One Alberta Voice

My lack of posting the past couple of years was not for want of some opinions; there has been plenty going on with Redford alone to warrant posting. Which is why, as I come back to this blog (having finally found the email account tied to it *rolleyesatself*), my first thought after the Wildrose-crossing-the-floor mess was: Where is Redford now? To be honest, my online searching has resulted in me having to say: I don't know. Where she could be sometime in the future is dealing with court and repercussions for illegal activities. The most recent news article I could find was this http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alison-redford-could-face-criminal-charges-review-finds-1.2821834 I suspect there will be enough found to press charges, but not knowing enough about the criminal system and what constitutes worthy evidence, I can't do more than suspect. Well, I can hope, too. While her political career is over and her acts have probably closed many doors to her, it ju...

I just watched this video http://on.aol.ca/video/former-alberta-wildrose-leader-urges-other-members-to-join-tories-518565518  . While I understand this decision was not something done on the spur of the moment, I'm still left scratching my head at why the two parties couldn't work together without the Wildrose having to cross the floor? Danielle Smith is asking Wildrose to switch, which really means that she's asking for the party to become defunct. Is that what Alberta needs? (I'm really asking this for myself.) She does make, I feel, a valid point in having conservatives stick together, but do they all need to be in the same party? Is it really that hard for them to work together if Wildrose is the official opposition? Perhaps I'm naïve or just politically too ignorant; I'm willing to consider those possibilities. This still just sits wrong with me.

Well, well, well. I woke up this morning to the radio hosts talking about Danielle Smith having crossed the floor to the PCs, as well as other Wildrose MLAs. They are not the first to do so. Before I get into my specific thoughts about Wildrose's leader and these other MLAs crossing the floor, let me say that within the past few weeks, I actually said to my husband that I like Prentice as our Premier, that he has brought back "conservative" to the PCs and if he keeps going as he is, I would probably vote PC in the next election (assuming he will still be at the reins). Why? Because I really do feel he has brought back the conservative side of the PCs. Redford was not a conservative. Not in the least. I am not the only one to say it and I thought it before I read others' comments to the same effect. Conservatives tend to "conserve", to keep things the same, to stick to old-fashioned principles, making changes when the population in general is wanting ...