Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Friday, August 21, 2015

Stephen Harper calls Alberta NDP a 'disaster' rejected by Albertans

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley lashed back at Stephen Harper Tuesday saying her government's priority is to protect the jobs of "regular working families" rather than "wealthy Conservative friends and insiders."

On Monday Harper called Alberta's new NDP government a failed experiment, a disaster uniformly rejected by Albertans.

In a speech entirely in French, the Conservative leader criticized the Alberta government at an early federal election stop in Quebec.

Harper said the NDP has so far shown to be incapable of producing a budget and its first action has been to raise taxes and fees.

"The result is a disaster," he said. "It's a disaster." One rejected by the Alberta population, he added.

Notley fired back saying since her government was elected this spring, it replaced the province's "regressive" flat income tax and health fees.

"We replaced them with normal corporate taxes, and a normal progressive income tax system, similar to the ones Canadians have in all other provinces," she said in a written statement.

Alberta's finance minister brushed off Harper's comments.

"I'll leave comments like Mr. Harper's to the election campaign trail for people like that and just get on to doing the work that needs to be done for Alberta," he said.

The Alberta government has yet to deliver a budget since the spring election. A date for the fall sitting of the legislature has not yet been set.

Original Article
Source: CBC
Author: cbc

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