Unparalleled Victory for Alberta and Canada as UCP wins Supreme Majority

The tide has turned.

Yesterday Alberta elected a supreme majority UCP government. It's welcome good news for Albertans and more bad news for Trudeau's corrupt Liberals.

I was at the UCP HQ on election night. Jason Kenny's historic victory speech will echo through the ages as the moment Canada changed for the best.

If Kenny is successful, he will lay down a template that can be used by governments across the free world to push back the Soros hydra of political pressure groups. Tides, Suzuki, Dogwood, Greenpeace and the rest will no longer have free run to destroy businesses, families and entire economies.

I recorded it for you from the floor of the Big Four at Stampede Park in Calgary. It is by far the best view if you get what politics is really about. It's the grass roots view.

Enjoy the speech. Relief is here. Now we have work to do.

BUILD THAT PIPE!

I attended my second ever protest march today April 15th 2019. One day before the most important election in Alberta history.
I captured a decent amount of the march and a few speeches. Mark Scholz the President of COADC gives a speech at the 10 minute mark.
There were about 500 people there more or less. We marched from Eau Claire to City Hall. I got some good footage of the march and of some speeches at City Hall. I also have some good pics of the signs that were out. Take a look down below.
About half the crowd said they voted already. Good on them. The other half can be counted on to vote tomorrow.
The March itself is non-partisan but the people aren't. If you want pipelines the party of the people is UCP and no other. Every single person knows exactly who can help Alberta and who's been hurting it.
Everything went pretty smoothly.
At one point some ignoramus meekly shouted "kill oil."
A lady of small stature but big character fearlessly replied "Back off man. I'm a scientist."
She very likely is. I've met many a geologist in the patch. I love them, but it doesn't take long to see why climatologists despise the original earth scientists. They know all about ice ages, warm periods, sea levels and coral reefs.  My kind of people.

Alberta Election: The reason for the record turnout so far.

Here's something I whipped up on Sunday. Its about the record turnout numbers in the Big Election.

Alberta Election: Advanced polls blowout

The advanced polls in the Alberta election are now closed. They were record breaking. The turnout has been 3 to 4x the turnout of the advanced polls in the previous election.

Day1 had a whopping 140000 votes. It’s like releasing the valve on a pressure cooker.

Day2 had 135000 votes.

By day 3 400,000 early ballots had been cast

It’s Sunday now but I believe that last day of advanced polling, a Saturday, will net 200,000 votes. 700,000 advanced votes. It’s incredible! 3.5x the 200k that voted early in 2015

If you look at some of the articles from the lame stream media, not a single journalist tries to interpret the result. Results from the advanced polls will be known, however so its easy to see why none of them would want to risk their reputation on a guess. It’s ironic to me that being outside the journalistic profession frees me to provide analysis that real journalists will shy away from.

Not being a journalist, I have no such dilemma. I’m not afraid too say what everyone is already thinking: the advance polls reflect the frustration felt by most Albertans with the NDP government. These record poll numbers aren’t just the number of people who can’t make it out to vote on election day. These are people who simply cannot wait to get their vote recorded. These voters are frantic to remove the epic disaster that befell their province known as the NDP. These are predominantly UCP voters.

As a rule, high turnout advanced polls do not favor the incumbent. A low turnout favors the incumbent. There’s no urgency to vote in that case. The voter already has the government they want. So they put it off to the actual election day.

A similar dynamic applies in bye-elections. In a state where the ruling party is widely despised, such as the Trudeau Government, any chance to rebuke the idiots in power will draw out more voters than the average in a general election.

This was my own experience in this provincial Alberta election. I voted on the second day. The entire previous day felt like I had ants in my pants. The means to depose, Rachel Notley’s terrible, inept and misguided government were finally, finally, available. What if fell into a coma, I thought in a bout of paranoia. What if I missed this chance to vote out the socialists that I waited years to fulfill? I could barely sit still knowing it was possible to cast my vote and cast them out once and for all. What a relief I felt when it was done.

