Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by Torture

https://twitter.com/user/status/1615770126330265602

No Just Transition, we don't want your money!

Dale Nally's smug little mug is front and centre of the announcement pictures too, lol. I wonder how queen D feels about that?

[Cowboy89]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

This is interesting. Do you have an historic example?

https://www.reuters.com/world/americ...ay-2022-11-14/


You don't have to look far. I just dropped in one of the first examples that pops up on a google search for someone that was arrested for this in Canada (The examples that pop up are only the people who are found out). Canada's companies are littered with Chinese spys whose job it is to steal trade secrets. Stolen technology from the west is a big part of their rise to prominence.

It's tremendously naïve and economically dangerous to throttle or impede billions in investment in commodities that Canada has that the world needs right now and for the immediate / medium term future.

[RedHot25]

....and right on cue, this article comes out, business one way (a transition is happening and wer are worried we won't have the talent and people we need for it!) the Alberta government the other in opposition (boo Trudeau hiss feds) Even the twitter comments are on point. Sigh.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1615787337577041920

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Canadianman

Yes, I applied and got approved immediately.


I've already donated the funds to the Calgary Food Bank and the Alberta NDP.

We don't qualify for the Inflation Exacerbation Funds, but I'll be doing my annual donation to NDP this week! Reminder to anyone who is able to give early that you'll get most of the money back (just not until spring 2024).

Give $200 and get back $150
Give $400 and get back $250
Give $1000 and get back $550

https://www.elections.ab.ca/finance/contributions/

[Torture]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1615782478467186716


Woops, a version of it was already posted.

[Looch City]

Fake. Liberal planted oil execs you mean.

Probably funded by Soros himself.

[Muta]

Not surprised actual business leaders see it as a business opportunity through foresight, while right-wing conservative nutjobs see it as an instant chance to politically grandstand. Sometimes the UCP should just STFU, go sit in a corner, and let our private sector roll their sleeves up and look at the economic forecast - since that's what they actually specialize in.

[Monahammer]

We can pick on Notley a bit here too. She is following the strategy I outlined a few pages ago to dismantle Smith's narrative, but I think she went too far too fast here. Should have kept the messaging limited to the emissions cap and not touched the job transition, let Smith continue taking a beating for it instead. This type of position provides cover for Smith's position and undermines positive news plays like that CEO story. Misplay by Notley's team here, should have waited a bit longer.

[Monahammer]

This one is just for Yoho.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

This one is just for Yoho.

Will it be a GMO, superhuman Filipino?

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Will it be a GMO, superhuman Filipino?

I had to laugh at that miswording of the statement. Promise to create a Filipino... is she going to be a surrogate for the two nice people standing beside her? That's a very selfless thing to do for someone else, though I feel it is somewhat outside of the scope of government.

[Johnny Makarov]

The NDP is god. and will make him/her from clay out of the Bow River.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

The NDP is god. and will make him/her from clay out of the Bow River.

Shouldn't they source the clay from the Philippines?

Maybe Fuzz can hook them up with a donation.

[Hemi-Cuda]

I wonder if they'll teach kids "proper" Filipino or real world Filipino. I used to work a night shift with a guy from the Philippines and he would put on a Filipino news station on the TV. I could almost follow along because nearly half the words the used were in English. I had always assumed the English I heard sprinkled in between him and his friends a type of slang, but it's the same on the state run news channel

[Yoho]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1616064765209767936

[Tron_fdc]

FFS why is this such a big deal? It's free training. Big whoop. No one is holding a gun to anyone's head saying you need to complete the training and go work on a windmill.

The market will ALWAYS dictate where the labour force goes. If you're a pipeline welder working O&G at $50/hr and you have unlimited work ahead of you, what's the harm in getting free training to go weld on a windmill in the case oil drops? If it doesn't drop and windmills pay $60/hr vs O&G $50 then go work there!! Let the oil companies compete for your services. Capitalism. Enjoy it. Everyone wins.

To me this is just another liberal vanity project where they get to tell people how "green" (lol) they are while continuing to rake in cash from Alberta energy. Oil isn't going anywhere anytime soon, so if they want to sprinkle cash here to champion their "transition" go right ahead.

But yeah EHRMAGERD here comes Trudeau to steal MAH JERBS and force egress shutdowns on one of Canada's biggest industries or something like that I'M OUTRAGED! TO TWITTER I GO!!

[Looch City]

Originally Posted by Yoho

https://twitter.com/user/status/1616064765209767936

What’s a bigger issue to you Yoho?

Just Transition or teaching Filipino in schools?

[Torture]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

FFS why is this such a big deal? It's free training. Big whoop. No one is holding a gun to anyone's head saying you need to complete the training and go work on a windmill.

The market will ALWAYS dictate where the labour force goes. If you're a pipeline welder working O&G at $50/hr and you have unlimited work ahead of you, what's the harm in getting free training to go weld on a windmill in the case oil drops? If it doesn't drop and windmills pay $60/hr vs O&G $50 then go work there!! Let the oil companies compete for your services. Capitalism. Enjoy it. Everyone wins.

To me this is just another liberal vanity project where they get to tell people how "green" (lol) they are while continuing to rake in cash from Alberta energy. Oil isn't going anywhere anytime soon, so if they want to sprinkle cash here to champion their "transition" go right ahead.

But yeah EHRMAGERD here comes Trudeau to steal MAH JERBS and force egress shutdowns on one of Canada's biggest industries or something like that I'M OUTRAGED! TO TWITTER I GO!!

Exactly. As I said before it's just a boring skills training program. Nothing to see here.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Looch City

What’s a bigger issue to you Yoho?

Just Transition or teaching Filipino in schools?

A custom nickname is a almost a requirement at this point.

[MissTeeks]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1616161587034980352