Diedre after increasing provincial spending/bureaucracy 15% to cut red tape lengthwise I wonder what it would cost for Magpie Dani to actually cut the bullshit?
Given there is no concurrent Municipal election to tack these disingenuous questions onto, and she refuses to give Elections Alberta money to do their jobs, what will the price for this obsequious grandstanding be? Will they all be hand counted paper ballots to ensure there isn't the massive fraud that she suggested happens in municipal elections?
It has to cost something close to a general election, no? I would imagine as much. We have plenty of money to waste on the Premier’s pet projects just no money for Albertans.
There it is in a nutshell! Plenty of money to waste one trips all over the world, expensive private healthcare contracts, lawsuits galore, begging for more immigration, even musing about wanting 5 million more immigrants to Alberta just so we can have the same number of seats as Ontario in Parliament. Then she makes this deficit speech blaming the federal government and immigrants for it.
Smith can manage a have province with the current population and balance a budget. How would she manage even more?
I forced myself to watch Premier Measles speak last week and it filled me with sadness. I never thought I'd see such hate-filled ignorant rhetoric from an Albertan Premier.
I'm the great-grandson of immigrants. I know where I came from, and I know the story of the struggle to come and stay. Premier Measles and her smear of a party insult that sacrifice and that hard work.
Pancholi has lit the fuse - "Cut the Bullshit" is a good battle cry going into the fall and onto the next provincial election.
You see Deidre, looking at this situation in Alberta, it's almost like looking at Quebec, politically speaking. Same themes are running through both provinces. Our health care has major issues, Immigration, fraud.....
The only positive for Alberta is that they dont have our potholes? Or craters which ever word you would prefer to use.
The Deerfoot in Calgary is literally coming apart at the seams. There are some major infrastructure projects happening, but they are mostly new bridge construction. New pavement is mostly an afterthought, 10 years too late. LRT expansion is seen as a "war against cars" by a provincial government that is convinced just one more tax payer funded pipeline and $100 oil will make everything just right.
The wealthiest province in Canada has a major highway running from Calgary to Edmonton that has, in many places, pavement worn down two.layers like some sort of geological erosion.
We have ERs closing all over the province. We spend less on public education than any other province in Canada and our government uses the NWC as a convenient way to ignore pressing issues or appease its bigoted base.
Much like Quebec after the election of the PQ in 1976, they have businesses reevaluating investment decisions and individuals reevaluating their choice of province in which to reside.
"Cut the bullhit" is the first time the NDP has tried to cut through her east, smooth lying. As an Albertan, I'm here for that.
Holy Shit. I thought we were the capitol of Crappy Roads. So I wasn't that far off in comparing the two provinces. This speaks more to mismanagement than to any other plausible excuse.
We definitely have potholes in Alberta too. Some will take out the undercarriage of your car if you not careful to avoid them on the streets.
I don't think Quebec and Alberta are the same regarding separation from Canada. Alberta is worse because the reasons are different from Quebecs reasons. Alberta isn't a distinct society like Quebec is distinctly French. Alberta can make no such claim since it's always been a melting pot of people fom many European countries, the Ukraine and other countries. Now, it's even more of a melting pot. Even before the uptick of immigrants moving to Canada Alberta had a population of Middle Eastern and Asian people that couldn't be and shouldn't be ignored. Our distinction in Alberta is that we are a melting pot of cultures and religions.
Another difference is that Quebec had a much larger percentage of their population that wanted separation. There's varying notions on what percent of Alberta’s population really want to separate. Polls say it's about 20% to 30%, but it's believed when it comes to a vote on separation 5% to 10% of them won't want to separate. So...??
I don't remember what Quebec citizens were told about the advanages of separation but here in Alberta the representatives for Albert's Prosperity Project, our separatist's group of organizers aren't painting a realistic picture. They are painting an overflowing cornucopia with unicorns and fairies dancing around with pots of gold.
Thanks for that update, potholes in Montreal and area similar to Alberta Gawwdd.
Do you remember Brexit? Similar promises to the British people...
Now as for Quebec, from all credible reports, the support for independence stands at anywhere between 28 and 32 percent. On Monday nights PQ bye election win Pierre Paul Plamondon already tried to move away from the promised referendum vote????? In Quebec , i believe it is emotion that plays into the hands of seperatisim.
Fundamentally the referendum, is a stunt. The message needs to be simple. Not happy, leave. That’s it. No race baiting. Health care a mess. That’s on Danielle. IGNORE the referendum. It’s a scam to obfiscate the accountability of her government. Let the referendum be the outlet for treasonous race baiting lazy cowards. If you really want to make a point - leave!!! Let’s quit legitimizing the separatists.
The only thing I can hope for is there’s such a resounding rejection that these people do make their way to another country where they’ll obviously be happier.
