I needed to understand the western, the Albertan, way of thinking. Thank you. I’m originally an easterner who has lived in Vancouver for most of my life. I’m Canadian first and I just can’t understand the provincial protectionism. Go liberals! Good luck!
For me it’s not protectionism Linda but more a way of moving to act.
We, and I use the term loosely, are more results oriented and in a quicker fashion.
What we are not is a separate class of victims as portrayed by all of our current and most of the past conservative leadership.
I believe, my friends believe, in some fundamentals- it’s about “us collectively ” not about “me and mine”, it’s about consensus building and being able to agree to disagree because thankfully we don’t all think alike.
It’s about building, being entrepreneurial, self supporting, helping all to achieve no matter what their abilities are. It’s a hand up, it’s building a bigger table it’s not punching down
What it’s not is anything that comes out of Mrs David Smith Moretta’s mouth or that of any of her acolytes.
I was raised to work for the community and not to personally benefit from that. I believe, though I can’t speak for them, that it also applies to my friends and political colleagues.
I've been reading all your e-mails and I have to say the only reason you were elected is because the riding boundaries changed. Our previous Conservative MP gave concrete information about what happened in parliament, what bills were being considered for example. It was full of information. He asked us a current policy questions and would let us know the yes or no numbers. All you do is talk and talk and talk about your ideology - and yourself. Why don't you ask us what we think about Bill C-9? I'm not in favor for being penalized because I say Christ's name in public, for example. Or give my opinion on the Economist PM putting this country in scandalous debt. Why not get your constituents thoughts on the Feds appealing the Emergency Clause verdict? How about all the continued unvetted immigrants, including the dissidents and bad actors who come with the explicit intentions of disrupting our democracy. You are not in touch with the 'blues' people buddy. You are living in a place in your head and seem very happy to continue on with the sunny days mentality. You need to be voted out next time round.
I’ve always explained things along these lines to the non-Albertans I know. The politics we have and the things we believe in are a lot more complicated than what shows on the surface. As an Edmontonian and Vancouverite I’ve seen both sides of the coin, and there is a meaningful difference. A lot of people who would call themselves New Democrats or Conservatives in Alberta would, in some other provinces, be calling themselves Liberals, with no change in values.
Well said, well articulated.
Barn builders, not gun slingers!
I needed to understand the western, the Albertan, way of thinking. Thank you. I’m originally an easterner who has lived in Vancouver for most of my life. I’m Canadian first and I just can’t understand the provincial protectionism. Go liberals! Good luck!
For me it’s not protectionism Linda but more a way of moving to act.
We, and I use the term loosely, are more results oriented and in a quicker fashion.
What we are not is a separate class of victims as portrayed by all of our current and most of the past conservative leadership.
I believe, my friends believe, in some fundamentals- it’s about “us collectively ” not about “me and mine”, it’s about consensus building and being able to agree to disagree because thankfully we don’t all think alike.
It’s about building, being entrepreneurial, self supporting, helping all to achieve no matter what their abilities are. It’s a hand up, it’s building a bigger table it’s not punching down
What it’s not is anything that comes out of Mrs David Smith Moretta’s mouth or that of any of her acolytes.
I was raised to work for the community and not to personally benefit from that. I believe, though I can’t speak for them, that it also applies to my friends and political colleagues.
I've been reading all your e-mails and I have to say the only reason you were elected is because the riding boundaries changed. Our previous Conservative MP gave concrete information about what happened in parliament, what bills were being considered for example. It was full of information. He asked us a current policy questions and would let us know the yes or no numbers. All you do is talk and talk and talk about your ideology - and yourself. Why don't you ask us what we think about Bill C-9? I'm not in favor for being penalized because I say Christ's name in public, for example. Or give my opinion on the Economist PM putting this country in scandalous debt. Why not get your constituents thoughts on the Feds appealing the Emergency Clause verdict? How about all the continued unvetted immigrants, including the dissidents and bad actors who come with the explicit intentions of disrupting our democracy. You are not in touch with the 'blues' people buddy. You are living in a place in your head and seem very happy to continue on with the sunny days mentality. You need to be voted out next time round.
I’ve always explained things along these lines to the non-Albertans I know. The politics we have and the things we believe in are a lot more complicated than what shows on the surface. As an Edmontonian and Vancouverite I’ve seen both sides of the coin, and there is a meaningful difference. A lot of people who would call themselves New Democrats or Conservatives in Alberta would, in some other provinces, be calling themselves Liberals, with no change in values.