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Thought I'd put up a thread to keep track of the pinko commie bastards. ;) (For easy access & future referral...)

Oh, look who Rachel hired to be Chief of Staff for our Energy Minister!

Ezra Levant: Meet Alberta’s new colonial chiefs

A Toronto anti-oilsands activist – still registered as an anti-oil lobbyist – is now running Alberta’s energy department.
What could possibly go wrong?

Not only that, but:

There are twelve ministers in the Alberta cabinet, including Notley herself, each with a chief of staff. And ten of those chiefs are, like Mitchell, NDP activists from other provinces, many of whom will commute each week to Alberta from Vancouver, Toronto, or elsewhere.
M'bold.

Nice. First off, any guesses who foots the travel bill?

Second:

There is something weirdly colonial about non-residents being sent in to run a province to which they have few or no ties. It feels as if the NDP believes Alberta lacks people with talent and judgment to govern themselves. It feels nepotistic – highly paid consolation prizes for failed NDP activists from other campaigns.

Like Nathan Rotman. He worked on Olivia Chow’s unsuccessful campaign for Toronto mayor. Now he’s the chief of staff to Alberta’s Finance Minister.

Was there no-one in Alberta with any financial background? No socially conscious businessman, or even an NDP-friendly professor or think tank economist? Four million Albertans, but not one who understands Alberta’s fiscal situation better than an Olivia Chow door-knocker?
M'bold.

Yep...

Further:

Wildrose charges NDP energy minister's top staffer was anti-pipeline lobbyist

The Wildrose Party says it’s a troubling sign that the NDP energy minister’s top staffer was registered as a federal lobbyist for an organization opposed to pipeline projects proposed to ship Alberta oilsands crude.
 
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The other side of that coin is there is no long term future for her as premier, either... :D
 
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While this is more politicking against the BC NDP by Christy Clark than anything else, there are salient points raised.

B.C. government slams Alberta governments, past and present

The Alberta government’s program spending costs are about $2,000 more per person than in B.C. with results not worth anywhere near the extra cash.

“It has never been more important to be vigilant,” says the Throne Speech to British Columbians.

The B.C. government then pledges to “resist the temptation to spend our way into trouble.”

Like the trouble in Alberta.
And yet, what're the Knotheads doing? Spending their asses off.

Thx, Rachel. Bang-up job so far...
 
#1,196 ·
While this is more politicking against the BC NDP by Christy Clark than anything else, there are salient points raised.



B.C. government slams Alberta governments, past and present







And yet, what're the Knotheads doing? Spending their asses off.



Thx, Rachel. Bang-up job so far...

Uh, dude. You may not want to gloat. She was talking primarily about the previous PC government.


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Probably not. But Levant gave the NDP a gift with this:

Notley's spokeswoman and communications director Cheryl Oates provided a written statement on Tuesday about the decision.

"The government's position is that if you have testified under oath that you are not a journalist, then we don't consider you a journalist," she said.

Oates's comment refers to testimony given by Levant in a libel suit in 2014. He told the court that he was a commentator and a pundit, not a reporter.
(CBC)​
 
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Perhaps, but you have been hypercritical of her from the start, particularly with respect to intelligence. She has a law degree and 50 years of life experience to go with. She is very intelligent. You just can't see it and continue to insult her intelligence. Your comments seem very misogynistic in my opinion. And kind of whiny and repetitive too.


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Ezra Levant's Goons Threw Me Out of His "Open, Non-Partisan, Public" Meeting


Though I’d become somewhat of a thorn in Levant’s side, it was my possession of the only recording of his racist anti-Roma tirade after Sun News thought they’d effectively purged it from existence - a recording which aided in forcing him to, again, issue a grovelling apology - which cemented his disdain for me.

And perhaps explains why the self-described “fearless Rebel Commander” is so, utterly terrified of me.

When The Rebel, Levant’s online vanity project launched after Sun News’ demise, promoted an “EMERGENCY PUBLIC MEETING” regarding Alberta’s future under the “extremist” Notley regime - an event billed as “an independent, non-partisan meeting, open to the public for free” - I reserved a pair of seats.

