Alberta's Missed Opportunity

Last night’s provincial election in Alberta was a devastating blow to the small “c” conservative movement (if I can call it that).  My family and I (in Saskatchewan and Alberta) were watching the election and hoping that the tide was about to change--the tide of liberal thinking that is taking over every aspect of our lives. 

From the schools who are indoctrinating our children, to Hollywood who is trying to make every alternative lifestyle seem normal (no matter how deviant), to the environmentalists who lie about what the facts actually are, to politicians who perpetuate those same lies in order to get elected, to the so-called Human Rights Commissions that have nothing to do with actual human rights, to the bleeding hearts who want to bring the likes of Omar Kadhr “home”, to the worst culprit of them all, the left-wing media.  They are all trying to turn us into mealy-mouthed robots who dare not have an individual thought.

Danielle Smith says she is in it for the long haul, that she is not deterred by last night’s result.  I sincerely hope she means it, because she is a beacon of hope.  That might sound corny, but it is true.  She is the only politician who has had the courage to say things like “the science is not settled on climate change”.  She is a straight shooter in a time when shooting straight seems to be a thing of the past.  We need it to come back.

I encourage everyone to read a speech that Danielle gave in Quebec to the Reseau Liberte-Quebec Convention before our last federal election.  A portion of this speech to Quebecers was about the federal transfer payments which come from provinces like Alberta and go to provinces like Quebec.  Here is a quote:

“To which I would add that the megabillion-dollar cost of much of this endless sloshing of funds between regions has left Alberta as the whipping-boy of the federation. How can Albertans not be just a little bit resentful? Three weeks ago NDP leader Jack Layton jetted here to stir up angst and resentment against Alberta by saying things about our base industry which simply are not true. Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff is doing the same by proposing a massive new wealth transfer out of Alberta through a cap and trade scheme. Your own Premier last year went to Copenhagen to accuse Alberta of crimes against the planet, and then sent a trade mission to Alberta to hussle up some oilsands business – all while receiving billions in net program benefits through the silent federal siphon that pulls money from Ontario and Alberta into Quebec and the Atlantic.

The cynicism and bare-faced hypocrisy are breath-taking to us back home in Alberta.”

Can you see Allison Redford saying anything like that?  Between her and Naheed Nenshi (Calgary’s mayor), Calgary will just be an extension of Toronto.  The thought of it turns my stomach.

I could go on, but you get my point.  Hang in there Danielle, we need you.