https://albertapolitics.ca/2022/10/d...reat-unvaxxed/
A good summary of some of the stuff she touched on at her press conference. I will give her one thing, she seems to be willing to engage with the media. I'm not sure that's a good strategy since we all get to hear what she's thinking , but hey, she's running with it. I don't expect this to last very long, and soon she'll be demonizing the media for being so mean, ala Trump.
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By now, everyone understands that Ms. Smith is afraid of losing that election to the NDP and entrenching a narrative that Rachel Notley can motor her way back to the Premier’s Office.
But there is a new excuse, Ms. Smith’s third.
To wit: The UCP riding association hasn’t had time to do their paperwork and find a candidate.
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As the author mentions, that's a You CP problem. A party not being ready has no bearing on democracy. Figure it out.
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Premier Smith was openly bitter about vaccine mandates for health care staff implemented during the COVID pandemic. And what do you do when you don’t like what the management is doing? She asked rhetorically. “You change the management! So that’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to change the management.”
You probably didn’t read this here first, but you’re going to read it again: This will be a catastrophe.
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Yes, what could possibly go wrong, putting naturopaths and anti-vaxers in charge of our healthcare? Nothing, I'm sure.
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Former premier Jason Kenney still pouting about losing his job and not getting his choice for a replacement, Ms. Smith said, although not in those words. “I reached out to him and he has not accepted my invitation for a meeting.” She said she’s confident he’ll get over it. I’m not so sure.
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Little known, Kenney did actually offer a response, though it was late, as typical. He said "I reject the premise of your premiership" and hung up.
And of course, for those still confused about what type of person we are dealing with here...
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Alberta’s Great Unvaxxed, she said, “have been the most discriminated-against group that I’ve ever witnessed in my lifetime. That’s a pretty extreme level of discrimination.”
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That's, just...ugh. Get me out of this timeline.