Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Torture

No consultation.

Shocking that electing people who say they are done consulting with experts don't consult with experts. Awesome to be governed by the whims of morons.

[TheIronMaiden]

I'm all for shooting Grizzlies as long as we can use Smith for bait.

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Do what Dani doth declares.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1786443037679464678

Or else.

The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) Board announced today that Michael Law, President and Chief Executive Officer, will leave the organization, effective August 1, 2024. Law first joined the AESO in 2009 as Vice-President, Operations and was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer in 2019

https://aeso.ca/aeso/media/aeso-boar...f-michael-law/

[Cecil Terwilliger]

More competence! I’m confident they won’t #### this up at all and it isn’t part of their plan to dismantle health care, privatize it, and appoint their cronies on sweetheart contracts that deliver 1/10th the service for 5x the cost.

Alberta spending millions in severance as it overhauls health system

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...health-system/

[Makarov]

I'm so happy that I moved from Alberta to Doug Ford's Ontario. Let that sink in for a minute.

[undercoverbrother]

It is ####ing dire

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by Makarov

I'm so happy that I moved from Alberta to Doug Ford's Ontario. Let that sink in for a minute.

I'm in Ontario too, and all we have actively on deck for problems (and there are many, many issues with Bumblebee mouth and his clown show, so lets not discount that), is an LCBO worker strike, and Dougie pumping the tires on cringe summer liquor ads lol

[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by Torture

Well this seems like a totally reasonable, well thought out plan.



Troublesome grizzly? Okay, let's go down our list of UCP insiders lottery winners and instead of taking action ourselves to protect people from a bear that poses a safety threat immediately, we'll ask some individual citizen to be there in 24 hours and deputize them to hunt the bear. And they'll totally know which bear is the right bear to kill and nobody will ever abuse this claiming they just shot a 'troublesome' bear, nope.

https://www.rmoutlook.com/kananaskis...-cases-9192825

Wasn't this literally a plot from The Simpsons ~30 years ago? The UCP knows that was satire, right?

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

Or else.







https://aeso.ca/aeso/media/aeso-boar...f-michael-law/

This should get more media.

[calf]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

Wasn't this literally a plot from The Simpsons ~30 years ago? The UCP knows that was satire, right?

That's specious reasoning

[Torture]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

This should get more media.

Yep. And now he's leaving the organization.
https://thenarwhal.ca/aeso-ceo-michael-law-departure/

[FlameOn]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

More competence! I’m confident they won’t #### this up at all and it isn’t part of their plan to dismantle health care, privatize it, and appoint their cronies on sweetheart contracts that deliver 1/10th the service for 5x the cost.



https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...health-system/

It gets worse and UCP seems to have accelerating plans, private hospital anyone? "Primary and Urgent Care"

Planned renovations at the Airdrie Urgent Care Centre have been put on hold while the provincial government considers a new pitch.

The proposal comes from an Airdrie doctor, in partnership with a developer. It could see a new facility built and leased to the province, with a family medical practice attached.

The delay has raised concerns among local health-care advocates, who worry about the impact on patient care and what some see as a lack of transparency in the process.

The renovations were halted on Jan. 11 by the Alberta government. It had committed $8.4 million to increasing the number of beds in urgent care as well as renovating some of the clinics located in the centre. Construction was expected to be completed by the end of the year.

UCP suspended urgent renovations of the Airdrie Urgent Care Centre to "consider" said proposal
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...hold-1.7109810

[Muta]

The (improper) use of that comma in the first sentence, the outdated double-spacing before the second and third sentences, and starting the third sentence with an 'And' tells me all I need (or want) to know about this group. Also, who the hell is 'Alberta Health'?

That document is giving me hives.

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

This should get more media.

His goose was cooked once the emails came out. Normally, I would say this isn't a good look for the government, but it's very on brand for them.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by Muta

The (improper) use of that comma in the first sentence, the outdated double-spacing before the second and third sentences, and starting the third sentence with an 'And' tells me all I need (or want) to know about this group. Also, who the hell is 'Alberta Health'?

That document is giving me hives.

Alberta Health is a government ministry that sets policy and oversight, and AHS is a health authority and does the operations. Different functions, but the confusion is always palpable.

Also, "How we develop a true partnership between you" is a half-complete sentence that leaves me wanting to know with who? WHO??

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by Muta

The (improper) use of that comma in the first sentence, the outdated double-spacing before the second and third sentences, and starting the third sentence with an 'And' tells me all I need (or want) to know about this group. Also, who the hell is 'Alberta Health'?

That document is giving me hives.

Don't forget the ad was done with the default Word font too. It looks like something handed out at churches on Sundays.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Muta

The (improper) use of that comma in the first sentence, the outdated double-spacing before the second and third sentences, and starting the third sentence with an 'And' tells me all I need (or want) to know about this group. Also, who the hell is 'Alberta Health'?

That document is giving me hives.

I, in reality, think this document sucks. And, blows.

[Fuzz]

Getting front of the new, the government put out a press release on it:

https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?x...62F6C3D44224AC


I've modified Mr Cox's quote, in case the bears can read. Someone needs to warn them.


“Due to the increasing number of rural Alberta residents and the expansion of their territories, there is a heightened safety issue for grizzly bears.”

[Torture]

“The loss of even one human life because of a grizzly bear attack is one too many. We are taking a proactive approach to help Albertans co-exist with wildlife through our new wildlife management program. These changes demonstrate our commitment to ensuring Albertans can safely work and recreate throughout the province.”

Which is why we're going to make sure we let that problem grizzly bear be at large until we can hold a raffle and get a hunter out there to get their trophy kill rather than having trained staff do so as quickly and humanely as possible.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Torture

Which is why we're going to make sure we let that problem grizzly bear be at large until we can hold a raffle and get a hunter out there to get their trophy kill rather than having trained staff do so as quickly and humanely as possible.

I think you are reading too much into this mechanism they claim to be building. I suspect the person making the call about a problem bear on their property is also going to be the one who happens to be closest by, and will be the proud owner of a freezer full of meat and a nice hide for their great room. Yup, that bear was a real problem all right.