The next dominant Alberta party is going to look a lot like this:
- Fiscal Conservative
- Socially Moderate/Neutral on personal liberties, harsh on crime. Unwilling to force morals on the citizenry, be it leftist or right wing.
- Substantial Environmental policy with teeth to all Albertans, including First Nations. This policy will be relatively tough, but not economy wrecking.
- Urban focused. Rural issues dominate the PC party, and foolish decisions follow, including mindless nitpicking with the municipalities over funding. Calgary, Edmonton and Fort McMurray are experiencing enormous growth that the Province should be aiding, not hindering. These cities fuel the provincial engine, not Vegreville, Rocky Mountain House and Hanna.
- Willing to take an aggressive stance on public healthcare. Throwing money until the system or the coffers collapse is not health policy, nor is playing chicken with private healthcare that few understand, and in turn ignorantly misinterpret as "US style healthcare" rather than something more European in nature. Focus on preventative healthcare, align premiums with lifestyle choices (like an insurance company), and attract (and retain) the best and brightest for all.
Essentially, if the "Wildrose Alliance" merged with the Liberal Party.
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