PCs solution to Doctor excess? Hire more doctors

[budha]

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I like Eddie. And I might even be more aligned with PC philosophy than the other parties.

But I don't think ANY party should be in power that long.

We need a change. Even if it just for one term, it will shake the buracracy up and hopefully we'll shed some of the intrenched patronage and ineptitude.

It does shake it up, but it also costs a lot of money. Here in Saskatchewan the Saskatchewan Party has fired 70 some high up people without cause, so it is costing us a pile of money to have the friends of the NDP removed, for friends of the Saskatchewan Party.

[Rayminator]

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I like Eddie. And I might even be more aligned with PC philosophy than the other parties.

But I don't think ANY party should be in power that long.

We need a change. Even if it just for one term, it will shake the buracracy up and hopefully we'll shed some of the intrenched patronage and ineptitude.

Personally I can't stand the PCs, but I do agree with you that they have been in power for far too long.

Part of the problem is a lot of rural Alberta voters have an unhealthy mentality in their voting patterns. They just think "I've always voted PC, so I'll do it again." They are absolutely determined to vote PC, no matter how bad they may be screwing up the province. My dad is running as a liberal candidate in a rural riding, and he encounters this attitude all the time.

Until this changes, or until Calgary starts electing more of the opposition (which might actually happen in this election ), our government isn't changing anytime soon.

[MotorSportsGord]

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Personally I can't stand the PCs, but I do agree with you that they have been in power for far too long.

Part of the problem is a lot of rural Alberta voters have an unhealthy mentality in their voting patterns. They just think "I've always voted PC, so I'll do it again." They are absolutely determined to vote PC, no matter how bad they may be screwing up the province. My dad is running as a liberal candidate in a rural riding, and he encounters this attitude all the time.

Until this changes, or until Calgary starts electing more of the opposition (which might actually happen in this election ), our government isn't changing anytime soon.

Well I think you kind of just shot some of your credibilty.

[Rayminator]

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Well I think you kind of just shot some of your credibilty.

Whatever you say....

[Uncle Bobby]

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Part of the problem is a lot of rural Alberta voters have an unhealthy mentality in their voting patterns. They just think "I've always voted PC, so I'll do it again."

I know many people like that. They bitch and bitch. For example, they were very unhappy doing the mad cow crisis when big industrial packers were getting the bailout while the independant farmer saw their herd depreciate to nothing.

Come election time, "no way I'd vote NDP or Liberal". They don't even know what their platforms are but they'd never vote because of Trudeau and the Communists.

[Muley69]

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The EASY part of being in the opposition is saying "here's what's done bad".

The much, much more difficult part is saying "here's how we would have done it differently and how it would have been better"



By and large the Liberals and NDP have been pretty good at pointing out the flaws but have been worse than lowsy in explaining what they would have done differently. Hell, they don't even attempt to tout their experiences either from a business / management background or any other specialized skill set.

As a result, they really don't exude much credibility for why they truly would be any different than the ruling party. And THAT'S what their main problem is.

[Muley69]

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I really hope the PCs get their asses kicked in the upcoming election. These guys don't deserve the run the provice anymore with this kind of incompetency:

My dad is running as a liberal candidate in a rural riding, and he encounters this attitude all the time.

You don't see where MSG's comment of credibility came from?!?!?

[quake]

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What I would like to see is a effective opposition. A whole sale change in government, at this time, would not be the right thing. Nobody but the PC's have experience in running the province but the gross imbalance in seats is not doing anyone any favors.

[budha]

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Rural voters every where tend to be more small "c" conservative in their thinking. This is why the PCs in Alberta tend to do so well. There is a large % of riding in rural areas compared with would they really should get under a full rep by pop formula (edmonton and Calgary account for less then half of the riding and they have much more then half the population of the province)

[Rayminator]

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You don't see where MSG's comment of credibility came from?!?!?

No I don't. Besides, I've disagreed with the way the PCs have been running the province for years, way before my dad became a political candidate. This is not a knee jerk reaction by any means.

[Uncle Bobby]

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Rural voters every where tend to be more small "c" conservative in their thinking. This is why the PCs in Alberta tend to do so well.

And yet rural Alberta gets stepped on. They deregulate utilities so we pay the highest electricity prices in the county. They cut back medical school enrollment and rural Alberta has a shortage of doctors.

But rural Alberta votes them back in because they are good old boys.

Alberta is filled with people who love Will Ferrell movies. They don't just like them. They LOVE them.

[quake]

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Here is Kevin Taft's profile from the Alberta Liberal site.

http://www.albertaliberal.com/index....p/leader_index


I must say that there is very little info about him. Ok the PC's gave him a job when he was 17, he has a PhD and he wrote 3 books. Then came his political life. So in the 20 or so years before political life came, that is all they can say about him? What in that pedigree gives me the confidence that this is the man the should be running the province? The last election I saw nor heard anything from the opposition. I will actively look for info on the other candidates but if there is nothing to find, I will vote for the guy I know.

[quake]

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And yet rural Alberta gets stepped on. They deregulate utilities so we pay the highest electricity prices in the county. They cut back medical school enrollment and rural Alberta has a shortage of doctors.

But rural Alberta votes them back in because they are good old boys.

Alberta is filled with people who love Will Ferrell movies. They don't just like them. They LOVE them.

I ****ing HATE Will Ferret movies.

[Uncle Bobby]

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What in that pedigree gives me the confidence that this is the man the should be running the province?

A PhD in Business and worked analyzing public policy in both the governemnt and private sector.

But he is less qualified than than a career politican farmer?

[quake]

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A PhD in Business and worked analyzing public policy in both the governemnt and private sector.

But he is less qualified than than a career politican farmer?

What has he done, is that all they can say? 20 years, 6 lines? That's crap.

Don't get into this dumb farmer bull**** because when you are doing that, you are business man, economist, vet, mechanic, forecaster.... Most people have no ****ing clue what it takes to do that job. Stelmach also did go to University and in reality he only been Premiere for a little more than a year.