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IanO said:
A direct result of Edmonton's council and their politicizing (which the Premier spoke about yesterday) of so many issues, along with how the city/region voted.

Period.
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I get playing politics this way with sports arenas, public transit projects, and hell even schools to some extent, but for a hospital that is direly needed it's just hard to fathom.
 
IanO said:
A direct result of Edmonton's council and their politicizing (which the Premier spoke about yesterday) of so many issues, along with how the city/region voted.

Period.
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Wait what?! So the UCP didn’t get enough votes so we don’t get a new hospital? You’re joking right? She said that on that f$&ked up Global interview?
 
IanO said:
A direct result of Edmonton's council and their politicizing (which the Premier spoke about yesterday) of so many issues, along with how the city/region voted.

Period.
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I call bull shit, No matter what we as a city and region did or is doing would have gotten this built by this Government. I have been watching the south campus and Stollery get kicked down the field for almost 10 years now. They were talking about both when I stared at Stantec. When the Calgary Campus was getting built we should have had ours started. Hell Red Deer is still not started. They are still in the RFQ stage. And that has been kicked around for 10 or more years as well. RedDeer should have a seperate hospital not an Addition to the current one. 250 mil doesn't get you a lot in Health care these days.From what I had heard earlier this year There was even a location for Stoller picked.
 
I also call BS on this one. First of all, it is not a municipal responsibility to build hospitals. Second, even when Edmonton did elect a prominent UCP MLA and Cabinet Minister in south west Edmonton, nothing happened here either.

I am willing to bet that $20 million or so for planning is all this government will ever spend on the Stollery and like the South Edmonton Hospital it will languish for years.

Of course, it is not just Edmonton that suffers, communities nearby and northern Alberta rely on Edmonton hospital facilities too. If these facilities continue to become more over crowded because of population growth and lack of new facilities, it will impact much of northern and central Alberta too.
 
The Premier spoke about how municipal councils need not get out of their lane and not bring political party slates into their work, which to me was a direct finger pointing at Edmonton and so I deduce that their appetite for funding projects in Edmonton will be delayed and tied to strategic points in the election cycle versus when they rationally should be allocated.
 
I guess my point is that they want transparency and at the moment the premier is upset with a lack thereof and so if municipalities want to be political entities, than have a slate, but not to pretend as if they are not and then are.

Either way, it's clear that her government continues to 'punish' Edmonton for various political stances and positions.
 
IanO said:
I guess my point is that they want transparency and at the moment the premier is upset with a lack thereof and so if municipalities want to be political entities, than have a slate, but not to pretend as if they are not and then are.

Either way, it's clear that her government continues to 'punish' Edmonton for various political stances and positions.
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Well Marlaina isn't making the UCP's chances any better of winning seats here based on her latest decisions and statements. Her, and the UCP, are terrible governors, full stop.
 
David A said:
As far as I know, the main ones advocating for municipal political party slates so far has been the UCP.
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Yep.


IanO said:
I guess my point is that they want transparency and at the moment the premier is upset with a lack thereof and so if municipalities want to be political entities, than have a slate, but not to pretend as if they are not and then are.

Either way, it's clear that her government continues to 'punish' Edmonton for various political stances and positions.
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They want absolute fealty, not transparency. They want cities to kowtow to their regressive agenda or they'll get the hose again.
 
IanO said:
I guess my point is that they want transparency and at the moment the premier is upset with a lack thereof and so if municipalities want to be political entities, than have a slate, but not to pretend as if they are not and then are.

Either way, it's clear that her government continues to 'punish' Edmonton for various political stances and positions.
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IanO said:
The Premier spoke about how municipal councils need not get out of their lane and not bring political party slates into their work, which to me was a direct finger pointing at Edmonton and so I deduce that their appetite for funding projects in Edmonton will be delayed and tied to strategic points in the election cycle versus when they rationally should be allocated.
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First of all, cities are inherently political, and if its felt that provincial matters are impacting cities, they should be able to speak about it. Second, the premiere is the one continually bringing politics to the cities, who are reacting to that. She expects to be able to encroach on areas that are typically left to cities, or do things that have huge impacts on city residents, and have them sit their and take it. Most recent of which is trying to bring parties to municipal politics:


And even if they were being hyper political, it still doesn't excuse denying a region a hospital for retribution. That's all sorts of fucked up
 
In Ian's mind it seems if Edmonton wanted good healthcare they should have voted for the party that's led by a conspiracy-theory-touting lobbyist openly trying to dismantle our healthcare system & sell it off to the highest bidder.

But hey, at least we got 2/3 of a War Room worth of money to funnel to consultants to conduct studies about the other hospital that'll never get built here but just like their regressive anti-trans legislation it can be wrapped up in a "it's for the children" ribbon to further cement their hold over their ignorant, illiberal, regressive base.
 
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