Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Geraldsh]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

Shhhhhh....

I like that the two options are ON and ON.

[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Smith is out.

Unfortunately not her...her chief of staff Marshall Smith is 'leaving' and it probably has to do, in part, with the skybox tickets thing they keep lying about.

It's definitely about that, and about 10 or so other incidents of inappropriate gifts. Whoever is the current Ethics Commissioner is not doing their job at all.

If they were, there would be A LOT to look into around Brian Jean.

[undercoverbrother]

I have a question.

What happened to the "announcement" that was going to rock the UCP? It was to come in October.

Or is my CTE kicking in?

[Monahammer]

No, you are right, it was. I said that. But i didn't know what it was, and was basing my hunch off of a suite of interactions with officials not a single data point.

Marshall Smith stepping off the plank is probably related, but he also lasted much longer than he should have- I heard that he was toast in August. They have a lot of resilience to scandals. And a seemingly large capacity to sweep things under the rug.

I anticipate the leadership review will yield some surprises, and that this is also why she has been making more egregious social policy related announcements over the last month. She's courting.

The Breakdown also had similar intel around the same time IIRC.

[Monahammer]

Also Rob Anderson being the new chief of staff is another indication on which way things are headed. He's basically an open separatist.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

Also Rob Anderson being the new chief of staff is another indication on which way things are headed. He's basically an open separatist.

I'm open to him separating from Canada. I'll even chip in for a canoe.

[Ozy_Flame]

Wow. Rob Anderson huh.

This would be like Donald Trump picking Roger Stone or Steve Bannon.

[Mazrim]

A terrible government continues to make terrible decisions. Poop cookie lady is back.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10803643/...nifer-johnson/

An Alberta MLA who was removed from the United Conservative Caucus after comparing transgender children to feces has been allowed back.

In a statement Wednesday afternoon, the United Conservative Caucus said an internal caucus vote was held and MLAs “chose to welcome Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Jennifer Johnson into the United Conservative Caucus.”

“Over the past 17 months, MLA Johnson has done a very good job as a local MLA. After having a very thoughtful discussion with our caucus team, our MLAs voted to acknowledge her hard work, recognize her efforts, and welcome her into the government caucus,” chief government whip Shane Getson said.

Last month, video of a meeting in which Johnson met with members of the LGBTQ community surfaced and triggered backlash by a group already feeling targeted by the MLA.

Victoria Bucholtz, with the group Queer Citizens United, said Johnson has not rebuilt trust or exhibited understanding.

Bucholtz was one of five people who met with Johnson in the hopes of bettering the politician’s relationship with LGBTQ Albertans.

“It wasn’t clear that any of her views had changed,” Bucholtz said.

[para transit fellow]

Should we send home-made cookies?

[Looch City]

Well done, it's about time we solved this "LGBT" issues once and for all.

Now can we somehow back track provincially on this ridiculous Trudeau Bill C4??

[para transit fellow]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I have a question.

What happened to the "announcement" that was going to rock the UCP? It was to come in October.

Or is my CTE kicking in?

I understand this still pending story relates to the Acetaminophen ("Tylenot") purchase. (something about side deals)

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by para transit fellow

I understand this still pending story relates to the Acetaminophen ("Tylenot") purchase. (something about side deals)

I hope it's a big enough story to give the UCP an existential headache. Realistically though, conservative voters will brush it off.

[troutman]

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that Jennifer Johnson has been admitted to, not allowed to rejoin, the UCP caucus.