Re: Earth calling Alberta....
[email protected] (The Doctor)
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In article <[email protected]>, brew noser <[email protected]> wrote: >'Kenney rejects sales tax idea; Alberta Business Council comes out in >support' > >"According to the Business Council of Alberta, Alberta's finances are >on a 'concerning trajectory' with both a revenue and an expense >problem, and trying to address the problem simply by cutting costs is >no longer enough" >https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/kenney-rejects-sales- >tax-idea-alberta-business-council-comes-out-in-support > >Almost no one (except for politicians of all stripes) is opposed to a >PST in Alberta. >_____________________________________ > >The Doctor >4:41 PM (1 hour ago) >to >In article <[email protected]>, >You mean Conservative Politicians!! >-- >Member - Liberal International This is doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca > >___________________ >brew noser >4:58 PM (17 minutes ago) > >That's impressive stuff from a Business Council, which typically >represents the interests of corporations and big business, not the >average consumer. But they seem to have learned something the long, hard >way by watching the results from other provinces - especially British >Columbia. > >Our provincial tax, while not loved by many, has given us a buffer >against hard times - like these current ones. >The carbon tax, while not embraced by many, has given us rebates >quarterly that offset any taxes we pay at the pumps. Fossil fuel >industry pays the bulk of that tax. > >Our newest government - under the NDP - saw the writing on the wall re: >the phase out of non-renewable fuels - and started to diversify to green >technologies. 95 per cent of TransLink and 50 per cent of BC Transit’s >fleet are electrified with battery-electric drivetrains. The remaining >percentages of each fleet are fueled by renewable compressed natural gas >(CNG) for longer routes that have constrained charging opportunities. > >And those newer technologies have kept our unemployment rates down. We >are also about to get lowered auto insurance rates on top of the regular >carbon tax refunds. > >Kenney is still hoping to get more votes by tying himself to the oil >industry, which is slowly slipping into bitumen grave. Both have to go >if Alberta is to survive and revive. AND stop asking the federal >government (the rest of us Canadians) for subsidies and bailouts. > >Business Council should run a candidate against Kenney for the next election. >____________ Business Council should convince the Alberta PArty, The Alberta Greens and the Alberta Liberal Party to form a central Alliance for the next Alberta Election! -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Yahweh, Queen & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism https://www.empire.kred/ROOTNK?t=94a1f39b NFLD on 13 Feb vote Liberal !