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The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
I don't smoke. So then recognize the actions. People have steadily been demanding and doing more here to get off oil. it takes time. But right, that doesn't fit your pre-canned disdain filled narrative. I feel bad for you, you must see negativity all day. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
you keep arguing in that vacuum tube of yours. There's incredibly high demand for more and better transit. We just voted a guy in who wants to spend billions more on it. We want more and better bike lanes. More electric vehicles. More car sharing. A few weeks ago I took a ride on an automated bus prototype they were testing in False Creek that is in the medium-term plans for even more transit options. With respect, your ideas of Vancouvrites motivations is straight outta your hiney. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
yeah there you go again, assigning these devious, purposeful motivations. Man you have so much disdain for Vancouver and Canada in general, makes me wonder why you came here and why you stay. demand means everything. Its a direct window into what we want. People here want alternatives and adopt them at a rate higher than many places in North America. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
I'm happy to face reality. You've apparently constructed your own. If Vancouverites were as you say they are, we wouldn't have the highest demand for electric cars, LEED housing, or car sharing. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
wasn't that amazing when Japan eliminated cars? -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
meh, you're doing one of your Canukistani vortex things again today. You simply can't support this assignment of motivation. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
starve the poorest? wow man you are way out there on tangents today, I wonder what motivations you'll assign to us next? you want to talk about a country literally willing to starve people, begin with China please. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
well i've been to a number of developing countries so yeah i do have an idea. I also know if they had access to higher wages they'd get off that crammed p.o.s. bus and drive. You need to stop making assumptions about what people know or have experienced. And saying no Vancouver bus is packed? wth? please go down to the commerical drive station today around 5 pm, let me know how it works out for you. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
that analogy makes no sense at all. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
walk outside and go look at a bus. I bet you a coke its packed to the gills. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
people do, in droves every day here. Have you actually been on any of these lately? you also forgot car sharing like Car2Go. We lead North America in that usage too. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
and you've missed the point every time. We don't have enough alternatives yet, but the demand is there and it is slowly changing as real alternatives become available. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
but Vancouver also has the highest demand for electric cars in the country. People here want change. Just because they don't have enough alternatives yet it doesn't make them hypocrites. I guess if you could walk to work from North Van to Richmond you'd have a point. you're equating the reality of reliance on gas and the scarcity of alternatives to motivation, and thats false. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
Its quite sensical, and we essentially do. Rural areas often get services e.g., that are out of proportion to population. Prince George General Hospital e.g., could never run on the PG tax base alone. Equalization is meant to keep the standards of health and education primarily equivalent (of course theres variations) so that things like mobility of labour can happen easily. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
yeah you have no cause to question peoples motivations or level of concern. Please try to keep it to facts, your posts are far better when you do that. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
right a "pot they never get to pull from".... other than the highly skilled workers that can move there and begin work immediately. And be healthy. And the effect of the skill drain on the provinces they left. Thats all free apparently. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
I didn't catch that, but he is correct. A lot of taxes and royalties come out of AB. Lucky for you. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
no because again you're working off mythology. You got a ton back in health transfers, more than Ontario per capita even. Alberta is fortunate, very fortunate, to have a concentration of high paying jobs. And you want to use that to fuel anger and division. Make sense yet? -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
i do like certain parts of Alberta, a couple places almost enough to move to, thats true, but jealousy is a hilarious idea. No, I'd just like you to start using the correct terms for how money gets distributed in Canada. A big part of the anger out of AB is manufactured via the idea that "AB gives more." You don't. Or if you must use that term, at least acknowledge others that have also paid a lot of taxes in Canada and the impact they have too, where by actual head count (and not per capita) there are millions more taxpayers outside of AB keeping the country going. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
nope, correct. No one gave anything. They paid their taxes. Just like me. -
The UCP Alberta Government - Threatens to Turn off Oil Taps
JM_ replied to DonLever's topic in Off-Topic General
No one in Alberta has "given" anything. -
it happens so rarely I don't know if thats a definitive statement, sometimes it is like when Burkie got the Sedins but its rare. And that was a very poor quality draft year outside of the twins. This year there's a lot of reason to think 3-10 is a solid tier of players no matter what, so no reason to burn so many assets just to move around in that group. Adding in a second pick might be a different story but still probably too high.