So another of the shortest sittings of a Legislature in Canada has once again ended in Alberta. And it was business as usual in the only One Party State in North America. "There were also questions, but few answers, about the government's plans for health-care reform and how it intends to fix shortcomings in long-term care for seniors. "
And if you were expecting any explanation of the Governments 'Third Way' for Health Care as King Ralph did his Grande Tour of Canada, avoiding being in the Leg, well there weren't any. Albertas own scandal ridden Government sat for eleven days and failed to explain why it was giving out a contract on privatizing Health Care to a company charged with Fraud. Or why upon appointing a Chair for the Alberta Securities Commission (the Alberta Stock Exchange watchdog) he is found to have profited from insider trading and is fined by the OSC. Then he donates his ill gotten gains to the Food Bank and figures thats that. As does the Minister of Finance. And then the Klein Reich votes down a private members bill on Transparency in Government cause its not needed. Nope not here, cause all the pigs are at the trough and we can read about it in the press. Yep the Chretien Liberals pulled off Ad Scam in the wrong province, should have done it in Alberta and they would have gotten away with it. So is this the new ethical model of government we can expect from the Federal Conservatives, whose base is of course Alberta.
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In all fairness, just as the Alberta Liberals cannot and should not be tied with the federal Liberals, the Progressive Conservatives in Alberta have little in common with the CPC. Let's not forget that a large number of Progressive Conservatives are also members of the federal Liberal Party.
Plus, the PC brand in Alberta is anything but progressive conservative, but seems to be all about greed, zero democracy and zero transparency.
At this point, there are more parallels between the Alberta PC and the federal Libs than between the PC and the CPC.
I am against one-party rule - in Ottawa and in Edmonton.
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