by Shane Getson | Jul 9, 2022 | UCP - United Conservative Party, What Matters To You!
Canada Day is defined by Wikipedia as: ‘the anniversary of only one important national milestone on the way to the country’s full sovereignty, namely the joining on July 1, 1867, of the colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a wider British...
by Shane Getson | Jun 23, 2022 | UCP - United Conservative Party, What Matters To You!
This past week has been a good one, and honestly on the drive up here to the Mayerthorpe office today the radio was on, and I thought to myself: our life out here in God’s country really is a country song. Not the twangy, old “my dog ran away, I’m wallowing in...
by Shane Getson | Jun 17, 2022 | UCP - United Conservative Party, What Matters To You!
We think we live in a “Free” country; I’ve heard it said often. I’ve said it myself in the past, heck our provincial motto is “Strong and Free”, and our national anthem has a famous line we all know: “The True North, Strong and Free”. Over the last few years,...
by Shane Getson | Jun 10, 2022 | UCP - United Conservative Party, What Matters To You!
It’s graduation season, and I can’t tell you how much that means to me personally this year, as my oldest is graduating from High School. I just finished shooting a little video, as I am unable to make it to the ceremony in person this year at other schools, as I’ll...
by Shane Getson | Jun 3, 2022 | UCP - United Conservative Party, What Matters To You!
I was told several times by folks who have been in politics for longer than I have that during election periods it’s often called “The Silly Season”. Having been through one election cycle in 2019, I got a small glimpse of what they meant, but this year: WOW. I get...
by Shane Getson | May 26, 2022 | UCP - United Conservative Party, What Matters To You!
When I was a kid there was a popular song by Janet Jackson titled “What Have You Done For Me Lately?”. That song came to mind as I was reading a number of emails that we have received recently. I think we can all agree that with the turmoil of the last 2 years it’s...
