OMG. Modern "conservatism" is like a giant Krakken, with tentacles reaching into every aspect of our lives. #cdnpoli #IStandWithTrudeau #BetterOffWithRachel #WhoElectedTheseCouncilorsAnyway #Thread This is going to be a long and disturbing thread. Get comfy.
At the federal level we have unprecedented dirty tricks from the CPC, trying to topple the Liberal government with continuous made-up scandals...
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At the provincial level, here in Alberta, and in other conservative-led provinces, the provincial government is pushing through policies that are aimed at generating profit for their friends rather than for the public good... For-profit healthcare, education, no protests...
At our RM level, our majority right-leaning Councillors just passed a whack of stuff designed to make life better for developers & business owners who don't live here, worse for the people who do live here. They did so over massive objections from residents. This is not democracy
The 3/9 councillors who regularly dissent, supporting the residents who elected them instead of developers & business interests sought legal council on matters which occurred in an in-camera session of council.
For this, they have been sanctioned to the extent that they can't represent their constituents. A provincial court judge ruled the sanctions were vengeful & disproportionate to the offence, and struck the sanctions. The 6/9 councillors voted to appeal. This is not democracy.
When any party lies about what they are going to do, lies about how awful the other parties are, to win elections, and then goes ahead and does whatever they want over the objections of the people... This is not democracy.
Kenney made promises about not cutting funding for health care & education. Then he turned around & cut funding for health care & education. He's rolled back worker's rights, cut environmental protection, & is in the process of ushering for-profit health care & education
He is pushing kids back to school in a pandemic without any allowance for social distancing, or even a budget for hand sanitizers in school. Just to get the economy running again, because his wealthy patrons are miffed that their cash flow has slowed.
He is driving doctors out of Alberta. This will make it easier to bring in for-profit healthcare. He is allowing more coal mining in some of the most beautiful parts of the province, and giving money to oil & gas companies.
The lack of COVID safety in schools will force parents to decide between health and home-schooling and private schools, thus encouraging a normalization of for-profit education.
Many will have limited choice b/c businesses are opening up & they will have to go back to work or lose their jobs. Little kids can't be left home alone. Either one parent will have to give up their employment, they will have to choose a private school, or take their chances.
This will disproportionately affect the least affluent/most vulnerable segments of society. And we know Kenney doesn't care. Look at how he handled the outbreak at Cargill. Made excuses for the company.
And nevermind removing protections from LGBTQ2+ youth in schools, or closing many, many parks, previously protected areas which are now being used for huge parties and mayhem. huffingtonpost.ca/entry/alberta-…
Jason Kenney was elected, despite being under numerous investigations. Housing claims related to supposedly living in his mother's basement in a retirement community that does not allow sublets and many units don't have basements... cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
Identity theft and election fraud related to his election as leader of the PCs. Then the "dark horse/kamikaze" electoral fraud in the leadership for the merger party UCP. And people elected him anyway. pressprogress.ca/jason-kenney-a…
Then he fired the elections commissioner who was investigating him & fining his people. Now he wants to get rid of the RCMP (who are also investigating him) to set up his own AB police force. Meanwhile, he wants to deputize people to do rural crime watch. calgaryherald.com/opinion/column…
Although rural crime watch/neighbourhood watch already exists. So, what extra powers will these deputies have and what sort of people would apply? Read the comments.
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At the federal level, the CPC is bent on destroying the Liberal government and they will stop at nothing to do it. They make stuff up. They take situations where there is no scandal, and spin it to make it a news-time-hoarding huge deal.
Examples follow...
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The deep intrigue over the black-face scandal. It's long but well worth reading: freethepresscanada.org/2019/09/23/dir…
SNC was an office disagreement. Not a capital crime, no matter what the CPC might have urged.
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The swingset fiasco... The Trudeaus did a nice thing. They bought a swingset for the Harrington Lake property owned by all Canadians and the CPC tried to crucify the PM for it. macleans.ca/politics/justi…
The CPC will stop at nothing to discredit a government who is actually concerned about Canadians. Why? Why would a party, elected to represent some Canadians, actually be working against the best interests of Canadians? And why, RIGHT NOW?
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