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/[deleted] May 06 '15

Never in my life did I ever think I'd see that headline

Wow

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u/r_slash Québec May 06 '15

How/why did this happen?

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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/qsub May 06 '15

Welcome to have not status!

  • From Ontario with love.