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Important for Albertans to remember:
The #UCP are barely into their provincial term & people are saying, “If this is what they’re doing so early on, think of what they’ll be doing in 3 years!” I disagree.
I think the UCP are purposely getting #ableg dirty work done early on,
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The #UCP are barely into their provincial term & people are saying, “If this is what they’re doing so early on, think of what they’ll be doing in 3 years!” I disagree.
I think the UCP are purposely getting #ableg dirty work done early on,
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in hopes that voters will forget this thread of corruption, lies and misgivings by the time the next provincial election rolls around. This is a test for Albertans, and basic democracy in Alberta.
Modern news cycles exist in such a way that stories are here today, gone
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Modern news cycles exist in such a way that stories are here today, gone
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tomorrow. This is Kenney’s plan: Overwhelm the populace to the point they lose track of the nastier changes taking place (such as mass cuts, hidden behind semantics; and omnibus bills like Bill 22):
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5370196?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar&__twitter_impression=true
By doing so, as has proven consistent with such
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https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5370196?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar&__twitter_impression=true
By doing so, as has proven consistent with such
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governments in the past, voters easily become jaded. When you’re drowning in the ocean, it’s easy to stop caring about the raindrop that’s just landed on your shoulder.
This is also, I am certain, part of the UCP plan for #abpoli: Create indifference by the time the next
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This is also, I am certain, part of the UCP plan for #abpoli: Create indifference by the time the next
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election rolls around, and you almost guarantee your own re-election.
This is where Albertans come in. 3 years from now, we can’t forget Bill 22. We can’t brush away the hijacking of teachers’ pensions. We can’t afford to move on from the jobs thrown out the window, the pain
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This is where Albertans come in. 3 years from now, we can’t forget Bill 22. We can’t brush away the hijacking of teachers’ pensions. We can’t afford to move on from the jobs thrown out the window, the pain
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caused to our youth and post-secondary students, the transferring of immense burden to municipalities and school boards, the axing of investment incentives into technological advancements, the ideological disincentives towards certain profitable industries such as those in the
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entertainment communities, the public sector jobs lost and decreased service efficiency as a result, attempts at restrictions on Albertans’ rights such as Bill 207, ethics breaches such as the Kamikaze Campaign and those under investigation who voted on Bill 22, and so on.
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The UCP sows these seeds now so that they may grow over the rest of the term, but also so that Albertans forget the seeds under the soil.
This is a test for Alberta. Weather the rest of the term, but don’t forget that the PCs were ousted because of where they stood after
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This is a test for Alberta. Weather the rest of the term, but don’t forget that the PCs were ousted because of where they stood after
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4 decades — the early years of which were not corrupt or entitled; the UCP began their government mired in corruption and entitlement. We can’t afford to see where that takes us.
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