Former PM Stephen Harper tapped as AIMCo board chair

Former prime minister Stephen Harper has been tapped as the new AIMCo chair after the Alberta government ousted four of the board's top executives.
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[@clydemifflin3600]

Hated him as PM and never thought I could dislike anyone else more until after 2015 when I voted for Trudeau and he turned out to be even more disappointing.

[@MR-te5fk]

Why did you hate him? Brainwashed by media or you have a specific reason?

[@Dirty_Dumb_NAFO_Scum]

Thanks for admitting that you're a buffoon who makes bad political decisions like a person who needs to eat dog turds in order to discover they taste bad. Harper was the best PM Canada has had in a long time.

[@janiece8439]

Well you are by you own admittance not the best judge

[@alaypatel6050]

Best luck ahead.

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

Brilliant pick. Absolutely brilliant.

[@noorhshah]

Stephen Harper is awesome

[@lucysky9827]

The only great prime minister canada has ever had. Brilliant, a smart economist ..like him or not he did a great job in canada

[@patricialkress7517]

Sorry he is crook and I guess what mess he left

[@TheOhmahgawdz]

Trudeau has been in power for NINE YEARS. If we're blaming him for the state things are in how long until Trudeau gets any?

[@Dirty_Dumb_NAFO_Scum]

^^^^ 70 IQ opinion.

[@flyingleaf8929]

Huh?

[@TheTruthAlways]

PM Harper was the most ethical person. He reduced fat pensions for politician. He even too a $2 million cut on his own pension.

[@flyingleaf8929]

@@matzrat5006 No he really did it.

[@lregey]

The man is very skilled and knows what the true value of working hard and what making wise investments means. He is also keenly aware of the sharks in the tank looking to dissolve Canadian pension near and far. PM Smith could not have selected a better person.

[@exeter66]

Stephen Harper kept Canada afloat during the world recession of 2008. Turd, of course, has destroyed everything Harper succeeded in !

[@WeatherManToBe]

Except he was forced out of the CPC fund for fraud and wasting money.....

[@billybeefcake6543]

Canada traded in Harper for Trudeau… it was like trading in a Ferrari for a dodge K car😭

[@MH-cr2wh]

Not even, a shitty car would still serve a purpose. More like trading in a car for cancer.

[@debbie2027]

LOL ... too true

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

At least a K-car does what you expect it to, unlike a 308 where you spend every day hoping it catches on fire so you'll at least get an insurance payout. Oh well, it seems like Canadians need to find out again.

[@antikz3731]

​@@skaldlouiscyphre2453you're a truly dense person lol

[@antikz3731]

​@@skaldlouiscyphre2453Trudeau and his weird inclusive built cabinet have done NOTHING and do NOTHING they say... Literally

[@Wade56]

YES!

[@rickhale3944]

Harper hung around way too long. Canada should have term limits. If we did Trudeau would be gone already.

[@trevortoop5166]

God bless him we miss his steady hand in government.

[@flyingleaf8929]

Mr. Harper please return and run for PM again, Canada needs you desperately.

[@antikz3731]

@@flyingleaf8929 most his fellow MPs are still in the conservative party right now. I'm sure Pierre will offer a very similar style of governing minus the obvious personality differences and whatnot

[@fredkuglin9717]

Harper and the lateJim Flaherty kept Canada out of the 2008-2009 Finacial meltdown. Kudos to both of them.

[@Dirty_Dumb_NAFO_Scum]

They did a great job of softening the blow and bringing our economy back within two years. 2009 was a hard year for me but I worked and earned. 2010 was one of the most prosperous years I have seen for the majority of Albertans I had observed in a long time.

[@pambp5978]

Our regulations surrounding mortgages which Harper was seeking to remove prevented Canada from what happened in the US.

[@Dirty_Dumb_NAFO_Scum]

@@pambp5978 Harper introduced red line laws, cope harder biznatch.

[@sandra11777]

@@fredkuglin9717 that was our banking system that Harper wanted to dismantle not Harper

[@ollieoable]

Good for him !! Congrats Mr Harper ! I think every Canadian misses you as pm !!! Our country would be far better of if he had stayed but instead a small group of idiots voted in a part time drama teacher clown who ruined our country !!!!

[@dennisjohnston3180]

Well if you don`t like Harper, Justin Trudeau will be out of a job soon, or maybe Jagmeet , no better yet how about Randy he is form Alberta.

