We are home, horses are fed and reflecting on what a great (short) trip it was attending the UCP - AGM. I was thrilled to meet our locals warriors and finally put faces to names. I have heard said that you are never supposed to meet your heroes for fear of disappointment but that was not the case this weekend. You are all my heroes and just as incredible as I expected you would be. I am grateful you chose to join our page here and continue to share and engage, you guys are truly my sane space in an insane world…thank you.
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Derek Fildebrandt
Western Standard
Opening Debate Statement
"Alberta has given Ottawa a net $322 billion more in revenue than has received back since 2007. Alberta has six times Nova Scotia's population, but only three and a half times as many MPs and half as many senators. Alberta votes overwhelmingly conservative, but four out of five of our senators are liberals. Most of them are on the radical left and one even pushes transitioning little children.
Well-meaning federalist conservative politicians tell us that we just need to vote for them to make everything okay. But we have done that for the last 28 elections in a row since 1935.
We have said the West wants in. But on the occasion that we do get in, the changes that we get are relatively small and quickly reversed by the next liberal government.
Conservatives may promise a pipeline, but they will never promise to reform the Constitution to give the West fair representation or to end equalization. They cannot because they need to ...
Looks like we're getting smart water meters, although they don't specifically say that. Is there any way to opt out? What if I just don't make an appointment?
Look at page 2, why do we need so many different languages? If you're in this country, then you should speak the damn language! This would never fly in Pakistan or India.