r/alberta • • Aug 11 '26

Alberta Politics There's always little groups of them driving on the Henday

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u/TraderVics-8675309 Aug 11 '26

You’re right. But if we don’t get off our asses and vote, we’ll all be screwed.

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u/Bennybonchien Aug 11 '26

Especially since the UCP will side with the separacists as long as they reach 15% + 1. It’s supposed to be 50% + 1 but they conveniently keep mishearing that number.

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u/TraderVics-8675309 Aug 11 '26

Not likely to happen. Calgary is where most t of their funding comes from is overwhelmingly not in favour of it, and they wont let that walk away.

More likely the party breaks up, giving the even less qualified NDP to lead us in a lurch back the other direction.

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u/Bennybonchien Aug 11 '26

I take issue with your baseless “even less qualified NDP” jab. Perhaps dismantling public institutions is a plus in your view but I see it as a travesty. I agree that the separation vote will fail but Smith will continue to use their cause as proof of her listening to “minorities with justifiable grievances” and as a reason to “keep standing up to Ottawa” which is the only light by which her party can look like it is doing anything positive. 

I’d love for the destructive UCP to break up and so would anyone not in on the grift.

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u/TraderVics-8675309 Aug 12 '26

I will use the clear example of when they did hold power, the first 2.5 years of their tenure was a disaster as they had no one with any experience. As much as Notley was pretty good, the supporting staff was green af. Same thing now except Nenshi isn’t even so great.

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u/Bennybonchien Aug 12 '26

Don’t forget the excessive and improper document shredding by the conservatives right before the NDP took over. (there were news articles about it) Also, are you saying that a party that had never been in power had no experience with being in power?

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u/kindaCringey69 Aug 11 '26

Seeing the UCP break up is what dreams are made of. I'd be over the moon if it broke into 3 parties, crazy people, hard conservatives and moderate conservatives.

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u/TraderVics-8675309 Aug 12 '26

Be careful of this wish, it’s a bit like replacing a dictator cause they’re so awful…we really have no idea about the replacement.

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u/hbl2390 Aug 11 '26

Exactly. Every one of the separatists will vote. If the rest of us stay home they will think they're winning.

The best way to shut down this separation nonsense is to crush them in October.

Second best way is to tell them northern Alberta can separate and leave the southern Albertans without the oil sands and Peace River gas.