A short thread on the UCP, parks, and knowing your audience:

1/ On top of a war with doctors, laying off EAs, proposing racist curriculum, and an embarrassing plea for personal responsibility at the height of the pandemic, the Parks file will be the UCP’s downfall. #ableg

2/ I’ve said before that Kenney doesn’t know or understand Albertans. Conservatives in Calgary love their parks. All Albertans love their parks. Waking back the delistings last year was the first course reversal we’ve really seen from this govt due to outspoken Albertans. #ableg

3/ You’d think the UCP would learn a lesson from the delisting parks fiasco. But alas! Here they come with coal - a MUCH worse outcome for our land than the “third party partnerships” they pushed in 2020. On top of continuing to misread public sentiment on parks... #ableg

4/ The UCP continues to misread public sentiment on their party. Some govts can get away with sneaking in unpopular policies when the public is looking the other way. They *thought* we were distracted with #Alohagate. And maybe, briefly, we were. #ableg

5/ But #Alohagate wasn’t the short lived controversy Kenney thought it would be. Albertans are still mad and Kenney still hasn’t shown empathy. So instead of being a distraction to allow coal leases to sneakily go through, it led to MUCH more intense public scrutiny as a whole.

6/ All this to say: public pressure is working. Keep the heat on the UCP. People are paying attention and speaking out against this government en masse. Read both the news and govt press releases critically, continue calling your MLA, make change. #ableg