I, for one, will debate and call out the #UCP and Take Back Alberta’s Christian Nationalism (Theocracy) every single day. The Honorable Peter Lougheed did exactly that in 1971 when he defeated the long-ruling Social Credit Party of Alberta—a regime that styled itself as "God's Government" under founder William Aberhart. After their 1935 landslide victory, Aberhart proclaimed it a divine mandate, blending evangelical fundamentalism, Bible prophecy, and social credit economic theories into a government many saw as placing itself above ordinary accountability (and arguably above God in its self-proclaimed authority). If you're seeing the similarities, congratulations—you now have the chance to become part of the solution, not the problem.

Lougheed's Progressive Conservatives ended 36 years of Social Credit rule, bringing a more pragmatic, modern approach that prioritized Albertans over any divine or ideological entitlement.

History shows we can beat back regimes that think they're untouchable—whether it's "God's Government" then or today's UCP self-serving Christian theocracy politics now. Let's keep calling it out, mobilizing, and voting like our future depends on it. Because it does. #abpoli#ableg#cdnpoli#StandWithCanada

“You have to look at oil and natural gas as a depleting and declining resource. And you have to manage the resource and that means to manage it with good public policy.” 2012 interview The Honorable Peter Lougheed gave to Policy Options.

Lougheed often reiterated this philosophy in the context of why he established the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund in 1976—to save a portion of non-renewable resource revenues rather than spend them all as current income. He famously compared reckless spending of royalties to "selling the house to pay for the groceries," underscoring the need for long-term, prudent policy over short-term fiscal profligacy.

This doesn't seem to be of a major concern for the "Big Four" oil companies (Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Cenovus Energy, Imperial Oil, and Suncor Energy) nor the "UCP", which dominate Alberta's oil sands production and represent a large share (around 80%) of Canadian oil sands output: They are on average 73% foreign-owned (with 60% American-owned and only 27% Canadian-owned). I wonder why?