.

Correlation does not indicate causation.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

Correlation does not indicate causation.

Correlation does not necessarily equal causation. In this case, the experts agree with me.