That’s the theme of this whole election. Get this horrific government off our back. We can’t stand it any longer. That’s what all those early voters are feeling. They are compelled and propelled to the polls to get their vote in at the earliest convenience. They want to put an end to the ideologically inspired mistakes and outright attacks on the people of this province and their livelihoods.

That is what drives these exceptionally high turnouts.

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Spin Assassin Returns

Hello again world. I'm back.

Its election season in Canada and conservatives in this country need all the help we can get. I'm jumping back into the "Air War" so to speak, because that is where I'll be most useful. I have the skills if not the talent.

The format for now will be short Youtube videos that will work in tandem with Twitter and Blogger. I have zero budget and no backing from any entity. It's me and my voice.

The facts and opinions you will see are mine. I present them to you for the simple purpose of furthering conservative and libertarian principles in Canada. My only reward is living in the country that accepts these principles. My reward is also your reward.

I've begun by creating an intro video for the youtube channel you can subscribe to here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXQ8ScjVXoqwp9kzZ7B0OEw/

Follow my twitter while you are at it: https://twitter.com/Spin_Assassin

Enjoy.

Thank You Stephen Harper

Stephen Harper and I

Stephen Harper has been the best Prime Minister of Canada in my memory.  These have have been the best 10 years of my life.  It wasn't Stephen Harper that made them great but I must acknowledge the man who created the conditions for that to happen.

The GST cuts alone have put thousands of dollars where they belong: in my pocket.  If you bought a house, car or some other big ticket item you can count your savings in the thousands as well.  I'm thankful for the TFSA and the UCCB.  These are things that affect my family directly and I will always respect and appreciate the consideration the Harper Government has shown us.

If Stephen Harper were a monarch I would have called him Harper The Trader.  I'm still amazed at the deals Harper's team was able to reel in.  A trade deal with Europe and another with the nations of the Pacific as well as many others are golden geese that the Harper Conservatives can be most proud of.

Canada's position in a world of turmoil and evil demonstrated courageous morals and emotional discipline.  We can be proud of our clear support for Israel and against Russian aggression.  I'm proud of our humanitarian efforts in the world despite opportunist claims to the contrary.

I used to think of Harper as the accidental Prime Minister.  It seemed so unlikely.  Here we are after almost 10 great years.  How unlikely that he turned out to be the best of them all.  I'm glad he didn't take a walk in the snow.  Stephen Harper ended his tenure as Prime Minister the same way he started it and practiced it; fighting all the way.

 The Economist PM was always a hard sell.  It was never about him honestly.  Conservative voters wanted policies based on values and economics.  Stephen Harper was the delivery man, never the package.  Yet. after all the Minority Years, the Coalition Crisis and even terrorist attacks, I've come to both love and admire this unlikely hero Stephen Harper.

That democratic pendulum has swung ferociously back to the natural governing party now.  There is an eerie symmetry in the accidental Prime Minister being replaced by someone who was born to be one.  These are silver linings of a very dark cloud, but I see hope in Trudeau's easy win.  If Trudeau was aiming at Harper he's managed to hit Mulcair between the eyes.  That's where strategic voting gets you.  Liberals with their shiny pony PM and their majority will have no excuses now.

Conservatives may have lost the mantle of power but Stephen Harper's record is one we can all be proud of.  The Conservative party never had a divine right to govern.  The privilege Canadians have assigned them is of the Loyal Opposition.  It's a job Conservatives, including lowly MP Stephen Harper, are ready and eager to do.

Capital Flight Question Dodged by Mulcair During the Economy Debate

Stephen Harper did just fine in last night's Globe and Mail debate on economics.  The policies speak for themselves.  They are clearly proven to be the best ones.  This government significantly lowered taxes while increasing revenue.  Higher revenues allowed a balanced budget and increased spending.

Only Stephen Harper knows how to do that.  We know because he did it.  He promised us he would have a surplus and increase the UCCB and he did it.  He did it in a sustainable way.  He did it despite volatile markets, sovereign debt instability and blooming global security threats.

Stephen Harper has it covered.  You can put Conservative promises in the bank.

