Alberta Election Predictions

[Hamloc]

Very true Cotton, I have talked to many people of the necessity of a sales tax in Alberta and no one agrees with me. They want someone else to pay either corporations or the wealthy or raise royalties on oil. As far as corporate tax goes when oil prices are down the big corps aren't making money so higher corporate tax won't increase revenue 20% of 0 is still 0.
As for my election prediction in 2012 fear of the Wildrose elected the PC majority and in 2015 fear of the NDs will do the same. Do I think the PCs deserve to win,definitely not, but the NDs dislike of business makes them less palatable.

[bucket]

Cotton.

Can you name one smart politician?

[grassfarmer]

To those that post the stereotypical comments that the NDP are anti-business how do you explain the latest national employment figures?

Manitoba with it's NDP Government led the nation in employment growth over the last year, three times the national average. In order of lowest unemployment MB now ranks second to Saskatchewan while AB is in third place in the country.

Maybe time to revisit some stereotypes?

[bucket]

Hamloc.

Interesting comments.

It seems people fall into this way thinking. I have.

But the ndp in this country will not create chaos of civil war or faction groups blowing shit up.

Corporations here live in a stable country. If they don't like what the ndp o I doubt they can do business anywhere else cheaper than here.

[cottonpicken]

Ron Paul -everyone should leave everyone alone

Everyone-you are a crazy wing nut

[TOM4CWB]

Grassy,

It looks like Alberta voters are tired of broken promises. Which way voters turn... 10 days to go... and very interesting days they will be! Undecided voters will still provide plenty of entertainment!

[cottonpicken]

Anyone want to here a nightmare scenario?

-oil has crashed
-housing will crash oil only makes it worse
-construction jobs crash
-business revenues plummet,people start to save
-corprate and private tax revenues crash
-budget deficit spins out of control

[bucket]

Danielle smith might have been premier of alberta.

Good thing Prentice proved how ****ing stupid she is.

Alberta would have been in a shitload of trouble with her.

[bucket]

Cotton

Maybe we can sell it to the Saudis. Seems to be the trend.

No sense in trying to fix the issues ourselves.

China might have skewed economic numbers but they are building infrastructure. Very important if you are growing.

Saskatchewan has gained the equivalent population of swift current and moose jaw and ignored the required infrastructure.

[grower99]

Wildrose equals harper economics. How's that working for middle class Canadians?

[TOM4CWB]

Grower99,

Let me remember the ways... let me count the ways...

1)Best economic performance in the G7;

2)Softwood Lumber with US is settled.

3)Trade agreements with many far east counties that build better links to global markets.

4) Supply managed Agriculture is still functional and prospering to the extent it can today with the huge overhead quotas cost. Yet the CWB 'Single Desk selling monopoly' ENDED; resulting with marketing freedom to choose who western Canadian grain growers sell their grain to... now every one right across Canada... for the first time since 1943!

5)We have integrated transport systems, that transfer Billions in trade each month... in without unnecessarily restrictive border controls.

6)Our Airlines are not bankrupt... making a reasonable profit at reasonable cost to the travelling public.

7)Our telecommunications/internet/cell are costing much less for many times the volume of services in real and adjusted dollars than 10 years ago.

8)Our Canadian postal services have reasonable service and fast options for those willing to pay extra.

9)Our vehicle standards (fuel emissions/safety) have been maintained to high North American standards... less pollution than EU vehicles... we have low sulphur diesel, Ethanol blended Gasoline... all that result in better air quality and less fuel consumption.

10)Lowest interest rates in over 50 years... allowing for capital investment in new and better Agriculture, Transportation, Forestry, Oil and Gas, Construction methods... an efficient low cost economy.

11)Cheapest food costs for Canadians... relative to earned wages... IN HISTORY.

12)Banking sector/credit card vendors required to roll back high charges and be transparent in contracts.

13)Longest life expectancy of any time in Canadian/entire history of Humanity.

14) Globally More people eating more food, than ever before...

15) less; air/soil and water erosion pollution; now than 10 years ago... producing more high quality food.

16) folks complain there is too much water in western Canada to farm... where 10 years ago... we were a dust bowl!

17) we have expanded and proved many more 'non-renewable fossil fuels' than 10 years ago.

18) Fisheries are recovering, forests being replanted, new national parks being established.

19) our armed forces are better equipped, trained, and ready to help when the call comes in/from the international community/UN.

20) you still have the right to complain about how well we here in Canada are prospering!

[TOM4CWB]

...Only the slightest of margins separates Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada in the top ranks of the United Nations’ World Happiness Report released Thursday....


All of the happiest countries are wealthy, although only three of the top 10 overlap with the 10 wealthiest countries based on gross domestic product per capita — Switzerland, Norway and Australia.

That is not surprising, since the aim of the Happiness Report is to provide a counter-balance — the idea behind the report is that well-being is determined by more than just wealth, and that improving life satisfaction or happiness ought to be a consideration in public policy-making.

But aside from the fun provided by seeing which countries are happier than others — and yes, the United States has yet to crack the top 10 and remains just below Mexico at number 15 — this year’s report provides new evidence supporting the claim that happiness matters.


Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Daphne Bramham Canada makes five list world happiest countries/10997589/story.html#ixzz3YLRJPv7E