Alison Whines, While Danielle Delivers.

Alison went to Ontario and Quebec with some "National Energy" program (as if that would sit well with Albertans) and thought she had their support. When she asks for it, Daddy Dalton slams her and Alberta.

Now, in shock by being betrayed by her Liberal partner, she is whining for an apology. (Read the comments, they are priceless!)

Instead of making the premier available to talk to media, Reford’s office provided her statement to Edmonton media outlets via an audio file of an early morning radio appearance on the Corus Radio Network Wednesday.
Asked if the Ontario premier needs to apologize, Redford said yes.
“I think he does, too,” she said.
McGuinty may not be keen on Albertan resources, but others in Ontario are, said Redford, who recently spoke with business leaders in Ontario and Quebec.

Is she trying to start a fight with a Liberal government to make the PC's look good? She's not that smart. Are Albertans likely to buy it? NO. We are an independent, freedom loving people, who respect the earth that has given us so much, we can smell a phoney a mile away. That's why we didn't like Stelmach, (who at least was honest, but in over his head) and that is why Alison is even worse, because she thinks she knows what Albertans want, without even having to ask us.

This little tidbit should make all Albertans sit up and take notice:

“I know Ontario is in difficult economic circumstances right now, but the way to get out of those is to grow your economy and the Canadian Energy Strategy gives you the opportunity to do that,” she said.

What the heck is "the Canadian Energy Strategy"????? Here is what Dalton thinks it is....remember he is spending BILLIONS on wind turbines:

Asked about a Canadian Energy Strategy, something Redford has been touting pre-election, McGuinty acknowledged he had talked with the Alberta premier about it.
“I think where we can make common cause if we talk about a national energy strategy, I’d like to take a look at that in a broader context. I’d like that to officially include a clean energy strategy and the work that we’re doing here in Ontario and I’d like to broaden the vision so it’s one that we can all share right across the country.
“I’m talking about expanding out vision of energy in Canada so it includes a clean energy vision as well. I think they can grow strong in their way, and that’s good for all of us and we can grow strong in our way. That’s good for all Canadians too,” McGuinty said.

Hey Dalton! Alberta already has wind turbines, we had them before you, and they are useless. Albertans do not want our energy bills to triple because we are embracing environmentalists and polar bears. We have clean gas, oil and coal, that is what is good for all Canadians. Stop importing "blood" oil from the Saudi's and Iran, then we can talk about "clean". Stop your manufacturing industries from polluting the Great Lakes, then come talk to us. Stop having smog days in Toronto, then we will talk.

I find Alison and Dalton to be two peas in the same pod, promising everything and delivering nothing. Alberta can not afford Alison, she has already proved to us that she is ready to buy union votes, why would she change her stripes now?

Remember that the first thing Alison REDford did was to pay off the teachers who got her elected with 100 Million of our tax dollars. The second thing she did was to bring in a draconian law that allows police to convict drivers on the spot, without a court date, who blow over .05 NOT the legal limit of .08. She has now delayed that law until after the election. I wonder why? DUH!

What are Danielle and the Wildrose doing about this mess?

 Jesse Kline: Wildrose taps into anger over Alberta’s new drunk driving law

Alberta’s Wildrose Party has come up with a unique way of fermenting populist anger against the ruling Progressive Conservative party. Wildrose members have recently been spotted giving away drink coasters outside of local watering holes, to protest the province’s new drinking and driving law. One side of the coaster features a slash through the number “.05” with the text, “drink responsibly,” while the other side has a red line through the letters “PC” and reads, “vote responsibly.” A novel campaign tactic, to be sure.
The coasters refer to a recently passed law, which will penalize drivers who have a blood-alcohol content (BAC) of .05, even though the legal limit under the Criminal Code is .08.
“We’ve done polling on this and we know that two to one Albertans don’t want the .05 legislation. They don’t like it,” said Wildrose MLA Rob Anderson. “They think it’s a gross abuse of government power. It infringes on people’s rights and it doesn’t go after the real problem on our streets, which is people who are well over the legal limit.”

