03-25-2019, 11:55 AM
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#321
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Calgary
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Kenney talks about his plan for education today.
https://twitter.com/EmmaLGraney
I mean it's not bad (I like the standardized testing stuff), but any thoughts on what things like "school choice" and "parental authority" mean in the context of the UCP?
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03-25-2019, 12:09 PM
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#322
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AltaGuy
You're missing two other obvious options:
1. They agree with said idiocy;
2. They fear backlash from other party members who share such idiotic views.
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1. Even if they do, they must understand that it's going to be bad for them politically, and take action, otherwise we're right back to lack of judgment;
2. I don't know why there would be backlash to not nominating someone as a candidate. No one would have known the difference had her name not been put forward in the first place, would they? Unless she's very well connected in the party, where would the backlash be from?
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03-25-2019, 12:22 PM
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#323
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
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Larry Heather Bot, the twitter account that slams as much pseudo political jargon into 150 characters as possible. NSFW language possibly
https://mobile.twitter.com/larryheatherbot?lang=en
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oilboimcdavid
Eakins wasn't a bad coach, the team just had 2 bad years, they should've been more patient.
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Last edited by PaperBagger'14; 03-25-2019 at 12:25 PM.
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03-25-2019, 01:09 PM
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#324
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
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Meh, this is not that funny.
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03-25-2019, 01:20 PM
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#325
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Scoring Winger
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03-25-2019, 01:22 PM
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#326
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Regorium
Kenney talks about his plan for education today.
https://twitter.com/EmmaLGraney
I mean it's not bad (I like the standardized testing stuff), but any thoughts on what things like "school choice" and "parental authority" mean in the context of the UCP?
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IIRC, school choice is code for private and religious schools, and that government shouldn't dictate the curriculum that teachers should teach (i.e. a religious school might say that teaching LGBTQ rights conflicts with their beliefs).
Parental authority is code for outing kids to their parents if they join a GSA (as in, parents are the ultimate authority in what their kids should be taught, even if it is outside of mainstream beliefs or even hurtful).
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03-25-2019, 01:31 PM
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#327
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zarley
Meh, this is not that funny.
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It's actually hilarious but to each their own
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oilboimcdavid
Eakins wasn't a bad coach, the team just had 2 bad years, they should've been more patient.
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03-25-2019, 01:59 PM
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#328
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flames0910
IIRC, school choice is code for private and religious schools, and that government shouldn't dictate the curriculum that teachers should teach (i.e. a religious school might say that teaching LGBTQ rights conflicts with their beliefs).
Parental authority is code for outing kids to their parents if they join a GSA (as in, parents are the ultimate authority in what their kids should be taught, even if it is outside of mainstream beliefs or even hurtful).
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You have a source for this, or are you just making stuff up?
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03-25-2019, 02:04 PM
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#329
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Franchise Player
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nm
Last edited by Weitz; 03-25-2019 at 02:06 PM.
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03-25-2019, 02:05 PM
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#330
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
You have a source for this, or are you just making stuff up?
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IIRC = "If I recall correctly"
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03-25-2019, 02:33 PM
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#331
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SW Ontario
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If you ever want to know why the rest of the country thinks Alberta is the Texas/Alabama of Canada - you just have to watch the dominate conservative party lose its 3-5 candidates every election due to racist comments.
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03-25-2019, 02:34 PM
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#332
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Alberta
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Oh the liberal party's self described climate change plan they released today is a "Revenue Neutral Carbon tax"
I cringe when any party claims something will be revenue neutral.
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03-25-2019, 02:49 PM
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#333
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Calgary, AB
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NDP just announced they will be subsidizing all daycares in Alberta with the $25/day subsidy. I am definitely voting for them now.
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03-25-2019, 02:56 PM
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#334
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyler
NDP just announced they will be subsidizing all daycares in Alberta with the $25/day subsidy. I am definitely voting for them now.
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Depending on how much you make of course.
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03-25-2019, 02:57 PM
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#335
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Got a tweet or anything for that?
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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
Looks like you'll need one long before I will. May I suggest deflection king?
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03-25-2019, 02:58 PM
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#336
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PeteMoss
If you ever want to know why the rest of the country thinks Alberta is the Texas/Alabama of Canada - you just have to watch the dominate conservative party lose its 3-5 candidates every election due to racist comments.
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Alberta is one of the best educated provinces in the confederation and Calgary was the first major Canadian city to elect a Muslim mayor. Alberta is an extremely innovative and progressive province regardless of what people think.
The fact that the rest of Canada doesn't recognize that shouldn't stop us from sticking up for Alberta and electing a party that represents the best interest of the province.
What's the other option, close down all oil and gas production, elect the NDP and watch them run the province into the ground? Sounds a lot like more "social license" talk to me and quite frankly it still wouldn't change the minds of many in Eastern Canada and BC.
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03-25-2019, 02:59 PM
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#337
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyler
NDP just announced they will be subsidizing all daycares in Alberta with the $25/day subsidy. I am definitely voting for them now.
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Let me guess, using all the money the'll be pulling in from a carbon tax?
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03-25-2019, 03:02 PM
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#339
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
Got a tweet or anything for that?
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https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...box=1553543506
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An NDP government would subsidize all child care spaces in Alberta at a cost of $1.5 billion over five years, Premier Rachel Notley said Monday.
It would expand on a pilot project that offers $25 a day daycare for 7,300 spots in 122 facilities throughout the province.
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03-25-2019, 03:02 PM
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#340
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RANDOM USER TITLE CHANGE
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: South Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by monkeyman
Let me guess, using all the money the'll be pulling in from a carbon tax?
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They figure it will create jobs.
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In a news release, the party said it estimates the plan would increase employment by nearly 43,000 people and add almost $6 billion each year to the GDP.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...care-1.5070693
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