Robert Putnam

FUCK YOU @MarcMillerVM

My letter to Smith. I'm told ther is no postage required and handwritten letters make more of a difference. Honourable Danielle Smith Premier of Alberta 307 Legislature Building 10800 - 97 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5K 2B6 I believe the result of the byelection September 14this a snapshot of what is to come. Please know it isn’t an outcome most Albertans want, including myself. It is the result of voters who don’t feel like their vote matters. Albertans know all to well what it’s like to have a vote that doesn’t count, eg our federal vote. When you announced that you were spending $4M of taxpayer money to campaign against Alberta Independence, you added our provincial vote to that category. I voted for the UCP. I did so because of what you campaigned on and the tough stance you took with the federal government. I believed you. I believed in you. You supported Albertans deciding their own future. While I thank you for that, I’m left wondering what happened. Since that time, you watered down and confused the referendum question(s) and allotted $4M of taxpayer money to your own preferred result. A lot of the hard stances on an Alberta pension, police force & autonomy measures have fallen to the wayside. Now I’m left wondering why I ever voted for the UCP. Albertans are done with non-binding agreements and conditional exemptions that can be reinstated at any time. We want a system and a leader that won’t continually fail us. Let us decide our future and treat all those influencing this vote with the same standards. That includes YOU, provincial government officials, the NDP and the Forever Canadian group. Should you not be able to ‘trust Albertans’ to make this choice then you no longer represent us. The UCP will see more of these seats switch until you become the leader we elected or are replaced with someone who will respect our will. With Respect, Mia

I stand with @Landonforward14 100% Fk @JeromyYYC resign immediately

To Danielle Smith and every elected UCP MLA: If you choose to campaign against the very voters who put you in office, understand what comes next. We will campaign just as hard against you. We will remember every name, every statement, every vote, and every attempt to stand between Albertans and their democratic right to determine Alberta’s future. You were elected to represent your constituents, not campaign against them. If you abandon your voting base on this issue, do not expect that voting base to quietly forget it when your name appears on the next ballot. Political loyalty is not a one-way street. Choose carefully.