David Parker

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— David Parker, expressing his daddy issues and strong desire to be an American Republican.[1] |
David Parker is a Trumpist, neoreactionary[2][3], and bastard traitor in Alberta, Canada with strong influence on the provincial United Conservative Party (UCP). He was instrumental in ousting former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and getting Trump-demagogue Danielle Smith elected, via his grassroots activist organization of like-minded crazies called Take Back Alberta.[3][4][5]
Early Years[edit]
David Parker was born in a small-town of central Alberta to an evangelical preacher father and a homeschooling mother. He's a major fan of fantasy fiction, having read Lord of the Rings and the Bible multiple times growing up.[4] He attended and graduated from Trinity Western University, an elitist private Christian institution with political connections, before getting a job in Stephen Harper's government as a regional advisor for the Prairie provinces. Eventually he got involved in Jason Kenny's successful "unite the right" Alberta campaign to merge the mainstream Progressive Conservative Party with the far-right Wildrose Party, forming the United Conservative Party.[5]
Take Back Alberta[edit]
“”These are the people that Jason Kenney said were the inmates taking over the asylum.… Here's a few people that are very well organized and motivated to try to move the party and the government in the direction that they want it to move.
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— Lori Williams, Public Policy Professor at Mount Royal University.[6] |
David Parker formed Take Back Alberta in response to Jason Kenney's gathering restrictions and vaccine mandates implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic.[4][5] Officially the group is just a registered third-party political advertiser; unofficially Take Back Alberta, bankrolled by oil companies hedging on getting returns, has mobilized the worst right-wing whackjobs within the province into accomplishing a hostile takeover of the UCP, with the goal being to get their fringe beliefs made into actual policy.[2][3][6] The group succeeded in taking control of the UCP, including its board of directors, simply by getting more explicitly engaged in politics than the average person… depressing really. In Parker's own words: "Low voter turnout is the key to victory. Albertans and Canadians are apathetic and lazy. They never show up."[3][7][8]
Despite the groups influence, the specifics of their beliefs are not readily made public. Indeed the group's webshite is stripped of information and private,[9] although archived copies from 2022-2024 do give some information. The older websites indicate opposition to Kenney[10] and Alberta New Democratic Party Premier Rachel Notley[11] as well as being anti-tax[12] and anti-elitism,[10] a rather thin platform. Leadership within the group has even instructed members to not readily identify themselves when at events.[3] Nonetheless, a picture of the group's ideology can be gleaned by looking at their "regional captains": white supremacists, pro-American separatists, religious extremists, and Canada convoy protesters.[5][13] Truly a merry band, eh?
Apparently satisfied with the leash that he now has on the UCP, Parker has announced that his group will pursue getting members elected to school boards across Canada.[14] There is some hope for the future though as Parker in his rabid ravings has bitten allies, having made public insinuations about Poilievre and his wife.[15] Take Back Alberta too has also been fined for election and finance violations.[16] Lastly his treasured friend Danielle Smith appears to now be facing a significant corruption scandal with Alberta's healthcare system.[17] Will Albertans wake up? Time will tell.
External links[edit]
- Take Back Alberta Embraces Increasing Extremism by David Climenhaga (October 16, 2023) The Tyee.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://x.com/DavidJPba/status/1886793709125296549 David Parker (@DavidJPba) on X. February 4, 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Taking Alberta Back: Faith, Fuel, and Freedom on the Canadian Far Right by Jacob McLean et al. (2024) Religions 15(10):1250. doi:10.3390/rel15101250.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 'We need to control the party': a look inside Take Back Alberta's UCP insurgency by Jason Markusoff (May 9, 2023) CBC News.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Former backroom political staffer takes centre stage in Take Back Alberta movement by Donna Kennedy-Glans (January 28, 2024) National Post.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Who Is ‘Take Back Alberta’ and What Do They Really Want? by Stephen Magusiak (April 11, 2023) PressProgress.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 'Like a coup': Concern mounts over growing influence of 'Take Back Alberta' by Timm Bruch (April 1, 2023) CTV News.
- ↑ Take Back Alberta largely controls the UCP board. How will that reshape Danielle Smith’s agenda? by Carrie Tait (November 4, 2023) Globe and Mail.
- ↑ A shadow war on libraries by Grant LaFleche et al. (February 7, 2025) CBC News: The Fifth Estate.
- ↑ The webshite itself
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 About Us Take Back Alberta (archived from June 18, 2024).
- ↑ Stop Notley Take Back Alberta (archived from May 27, 2024).
- ↑ Support Farmers Take Back Alberta (archived from May 27, 2024).
- ↑ RCMP videos show how extremist ideology fuelled armed Coutts protesters by Rachel Ward et al. (November 15, 2024) CBC News: The Fifth Estate.
- ↑ Right-Wing ‘Take Back Alberta’ Group Purges Top Organizers As It Plans to Target School Boards Across Canada by Stephen Magusiak. (October 26, 2023) PressProgress.
- ↑ Now TBA's Parker insults Poilievre. Will Premier Smith ever disown him? by Don Braid. (February 25, 2024) Calgary Herald.
- ↑ Activist group Take Back Alberta and founder fined $120K by elections agency by Jason Markusoff. (February 4, 2025) CBC News.
- ↑ Alberta premier defends her government amid corruption allegations by Ken MacGillivray. (February 12, 2025) Global News.