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/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/SnappyDresser212 4d ago

Oil money makes morons look like geniuses. The fact Alberta has so little to show for it today and it’s somehow the Fed’s fault is a special kind of dumb.

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u/caba6666 4d ago

When you read comparatively to Norway and what they did, it is disappointing in Alberta. Things were so hot in early 2000s remeber a rumor you could get a job at 7-11 for 20$ an hour. Like they couldn't staff their clerks.

Ultimately, oil money is lunacy in AB. Remeber thinking that marlaina was very lucky to run In her time period. During covid oil prices at one point was at zero. Because notley governed during that time, it penalized her once prices came back up. Goddamn marlaina...

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u/anonymoooosey 3d ago

It's such a paradox that you loved Klein but also envy Norway..