Yup, for the most part Peter Lougheed was the unicorn that everyone is looking for now. He was an artifact of his time for a lot of things, but his priorities led to a mountain being named after him, as opposed to leaving office a Swiss bank account multi-millionaire. He was more of a governor than a politician.
You can protect the environment, phase out mining, support the marginalized, be a champion of equality, fund quality of life social programs...
... and advocate for law and order, prioritize infrastructure over corporate hand-outs, not believe in trickle down, aggressively sell oil and gas, incentivize head office relocation, competitive incentive for growing industry (film, tech, green, tourism, research)...
... and the thing that will always win elections in Alberta, fight corruption.
The perfect Conservative is someone who makes money for the province hand over fist, but spends the money on the province. The #### that we have now screws up the making of money, and what we do get is spent on their own enrichment.
The UCP are the worst Conservatives in the history of Canada. They get away with it because the Americans happen to be worse, and that is their personal comparison. There are no Conservatives in the UCP. At least I can't see any.
Notley is more Conservative than these boobs. If she can ditch the NDP moniker and stop with any Trudeau-esque social issue of the moment crap, she could be a dynasty.
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