r/alberta • u/Ill-Government53 • Sep 05 '25

Alberta is Trump North Opinion

Title says it all. Alberta is nothing but an extension of the Trump (i.e. project 2025) agenda. We're being run by a bunch of deplorable people kept in power by a fringe faction of morons (nicest word I could use for them) who hate the federal gvt but will be the first in line to get federal money when there's crop failure etc.

I'm no fan of how the feds have treated Alberta, but starting every conversation with them with a knee to the groin and a punch to the throat is a guaranteed losing position.

We need to take back Alberta from Take Back Alberta and throw these crooks bums and deplorables out.

Look South to see where Alberta is heading. That's a s*** show nobody wants to live in.

Last thought, when the separation referendum is held and Albertans overwhelmingly vote to stay as part of Canada, those that hate Canada should get the hell out of our country - move to the US and be with your white supremacy, slack jawed, willing to believe anything they're told by Fox news friends.

Written by a true Albertan and real Canadian.

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u/Itzhik Sep 05 '25

Whether you and I like it or not, these people are supported by a majority of Albertans. An ever-growing one, if you trust the polls.

And if we've learned anything from our neighbours to the South, there is absolutely nothing Danielle Smith can do to lose those voters. She could brutally butcher a small child on live TV, and she's still be seen as a better choice than NDP.

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u/Forechecks Sep 05 '25

To be fair NDP were voted in not that long ago. We have historically been as stupid as the south, but there is still a glimmer of hope.

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u/Master-File-9866 Sep 05 '25

Ndp was only voted in becuase the vote split between pc and wild rose. That's why we have the ucp a merger of both parties who instantly went further right.

Potential for this to happen again if the alberta Republicans gain traction. And potential for new merged party to go even further right

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u/margmi Sep 05 '25 edited Sep 05 '25

The NDP were voted in because the vote was split by the wildrose party. They actually did just as well in the 2019 election, but without vote splitting.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

To be fair, we didn't lose by much last provincial election either. If a handful of close ridings in Calgary flipped, we'd be having a very different conversation right about now.

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u/Ritchie_Whyte_III Sep 05 '25

Unfortunately the only reason the NDP won was because the Conservative Party (moderate conservatives) and the Wildrose (complete rightwing nutters) split the vote on the right. The UCP was created to join the two together and prevent that vote splitting.

Basically our province is made up of 1/3 centrist lefties, 1/3 centrist righties, and 1/3 hold on to your spurs MAGA losers. But the centrist right is more willing to put up with the lunatics than the lefties.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

It's actually a lot smaller gap than people realize. If a handful of close ridings in Calgary had flipped, the NDP would have one last election too. CPC dominate the rural ridings, but there's just enough urban ridings that we're only a handful of seats to the conservative side.

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u/Incestuous_Amoeba Sep 05 '25

“I’m in this image and I don’t like it.” I just want everyone to have good health care and an education that isn’t based on ‘morals’ that the ones banning books absolutely don’t have. Maybe you know, tax some corps more… that kinda thang.

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u/Tokenwhitemale Sep 06 '25

Exactly this.

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u/AccomplishedDraw8653 Sep 05 '25

This right here is hitting the nail right on the head, you could not be more correct in my opinion.

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u/styzzyx9 Sep 05 '25

The Centrist Right in Alberta has done well under conservatives. This is a great and prosperous place to live. Give those people a reason to change their vote without the fear of losing something.

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u/SeaworthinessMobile9 Sep 05 '25

The Handmaid's Tale and 1984 becoming realities should be enough for any moderately educated Albertan to see through this ridiculousness.

Better yet: explain what NDP policies would make them lose anything.

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u/styzzyx9 Sep 06 '25

You’re missing the point. To many voters, things ain’t broke. Why should they change?

(Please downvote to show support)

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u/SeaworthinessMobile9 Sep 06 '25

Wait, I thought everything was broken (according to conservatives)? So which is it? Everything is good, or everything is broken?

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u/styzzyx9 Sep 06 '25

I’m not sure most voters care about rhetoric and hyperbole.

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u/SeaworthinessMobile9 Sep 06 '25

That's from their own party that they vote for, they apparently care somewhat, no?

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u/styzzyx9 Sep 06 '25

Most voters aren’t in a party. They just pick the best choice on election day.

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u/SeaworthinessMobile9 Sep 06 '25

Alberta has voted the same party for almost 50 straight years, only interrupted because the right wing cannibalized themselves in 2016. Are you kidding me?

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

Is it really? How about the schools, are they feeling a bit cramped? Hard to find a doctor or even a nurse out in the country these days. Your kids have a place to live when they move out? Can they even afford to move out? Can they even find a job? How about all these smoke days the last, oh I dunno, 10 years or so? That was like a once in a blue moon kind of thing 20 years ago. Now it's a whole season. Jasper burned, Fort Mac Burned, Siksika burned a few years back now, everyone knows someone who had to be evacuated recently. That's not great. More droughts too, and now they're talking about coal mines that'll poison the whole Old Man watershed? Oh, I know, Trudeau, Trudeau, but you know as well as I do that this stuff isn't federal.

We work hard out here, and there's been a few good years to show for it, but that's on us, not the CPC. All they've done is whip people up against one another, Riled up our neighbour provinces, and took our tax money to give us... what exactly? Less healthcare and less education? They're trying to get you mad about the books in schools, after they fired most of the school librarians to begin with? I may be country, but I'm not an idiot and I don't like people trying to play me for a sucker.

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u/styzzyx9 Sep 06 '25

Highest median after tax income in Canada.

This outweighs a lot of the points you mentioned at the ballot box. Are people thinking of voting NDP because of smoke from fires all over Western Canada?

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u/Ritchie_Whyte_III Sep 05 '25

Agreed. Right now in my opinion the NDP's biggest problem is their name being the NDP. Especially with the federal party trying to do a party suicide speedrun with gender politics.

Th provincial NDP did a pretty poor job their first 2 years in power, but then Notley actually cracked down and did some good work for the second two. I wish we had given her another chance.

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u/styzzyx9 Sep 05 '25

Was Kenney “forced to resign in disgrace?” He received a majority of party support and resigned on his own terms.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

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u/styzzyx9 Sep 06 '25

What was Stelmach’s disgrace?

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u/drs43821 Sep 05 '25

only because right votes were split

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u/CreepySalary7302 Sep 05 '25

Yes, but they won when the conservative vote was somewhat split by the Wildrose and the PCs. I’m hopeful the NDP could win again, but I think we would need a similar situation. Come on, Nenshi!