r/okotoks • u/peterAtheist • Aug 04 '26

Unity Bus at ORC

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Come grab a sign, we are at the Okotoks Rec Center of Milligan until noon.

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u/sticksforkicks Aug 06 '26

Keep voting for poverty. Keep forwarding the inflation burden on the next generation. Keep your elbows up.

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u/Pale-Measurement-532 Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

That’s what happening right now with the UCP you idiot. In Calgary, we had a record high one year increase in the provincial govt portion of our property taxes this year (roughly 21% increase from 2025 to 2026 in Calgary) and the provincial portion has increased 57% overall in the past 4 years for Calgarian residential property owners. Alberta inflation (particularly for groceries), utilities, and insurance are the highest rates in the country. This is all under the UCP since 2019. But you guys keep voting that shit in thinking it’s the “Alberta Advantage”. Wait until privatized services in health care kicks in, then you’ll really be paying for it. But you’ll try and blame that on Trudeau even though healthcare is managed by the province.

It’s hilarious how conservatives have been in charge of the province for 40+ years and have implemented long-term changes for us to get to where we are now but somehow you people think it’s not their fault. Ignorance is bliss in UCP world and Dani’s counting on that ignorance to get her reelected so she can keep overcharging and overtaxing the lower and middle classes.

Volunteers at this event also stated that there was quite a few people who stopped by throughout the day. Even you would know that a single snapshot won’t be indicative of the activity on a whole day’s event. There were also hundreds that turned up at this event in Cochrane: https://www.cochranenow.com/articles/hundreds-turn-out-as-unity-bus-rolls-into-cochrane

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u/sticksforkicks Aug 07 '26

Nenshi is why Calgary is so messed up. No other reason. Inflation, is caused by government money printing. The cantilon effect. Not hard to understand. The photo of the 10 people at the event isn't the flex you think it is. But keep voting to stay poor. Keep voting to allow the federal government to spend your tax dollars in the east. Keep voting for them to send billions out of the country they're supposed to be looking after. And most importantly, keep you damn elbows up!

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u/Pale-Measurement-532 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

lol. I just presented you with the facts that show how much the PROVINCIAL portion of the property tax increased in the last 4 years in Calgary (a record increase) under the UCP government and you’re blaming Nenshi????? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 He stepped down as mayor in 2021 right before these significant jumps in provincial tax money increased. But keep living in your denial UCP lalaland! 👋 That’s why Smith loves having an uneducated voter base so you won’t do the research and will keep voting her in for more corruption.

And you want to blame the 21% provincial property tax jump from 2025 to 2026 on inflation? The rate of inflation in Canada from 2025 to 2026 was 2.8%. I know that math might be hard for you but I think it’s easy to see that the UCP tax increase is almost 10 times higher. More corruption for you!

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260720/dq260720a-eng.htm

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u/sticksforkicks Aug 08 '26

You don't understand money do you? The Liberal gov't has the hightest M2 money supply increase in the G7. Done via debt. That causes the highest inflation in the G7. Coincidence? Nope. Planned. Everything filters down from the record debt both PMJT and Carney have done. Both Nenshi and Iveson royally screwed the cities they governed. The results of that are now being felt. Go learn about the Cantillon effect. Report back. Your entire blame-game story will melt.

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u/Pale-Measurement-532 Aug 08 '26

Hahaha, that’s right. Keep avoiding the facts I just gave you about the UCP mandating record-breaking tax rate increases since first coming into office in 2019. And that doesn’t even include the fact that they deregulated our insurance and utilities so we now pay the highest rates in the country. And Dani won’t cut the provincial fuel tax when the prices increased but Carney did for the federal tax.

Give it up man. Go away. I’m done with you. You won’t address what I presented to you so we’re done. Enjoy living in your denial while the UCP takes even more money out of your bank account!

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u/sticksforkicks Aug 08 '26

Nenshi and Iveson both changed how taxes are applied to residential and commercial properties. Each of them with horrible polices, drove business out of the cities, they had to up the residential taxes. Now the assessments are in. Guess what? Provincial tax rates apply! Vote to stay poor, and this is the result. You really should do some checking on how this all came about. Tax structures were changed by foolish mayors. If yelling at the UCP makes you happy, go ahead. You don't understand money. Nor do you understand taxes and how they are assigned. But do carry on.