Letter: More control for government, fewer rights for Albertans
By Letter to the Editor on March 5, 2026.
Dear editor, I find the current UCP government practice of engaging in grievance politics distressing. There are Albertans who have grievances they feel have not been seriously, or respectfully, addressed by the Federal Government. I understand that. However, I am currently more concerned about what is happening right now in Alberta. While Albertans are busy fighting against each other, using inflammatory language, frantically signing petitions, or blaming the Liberals for everything, the UCP government quietly continues to pass legislation aligned with the Free Alberta Strategy. In aggressively pursuing their ideology, UCP actions to date have contributed to a ballooning deficit that has little to show for improving the day-to-day lives of Albertans. I do not support the Free Alberta Strategy nor its related ideology. Aside from moving us away from a healthy, functioning democracy, this “play book” has another serious flaw. It references Albertans as though we are merely a commodity that government needs to manage. If you are not familiar with the document, it makes for a riveting read. A government is elected to serve the people, not themselves, and the money they are spending is taxpayers’ money. I believe under this UCP government we are less free. There is more centralized decision making by government, including more control over municipal decision making. This has resulted in higher administrative costs. There are ongoing attempts to enact legislation to erode the checks and balances that keep systems in check. As each day goes by, I worry Albertans will lose more individual rights and freedoms. Linda Johnston Medicine Hat 11-10
Great comments Linda and who do we blame for allowing this stupidity to happen? Many of our fellow seniors who see nothing wrong with what they are doing to our children and grandchildren’s financial future. Adding another $23 billion to our provincial debt is no concern of theirs, they don’t care, do they?
Those of us who were card carrying conservatives and attended many of their gatherings over the years and watched these gullible seniors believing every lie these Reformers fed them was sickening.
It wasn’t surprising that Klein was overheard at one of his fund raising dinners in Calgary saying to one of his MLAs “I can tell these senior idiots anything I want to and they would believe it”
Nothings changed they are still doing it. While the records prove that Trudeau was actually a hero to Albertans for helping us survive what these Reformers have done to us these fools continue to hurl their sarcastic comments at us for not being as stupid as them and allowing it to happen, but aren’t smart enough to understand why it has never happened to Alaskans or Norwegians, has it?
Remember that time when NDP took power in 2015 and AB’s debt was 11 billion? Remember when they left office in 2019 and the debt was 86 billion?