Okay so please let me know if this is or isn’t allowed here. I know it’s a Canada community but if province specific posts aren’t allowed I will happily remove it.

Well, my province is officially fucked. I mean, we have been for a very long time, plagued by conservatives and only really catching a break when the NDP won back in, I think, 2015. Rachel Notely has never been a good leader, out of all the NDP leaders she’s the most right wing of her counter parts. I think that’s why she lost this election too. I only had three parties to vote for: UCP, NDP, and the Alberta Party (the dreaded centrists). The NDP in alberta lead by Rachel Notely has been alienating their real audience and I believe that’s why we still got stuck with Danielle “I love Ron DeSantis” Smith. There are some cool people in her party, Janis Irwin would’ve been a better pick for leader in my opinion. Now that Smith has solidified herself as premier of the province I’m truly worried for what’s to come: private healthcare, energy costs skyrocketing, bailouts for the oil sector, etc. it’s insane how the parts of Alberta that would benefit the most from a Marxist government (not the NDP by a long shot) are those that salivate whenever a conservative leader breathes in their direction.

I’m truly worried for myself and my Vavó and tia. They are on pensions while I am on AISH. Both pension and AISH are well below minimum wage and therefore not enough to survive on. No amount of seniors discounts is going to making life any easier. We need a significant boost in benefits. Let’s not forget the virulent hatred Smith and her base has for LGBTQ+ folks, which also puts me in danger as I am queer and just starting the process of getting gender affirming healthcare. With her admiration and love for DeSantis I fear our education system will fall just as hard as Florida’s, serious book bans, attacks on minorities (which was already happening but it’s going to get even worse), and many more horrors to come.

I remember a phone call campaign of hers explicitly stating their hatred for communists. Smith herself believes universities are a cancer that are spreading communism so I can only imagine how my education is going to be affected when I go back in September. Little does she know, universities don’t talk about communism at best and at worst demonize communism to hell and back. She’s a fucking idiot but her base doesn’t seem to understand that. Her and her conspiracy theories are going to be emboldened and I’m terrified at what’s to come.

If anyone has advice on what I can do please let me know…