Letter: The UCP continues to undermine Canadian institutions to serve U.S.-like ideology

By Letter to the Editor on August 21, 2025.

Dear editor,

Now that they understand their referendum on Albertan “independence” is about to be soundly defeated, the UCP, their local supporters – the Black Hats and the Governor-in-Waiting Premier Smith – are turning their attentions to threatening some of our great Canadian institutions by emulating their U.S. – often Texan – heroes. They should know attempting to undermine proud Canadianism can only fail. Yet they continue to try and foist their ideal of a 51st state through rather devious means..

First, the Canada Pension Plan. Why would pensioners wish to change and give an Albertan entity control of our lifelong investments? Keep it apolitical, at more-than-arm’s length from governments. Why change but to pass the power to the UCP and its cronies? Hands off our money, Smith.

We do not need “Alberta Rangers” riding the range seeking out rustlers and quick-draw artists; using their six-shooters to impose order on the Wild, Wild West of U.S. fiction – keep our historic, world-respected and capable RCMP. Hands off policing.

We do not need changes that you champion to Alberta health care – especially those that open the door to privatization. Should those who saw fit to support the free distribution of COVID vaccines, thereby preventing the spread of the virus throughout the populace, be forced to pay for present-day inoculations?

Maybe those who now seek such protection (after eschewing and wasting all those doses the UCP uses to justify new fees) pay for such? And don’t not even consider the present measles situation.

And our educational system – banning school library books listed on a Texan website is ludicrous to say the least, yet it continues the UCP’s clear persecution of folk whose situations lie outside their perceived “norm.”

Finally, they threaten the sanctity of our entire political system. UCPers want to evoke gerrymandering provincial electoral constituencies to deprive urbanites of a “full” vote in our next election. They do this by granting rural folk a disproportionate representation by expanding existing ridings into adjacent rural areas, thereby diluting urban voters’ concern – despite the fact all decisions of constituency integrity have been declared apolitical.

Since UCPers and their supporters see the inevitable defeat of their “independence” referendum they have begun working “on the sly” – they devalue the power of Canadian institutions in a U.S.-inspired effort – a crass, blatant effort to create the 51st state these greedy, insular, Trump-worshiping imitators so deeply desire.

Ben Moffat

Medicine Hat

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