News   GLOBAL  |  Apr 02, 2020
A Message to Our Readers
 11K     0 
News   GLOBAL  |  Apr 01, 2020
EarthCam Time-Lapse Documents Rafael Viñoly-Designed New Stanford Hospital Construction
 43K     0 
News   GLOBAL  |  Apr 01, 2020
Resort Town
 6.6K     0 
I can't believe the province doesn't listen to what it's own health experts say in terms of their approach to this issue.

"Overdoses requiring an ambulance have hit a new high for the second week in a row in Alberta, and an advocate is pushing for changes to the province’s recovery-centred model of addiction treatment amid what he calls an “unmitigated disaster.”

www.google.com

Another record-breaking week of overdoses, ambulance trips in Alberta | Globalnews.ca

Drug overdoses requiring an ambulance have hit a new high, and a harm reduction advocate is pushing for changes to the province's recovery-centred approach to addiction.
www.google.com www.google.com

And we've got an $11B surplus and we still underfund homelessness, too, which is just going to cost more in the long run in terms of money and people's lives/quality of life. Businesses, communities etc all feeling the effects.
 
The_Cat said:
edmontonjournal.com

Braid: The Alberta NDP will falter without major changes, including a new leader

Notley has done great things, but her party needs a new leader if it's going to move on and win.
edmontonjournal.com edmontonjournal.com
Click to expand...
I'm not one for conventional wisdom when it comes to politics and I realize rigorous analysis went out of style a long time ago in our now bare bones, struggling mainstream media.

Braid might have a point, but his weak ending "Somewhere in the large NDP caucus there may be a leader who can do all that.", kind of refutes the whole argument he is trying to make here.

Until whoever that "someone" is becomes clearer I don't think there will be a change.
 
If there is a change in election boundaries, I think Edmonton and Calgary will get more legislature seats.
 
The_Cat said:
If there is a change in election boundaries, I think Edmonton and Calgary will get more legislature seats.
Click to expand...
Good point. While rural Alberta has dominated Alberta politics for many decades, I feel we are very close to the tipping point where it will not anymore.

When that happens, that will also change the political calculations of who is electable considerably.
 
It also used to be the case that Sherwood Park and St. Albert were hardcore conservative communities, partly because of the split between NDP and Liberal. Even though the UCP won some of these seats, they were by 55-45 or 60-40 margins.
 
I want to see a Fort McMurray riding separated from the Wood Buffalo riding. I find it a bit amusing that the NDP always has a head start with the Fort Mac votes until the UCP jumps ahead with the win based on the rural votes.
 
The majority of First Nations also vote NDP.
officialresults.elections.ab.ca

Election Results | Elections Alberta

Elections matter. Find out the election results in your riding. Looking for historical results and statistics? Check out our Statistics page!
officialresults.elections.ab.ca officialresults.elections.ab.ca

I agree, there should be a more pronounced representation between urban and rural constituencies, where possible. Keep gerrymandering to a minimum.
 
Notley was seen as the more trustworthy candidate by the majority of Albertans, but inertia is a greater force than reason in this province. Braid's chief complaint is that there is not enough appeasement towards an untrustworthy government, and he ignores the gains that have given the province a legitimate alternative for the first time, possibly, ever. Smooth-brained clickbait.
 
I am getting quite annoyed that the NDP are calling themselves the Opposition. According to Westminster convention, they are the Government-in-Waiting and members are Ministers in Waiting. How intimidating would it be for Rachel Notley to start calling herself the Premier in Waiting!
 
^
In Canada “The party with the most elected candidates forms the government. Its leader becomes prime minister. The leader of the party that wins the second greatest number of seats becomes the leader of the Opposition; their party becomes the Official Opposition or His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition.”

i’m not sure that “government in waiting” is appropriate where the governing party holds a majority of the seats and a change can only occur through an election but perhaps when government is formed by a minority party that could be changed by a realignment of minority interests within the current elected members…
 
kcantor said:
^
In Canada “The party with the most elected candidates forms the government. Its leader becomes prime minister. The leader of the party that wins the second greatest number of seats becomes the leader of the Opposition; their party becomes the Official Opposition or His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition.”

i’m not sure that “government in waiting” is appropriate where the governing party holds a majority of the seats and a change can only occur through an election but perhaps when government is formed by a minority party that could be changed by a realignment of minority interests within the current elected members…
Click to expand...
Perhaps this term goes back to when Britain was a two party system and in that understated British way, yes the "wait" could be a number of years, but there was eventually a change, so the opposition needed to be prepared to govern in the future. This might be part of the reason for having a shadow cabinet.

Of course, in our history Alberta generally has had more than two parties with MLA,s until recently, but oddly no minority governments. I suppose some government MLA's could retire, start up or join another party or otherwise go. It has happened before (at least four in the Stelmach years, I recall), so a fairly small majority theoretically may not last the full term.

To mix political systems further, some countries have Vice Presidents, who often don't take power so I believe a lot of waiting there, but sometimes the unexpected happens.
 
You must log in or register to post here.

Back
Top