I wonder where I can get one of those coasters? This is an excellent idea, not like the PC's $70,000 retreat that produced nothing. Will it work?

From a policy perspective, it’s easy to see why the Wildrose has come out against this. But it makes even more sense from a political perspective. Former premier Ed Stelmach’s government raised alcohol taxes and instituted minimum drink prices at bars. It also passed a law limiting happy hours and instituting archaic regulations about how alcohol can be served around closing time — showing that the prohibitionist mentality is still alive and well in the province.
And who is hurt by these types of policies? It’s not the rich guy who has to spend a few pennies more for a bottle of French wine; it’s the hard working men and women who cook our food, work our oil rigs, fix our sinks and edit our newspapers and just want the freedom to enjoy a few cold ones after a hard day’s work.

It will work. Albertans do not like intrusions on our freedoms. We have also heard rumours of a sales tax and increased taxes on booze and cigarettes. This is not sitting well with us.

The PC's are old, stale and out of touch with voters. The Wildrose is actually a Conservative party that is fresh, and would invigorate all of Alberta by giving us the freedom to innovate, create and get the job done, without an intrusive government. What's not to like about Wildrose, and the promise they bring to Alberta? 

New or old, just look at the pictures to see the truth. (Why do I always want to add a red clown nose to any Alison REDford picture I see?)

Alberta's Budget? Goodies For Everyone!

Seriously, they gave money to everyone that might potentially vote for them. They were so generous with our money, that we will run a deficit for the 5th year in a row. Oh, but by next year we will be in good shape. If you believe that, you haven't been paying attention to what has been happening in Alberta for years.

Red Ali is treating us like idiots. Does she seriously think that we are going to be enchanted with her deficit budget? Alberta has a spending problem, not a revenue problem.

Here is a link to all the goodies.

We have goodies for the aboriginals, the sick, the disabled, the young, the old, the cities, transit, farmers, at risk children, homeless, the environment, and finally, the taxpayers:

• No new taxes and no tax rate increases.
• Personal income tax credits increased to offset inflation.
• Albertans and Alberta businesses pay the least taxes in the country – with the lowest fuel tax among provinces, no payroll tax, no capital tax and no provincial sales tax.
• Albertans would pay almost $11 billion more in taxes each year with any other provincial tax system.

Wow, I'm impressed, no new taxes.....that sounds familiar....like Daddy Dalton, who once elected, imposed new taxes! Then we are supposed to feel grateful that we don't pay as much as people in other provinces?

What they are actually telling us taxpayers, is we are lucky they didn't raise taxes. How about cutting some programs? Laying off all the deadwood in government?

They think we are sheep. We are not, and Red Ali has no clue how the average Albertan thinks because she is too busy hobnobbing with the "elites". Maybe she should get down to a working farm and muck out the stable, so she can get a real feel for Albertans. Vote Wildrose, boot these bums, 40 years is too long!

Your Alberta PC's, Out Of Touch!

Here is an email exchange with my MLA, Minister Fred Horne's assistant, as he is too busy for me. The scary thing is that he is now in charge of our health care system!

Good Morning XXXXX, (This was sent January 26^th, 2012)

I just wanted to update you on the status of the response we’re preparing for you. In order to provide you with a thorough response, we’ve consulted with a few other Ministries and are currently in the process of compiling our information into one complete response for you.

Should you have any other questions, feel free to email me.

Thank you,

Carlie

Constituency Assistant for

Hon. Fred Horne, MLA

Edmonton Rutherford

308 Saddleback Road

Edmonton, Alberta T6J 4R7

p (780) 414-1311

Carlie.Pochynok@assembly.ab.ca

From: XXXXX
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 8:21 PM
To: Edmonton Rutherford
Subject: RE: Not Responding to my e-mails.

So, not responding to my emails still. Note the date you replied December 7^th, 2011. No response since then.

