Danielle Smith can’t be trusted

Editor:

Letter writer Barrie Orich seems determined to show us how qualified Danielle Smith is to continue on as Premier. Many of Smith’s supporters say she is smart. She is not.

Smart leaders do not say that people who got vaccinated were like sheep in Nazi Germany.

Smart leaders do not try to influence the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General to get their anti-vaxx friends out of legal trouble.

Smart leaders do not let right wing extremist groups like Take Back Alberta have influence over many UCP ridings. And those are the people who put the first UCP candidate in Lethbridge West (forced to resign) and put Jennifer Johnson in Lacombe-Ponoka (mean spirited and misinformed ideas about transgender children—now kicked out of the UCP caucus).

And here is the one that enrages me. Smith said that until a person has reached Stage 4 in their cancer diagnosis they are completely responsible for their condition. 23 years ago my son died from cancer at the age of 16. Was he responsible for osteogenic sarcoma growing in his leg?

It doesn’t matter that she said this and other outrageous things before she was Premier. Anyone who has had cancer or knows a loved one who has suffered from cancer realizes this thoughtless commentary is wrong and incredibly cruel.

Many traditional conservatives are turned off by statements like this and are either switching their vote or not voting at all.

Don’t get fooled by her smooth radio voice; Danielle Smith represents some of the worst aspects of Alberta extremism.

Allan Wilson Lethbridge