Alberta is trending more towards the center, despite the rhetoric coming from Wildrose and Harper. They had a few statistics last night that were eye opening (for me) such as 44% of Albertans come from outside the province (a large percentage of those come from outside the country). Another one - 15 years ago Alberta had the oldest average age of all the provinces. It now has the youngest average age. All these things point towards a drift leftwards. It's not Ralph Klein's province anymore. Alison Redford was chastized in the media for moving the PCs to the centre - guess she looks like a genius today.
I agree that I'd like Alberta to move much further to the left. I think it will happen, it'll just take time. There is a lot of parallels between redneck Albertans and Republicans in the States. There is a lot of Fox News-like brainwashing here where people decry spending but expect their premium-free health care. Even so, I found your comment offensive, just as I find it offensive when an idiot redneck around here says, "let'em leave" about Quebec. Alberta also has a rich French heritage. We're not all ranchers or rig pigs. I live in a community that was built by French farmers. I'm fluent in French and was in French Immersion and attended the Francophone wing of the U of A. My kids are in French Immersion. My grandfather, whose family came from Quebec, settled in Manitoba while his uncles came to Alberta. We are all intertwined as Canadians and any comments that sow discord rub me the wrong way.
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