Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[WideReceiver]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

https://bsky.app/profile/theijf.org/post/3lrdjdfmhep2g

Airdrie mayor Peter Brown and staff worked in secret with a developer and the premier's office to get a private hospital using money earmarked for upgrading a public hospital.

Doesn’t sound legal.

[KelVarnsen]

Like that matters

[Fuzz]

Behaving exactly as expected. Nothing will improve, #### like this will continue, and Alberta voters will reward them.

[troutman]

Standing room only in Fort Macleod.

[puffnstuff]

https://web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/alb.../3lrdrgdnlrk2t

Youth unemployment can be blamed on a lack of a drivers license...

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by troutman

Standing room only in Fort Macleod.

Surprised that they let the general public attend.

[puffnstuff]

There is or was a live stream of it that a friend was watching...apparently theres a lady in the crowd that has a sign she holds up when Smith talks, it says 'LIAR' on it

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

https://web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/alb.../3lrdrgdnlrk2t

Youth unemployment can be blamed on a lack of a drivers license...

First job at 16? Should be on to their fifth by then!

[puffnstuff]

1013 guests viewing this thread. Busboobs got more bots? Maybe she could hire 16 year olds for those bot jobs. They could do it from home

[troutman]

This Town Hall is raucous.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by troutman

This Town Hall is raucous.

Look! I tried to tell them that the fire I set up in the parking lot outside was using all locally sourced Coal...there was no need to be rude about it!

[troutman]

double post

[troutman]

I’m home. Under the weather, so I will just describe the highlights.

People began arriving at 3:30. Not everyone could fit in the Hall, and protestors lined the highway.

Personally, I was glad for this, and I hope as friends and neighbors we keep talking.

It seems clear that open pit or mountain top removal will not ever be permitted. Northback will have to make a much more limited application. They promise selenium won’t be allowed to enter the watershed.

Opponents made up the big majority, and the proponents were loud at times. Many of my allies were disruptive and I didn’t like that. But, the government needs to understand how large the opposition is.

Maybe 90% that asked questions were opponents; ranchers, politicians, blackfoot, residents of CNP, professors, former mine workers.

One man worked all his life in mining around the world. He said the coal at Grassy Mtn. is poor quality compared to BC and not suitable for steel making.

Joe explained that he works in the mines in BC, and they are working hard at removing the selenium. A prof from U of L rebutted him to say that there is no referreed research showing that selenium can be removed or reduced in any meaningful way.

Proponents bragged about the mandate of 72% of CNP voters in the referendum. This is highly misleading.

Many talked about low water levels, that is getting worse due to climate change.

Many asked why foreign investors are being supported ahead of Albertans.

I write this as our skies are darkened by smoke.

Nature is a language, can’t you read?

[GGG]

What makes you believe open pit or mountain top won’t be permitted?

[Reggie Dunlop]

Seeing bits and snippets of the event on social media. Apparently Smith said Selenium is good for you and we should all eat Brazil nuts (rich in Selenium).

[troutman]

Originally Posted by GGG

What makes you believe open pit or mountain top won’t be permitted?

They say this is government policy.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Seeing bits and snippets of the event on social media. Apparently Smith said Selenium is good for you and we should all eat Brazil nuts (rich in Selenium).

Selenium is good for you in very small doses.

"The dose makes the poison" or in Latin, "Sola dosis facit venenum". It means that a substance can produce the harmful effect associated with its toxic properties only if it reaches a susceptible biological system within the body in a high enough concentration (i.e., dose). [wiki]

There is arsenic in apples. Not enough to harm us.

Google AI

The upper limit for safe selenium intake is generally considered to be 400 mcg per day.

Brazil nuts are a significant dietary source of selenium, with one nut containing approximately 68 to 91 micrograms (mcg). A single Brazil nut can provide the daily recommended selenium allowance for adults, which is 55 mcg, according to Medical News Today. However, it's important to note that consuming too many Brazil nuts can lead to selenium toxicity, as the upper limit for adults is 400 mcg daily.

[puffnstuff]

Originally Posted by troutman

They say this is government policy.

They say a lot of things...

Did anyone ask them specifically why they reopened mining after having shut it down before?
Or why the mining company got to meet with AER in a closed door meeting just before this last approval they gave?

[powderjunkie]

Quick, somebody send Danielle Smith and her cronies several kgs of brazil nuts!

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

Quick, somebody send Danielle Smith and her cronies several kgs of brazil nuts!

That'd be a way to go. Buried in a pile of a brazzilion nuts.