• Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
    3·
    3 months 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.

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
        2·
        3 months 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.

    • GluWu@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      3 months 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.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      3 months 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
        31·
        3 months 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.

    • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
      0·
      3 months 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
        1·
        3 months 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
            1·
            3 months 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.

  • TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    3 months 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
      0·
      3 months 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.