Will they be happier? I don't think so. The separatists seem to be people unhappy with the trajectory of their lives. They blame something other rather than taking a look at themselves. These are MAGA lovers. Trump will never be satisfied. Neither will MAGAs or Maple Magas because getting everything they want is impossible.
Smith's referendum ploy cleverly dodges fiscal accountability by outsourcing blame to federal immigration, but risks amplifying division without addressing core service strains her growth ambitions once fueled. "Cut the bullshit" resonates precisely because it demands evidence over optics—Albertans deserve budgets, not ballots, for yesterday's policy U-turns.
100% agree. And given the general tenor of public discourse these days I suspect the handful of pearl-clutchers who'd be put off by the phrase are probably fatally allergic to the letters N, D, and P anyway.
And 4-syllable phrases also lend themselves nicely to a call-&-response chant. I can hear it now...
Someone please address the elephant in the room. The entire enterprise is based on fantasy and denial. One-quarter of provincial GDP comes from mining and oil and gas, extraction of Alberta’s heavy oil is near-uneconomical (that’s why Shell, etc. are not bidding to build the next pipeline), oil prices are on a downward trend, and the world is moving away from non-renewables. Does any party have a plan to avoid Alberta becoming the Mississippi of the north in a couple of decades?
That’s why they stopped investing in new development, and are automating as much as they can in the oil sands. Production is far less expensive for them, but who knows if they can increase export capacity enough for another pipeline. They probably won’t pay for much of it knowing how much the woman with the provincial credit card wants it, though.
We’ll have $250 billion earning interest in the Heritage Fund that we can live off of (yes, that’s the plan).
I've been waiting not-so-patiently for this kind of response from the opposition. It's about time. I hope they can sustain this pushback (so desperately needed right now) throughout the referendum and the next election cycle. We need some real leadership here in Alberta! This is beyond partisanship now. This government is now becoming an existential threat to any kind of sane governance in our province. Conservatives also need to start standing against this. I hope at least some will show some leadership and either start speaking out within the party or cross the floor to Guthrie's new party. Something has to give here!
Diedre after increasing provincial spending/bureaucracy 15% to cut red tape lengthwise I wonder what it would cost for Magpie Dani to actually cut the bullshit?
Given there is no concurrent Municipal election to tack these disingenuous questions onto, and she refuses to give Elections Alberta money to do their jobs, what will the price for this obsequious grandstanding be? Will they all be hand counted paper ballots to ensure there isn't the massive fraud that she suggested happens in municipal elections?
So many questions, so little truth!
It has to cost something close to a general election, no? I would imagine as much. We have plenty of money to waste on the Premier’s pet projects just no money for Albertans.
There it is in a nutshell! Plenty of money to waste one trips all over the world, expensive private healthcare contracts, lawsuits galore, begging for more immigration, even musing about wanting 5 million more immigrants to Alberta just so we can have the same number of seats as Ontario in Parliament. Then she makes this deficit speech blaming the federal government and immigrants for it.
Smith can manage a have province with the current population and balance a budget. How would she manage even more?
Precisely.
Correction: Can't manage!
I forced myself to watch Premier Measles speak last week and it filled me with sadness. I never thought I'd see such hate-filled ignorant rhetoric from an Albertan Premier.
I'm the great-grandson of immigrants. I know where I came from, and I know the story of the struggle to come and stay. Premier Measles and her smear of a party insult that sacrifice and that hard work.
Pancholi has lit the fuse - "Cut the Bullshit" is a good battle cry going into the fall and onto the next provincial election.
PS - Alberta separtistes can eat bags of dicks.
Well said.
C'est Le CAQ ou PQ, 2.0
You see Deidre, looking at this situation in Alberta, it's almost like looking at Quebec, politically speaking. Same themes are running through both provinces. Our health care has major issues, Immigration, fraud.....
The only positive for Alberta is that they dont have our potholes? Or craters which ever word you would prefer to use.
Haha we definitely have potholes… but I can’t think of anywhere specifically at this moment…
Go for a drive down Groat Road, you'll find lots!
I knew there would be some somewhere haha
The Deerfoot in Calgary is literally coming apart at the seams. There are some major infrastructure projects happening, but they are mostly new bridge construction. New pavement is mostly an afterthought, 10 years too late. LRT expansion is seen as a "war against cars" by a provincial government that is convinced just one more tax payer funded pipeline and $100 oil will make everything just right.
The wealthiest province in Canada has a major highway running from Calgary to Edmonton that has, in many places, pavement worn down two.layers like some sort of geological erosion.
We have ERs closing all over the province. We spend less on public education than any other province in Canada and our government uses the NWC as a convenient way to ignore pressing issues or appease its bigoted base.
