Alberta bekommt neue Nummernschilder
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/alberta-licence-plate-slogan-to-change-to-strong-and-free-source/
Alberta bekommt neue Nummernschilder
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/alberta-licence-plate-slogan-to-change-to-strong-and-free-source/
8 Kommentare
They’re changing the license plate to the Manning Centre?
“[Alberta Premier Smith to headline Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Calgary](https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/09/03/alberta-premier-smith-to-headline-canada-strong-and-free-network-conference-in-calgary-on-sept-6/471591/)”
>The Manning Centre has made donations to registered third parties such as Canada Strong and Proud, which was linked to a number of robocalls and text messages sent out in June asking Canadians about their voting intentions and their position on pipelines.
>Some complained that they received the calls without having given permission for political advocacy groups to contact them.
>The group got at least $240,000 from the Manning Centre during the last federal election campaign for a series of anti-Trudeau and anti-Liberal campaign ads.
>The Manning Centre also gave $4,500 to Newfoundland and Labrador Strong and another $11,200 to Nova Scotia Strong, according to Elections Canada.
[Manning Centre to change its name as founder Preston Manning announces retirement](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/preston-manning-centre-retire-name-change-1.5430168)
Could they have picked a worse font for for the „Strong amd Free?“ So ugly.
Also, those blue text over a blue images are going to be so hard to read from a distance
They look nice, though the ones with image backgrounds may be hard to read. I assume there’s a catch.
> It’s also, the province’s media release said, a nod to Canada’s national anthem and “Alberta’s position as a strong and sovereign province within a united Canada.”
Ah, some sovereigntist rhetoric thrown in there.
> One political expert said the new design may feel too partisan for Albertans who associate “Strong and Free” with Smith’s United Conservative Party slogan and theme song.
And that. So not really about Canada, or even Alberta, but their own brand. Of course, their old motto was taken as the name of a pollical party, though at least the party came second.
> In 2014, for example, former Progressive Conservative Premier Jim Prentice moved to change licence plate designs from “Wild Rose Country” because of their potential affiliation with the Wildrose party.
Merged with them instead.
Meanwhile in British Columbia we’ve had the Social Credit-coded [“Spirit Flag”](https://www.bcpl8s.ca/Passenger-1985-2001.html) plates for 40 years now. Those under 45 probably don’t even know what a Socred was anymore.
conservatives and their obsession with plates. They should check with Ontario how ‘well’ this went when Ford decided to change them here…just millions of $s spent on stupidity
Why nothing gets done in Canada anymore.
Hey look at the new license plates.
„ITS POLITICAL“
„ITS A WASTE OF MONEY“
and multiple other complaints….
Can’t we just go, cool new plates, about time as the 42 year old ones look a little stale now. I like the one with the background…..
*Lessons from Ontario:* Readability at night will be directly impacted by how hard the government is pushing the design. If they’re scrimping on costs, the plates will peel like a banana…
Brutal. It’s a license plate, not a picture book. The original plane white one with „wild rose country“ as the motto was the most beautiful. The Conservatives already got rid of that one to spite the Wild Rose Party. And now they are changing them again to add pictures? What is it with conservatives and license plates?