After receiving a confirmation email from Amanda Achtman, Levant’s loyal apprentice who first served him at Ethical Oil before joining him at Sun News and now The Rebel, I was surprised to find another email, this one directly from Levant, notifying me of his personal intervention to cancel my reservation, claiming to be “concerned from your past conduct that you will be disruptive and profane.”

Knowing Levant’s assertions were fabricated, I requested evidence to support his allegations of my “past conduct” or “track-record” of being “disruptive and profane.”

I posted a screenshot of the exchange to twitter, and quickly received numerous invites to be another’s +1 for the Calgary event.

* * *​

I took a right-leaning friend - a Levant fan - up on the ‘+1’ offer and agreed to meet at the Carriage House Inn, the town hall’s location, a half-hour before its scheduled start.

I arrived in good time, maneuvered my way through the steady-stream of attendees and proceeded to the check-in tables. Before I had a chance to confirm my attendance, however, I was whisked away by a pair men whom Levant hired, it seemed, to specifically watch for me and prevent my participation. When I asked for an explanation as to why I was disallowed from this “open to the public” forum, I was told it was open to everyone — except me.

Neither man could explain why, only that they were under strict orders to ensure I didn’t get in.

When Levant ventured out to greet people, he accidentally offered me a hearty “Hello, and welcome!” before recognition set in, after which he frantically turned-tail and rushed away, shouting that I was “not welcome here,” refusing to answer when I asked him to come back, face me, and explain why.

* * *​

When the police arrived, they seemed completely baffled by the farce. According to his gatekeepers, Levant claimed I’d “long been banned” from the Carriage House Inn, though I’d never once before set foot there. He also alleged I had a “track-record” of disrupting his events - his guards even claimed there were pictures, though neither I nor the police were allowed to see them - and he had a documented history of my ejections — again, flat-out lies.​
(CanadaLandShow)
 
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Levant is a private citizen and is free to carry out his own meetings in whatever way he sees fit--even if some people are offended by that. It is an entirely different matter from legislative press conference access.
 
#1,247 ·
Nope, not if they're advertised as "open to the public." What a hypocrite. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.


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Small Calgary 'kudatah' bemuses Albertans



It started in the Walmart parking lot at Westbrook Mall, and that's where it ended about 10 minutes later.

A small group of Albertans gathered early Friday afternoon to stage a "kudatah" — protesting the NDP government and urging people to sign their petitions calling for plebiscites regarding NDP policies.

The group, called Albertans First, says on its Facebook page it supports the "right of Albertans to maintain and build a strong non-government controlled province."

* * *​

Initially, the group had planned to hold their rally on March 8, but "increasing desperation and losses of hope and life for Albertans" prompted organizer George Clark to move the date up.​

(CBC)
 
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George Clark is not appreciated in the opinion of the vast majority Albertans any longer. In fact there are now movements afoot to have him investigated for raising over $27,000, (insisting he did it fraudulently via 'his online scam') as many folks are now claiming on social media. He may find himself in more hot water than he bargained for in the weeks and months ahead.
 
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Couldn't happen to a nicer con man.


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(cross posted in the Anti Progressive thread)

So, with rather bizarre social experiments being foisted upon the unsuspecting populace by Progressive governments, it's always revealing to examine how said experiments have fared elsewhere.

Hey, Seattle! How's that $15 minimum wage working out for ya?

Well, in a nutshell:

The American Enterprise Institute blog reveals the not very surprising news that 10 months into Seattle's radical experiment of boosting the minimum wage to $15 an hour over a period of years, the city has suffered the worst job losses since the Great Recession.
M'bold.

More:

The chart below shows that while the city of Seattle experienced a sharp drop in employment of more than 11,000 jobs between April and December last year (light blue line, BLS data available here), employment in Seattle’s neighboring suburbs outside the city limits (the Seattle MSA jobs less Seattle city jobs) increased over that period by nearly 57,000 jobs and reached a new record high in November 2015 before falling slightly in December.
M'bold.
Please, Rachel, could you make it $20/hr? Pretty please, with Progressive sugar on top? :love2:
 
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