Apparently the PC riding association in Fort McMurray is all upset because Guy Boutellier was dropped from Cabinet.
On CBC this morning, they had the riding association president on, and after listening to this woman, I was actually quite annoyed by her assertions.
(1) Fort McMurray is experiencing _all_ of the pain that the current oil boom is creating.
This is so utterly absurd it's almost funny. Anyone who has tried looking for moderately priced housing in Calgary or Edmonton knows this. Fort McMurray certainly started experiencing that crunch well before Calgary or Edmonton.
(2) People in "The South"(™) have access to all the infrastructure in the world
No. Not even close. From where I live, the nearest hospital is close to a half hour drive; and as anyone who tried driving through Calgary's rush hour will attest to, our road system is badly overburdened. I'm not saying that Fort McMurray doesn't have these problems too, but when the claim is made that it's "all good" in Calgary, or that nobody except Fort McMurray feels this pain is made, it's a suspect claim at best.
(3) The 60% of Alberta Voters that didn't bother to vote endorsed the PC's
This couldn't be a more erroneous statement. If the PC's are going to govern as if 80% of the voters spoke in favor of them, we are in for a long, dark period in Alberta's history. Given the voter turnout last election, if I was the PC's I'd be looking at running as if it was a minority government. Just over 20% of voters spoke in favor of the PCs - nearly 60% couldn't be bothered to engage - think on it PCs, you have no idea what that 60% are really thinking.
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It's not surprising to me that Stelmach didn't include this guy in this cabinet..
He doesn't seem like someone who would be easy to work with.
I say "GOOD GOING, EDDIE" !
The static was coming from the riding association, not Boutellier himself. (Frankly, I haven't paid much attention to the MLA)
It wouldn't surprise me if Boutellier wasn't manipulating the riding association for his own self agrandizement. Sort of like how Chandler took over the Calgary Egmont riding association.
Something about those two dudes makes me wonder how much DNA they share!
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