A public ledger

Alberta voted for one thing. We got something else.

Every claim on this site is built on a primary source: an Auditor General report, an Information Commissioner finding, an Elections Alberta investigation, a court filing, or investigative reporting in a mainstream Canadian publication using primary documents. Where a friendly witness exists — the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, the Fraser Institute, the Auditor General, the Insurance Bureau of Canada — the friendly witness is cited first. The case here is a fiscal-conservative one, and it is built from fiscal-conservative sources.

// What this site is, and what it isn't

This is a ledger, not a polemic.

This site does not argue that the UCP has been a left-wing government, a corrupt government, or a uniquely incompetent government. It argues something narrower and harder to dismiss: that on a series of specific, documented files, the government did not do what it said it would do, and the dollar figures, the documents, and the contradictions are on the public record.

Klein was a conservative government. This is the case for what was lost.

Items based on anonymous sources, social-media speculation, or unverifiable third-hand claims do not appear on this site. Where a person or organisation has publicly denied a claim, the denial is on the page where the claim is. Where conduct is documented as legal, the legality is on the page. Legal is not the same as appropriate, and appropriate is not the same as accountable.

What was promised. What we got.

Eight files · One reference

Each card below pairs a UCP-era promise with what is now on the public record. Click through to the page where the documents, the dollar figures, and the citations live.

Alberta voted for

fiscal responsibility — a province open for business.

We got

$74B+ in confirmed cost, lost investment, and transferred liability since 2019. Thirteen line items, sourced to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, the Auditor General, the Pembina Institute, and the Fraser Institute.

The Receipts

Alberta voted for

a government that would follow the rules.

We got

An active RCMP investigation of health-care procurement, an Auditor General report documenting destroyed records, and an Elections Alberta investigation of the provincial voter list.

Reviews scoped by the reviewed; conflicts in plain view; the FOIP regime replaced with a statute that codified the practices the Information Commissioner had already found illegal.

What was said in opposition versus what was done in office, side by side, sourced to Hansard and the public record. The pattern is the point.

Cabinet meeting notes tabled by an ousted minister. A Saudi-paid private-jet flight, confirmed by the Premier's office. Ethics Commissioner correspondence the Premier has, twice, declined to table.

What was tabled, and what wasn't

Alberta voted for

a signed Health Care Guarantee.

We got

83,000 Albertans on a surgical wait list. 750,000 without a family doctor. A $109‑million Auditor General finding on the DynaLIFE procurement. The AHS board, fired twice.

The Guarantee

Alberta voted for

affordability — cheaper, for Albertans.

We got

Twelve documented entries totalling approximately $860 per year in net additional cost to a typical Calgary household. The fuel tax, retained. The minimum wage, frozen since 2018. A $280,000 carpet.

Cheaper. We got pricier.

Where the receipts come from

Every claim, indexed by source institution. Auditor General. Information Commissioner. Elections Alberta. Globe and Mail. CBC. Canadian Press. The Narwhal. Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Fraser Institute. Pembina, Parkland, AFL, BLG, AMA, IBC.

Citations

// On the standard of evidence

A receipt is not a vibe. It's a document.

Every page on this site is restricted to matters where one or more of the following is true: (a) there is an active police investigation publicly confirmed by the police; (b) the Auditor General has issued a report; (c) there is an active court proceeding with publicly filed documents; (d) there is documented investigative reporting in mainstream Canadian publications based on primary sources; or (e) the dollar figure is on a Government of Alberta public account.

The cumulative weight of what is on the public record is the point.

If you have a primary document — an FOI release, a tabled record, a court filing, a Hansard quotation — that strengthens or corrects anything on this site, the corrections inbox is below. Errors are noted publicly and dated.