Here is another issue that our newly minted Minister of Health can respond to, because it is directly related to Health. Why would Redford not support the federal money that Albertans will now get? On a per capita basis, we have finally got some real money from the feds. Why would she join the other provinces in condemning the federal proposal to INCREASE federal money to health care by 6% until 2017? Explain that to me as a voter? Thanks XXXXX. (by the way, I still want the HRC’s reined in, it’s my number 1 priority, no matter what the polls tell you.) Thanks XXXXX

From: Edmonton Rutherford [mailto:Edmonton.Rutherford@assembly.ab.ca]
Sent: December-07-11 9:05 AM
To: XXXXXX
Subject: RE: Not Responding to my e-mails.

Good Morning XXXXXX,

Thank you for your email, and I’ve forwarded your concerns to Minister Horne for his review and response.

Kind regards,

Carlie

Constituency Assistant for

Hon. Fred Horne, MLA

Edmonton Rutherford

308 Saddleback Road

Edmonton, Alberta T6J 4R7

p (780) 414-1311

Carlie.Pochynok@assembly.ab.ca

From: XXXXXX

Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 9:40 PM
To: Edmonton Rutherford
Subject: Not Responding to my e-mails.

As a constituent, the least you could do is respond to my e-mails to you. If you have my email address to send your propaganda to, you have the ability to respond to my concerns, as a person who votes Conservative. Bill 26 is a game changer for the PC’s. Red Alison is not making a good first impression with Conservatives, but why blame her for being elected by unions.

I do not care what Red Alison is up to, I have asked you time and time again to get rid of the Human Rights Commissions power to persecute someone for “hurt feelings”. If your government doesn’t move on this issue, you will not get my vote, and I will actively campaign for the Wildrose candidate. It’s easy, you have a majority, pass a law against “hurt feelings”. If this government is so tone deaf that they don’t get this simple request, they are failing to support the wishes of Albertans, and therefore do not deserve Albertans votes.   

Previous emails that I sent were lost when I transferred from my Mac to a PC. I don't blame poor Carlie, she is not responsible for her minister's incompetence. I have met the guy, he is a marshmallow, just what Red Ali wants. 

I will now be actively campaigning for the Wildrose. The Alberta PC's are out of touch with Albertans. They are also busy hiding from voters, not a good sign.

Even time I send an email to PM Harper, I get a response back the next day. Why can't my MLA do the same? He is closer to my home issues, so he should be better at contacting me, but he isn't. I picture him huddled behind his desk, hoping no one will know he is there.  

We Are ALL Taxed Out!

First up, underage smokers! Shock! Retailers sell smokes to underage kids. What will happen if marijuana is legalized? Will under aged kids be able to get it, like they get booze? Funny thing about pot versus smokes, is that if anyone near you smokes pot, you get high, whether you want to or not. What about the people that have severe reactions to even the smell of pot? If peanuts can be banned from schools, than pot should be banned, not only from schools, but from anywhere the pubic gathers. No pot bars allowed, if smokers can't light up indoors, or have smoking bars, neither can the potheads.

Second, a hidden article: Provinces REJECT federal governments health care funding.

Canadian premiers have unanimously rejected Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's take-it-or-leave-it plans for health transfer payments to the provinces, B.C. Premier Christy Clark said Monday.
She said they all agreed the plan – made without negotiating with the provinces -- is both "unprecedented and unacceptable."

Oh, my God, how stupid are the Premiers? Seriously? They have been whining for years that the federal government has been intruding on health care, and now that they have been given FREE reign, they are unhappy? Are they really that stupid?  My bet is that Clark and Redford are too stupid/inexperienced to realize that Dalton and Charest are using them.

I hope that Jim Flaherty sticks to his budget and makes the provinces pay for their own health care, after all, it is their responsibility! Suck it up buttercups, you now have 6% more money for health care, use it wisely, and stop making the federal government the bad guy, when your deficits and debt combined are higher than the federal governments.

