A campaign-like speech from Alberta's new premier, and a targeted inflation relief package, is the talk of the province today.
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Well Alberta is on the right track, they should ignore Ottawa.
Well Alberta can afford it, Trudeau can’t.
@Mom Tur I know I been watching this crap for 80 years, now packing my sailboat in BC and sailing to the South Pacific, Canada is getting to the bottom of the lists of the 18 countries I’ve worked in around the world. Your poverty is assured by Trudeau.
@Winston Smith right on!
@Winston Smith So you are a dinosaur? Hurry and kick the bucket we don’t need dinosaurs to make the decisions. Also did you forget harper.
Increasing spending money of Albertans will obviously make inflation worse because you are increasing demand for goods without having a proportionate increase in supply of goods.
@Chase Warwick tell that to the poor and the suffering, tell that to COP 27, if you want to freeze to death it’s your choice, Canada at present is still a free country.
Housing for All!
Typical politician response… “We’re going to fix the effects of inflation with your taxes”
Like a dog chasing it’s own tail.
@Hi There Use it to help our healthcare, or infrastructure. You know there’s quite a few options right?
@Jay Ray There are many sensible options but acting like this is either going to compound the effects of inflation or is not a worthy gesture is foolish. Re-indexing AISH for example is desperately needed and I applaud the move.
I would also be cautious at this point before pumping more dollars into healthcare. I think it needs an overhaul.
@Hi There maybe invest it in healthcare, education, roads etc not use it as a bribe to get votes.
@Hi There Surplus doesn’t mean that this won’t cause inflationary pressure. Prices are a result of supply and demand. Increasing demand for goods by giving everyone more money without increasing production at all leads to higher prices.
@Chase Warwick Inflation is federal. We got $600 in Quebec, you’re getting $600…so far nobody else is..we win. Now stop being a baby who finds reason to whine regardless what the government does.
Alberta is the only province that has a chance against the trudeau singh coalition.. She is a rock star
Notley will smash Smith in next year’s election
@Thrill House that would be weird
@Thrill House Men, there’s a little crippled boy in a hospital who wants you to win the game. I know, because I crippled him myself to inspire you.
@Thrill House Don’t put it past Albertans to vote for the worst person possible, they excel at it.
@Steve Danger is that why they voted for conservatives for more than 40 consecutive years?
Alberta is better without Ottawa’s meddling. I fully support Alberta sovereignty act.
Alberta has been getting the short end of the stick for the last fifty years… I’m with her
Lol isn’t this what conservatives are angry at Trudeau for? Giving away money hahahaha.
@Tjay Alberta has 13 billion dollar surplus, it’s money in the bank.
@Salty Monkey no, the money is already been spent.
@JackAnd7 no, you made the statement, it’s up to you to show this old timer just how Alberta has been getting the dirty end if the stick. If you cannot back up your claim without conspiracy theories and rumours, then all your showing is ignorance.
@JackAnd7 I guess that’s how you answered your teachers and became a looser in life! 😂
The Alberta Sovereignty Act is REQUIRED to protect Albertan’s from Liberals and Especially Trudeau.
considering the last 100 years where it’s been run solely by conservatives, the reason Alberta is a garbage dump is not because of the feds…..it’s because of you
No it’s not definitely not. Did you not graduate high school?
Alberta has been run by Tories for over 40 years and you think Liberals are the problem?
@Lilaec Kitties clearly you did not,
Well, let’s start the vote-buying early….
$180,000 cut off is obv a vote buying measure.
Kind of like weed and dental care eh?
just millions?
billions r needed to make a true difference.
Just get rid of carbon tax, GST tax, and income tax. Then we could buy food and electricity
Buy electricity we pay to have generated? Bills not really that long ago were minimal, till Ralph fixed it.
This would just result in more inflation. Price is a result of supply and demand, inflation is either caused by increased demand across a variety of industries (usually due to everyone having more spending money without an increase in production) or decreased supply (usually as a result of decreased production across a variety of sectors).
Where is BCs relief?!? United we stand right?! Pffft!
Stop voting NDP
We’re all getting $400-$600 in Quebec, you’ll get yours probably too. I’m stocking up on cannabis for the winter so the government is getting it all right back.
$180,000 a year…Jesus
Maybe give some money to the Southern family seeing how they needed to layoff Atco Electric employees for 3.5 years.
Fix the healthcare you keep complaining about
She’s got my vote. I’m tired of these wannabe Conservatives.
We need premier like here in BC,this government here terrible.Can we ship you Bonnie Henry there so that you can fire her ?
I’d like to see any of these government officials walk into a store and buy 200 $ in groceries for a month , there would be no chance in hell they could.
That’s about all I spend for one person. Problem is I also spend $300 in Tim Hortons coffee against my will.
@Roger McMillan 600$ for me Starbucks.
$12,000 a month for Trudeau’s family. We’re paying for it.
You though you escaped the matrix because you voted someone else in?! he he he heheheheh AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
The solution for too much money in an economy is more money!
And not very targetted if millions are getting it.
Exactly what PM JT would do, or NDP propose, but somehow it’s ok when she does it