By weeks end will anyone be left in Kleins cabinet?

[Beerfish]

Ralphie is going to have an extra big workload looking after all those extra portfolios by himslef. Stelmack resigns, Oberg gets decommisioned.

[Deathsdoorstep]

Re: By weeks end will anyone be left in Kleins cabinet?

If Oberg wins I'm moving.

[Uncle Bobby]

Re: By weeks end will anyone be left in Kleins cabinet?

What workload? Policy is already being dictated and managed by large corporations. Ralph just writes the checks.

[Deathsdoorstep]

Re: By weeks end will anyone be left in Kleins cabinet?

What workload? Policy is already being dictated and managed by large corporations. Ralph just writes the checks.

That's a load of crap.

[Uncle Bobby]

Re: By weeks end will anyone be left in Kleins cabinet?

That's a load of crap.

Even though its true, that's no way to speak about Ralph.

[Deathsdoorstep]

Re: By weeks end will anyone be left in Kleins cabinet?

If anyone really thinks that a Premier, PM, Governor, or President just defers to their corporate donors then they really haven't spent enough time around these politicians.

[Beerfish]

Re: By weeks end will anyone be left in Kleins cabinet?

That's a load of crap.

Gee I told them to give me a meaningful tax break or eliminate health care premiums and they lowered the corporate tax rate by 1.5 % instead. Oh well the 63 million they gave to horse racing is certainly much more important than the 25 million they gave to seniors to address the 110 point list of long term care deficiencies. Priorities are priorities don't you know!

[Beerfish]

Re: By weeks end will anyone be left in Kleins cabinet?

If anyone really thinks that a Premier, PM, Governor, or President just defers to their corporate donors then they really haven't spent enough time around these politicians.

Sorry man in this case you are flat out wrong, look at the history of the Alberta PC's. They have caved on lobbying for energy deregulation, they have caved on the insurance industry lobby re max insurance payouts, they caved into whines from the meat packing industry after the mad cow thing. They have given the oil industry every conceivable break above and beyond what is prudent. These guys are manipulated easily by industry lobby groups.

[Uncle Bobby]

Re: By weeks end will anyone be left in Kleins cabinet?

If anyone really thinks that a Premier, PM, Governor, or President just defers to their corporate donors then they really haven't spent enough time around these politicians.

Those that don't think that corporatations influence policy haven't spent enough time around successful businessmen.

[Deathsdoorstep]

Re: By weeks end will anyone be left in Kleins cabinet?

Those that don't think that corporatations influence policy haven't spent enough time around successful businessmen.

The politicians only ever do enough to keep the donations rolling. And most corporate donors give to multiple parties. The politicians know this. These guys have egos way too fat to just give corporate cats whatever they want.

There are loads of influences on public policy. The biggest influence comes from within: the bureaucracy. Not the corporations, unions or the public.

[Deathsdoorstep]

Re: By weeks end will anyone be left in Kleins cabinet?

Sorry man in this case you are flat out wrong, look at the history of the Alberta PC's. They have caved on lobbying for energy deregulation, they have caved on the insurance industry lobby re max insurance payouts, they caved into whines from the meat packing industry after the mad cow thing. They have given the oil industry every conceivable break above and beyond what is prudent. These guys are manipulated easily by industry lobby groups.

The Alberta PC's did deregulation based on ideology, not corporate influence. It was a flatout "classic liberalism" decision. Competition = good, monopoly = bad was the thinking. Nothing more than that.

If you're talking caving in, at least give the full list. Healthcare unions, teachers, doctors, nurses, municipalities, corporartions, the federal government...etc etc etc.

They're not just caving to corprations. They throw money and breaks everywhere. Those decisions are made in cabinet and influenecd mostly by the top level bureaucrats.

[Opus]

Re: By weeks end will anyone be left in Kleins cabinet?

anyone else ever wondered why we pay world prices on our gas (etc) , yet we sell it at discounted rates to the States?

just askin.......

[Deathsdoorstep]

Re: By weeks end will anyone be left in Kleins cabinet?

anyone else ever wondered why we pay world prices on our gas (etc) , yet we sell it at discounted rates to the States?

just askin.......

Don't take this as an endorsement, okay.

The reason we pay market prices is because Canada is still a net Oil importer. Plus, both the Government (both levels) and the Oil companies make more money by not pegging the price.