[@peterbutz642]

Good choice a honest man he do a great job

[@peterbutz642]

@ Harper didn’t introduce the GST he actually lowered it from 7 percent to 5 Yes honest something no Liberals can lay claim to

[@mrs.s.vajaycserhati9010]

Mr. Harper is an excellent choice: trustworthy, hard working, dedicated.

[@2ZZGE100]

Hands down the best economic manager Canada ever had.

[@antikz3731]

@@2ZZGE100 I never get when people talk shit about him and try and say he was garbage. I hope Pierre does what Argentina did and cut the absolute shit out of government beauracracy waste and lower the intrest rates and whatnot. They went from 26% to 2.6(?) percent in less than a year and flipped the country back over. Their pulling back in more than us by a significant amount. I don't get people who don't believe that the government needs to operate as a business first and foremost. Money in the bank = more money in the tank (idk lol)

[@2ZZGE100]

@antikz3731 Yeah exactly. Those are Trudeau shills who don't understand anything about economy.

[@Canuck-sv8dh]

The country still hasn't recovered from his mishandling of the 2008 situation. Canada is a sinking ship because of Harper and Trudeau.

[@jawneethecurious]

How should he have handled it then?

[@Dirty_Dumb_NAFO_Scum]

Harper saved our economy with his EAP, anyone who disagrees has an IQ below 70. "Hurf blurf, he didn't make the 2008 financial crisis completely go away immediately" Alberta had some of the greatest economic times in 2010-2011, sorry that have not provinces didn't fare as well, but Stephen Harper soften the blow of the 2008 financial crisis far better than most politicians could for Canada. Alberta started to show signs of economic decline when leftists were brought back into office, leftism, the NDP and the Liberal party of Canada are antithetical to prosperity for most Canadians.

[@flyingleaf8929]

@@jawneethecurious He has NO idea he is a Canucks fan. LOL

[@WarrenDowd-o8v]

Competence......something that does not exist in our Federal government.....when you have shit management you fire them, you don't keep them around like a union or government would do.

[@firebird77777]

Wonderful choice. Harper is a Economist. Had Canada in excellent financial shape.

[@MarieWilson-jz8jm]

Harper the FAKE. He'll fit right in there with danielle, the nutcase.

[@AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada]

/ they fired all there so they can fill it wirh Harper who is fleeing Ottawa like all

[@Scrumptious-b2q]

Oh no God save us

[@flyingleaf8929]

From trudeau, yes indeed I agree with you.

[@Nicklan1961]

Wow right to the WEF trough too hire your enemy.....😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@Dirty_Dumb_NAFO_Scum]

TF are you talking about?

[@pambp5978]

Should be talking about the idu.

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

Worst PM ever.

[@Dirty_Dumb_NAFO_Scum]

^^^^^ Literal sub 70 IQ take Trudeau has nearly destroyed Canada.

[@BDee3126]

Love to see the rich get richer!😍🤑

[@Dirty_Dumb_NAFO_Scum]

Love to preserve Alberta wealth. Maybe poor people should stop supporting leftists who keep them down?

[@piktormusic2538]

The UCP bots are even here. No actual humans could ever sound like such brainless mouth breathers.

[@Dirty_Dumb_NAFO_Scum]

Projection detected, Harper did much to prevent extensive damage of the 2008 financial crisis. Only a complete NPC or a lying demon from the deepest depths of the tartarus could make such claims about Harper while ignoring the extensive damage that Trudeau has done to Canada. I happen to like prosperity and keeping the third world out of Canada, so I support Stephen Harper.

[@pizzmo8256]

A step in the right direction

[@kmama6715]

😢 I miss Harper era. Trudeau sucks. He ruins Canada.

[@judithtaylor4799]

Stephen Harper is a good choice. I would like to see him get together with Brett Wilson and Kevin O'Leary for some investment advice.

[@carollehince8472]

Stephen Harper is awsome

[@tonytone1969]

hahah, how can he incorporate some good ol fashioned Christian zealotry into this role?

[@Dirty_Dumb_NAFO_Scum]

He abandoned that after 2004, why are leftists so buttblown about the fact that he changed the focus of his political platform.

[@Ronald_302]

pidori vi zajravshiyesia

[@bobnordstrom5944]

Very best choice they could have made