Red Ali agreed to NOT support a 6% increase in health care money even though the new per capita formula meant that Albertans would get way more money from the feds. She obviously doesn't care about Alberta. She sold Albertans out for her own political aspirations. She only cares about her image as a Progressive Liberal lite latte sipping elite. In the final analysis, she's not very bright is she?

My impression of the Premiers meeting is that they tried to unite to become the "fake" federal government. They now think that since they have been given MORE power by the federal government that they will now rule this nation if they can only combine their provinces.

I hope that the provinces reduce the ridiculous trade barriers from province to province, so they can increase trade. I wish that provinces would take responsibility for education, health care, the environment and all the other responsibilities mandated to them in the constitution. Stop relying on the federal government for all your goodies. Stop your whining and be glad that the feds are giving you room to innovate. Stop running home to Momma!

Remember there is only ONE taxpayer, on the municipal, provincial and federal level. One taxpayer, three levels of government taxing us all. We are all taxed out.

Off To See The Wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Quebec!

While the Keystone and Gateway pipelines are being discussed, what is Red Ali doing? Well she is off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Quebec! 

What she is up to, no-one knows and I fear that we will not know until it is too late for Alberta. She is moving at lightning speed to enforce her rule, and she is cuddling up to all the Liberal Premiers, especially Ontario and Quebec.

She should more interested in the Gateway hearings than what Charest eats for lunch, but she isn't. She is so neutral on our energy, she might even disappear down the rabbit hole, lost in indecision. Ali in Wonderland! HA!!!

Eat Me! Oops.....well it was in the book!

What is she doing to Alberta? This is a must read article for anyone who will be voting in the next Alberta election. It is eye opening. H/T to Calgary Junkie!

Albertans who have been scratching their heads wondering what's behind the bizarre hiring binge their new premier has been on lately might not like the answer.
Alison Redford has been making some very curious choices in appointing some of her senior staff, but they all have one thing in common: They are her former comrades-in-arms when she was fighting to keep the Joe Clark strain of Progressivism alive in federal Conservatism during the Nineties, even as nearly everyone else in the province ran running, screaming from the PCs into the arms of Reform.

 What were the PC's thinking by electing Red Ali? She is even worse than Stelmach, at least he cared about Alberta.  If they were smart, HA!, they would be defecting to the Wildrose party, en mass. I hope that doesn't happen because this next election I want to sweep out the old, smelly, boys club, and replace it with new, invigorated MLA's that actually are Conservative and care about Albertans. That would be the Wildrose party.

The Winds Of Change Are Blowing Again In Alberta!

You just need to look at the history of Alberta politics to see what is going to happen next election! It's going to be interesting. 

1917 it's all Liberals, then, bang next it's all United Farmers. Then 1935 bang it's Social Credit, then 1971 bang it's Conservatives. Right now the Conservatives need to be worried, because in the 2012 election, I predict, it's going to be bang Wild Rose!

Interesting article about how the Liberals came to power in 1905...the usual, the Federal Liberals promised the moon and delivered nothing. I am shocked, they were at the same games as they are now way back in 1905! Oh, forget it, I'm not really shocked, it's what I expect of the Liberals. Bet this isn't in the history text books!

The Liberal Party took office in 1905, before Albertans had a chance to vote. They benefited from their association with the governing federal Liberals, who appointed the province's first Lieutenant Governor and made promises that depended on the cooperation of the provincial government. The Opposition Conservatives' advocated similar policies, but their support was limited mostly to southern Alberta, where fewer ridings were drawn. With no effective opposition, the Alberta Liberals held on to power until 1921.

Lefties often harp about Alberta being a one party province, and how that has ruined our province. Funny, we hear nothing about corruption in Alberta, but BC, Ontario and especially Quebec seem to be bogged down in corruption problems, something the lefties fail to mention is they are all run by LIBERALS! Fancy that! I say, Albertans are smart enough to not elect any lefty party in our very prosperous province. We now send our tax dollars to have not provinces like Liberal Quebec and Liberal Ontario, and Liberal PEI, need I say more? Keep your "progressive" economy killing lefty parties out of Alberta, we are doing just fine thank you.

