An Alternative?

Wild Rose Alliance

I didn't even know these guys existed until I read a book recently called Alberta: Separatism Then and Now. An insightful book and I highly recommend reading it for those of you interested in how brutally Alberta has been treated as part of Canada.

The book mentioned the Wild Rose Alliance so I thought I'd mosey on over to the site and check it out. They have some nice things to say and it is a refreshing change from the current crap we have and I am referring to Stelmach and the rest of the morons in the Legislature. However, I am so jaded by politicians how do we know these guys are going to be any different from the self-serving and greedy lot that we already deal with? I am very skeptical.

Stephen Harper used to be very pro-Alberta. In fact, here are some quotes by Stephen Harper from Alberta: Separatism Then and Now:

"In the stale air of politics, what Canada really requires is the sweeping winds of change. This will challenge the vested interests of the National Policy, the Welfare State, and the Quebec question, and they will resist. In the end, however, these groups will have to cast aside their narrow definitions of Canada - the country they claim to love - because that country can no longer be built on the economic exploitation and political disenfranchisement of western Canada. In the meantime, we require a political party to put pursuit of the West's agenda at the top of the list. This must be a party willing to end central control and special interest politics in its own ranks."

"the government in Ottawa will be tempted to take advantage of Alberta's prosperity, to redistribute income from Alberta to residents of other provinces in order to keep itself in power. It is imperative to take the initiative, to build firewalls around Alberta, to limit the extent to which an aggressive and hostile federal government can encroach upon legitimate provincial jurisdiction."

Well, Mr. Harper...funny how you abandoned these thoughts only to keep your sorry ass in power and this is exactly what worries me about any and every politician and the point of sharing the quotes. Stephen Harper also helped get this going. Pround Albertan my ass. Self-serving politician is more fitting. These people say one thing, get elected, and then start running their own show. Is the Wild Rose Alliance any different? Based on the past track record of politicians and their parties, I am going to say no.

I don't vote provincially because we always go PC out here, but I will now be throwing a vote behind the Wild Rose Alliance from now on, for at least on paper, they offer a hell of a lot more than the PC's when it comes to looking out for the interests of Alberta. If they were to lead this province perhaps things will get a little better for Alberta in this mess of a country we call Canada, but I am not banking on it, afterall, they are politicians too.