UCP just keeps doing things Albertans never asked for
By Lethbridge Herald on August 22, 2025.
Editor,
I am writing this to express my dissatisfaction with the present Alberta UCP government and Premier Danielle Smith.
This government continues to ignore the majority of Albertans by attempting to appease the minority base of the party. They continue to further and/or invent asinine ideas and projects even when the courts and the populace have advised them to drop them.
Examples of this are:
• attempting to re-tweak the health care system, showing no results to date.
• continuing to push Grassy Mountain coal mine forward by manipulation of process , against scientific warnings
• settling erroneous claims with coal and exploration companies due to government incompetence, at an alarming cost
• chasing an unreal dream of Alberta separating from Canada
• chasing an unreal and terribly expensive dream of creating an Alberta Pension Plan in lieu of an extremely successful CPP
• chasing an unreal and terribly expensive dream of creating a provincial police force
• changing electoral boundaries around Lethbridge
• firing personnel and/or cancelling contracts for unjust cause
The latest asinine idea is charging a majority of Albertans for COVID vaccinations , which will severely impact the already overburdened and over stressed health care system. In addition they are intent on not offering health care workers free vaccinations, which has the real potential to cause uncounted absences within the system due to covid illnesses of front line staff.
Nursing homes and extended care facilities experienced great numbers of fatalities in the first covid epidemic, this will be exacerbated again.
I would hope that the UCP has some members with spines and who can use internal fortitude to get through to the premier.
The premier should be reminded of what almost happened to the federal Liberal party when the leader needed to replaced due to hated performance issues , and would not step down, if not for the change of the leader the Conservative party would be in power today.
P.S.: the Alberta NDP maybe not too popular but could offer the change, as an alternative.
Wayne Pavey
Lethbridge
20-19
Agreed! Could not be said better!
And, there are the UCP gifts that keep on giving…axing the insurance rate cap and the electricity price cap.
As the former Conservative MLAs taught me looking after the rich is far more important to these idiots than the well-being of the people and boy were they right. Isn’t it too bad Rural Albertans weren’t smart enough to understand it?
It is interesting to note that some of our UCP voting rural acquaintances are now, starting to complain about insurance rates. One wonders why…is it now putting a dent in their financial status? Were they so financially well off that they didn’t mind/notice the increases in these rates over the years? Many of them seeded thousands of acres of canola…now China slapped an almost 80% tariff on Canadian canola. With drastic increases in input costs, etc. the days of the chicken monied days are possibly coming home to roost. Maybe these rural monied folks should have a chat with the feds about the Canadian 100% tariffs on China’s EVs. Instead, we’ve got Scott Moe and Danielle Smith starting to whimper about financially supporting canola farmers, some of whom are stunningly wealthy, or have been.
After China threatened Canada with tariffs I was surprised at seeing so much Canola planted. It made no sense to me.
While Ralph Klein allowed the insurance companies to increase vehicle insurance by 40% and Jason Kenney a further 5% we saw no complaints from rural Albertans. Maybe they have finally figured out how badly they go screwed, it’s about time isn’t it?
Wonderful comments Wayne you have nailed it. Where else would the people be so stupid they would show no respect for the Conservatives in Ottawa for kicking Pierre Poilievre and re-elected another Reformer who has shown Canadians no respect for the billions of dollars lost because of the Convoy Truckers and Donald Trump.
I hope Lethbridge residents will remember this should the UCP present a slate for city council. Polarizing municipal politics is yet another bad idea nobody asked for.
Typical NDP undeducated rant full of horse apples! LOL!
Remember the NDP pushing a SCS on Lethbridge we didn’t want and their harm reduction policies which already showed signs of failing in BC for years?
The NDP is responsible for hundreds of deaths and destroyed families and not to mention hundreds of millions of tax dollars spent to deal with the issues they brought upon us by enabling and encouraging addicts with their policies! The UCP is still enabling programs to reverse the damage done from this, and the proof is already showing that their policies work! Over 60% reduction in fatal overdoses in Lethbridge in 2024 and over 40% reduction province wide!
Your great NDP West MLA was very much a supporter of the SCS and harm reduction policies and viciously attacked fellow Councillors in meetings which I witnessed when he was a Councillor when they are bringing citizen concerns to Council . . . The NDP destroyed our city and our province!
Parts of your rant are also misinformed if not misleaded which appears to be the trend of the NDP fearmongers! Our province would be triple the amount in debt if the NDP were still in power, with our downtown looking like Vancouver DTES, and hundreds more dead from overdoses.
