Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Izzle]

Originally Posted by SebC

This morning's events just solidified that Hillary was right. Shoot the messenger much?

If anything, she underestimated the number of deplorables.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Reading the_only_turek_fan posts are a scary look into the average ignorant conservative voter in this province.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

You see Iggy, the point wasn't the cheques you do or do not get, but it's the fact that it's WRONG to vote for someone with moral deficiencies because you want a cheque, but RIGHT to vote for someone with moral deficiencies because you want a tax cut. More money coming back = evil hypocrites! Less money going out = well I guess we can look past all that.

Do better.

I’m not here for a reading test Pepsi, I just want my cheques because clearly I’ve been missing out.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

I’m not here for a reading test Pepsi, I just want my cheques because clearly I’ve been missing out.

If Danielle Smith is elected leader you might get some Dani Bucks

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Dion

If Danielle Smith is elected leader you might get some Dani Bucks

Free tire giveaway

[iggy_oi]

Double post

[Dion]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

Free tire giveaway

She lives in High River and I see her around town from time to time. I can remember having a conversation with her a few years ago where I asked if she would ever run for politics again. Her response was a big no to that

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Not to pile on, but didn't you vote for a guy who:
- helped block gay men from visiting their partners dying from AIDS
- advocated to block LGBTQ civil rights
- voted against same-sex marriage in 2005
- voted against protections for gender identity and expression
- was against confidentiality protections for LGBTQ students in GSAs
- was under investigation for election fraud
- said UCP members were allowed to share white supremacist views so long as they weren't members of a hate organization.

All because you thought you might save a buck in taxes?

Excuse me if I find the crying about a double standard a bit toothless when you're criticizing someone who voted for guy with "wore blackface" on his record while you happily voted for guy with "actively used political power to make life worse for LGBTQ people" on theirs.

Go back to complaining about how much they ask for in property tax from your 6 figure salary for your 7 figure home some more. At least it's entertaining.

Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

Do something productive rather than posting on the CP off topic form all day. Seriously.

"I can't address PepsiFree so instead going to act like a baby"

[Fuzz]

Anderson and his group tout the Alberta Sovereignty Act, a plan for Alberta to systematically refuse to uphold or enforce any federal policy or act it believes impedes the province's interests, jurisdictionally or otherwise.

But Danielle Smith had come to cheer. The former Wildrose Party leader (who, alongside Anderson in 2014, crossed the floor to Jim Prentice's Tories) is not only a fan of this Sovereignty Act — she's already declared it her day-one priority. Smith believes Alberta could use this tool to shield Alberta from everything from the Emergencies Act to vaccine rules to internet content regulation.


"It's our job to make sure that we're taking care of business and taking care of our people," she told the forum. She added, in apparent reference to the legal quagmire the bill is designed to provoke, "I'm kind of somebody who believes in asking for forgiveness rather than permission."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...501316?cmp=rss


These people have totally lost the plot. Fringe nonsense that does nothing for Albertans, just stupid trash to antagonize the rest of the country. I hope the NDP win, and Smith has a hissy fit and moves to the US where she can be "free" and we never have to hear from her stupid face ever again.

[b1crunch]

double post

[b1crunch]

'Shame on those responsible': Float in Sundre, Alta. rodeo parade called out as racist

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...502224?cmp=rss

Perhaps this should be in the Federal Politics thread? I put it in here because it's from Alberta.

https://twitter.com/user/status//airdronian/status/1540804917148798977

[Macman]

More sad than anything and gives an idea of what people are still facing and dealing with.

[Nufy]

As soon as I saw the pic I immediately saw it as a political commentary.
A bit off Color…but not racist.

Leave it up to politicians and special interest groups to manufacture outrage when there isn’t any.

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Nufy

As soon as I saw the pic I immediately saw it as apolitical commentary.
A bit off Color…but not racist.

Leave it up to politicians and special interest groups to manufacture outrage when there isn’t any.

The racist part you can question.. but how is it apolitical?

Can we also agree even if you don't think its racist, its a terrible parade float?

[Nufy]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

The racist part you can question.. but how is it apolitical?

Can we also agree even if you don't think its racist, its a terrible parade float?

Typing on my phone...Missed a space bar...

Fixed now...

For sure a terrible float...according to the news it wasn't an official float...just snuck in along the way somewhere.

[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by Nufy

As soon as I saw the pic I immediately saw it as a political commentary.
A bit off Color…but not racist.

Leave it up to politicians and special interest groups to manufacture outrage when there isn’t any.

white guy in a turban and fake beard sitting in a manure spreader...not racist

The Dashmesh Culture Centre in Calgary, a Sikh community hub, tweeted it is "extremely disappointed and saddened to witness this horrendous display of racism towards the Sikh community."

special interest groups just looking to get into the news cycle.

[PepsiFree]

It was racist when Trudeau did it 30 years ago but it’s not racist when a guy in Sundre does it over the weekend in 2022, apparently. Hell, even members of the UCP weren’t afraid to call it racist, but they’re known for being overly sensitive I’m sure.

The organiser of the float is your basic deplorable. Posts every hateful, ignorant view you can imagine on social media.

[Fuzz]

I'm surprised none of the news articles have named these racists. Can't be too hard to figure out who they are.

[ah123]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I'm surprised none of the news articles have named these racists. Can't be too hard to figure out who they are.

If you check the responses to the twitter feed, some of the individuals are identified. Not sure if it really adds any value to naming them in the media (besides increasing the polarization of opinion)

[OptimalTates]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I'm surprised none of the news articles have named these racists. Can't be too hard to figure out who they are.

I’m pretty sure I saw one of them wearing a Turek jersey the other day.