Thread by @PfParks

Albertans voting "conservative", a 🧵 on thinking vrs reality:
Most ABs will state they vote conservative for values like: small govt, less bureaucracy, balanced budgets, and govt spending taxpayer money wisely (fiscally conservative)
But in reality our govt is the opposite
1/15

1 - largest govt in AB hx with the most Ministeries and govt bloat
2 - moves in HC to make it more bureaucratic and bloated - 4-5x the admin now, and w admin being govt bureacrats over health experts or HCWs, and with WORSENING HC ACCESS and OUTCOMES
2/15

3 - Profligate financial waste - spending over a MILLIION DOLLARS A DAY on "consultants", wasting millions and millions without any justification or blinking an eye: 2M on covid essay, 70M on tyelnol it didn't get, 100s of M on sole source HC deals for supporters
3/15

- burgeoning unbalanced budget, and bloating of govt: 4 Ministeries and bureacracies to run a HC Ministry that used to only have one Minister (as but one example)
- spending MILLIONS on trips to the US to curry favour, and on travel to discuss seperating from Canada
4/15

There has been NOTHING FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE about this govt (2 MLAs have even left caucus/cabinet and expressed this very concern already!)

And on top of this, the govt wants to insert itself into patient and parental decisions...
5/15

It wants to interfere with ABs rights regarding health and education:
- inserting itself in the pt-doctor relationship on adddicitions care, and transgender care (forcing care on some, and denying care to others actively seeking it!)
6/16

- restricting access to evidence based options while encouraging the ability for a handful of docs to ignore evidence and do what they want (actively catering to the fringe to allow them to push meds that have no proof whatsoever, i.e. Ivermectin for COVID and Cancer!)
7/15

- while actively MUZZLING and censoring Public Health Leadership in the province. Their policy: Health experts do NOT know what is the best medical advice, untrained and non-expert elected officials somehow do??
8/15

And now they also want to tell parents what books their children can or cannot access. No attempt to work with the school boards on appropriate access controls, or let parents decide what is appropriate for their kids... govt KNOWS BEST.
9/15

The current reality: give AB govt your money and it will grow and bloat and tell you what is best for you and your loved one's health and education. Govt knows best. Big Brother has your best interests at heart, just trust and don't question... cuz we're "conservative"
10/15

I believe in small efficient govt, not wasting our taxpayer money, and being transparent w how the money is spent to ensure there is a robust health and education system, along with a social safety net for those less fortunate...
11/15

I also believe in personal freedoms and choice when it comes to making decisions as to what is best for me and my family, while balancing that with the social contract of giving up some rights to ensure the safety and security of our community...
12/15

I believe experts hold value in society, and that they can help us all when it comes to making the best decisions for ourselves and our family. I don't believe that non-expert elected MLAs can take over the role of expert consensus and opinion as is currently occurring...
13/15

Sadly in AB, our govt's actions are the exact opposite of these priniciples that most ABs hold...
In practice our govt is the farthest thing from fiscally conservative and or libertarian (when it comes to avoiding govt overreach)...
14/15

It is beyond time that ABs stop letting our govt pretend to be conservative, and to take a hard look at what they are doing to our province.
I worry when they are done there will be little left of PUBLIC HC and Education - the very rich will benefit, the rest will suffer.
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