Ned Yeung<p>A letter from "- Ag / Farm Dad. Separating the wheat from the chaff... Photo taken by me"</p><p>"I Voted Conservative. But This Ain’t It.</p><p>I’m a 6th-generation Albertan. My family’s been on this land longer than most folks around here can trace their roots. I’m a hockey dad, a proud farmer, and I’ve voted conservative my whole life — but what the UCP is doing lately? It ain’t conservative. It’s corrupt.</p><p>I showed up to the Alberta Next town hall expecting solutions. What I got was a warmed-over sales pitch for separation dressed up like it’s going to fix everything. I don’t buy it. At first, it sounded alright — take more control, stand up to Ottawa — but the more questions I ask, the more B.S. I smell. This idea of "independence" is being used like a shiny object to distract us from the absolute mess the UCP has made right here at home.</p><p>Let’s talk about that "Corrupt Care" scandal — over a billion dollars allegedly handed to politically connected companies during the pandemic. No-bid contracts. Mismanaged PPE. Friends of insiders making millions while real Albertans struggled to keep their businesses alive. Where’s the accountability? We’ve got lawsuits piling up in AHS, staff walking off the job, and rural health care on the brink — and you want to blame Trudeau for this? Get real.</p><p>I didn't blame Trudeau when my tractor's oil line blew out.<br>I got a clamp, and fixed it, my hands got dirty. I'm proud of my work.</p><p>Danielle Smith likes to puff her chest about “Alberta First,” but she's led us off the rails. This isn't about Ottawa anymore. It’s about the UCP refusing to govern responsibly. They’ve turned our politics into a bad oilfield campfire story — all spin, no substance.</p><p>So much spin, if you're not dizzy yet, you might be unconscious already - it's a campfire next to a tailings pond. It stinks.</p><p>And don’t even get me started on this coal mine nonsense. Digging up the Eastern Slopes so some billionaire from Australia can make a buck? We’re going to risk our watersheds and tourism just to sell thermal coal the world’s moving away from? That’s not economic development — that’s desperation.</p><p>Yes, I believe in developing our resources. But the plans I’m seeing lately? They don’t make sense. No long-term vision. No common sense. Just backroom deals and vanity projects.</p><p>We’re not being led — we’re being played. We called everyone else "sheep" and now we are being herded.</p><p>And worst of all, the right is splitting. We’ve got people getting swept up in separatist distractions instead of holding the UCP to account. If you're truly conservative, you believe in fiscal responsibility, clean government, personal accountability — none of which I’m seeing from Smith’s crew.</p><p>Enough is enough. This province is worth fighting for — but not like this. We need leadership that puts Albertans first, not their donors, not their lobbyists, and not their fantasy politics.</p><p>Let’s clean house, not burn it down."</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a></p>