The winds of change are blowing again in Alberta. Wild Rose is tied with the PC's.

CALGARY— Alberta’s governing Progressive Conservative party is in a statistical dead heat with the Wildrose Alliance as Albertans grow increasingly concerned about the state of health care, a new poll finds.
The survey by Environics Research Group, provided exclusively to the Calgary Herald, indicates 34 per cent of decided voters would support Premier Ed Stelmach’s PC party if an election were held today.
The poll found 32 per cent would cast a ballot for Danielle Smith’s Wildrose Alliance, meaning the figures are within the survey’s margin of error. The poll of 1,011 Albertans, conducted between Nov. 22 and Dec. 2, shows the Liberals under David Swann have seen their support slip slightly to 19 per cent, while Brian Mason’s NDP sit at 13 per cent.

Face it, Albertans will never elect the Liberals or the NDP. So now, we have a real battle between the PC's and Wild Rose. Is Alberta about to go BANG again and send the Wild Rose party into power? Maybe not this election. It will probably be a minority government with the Wild Rose as the official opposition. That would probably be the best outcome. It will give Wild Rose the chance to learn how to govern, and if they do a good job in opposition, the voters in this province will give them full support, and then bang a new party will rule Alberta. It's how us Albertans do things. We clean out the old really quickly and replace it with the new. The Alberta PC's have become really old, like smelly old shoes. 

I smell a change coming in Alberta, a fresh new scent of Rose petals, to clean out the stale offices of the Legislature. It's funny because Albertans rarely talk politics, they go about their work, without being political, but they shift as one. Maybe it's something in our water, or maybe it's our desire for a government that respects our independence as individuals. 

 

We know what freedom is, and we understand how it is slowly being taken away from us. My vote goes to the party that will abolish the AHRC (Alberta Human Rights Commission). Most importantly, my vote goes to the party that advocates for private property rights. Right now, we think we own our property, but in reality, the government can come and take it, and they can dictate what we use it for, or do on it, or with it. We have no power until we have private property rights. This should be a major platform for the Wild Rose party.

Hey, Everything Is Going Great!

The opposition and their media are trying to make it seem that the government is doing a bad job, but looking at the economy, it seems that everything is going great!

I was very impressed with PM Harper's speech to the UN. What I hated was that he was actually there, promoting Canada to dictators. Canada would be better served by disengaging from the UN. It is a corrupt organization catering to all the Muslim dictatorships and denigrating all the western countries.

We need trade, but not with tyrants. Eastern Canada gets it's oil from the "blood" economies. They see nothing wrong with importing their oil from dictatorships, and at the same time lecturing us Albertans about how bad we are for developing the oil sands.

Personally, I say, screw you! Charest and McGuinty can suck up to Saudi kings, and environmentalists, they are weak little would be kings. I want a government that stands up for ME, a Canadian. I want the 450 Tamil refugees sent back home. I want the next boat load of "supposed" refugees refused entry into Canada. I want a strong government that defends Canada.

The gun registry vote tells me that only the Conservatives understand the importance of individual freedom. The lefties want to rule us, they want to oppress us, and they want to make us puppets to their thinking. Thank goodness we have the Conservatives in power right now.

Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are!

Journalists are obviously not doing their jobs. When "Doorknobs" Easter first yelled about his anonymous Liberal spy at the PEI airport, journalists should have jumped to get the security tape of the incident. They did not. Yet the tazer incident at the Vancouver airport was on the news within hours.

Considering that PEI only has 120,000 people in total, and probably only 50 work at the airport, you would think that someone would have figured out who the squealer is. Believe me, everyone knows everyone in PEI. So, why hasn't the letter writer come forward? The people of PEI should be embarrassed by this persons lack of balls and accountability for the pain they have caused to Helena. I wonder if now that they know she had just suffered her second miscarriage, if they feel any remorse for what was by all accounts a politically motivated slime job of Minister Helena.

