Throne Speech Today In Alberta

[ASRG]

Today is the throne speech in Alberta.
We were supposed to get the Task Force on Property Rights report on January 31st, but so far nothing?
Will we see something today in the throne speech?
The info I am getting is the PC government has basically written off the rural "property rights" vote after they got all the negative opinions and comments at the Task Force meetings? They think they can skate through in the country side, without addressing the calls to repeal the land bills......they figure the sheeple will just vote for them anyway!
And who knows...they may be right!
If they can pull this off expect them to be coming for your water.....real soon!

[grassfarmer]

Hopefully the throne speech will lead to the "thrown
out" result.
Did you see this article re the consultation process
on the land bills? Maybe this is why they aren't
announcing the results?

"Only one way to change things

FRIDAY, 27 JANUARY 2012 19:01 MEDICINE HAT
NEWS OPINON
It's odd days indeed to be a voter in Alberta as the
closer the election gets the harder it's becoming to
nail down which direction the PCs are heading.

A Tory minister sitting across from a reporter saying
with a straight face that a four-hour stop in the city
has nothing to do with the upcoming election but is
actually listening to Albertans is bad enough.
Coming from the same minister who refused to
comment on charging cities for licence plate queries
makes it worse.

It becomes even more difficult when the umpteenth
government-sponsored task force compiled to
respond to community concerns hits town.

Especially when you still haven't seen results from
previous recommendations.

But comments from Agriculture Minister Evan Berger
to the press and the public on Wednesday is a
perfect example of the 'say whatever you need to
say to get elected' attitude of this government. An
attitude that shows Berger not only shovels manure
at his ranch but also piles it on Albertans.

From St. Paul to Rocky Mountain House to Medicine
Hat, the property rights task force heard over and
over again the latest land-use legislation needs to
be repealed.

On Wednesday, Berger countered these calls by
using the example of Grimshaw as a place where he
heard some of the "wide spectrum" of opinion and
cited the Canadian Wheat Board as a topic of
discussion at that meeting.

While the CWB may have been brought up, those at
the Grimshaw meeting told government officials
they fear the legislation threatens property rights.
The CWB did not even make it to the final summary
of opinions expressed, which was read back to
those attending the meeting.

When asked on Wednesday about local calls for
repealing the legislation, Berger said he heard some
at the Lethbridge meeting as saying, "no, no, don't
start over."

But the overwhelming comment in Lethbridge was
that landowners are threatened by the legislation
they feel will see their land and water rights
expropriated.

Hanna was the same with those at the meeting
openly pondering why MLA and previous agriculture
minister Jack Hayden was absent to hear the feeling
that the legislation strips property rights.

Every other meeting across the province landowners
were overwhelmingly united in their message —
they don't agree with this legislation.
Berger says what he's hearing is "all over the map."

The truth is Albertans are mad as hell over this
issue but, according to Berger, he's made it
abundantly clear that's not what he is hearing.

There is only one remaining way for rural
landowners to get the message across. It won't be
from yelling or screaming but the silent act of
marking an X on any other candidate but PC.
(Alex McCuaig is a reporter with the Medicine Hat
News)

[ASRG]

Here's what it said in the throne speech:
Your government's commitment to protecting property rights embraces all Albertans. To strengthen those rights, it created a taskforce that met with Albertans and listened to learn what property rights mean to them. Your government will use Albertans' contributions to make common-sense decisions on this issue.

[ASRG]

grassfarmer: I saw that Medicine Hat News editorial earlier and was quite surprized that the editor would take that bold of a stand......usually they are pretty causcious...the PC government likes to punish papers that go against their agenda (no more advertizing)!
On the weekend I was talking to Paul Hinman(WRP MLA for Glenmore) and he told me the PC party thinks they can ignore the rural dissidents.....they feel they can still win in the countryside with their "base".....the idiots who would vote for a fence post if it had "Progressive Conservative" stamped on it!...that is pretty sad....but probably the truth!
I guess those types will get the government they deserve....too bad the rest of us will get to pay for their blind allegiance?

[grassfarmer]

I think the WR made a fundamental flaw by not
spreading the property rights issue to the urban
dweller. I'm sure if you hit Facebook with facts that
your marriage license or the property title for your
house in the city could be rescinded it would get
attention pretty quick. I said this to Joe a long time
ago and he said we had to get rural property owners
on side first. I'm not sure if they feel they are still
struggling to do that or if they just quit on the
urban dwellers? Now we are weeks from an election
- time has run out in my opinion and most of the
electorate in the province know nothing of this issue
although it will potentially affect them.