As pointed out in a recent blog post, “Dog With A Bone Goes to Edmonton?”, I have decided to run as a candidate in the current provincial election under the banner of the Wildrose Loyalty Coalition (WLC). You can find my candidate’s bio at the WLC web site.
As a way for the community to learn more about the five MLA hopefuls running to represent Cochrane and some of the town’s surrounding rural areas, the Cochrane Eagle reached out to each candidate, in order to hear their reasons for running for office and how they intend to better serve the region through three questions. When I was contacted by an Eagle reporter on Friday, I was given to understand that one was allowed 100-150 words to reply to each of the three questions. I doubt that I misunderstood as one could say very little in 100 words.
So, when the article, “Five candidates running in Airdrie-Cochrane this election”, first appeared online, in addition to my name being garbled to read “Ross Von” (since corrected), I noticed that what I had submitted as answers was truncated. When I complained to the Editor, he said that was a misunderstanding and that each candidate was given 200 words in total to answer the three questions.
So, I am reproducing below the totality of my answers to the three questions asked of the candidates by the Cochrane Eagle:
Why are you running?
The last three years have been very difficult for Albertans, struggling under overbearing measures imposed upon them. As a result, there has been a loss of trust and confidence in our various institutions, such as our judicial system, our mainstream media, our medical establishment, etc., and especially our governments and legacy political parties. I am running under the banner of the Wildrose Loyalty Coalition party to offer an alternative to the legacy political parties that have let us down. The Wildrose movement, which had its beginnings some 15 years ago, is back and led by one of its original leaders, Paul Hinman, who was twice elected to the Alberta legislature, though never in a legacy party. Once again, Paul is bringing together a coalition of people who are loyal to Alberta and committed to protecting our freedoms. For more info about the Wildrose Loyalty Coalition party: www.wildroseloyaltycoalition.com
What is your priority, if elected?
Albertans are in a broken, dysfunctional, toxic relationship with Ottawa, and we must take control of our future. The legacy political parties continue to divide the people, usurp freedoms, and enforce ruinous social, economic, and environmental policies. In addition to rejecting net-carbon zero and the UN/WEF scam of man-made climate change (embraced by the legacy parties), a key priority in establishing Alberta’s sovereignty and freeing Alberta from federal interference, will be to create an Alberta Revenue Agency to collect all the taxes here in Alberta by Albertans for Albertans. Instead of Ottawa collecting our taxes, and we, in turn, begging for some portion back in return, we will determine what to send to Ottawa, thereby ending the over-taxation and no longer unwittingly supporting Trudeau’s vote-buying policies, such as his recent $13 billion ideologically-driven subsidy to Volkswagen for an electric vehicle battery plant to be built in Ontario.
What is the biggest issue in this riding in particular?
The implication of such a question is what project, school, hospital, transportation, etc. will you promise to finance, typical ‘pork barrel’ vote-buying politics whereby voters are essentially bribed with their own tax dollars. Instead, this election will be about choosing the future we want. Do we want to be governed by a socialist government, a conservative in-name-only government or one freeing us from the yoke of an overbearing Ottawa and standing up for an Alberta that is truly Strong and Free? I would be honoured to receive your vote. And remember that I have signed the Wildrose Coalition Recall Accountability pledge. If they don’t trust you with recall, don’t trust them with your vote.
More information about my campaign can be found at my Dog With A Bone Facebook page.