You might want to ask why there's no smiling seniors in this picture - actually no seniors at all.

These people threw the seniors under the bus in order to pursue a purely Wood Buffalo Housing agenda that has been in the works since 2006 according to their own comments in council and they know it. Shame on them. We're fed up with the whole mess.

It's too bad nobody in this town actually cares.

Lets see, Federal, Provincial and Municipal support, all thumbs up, but wait Mr. Jean hasn't approved, better cancel the whole thing I guess....

You might want to look more closely at that dated photo op featured in the article. Two of the six posing with thumbs up apparently received a resounding "thumbs down" from voters earlier this month. One can only guess what support from seniors they may have lost because of their position on this one.

As for the federal representative, he wouldn't be facing re-election this fall, would he? I hope he's made good use of his time to hone his public speaking and debating skills and is preparing for questions on this file. One shouldn't take every vote out there for granted.

Rather than giving this process a thumbs up and going with the flow, I'd say Mr. Jean has taken an accurate pulse of those who were promised something by other politicians, only to see those commitments about to come down around them like a house of cards...

With the bottom about to drop out of the economy, Mr Jean sitting on the other side of the house, and the province saying that if this project doesn't proceed as it was proposed, there will be no land transfer, I would suggest that if this plan does not go forward it won't for a very long time, no matter what Mr Jean's intentions and some of the community may wish.
Your opinions on the players who were at that table mean little to this debate, but it was their hard work that got the land on Willow Square where it is today, that cannot be debated. WBHC have consulted and studied this as they were mandated to do and I guess we will see in the next few weeks where this project is headed.
Bottom line, no one saw the Big Orange wave coming, but we will all have to live with these results for many months to come and Fort McMurray is now on the outside looking in, our wishes will not carry much weight with no voice no longer in government, much less cabinet....

You give "the players" far too much credit. What some originally promised isn't what they, through their consultant, now want to deliver.

As for that "Big Orange wave" you speak of, the honeymoon will soon be over once they provide their plan to Albertans on how they plan to deliver on all those promises they made - and how they want us to pay for them.

Sitting on the outside might be a good thing for Mr. Jean and his party. They probably have the best seat in the house...