Alberta Politics

[David A]

It worked exactly as they intended, to set back an industry they had no interest in and were actually hostile too.

So much for them supposedly being a pro business free enterprise party. They interfere when it suits their purposes.

 

[Airboy]

Looking at upcoming projects. The Province is having problems getting contractors interested in the P3 Schools. Lots coming but no appetite for the risk.

 

[bodsbods9090]

Looking at upcoming projects. The Province is having problems getting contractors interested in the P3 Schools. Lots coming but no appetite for the risk.

Crap.

We bought where we did because there's a school coming in that we want our boys to go to.

 

[trevorhayden]

I wonder how much the renewable energy pause bent Alberta's inevitable zero emissions curve the wrong way?

 

[MacLac]

Here's another Smitty head scratcher. She practically "villianized" EV Vehicles with her tax on them during her pre-election. Now she's giving hand outs to her buddy's in YYC....

Alberta government feeds $5 million to Calgary-based lithium company preparing to build $2.4B facility

A Calgary-based company that extracts lithium from the province’s old oilfields has received new funding from the Alberta government.

calgaryherald.com

 

[MacLac]

Head scratcher #2 for ol' Smitty

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says legislation on school pronouns to come after classes begin | Globalnews.ca

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will introduce legislation on pronouns in schools after classes begin in September.

globalnews.ca

Love this line,

Following Smith's announcement, Kristopher Wells, a Canada Research Chair for the Public Understanding of Sexual & Gender Minority Youth at MacEwan University in Edmonton, wrote on social media that the premier's "obsession" with the transgender community is "beyond weird."

"The fact that she ignores our crumbling health-care system to obsess over what parts people have in their pants is deeply disturbing. This trans panic she is manufacturing is hateful, hurtful and needs to stop," Wells wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

 

[EdmTrekker]

So many jobs.

FUCP

 

[trevorhayden]

A new poll shows UCP has dropped 5 points in the past year. People keep fleeing that Party.

 

[bodsbods9090]

A new poll shows UCP has dropped 5 points in the past year. People keep fleeing that Party.

When your leader can't stop lying and breaks away from what she campaigned on, that'll happen.

 

[Kosy123]

It's also the UCP base getting uppity that she's not going far enough.

 

[The_Cat]

Nenshi, Smith tied in approval rating, majority oppose provincial pension plan: Leger poll

According to a new Leger poll, the leaders of the NDP and UCP are equally popular, while there is little support for leaving the CPP.

edmontonjournal.com

 

[The_Cat]

Alberta premier reveals plans to transfer hospitals away from AHS

At a UCP town hall event in Drayton Valley, Premier Danielle Smith revealed the next phases of restructuring health care in Alberta

edmontonjournal.com

 

[Gus Haynes]

Terrifying stuff.

 

[bodsbods9090]

"These changes will be slow, Smith said, and the government will campaign to get the “authority from Albertans to go forward and make these changes.”

Yeah, because that's stopped them from pushing other things forward before...(Alberta Police Force, CPP changes)

 

[David A]

The last half dozen times or so health care was restructured in Alberta didn't fix the problems, so I really doubt this one will either.

It may provide a temporary distraction, a diversion or excuses for not dealing with more fundamental issues like building a needed new hospital in south Edmonton or adequate funding for various other services.