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I noticed you called yourself Western Canadian, not Albertan. I agree with your sentiments, but I'm curious. The article quotes "I don’t like the way the Libera

I noticed you called yourself Western Canadian, not Albertan. I agree with your sentiments, but I'm curious. The article quotes "I don’t like the way the Liberals treat Western Canada", but BC is Liberal, is it not? I spent the majority of my life in BC, but I've been away for the last 15 years.

dustbunny 1y ago
BC is liberal yes. BC, Quebec and the federal government have prevented further oil industry development while enjoying Alberta tax revenue from said oil industry. That's the basic gripe. And as far as I can tell, it's true. The whole country is pro-oil now because we've realized we need to be stronger. This election cycle was drastically different compared to the last one which was completely about "climate change". Which was ridiculous imo. Seperatism is bad, but being pro-Alberta is good. Being pro-Canadian oil and infrastructure development is good.
- rat87 1y ago
  How is it ridiculous? Climate change is very bad. Limiting oil exploration seems very reasonable
  - const_cast 1y ago
    Climate change denialism is still alive and well, it's just shifting from "it doesn't exist" to "it's not that bad" or "its not our problem". Every country needs to be taking climate change seriously for their own sake. Very few are. China is, and surprise surprise - China is outpacing western nations in a lot of different areas. Their rate of development is truly spectacular. It's fun and games not to care, but the reality is economic prosperity is a long term game. You need to make decisions now that will decide 50 years from now. Oil is on the way out, it's the wrong horse to back for extremely expensive infrastructure.
Teever 1y ago
As I understand it the BC Liberals are a centre-right party that don't have any affiliation with the Federal Liberal Party of Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_United https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_United
- mkipper 1y ago
  Generally speaking, provincial parties are either loosely affiliated or unaffiliated with federal parties which share a name. e.g. Alberta recently had an NDP government that skews much further right than the federal NDP. If someone says "BC is Liberal" when discussing multiple provinces, they're probably referring to the distribution of federal MPs from BC. And in three of the last four elections including the most recent, the Liberals have "won" BC federally.

dustbunny 1y ago

BC is liberal yes. BC, Quebec and the federal government have prevented further oil industry development while enjoying Alberta tax revenue from said oil industry. That's the basic gripe. And as far as I can tell, it's true. The whole country is pro-oil now because we've realized we need to be stronger. This election cycle was drastically different compared to the last one which was completely about "climate change". Which was ridiculous imo. Seperatism is bad, but being pro-Alberta is good. Being pro-Canadian oil and infrastructure development is good.

rat87 1y ago
How is it ridiculous? Climate change is very bad. Limiting oil exploration seems very reasonable
- const_cast 1y ago
  Climate change denialism is still alive and well, it's just shifting from "it doesn't exist" to "it's not that bad" or "its not our problem". Every country needs to be taking climate change seriously for their own sake. Very few are. China is, and surprise surprise - China is outpacing western nations in a lot of different areas. Their rate of development is truly spectacular. It's fun and games not to care, but the reality is economic prosperity is a long term game. You need to make decisions now that will decide 50 years from now. Oil is on the way out, it's the wrong horse to back for extremely expensive infrastructure.

Teever 1y ago

As I understand it the BC Liberals are a centre-right party that don't have any affiliation with the Federal Liberal Party of Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_United https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_United

mkipper 1y ago
Generally speaking, provincial parties are either loosely affiliated or unaffiliated with federal parties which share a name. e.g. Alberta recently had an NDP government that skews much further right than the federal NDP. If someone says "BC is Liberal" when discussing multiple provinces, they're probably referring to the distribution of federal MPs from BC. And in three of the last four elections including the most recent, the Liberals have "won" BC federally.