That's also my biggest frustration with conservatism in this province. The UCP isn't the PC's of yesteryear; the current Alberta conservative movement is such much further right now - not fiscally conservative, and very much socially regressive. The ANDP now land pretty much where the Lougheed PC's used to be, and conservatives generally revere him as one of the best premiers this province ever had. The biggest hair-pulling-out thing about all this is that many conversative voters refuse to do research / acknowledge this, if not just outright put their head in the sand and deny the UCP is a different party.
Political tribalism is so engrained in the way we vote its now detrimental to the long-term stability of our province. Good on those in this thread that have taken a look at the reality of the situation, and decided to put their historic colors aside for a more thought-out position.
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