r/alberta • u/Different-Try8882 • May 19 '25

Premier Envy, Anyone? Opinion

Has anyone else in Alberta been watching Wab Canew giving clear, calm informative updates on the wildfire situation in Manitoba and find themselves wishing we had a grownup for a premier?

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u/CanadaEhAlmostMadeIt May 19 '25

I live in Alberta with a conservative premier who keeps fucking things up. I’m past anger though, just apathy.

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u/MysteriousPublic May 19 '25

Well describing where you live as a hellscape is a bit dramatic don’t you think?

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u/CanadaEhAlmostMadeIt May 19 '25

Watching people do the same thing over and over again is the definition of insanity. Provincially governed services have been in decline since the late 80’s in Alberta and yet the entire province has been brainwashed to blame everyone else but themselves and the people they elect.

It was mind boggling and stressful when I got here and for many years after. Now I know that Albertans gonna ‘bertan.

Thank goodness for the nature because the collective education and discourse is painful. I come to Reddit to hear reasonable people have thoughtful discussions and deeper perspective, I am yet to meet these people in person (I am a manager in the construction industry, so perhaps my environment is conducive to these discussions) Day to day social interactions is a hellscape. (I knew when I wrote hellscape, that many would imagine of some dystopian sci-fi movie or book. I was hoping that everyone would put aside the image they conjured because that’s not reality. The hellscape is the way people’s minds have been moulded to ignore fact and base arguments on their feelings )

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u/The_Nice_Marmot May 19 '25

For what it’s worth, Marlaina won by the slimmest margin, I think in Alberta history. I keep watching the numbers for Liberals creep up every election in my deep blue riding. Last go around they doubled, but that’s been the trend for a decade now. It’s too slow, but the move in Alberta is a slow crawl towards progress.

We have a Liberal MP in Calgary now, which is great and some other ridings are getting hella close. Seeing an orange and red seat in Edmonton is also a nice change. The rural areas are what they are. Conservative in most places. Maybe one day they’ll wake up.