The people of PEI should listen to their Premier when he tells them that Minister Shea had nothing to do with a contract awarded to her son-in-laws firm. He is one of the few honest Liberals they are going to meet.

I remember a night out in PEI, where "Hang Em High" Liberal MP Shawn Murphy was working the bar, charming all the "cougars". They were loving the attention, and will vote for him again because he is such a good guy. That's all it takes in PEI, drinks at the bar.

When he came our way and he found out we were from Alberta, he yapped about how partisan our Alberta MP's are, and showed none of the friendly PEI hospitality we love so much. He's not the worst of the 4 PEI MP's, Wayne Easter has to take that title. How is it that PEI gets 4 MP's for 120,000 people but other MP's have 120,000 per riding? Even my PEI relatives are embarrassed about that situation.

I want the person that wrote to Wayne Easter to come forward, with the tape of the incident, or at the very least the RCMP should investigate that person. That person needs to take responsibility for starting a witch hunt against Helena, for purely partisan reasons. So, "Hang Em High" Murphy can call Albertans partisan all he wants, but when it comes right down to it, PEI is showing what Liberal toadies they really are, and they should be calling Wayne Easter to task.

PC's Get It Wrong.

Okay, being an Albertan I should blog about the leadership review for Stelmach. I don't care. I'm still mad that the Liberals and NDP helped elect the guy. Now they whine and complain that he isn't very good. Suck it up, you got him elected.

Doug in Calgary
I am with Mike on this. I have always voted PC but come next election I will vote Wild Rose as along as Ed is in. It may be 1 less vote for the PC's but at least it's my vote. One also must remember, at the PC convention, Ed was put in by a small group of people as the leader of the PC's, it was not all of Alberta that got to vote on that leader. If our voting was different here, Ed surely would not be still in office.

Hello Doug, only Conservatives should vote for the leader of the Conservative party. That didn't happen, because lefties signed up to the Conservative party and voted against a real Conservative, Ted Morton. That's why Conservatives voted for Stelmach last election. Too pay back all the Liberals and NDP voters for interfering in OUR election of a leader, and sticking us with Stelmach.

Next election is a whole different story. Wildrose is a promising alternative. I wait to see their policies or are they going to be like the federal Liberals, and save it for an election? Time will tell. My vote is up for grabs. I have not seen my MLA since he got elected. From what I have seen of him, he is a real dud, maybe I should run against him. That could be a real hoot. My campaign slogan would be, "Don't go Lefty, go WILD!" HA. I should copyright that slogan. Bet Gayle would vote for me.

Get Out Of Jail Free!

Iffy gave his Newfoundland MP's a "get out of jail free" card, now other Liberals are jumping on the bandwagon. During Question Period, all the BC Liberal MP's stood up to yap about how hard done by BC was in comparison to all other provinces. Maybe they should look at what their Liberal Premier has been doing, like a carbon tax that might have helped to kill all those jobs.



Funny how the provinces in trouble are all led by Liberal provincial governments. Hey, I might be on to something here. HA!!

Are the Toronto Liberals next, or the Quebec Liberals, who is going to splinter the Liberals further? The Liberals are playing Monopoly, with Bay Street as their target. Problem is no one actually accepts monopoly money as a medium of exchange, and that's all the Liberals have to play with.

NDP MP Linda Duncan also showed how she supports her riding, by voting against the budget and worse of all telling Albertans that carbon capture is not viable. Edmonton, you get what you vote for. I can at least respect the Newfoundland MP's for voting with their constituents, Duncan is never going to do that, the NDP is the least democratic party we have in Canada. Socialists, it's their way or nothing. I know the caliber of candidate they attract, and Duncan is a prime example.

Liberals splintering into provincial groups is what Iffy should have expected, but after only 3 years in Canada, maybe he has no clue what makes Canada work.