Referendum

[jazz]

OMG Alberta what have you done?

Sohi in as Edmonton mayor. FFS

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/municipal-election-1.6212915

[foragefarmer]

OMG Alberta what have you done?

Sohi in as Edmonton mayor. FFS

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/municipal-election-1.6212915

Why's that Jazz?

Because he immigrated from India at 18 with nothing and worked his ass off as a bus driver in Edmonton and got ahead.

Pubic office awaits you.

[chuckChuck]

Looks like some of the bigots aren't happy with the results in Edmonton and Calgary. No surprise there.

Here is an exchange on Twitter between Trevor Tombe and economist at the U of C who studies Equalization and Dan McTeaugue

Dan McTeague
@GasPriceWizard
· Oct 14
Revenues from Hydro Quebec are not included as govt revenues whereas Ontario Hydro 1 and OPG are. That’s why Quebec is able to show a revenue shortfall that Ontario cannot twitter.com/alexj28833702/…

Trevor Tombe
@trevortombe
This is a very common but entirely false claim. Hydro Quebec revenues are included. 2019/20, for example, included $2.2b from Hydro QC + $800m from water power rentals.

As the referendum approaches, it will be increasingly important to get information from reputable sources.

Trevor Tombe
@trevortombe
·
Oct 15
Replying to
@trevortombe
The level of misunderstanding around this program is staggering -- and unfortunately it also seems to be inversely related to the intensity of view about it.

[chuckChuck]

Kenney was in Harpers government when there was opportunities to significantly change the equalization program. They didn't do it.

Now Kenney, premier of the highest income per capita province wants to play politics with a meaningless referendum on a federal transfer program they don't control.

And of course some Albertans want to pay low taxes and then expect to have all the benefits of quality healthcare, education and infrastructure but they don't want to pay enough provincial taxes for them.

Its the Alberta conservative way.

[jazz]

Why's that Jazz?

Because he immigrated from India at 18 with nothing and worked his ass off as a bus driver in Edmonton and got ahead.

Pubic office awaits you.

Thats some good qualifications for mayor of a major city now isnt it?

How about running a failed federal portfolio in Trudeaus cabinet by which he financially fcked his home province?

He is an incompetent idiot who shouldnt be anywhere near the lever of power even on the municipal level. What a farce our election are now, from PM right down to Mayors.

[jazz]

Its the Alberta conservative way.

Looks like somebody is triggered that the will of the people is being heard for once. I commend Kenny for going to referendum.

Now Canadas constitutional crisis starts all over again all thanks to Quebec and our idiot in chief Trudeau sucking off billions to buy votes.

[Robertbarlage]

How the **** stupid is Edmonton my God

[Hamloc]

How the **** stupid is Edmonton my God

Actually I expected a Sohi win in Edmonton and a Gondek win in Calgary. There is a wide cultural divide between urban and rural Canada. Those in the city are much more welcoming to government interference and certainly less sceptical. As farmers who depend on high population urban centres to buy our product we must be cognizant of this whether we like it or not. As farmers perhaps we need to adopt the Liberal tact of virtue signalling, say all the right things and do nothing!!!

[foragefarmer]

Thats some good qualifications for mayor of a major city now isnt it?

How about running a failed federal portfolio in Trudeaus cabinet by which he financially fcked his home province?

He is an incompetent idiot who shouldnt be anywhere near the lever of power even on the municipal level. What a farce our election are now, from PM right down to Mayors.

Since you want to look at past qualifications of political leaderships, P.M. Harpo's job experience was a mailroom clerk at Shell which daddy had to get him.

And of COURSE Ritz Cracker did soooooo much for Western Canadian Farmer. Do you raise F ken ostriches?

And I guess Moe's Impaired driving record definitely shows someone who has good judgement!

Jazz do bother trying to take me down that gopher hole.

[newguy]

Lefty radicals like chuck would rather collect equalization than work !

Maybe there should be a referendum that RMs or counties not have to share their potash or oil revenue.and that money stays within that area and not shared with the rest of the have not province.

[dmlfarmer]

I am not sure why anyone is surprised at the Alberta election results. The results mirrors the decline of right wing/populous governments world wide. IMHO the vote was as much anti-Kenney as it was support of left wing ideals.

Covid really exposed the weakness of populous governments. Trump/Kenney/Ford/Moe/Bolsaro in Brazil etc.
The response by rightwing politicians against the pandemic resulted in the highest cases and highest deaths causing voters to move left or stay away from the polls altogether.

We have seen the defeat of right wing governments in US, Norway, Germany, and polls are showing similar decline of support in Brazil, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia. Here, even the O'toole Conservatives could not defeat the very weak Trudeau leadership with his slight move to the left.

[jazz]

Jazz do bother trying to take me down that gopher hole.

Sohi is single handedly responsible for Canada missing out on tens of billions in resource revenue. Guess he cant hurt Canada anymore, just the idiots in redmonton. Watch that city circle the drain now.

An incompetent fool can do untold damage when put in underserving position of power. Mostly describes Trudeau as well. A generation of woke fools running major economies into the ground at every level.