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Conservative shenanigans alert Recently we saw a data-harvesting project pop up that looks a little shady. Here's what you should know about it #ableg (1/7)
This campaign to "thank Alberta's Medical workers" urges you to order a lawn sign from them. Proceeds do not go towards health care workers; the site claims that 'profits' will instead go to local food banks. After all the UCP layoffs maybe that's where those workers will end up?
It's notable that the site says they will be donating the 'profits.' If you dig into the terms, they make it clear that they're skimming into these donations to pay 'employee wages.' How much are they paying themselves with your donation money? https://www.thankabhealth.ca/terms-conditions1585440020446
http://ThankAbHealth.Ca is built on a ClickFunnel backend, used by marketers to build lists of 'leads' to send emails and ads to. What are they going to do with your information? No idea. As of April 1 the privacy policy on their site doesn't actually exist
When this site first opened and was endorsed by a collection of UCP MLAs and conservative operatives, we got suspicious immediately. So who's behind this thing? Global reports that it's former UCP nomination candidate Philip Schuman. https://globalnews.ca/news/6753105/lawn-signs-thank-alberta-medical-workers-covid-19-coronavirus/
Philip Schuman, operator of http://ThankAbHealth.ca , was formerly in the news for trying to get big conservative donors to fund an alt-right Instagram account that posted anti-Semitic content and Nazi memes. https://pressprogress.ca/alberta-ucp-nomination-candidate-admits-he-offered-to-help-fund-an-instagram-group-that-shares-nazi-memes/
Our advice? If you want to make a donation to a food bank, do it directly, you don't need to give UCP hacks your data and a cut of your donation to do that. And if you want to support health care workers? Don't get a UCP lawn sign. Get ready to join them on the picket lines.
