One Alberta Voice

I did the quiz at Vote Compass . It was very interesting, although at the same time frustrating. They ask you for your postal code so that things can be tailored to your riding, but the FCP doesn't exist in my riding! (I did later do the calibration In any case, here are my results. You can not get much more centre than I. lol. This explains a lot about why I'm finding it hard to pick a party and candidate. It's also a reminder that I really won't find the ideal party to vote for and I have to be okay with that.   At the same time, this has actually made things harder. Initially, seeing the Liberals be so close to NDP, I though they'd be a natural no. But, there are some important issues to me that I'm more in alignment with them than I am with the Alberta Party. If I go with the Alberta Party, the chances are they aren't going to win, so some of the things that concern me, I probably don't have to worry about. Like mandatory vaccinations: Li...

Instead of doing what I ought to be doing today, I'm getting caught up in learning more about the party platforms. I don't want to throw out the Liberals entirely, so I started with them. But I think I have to throw them out. David Kahn likes to "demand" things--or at least whoever does the write-ups likes to say that he demands things. I really, really dislike that. Then there's the total rejection of increasing the private health care options in the province. And yes, I do mean increasing private health care options. The Liberals seem to be painting it as though it doesn't already exist, but those who have money can get certain health care things (like MRIs) done faster at private locations than those who are on waiting lists. If those who have money can get some more things done elsewhere, I say, let's do it! By removing those people from the waiting lists, those who don't have the money or don't want to spend the money then get their free ...

The NDP called the election. 27 days left until the big day. I find myself unsure of where I will personally put my voting power. There's no such thing as a perfect party, a perfect leader, a perfect MLA. I've only got 4 options in my riding: NDP UCP Liberal Party Alberta Party I know I'm not voting NDP. They have often placed ideology above thinking of the consequences of imposing their ideology. First, Bill 6. That was the big first move on the NDP part. They received a HUGE backlash from the farming community for not actually communicating and talking with them extensively first. The NDP acted like authoritarian parents who "know what's best" and made changes. Except that's not the government's role. The government is supposed to represent the people, not make rules for the people without properly consulting them. It apparently took 2 years of consultation to really get things fleshed out after they announced the Bill, and most on both...