Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Who here has done that?

Trying to hit your target of 15 strawmen early this week?

General recommendation based on the commentary around this job or that job being paid too much, overpaid, needing to give more, etc.

Weird that you’d take issue with it, though I sense this is just that ugly social awkwardness rearing its head again. It was meant as a relatively innocuous, agreeable comment, not one I expected to offend with so sorry if it did, but I don’t always pay attention to when I’m going to run afoul of terminally online debate perverts and fallacy-mongers with my “15 strawmen a week” lol.

You’re welcome to keep count for me if it gives you purpose, though.

[Looch City]

Man I would quit my job on the spot if I was a teacher and PepsiFree and CliffFletcher were the students.

[IliketoPuck]

Originally Posted by Looch City

Man I would quit my job on the spot if I was a teacher and PepsiFree and CliffFletcher were the students.

That's soft.

Just have them mark each other's homework and kick your feet up on the desk like a real teacher.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Looch City

Man I would quit my job on the spot if I was a teacher and PepsiFree and CliffFletcher were the students.

People like us are why teachers desperately need more support and in-classroom aids.

[woob]

Who here remembers when people would continuosly bang the drum about the impact of pandemic school closures on education outcomes for children.

Surely you'd think those individuals would also take issue with the impact Alberta's current education system breakdown is having on education outcomes for children. Right? Right??

While I think invidiuals who might come on an Internet forum to make bad faith arguments are not analogous to every day people discussing this, I do think theres a good percentage of people who are not well informed on this topic and merely think of it as a simple "teacher be mad about dollars" argument.

It baffles me, that people will debate ad nausem about wages or schools or budget when the very people doing the teaching/adminstration/etc. are all sounding the alarm bells. There's definitely a point to be made here about citizens finding their voices in support of teachers. Whether the government listens, well we all know that answer.

Anyways, random thoughts from very my frustrated brain.

[troutman]

Alberta baby dies from measles

An Alberta baby, born prematurely after its mother contracted measles during pregnancy has died, government officials announced Thursday.

https://apple.news/Aa1AX7PsvSUaWJZlINPOj2Q

The update comes as there are now 1,910 cases of measles in Alberta.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by troutman

Alberta baby dies from measles

An Alberta baby, born prematurely after its mother contracted measles during pregnancy has died, government officials announced Thursday.

https://apple.news/Aa1AX7PsvSUaWJZlINPOj2Q

I don't know if there is a reason the mom wasn't vaccinated, or if there was a breakthrough infections. But sometimes I really wish contact tracing could reveal an unvaxed person in her chain of infection, if she was vaxed, then they could get warrant for their Internet history and formally charge one of the prevayors of misinformation with accessory to manslaughter, the unvaxed masses are victims, we really need a president where people are free to give stupid health advice in public, but are responsible for the results of their misinformation.

[puffnstuff]

Brian Jean got a new mandate letter from busboobs today

Basically its to double oil production by 2035
Build pipelines thru BC and another to Ontario
Fight with Ottawa (i saw at least three mentions of this and overreach)
Coal...but that language in couched as 'rock-based minerals'

https://www.alberta.ca/minister-of-energy-and-minerals
Scroll down and can click to read mandate letter

[Ironhorse]

Originally Posted by InglewoodFan

In other government labour news, AHS (and none of the other Alberta Health "pillars") out of scope non union folks (managers etc) have been told they have to take two mandatory unpaid days between now and March for cost cutting reasons. Seems like a heck of a way to save <1% on that labour cost at the expense of pissing everyone off.

Meh, that's nothing. Try being on a mandatory 1 day/week reduced work week for 9 months.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Brian Jean got a new mandate letter from busboobs today

Basically its to double oil production by 2035
Build pipelines thru BC and another to Ontario
Fight with Ottawa (i saw at least three mentions of this and overreach)
Coal...but that language in couched as 'rock-based minerals'

https://www.alberta.ca/minister-of-energy-and-minerals
Scroll down and can click to read mandate letter

In coordination with the Premier’s federal negotiating team and industry, secure agreement and approval from the federal government for the construction of a new bitumen pipeline to the northwest coast of British Columbia,

This is final boss level stuff here.


It also means almost doubling our pipeline export capacity. In 9 years. With zero industry proposed pipeline plans.


Have they been drinking again?

[Ironhorse]

There are zero industry proposed pipeline plans because no company in their right mind would try to plan or permit one under the current Liberal anti-oil policies. Carney has cheekily said "well there are no proposed pipelines, so I can't approve to accelerate any" (how convenient). So Alberta is doing the planning and front end engineering to get this to a proposed plan stage, and then pushing it in Carney's lap.