We would have 300% more non-profits sucking our tax dollars up, industry pushed away from over taxation, causing lost revenues so the taxpayer have to pickup the losses with more taxes. Social services would increase and many who were capable of work would just live on social services and crime would increase because they would defund police! And on and on!
The Premier has made it very clear she doesn’t want to leave confederation, but does want to be treated equally in the confederation, like Quebec and Ontario, which we are not and she has stated, that with the number of Albertan’s wanting to separate, there is enough to bring forth a referendum as part of a functioning democracy!
I could go one, but what is the use since many of you NDP’ers are brainwashed with misinformation and rately listen to the reason the Premier has made decisions.
I have never seen a time in decades as I see today where there are so many misinformed people who are sheep, especially at a time where the whole world is close to exploding . . . but the NDP denies we are close to WW III as well, even though by definition we are already in it!
Canada has so far missed many of the recent conflicts worldwide but within the next 5 years will feel the impacts, see the economic impacts, and realize what those in Canada went through in WW I and WW II. Naive!
“Naive”? Indeed , but only if you look in the mirror. Not all anti UCP are NDP as you continuously infer. By definition we are in WW 111? How so. Multi conflicts world wide are not a world wide conflict. Individually, millions have died for multiple reasons including genocide, but again, this is not WW. Not saying we are close – ever since Oppenheimer et al we are “close”.
Can you make yourself look any dumber than you already have?
This coming from a guy who has watched these Reformers screw Albertans out of $1.2 trillion, and is paying the highest power and natural gas bills in Canada, along with the highest property taxes, the highest vehicle registration fees, the highest vehicle insurance premiums, and even the highest liquor prices, while Alaskans have received $52,000. each in total annual oil dividend cheques since 1982 and he settled for a pathetic $1,000. Apparently letting these Reformers treat him like a moron is what he wants.
How much of the $500 billion oil well cleanup mess, $89 billion debt and $20 billion deficit facing our children and grandchildren are you going to be willing to pay, while you help them steal your money?
Speaking of looking dumber. Alaska doesn’t have a federal government shutting it down with enviro myths and Alaska doesn’t share with 49 other states. Cut the bull S in your daily conservative hate rant.
“Enviro myths”? You have just confirmed , something I have long suspected. You are full of nasty vitriolic “hate” without any factual foundation. By your words, it is obvious you are oblivious to the threats posed by climate change human caused or natural. We need a central government who sees this and is trying to balance a practical response, despite the negativity posed by Poilievre and people like yourself.
How stupid are you? In the real world the oil industry has never been better off with the Liberals buying them a pipeline for billions of dollars. Relatives and friends who were diehard Smith supporters tell us they have had enough of her lies and will be voting NDP next time. Not only won’t she disclose the results of the surveys they have done she won’t admit whether she has been vaccinated against COVID or not and won’t tell them if she has signed the petition to keep Alberta in Canada although she claims she not interested in seeing us separate, that’s how stupid she is.
Being such an idiot you don’t show any concern for our children and grandchildren’s future with the financial disaster you have helped these Reformers create, proving how stupid you are, aren’t you?
Alberta has never shared our oil wealth with anyone but you aren’t smart enough to think for yourself or do any research are you?
You have to let a Reformer lead you around by the nose and tell you what to think that’s how stupid you are, aren’t you? You don’t even know what a true conservative is you are so stupid, that’s how pathetic you are, isn’t it?
I was a card carrying Conservative for 35 years, a brother in-law voluntarily flew the government plane for Lougheed and Getty, Lougheed’s energy Bill Dickie was a brother in-law of one my uncles, and dad donated around $30,000.to the Alberta Conservative Party and you claim I am a Conservative Hater because I’m not as stupid as you and refuse to vote for these fake conservatives, Reformers, and ignore the horrible financial mess they are creating for our children with your help, that’s how stupid you are, aren’t you?
Can see any reason why Alberta Conservatives shouldn’t haul your ass into court and hold you financial responsibility for some of financial mess you have helped these Reformers create, would you like to try? More and more people are thinking we should do it because like me we see no future for our children and grandchildren thanks to fools like you, would you like to try?
https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=938000E0AE61E-BC39-68F6-832473CA59FD78EB Fourth recovery center. Cleaning up the NDP Myashiro backed mess. Despite having a golden pension from government employment some commenters will just never be happy.
Well said! But sadly just bibble-babble between the ears to a Libtard!
Poorly said! just more self-righteous fear mongering by the c*ntservatives.
a pursuit diver has his hair on fire again….sigh…
https://substack.com/@brendabroleycook/note/c-148190690?r=55mgwz&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
let’s vote NDP then we can be like BC. Sarc.