And the winner is.....Jason Kenney

Mowich

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What a wonderful night for Albertans. I am so proud of all those who voted in the Blue Wave and let hope win over all the fear-mongering progressive dolts who thought they could sway the electorate with their false narratives and mud-slinging.

Not a single Liberal candidate was elected in the province tonight - read that and weep little potato - You Are Next.
 

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Alberta and Ontario. Two provinces that got sick of the status quo, voted NDP and then realized how much worse the Dippers sucked than the status quo.
Seriously, the ALT-left couldn't run an electric train set even with a set of detailed instructions. This is why it's important to keep an eye on the provincial and federal Liberal parties. As we've seen with the Fed and Ontario, the ALT-left have infested the Liberals as well.
 

Mowich

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Alberta and Ontario. Two provinces that got sick of the status quo, voted NDP and then realized how much worse the Dippers sucked than the status quo.
Seriously, the ALT-left couldn't run an electric train set even with a set of detailed instructions. This is why it's important to keep an eye on the provincial and federal Liberal parties. As we've seen with the Fed and Ontario, the ALT-left have infested the Liberals as well.


More good news may be on the way for Conservatives, Jin.

New Brunswick parties jump into election campaign season days ahead of writ drop

The current legislature has the Liberals with 24 seats, the Progressive Conservatives with 21, the Greens with one, former Liberal speaker Chris Collins sitting as an independent, and two vacancies

nationalpost.com/news/politics/new-brunswick-jumps-into-election-season-days-ahead-of-writ-drop
 

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I don't mind some of the points he 'touched on' but the solutions would require Alberta to begin an oil boom while the rest of the globe is backing away from increasing production.

He is right that out deal with the US cost Canadians billions per year. The actual rate is $50/bbl and since it is already earmarked for oilmen in the US and the EU. Wall St investors rather than taxpayers. You have to be a bit more than a little naive to think the US would let that happen. 50% of the US military budget is there to make sure that doesn't happen. If the last AG got schooled on how bribery works at the highest level this guy will be getting schooled on who owns Alberta's oil and all that it touches. (try the Dutch Oil Companies that are being sold for about $1T when they have predicted oil will stay where it is right now for a considerable amount of time)


He hinted that Alberta could fund the projects. Big problem with projects that get into the billions is they are funded by the World Bank and Canada's only company that could even bid on the contract is banned from bidding on any projects the World Bank is also bidding on, SNC and all the other companies listed means Canada cannot find it's own projects as they would still have to deal with companies that are not blacklisted by the World Bank and that will not be happening.
If 'the UN' said it was not a good time for the pipeline that opinion will not be changing with somebody new driving the Alberta Bound bus.
 

Cliffy

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Jason the Hutt. This guy is an embarassment. And the Tyee nails it. And his grandstanding demagoguery will hurt us all.







Jason Kenney’s Political Paranoia

His blame game feeds anxious citizens false enemies. It’s an old trick.

In his first couple of days in office, Jason Kenney hit the ground whining.

First he proclaimed Bill 12, the “Preserving Canada’s Economic Prosperity Act.” This is the turn-off-the-taps law that would let him “require companies to obtain a licence before exporting energy products from Alberta via pipeline, rail or truck.”
At a news conference, Kenney then explained: “Alberta is serious about sending a message to those who wage a campaign of obstruction against our vital resources.” Note the choice of words, casting Alberta as the hapless victim of aggressors “waging a campaign.”
The campaigners are soon identified: “We want to work with other jurisdictions, like British Columbia... ” and Kenney segues into Churchillian “fight them on the beaches” mode: “everybody should be aware that we will use every option available to defend Alberta, our economy, our resources and our people.”
Protecting Alberta suddenly becomes a national defence issue: “We mean business when protecting Canada’s economic interests.”
Kenney’s energy minister Sonya Savage then explicates her boss’s words: “This is not a mechanism to punish others,” she reassures us. “It’s a tool to protect Alberta. Alberta’s prosperity fuels Canada’s prosperity.” Having hinted at the stick, she offers a carrot: “It’s in every province and territory’s interest that we get these products to market.”
But that wasn’t all Kenney had to say in his first hours as premier. He and Savage also spoke to the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications about Bill C-48, which would ban Canadian oil tankers from much of the B.C. coast: “to defend our province and add my grave concerns to the growing list of voices calling for this arbitrary, illogical and discriminatory bill to be killed.”


More: https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2019/05/02/Kenney-Political-Paranoise
 

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Edmonton students say UCP plans for schools prompting Friday walkout

Edmonton students planning to walk out of class Friday morning to protest policies of Alberta's new provincial government should get no resistance from staff, public and Catholic school districts say.



