• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    16 days ago

    Nice!

    I take issue with the last one, though. Few Albertans want to separate - that would actually be intellectually honest. The vibe seems to be that we want to have our cake and eat it too.

    • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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      17 days ago

      TBF, just because he isn’t the the jead of the conservative party anymore doesn’t mean the animosity faded.

      • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        17 days ago

        His resignation tour was really interesting. He went on a rant against social media-led politicking and (iirc) kinda/sorta called for a return to big tent parties.

          • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            17 days ago

            Compared to most of the leadership alternatives, he was good. I appreciate that he didn’t want to pander to the Poilievre base.

            His overthrow was inevitable. In retrospect, at least.

            • voluble@lemmy.ca
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              17 days ago

              TFW your election campaign was provably targeted by hostile foreign powers because your foreign policy positions are contrary to their aims and goals.

              • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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                17 days ago

                That’s definitely a thing too. I’m not sure it changes the trajectory of his career though.

                If the PRC hadn’t meddled, and O’Toole took the 10-ish ridings he alleged were subverted (which seems like a bit of a stretch), the Conservatives still wouldn’t have been able to form government.

                I think Poilievre’s revolt did more to turf O’Toole than the PRC.

                From what I’ve seen, Poilievre hasn’t been nearly as hawkish on China, so the PRC certainly got lucky on that one.

  • Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
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    17 days ago

    I kind of hate that I wound up in Alberta of all places, as I don’t support the UCP or agree with oil hicks and seperatists on much of anything, but I’ll be damned if I haven’t put down roots, started a family, and made a beautiful life here. I guess someone has to stick around to offer resistance and try to keep these idiots from privatizing healthcare. Red Deer nearly flipped orange last election. Never imagined I’d see that happen.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      17 days ago

      It’s almost like Alberta isn’t the unlivable shithole the rest of Lemmy thinks it is and makes sure to say every fucking time it’s mentioned.

      • Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
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        17 days ago

        As long as politics aren’t being discussed, it’s easy to forget you even live in a conservative province. For the most part everyone is just normal people going about their lives like anywhere else. I get real fucking tired of the Trudeau circle-jerk, though. I get the impression most people don’t even know enough about politics to explain why they hate him so much. A lot of them still think he controls the price of fuel.

        It’s a good way to guage someone’s character, though. The moment a person you’re unfamiliar with starts talking about/blaming Trudeau, you usually know they’re not worth talking to.

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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        16 days ago

        Yes, there’s definite scapegoat action there. We see Doug Ford, you little shits. This is pretty much the trash-talk map, though, so I’ll let it slide.

        • PhAzE@lemmy.ca
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          16 days ago

          Shh, we unfortunately got infected with Doug Ford and can’t seem to find a cure. We’re literally willing to try experimental drugs at this point.

    • GluWu@lemm.eeEnglish
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      17 days ago

      Hey, at least it wasn’t Montreal. Which according to the data is the only place with mixed feelings about Alberta, likely due to being unanimously hated, even by Alberta.

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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        16 days ago

        And now god-mayor Nenshi is the candidate, and you can win an Albertan election with just Calgary and Edmonton. It feels like the Conservatives have accepted their fate and are now seeing how much shit they can get in before then.

    • ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social
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      17 days ago

      I love Alberta. I don’t love the people you’ll find in smaller communities but it’s a beautiful province and there’s a lot of great things about Edmonton and Calgary. I’d rather live here than anywhere else in the country. I just don’t know that I can.

  • TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works
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    17 days ago

    Outdated. Everyone hates Pierre Pollivere instead of O’tool now…

    Kinda sad that O’tool looks so rational and centrist now comparatively

    • pipsqueak1984@lemmy.ca
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      17 days ago

      Yeah, all the supposed centrists really buggered that one up. Didn’t exactly take a genius to figure out that if the LPC won 2021 they were highly unlikely to win the next election.