Yet no one ever seems to talk about the fact that we never sit down and talk about things like reasonable people.
Most of it gets lost in the fog of today’s hyper charged political discourse.
Too many are unwilling to accept that actual change and outcomes that benefit the people are boring and take time to deliver. That change and outcomes don’t come in the form of big announcements. They come in the form of late nights around tables at the legislature where both sides try to find middle ground and concede things. There are no wins — only trade offs.
I’d like to make a point about the contrast/overlap we have a front row show to here in Alberta.
Many UCP members are staunchly anti Carney LPC. When they give criticism they are told to trust the plan and patently wait for results, to which many NDP supporters seem to agree with. “He’s trying. His plan will work. Give it time.”
Yet when those same people being told to trust the plan and wait for results in Alberta they don’t accept it and ironically take the same attitudes as federal conservatives do.
Until this changes, unfortunately nothing else will.
As I’m reading your essay, great essay by the way, an old term kept cropping up.
Feckless. Mrs David Smith Moretta is feckless.
No question she’s pulling up roots, shallow as they are. But I think we do a disservice if we don’t hang all this legislation on her.
Why let her away scot free? She manifests it, she owns it, her legacy should reflect it.
I for one favour naming the Grassy Mountain SELINIUM Pond in her honour as a just legacy.
Perhaps her legacy should be to become part of Alberta k-12 curricula about the perils of lacking discernment.
I like this idea! The irony is palpable.
Oh completely agree she deserves to own it… she just won’t be around for that part.
May she never experience “splinter-free” toilet paper again
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No Albertan deserves a government that fills the pockets of those who are willing to support them at the expense of their public services.
Says it all!
You are correct, she's not planning to stick around. I lose track of the shenanigans, but the bad odour lingers.
Yet no one ever seems to talk about the fact that we never sit down and talk about things like reasonable people.
Most of it gets lost in the fog of today’s hyper charged political discourse.
Too many are unwilling to accept that actual change and outcomes that benefit the people are boring and take time to deliver. That change and outcomes don’t come in the form of big announcements. They come in the form of late nights around tables at the legislature where both sides try to find middle ground and concede things. There are no wins — only trade offs.
I’d like to make a point about the contrast/overlap we have a front row show to here in Alberta.
Many UCP members are staunchly anti Carney LPC. When they give criticism they are told to trust the plan and patently wait for results, to which many NDP supporters seem to agree with. “He’s trying. His plan will work. Give it time.”
Yet when those same people being told to trust the plan and wait for results in Alberta they don’t accept it and ironically take the same attitudes as federal conservatives do.
Until this changes, unfortunately nothing else will.
Here’s to hoping!