My plan was to write only one newsletter this week. I thought about devoting one to what on earth might have convinced Rachel Notley it was a good plan to agree with Danielle Smith that the federal government’s ‘just transition’ plan was bad. But I restrained myself.
Hi Lisa, I fail to see the hysteria that you are looking for here ("I can'teven"). Your post seems to be filled with assumptions and contradictions or possibly outright hypocrisy.
What even is a Laurentien Elite Friend?
How does one equate a covid inquiry to having to flee the province? Same for rumors and speculation about interference in the justice system? And it is just speculation as to what was said and how it was asked.
One thing I have learned over my many years is that one cannot trust those on the left with accurately interpreting (let alone understanding) comments or statements made by right wing politicians. It seems as though, whether purposeful or not, an inability or lack of desire to hear or understand what was said. Mostly I believe it purposeful to gain political ground.
So it seems you are putting the cart before the horse in assuming that Preston Manning will not do a good job heading the inquiry.
How do you know?
Why would anyone not want to get to the bottom of the gong show government response to covid?
What is wrong with appointing someone who was ahead of the curve in asking the justice minister to "take the lead on balancing our covid response" with our rights and freedoms?
Your imaging and framing of the political interference in the justice system by the Premier sounds written to produce a scandalous picture of what happened, yet when one reads actual statements and looks at the limited evidence at this point one who employs critical thinking is hard pressed to come to any conclusion other than let's wait and see what else comes out, rather than the guilty until proven innocent view you seem to be taking.
As for covid deaths, even CNN is starting to report that the covid deaths have been over reported in the USA as there is now an accepted distinction between dieing with covid as opposed to from covid.
In Alberta, all reported covid deaths include both with and from. Even at that, 5400 deaths over nearly 3 years time works out to an average of less than 2000 deaths of mostly elderly and compromised individuals. One would be hard pressed to find a justifiable and significant number of working age and younger people who succumbed to death from covid.
Mental heath and the trauma induced by politicians, media and educators will have much more far reaching impact on a much larger portion of the population than the covid pandemic ever had. Pandemics only last a few months to a few years, so covid is over but the aftermath of the decisions made again will have a much longer impact on mental and economic health and societal cohesion than covid "deaths" ever had. And we have comparisons on restrictions or mandates put in place in many other countries, some more restrictive and some less.
So I fail to see the reasonableness of your arguments.
This just keeps getting better. Now we learn Danielle Smith may not, repeat, emphasis, MAY not, have spoken to prosecutors herself. Instead, she told a staffer to email them. SO much better!
This woman can’t even keep her story straight when she’s telling the truth. I won’t say I’m disappointed, because I didn’t expect any better.
But I’m very disappointed in Rachel Notley. She ought to know better. Notley should steer clear of Danielle Smith, not follow in her wake!
Notley better announce a made-in-Alberta Smart Transition plan very soon—or I’ll reconsider contributing to the NDP.
I’m 67 years old, lived in Alberta all my life, used to be a proud Albertan. I have made quiet but valuable contributions to this province through my work as an internal auditor at our largest non-profit health insurer. Now I’m actually wondering if I can stay…I’ve tolerated Conservatism before, but the idiot flank (Klein, he of the “we had no plan”), the savage flank (Kenney), and now the outright evil flank (Smith), have pushed me further to the edge…
Hi Lisa, I fail to see the hysteria that you are looking for here ("I can'teven"). Your post seems to be filled with assumptions and contradictions or possibly outright hypocrisy.
What even is a Laurentien Elite Friend?
How does one equate a covid inquiry to having to flee the province? Same for rumors and speculation about interference in the justice system? And it is just speculation as to what was said and how it was asked.
One thing I have learned over my many years is that one cannot trust those on the left with accurately interpreting (let alone understanding) comments or statements made by right wing politicians. It seems as though, whether purposeful or not, an inability or lack of desire to hear or understand what was said. Mostly I believe it purposeful to gain political ground.
So it seems you are putting the cart before the horse in assuming that Preston Manning will not do a good job heading the inquiry.
How do you know?
Why would anyone not want to get to the bottom of the gong show government response to covid?
What is wrong with appointing someone who was ahead of the curve in asking the justice minister to "take the lead on balancing our covid response" with our rights and freedoms?
Your imaging and framing of the political interference in the justice system by the Premier sounds written to produce a scandalous picture of what happened, yet when one reads actual statements and looks at the limited evidence at this point one who employs critical thinking is hard pressed to come to any conclusion other than let's wait and see what else comes out, rather than the guilty until proven innocent view you seem to be taking.
As for covid deaths, even CNN is starting to report that the covid deaths have been over reported in the USA as there is now an accepted distinction between dieing with covid as opposed to from covid.
In Alberta, all reported covid deaths include both with and from. Even at that, 5400 deaths over nearly 3 years time works out to an average of less than 2000 deaths of mostly elderly and compromised individuals. One would be hard pressed to find a justifiable and significant number of working age and younger people who succumbed to death from covid.
Mental heath and the trauma induced by politicians, media and educators will have much more far reaching impact on a much larger portion of the population than the covid pandemic ever had. Pandemics only last a few months to a few years, so covid is over but the aftermath of the decisions made again will have a much longer impact on mental and economic health and societal cohesion than covid "deaths" ever had. And we have comparisons on restrictions or mandates put in place in many other countries, some more restrictive and some less.
So I fail to see the reasonableness of your arguments.
The UCP Minister of Justice told Crown Prosecutors previously how to prosecute fire arms cases, and issued a news release about that protocol: https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=86168E34D5CD2-CD59-34D1-DC6E06AB3FB16945
The recent information about potential political interference in the prosecution of the Coutts cases seems like a continuation of that hubris.
This just keeps getting better. Now we learn Danielle Smith may not, repeat, emphasis, MAY not, have spoken to prosecutors herself. Instead, she told a staffer to email them. SO much better!
This woman can’t even keep her story straight when she’s telling the truth. I won’t say I’m disappointed, because I didn’t expect any better.
But I’m very disappointed in Rachel Notley. She ought to know better. Notley should steer clear of Danielle Smith, not follow in her wake!
Notley better announce a made-in-Alberta Smart Transition plan very soon—or I’ll reconsider contributing to the NDP.
I’m 67 years old, lived in Alberta all my life, used to be a proud Albertan. I have made quiet but valuable contributions to this province through my work as an internal auditor at our largest non-profit health insurer. Now I’m actually wondering if I can stay…I’ve tolerated Conservatism before, but the idiot flank (Klein, he of the “we had no plan”), the savage flank (Kenney), and now the outright evil flank (Smith), have pushed me further to the edge…