Why won't the UCP use oil royalty revenue to reinvest in health and education? Because the cuts were never about budget deficits; their purpose was to restructure these sectors--to diminish their functions as universal public goods. 1/ #abpse @PIAlberta @Albertadoctors
Fundamentally, the Jason Kenneys and Travis Toews of this world believe that the provision of health and education should be left to the market, with "market failures" being redressed through charity, church, and "family" (i.e., women's) care work. 2/ @UnitedNurses @ABFedLabour
Millions of people fought and sacrificed to bring about public education and public health care, accessible equally to all citizens. But these public goods are under ceaseless attack by privileged elites who can afford private alternatives & want to increase their wealth. 3/
There is no fiscal necessity to degrade our public services; this is a political choice. Nor do we need to rely on oil and gas revenue to fund our public services--despite what these corporations & the UCP would have us believe. 4/
No party that tells Albertans that the provision of public services depends on oil and gas royalty revenues has a credible fiscal plan or a realistic reading of the future of fossil fuels. 5/
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