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The issue is that there is no more moderation in politics and it alienates a lot of people. The right has swung strongly to the right, the left has swung strongly to the left, and neither of these are good scenarios so it all becomes a toss up of who can win the war of words. Neither side is particularly strong on policy that makes much sense so sensationalism, finger pointing, and dog whistle politics is all we get now.

Whoever is the next premier of Alberta better come up with some kind of strategy because an entire province operating on one industry could be a disaster for the entire country. Right now Alberta desperately needs another oil boom or to diversify. It may need both. An oil boom to provide enough time for diversification. The problem with Alberta's scenario is businesses don't tend to want to come to NDP led provinces without massive incentives to do so.

Sure...it's helping but gone are the hay days of the boom and that is unlikely to happen again. Alberta's in a real tough spot too. Without the oil industry there isn't a ton going on there.

To be fair, nowhere in his comments did Trump ask for Putin's help. He said that Putin may have information on Hunter that he should release but nowhere does he ask him to do so. Fake news from the right....fake news from the left....and everyone wonders why the world is so polarized right now. Shameful journalism all around the political spectrum.

Unfortunately, there are many reasons why people in Toronto stay home and watch. Toronto has such an elitist undercurrent that many people are just not willing to admit they are CFL fans.

Alberta has been in sharp decline for a number of years now.

They are basically the same, one a little more public with her love of dictatorships, terrorism, and anti-semitism. Steve is too savvy to wear his heart on his sleeve because he had leadership aspirations.

Niki Ashton never ran for leadership of the NDP. Steve did, As for Wab's admission of guilt, he only apologized for the crimes he was convicted of and were public record. He owes the woman he beat up an apology, at the very least, and his case was only stayed because of procedural reasons. He got away with it in a court of law but not in the court of public opinion. Like I said, there are a great many indigenous people who know Wab very well and have known him for many years, they believe the alleged victim is being honest.

Yea, he did great in Reacher and was really good in TItans too. About frikken time

The thing is Wab hasn't owned it at all despite the fact the woman he abused has come forward and even has proof of the injuries she sustained. This is why he is not well liked in the native community. His ex is a pretty respected member of the native community and our people believe her. Just stupid. These people had the right to gather and protest. In fact, I am glad they did. They just did it very stupidly and selfishly and I am glad they will face the consequences of such moronic protest planning.

You gotta hand it to Putin, he achieved a level of thievery in 20 years that our politicians have been striving to do for 200 years now.

He's not entirely wrong. There is much debate about the effectiveness of carbon taxes and other green energy policies around the world. Not that green energy policies shouldn't exist but how they should be done and what should happen first. Reality is that the world as a whole is not ready to stop using fossil fuels in any meaningful way and little is being done to advance the infrastructures necessary to do so, and most green energy experts suggest that should be the first step of any green energy policy. The United Nations council for climate change, which is an international think tank of the world's most foremost green energy experts, has suggested that most of the industrialized world is going about it all wrong right now.

I agree. You take a look at a team like the RIders who will be rolling out 4 pretty unremarkable NAT OLs and it is quite likely going to be a main reason they will lose in the first round of the playoffs AGAIN. They could easily have passed on the expensive but really quite average NAT OT but chose to take him anyway and kill any chance they have of improving a very poor OL. If they go with a good IMP OT instead they might be able to hide some of the deficiencies of their 3 NAT OL and allow their OTs to play on an island so that Clark can double team and help out hapless Ferland or Johnson who is vastly overmatched against guys like Richardson, or Micah. Instead they will ask Dan Clark to actually block one on one and have to get Johnson to help out his shiny new NAT OT if possible. All in the name of ratio. What really baffles me is that they have enough NAT talent in their roster that they could make ratio without going 4 NAT OL and choose to do so anyway. Weird.

I am lucky. I don't look aboriginal so don't face it nearly as much, but my wife is aboriginal and the treatment she gets when we go out is deplorable. When I show my treaty card or declare my status for various reasons my treatment changes drastically as well. There is a massive undercurrent of racism that exists towards natives, particularly in the city of Winnipeg, and I see it most in what I would think are very key demographics for NDP success. The South of Winnipeg is a no fly zone for most native people as the racism we encounter there is staggering.

