Alberta government thread
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HavokFour
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...and 4 more recall petitions to the pile.
www.elections.ab.ca
Four New Recall Petitions Issued - Elections Alberta
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has received petition applications to recall the following four Members of the Legislative Assembly and determined all applications meet the requirements of section 3(1) of the Recall Act. Electoral Division 02 – Calgary-Beddington...
www.elections.ab.ca
I feel like this is the NDP trying to subvert our election schedule and weasel their way back into power....and 4 more recall petitions to the pile.
Four New Recall Petitions Issued - Elections Alberta
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has received petition applications to recall the following four Members of the Legislative Assembly and determined all applications meet the requirements of section 3(1) of the Recall Act. Electoral Division 02 – Calgary-Beddington...
There is absolutely no way that private citizens have the time to educate themselves about the recall process, are doing the paperwork, and going out to collect thousands of signatures each by themselves.
I just don't see it happening, personally.
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To me, it's frustrating as hell.
We have a provincial election every 4 years, just like every other province in Canada.
Have some great ideas you think the citizens will absolutely love?? Tell us about them during the next election!! I'm open to hearing ideas and auggestions from anybody
But to try to subvert the government and take it down by recalling all of it's fairly elected MLA's before election time is dirty, and quite frankly undemocratic - which is why the NDP lost the last election in the first place.
Nenshi just wants to be Premier, and he wants to be Premier NOW - even though the voters voted someone else in. His quest for power is growing more & more impatient.
If he wants any chance in hell of getting votes from outside of Calgary, he would cut this shit and run a good campaign during the next election - like what people are supposed to do
All this petty, dirty mischief behind the scenes is frustrating, annoying, and honestly concerning.
If he isn't willing to respect some very basic democratic principals before he runs the province, that doesn't reassure me he will respect basic democratic principals once elected.
My grumpy 2 cents anyway
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Message to the UCP who started this goat rodeo....play stupid games, win stupid prizes.I feel like this is the NDP trying to subvert our election schedule and weasel their way back into power.
There is absolutely no way that private citizens have the time to educate themselves about the recall process, are doing the paperwork, and going out to collect thousands of signatures each by themselves.
I just don't see it happening, personally.
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To me, it's frustrating as hell.
We have a provincial election every 4 years, just like every other province in Canada.
Have some great ideas you think the citizens will absolutely love?? Tell us about them during the next election!! I'm open to hearing ideas and auggestions from anybody
But to try to subvert the government and take it down by recalling all of it's fairly elected MLA's before election time is dirty, and quite frankly undemocratic - which is why the NDP lost the last election in the first place.
Nenshi just wants to be Premier, and he wants to be Premier NOW - even though the voters voted someone else in. His quest for power is growing more & more impatient.
If he wants any chance in hell of getting votes from outside of Calgary, he would cut this shit and run a good campaign during the next election - like what people are supposed to do
All this petty, dirty mischief behind the scenes is frustrating, annoying, and honestly concerning.
If he isn't willing to respect some very basic democratic principals before he runs the province, that doesn't reassure me he will respect basic democratic principals once elected.
My grumpy 2 cents anyway
Don't blame the NDP for what the UCP did to themselves.
I’ve mentioned this in another thread about the pitfalls of direct democracy.
We are watching the gong show results in live action…
I'll be honest, I'll have to do some basic research on the history of MLA recall petitions for in Alberta
Because I honestly don't have a flipping clue about who started what.
If it was the UCP who pulled this crap firsr, then I suppose fair enough.
(Politics is soooooooo much dirtier than I ever realized growing up. Even as an adult, I have learned to not be surprised by much anymore when it comes to how dense & broad the cesspool/swamp really is...*
The UCP passed the bill creating these recall petitions, and it was within the past couple years.
Even if one goes all the way through, it would essentially trigger a referendum byelection to affirm or reject the recall. It would take a majority of voters to recall the sitting MLA. To that extent, it’s still democratic.
By and large it’s theatrics.
MilEME09
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So is the 1 NDP MLA facing recall theatrics too? Is the UCP behind it if the NDP is behind all the other ones?
I think you grossly underestimate the political engagement of people in AB with jumping on the unproven assumption that this is being done by the NDP, AFL or anyone else.
At the end of the day this is democracy still and many of these ridings need 16000 signatures to trigger the recall process. Will you still call it a NDP plot if the majority of a riding wants to recall?
Those pinheads wrongfully thought that everyone must be on their side…
Seperatists are rarely grounded in reality because reality flies in the face of their world view and goals.
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The "Drunk Like Klein" party is still safe.
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No one in Canada should have immunity from anything. Agreed that's not a good move.
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