Its disappointing to see last night's election results. All through the campaign, Wildrose was polling to form the next gov't. None of the cities voted for more Wildrose than the PC's. Only in the rural areas, and not all of them either, voted to change to the Wildrose. Danielle, thankfully, won her seat.
So, then, I guess Albertan's are okay with MLA's earning at least $1000 per month for being on committees that never meet. Or, a gov't that has a recurring deficit - 3 Billion for this year alone. How does a gov't run a deficit when oil is at $100 a barrel? Quebec is happy because they'll continue to receive around $7 Billion per year from Alta to fund their $7 per day daycare and to help Quebec Universities to keep tuitions at the lowest rate in Canada. The CBC, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, big Unions and the rest of Canada are all happy because Alberta voters have decided to stay with the status quo and for us to continue to hand out our money.
The Wildrose would have dealt more realistically with fiscal restraints due to the uncertainty of the global economy. But, Alberta voters have chosen to forego all fiscal restraint and forgive the PC's arrogance in acting as if they are entitled to their many abuses of tax payer dollars. In the future, I'm sure that Alberta PC's will institute a sales tax in order to service the recurring gov't debt.
Its a sad day for Alberta, but not for those that voted for the PC's because they're happy just to put their head in the sand and act as though everything is just fine. Alberta could have been better, much better, but now, when Wildrose is finally elected it will be when Alberta's debt is out of control and Wildrose will be needed to step in to straighten out the mess created by the PC's and their head in the sand supporters.
No sad days in sunny Alberta my learned compadre! Only a few cloudy ones.
ReplyDeletePC party days are numbered. Danielle will expose their drunken sailor ways.
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