Ok, remember when Smith's office claimed to the globe & mail that her Skybox Sojourn to Vancouver was on personal time and all people paid their own way?
We've already demonstrated that was a lie, but it turns out it was a bigger lie!
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As we've already demonstrated, the statement about the staff paying their own way was a lie.
The statement was issued on May 13.
The request to have Becca Polak and Marshall SMith pay didn't come until May 15.
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In fact, in our recent FOIP, it's clear that the official planning for this trip went all the way back to May 3, and it's also clear that government resources were used to plan and execute the trip.
Let’s start this absolute train wreck of a thread by saying that a government should be responsible about who it chooses to elevate to justify their policies.
Public scrutiny is an inevitable effect from public exposure.
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It is exploitive to put forward individuals and use their stories of trauma and abuse as shields when advancing polices that will cause trauma and are, by many interpretations abusive.
This didn’t have to happen this way.
But Danielle Smith has set her stage.
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The first speaker in Smiths presser today was Kellie-Lynn Pirie.
Her story is absolutely tragic.
But she should have never been on that stage, and it was irresponsible for Smith to put her there.
Danielle Smith has brought Jennifer “poop cookies” Johnson into the UCP caucus.
But that’s not the only thing that Smith has validated.
It’s also apparently conspiracy theories about cat litter, abortion & the belief there should be NO sex Ed in schools.
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The entire audio was recently made available to us.
We have not edited it in any way from what was sent to us.
It may also be worth highlighting that former TBA organizer Zane Novak can be heard speaking throughout the entire 1:11:06 file.
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In other segments of the audio, Johnson advocates for increased home school funding and claims that well in advance of the election she had a long standing relationship with Smith and prior to the scandal was tasked by Smith to look at education funding.
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We continue to unpack Smith's Skybox Scandal, and it keeps getting worse!
Back in July, the Globe & Mail referenced a statement from Smith's office saying the trip was personal, on personal time & everyone paid their own way...
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We filed a FOIP wanting to confirm that.
Especially given that accepting the tickets for Smith's staffers Rebecca Polak and Marshall Smith seemed to be a clear violation of ethics rules.
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And boy did we get a response!
Not only were the rooms for Becca and Marshall booked by the government, they were initially paid for by the government using taxpayer dollars!