Nobody believes the NDP will have balanced budgets.  They have a raft of spending promises that they pretend will be paid in real time with higher taxes.   Not even the NDP believes it.  It's unsettling that they can so casually look people in the eye or into a camera and make impossible claims.  We are being asked to believe that Thomas J. Mulcair of the NDP is a better economist and conservative that Stephen Harper.  We are being asked to accept that a party that has never been in power and has ruined every province they stumbled into will somehow be better than the decade of sound fiscal judgement that is the hallmark of Stephen Harper's leadership.

There was a moment in the debate last night where Harper could have scored one on Mulcair.   The net was open.  The puck was loose.  Harper didn't take the shot.

Here is the exchange:

David Walmsley:   If corporations move their money elsewhere, you lose both your balanced budget and your revenue.

Hon. Tom Mulcair:  That’s why you’ve also got to work at the same time against tax havens. Mr. Harper has done nothing about that. We’ve had cases where other authorities in other countries have given full lists of Canadians who have been using illegal tax havens, and Mr. Harper has done nothing about that.

The economic phenomenon Walmsley describes is called Capital Flight.   If a government makes business conditions unfavorable by raising taxes or imposing onerous regulations those businesses will eventually leave that jurisdiction.

Mulcair didn't deny that was a possibility, instead he evaded the question by promising to go after a specific form of tax evasion.  That will not attract a dime of foreign investment.  There is no way to punish foreign investors into bringing their money to Canada.

Capital Flight is on my mind.  I lived through capital flight.  I spent months in Saskatchewan and British Columbia two weeks at a time.  The Progressives in Alberta decided to have a royalty review (tax hike on drilling) and so all the majority of smaller Operators fled east and west.  What did they expect?

What does the NDP expect to happen after they hike taxes?  There is oil and gas practically everywhere.  Even Canadian oil companies aren't obligated to invest here.  There is no law saying thou shalt drill.  No one would put their money into a place with such laws.  That is exactly the problem the NDP is creating.

Yes there's a global oil glut.  Good!  OPEC is dead.  Very good!  I've read that unconventional oil can handle some very low prices.  There is money to be made helping Operators cut costs.  That's Capitalism baby and we rock it.

We aren't made of sclerotic union shops like the government itself.  You can keep your tax funded bailouts for the mega zombie corps that are ready to die at the slightest trouble.  But before you do.  Just take a moment to recognize how things are stacked in these left wing parties.

Ontario's auto sector gets bailouts.  The West's economy get's what?  Taxes.  Anti-bailouts.  From our own insane NDP government no less.  Trudeau and Mulcair have a double dose of goodies in store for us should they win this election.  Carbon taxes.  Cap and Trade.  Endless regulations.  Only the rigs aren't going to British Columbia or Saskatchewan.  They are going to North Dakota and further.

Are they crazy though?  Do they not understand they are killing our jobs and industry?  Well ask them?  Every second policy mentions ending fossil fuels.  The left doesn't care about our jobs.  They don't give a damn if the resource industry shuts down like Venezuela's.  That is what they are after.

So these left wing parties are going to cut back on spending because they killed off their biggest source of revenue from resources right?  No they won't they never do.  Its the green shift under another name.  Either the green shift works and there is no Oil and Gas industry.  Taxes then have to come from other industries.  Or nothing shifts and everyone just has to pay ridiculous economy stifling taxes.

Programmers are just as talented in Belarus or India.  What magic will make these "good jobs" come and pay for NDP mistakes in Canada?  Same goes for manufacturing.

The NDP is bad news.

Trust Stephen Harper.  He knows what he's doing.  He's proved it. Surpluses and tax cuts exactly on time.  That is the kind of government we demand.

The GOP Candidates and the CNN Debate from here

From my perch in Cochrane Alberta I've been quietly following the Republican Primaries in the US.  Our southern cousins are fascinating to many Canadians.  It's something of a spectator sport.

Even after tonight's debate I haven't got a favorite.  I was out door-knocking all evening but I caught the repeat airing on CNN.  There are a lot of good candidates and some notorious ones this time.  It's no clever observation to say that there are still far too many candidates.

Let's look at some of them.

