Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[para transit fellow]

If paying your family doctor for a check up will improve your relationship with your doctor... why don't we improve our relationship with our local MLA's with similar payment options?

[chedder]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

It’s not just rural folk, it’s not even close to that being the issue.

This. Wide swaths of upper middle class calgary will be voting for her as well.

[PepsiFree]

Why are we pretending that anyone said the issue was “just” rural people or that they aren’t a big part of the reason the UCP holds power? Come on now.

[iggy_oi]

I’ve got a doctor’s appointment this week for a prescription refill, I’m going to offer a tip at the start and see if I get the real medication.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

I’ve got a doctor’s appointment this week for a prescription refill, I’m going to offer a tip at the start and see if I get the real medication.

I made the mistake of reading Twitter comments and one guy was bragging that he hasn't has a doctor in 15 years. He just pays $50 to call tele health and tells them what drugs to prescribe. You might try that?

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by edslunch

I made the mistake of reading Twitter comments and one guy was bragging that he hasn't has a doctor in 15 years. He just pays $50 to call tele health and tells them what drugs to prescribe. You might try that?

I’ll start at a lower amount and if I’m still not getting the goods by the time I get to $50 I might consider it

[calf]

Originally Posted by para transit fellow

If paying your family doctor for a check up will improve your relationship with your doctor... why don't we improve our relationship with our local MLA's with similar payment options?

I know my relationship with my dentist and optometrist is top notch. Always feels great anytime I'm out of pocket with them.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by para transit fellow

If paying your family doctor for a check up will improve your relationship with your doctor... why don't we improve our relationship with our local MLA's with similar payment options?

I'm pretty sure if you want a better relationship if your elected reps you only need to find a fund-raiser banquet they participating in. Money for access, no problem.

[Fuzz]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1650244161801695232


Nice to see tax dollars going toward blatant campaigning and deceit.

[Muta]

That is ####ing terrible. I hope this gets called out publicly.

[Fighting Banana Slug]

My guess is that there will be some reports of contact from the Premier's office...imprecise language...yada yada yada...Smith is an idiot.

[Superflyer]

Really it is no different then the TV ads going on about how they are giving money to families and old people. Because of these I now know that old people can heat their houses and stock their fridge for a family gathering and parents can now afford carrots for their kids.

[calculoso]

Sample construction sign:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1650389932916215809

[undercoverbrother]

[TheIronMaiden]

I'd love to know how much those advertisements, I mean fake signs costs the public.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by calculoso

Sample construction sign:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1650389932916215809

Reminds me of this historic photo.

Spoiler!

[belsarius]

Everything old is new again....

"You know, 300 signs staked out in the ground isn't a good measure of performance — and you're not going to see my name on any signs," Prentice said to applause in a speech to the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association.

And whats to come..

Building Alberta was a branding program that at its height touched every piece of good news information that emanated from the Redford government.

Besides being on the signs (at a total cost of $1 million), it was on government business cards, help-wanted ads, brochures, Twitter hashtags, jackets, Internet and broadcast ads and as a tagline on every announcement made by the government.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...tice-1.2778465

[Major Major]

"Getting things done."

[Looch City]

Creating jobs!

[Monahammer]

Hilarious. I attended one of these "announcements" this morning in fact. Desperation imo.