Kevin Libin makes a very good connection in today’s commentary in the Post. I previously discussed the mess that Canada’s Children’s Aid Societies are in, and Mr. Libin shows the horrible mess in Alberta where a provincial court judge has sentenced a director of child services for contempt for failing to return a child to the parents for FIVE months after so ordered by the court…
And yet this doesn’t shake the government right to the Premier’s office. Because the Progressive Conservative party has ruled this province since 1971 (before I was born) and to date there is no realistic alternative. The Liberals and NDP will never gain power with the far-left mindset they have, which restricts them to a few potential ridings, mostly in Edmonton and a few other urban areas. And the Wild Rose Alliance is still leaderless and is an unknown quantity. Perhaps the upcoming byelection in Calgary Glenmore will give a warning shot to the government – but I fear not. The WRA is probably the best choice to run the province, but they may split the vote with the PCs, giving the seat to the Liberals – their candidate was a close second the last two times…
And it’s also funny that the Liberals and NDP aren’t running with the child services issue – why? Maybe because they like these unaccountable organizations trying to “engineer” society?