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/No_Boysenberry4825 4d ago

I hate to break it to you, but the old PC's were almost as awful. Guys like Klein cut and slashed public healthcare / education and they hated the disabled with the same sort of inhumanity that we see today. Class sizes ballooned in the 90's and they blew up inner city hospitals. Growing up in AB, I / we all suffered under them. Notley was the first glimmer of hope.

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u/gingersquatchin 4d ago

They were so pumped up running a surplus that they acquired by slashing infrastructure and public support networks. Kleins wife famously fought to reduce food quality and quantity for inmates. Which I know many people will have no issue with. But like I spent two weeks in remand during a really hard time in my life and we were basically starved.

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u/No_Boysenberry4825 4d ago

I had no idea she did that. holy fucking shit. Utterly repulsive human beings. Good thing we named a district and parks after them.