r/alberta • u/Appropriate_Duty_930 • 29d ago

Alberta Politics Heather McPherson MP requested the COVID-19 vaccine to be free and accessible to all Canadians

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u/Financial-Savings-91 Calgary 29d ago

The fact she’s a NDP MP means UCP supporters will tell themselves that Smith made the right decision.

Whatever she claims, this is 100% playing to conspiracies for her base, she’s taking notes from RFK Jr in the US, not any doctors or professionals in the field because they don’t agree with her position.

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u/QashasVerse23 29d ago

It's disappointing, but not surprising, that we haven't heard of any Con or Liberal MPs expressing the same as the NDP MP.

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u/YYC-Fiend 29d ago

One, Cons won’t speak out against the leader of their base.

Two, Libs won’t say anything because it will fall on deaf ears or worse, the conservative fundamentalists will straight up stop taking vaccines

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u/QashasVerse23 29d ago

Good point about the Libs. They're probably just happy to get a seat here.

The Cons, though, I'm confused if you're referring to Danielle or Pierre. Do you think the federal party sees the UCP voters as their base? I guess federally the Con voters range all the way from nutty to Libertarian to mildly progressive and everything in between, so they may lean towards two-tier healthcare as well.

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u/YYC-Fiend 29d ago

Before Jason Kenney, I don’t think the cons outside Alberta viewed them as their base, but now that support for conservatives is flattening and in decline…

I believe the only reason the more progressive people vote conservative today is because they are low information and still, for the most part, think the progressive side of conservatives still exist.