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TravellingChris
Active Member
They needed to sweep the ring in order to make up for their losses elsewhere. I cannot understand how the NDs didn't win Spruce Grove-Stony Plain, where they had an extremely strong and high-profile candidate and a weak UCP MLA.
MacLac
Senior Member
Tucker Carlson coming to Calgary for live speech and conversation with Premier Danielle Smith
Tucker Carlson will visit Calgary on Jan. 24 for a live speech, followed by a conversation with Premier Danielle Smith.
calgaryherald.com
Of course this fool is coming to interview Smith…..just goes to show how Red and Right this leader of ours is. Can we ban him from entering our country?
northlands
Senior Member
No surprise whatsoever to me. I've met a ton of people from Spruce Grove/Stony Plain over the years while doing hard time workin' in Winterburn Industrial. Vast majority were pretty right leaning folks.
Parkland County as a whole has seen a major shift in demographics in the past number of years and is quickly becoming a pretty darn wealthy area. From 2015-2020 when Alberta was experiencing a fairly rough economic downturn after energy prices cratered, Parkland County's median income shot up 42%. I don't have any more recent data but I bet that number has continued to climb substantially. Wealthy rural areas typically go blue.
erudyk_29
Active Member
Does anyone know what the legal case might be for a lawsuit against the province for the renewables freeze? I mean there has to have been some companies and individuals planning to build solar and wind generator who got totally screwed over by it. It also seems like unlawful meddling in the economy by the government (which the UCP vehemently claims to be against).
I'm sure they are already pursuing it. Will end up in litigation hell though, so probably more fruitful to just move your capital elsewhere. If and when the freeze lifts, don't be surprised to only see half the investment, if that, come back. In my opinion, the move was to reduce the investment footprint and slow down the sector from growing after the freeze is lifted.
EtoV
Active Member
Strange how little pushback there was from the party supporters considering the impacts to job creation and the economy. Almost like it's never been about those things, and just about blindly supporting the oil and gas industry no matter the costs
northlands
Senior Member
Alberta announces new health delivery system, promises to try to protect jobs
The Alberta government says protecting jobs will be a priority as it embarks on a massive restructuring of its health system.
Reading this makes me want to vomit. At least a bunch of change management consultants are going to have some lucrative years here in Alberta.
erudyk_29
Active Member
Absolutely disgusting and a perfect demonstration of the conservative playbook. Underfund the service so it looks like it isn't functional in order to justify privatization. A tale as old as time.
David A
Senior Member
Oh it is going to be a mess, with everyone in AHS administration preoccupied with whether they keep their job or not, or if are going to get shuffled into something else. So even less attention will be paid to service delivery.
Yes, it will probably be a gold mine for consultants who imply magic results with just the right structure or number of bodies.
I suppose there are arguments for taking something like Mental Health and addictions out, but I wonder whether integration will suffer, as a lot of people with mental health and addictions often use acute and emergency care.
Yes, it will probably be a gold mine for consultants who imply magic results with just the right structure or number of bodies.
I suppose there are arguments for taking something like Mental Health and addictions out, but I wonder whether integration will suffer, as a lot of people with mental health and addictions often use acute and emergency care.
husky
Active Member
Probably going to need someone to ELI5 what is going on here and how this could actually improve outcomes. Why couldn't they have just created separate departments to focus on each thing rather than dissolving the organization entirely and coming up with four separate organizations? Am I missing something?
Like everyone else has said, this is a consultants dream.
Like everyone else has said, this is a consultants dream.
The_Cat
Senior Member
APP survey: https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/alberta-pension-plan-support-rises-unpopular-poll
Meanwhile, the Leger poll also tracked Alberta voter intentions, which indicate the NDP made gains during the fall, rising from 39 per cent support in September to 47 per cent in late October.
At the same time, support for the UCP fell slightly, from 49 per cent to 47 per cent.
NDP support rising provincially: poll
Meanwhile, the Leger poll also tracked Alberta voter intentions, which indicate the NDP made gains during the fall, rising from 39 per cent support in September to 47 per cent in late October.
At the same time, support for the UCP fell slightly, from 49 per cent to 47 per cent.
TravellingChris
Active Member
Absolutely meaningless...the time for NDP support to rise was in May, not now, three and a half years out from the next election.
The_Cat
Senior Member
^ Until there is a by-election.
TravellingChris
Active Member
A single byelection, regardless of how it goes, will do nothing to change the overall result--Smith still has a majority.
Unless you have eleven byelections, and the NDP wins every one of them, the reins of power aren't changing hands.
I understand the wishful thinking, but the only two numbers that matter are the current seat count and the date of the next general election.