Stelmach slaps Alberta in the face

Thanks Ed.  Thanks for nothing. Thanks for negating decades of work by Albertans to make Alberta an equal partner in Confederation and reforming our democracy.  Instead, you will continue relegate our jurisdiction to colony status all out of fear and all for your own political gain. 

Thanks for negating Alberta history and the win of Canada's first elected Senator, Stan Waters, as well as Bert Brown, who our current PM appointed, and our currently elected Senators-In-Waiting, Cliff Breitkreuz, Ted Byfeld, and Betty Unger.

As the six year term of three is to come to end in December of this year, and that civic elections are being held this fall to coincide with another senate election, thanks for forgoing that, essentially slapping the majority of Albertans who want an elected senate.

And the timing couldn't be more telling, especially when the Harper-led Conservative federal government recently introduced a bill to encourage provinces to elect senators who would then be appointed by the Prime Minister.

Thanks Ed.

And citing costs is the weakest argument.  Isn't democracy worth it?  By that logic, we shouldn't bother electing MLAs anymore either. Too costly ya know.

And thanks Ed.  You've now made us pro-senate reform Albertans folks look like hypocrites. 

And as if anyone would have really equated the provincial party that a senate candidate would have to run under and their win in another party as a vote against your Progressive Conservative party and government because once appointed to the senate, they would likely sit with the federal governing party's caucus anyway, you know, the party you should try to work with more.

But thanks Ed, you've only given us MORE reason to not support you or your PC government and support a provincial party that fully supports senate reform.