Amnesia strikes the NDP's conservative critics

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Critics are upset with the NDP government for raising taxes on the wealthy, running a $6-billion deficit, borrowing $34 billion over five years on infrastructure and spending $49.9 billion this year alone.

However, they seem to forget that the Progressive Conservatives in their budget introduced last March were going to raise taxes on the wealthy, run a $5-billion deficit, borrow $29 billion over five years on infrastructure and spend $48.4 billion this year. Yes, the “socialist” NDP is spending and borrowing more, but not a lot more than what the “free-enterprise” PCs were proposing.

The NDP has made mistakes — particularly on the rollout of Bill 6. It will also introduce a controversial carbon tax to help the province reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

But to listen to phone-in shows, there are people who seriously think Notley’s goal is to shut down the oilsands and close the family farm.

Listen to some opposition politicians in question period this fall and you’d reach the same conclusion.

Thomson: Amnesia strikes the NDP’s conservative critics | Calgary Herald

 

[CDNBear]

Flossy the pony fluff already posted this.

He failed and looked a stupid as you do too.

But thanks for trying.

The derp can be found here.

 

[tay]

Flossy the pony fluff already posted this.

He failed and looked a stupid as you do too.

But thanks for trying.

The derp can be found here.

Well I looked under the Alberta thread and didn't see it posted. Flossy like a few others is challenged as to the categories where they post subjects.

And you are calling the messengers stupid but you really should be all over the usually Conservative National/Sun Media for posting such a unbiased story..

What you are doing is akin to calling the Mail man stupid because he delivered mail you don't like..

Now the following story is longer than what you find in the Sun media so please, feel free to take a few days to absorb it and it's message before commenting....


Notley’s not the problem, 50 years of unfettered growth left an almighty mess

There is a lot of discontent with the government’s policies these days, pretty much all of them, but particularly anything pro-environment which is interpreted as anti-business by default. The frustration is somewhat understandable given the economic situation the province is in – the energy business is taking a kicking like it hasn’t in a good long while. That is fundamentally due to the price of oil, which has nothing to do with any government (it’s hard to call Saudi Arabia’s arrangement a government), but the mood is such that almost any legislation emanating from the NDP government is viewed as horrible.

A lot of the criticism is unfair. The current duly-elected government is taking actions to deal with issues that should have been addressed decades ago, or if not addressed, at least understood. Some of these relate to the environment; pressure has been building globally for decades to change ways of doing business, and the fact that someone is now in power that agrees is not something we’re accustomed to. But there are other major issues on Premier Notley’s plate that have been building for some time.
Before talking about those, it’s important to first frame the issues Notley is dealing with. Fundamentally, her government is managing two very different problems. First, and most basically, she is dealing with the economic downturn caused by low oil prices, which has been exacerbated by previous government handiwork (of which more in a minute). Second, Notley ran on a specific policy that she is trying to enact, but which also runs counter to her federal NDP counterparts. The difficulty of the latter task is not to be underestimated.

Now back to the mess that Alberta is in, and why it is the way it is. The province is suffering a major hangover these days largely because of the heights it has crashed from. The pace of development went from flat out madness to zero in less than two years. It is most pertinent to ask then why governments of the past few decades did nothing to control the pace of development; an economic free for all might feel good from an ideological perspective but it is hardly sensible. The world has seen enough booms and busts to know that, going back to gold rush days. This isn’t to say the government should purposely stifle growth for the sake of it, but rather why, for example, wasn’t infrastructure being developed concurrently, with growth happening as the province was able to handle it?

Why did Fort McMurray almost go bankrupt at the very same time it was the epicentre of the largest, fastest-growing industrial development in Canada’s history? How on earth did successive governments sanction hundreds of billions in oil sands investments without even twinning the main highway to the oilsands region?

the story does continue....

Notley’s not the problem, 50 years of unfettered growth left an almighty mess | BOE Report

 

[Danbones]

According to a famous ex green party leader in Britain, after hours they all get together after work drink, smoke, and womanize or manize, in a most non partisan way, and laugh...
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