I agree. I just think that given the state of the leaders of the big two parties in our province that the Liberals could see a dead cat bounce, much like when Sharon Carstairs benefitted from some underwhelming choices put forward by the NDP and PCs back in the day.

Wab is not well liked at all except by those who already vote NDP. Many swing voters will not support him and when the inevitable smear campaign that will come against him starts, many people will swing back to the PCs or place their vote elsewhere. I have no doubt that this is likely to be a majority NDP victory next election, my prediction is simply that Wab does not have the personal appeal to make it a huge majority. I, also, hate to say it but there will be a fair amount of racism against him due to his ethnicity. That saddens me as an indigenous person myself, but if you guys only knew what we hear and overhear on a daily basis from people who pretend not to be racist you would understand. I quite frankly think that there is a fair number of people who do not like this government but will not vote for an indigenous premier. When given the option there is certain amount of the NDP support that likely just doesn't show up to vote. Probably not enough to swing an election but surely enough to keep the NDP seat count down despite what the polls say. I hope that Manitoba is better than that, but based on my life experiences I am skeptical, and the very worst of it is in the CIty of Winnipeg.

The rural support is still enormous and will ensure that even if these numbers hold, which they are highly unlikely to do so, that a small majority is the most likely outcome if the NDP can hold the lead. The problem for the NDP remains the fact that during an election campaign Kinew is more likely to lose the NDP votes than gain them. There are a ton of people who really want this current government out, myself included, but just can't plug their noses and vote for Kinew knowing what we all know about him. The Liberals might be the biggest benefactors of two parties that stink right now. That is, of course, if they can keep Lamont from going off on the weird tangents he can go on sometimes, and they can generate enough money to actually campaign. If Lamont can up his game it is quite possible that the Liberals take some seats next election.

Looks like another good prospect for sure. I like the fact he is a cold weather receiver out of Buffalo as well so fall ball shouldn't bother him.

Alberta politics is a gong show compared to the rest of the country really. The oil industry has really made Alberta an outlier. I mean in every other province Notley would be seen as a Conservative. About the closest she can get to the left is small C. Alberta is not a province that a centrist or left of centre party by everyone else's standards could ever get elected.

Absolutely there is no comparison in cost per mile from a purely operational aspect. I would love to see what the difference is when price of vehicle difference/maintenance factors are worked in. I saw one done between a Tesla Model 3 and some other car one time on a year to year total cost analysis and the Tesla edged out the gas vehicle but it wasn't by a huge margin. This was a Canadian study side by side of two brand new vehicles of the same class and comps. I would imagine the electric would run away with it now given the absurd gas prices. I don't think there is any argument from anyone that electric cars are cheaper to run than gas cars. I think any reluctance towards electric vehicles now will be the lack of infrastructure, battery capacity, and high cost to buy. Once these obstacles are overcome, one would be foolish, (especially here in Canada where hydro is cheap) to not own electric. I could understand other areas of the world where hydro is very expensive and there are caps on usage and huge infrastructure and generating shortcomings being more problematic though.

Yea...the last thing Canada needs is more wingnut politics from Alberta but I think you are right. No, it's not. How can the provinces be expected to agree to pharmacare and dental care without knowing what increase in medical transfers would occur,

Absolutely, the provinces are guilty of that as well.

I am aware that the transfer payments were cut by the Cons and then not addressed in any way by the Liberals and both parties are guilty here. However, there has been no tangible discussion on pharma or dental care funding increases at all with the provinces. Why on god's green earth would they ever agree to taking on these behemoth health care costs without any idea of what the compensation structure would look like. You can't blame the provinces for this. This was simply virtue signalling and flag waving by a federal party with absolutely zero serious intention of meaningful discussion with their provincial counterparts about an actual implementation plan. It is a hallmark of our current federal government unfortunately.

Maybe...but at this point I would think that anyone not named Kenney would massively benefit the UCP party of Alberta.

More for developing a quicker release I would think.