One Alberta Voice

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...

I just received a text message from Ryan of the NDP Caucus. There isn't a Ryan on the NDP Caucus, so you do with that what you will. It was a message that I regretfully deleted. I should have kept it as part of proof of the NDP's sneaky ways in this election pre-season. In any case, it was asking about if I supported the NDP's efforts on the pipeline. My first reaction was: Have they finally called an election? I did a quick search online. No. But they're behaving as though they have. I've seen the one commercial on YouTube and came across this article that I thought I'd share here: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-notley-hospital-stop-gives-alberta-bitter-preview-of-ndp-government-on-defence Notley was essentially campaigning at a Lethbridge hospital. Even if one might argue it wasn't campaigning, she was there as an NDP member as shown by signs with her and NOT as a representative of the Alberta government and she was there to ad...

This is a blog I never should have dropped. Even if I'd just kept it for my own purposes so I could have an easy reference of the ridiculous decisions and actions the Alberta NDP have made since coming into power. But I didn't. So I need to start with what I have. What caught my eye today was the amazingly, caring, charitable thing they're doing by opening a youth mental health facility. That will cost something like $200 million. Even though the province's deficit this fiscal year is estimated at being over $7 BILLION, with a debt over $50 billion. Yes, that's billions of dollars in both situations. Every time there has been less of an anticipated deficit, more "money available", the NDP have turned around and spent more. While I can give them kudos for doing hiring freezes (although, really, let's be real: there should have been staffing reductions, but, hey, it's the NDP and they feel responsible for everybody having a job) ...