If people and other provinces hate alberta so much, why are they moving here en masse?

Seeing some of the comments, I've really hit the head on the nail here. Bringing hate into a discussion about curiosity, instead of talking like a decent human being, without political personalities talking. I give what I receive, remember that 🤷‍♂️

We are the only province without PST. Every other province pays 7-10%. Instead of gouging homeowners with rising property taxes, why not implement a provincial sales tax? The ones hit hardest will be the heavy spenders that have money to spend. Not the seniors on fixed incomes, and families struggling to stay in their homes with skyrocketing costs of living.

Join MLA Brooks Arcand-Paul and I tomorrow, Friday Nov. 8 at 5pm as we discuss his findings after visiting several Indigenous communities across Alberta. Several of his insights are now in his Private Members Bill 209: Reconciliation Implementation Act. #reconciliation #reconciliaction #morethanwords #timeforaction #timeforchange

I wanted an open conversation and put my opinion in the /r/Alberta thread, but I got permanently banned. LOL

Without open and honest conversations, democracy dies. Let's see if I can get this thread taken down and banned here, too.

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Where do these wants come from

We've seen the housing crisis really move into Alberta in a big way and this looks like it will continue more and more.

We've seen some areas get ahead in regards to zoning/density reform and others solidify into NIMBY special interest bullshit that will continue a affordability/accessibility crisis in regards to something as foundational and fundamental as housing in our society.

We've seen an absolutely moronic celebration of pollution.

We all know that the future economy is going to be around Green Energy and in general Green Technology. Energy is everything to a developed nation. We know being leaders in this is paramount to make sure we have good jobs here in Canada/Alberta.

We've seen Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party Of Alberta engage in rhetoric while behind the scenes looking to pump the province with as much cheap exploitative labour as possible from the Temporary Foreign Worker Program/International Mobility Program, LMIA, International Student Program, and other pathways into this nation to pay back her business backers. We've seen that framework of exploiting foreign workers and further weaponizing that framework against domestic citizen workers happen all over the nation but in Alberta we've also seen an additional attack of trying to hold back as much labour policy as possible at the provincial level.

If the NDP is able to gain power in the next election what do you want to see addressed?

Apparently reducing caesarean sections vs 'natural birth' is on their agenda and was discussed (supported?) during the leadership review. Someone please explain wtf is happening here?

Just looking for other AUPE members who were suspended and grieving the GOA Covid-19 policy to collaborate.

Who here dislikes Danielle Smith and why?

She won he party leadership vote with 91% which is pretty impressive imo.

Got elected in so obviously she’s got plenty of people who like or tolerate her.

If you’re not one of those people, why?

I've been in the construction industry in Alberta for 22 years now and wanting to go out on my own. I'm wondering if there are any services that companies are needing or having a hard time finding? Please feel free to comment on this post or message me privately. Thanks

One of the joys of my position as Member of the Legislative Assembly truly is connecting with community members. Over the years I have had the opportunity to meet so many people whether it is through the community league structure, or the many ethno-cultural groups that call Edmonton Ellerslie home. Interacting with all these different people, you would think that they would have so many different issues and demands, but the reality is that their lived experience has so much more in common than it has different. Although it may not universal, the majority of these people all have tremendous love for their family, friends and community and desire the very best for all people.

Recently, I was having a discussion with my wife, Tamara, about Maslow‘s hierarchy of needs. Within this understanding is that we all need to have our basic needs met, food, shelter, clothing, security, health, etc. However, what is not often talked about within Maslow’s framework is that all human beings intrinsically need to feel a sense of belonging. It is in these interactions with others, specifically the sharing of ideas, that we grow as human beings and we begin to see the world as an interconnected web, where all of us offer and receive, from basic needs if required to that sense of belonging to a community.

When our needs are met, it is only then that we can go through a process of what Maslow called self-actualization. This is not often talked about in social circles. However, this is a state of being where we as individuals feel fulfilled and we begin to understand our connection to others. At the same time, our confidence grows we see the world through the lens of consistent learning so that we may become better human beings and give back to our community.

I see so many leaders in our community doing amazing work, giving back not only to family, friends, and their own community members but other communities as well. This gives me hope for a better future for all of us. It is leaders like this that inspire others to follow in their footsteps, to mature and self-actualize and give back to their communities. It is within this spirit I too, came up as a community advocate and leader.

In my humble opinion, it is these types of people that we should be supporting in positions of leadership throughout our society, and not those that strive to create divisions among us. Unfortunately, racism and discrimination of others is a plague upon our society, even though most of us know better.

I call on all of us to reflect upon our opinions and eradicate those ideas that contribute to divisions among us. After all, we are one community and although the economic reality is becoming more difficult, it is important that we analyze who is making it more difficult. We must think critically about how the economy is being managed, and by whom. I can share with certainty that the current and past refugees, no matter where they have come from, are not the root cause of the economic difficulty you or your family is going through at this moment.

Let us all continue to think critically about our lived experiences. Let us not give in to discrimination of any kind, and I encourage all of us to reach out from our own ethnocultural social communities into others and get to know one another to develop understandings of our shared values so that we may can come together to build more beautifully, more creatively, more sustainably for a better future for us and all of our children for generations and generations to come.

Let us hold racism and discrimination in all of its forms at bay. We owe it to ourselves and the future of our children.

Is there any chance there’ll be a third party candidate elected in future elections? Unfortunately Alberta has gone the way much of the rest of Canada has wherein we basically have two choices to vote for that are viable with a stark urban-rural divide between the two. The Alberta Party probably has the best shot given they did have MLAs elected in prior legislatures but it’s a long shot that they can crack into either base and win rather than just be a vote splitter. Thoughts?