News out of Edmonton

[Horse]

Will some of you anti NDs or anti carbontax people tell w me what is the difference between paying 9 cents to the oil cos or to the province. 9 cents is 9 cents,there is a posibility we may get something for our tax but not a dam thing from oil cos. Well mabey some more bonuses for the over worked and under paid oil patch employes.

[Oliver88]

In the past Premier Notley and Shannon Phillips have demonstrated against pipelines so I find it very hard to believe they support them now. Will never support a carbon tax, Germany has promoted a green energy transition without one.

This is a very shocking for politicians to hold such important roles in an oil producing province. It will be a lesson learned for Albertans that yes it can be worse and to background check party leaders for anti-energy agendas.

Notley failed to achieve her goal of getting a social license for building pipelines by incorporating a carbon tax in Alberta. The "carbon tax" didn't even achieve a "social license" with the federal NDP. This is a huge failure and will be part of her demise in the next election.
The Alberta NDP will fry in the next provincial election but this endorsement of the Leap Manifesto by the NDP convention will add fuel to the fire.

We have a lot to be thankful for living in Saskatchewan where we have a government proud of oil, gas, potash, uranium and modern agriculture. Alberta seems to be ashamed of the resources that have made them successful.

[riders2010]

*** spare us the paid political announcement.
Free ride is paid off oil puppet. Who doesn't give a rats ass about agriculture or anything else.

[boarderbloke]

the bearded one is down the road!

[Oliver88]

It is interesting to witness the death of the Saskatchewan NDP in front of our eyes.

The perpetual Saskawhiner socialists will need to take some time to accept it and move on or else stay miserable.

[MBgrower]

MB NDP get the boot on April 19. Ive been marking my calendar, cant wait!!!!

[WiltonRanch]

I've been busy so I haven't got all the news but did the loony left or centrists push out Mulcair? If the loonies punted him they'll be so far left even a good Saskatchewan ndp'er won't touch them federally.

[bucket]

Curious mbgrower as to the reaction when the conservatives bring in a deficit in manitoba?

[stonepicker]

bucket the mb. conservatives had balanced budget legislation in place when they were last in power. The ndp got rid of that legislation. It seems like if the conservatives run a deficit it's a terrible thing, but if the ndp do it's justifiable. What's up with that? Typical leftwing jargon?

[stonepicker]

We're 36 billion in debt., of course there's gonna be a defict in mb. next year! no one can turn that around in one year! At least we won't be doubling our deficit in one year like alta. will. ( ndp )

[bucket]

I am just asking the question. It just seems every party blames the other. But all of them are sending the bill to guess who?

[Hamloc]

Horse if I understand the Alberta NDP correctly the reason for imposing a carbon tax it is to change our consumption patterns of carbon based fuels by increasing their cost. First and foremost from what I have read and heard the way it is structured it is an income redistribution plan and a way to create a large government fund to pick winners and losers in industry and to subsidize green energy. It has also been promoted as a way to create social licence to get pipelines built. She can't even sell this to her own federal party and it won't work work with anti-pipeline activist in BC or eastern Canada either.

Couple of other thoughts. Why in BC have farmers been exempted from the carbon tax? It also appears this will happen in Alberta. The Oil Sands producers will also be able to expense it. If the carbon tax is such good policy why is it selectively applied? I am concerned this could increase animosity towards farmers from the general public.

Horse, the carbon tax will not help our deficit either. We need a sales tax applied to general revenues and our resource revenues put in savings to provide revenue for future generations. I believe ITC's for green infrastructure and incentives for energy efficiency would be more effective. Use a carrot instead of a stick.

As for the rejection of Mulcair and the apparent positive outlook on the Leap Manifesto the NDP turned a hard left, this will not help Premier Notley.