Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Pause Conservative Governments Until We Can Figure Out What’s Going On

Smith on net-zero from 1½ years ago: Innovators can do net-zero!Politicians are too polarizing!Kenney spent too much time fighting the carbon tax! They don't understand how much the industry is prepared to innovate and how quickly they're prepared to get there!#ableg #abpoli pic.twitter.com/XjBzgcsY7F — disordered (@disorderedyyc) May 5, 2023 “Back

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Alberta Politics: ‘Specialized Prosecution Unit’ will work only in Calgary and Edmonton, Deputy Premier Mike Ellis tells talk-show caller

Thanks to yesterday’s airing of the Global News/Corus Entertainment Your Province, Your Premier radio show, we now have a little more insight into the United Conservative Party’s plan to create a “specialized prosecution unit to address deteriorating safety in Alberta’s major urban centres.” Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr).

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Alberta Politics: Why does the UCP want to create a ‘special prosecution unit’ for Alberta cities when the evidence suggests it’s not needed? 

Does the United Conservative Party Government’s intention to create a “specialized prosecution unit to address deteriorating safety in Alberta’s major urban centres” indicate there’s problem with the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service? Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). If so, what is it?  If not, why is the government

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Alberta Politics: Embarrassed by premier’s telephone tête-à-tête with extremist facing criminal charges, UCP retreats to its safe space: Law ’n’ Order rhetoric

Sounding a mite panicked by the negative public response to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s willingness to bend rules to help political allies in trouble with the law, the United Conservative Party has retreated to its ideological safe space: Law ’n’ Order, with a side of dog-whistles and urban crime stereotypes. 

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