Letter to your UCP MLA
I’m writing you this letter to voice my deep concerns about the United Conservative Party’s activities. In no particular order: I’m strongly opposed to the UCP’s push to create an Alberta Pension Plan. We’re being misled by the notion we’re over-contributing to the national plan. We’re being well served by the Canada Pension Plan – one of the world’s best performing pensions and are contributing at the same rate as every other Canadian. It is well managed and diversely invested to ensure stability and reliability. Relying on AIMCO to manage our retirement savings is risky given its poor performance and heavy reliance on fossil fuel investments. The world is decarbonizing and we’ll be saddled with a pension with no foundation. The money spent on promoting this venture (my tax dollars) should have been put to use in more urgent places. I’m also opposed to the moratorium on renewable energy projects – a multi-billion dollar hit to our provincial economy and an equal visible hit to o