Paul Hinman

[hayburner]

I agree on reginal comment. What I would like to see things get moving a little faster than the old Klein days. Ed has to prove he has a backbone and make some important decisions darn fast to satisfy all the rural folks that voted for him in the leadarship.

[coppertop]

The upcoming PC Convention will provide the government with direction on priorities. Unfortunately, these conventions are costly to attend and come at a time when many rural Albertans are busy with other activities that affect their livelihoods.
On another note, I did check out the Alberta Alliance website, and was disappointed that they do not have any policies. They are soliciting potential candidates to run in the two upcoming by-elections, so they are hardly organized enough to think of even being the opposition party let alone form the government in the next provincial election.

I attended the Premier's Dinner last evening in Edmonton, and for what its worth, it had the highest attendance of any premier's dinner to date.

The format was greatly improved, the Premier and his wife were introduced, the Premier gave his address and once the meal was complete, he and his wife and all MLA's in attendance mingled with the guests for the remainder of the evening.

He didn't give out much information on the upcoming budget but one thing he did allude to was his intentions of placing a certain percentage of the provincial income each year in a special fund to build and replace infrastructure in the province. That was met with huge applause, because that sort of long term planning is long overdue.