Alberta electoral results

[Nigel Hanrahan]

There is an NDP majority government in Alberta.

[Gary Ruben]

Re: Alberta electoral results

There is an NDP majority government in Alberta.

Yes, Nigel. A new chapter in Alberta's history. Let's call it Chapter 11.

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: Alberta electoral results

Yes, Nigel. A new chapter in Alberta's history. Let's call it Chapter 11.

Yes, Gary. Chapter 11.

That's when the responsible people come in to clean up the mess left by the previous administration. :)

Maybe the environment has a fighting chance now!

[Gary Ruben]

Re: Alberta electoral results

Maybe the environment has a fighting chance now!

Yes, Bob. Like here in Ontario where large emitters are moving to Mexico and the U.S.

[Nigel Hanrahan]

a Canadian first with the resignation of a seat before the vote count was completed.

In what was probably a first in Canadian history, PC leader Jim Prentice resigned the leadership of his decimated party and also resigned his seat in the Alberta Legislature even before the vote count was finished.

Truly, as one commentator put it, it was like shoveling fresh clumps of dirt onto the descending coffin of the PC party in Alberta. I can't help but think that this contempt for the voters, in imposing a completely unnecessary expense onto the people of Alberta as a parting, spiteful shot, will be reciprocated by the voters once the by-election takes place.

The PCs might consider running a farm animal in that riding by-election. After all, pigs are flying in Alberta. Oink, oink.

[Nigel Hanrahan]

Re: Alberta electoral results

Yes, Nigel. A new chapter in Alberta's history. Let's call it Chapter 11.

Yeah, Adolph feels much the same way ...

Hitler reacts to Alberta NDP Majority election - parody video

[Kerry Liles]

Re: Alberta electoral results

Yeah, Adolph feels much the same way ...

Hitler reacts to Alberta NDP Majority election - parody video

LMAO - I had forgotten about that clip (and it obviously refreshes with new subtitles...)

[Gary Ruben]

Re: Alberta electoral results

I have to tell you, Kerry, there will have to be some clarity from Alberta on taxation and royalties before I put money into that province. Particularly the oil and gas companies. The taxation doesn't bother me now because a company has to make money to pay taxes. Royalties work different so it will keep me away until clarification.

I don't mind taking a risk. I was buying Air Canada stock at around $1.00 and less when few would touch it.

Until there is some clarification which I can see will differentiate Alberta from the way Venezeula has treated business, it's not for me. Although, I did have stock in one company which did business in Venezeula some years ago. It was called Boots and Coots. No kidding. If you ever saw "Hellfighters" with John Wayne you know what they did. They fought well blowouts. I think they more or less got paid in some form of local money and U.S. money. That was kind of a fun company for me. I worked in the industry and admired the work that company did.

Eventually the company was bought out by a large company but I'd sold my small stake by then.

[Paul Bonham]

Re: Alberta electoral results

LMAO - I had forgotten about that clip (and it obviously refreshes with new subtitles...)

One improvement could have been: when one woman consoles another and says "Don't worry, we can move to Saskatchewan" it could have had the crying woman responding: "But there's no CFC chess in Saskatchewan!" :D

[Alvah Mayo]

Re: a Canadian first with the resignation of a seat before the vote count was complet

In what was probably a first in Canadian history, PC leader Jim Prentice resigned the leadership of his decimated party and also resigned his seat in the Alberta Legislature even before the vote count was finished.

Truly, as one commentator put it, it was like shoveling fresh clumps of dirt onto the descending coffin of the PC party in Alberta. I can't help but think that this contempt for the voters, in imposing a completely unnecessary expense onto the people of Alberta as a parting, spiteful shot, will be reciprocated by the voters once the by-election takes place.

The PCs might consider running a farm animal in that riding by-election. After all, pigs are flying in Alberta. Oink, oink.

This is nothing new; it happened in Nova Scotia circa 1993 when Premier Donald Cameron, leading the Conservatives to a loss, resigned his seat before the vote count was finished. His remarks included the (in)famous line, "I am a doer, not a hanger-on-er".

[David Ottosen]

Re: a Canadian first with the resignation of a seat before the vote count was complet

Listen Comrades, things are fine here. We have potatoes in every pot!

[Vlad Rekhson]

Re: a Canadian first with the resignation of a seat before the vote count was complet

Listen Comrades, things are fine here. We have potatoes in every pot!

Just wait a little...

[Nigel Hanrahan]

Re: a Canadian first with the resignation of a seat before the vote count was complet

This is nothing new; it happened in Nova Scotia circa 1993 when Premier Donald Cameron, leading the Conservatives to a loss, resigned his seat before the vote count was finished. His remarks included the (in)famous line, "I am a doer, not a hanger-on-er".

Thanks for the info.

Unlike any other job that I know, it's considered perfectly normal for politicians to utter falsehoods, make promises they don't keep, and play a little "Calvinball" if things don't go their way.

I wonder what the effect on the voters in Prentice's riding would have been if they knew that he was going to carry out this stunt on E-day.

On the other hand, if he had no intention of showing up, providing any services to his constituents, or participating in the expected duties of an MLA, then there is a kind of dishonourable honour in what he did.

[David Ottosen]

Re: a Canadian first with the resignation of a seat before the vote count was complet

Thanks for the info.

Unlike any other job that I know, it's considered perfectly normal for politicians to utter falsehoods, make promises they don't keep, and play a little "Calvinball" if things don't go their way.

I wonder what the effect on the voters in Prentice's riding would have been if they knew that he was going to carry out this stunt on E-day.

On the other hand, if he had no intention of showing up, providing any services to his constituents, or participating in the expected duties of an MLA, then there is a kind of dishonourable honour in what he did.

Here in Albertastan, when you dishonor the party, you are relegated to the Salt Mines of Grande Prairie. We honor Comrade Prentice for his services!

[Wayne Komer]

Re: a Canadian first with the resignation of a seat before the vote count was complet

Alberta Electoral Results

From The National Post May 8, 2015

The parties never die, they just start selling tractors: The bizarre second lives of Alberta’s fallen political dynasties

“Since its 1905 inception, Alberta has elected four consecutive political dynasties, only to send each into utter oblivion once voters got tired of them.

But in a testament to Prairie tenacity, not a single one of these parties has seen utter defeat as a reason to disband. Generations after they had any hope of wielding political power, all of Alberta’s former dynasties have survived to the present day as forlorn hopes, professional underdogs and tractor retailers.”