Letters April 19

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Former premier Rachel Notley should be ashamed of herself. This was someone who claimed prior to the campaign that she would run a positive campaign based on her record, and then proceeded to run a smear campaign with very little substance. Isn’t this insulting to Albertans? These are the people who elected you! I guess she figured if she couldn’t remain in power in Alberta, she may as well divide the rest of the province despite her claims to be ‘all about Albertans’ and ‘I’ll fight for you.’ A group that should be more equally ashamed is most of the mainstream media. Right up until the last day of campaigning, misleading and calculated press only helped grow the smear campaign, not to mention the slanted coverage, and even worse, simply inaccurate reporting. Even on the last day, articles published with titles suggesting the NDP was ‘closing the gap’ despite the article demonstrating the exact opposite. Even some of the pollsters with language like ‘this campaign has been one of the most remarkable comebacks for Rachel Notley.’ How is this a neutral pollster? What happened to objective reporting? Unfortunately, Kenney will now have to piece together a province divided by smear and hate throughout the campaign. At the very least, if nothing else, one can smile and say good riddance and goodbye!

Justin Raap

(Take a deep breath, it’s over.)


A wake-up call to all the people who think climate change is directly related to carbon emission: Why wouldn’t you be pushing for tidewater pipelines to export oil and gas to Asia, China, and India to minimize the use of coal as their primary industrial energy source? What’s your answer to this one Catherine McKenna?

Lyle Young

(Definitely an unanswered question.)


As one of the apparently few Edmontonians who voted UCP and was looking forward to a change in our provincial government in this election, I’d like to send a very grateful THANK-YOU to the rest of the Province of Alberta for turning our otherwise Orange (NDP) province to Beautiful Blue (UCP). Please don’t judge the election results that all Edmontonians are PRO-NDP, because we’re certainly not. Apparently there are a lot of government workers in Edmonton who have no issues with the continued increased taxes, abhorrent spending, and huge loss of jobs incurred throughout our province over the last four-year term with the NDP government. Good-bye Rachel Notley. Hello and congratulations, Premier Jason Kenney. Hopefully in the upcoming federal election the rest of Canada isn’t as blind to voting out despicable Trudeau and his corrupt Liberal party, as Edmonton displayed in this provincial election with their affection for the NDP. A vote for Andrew Scheer and the federal Conservative Party is a step in the right direction for all of Canada, to getting the economy rolling, creating jobs, lowering of the deficit, and cancellation of the dreaded Free Air/Carbon Tax.

Garry Humeniuk

(Nobody’s perfect.)

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