I was reading Mr. LaBuick’s letter to the editor in the April 10 St. Albert Gazette, titled “Thanks, Mr. McLeod,” and I could not believe what he was saying!
Now don’t get me wrong here, I know that not all people have the same ideas or beliefs, but rather different politics and ideas. But when I read Mr. LaBuick’s letter, I could not sympathize with him. I have read other letters to the editors that have contained ideas contrary to my own, but Mr. LaBuick’s letter was a whole different matter. I’ve never read a more ill-thought-out and ill-reasoned letter to the editor in all the years I’ve read this paper!
My first problem with his letter is his illogical statement of how Mr. McLeod’s beliefs are how all United Conservatives think.That’s bogus!
What I see in that statement is an argument teeming with fallacies. The first fallacy he used is the fallacy known as the part to whole fallacy. Essentially, it means: if this part is like this, then the whole is like that small part. In Mr LaBuick’s case, it’s: Mr. McLeod supports Trump, so Jason Kenney and the UCP party must support Trump.
Just because a member of the UCP party has certain opinions about Trump, it does not mean that the whole party has that same opinion. I am a UCP member but I don’t support Trump’s lifestyle and most of his ideas, and I don’t think that the re-election of Trump will save Alberta, but according to Mr. LaBuick I do because Mr. McLeod does. I’ve never heard Jason Kenney say that he supports Trump, and I doubt that Mr. LaBuick could point me to a place or time when Jason said he supports Trump!
Also, I did a background check for Rachel Notley and you know what I found? I found the verdict guilty of 1) creating billions of dollars of debt; even though the NDP say that they are balancing the budget. 2) Failing to have a pipeline built; even though Notley claimed that the NDP’s have been fighting “relentlessly” to get the pipeline built (still not done yet). 3) Lack of employment; even though the NDP finance minister says that the NDP has been “... investing in Albertans and building a recovery that will last.” So much about being honest, Mr. LaBuick.
I find it interesting that the NDP have been “working hard” and still haven’t shown any positive results of their work, and if they were “working hard,” I am pretty sure they wouldn’t hire any anti-pipeline agents to help them with their “hard work.”
Rachel Notley and the NDP’s time is up; I can’t wait to see the UCP government come into power.
Owen Aguiar, St. Albert
