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trevorhayden said:
If it gives people jobs, I am not opposed.
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More expensive, takes longer, and more susceptible to fraud. A few days worth of work every four years is not worth it. And if people need the work that badly, it would be a better outcome to just give the money to people and have them do nothing.
 
trevorhayden said:
If it gives people jobs, I am not opposed.
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You got a couple million to give to the city and EPSB to cover it? This move will take money out of the classrooms as the school board has to foot their share. Stupid MAGA based electronic tabulation conspiracy crap, wasting our money. Fiscal conservatives indeed.
 
Alberta separatists have been beaten to the punch by Thomas Lukaszuk, who filed his application for a referendum petition first, so it gets considered first.

His Forever Canadian petition question is “Do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada?” which contrasts sharply with the proposed Separatist question: “Do you agree that the province shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province of Canada?”

It is unlikely the proposed separatists' application, if filed, would now even be considered because it is essentially the same question, just in the negative, which would run counter to the following restrictions:
  • The proposal is not the same or substantially similar to a proposal that is currently underway or would conflict with the outcome of a petition currently underway.
  • The proposal is not the same or substantially similar to a proposal determined to be unsuccessful in the previous 5 years, unless the Chief Electoral Officer has determined the previous petition to be unduly delayed taking advantage of this section of the legislation.
www.elections.ab.ca

Current Citizen Initiative Petitions - Elections Alberta

Electors can use the citizen initiative process to have a legislative or policy proposal introduced in the legislative assembly or to have a constitutional referendum conducted. The following citizen initiative petitions are approved and in progress: Subject Proponent Status Dates...
www.elections.ab.ca www.elections.ab.ca
 
Whattagame said:
More expensive, takes longer, and more susceptible to fraud. A few days worth of work every four years is not worth it. And if people need the work that badly, it would be a better outcome to just give the money to people and have them do nothing.
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This is right. I'm not opposed to make-work, but it has to accomplish some real social good. Hand-counting ballots... does not.
 
I'd much rather have the traditional PC party than the UCP. I didn't agree with a lot of their beliefs, but at least they believed in the importance of healthcare, education, and freedom of expression (they were much more live and let live). They also weren't trying to systematically dismantle the province for their own gain.

But unfortunately we are much too far down the path of partisanship in the province for a new party to gain any traction. The Alberta party is very similar and has been unsuccessful for multiple election cycles now
 
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According to The Free Alberta Strategy Team (yes Virginia, there is such a thing :( ):

“For too long, Alberta has relied on a federal police force that ultimately answers to Ottawa - not to Albertans.

“That model might work for other provinces, but it’s never truly worked for us.

“We’ve said from the beginning that a free and self-governing Alberta must have full control over its own policing.

“This new agency doesn’t get us all the way there - but it moves us in the right direction.“

And who says she isn’t pandering to her base instead of governing Alberta for what it is - a province within the best country in the world and not a sovereign state.
 

Why is this "thing" going through with this when the NDP will reverse this decision when they get voted in anyway? What a waste of money.

Btw, hopefully, usually around K-Days - the AB government will announce a project or two will begin construction. So just to be clear, we are waiting for the following to break. Keep in mind, she has NOT started construction on a SINGLE project under her leadership in YEG:

Stand alone Stollery
2 X in patient towers for Mis and G. Nuns.
NAIT trades building
Norquest expansion building

What am I missing?
 
MacLac said:

Why is this "thing" going through with this when the NDP will reverse this decision when they get voted in anyway? What a waste of money.

Btw, hopefully, usually around K-Days - the AB government will announce a project or two will begin construction. So just to be clear, we are waiting for the following to break. Keep in mind, she has NOT started construction on a SINGLE project under her leadership in YEG:

Stand alone Stollery
2 X in patient towers for Mis and G. Nuns.
NAIT trades building
Norquest expansion building

What am I missing?
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MacEwan has started. And the dt CRL projects better start happening ASAP.

But I agree with sentiment that province shortchanges us in many ways.
 
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