Dear Editor:
“Alberta Party’s crisis of its own making” might have been a credible guest column if Doug Firby hadn’t included his skewed perspective of the Wildrose Party. There might have been enough old farts and their protégés still alive in Alberta to get the Cons and the Wildrose into power this year, but that will decline sharply in the next 20 years as younger and more informed voters who understand and sympathize with Occupy-type movements gain voice and power.
Wildrose is not a party of the future; it doesn’t have the proper foundation (traditions) to be politically relevant in this decade, let alone in coming decades. On the other hand, the Alberta Party was the party of future and a party that appeals to intelligent energetic creative younger people — a segment of the population that is growing.
We just have to look at some of the incompetents that have been voted into the Legislature in the past to know that quality, substance, and dedicated public service have not necessarily “won” seats in the past. But I think that the voting public is becoming more and more savvy to the difference between the empty words of media hype (such as in the baseless articles pre-election telling us that the Wildrose was going to “sweep” the province) and movements or political parties that are firmly rooted in a more civilized and just way to govern our commons.
Therefore, even if the Alberta Party disbands, another similar party will naturally take its place in the future.
Evone Monteith