Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Weitz

It’s what the pathways project is planning to inject to. A few cap rocks and salts as the seal. Ask me how I know…

No, they are not injecting anything into Precambrian rocks.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by DFO

Thought they were looking at the basal Cambrian sands. At least that’s what a friend said he was mapping as part of that effort.

Yes sorry slightly off. I am not a geo. But I was working on the team evaluating the integrity of the reservoir before I left my previous job.

[Faust]

Thomas A. Lukaszuk

Here is just a part of Danielle Smith’s Alberta 100 person field trip entourage to Dubai. Even her husband managed to join the taxpayer funded luxurious trip. After all, diner owner experience is critical to fight for plastic straws at a climate conference.
#ableg

https://x.com/lukaszukab/status/1730...307094184?s=61

[Izzle]

To be fair, tis the season for grifting.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Faust

Thomas A. Lukaszuk

Here is just a part of Danielle Smith’s Alberta 100 person field trip entourage to Dubai. Even her husband managed to join the taxpayer funded luxurious trip. After all, diner owner experience is critical to fight for plastic straws at a climate conference.
#ableg

https://x.com/lukaszukab/status/1730...307094184?s=61

That's a lot of taxpayer money going towards this trip. We should have a contest to see who correctly guesses the amount.

[FlameOn]

Originally Posted by Dion

That's a lot of taxpayer money going towards this trip. We should have a contest to see who correctly guesses the amount.

She's there with a giant entourage of basically oil lobbyists to fight against climate change action. Flights alone are over $18K per head for economy seats, not including all the accommodations. These guys are definitely not flying economy.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1730325609304453153

Basically, the UCP is a taxpayer funded oil lobbying and grifting machine. More on the attendees from the AB politics article
https://albertapolitics.ca/2023/12/l...g-the-freight/

[Johnny Makarov]

Redford was pennies on the dollars compared to Boobbus....

[#-3]

Originally Posted by Faust

Thomas A. Lukaszuk

Here is just a part of Danielle Smith’s Alberta 100 person field trip entourage to Dubai. Even her husband managed to join the taxpayer funded luxurious trip. After all, diner owner experience is critical to fight for plastic straws at a climate conference.
#ableg

https://x.com/lukaszukab/status/1730...307094184?s=61

Part of me hates that conservatives have started this whole "look how much their spending" gimmick, especially since they always grift way way harder, but their supporters are the ones who care and will forgive pretty much anything they do, but would absolutely blow up if Notely has spent a tenth of this. To bad we borrowed money to maintain government operations, everyone knows that was an unforgivable sin that set us down the path towards Smith.

At the end of the day, government is going to spend money sending dignitaries places, and it's always going to sound like too much money. This pales in comparison to threatening steal our pension money from it's current management firm to invest it in high risk stocks, or buying a 1.5 billion dollar project dead on arrival, or firing 5 health care executives to hire 8, or a systemic failure to understand that levying taxes is required to sustain the government services that even they clearly expect. I don't think we need to point to one of the perks of holding a high profile position is the problem when the UPCs money problems are so much more vast and deeper than taking a nice trip on the company dollar.

[puffnstuff]

After seeing the list its a real stretch to call them dignitaries.

Also, apparently the money wont be accounted for because the War Room is paying for it and we dont get to see that (even though its taxpayer money)

[Muta]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

After seeing the list its a real stretch to call them dignitaries.

Also, apparently the money wont be accounted for because the War Room is paying for it and we dont get to see that (even though its taxpayer money)

The grift with this party is so off the charts bad, it's just exhausting now. I'm sure, like clockwork, UCP supporters will spin doctor this into something that fits their narrative of total denial and deflection.

[Faust]

Thomas A. Lukaszuk

.@AbDanielleSmith why is Cathryn Carruthers, your friend and rabid antivaxxer activist, on a taxpayer dime on a lavish trip to Dubai? What is her expertise in climate change?

#ableg

https://x.com/lukaszukab/status/1731...737632814?s=61

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Faust

Thomas A. Lukaszuk

.@AbDanielleSmith why is Cathryn Carruthers, your friend and rabid antivaxxer activist, on a taxpayer dime on a lavish trip to Dubai? What is her expertise in climate change?

#ableg

https://x.com/lukaszukab/status/1731...737632814?s=61

It's prob a good thing. She is there to contract MERS and will come back to infect all her deplorable friends.

[Faust]

Thomas A. Lukaszuk

.@ABDanielleSmith Why is your friend, Marshall Smith, the ‘rehab guru’, safe injection site opponent, accompanying you on a lavish trip to a climate change conference in Dubai?

#ableg

https://x.com/lukaszukab/status/1731...822186967?s=61

[TheIronMaiden]

As crazy as financing a 100 person vacation is, the cost for bureaucratic labour when they create the APP will 1000x more.

[Zarley]

Haha, you just know that if they didn't send a delegation to COP the exact same people would be whinging about the UCP not taking the climate crisis seriously.

[Ozy_Flame]

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't send anyone. They rail against international conferences and hypocritical environmentalists, so this is an absolute surprise.

I'm more surprised they showed up with a battalion of sycophants, spend millions of taxpayer money, and bringing people with absolutely no business being at the conference.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Zarley

Haha, you just know that if they didn't send a delegation to COP the exact same people would be whinging about the UCP not taking the climate crisis seriously.

Wow, ya, you really decoded this one for us. Thanks.

[belsarius]

Originally Posted by Zarley

Haha, you just know that if they didn't send a delegation to COP the exact same people would be whinging about the UCP not taking the climate crisis seriously.

But they arn't taking the climate crisis seriously....... they are there as an O&G lobby.

Just look at the tweets from Lukaszuk on who is actually going, its like an all expenses paid vacation for friends and family.

If Notley was taking Tzeporah Berman this place would be exploding, and at least she has some relevance to the environment.

Trying to deflect away the stupidity and wastefulness as "the exact same people just whine about anything" really takes a willful ignorance of the whole situation.

[cral12]

Zero days have passed since #DenialSmith and the UCP Alberta government have embarrassed Albertans and Canadians.

[Izzle]

Well the president of the COP28 said that there is no science behind demands to phase out fossil fuels. So it's right up the UCP alley. Might as well make it a party (on taxpayer dime, of course).