Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Dion]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Your right, he doesn't necessarily provide any discussion but at least what he posts can lead to a discussion on the topic amongst the rest of us.

There is no discussion. When people respond to his posts by telling him he is wrong there is nothing in response from Yoho.

[btimbit]

People probably should just reply to it less but frankly it'd be easier if it just wasn't here. All it does is post bait anyway

[RedHot25]

Not sure I buy it, but hey, this thread has pretty much had everything else and then some, so.....

https://twitter.com/user/status/1616658296894816256

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Dion

There is no discussion. When people respond to his posts by telling him he is wrong there is nothing in response from Yoho.

Are you suggesting that he/she has so little confidence in their positions that they’re too afraid to try and defend them? Say it ain’t so Dion

[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by RedHot25

Not sure I buy it, but hey, this thread has pretty much had everything else and then some, so.....

https://twitter.com/user/status/1616658296894816256

Yoho, please use your incredible insight and powers of deduction to enlighten us all about what will be discussed at this emergency meeting? Surely it's just inflation related?

[edslunch]

Can we please stop talking about Yoho and people talking about Yoho. Ignore their posts or respond to them, but don’t make this thread about them.

[calculoso]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

Not that I'm condoning it, but if Trudeau survived interfering with the courts and judicial process, I think Dani will as well.

Sadly i think you’re completely bang on here. Trudeau should have been turfed for his attempted interference and Smith should be as well. I wonder how the number of contacts and degree of interference compares… sadly I don’t think we will ever know

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by MBates

https://twitter.com/user/status/1616512192572186626

Unsurprisingly this is national news. Professor Sankoff is highly regarded including regularly cited by the Supreme Court of Canada. It will be interesting to hear his take.

Here's his thread he tweeted out this morning.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1616822572083216391

[GGG]

Originally Posted by calculoso

Sadly i think you’re completely bang on here. Trudeau should have been turfed for his attempted interference and Smith should be as well. I wonder how the number of contacts and degree of interference compares… sadly I don’t think we will ever know

I think that this is worth for Smith than it was Trudeau due for the nature of Smiths support and that these cases are still pending being prosecuted.

Her base will want her to double down that she was right to contact prosecutors and will be angry if these cases proceed so the knives could come from the right. In order to win an election she needs to offer some sort of explanation and back off the interference.

In Trudeau’s case maintaining cabinet confidence and electoral results pointed in the same direction. Here Smith is caught in the same pincer Kenny was on Covid.

[Fuzz]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she has called for a review that she says will examine emails between her office and Crown prosecutors.

Smith said Saturday – on Corus Entertainment's Your Province, Your Premier radio program — that she has ordered the independent public service to do a review of emails sent by her office, which will be conducted alongside the IT department.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...722080?cmp=rss

This will be interesting. What caught my eye, though, was this:

Smith said there are hundreds of Crown prosecutors and she has 34 staffers in her office, which means it is likely the review will take the entire weekend.

34! Along with the largest cabinet in Alberta history, she's also staffed up like the Stampede in July. I was curious, and found this article...

Tax experts are sounding the alarm over the amount Alberta’s government spends on the salaries for 19 government employees who work for Premier Jason Kenney’s office.

Publicly posted contracts for 19 employees in the premier’s office show their salaries add up to over $2.9 million in taxpayer dollars each year, with their salaries ranging from over $224,000 annually at the high end for both the premier’s principal secretary and his chief of staff, and several employees including the premier’s special assistant and tour manager each making just over $114,000 at the low end of the scale.

https://globalnews.ca/news/6954529/a...payer-dollars/

If 19 is eye popping, I think our heads might explode here. 34! What an efficient well run machine...I guess this is what Libertarian Conservatism looks like.

[Major Major]

Need a lot of people when you are "getting things done."

[RedHot25]

Hour 4?

https://twitter.com/user/status/1616987207558127617

[RedHot25]

Ok. This is pretty funny.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1616839348766519297

[RedHot25]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1617192238546825217

[RedHot25]

Originally Posted by redhot25

ok. This is pretty funny.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1616839348766519297

https://twitter.com/user/status/1617229433185894402

https://twitter.com/user/status/1617229434456788992

https://twitter.com/user/status/1617229438844010496

https://twitter.com/user/status/1617229425145438208

[Fuzz]

The justification is that the emails were sent from the staffers personal account to at least one Crown Prosecutors personal account

I'm not sure the law will agree with you on that one. Is this why she was so willing to have the investigation? She thinks she is in the clear because it wasn't done from government email addresses? Does she have any ability to identify right and wrong?

[Roughneck]

Improper use of a personal e-mail account? It's like we're playing in the big leagues!

[RedHot25]

But......her emails?

Maybe Trump actually was right, just wrong country.

[Flames0910]

Now that the personal email revelation is leaked her idea that it will end with the investigation seems unlikely lol. Also did she not just admit to caucus that she’s aware of the emails?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Flames0910

Now that the personal email revelation is leaked her idea that it will end with the investigation seems unlikely lol. Also did she not just admit to caucus that she’s aware of the emails?

Ya, but there is no possible way they could be tied back to her, so she's in the clear here. Logic!