Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Geraldsh]

You think UCP are playing 4D chess? They’re having trouble with shadows on their checkers.

[Faust]

The Breakdown @TheBreakdown

New episode!

Danielle Smith recently announced a new Council for Multiculturalism & Inclusion...

But in a stunning turn of events, one of the people she appointed was apparently rejected by her own party for anti-semitism & extreme views!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

https://twitter.com/thebreakdownab/s...261584386?s=21

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Dynamic

Lol my neighbor is a school bus driver, I have a school bus literally parked outside my front window much of the school year. I’m well aware of the working conditions and the pay and yes there was bus drivers at the school council meeting when the bomb was dropped about several bus routes being cancelled.

The pay and working conditions always sucked. However our town could always recruit enough stay at home moms and semi retired people who could make the weird schedule work and make a little money. I’m not saying that pay and working conditions are not a contributing factor for the school bus driver storage. The straw that broke the camels back for this town was MELT training requirements. I’ve lived in the area for over 30 years and ride the bus for 12 of those. I’ve never heard of cancelled routes until this year. I’m just telling you what I’ve been told, the MELT has messed things up for lots of people.

You’ve provided nothing other than rhetoric and confirmation bias to support your position. The facts don’t support your claim that MELT was the “straw that broke the camels back”, one could just as easily(and perhaps more successfully) argue that inflation made the job far less desirable which led to decreased interest.

Many, if not most or all, school bus companies offer paid training so while it’s perhaps plausible that a guarantee of more paid hours in training would somehow be deterring people from applying to work for them, if you’re going to make that argument I think you’ve gotta show a little more of your work on how you came to that conclusion beyond “people who stand to make either financial or political gains from getting rid of it told me so”.

[Joborule]

Originally Posted by Faust

The Breakdown @TheBreakdown

New episode!

Danielle Smith recently announced a new Council for Multiculturalism & Inclusion...

But in a stunning turn of events, one of the people she appointed was apparently rejected by her own party for anti-semitism & extreme views!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

https://twitter.com/thebreakdownab/s...261584386?s=21

This is actually a parody, and this whole charade is for lolz? Bunch of UCP'ers already got their resumes ready for their next jobs after May, right?

[Ashasx]

nm

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by Faust

The Breakdown @TheBreakdown

New episode!

Danielle Smith recently announced a new Council for Multiculturalism & Inclusion...

But in a stunning turn of events, one of the people she appointed was apparently rejected by her own party for anti-semitism & extreme views!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

https://twitter.com/thebreakdownab/s...261584386?s=21

Member of Alberta multiculturalism council resigns over antisemitic posts

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/member-o...osts-1.6359180

Deputy premier Kaycee Madu said Monday that it's "obvious" someone in the vetting process missed the gap.

"We will go back and take a look at our process and show that we close whatever gap that existed that made it impossible for us to catch this serious error," he said at a news conference at the Alberta Legislature.

Alberta Opposition Leader Rachel Notley said she finds the error disturbing.

"It goes beyond odd," she said in Calgary. "It's either demonstrative of next-level incompetence from the premier's office … or it's demonstrative of a genuine desire to divide and discriminate and promote racism."


lol at Madu. It was impossible to catch that error. sure, buddy.

[Roughneck]

Not very Inclusive to exclude people just because of some anti-semitism

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

Member of Alberta multiculturalism council resigns over antisemitic posts

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/member-o...osts-1.6359180

Deputy premier Kaycee Madu said Monday that it's "obvious" someone in the vetting process missed the gap.

"We will go back and take a look at our process and show that we close whatever gap that existed that made it impossible for us to catch this serious error," he said at a news conference at the Alberta Legislature.

Alberta Opposition Leader Rachel Notley said she finds the error disturbing.

"It goes beyond odd," she said in Calgary. "It's either demonstrative of next-level incompetence from the premier's office … or it's demonstrative of a genuine desire to divide and discriminate and promote racism."


lol at Madu. It was impossible to catch that error. sure, buddy.

Yes, it was IMPOSSIBLE to catch this serious error, that was immediately picked up on by outsiders.
Good job Kaycee!

[Fuzz]

The UCP lives in their own world where all improprieties are unknowable, Canadian laws are constantly confused with American ones, things you say and write 6 months ago represent past beliefs and plans, and direct audio recordings do not represent the words that are spoken. It's quite the fantasyland.

[Inglewood Jack]

this is so pathetic, like how far away are we actually from Baghdad Bob. it's not fun laughing and pointing at US politics or 3rd world dictatorships anymore because like Mom said, we have Republican Party at home.

[GordonBlue]

Hey Calgary voters...

Alberta NDP promises $200 million to create post secondary campus in downtown Calgary

https://globalnews.ca/news/9631096/a...ondary-campus/

Alberta’s Opposition NDP is promising up to $200 million to create a post-secondary campus in downtown Calgary if it wins the upcoming election.

Leader Rachel Notley says the money would go toward creating a permanent downtown campus to bring businesses, students and researchers together for collaboration and to support economic diversification.

The funding would also be used for student housing.

Notley says no decision has been made on a particular university to run the campus.

[calgarygeologist]

University of Phoenix

[Muta]

I have zero issues with a focus on creating a permanent downtown post-secondary campus. In fact, I think it's a great a idea, and more than just part of a revitalization plan for downtown. Not only would access to this campus be easier from each end of the city for students and staff, the business ties and collaboration potential alone with would be valuable from an economic growth standpoint. The downtown integration of places like U of T, TMU and McGill really are convenient. The challenge will be sorting out what institution, or institutions, would be part of this plan. I imagine tech would be a big focus of this campus.

[Fuzz]

We already have a downtown UofC Campus, but I think it's an arm of the School of Public Policy, which means it mostly pumps out Conservative voters(or really tries to).


https://conted.ucalgary.ca/dtc/

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

We already have a downtown UofC Campus, but I think it's an arm of the School of Public Policy, which means it mostly pumps out Conservative voters(or really tries to).


https://conted.ucalgary.ca/dtc/

And the U of C School of Architecture is housed in the old central library.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

We already have a downtown UofC Campus, but I think it's an arm of the School of Public Policy, which means it mostly pumps out Conservative voters(or really tries to).


https://conted.ucalgary.ca/dtc/

https://www.ualberta.ca/physical-the...ry-campus.html

U of A offers Physio Schooling in Downtown Calgary

[puffnstuff]

The Compassionate Intervention Act.

Alberta eyes legislation on involuntary treatment for some drug users.

What could go wrong? That dumb ol charter full of rights probably get in the way but you know, worth a shot, right?

[D as in David]

The UCP is so used to saying the quiet stuff out loud to their base that they are struggling with being imprecise about when not to with the general population.

They probably messed up on the vetting of the multiculturalism council because Smith decreed they could only ask each candidate two questions.

[Yoho]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1648379297730826240

Oh snap.

[calculoso]

Who’s saying “but Harper…” now?