This is why "Quebec" is a swear word to so many Albertans lol.
What a waste of money. Is this supposed to be a Canadian Kickstarter for goodwill towards the "short term solution" railcars to transport oil that Alberta has been demanding from Ottawa, or a plea for the courts to fast track the pipeline by stomping all over people's rights? Either way... questionable spending.
Everyone but the magical God given name of Alberta is a swear word to Albertans. Which coincidently is also their downfall. Maybe if they were nicer to the other provinces the other provinces would play along.
This is true.
Partially true, but it's mostly Quebec and (this past year) BC. The holier-than-thou shtick wears so quickly. AB is like Disney's Beast trying to dress up and be polite to get what it wants, then flipping its shit and smashing things in a tantrum. Sad part is too many of us don't realize that at the end of this we don't transform into a prince, we transform into Oliver Twist holding our hands out to Ottawa for transfer payments when we are a have-not province.
I think those ads are on my CBCToronto station more than any other commercial. Like a sad attempt to get me to go to Trudeau in Ottawa and demand we help the poor alberta oil producers
speaking of immigrants, restaurants can't find any young people to work and some are closing down, not because of business but because nobody wants to work in restaurants. LOL
This seems so incredibly strange to me. 40 years of being bragging grandstanding assholes and now we try to buy some sympathy? Lol. Ok AB.
Bu-bu-but slim margins! Small business! They won't survive! People will get sticker shock from menu prices with realistic pricing! Fill in the blanks for whatever other stupid excuses defenders of the status quo use.
it has been the solution through out late 19th and most of the 20th Century until only in the last 20 years that they decided to restrict immigration based on "skill"
yeah it started around the late 80s and early 90s, I know lots of families who came in during the 1960s and 1970s who didn't even finish High School but still worked with grit and dedication
Oh yea, I get it. My mom came from Singapore without even a high school diploma (I believe her sister referred her). Now I am part of the top 3% of my age in income after being born from her and a 2nd generation father. I will be paying 25k in taxes this year because they let her in 40yrs+ ago.
But wait, there's more....
Hahahahahahaha
That seems incredibly unlikely unless Cullen smells blood in the water for Trudeau. Otherwise Ashton is probably the only person still interested in being leader of a sideshow rather than a real party.
Nah it's pretty much how I feel too. Singh has been quite the disappointing leader.
I honestly think this was a watershed moment that painted a picture of him that hasn't dulled. Sort of a turning point from a young guy who seemed like he could fire up the base to a portrait of a bumbling idiot. Add his lack of a seat and the doubt that entails, lack of press coverage, etc. and you sort of have a Sideshow Bob stepping on rakes scenario.
He would have taken over Horwath's party and likely led that NDP to big gains in the future. But he's basically been completely absent from Federal politics despite being leader.
In addition to what has been said, there was this. And there's the fact that he's actually polling 3rd in his own riding, which is just embarrassing.
