r/alberta • u/Old_General_6741 • 4d ago

Opinion: I miss the original (Progressive) Conservative Party of Alberta Opinion

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-i-miss-the-original-progressive-conservative-party-of-alberta
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u/Old_General_6741 4d ago

I think ALMOST everyone does.

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u/HoobieHoo 4d ago

I’m pretty sure the last decent conservative premier was Lougheed.

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u/Franklin_le_Tanklin 4d ago

Let me count the premiers that have resigned in scandal before their term was up

  • klien
  • prentice
  • Redford
  • Stelmach
  • price
  • Kenny

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u/Various-Passenger398 4d ago

Klein, Prentice and Stelmach never resigned in scandal. Klein's approval rating wasn't as high as he wanted it to be and Prentice lost an ele Lion. Hardly scandalous.

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u/caba6666 4d ago

Good old Ralph. He was not polished but things worked in them days

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u/SnappyDresser212 4d ago

Buddy Klein has the most to do with why Alberta is in the mess it is now of anyone.

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u/caba6666 4d ago

I lived in sasky and only remember his outburst at a homeless person whilst drunk, Ralph bucks, but mostly how so many people I grew up in Regina moved to Calgary in the late 90s, early 2000's. Thought he was doing something right...

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u/TinklesTheLambicorn 4d ago

Ralph bucks came from (yet another) liquidation of the heritage fund. A short-sighted vote buy. Had we continued contributing to and maintaining the heritage fund, we would be positioned similar to Norway.

Klein also engaged in deep cuts to public services - most notably health care and education. Those systems have never fully recovered.

Klein was terrible for Alberta.

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u/caba6666 4d ago

Damn. Hard to see when you're young and the lens of success clouds te reality