azulmagia
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- Posted: Wed, 06 May 2015 04:19:42 +0000
What the ********, man. WHAT THE ACTUAL ********.
What's next, Bernie Sanders becoming U.S. President?
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Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley has won a majority government, ending the 44-year reign of the Progressive Conservatives.
Notley’s NDP will form the next government and the Wildrose Party will form the official opposition.
Jim Prentice’s PC Party, which had 70 seats at dissolution and won 12 consecutive majority governments, is expected to finish the night in third place.
Notley’s victory is a major upset, considering her party held only four seats when the election was called on April 7. The New Democrats had never before won more than 16 ridings.
Jim Prentice’s PC Party, meanwhile, had 70 seats at dissolution and could boast of 12 consecutive majority governments.
Both the Wildrose and Liberals had five seats before the campaign.
Pollsters correctly predicted the NDP win, unlike the 2012 Alberta election when most forecast a Wildrose win but the PCs formed a majority government.
Contrasting economic tax plans
Prentice took over as premier from interim leader David Hancock in September. Hancock was installed after Alison Redford stepped down over a series of spending scandals, including a $45,000 taxpayer-funded trip Nelson Mandela's South Africa funeral.
The election was announced on April 7, a year ahead of what’s legally required, because Prentice said he wanted a mandate to pass his budget.
The PC budget would have increased some taxes and allow a $5-billion deficit in order to maintain spending schools and hospitals in an era of falling fossil fuel revenue. Royalties from oil and gas have long funded much of Alberta’s budget.
The Wildrose Party released a platform that promised no tax increases, and a return to balanced budgets by 2017, which would be achieved by reducing the number of government managers and other spending cuts.
The NDP, meanwhile, committed to tax hikes on the top 10 per cent of income earners, and corporations, in order to raise more money for health care and education. The party has also said it would re-examine fossil fuel royalties.
The Liberal Party released a platform that includes a reduction of personal income taxes for the first $50,000, and increases thereafter, to fund things like school construction, reduced post-secondary tuition fees and arts subsidies.
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Notley’s NDP will form the next government and the Wildrose Party will form the official opposition.
Jim Prentice’s PC Party, which had 70 seats at dissolution and won 12 consecutive majority governments, is expected to finish the night in third place.
Notley’s victory is a major upset, considering her party held only four seats when the election was called on April 7. The New Democrats had never before won more than 16 ridings.
Jim Prentice’s PC Party, meanwhile, had 70 seats at dissolution and could boast of 12 consecutive majority governments.
Both the Wildrose and Liberals had five seats before the campaign.
Pollsters correctly predicted the NDP win, unlike the 2012 Alberta election when most forecast a Wildrose win but the PCs formed a majority government.
Contrasting economic tax plans
Prentice took over as premier from interim leader David Hancock in September. Hancock was installed after Alison Redford stepped down over a series of spending scandals, including a $45,000 taxpayer-funded trip Nelson Mandela's South Africa funeral.
The election was announced on April 7, a year ahead of what’s legally required, because Prentice said he wanted a mandate to pass his budget.
The PC budget would have increased some taxes and allow a $5-billion deficit in order to maintain spending schools and hospitals in an era of falling fossil fuel revenue. Royalties from oil and gas have long funded much of Alberta’s budget.
The Wildrose Party released a platform that promised no tax increases, and a return to balanced budgets by 2017, which would be achieved by reducing the number of government managers and other spending cuts.
The NDP, meanwhile, committed to tax hikes on the top 10 per cent of income earners, and corporations, in order to raise more money for health care and education. The party has also said it would re-examine fossil fuel royalties.
The Liberal Party released a platform that includes a reduction of personal income taxes for the first $50,000, and increases thereafter, to fund things like school construction, reduced post-secondary tuition fees and arts subsidies.
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What's next, Bernie Sanders becoming U.S. President?
