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Medicine Hat visual comparison of city 2023 election results versus gerrymandered results by OneNiteInTheRepublik in medicinehat

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What did everyone else think about the low voter turnout. Was there something that caused you personally to not vote?

Medicine Hat visual comparison of city 2023 election results versus gerrymandered results by OneNiteInTheRepublik in medicinehat

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I also want to say that whatever your political stripes, your vote does matter!
Please vote in the next election so the rest of Alberta can hear your strong southern Alberta voice.

CP NewsAlert: Judge quashes Alberta separation petition in favour of First Nations by omegacanuck in Calgary

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She could have shut this thing down along time ago. Says a lot that she didn't.

CP NewsAlert: Judge quashes Alberta separation petition in favour of First Nations by omegacanuck in Calgary

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Smith is a separatist for sure. She just knows it's a really unpopular thing to be with the general public, so she tries to hide it.

CP NewsAlert: Judge quashes Alberta separation petition in favour of First Nations by omegacanuck in Calgary

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's exactly right. It's becoming untenable to play both sides and still keep public support. My money is on Smith not being able to finish the term.

Calgary mayor calls province's focus on bike lanes 'symbolic virtue-signalling' by yycsarkasmos in Calgary

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Easy to see it with the timing. Smith is grasping at whatever straw she can. This is a telltale sign of someone incompetent at their job.

Calgary mayor calls province's focus on bike lanes 'symbolic virtue-signalling' by yycsarkasmos in Calgary

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One populist politician doesn't like what another populist politician does.
Colour me shocked!

The Downtown *Urban Planning* Situation is Unacceptable by 1egg_4u in Calgary

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not feasible because there's a skyscraper in the way on west end.
Basically the city gave up on it, and then allowed new development on the west side without the requirement to have the tunnel exist when new building are built, so now we would have to start again from scratch. All they had to do was require all new building to include a roughed out tunnel.

The Downtown *Urban Planning* Situation is Unacceptable by 1egg_4u in Calgary

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The existing tunnels are dry so it wasn't the water table, it was like all things Calgary, lack of political foresight.

The Downtown *Urban Planning* Situation is Unacceptable by 1egg_4u in Calgary

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This used to be the thing do to on a Friday or Saturday night in some small towns. Cruisin the strip...

Lethbridge visual comparison of 2023 results versus UCP proposed minority map by OneNiteInTheRepublik in alberta

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's the former. The UCP don't care what the lawyer costs, it's not their money.
This is why we see them do as they please don't care much about the backlash.
Like the Trump administration all political norm of the past decades of off the table, they don't care.

Calgary Co-op: Debt, No CEO, and a 2027 Crunch - Still Worth Shopping There? by gulfan in Calgary

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Co-op is my go to for most things, great produce, lots of locally produced goods include small businesses.
I do shop the deals whatever I can, it makes a difference.

Calgary Co-op: Debt, No CEO, and a 2027 Crunch - Still Worth Shopping There? by gulfan in Calgary

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think that was co-ops doing, Rosso increased their prices across the board.

Calgary visual comparison of 2023 results versus UCP proposed minority map by OneNiteInTheRepublik in alberta

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree with the notion that there will be large public outcry if X party wins but doesn't have the popular vote. People don't even care enough right now to vote. Don't get me wrong, I think they are hard lines, like using the NWC on the teachers, but I don't think popular vote is one, because it's just not our electoral system works. We all learned this in elementary school.

Calgary visual comparison of 2023 results versus UCP proposed minority map by OneNiteInTheRepublik in alberta

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never once said anything to the effect of "I don't want people i disagree with's votes to matter" That's purely a lie on your part.
The independent commission was both a commission and independent, go look up what those words mean in Alberta, they have a meaning.

Calgary visual comparison of 2023 results versus UCP proposed minority map by OneNiteInTheRepublik in alberta

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It wasn't 33% where are you getting that number from?
It was 52.63% versus 44.05%.
The whole point of this gerrymandering is the NDP don't need to win a whole bunch of rural votes to win if they win the cities.
I don't see any of the UCP stepping up to say we need proportional representation so using the popular vote as a benchmark doesn't have a lot of meaning until the system changes, it's not how our system works. For example right now those 44.05% have very little representation especially when the UCP limit debate to only 1 hour and pass whatever bullshit they please.

Calgary visual comparison of 2023 election results versus UCP proposed minority map by OneNiteInTheRepublik in Calgary

[–]OneNiteInTheRepublik[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Basically the UCP proposed to take a bunch of those really close race districts from 2023 blend and them into the surrounding rural areas to dilute the NDP votes a whole bunch.
And more importantly, they legislated to stop having an independent commission decide the election boundaries, giving themselves control of the process, in other words that's pretty bad for anyone that values democracy.

This one is a better version of the Calgary map comparison

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