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Originally Posted by IrishSpring2013
They were welcoming people back a month ago...
Asking travellers to take the bus, ride transit, change plates (Larf Out Loud), is a completely childish response to criminal activity by citizens he governs. There are plenty out of province and out of country plates here in Alberta, the official message isn't "Come to Alberta, but be sneaky about it!" |
Yeah, I find it strange because there is both recent evidence about Albertan travellers being welcomed, but the official position is no non-essential travel. So admittedly, that’s confusing.
That said, how much of the harassment is criminal? The vast majority of people who have travelled seem to have had no issue at all. And of the few that have reported problems, most of those seem to be rude people and nasty notes.
I didn’t know like 5 instances of vandalism required the Premier to weigh in to placate Albertans.
Again, he said “be kind and keep your distance.” Being that of the few issues noted, most were simply being rude, I’m not sure what else we’re looking for here. His solutions weren’t realistic for most Albertan vacationers, but what are the other solutions? Don’t go? Would that have been better? I doubt it. Say nothing to out of province people? I guess, but his comments were addressing concerns OOP drivers had, so what’s he supposed to say to them beyond “here are some ####ty solutions and allow me to tell BC people to be nice, calm, and avoid people.” That seems like the extent of it, given how insignificant the problem is.
I don’t know. Just thinking out loud, I don’t the issue really, it was a nothing response to a nothing situation. Seems like a big stretch to change up your entire vacation response because you don’t like how Horgan says something, but then again, there are Albertans going to the news because someone left a mean note on their car. Feels like we’re being a little thin-skinned and dramatic about it, not really the reputation I’d want for Alberta, but oh well.