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And just why should we regret voting for a Man who had vision enough to make some very tough choices when they needed to be made. Those choices have now made Alberta the envy of every other province in Canada. BC during the same time had for the most part NDP and look where they are. BC should be the richest province in Canada hands down. You name it BC has it. resources, tourism, climate,fishing, mining (Had),logging, and more. Good old NDP take away from the job makers and give it to those to lazy to work.In video I imagine Ralph was given the chance to respond to a roasting he got from everyone else at his going away party. You can say what you want, but the numbers of people leaving the east to pick up in AB speak for themselves. Way to go Ralph you made us all proud, you stood up against the mighty east and told them to pound sand. Enjoy your retirement, you earned it.
Then will you kindly explain why the rest of the country with Monkeys in leadership are not "rolling". Economics are really quite simple, if you put money in the hands of people (ie jobs) they will spend and that my friend is what makes an economy thrive. The take from the rich and give to the poor (or lazy) select which ever you want will kill the job sector so fast your head will spin. Just keep holding your hand out and cry pity me, your wish will come true. But why not try socialism or communism it has worked so well in other parts of the world. What a bunch of canadians, ya I left the capital off of Canadian for a reason.
Klein is a boorish, no class, tasteless jackass. I hope Stronach sues the crap out of his drunken ass. Anyone who has ever voted for him deserves the polluted mess he has turned Alberta into. Take your oil and choke on it ralph..
MUSKEG wrote:Then will you kindly explain why the rest of the country with Monkeys in leadership are not "rolling".
umm.... do you want me to field this one guys?
Oil?
Stop me when I get off track...
Ummmm BC has oil Saskatchewan has oil Manitioba has oil Newfoundland has a shitload of oil Ontario has oil I would imagine everyother province has oil too. The arctic has a shit ton of natural gas. Alberta has no unfair advantage other than fiscal responsibility. Quebec one of the largest recievers of equalization payments yet they also have the largest per capita social spending. basically Albertans pay the price so Quebec can have it's social programs.
Bubbaganoosh wrote:Klein is a boorish, no class, tasteless jackass. I hope Stronach sues the crap out of his drunken ass. Anyone who has ever voted for him deserves the polluted mess he has turned Alberta into. Take your oil and choke on it ralph..
I don't know but I don't think I've ever heard of a smog warning in Alberta yet Toronto seems to have plenty. I think they should shut the automaking industry down in this country. If people in Ontario really cared about the enviroment they would willingly walk off the job and surrender their polluting occupations.
As has been said before Oil and Gas production leaves a very small enviromental footprint.
Yea, here in Nova Scotia we have a pipeline going through our province taking it from OUR offshore and piping it to Quebec and the states. Really wish we had a premier who wouldn't bullshit around hoping not to step on peoples toes.
Sad to see him go, but I wish he would make his way to the maritimes!
Dust Devil wrote:
Ummmm BC has oil Saskatchewan has oil Manitioba has oil Newfoundland has a shitload of oil Ontario has oil I would imagine everyother province has oil too. The arctic has a shit ton of natural gas. Alberta has no unfair advantage other than fiscal responsibility. Quebec one of the largest recievers of equalization payments yet they also have the largest per capita social spending. basically Albertans pay the price so Quebec can have it's social programs.
BC and Saskatchewan, have both had NDP governments and in the case of BC SoCred governments that couldn't find their ass with either hand. The amount of oil in Ontario and Manitoba is miniscule. The arctic and the offshore oil is expensive as hell to get at.
It's frustrating as hell to sit here in Calgary and watch the news media proclaim Ralph as some kind of genius for saving Alberta's economy. In a word, bullshit! Ralph managed to screw up the education and health care system in this province by cutting costs beyond the bone; and people want to give him credit because a few million years ago some overgrown lizards chose to die here and become fossil fuels? Give your heads a shake.
shitdisturber wrote:
BC and Saskatchewan, have both had NDP governments
Exactly we have an NDP government and Oil and we arn't prospering like our neighbors to the west. Why? because why would companies come to a socialistic province when it can do buisness in a pro buisness enviroment in Alberta.
Ralph turned Alberta around long before oil started spiking. He was elected to cut government spending. He did. He closed hospital (four in YYC) and other government waste. Albertans, unlike other whiners in Canada, sucked it up realizing it would pay off in the end.
Ralph is a boar. He looks like he sleeps in his suits. He drinks at a tavern and has a drinking problem. He was an effective premier.
Alberta's successes are attributable to an effective premier and collective sense of community in that most people in that province realized that cutting government spending meant cutting big ticket government spending.
I'm not from Alberta. I will not live in Alberta (too fucking cold and boring) but I did live in YYC for 9 years. I have also lived in Quebec, BC, New Brunswick and the NWT. Ralph is a slob and an effective political leader. A claim many provinces envy.
Hanging the sky rocketing oil prices of the past three years on a premier that did great economic things for that province for the past 10 is short sighted.
Dust Devil wrote:
Ummmm BC has oil Saskatchewan has oil Manitioba has oil Newfoundland has a shitload of oil Ontario has oil I would imagine everyother province has oil too. The arctic has a shit ton of natural gas. Alberta has no unfair advantage other than fiscal responsibility. Quebec one of the largest recievers of equalization payments yet they also have the largest per capita social spending. basically Albertans pay the price so Quebec can have it's social programs.
BC and Saskatchewan, have both had NDP governments and in the case of BC SoCred governments that couldn't find their ass with either hand. The amount of oil in Ontario and Manitoba is miniscule. The arctic and the offshore oil is expensive as hell to get at.
It's frustrating as hell to sit here in Calgary and watch the news media proclaim Ralph as some kind of genius for saving Alberta's economy. In a word, bullshit! Ralph managed to screw up the education and health care system in this province by cutting costs beyond the bone; and people want to give him credit because a few million years ago some overgrown lizards chose to die here and become fossil fuels? Give your heads a shake.
Well bitch and moan all you want, but it wasn't the squirrels in Fish Creek Park that put him office. Somebody must have voted for him.
Back in the late 90's, that's what voters wanted. I fully agree with you on the damage done to the education system. We were fortunate enought o get out and give our kids a very good education outside of Canada.