Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Torture]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Walking back the pulling of low income transit pass funding...

https://twitter.com/user/status/1785723148945813836

That was quick!

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

Maybe I’m becoming too much of a softy but I have a hard time not giving them credit for pulling their heads out of their asses even if it was only stuck there in the first place because they went looking for a solution to a problem no one was asking them to fix.

The only reason they pulled their head out of their ass is because Albertans pulled them up from their own arsehole.

If no one said anything they would have continued to inhale their own excrement willingly.

As usual, it's the conservatives "sorry we got caught" moment, not sorry for making a boneheaded decision in the first place.

[iggy_oi]

If they want to reduce dependence on these types of programs to reduce government expenses maybe they could try raising the minimum wage or reversing some of their absurd changes they made to the labour code in their first term instead of kicking down people who are already struggling.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

The only reason they pulled their head out of their ass is because Albertans pulled them up from their own arsehole.

If no one said anything they would have continued to inhale their own excrement willingly.

As usual, it's the conservatives "sorry we got caught" moment, not sorry for making a boneheaded decision in the first place.

I hear you but at the end of the day I prefer this outcome over yet another case of them stubbornly staying the course for ideological(donor funded) reasons.

[Bigtime]

Lol

https://twitter.com/user/status/1785738096665112850

[Fuzz]

Smith's promises are worth the toilet paper they are #### out on.

[KelVarnsen]

They aren't even worth that

[Muta]

Her base will eat this up of course. Unless Gondek and Sohi quickly come out and state this funding was part of the UCP's election promise, for which they tried to break yesterday behind people's backs... the cities WILL look like they 'can't afford' this type of expense. True or not, they need to swing back - and harder.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

The only reason they pulled their head out of their ass is because Rick Bell pulled his up from his own arsehole.

If no one said anything they would have continued to inhale their own excrement willingly.

As usual, it's the conservatives "sorry we got caught" moment, not sorry for making a boneheaded decision in the first place.

FYP

They listen to him

[Sr. Mints]

Even after nixing the nix, this looks bad on Nixon--especially with his connection to The Mustard Seed. He knows goddamn well that the removal of the low-income transit pass disproportionately affects the most vulnerable members of society. "Sorry we got caught"

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by edslunch

They listen to him

Did you alter my quote?

[aaronck]

Originally Posted by edslunch

They listen to him

They listen to that dolt Staples in Edmonton as well, DS even mentioned that she consulted him on things...

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/pol...ers-conference

When Smith said she had spoken with Postmedia columnist David Staples on the K-12 curriculum, she was met with laughter and groans.

“Respect is a two-way street, guys,” Smith said in response.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Muta

Her base will eat this up of course. Unless Gondek and Sohi quickly come out and state this funding was part of the UCP's election promise, for which they tried to break yesterday behind people's backs... the cities WILL look like they 'can't afford' this type of expense. True or not, they need to swing back - and harder.

Paging Nenshi..........

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Muta

Her base will eat this up of course. Unless Gondek and Sohi quickly come out and state this funding was part of the UCP's election promise, for which they tried to break yesterday behind people's backs... the cities WILL look like they 'can't afford' this type of expense. True or not, they need to swing back - and harder.

Considering the city just found almost a billion dollars last week that they kind of forgot about, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a #### you from the province.

Might be a bad look for Gondek to come out and complain about money. Wouldn’t surprise me on the least to see the UCP to throw it back in the city’s face. Even if the province was part of that arena deal that the extra $800m is being used for.

To be clear, #### the ucp for this BS. Just thinking out loud about how Smith might respond.

[timun]

Quoting myself for truth, again:

Originally Posted by timun

Imagine how much enmity one must have for their fellow man—how utterly bereft of morals and basic human decency one must be—to support the United Conservative Party. It's impressive, in a way, how low people will go.

[puffnstuff]

Lets play fill in the blank.

'Good, now the UCP just needs to reverse their position on ________'

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Did you alter my quote?

Yeah, sorry not well indicated. Can figure bold text on this app

[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Lets play fill in the blank.

'Good, now the UCP just needs to reverse their position on ________'

forming itself on the corpse of an actual political party and the steam of a bunch of yahoo separatists mixed with radical social conservative christofacists.

[MoneyGuy]

Smith is slamming Calgary council for voting to allow non-citizens to vote. She’s either stupid and needs to read the MGA or is lying to make council look bad. I’m going with B, or B with some of A as well.

[Fuzz]

https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?x...E7B345927ADB2B


I really hope they introduce a bill called "Protecting the rights of Old Stock Canadians," just to make this whole show really worth it.