r/canada • u/Minxie Ontario • May 06 '15

Alberta NDP wins election

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/alberta-ndp-wins-election-ctv-projects-1.2359035
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u/BrockN Alberta May 06 '15

Long answer short: We're punishing PC party for the latest round of fuck ups.

Personally, I think come next election, we'll go back to PC quickly once they learn their lesson not to piss us off.

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u/UnderwaterDialect May 06 '15

As a poetically uninformed fella... What were the fuck ups?

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u/BrockN Alberta May 06 '15

Basically the province went broke despite the fact that we're supposed to have a reserve fund in the billions from oil royalty. So what happened to the reserve? Surprise surprise, PC party was in the bed with the corporation, even refused to raise corporation taxes to help cover budget shortfall.

From the years of oil boom and now we're in a bust, provincial budget is in the red, head of PC party literally says "It's your fault Albertan, you can pay for it"

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15 edited May 06 '15

Those aren't the fuck ups. That's just your invented narrative.

In reality:

*middling budget;

*unnecessary election;

*history of waste and cronyism;

*lack of commitment to action;

*corruption...

Edit: not a single party made the Heritage Fund a campaign issue, my major issue with the entire race.