Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by GGG

When there is no correlation between gas price rising and time of summer?

We are seeing stickiness on price because companies are trying to maximize profit. Eventually one of them blinks to take advantage of increased sales. This is how competition works. Tsu Tina dropped to 149.9 on Sunday, then Costco SE had to follow. It’s only a matter of time for that to spread. Just as we head into a long weekend.

The more troubling thing is I suspect Kenny will punt on putting the gas tax back in and sabotaged another Alberta revenue stream permanently.

Weird that the gas tax break ended up being absorbed by the profit margin and not passed down to the consumers. Nobody could have seen that coming, thought it would trickle down for sure.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

Weird that the gas tax break ended up being absorbed by the profit margin and not passed down to the consumers. Nobody could have seen that coming, thought it would trickle down for sure.

It did trickle down. Go follow the BC vs Alberta and Ontario gas prices since the tax break. The Delta between BC and Alberta went up by the 13 cents of the tax.

I don’t know how you can argue it didn’t work when the evidence it did is so easy to find.

https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts

Just look at the delta between BC and Alberta and how magically on April 1st the gap increased by roughly the amount of the gas tax. Where is your evidence it didn’t work?

Something else is going on in Alberta that is unrelated to the gas tax as if you look at Ontario their relief continued. So the last two weeks of Alberta vs ROC is interesting.

Kenny is an idiot and the whole gas tax relief policy stupid but unlike most of what Kenny does it lowered gas prices as intended.

[Harry Lime]

Using those charts, the prices re-matched around the 5th. Did BC do something to take away their own provincial taxes, or is that the absorption that people are talking about?

[GGG]

Yes roughly two weeks ago gas prices across Canada dropped but didn’t in Alberta.

But if you look at Ontario they just dropped their gas tax and that has had an affect. Also the delta lost two BC in the last two weeks is far greater than the 13 cents of gas tax. So whatever is happening in Alberta right now is unrelated to the gas tax or at a minimum not solely attributable to the gas tax.

In addition the group of people saying Kenny’s has tax didn’t work have been saying this since Day 1. This isn’t a new argument being made post July 5th

And gas in Calgary will be 1.55 pretty soon as Tsu Tina at Costco have already dropped prices.

[cral12]

When you see Stage 4 (cancer) trending and you're hoping it doesn't originate in Alberta...

Gah.

Is Danielle Smith the most dangerous woman/person in Alberta? Canada?

https://twitter.com/user/status/1551111740263264256

[Fuzz]

Sigh. Just another thing she knows less than zero about, yet pretends she has a clue.

I hope anyone voting for her immediately trips on a crack in the sidewalk and smashes their stupid face, because that's the minimum they deserve for subjecting the rest of Alberta to her dangerous Idiocracy.

[Johnny Makarov]

She is really morphing into Kathy Bates from Misery isn't she?

[Wormius]

This is what happens when there is no barriers for entry into running for office.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Wormius

This is what happens when there is no barriers for entry into running for office.

What about money?

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by cral12

When you see Stage 4 (cancer) trending and you're hoping it doesn't originate in Alberta...

Gah.

Is Danielle Smith the most dangerous woman/person in Alberta? Canada?

https://twitter.com/user/status/1551111740263264256

Poor choice of words but she's talking about prevention through healthier lifestyles and access to proactive healthcare. The naturopathic doctor (they are regulated in Alberta) she is interviewing isn't promoting natural medicine as an alternative to regular medicine but as a complement to it, focusing more on the prevention side. I don't have an opinion on this - I believe some of the unregulated 'doctors' are total quacks - but I would support moves to helping people live healthier lives and not just healing them when they are sick.

I do find it strange that Smith would devote an entire hour or whatever to this interview, claiming she knows little about naturopathic medicine but asking about what sort of regulatory improvements they would like, and I wonder who this is actually aimed at.

I would not vote for her but I had to comment that the tweet is overly alarmist.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by edslunch

Poor choice of words but she's talking about prevention through healthier lifestyles and access to proactive healthcare. The naturopathic doctor (they are regulated in Alberta) she is interviewing isn't promoting natural medicine as an alternative to regular medicine but as a complement to it, focusing more on the prevention side. I don't have an opinion on this - I believe some of the unregulated 'doctors' are total quacks - but I would support moves to helping people live healthier lives and not just healing them when they are sick.

I do find it strange that Smith would devote an entire hour or whatever to this interview, claiming she knows little about naturopathic medicine but asking about what sort of regulatory improvements they would like, and I wonder who this is actually aimed at.

I would not vote for her but I had to comment that the tweet is overly alarmist.

It's just another example of her making statements for which she has know expertise to make, but giving the public the impression she knows what she is talking about, by have an"expert" on hand when she says it. A real medical expert would have called her out on it, but that's why she never has real experts on hand.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Sigh. Just another thing she knows less than zero about, yet pretends she has a clue.

I hope anyone voting for her immediately trips on a crack in the sidewalk and smashes their stupid face, because that's the minimum they deserve for subjecting the rest of Alberta to her dangerous Idiocracy.

Look at who she blames for her comments

https://twitter.com/user/status/1551734042403524613

[Ozy_Flame]

She always looks like she's squeezing out a turd. Thats a cable laying brow.

[White Out 403]

Daniele Smith is a human toilet. Total garbage.

[Yoho]

Brain Jean loving this.

[Dion]

Danielle Smith clarifies what she said in her twitter message. She mentions her sincere love to Brian Jean and others who lost loved ones to Cancer.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1551626699611156480

[Ozy_Flame]

Danielle Smith: anything not at Stage 4 is totally within your control.

Also Danielle Smith: moderate cigarette consumption can reduce traditional risks by 75 percent or more.

Please don't pick this tire fire, Alberta.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Danielle Smith: anything not at Stage 4 is totally within your control.

Also Danielle Smith: moderate cigarette consumption can reduce traditional risks by 75 percent or more.

Please don't pick this tire fire, Alberta.

It's not always in your control and she seems to forget that. Healthy people with good life styles can still get Cancer.

[Roughneck]

Originally Posted by edslunch

I do find it strange that Smith would devote an entire hour or whatever to this interview, claiming she knows little about naturopathic medicine but asking about what sort of regulatory improvements they would like, and I wonder who this is actually aimed at.

See: conspirituality.

The wellness movement and anti-vax crowd has a big intersection, and has drifted far right. Combine a lot of it having religious background as well (I.e the Stephan family) and it becomes clearer on why Smith would be trying to appeal to the naturopath crowd.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Yoho

Brain Jean loving this.

Is this Brian's smarter brother? It would be refreshing for us to get the 'better brother' for a change.