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Tory Party announcement. It's a shame they stand almost zero shot of surviving the provincial election unless a fair chunk of the UCP detaches, there are some good points:

Politics in Alberta is broken.

Many Albertans now feel politically homeless, frustrated, discouraged, and alarmed by recent actions of the current UCP government.

Trust has been lost.

Something must change.

Today, we are officially launching a new progressive conservative option.

The Tory Party, led by Peter Guthrie.

What we stand for:

• Fiscal responsibility: being strategic and prudent with public dollars, balanced budgets, ensuring long-term sustainability, and creating the kind of certainty that encourages investment and provides economic confidence.
• Accountability & transparency: restoring trust through stronger oversight, clear rules on lobbying and hiring, real consequences for misconduct, independent reviews, stronger ethics standards, whistleblower protections, and greater openness - including reversing recent changes that weakened FOIP. Public service based on stewardship not political connections.
• Social reliability: Fiscal prudence must be paired with social stability, protecting vulnerable Albertans and ensuring people can count on their institutions.
• Unapologetically federalist Alberta is strongest within Canada

This is about competent, principled leadership - not chaos, not outrage, not theatrics.

👉 If you want stability instead of volatility, help us launch strong. Donate today and be part of restoring responsible government in Alberta.

Welcome home,
Tory Party
 
Yah it will be a comment on the budget and why they can't build hospitals. She now has to comment on Jeneroux crossing as well.

As for deficit spending in BC. It is telling to see what they are getting for the deficit. ( A lot of new Hospitals).
Ontario, Hospitals, Transportation and Power generation stations. .
 
^ yea just from my knowledge, BC currently has under construction:

-New 200 bed hospital in Duncan

-New 70 bed hospital in Dawson Creek

-New 200 bed patient tower in PG

-New 100 bed acute care facility in North Van

-New 540 bed hospital + health campus in Van (St Paul)

-New 160 bed hospital + Cancer Centre in Surrey

-New 340 bed acute care tower in New Westminster

-New 80 bed pavilion in Burnaby

+ a whole lot of other healthcare facilities (LTC, maternity, surgical upgrades, etc)
 
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For the record, I’m not against deficits for capital (not operating) expenses.

I’m also in favour of a provincial HST and wouldn’t necessarily be opposed to higher personal and corporate income taxes.

I know, I know, blasphemy if it was coming from a current Conservative but I’m still a “traditional” Progressive Conservative and those aren’t the same thing.
 
kcantor said:
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For the record, I’m not against deficits for capital (not operating) expenses.

I’m also in favour of a provincial HST and wouldn’t necessarily be opposed to higher personal and corporate income taxes.

I know, I know, blasphemy if it was coming from a current Conservative but I’m still a “traditional” Progressive Conservative and those aren’t the same thing.
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Oil prices go up and down, but regardless people still get sick, kids need to go to school, new hospitals need to be built, etc... So we need to design a more stable revenue base, however we do that.
 
David A said:
Oil prices go up and down, but regardless people still get sick, kids need to go to school, new hospitals need to be built, etc... So we need to design a more stable revenue base, however we do that.
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Oil prices fluctuate, but energy demand is fairly predictable. Alberta doesn't even need to diversify outside of the energy sector (at least not soon), we just need to change how we generate.

To me, that means giving the guillotine to red tape around low-voltage residential micro-generation projects (i.e rooftop solar), stop pushing green energy projects away to BC & Sask, and bring the nuclear conversation from 15 years in the future to right now. Even one 4-year term of suppressing energy industry growth is enough to cause decades of development lag.
 
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Yeah, but those decisions aren't practical; they're entirely ideological. That's the most frustrating part of this government, that they can't even be counted on to do the right thing for the wrong reasons, like $$$.
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If they want to be more ideological in their thinking it would be better if it was consistent. If we really are a free enterprise province, then we shouldn't be putting up barriers to renewal energy development any more than we should to other energy development.
 
David A said:
If they want to be more ideological in their thinking it would be better if it was consistent. If we really are a free enterprise province, then we shouldn't be putting up barriers to renewal energy development any more than we should to other energy development.
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I think it's missing the mark to think of the ideology of the UCP under Smith or the present-day Republicans under Trump as capitalism or free enterprise. That's not what they're aiming for, though frankly it would be better if it were.
 
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The United Conservative Party is now the Christian Nationalist Party.

Just like when he said that a teenager should be spanked, I am sure McAllister will face no repercussions for these horrible comments.

Disgusting.
 
UCP became garbage long ago.

Alberta has no control over immigration. This is a nothing speech.

Looks like immigrants are going to be falsely blamed for Smith's total failures as a leader.

If she can no longer blame Trudeau, that bully woman will find another target.

So hurtful.
 
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