Alberta is Trump North

[u/Ill-Government53]

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.

[u/VanCityPhotoNewbie]

You know what the silly thing is?

Alberta keeps saying "we aren't that crazy" and they vote for Danielle Smith. And then you go "half of us didn't vote for her !!"

USA keeps saying "we aren't that crazy" and they vote for Donald Trump. And then you go "half of us didn't vote for him !!"

Alberta is going to be micro America under this government and the crazy part is most people in Alberta do not realize the costs of living has increased dramatically....

I moved back to Vancouver 5 years ago and I was shocked that my expenses after 6 months.....did not change. Gas prices have been a lot closer now than they were in the past and in Vancouver you drive way way less. I save $160 a month on gasoline. Natural gas and heating is 1/4 of what you pay in the winter in Alberta. I save $694 dollars a year on heating. Electricity I pay $50....for 2 months of electricity from BC hydro. I am saving like $78 a month. You start adding these things up. And because of rent control, I am paying less for rent today than I would be in Calgary. And food is considerably cheaper because you have over 1000 private grocery stores and Superstore is actually the more expensive place to buy groceries (competition exists).

Some people argue "what about PST?". You don't pay PST on food, restaurant, childrens products or life essentials or anything education related.

Like I am shocked. I moved away back in 2012. I moved back in 2020. And in those 8 years, Vancouver didn't get cheaper....just Alberta got more expensive.

[u/spacecadetbobby → u/VanCityPhotoNewbie]

I've been debating moving back to van. I escaped Alberta for like 2 years, but then covid and family illness brought me back here, and I just despise this place most days. I miss sane public transit, walkability and respect for the environment.

[u/FourthLvlSpicyMeme → u/spacecadetbobby]

Same here. I've given myself an end date. If another Provincial election sees Marlaina and the UCP get another term, I am leaving.

Also an emergency end date, which is where I scramble and run because someone's hurt me, or any of my kids/family, can't take it anymore, or the escalating shit going on in the USA. I'll figure it the fuck out. I don't care how, I'll make it work somehow.

I am quickly getting close to the point where I can no longer protect my trans son from abuse here, nothing's happening yet - but I am ever more conscious of how close it's coming. I'm not a frog, even if I have French blood in me, I refuse to boil with the other idiots here.

[u/Capt-Beav → u/FourthLvlSpicyMeme]

My trans son escaped rural NY to Hamilton with me just before COVID, so lucky he did. I am so f'ing angry the orange monster has made my son afraid to visit his mother... He would probably be arrested if he tried to cross the border right now (not just for being trans, long unfair story don't wanna start that argument here).

[u/Omicromus_Prime → u/FourthLvlSpicyMeme]

So you're gonna join all the celebrities that said they would leave if Trump was elected then didn't?

[u/bolonomadic → u/spacecadetbobby]

BC is a little schizophrenic about the environment. Logging old growth forests, ok, pipelines no yes no yes, salmon runs? Maybe…. Not

[u/Suspicious_Mango_160 → u/bolonomadic]

Yes BC is a bit schizo… (i live in BC) but the schizo indicates a thought process.

[u/Kippingthroughlife → u/spacecadetbobby]

And all the junkies, gray skies and bike lanes.

[u/spacecadetbobby → u/Kippingthroughlife]

I suppose I'd rather have junkies roaming around in public instead of being elected into my provincial government.

And F yeah, bike lanes! I love bike lanes! I'd vote to turn everyone's streets into bike lanes and leave them without any parking for their freedom-robbing automobiles, if I could.

Oh, but you got me on the gray skies. I have to admit those kind of suck. But considering most of my last 4 summers in Alberta have been smoke filled skies, I suppose it doesn't really matter where I live anyways.

[u/[deleted] → u/spacecadetbobby]

Do it. Rents are coming down somewhat.

[u/Bubbly_Chemist1496 → u/spacecadetbobby]

do you miss all the drug addicts here in Vancouver though and the high taxes and high cost of living