Jeb Bush

The Mitt Romney of this round.  He's the progressive establishment candidate who could manage to lose to Clinton.  I hope the primaries don't repeat like last time with Jeb consistently coming in second and each front runner getting knocked out one by one.  I was embarrassed for the Tea Party last time.  It seemed like there was a new anti-establishment hero every week and they ended up with a progressive loser anyway.

Rand Paul

Such a disappointment.   The Libertarian moment seems so far away now.  Ever since Reason magazine attacked him a year or so ago its been all down hill.  His libertarians have decamped for parties who's policies will never be tested in Government and will never need to compromise or adjust their beliefs to fit the experience.  He's stuck with libertarian's who still believe in the Republican Party, which is precious few.

He also retains foreign policy positions from simpler times making him seem kooky to conservatives yet still fascist to libertarians.

Scott Walker

I like Scott Walker.  He's actually made progress against unions and survived.  I've got a lot of respect for him.  I could see him in the next administration but I'm not sure he'll become the nominee this time.  If he was the nominee I think he'd win.  

Marco Rubio

I don't know why he isn't doing better.  He's got a baby face and a powerful speaking style.  Maybe its because he hasn't really said anything interesting.  Who is he again?  What did he do?  Here's another one that might be the nominee in another election down the road after he's done something noteworthy.  

Chris Christie

-Unlikable.  -Handed Obama the election.  -Climate Nazi.  -Has a history of using the government to attack his enemies.  Ok, he stood up to a teachers union.  I'm still not impressed.  

Ben Carson

The neurosurgeon.  I think he'd make a great president.  He'd introduce a flat tax but he's pro gun control.  My impression is that he would think through each issue carefully and use his best judgment of the facts to make decisions.  What more can an electorate ask for?  

He's got a soft spoken bedside manner as well that is very endearing.  He would make a good Surgeon General.  I don't see him becoming the nominee. 

Carly Fiorina 

She could beat Clinton or Bernie.  I like her business credentials and she did very well in the debate.  Trump may have unwittingly helped her.  Good.  I think she could repair the Republican brand and become a great president.  There is still a long way to go before becoming nominee.   

Donald Trump

It's hard not to like The Donald.  He says a lot things that no one else will say.  That turns a lot of people on, myself included.  

What bothers me about Trump is the sense of deja-vu I get from him.  I've seen this before.  I've felt this way about a politician before.  Here's a guy who's successful and smart but obviously unfashionable.  He says a lot of things I want to hear in a way that makes the other guys mad.  He reminds me of Rob Ford.  

Rob Ford is not happening again.  Not to me.  Rob Ford taught me the value of that old saying: if it looks like duck, and talks like a duck, chances are its a duck.  Part of what I liked about Rob Ford was that he was the archetype of everything Liberals hate.  Too much so.  

I think Trump has a lot of the same thing going for him.  Namely: he's a rich a-hole with a big mouth and bad hair and so what if he gets the job done.  Isn't that it?  That's essentially Trump.  Ford has different so-whats and even Stephen Harper has a few so-whats.

People can live with the hair.  What's it got to do with policy?  Nothing.  But it will be globally mocked incessantly and without mercy considering how quick Trump himself turns to insults.  People can forgive the hair now but when mistakes eventually are made and when Trump's other flaws come to light it will become unbearable.

Everyone is stupid or ugly except Donald Trump if they disagree.  So he might not even get to hear about his mistakes or false assumptions until its too late.  Then I assume he'll run around saying "you're fired" a lot.  

I don't think he'll be President.  Mark me down as one of those moronic pundits.  I could see him as Secretary of the Treasury or in someplace that needs a buzz saw of a personality to go in tear bureaucrat egos into shreds.  I think he'd do really well in that type of role.  I wouldn't give him the nuclear missile codes.  I wouldn't let him talk to friends or enemies on behalf of the United States.   

As Mark Steyn put it:

Whether the Chinese Politburo would respond positively to a President Trump whose opening conversational gambit is "Now listen, you muthaf**kers" is doubtful.

Who will actually be the nominee?  My inner cynic keeps saying Jeb.  I won't pick a favorite; and another; and another.  I'll leave it to Republicans.  Maybe Clinton won't be so bad?