Students planning to walk out of class Friday morning to protest policies of Alberta’s new provincial government should get no resistance from staff, said officials at Edmonton’s public and Catholic school districts.
After Alberta voters elected a United Conservative Party government on April 16, students in Calgary concerned about the party’s stance on school gay-straight alliance (GSA) clubs began organizing a student walkout on Instagram.
Christina Hollingworth, a 12-year-old Grade 7 student at Michael Phair Junior High School, is among Edmonton students who say they’ll show their discontent by walking out of class for 20 minutes on Friday morning.
The UCP has pledged to proclaim the Education Act of 2012, replacing the School Act, which would roll back privacy protections for students who attend GSA meetings and eliminate requirements for private schools to have policies and codes of conduct to protect LGBTQ students.
Hollingworth said it isn’t right to open the door for school staff to tell families if their kids are in the GSA clubs.


More: https://edmontonjournal.com/news/lo...cp-plans-for-schools-prompting-friday-walkout
 

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Alberta premier says provincial carbon tax will die May 30

EDMONTON — Alberta's premier says the province's carbon tax will no longer exist as of May 30.
Jason Kenney says a bill to eliminate the Alberta levy is to be introduced next week when the legislature begins sitting.
He says the United Conservative government wants to review court decisions in Saskatchewan and Ontario before it decides if it will challenge the federal tax in court.
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal recently ruled in a split decision that the federal tax imposed on provinces without a carbon price of their own is constitutional.
The Ontario government is waiting for a decision on its court challenge.
Kenney campaigned for — and won — Alberta's election last month on a platform that included repealing the provincial carbon tax.
 

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Jason should explain how he's going to balance the budget and help municipalities upgrade infrastructure
 

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'This will not be an easy budget': Jason Kenney braces Albertans for government spending cuts

EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney warned Albertans on Wednesday evening that his government’s budget was going to cut spending, part of the necessary work to reduce government expenditures and turn the economy around.
Thursday’s budget would see a nearly three per cent cut, he said.
“It will be the most important Alberta budget in 25 years,” Kenney said in a televised suppertime address to the province. “Now, let’s be clear: this will not be an easy budget.”
In anticipation of Kenney’s address, the New Democrats and organized labour in the province went on the attack, painting the upcoming budget as an attack on essential services and vulnerable Albertans and trotting out well-worn lines about American-style health care.
But Kenney, and earlier in the day, Finance Minister Travis Toews, attempted to two-step on both sides of the issue. On one hand, cuts. On the other hand, they could be worse.
This isn’t a return to 1993, the first full year Ralph Klein was in power in the province, they promised.
“Back then they had to cut spending by 18 per cent, not three per cent,” Kenney said.
The speech came as Alberta continues to linger in a prolonged recession; unemployment rates hover around 6.6 per cent, about one percentage point higher than the national average. Other indicators, such as a spike in suicides, point to the toll the sclerotic economy is taking on mental health in the province; for each percentage increase in unemployment, 16 people commit suicide, according to a report last month from the University of Calgary School of Public Policy.
Kenney’s United Conservative Party swept to power last spring by vowing to turn the provincial economy around and using every possible legislative and rhetorical tool possible to ensure pipeline access to new markets was achieved. Kenney also promised to reduce a taxation and red-tape burden that, the party claimed, was driving away billions of dollars in private investment in the province.
One of its very first acts was to commission a report into the state of the province’s finances.
That report, completed by former Saskatchewan finance minister Janice MacKinnon last month, found the province would need to shed $600 million in spending if there was a chance of balancing the budget by 2022-23 and that in many instances, such as health care, where the province was spending more per capita than other provinces, was delivering results that fell short. If spending was in line with other provinces, MacKinnon reported, Alberta would save some $10 billion annually.
“Without decisive action, the province faces year after year of deficits and ever-increasing debt,” the report said.
While that report was seen as a blueprint to balance (or to cut down to the bone, depending on perspective) Thursday will be the first look at how the province actually intends to reign in spending while maintaining promised public services. Kenney warned that the federal government, a minority Parliament under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, couldn’t be trusted to protect Albertans, and indeed, that it had stood against Alberta’s “vital economic interests.” He compared the province to a household, that spending restraint would be necessary, saying it was key to be “self-reliant.”
“We need to dig deep as a community, caring for the least fortunate, while unleashing the spirit of enterprise that has made Alberta the envy of the world,” Kenney said as his speech closed. “I am confident that we will emerge through this time of adversity stronger than ever, with a bright future as Alberta that is strong and free.”