Much like Quebec after the election of the PQ in 1976, they have businesses reevaluating investment decisions and individuals reevaluating their choice of province in which to reside.
"Cut the bullhit" is the first time the NDP has tried to cut through her east, smooth lying. As an Albertan, I'm here for that.
All of this.
Holy Shit. I thought we were the capitol of Crappy Roads. So I wasn't that far off in comparing the two provinces. This speaks more to mismanagement than to any other plausible excuse.
We definitely have potholes in Alberta too. Some will take out the undercarriage of your car if you not careful to avoid them on the streets.
I don't think Quebec and Alberta are the same regarding separation from Canada. Alberta is worse because the reasons are different from Quebecs reasons. Alberta isn't a distinct society like Quebec is distinctly French. Alberta can make no such claim since it's always been a melting pot of people fom many European countries, the Ukraine and other countries. Now, it's even more of a melting pot. Even before the uptick of immigrants moving to Canada Alberta had a population of Middle Eastern and Asian people that couldn't be and shouldn't be ignored. Our distinction in Alberta is that we are a melting pot of cultures and religions.
Another difference is that Quebec had a much larger percentage of their population that wanted separation. There's varying notions on what percent of Alberta’s population really want to separate. Polls say it's about 20% to 30%, but it's believed when it comes to a vote on separation 5% to 10% of them won't want to separate. So...??
I don't remember what Quebec citizens were told about the advanages of separation but here in Alberta the representatives for Albert's Prosperity Project, our separatist's group of organizers aren't painting a realistic picture. They are painting an overflowing cornucopia with unicorns and fairies dancing around with pots of gold.
Thanks for that update, potholes in Montreal and area similar to Alberta Gawwdd.
Do you remember Brexit? Similar promises to the British people...
Now as for Quebec, from all credible reports, the support for independence stands at anywhere between 28 and 32 percent. On Monday nights PQ bye election win Pierre Paul Plamondon already tried to move away from the promised referendum vote????? In Quebec , i believe it is emotion that plays into the hands of seperatisim.
Only time will tell.
Rahki is one of the brightest stars in a veritable constellation. How the NDP isn't ahead by double digits is baffling.
Cut the Bullshit, Election Now!
Fundamentally the referendum, is a stunt. The message needs to be simple. Not happy, leave. That’s it. No race baiting. Health care a mess. That’s on Danielle. IGNORE the referendum. It’s a scam to obfiscate the accountability of her government. Let the referendum be the outlet for treasonous race baiting lazy cowards. If you really want to make a point - leave!!! Let’s quit legitimizing the separatists.
The only thing I can hope for is there’s such a resounding rejection that these people do make their way to another country where they’ll obviously be happier.
Will they be happier? I don't think so. The separatists seem to be people unhappy with the trajectory of their lives. They blame something other rather than taking a look at themselves. These are MAGA lovers. Trump will never be satisfied. Neither will MAGAs or Maple Magas because getting everything they want is impossible.
Smith's referendum ploy cleverly dodges fiscal accountability by outsourcing blame to federal immigration, but risks amplifying division without addressing core service strains her growth ambitions once fueled. "Cut the bullshit" resonates precisely because it demands evidence over optics—Albertans deserve budgets, not ballots, for yesterday's policy U-turns.
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I agree it’s time to cut the BS!!
100% agree. And given the general tenor of public discourse these days I suspect the handful of pearl-clutchers who'd be put off by the phrase are probably fatally allergic to the letters N, D, and P anyway.
And 4-syllable phrases also lend themselves nicely to a call-&-response chant. I can hear it now...
I’d think so too!
Someone please address the elephant in the room. The entire enterprise is based on fantasy and denial. One-quarter of provincial GDP comes from mining and oil and gas, extraction of Alberta’s heavy oil is near-uneconomical (that’s why Shell, etc. are not bidding to build the next pipeline), oil prices are on a downward trend, and the world is moving away from non-renewables. Does any party have a plan to avoid Alberta becoming the Mississippi of the north in a couple of decades?
That’s why they stopped investing in new development, and are automating as much as they can in the oil sands. Production is far less expensive for them, but who knows if they can increase export capacity enough for another pipeline. They probably won’t pay for much of it knowing how much the woman with the provincial credit card wants it, though.
We’ll have $250 billion earning interest in the Heritage Fund that we can live off of (yes, that’s the plan).
I've been waiting not-so-patiently for this kind of response from the opposition. It's about time. I hope they can sustain this pushback (so desperately needed right now) throughout the referendum and the next election cycle. We need some real leadership here in Alberta! This is beyond partisanship now. This government is now becoming an existential threat to any kind of sane governance in our province. Conservatives also need to start standing against this. I hope at least some will show some leadership and either start speaking out within the party or cross the floor to Guthrie's new party. Something has to give here!