Bout bloody time !!

[AreWeThereYet]

I would like to see a selfie of Danielle Smith and Sarah Palin kissing, that and only that would restore any faith I once had of a woman in politics

 

[somethingnuw]

Redford is gone !!! She will go down as one of the worst premiers in Alberta,if not all of Canada......
Dont let the door slap your ass too hard

no way in my opinon that has to be the tree o of bc NDP premiers with Mike Harcourt and Glen Clark that bank rolled the province for their union buddies... anyone remember things like the fast cat at 600 million which never worked, didn't fit the docks, couldn't take on waves, sucked in marine animals LMAO and oh 2 years later we got 30 million in scrap metal for them and red ford takes one 42k trip on tax payers dime... lol... I LOVE ALBERTA whish more people in BC though the way the general public of Alberta does.

 

[somethingnuw]

CALGARY MAYOR NAHEED NENSHI SPEAKS TO THE MEDIA DURING THE GRAND OPENING OF POPPY PLAZA AT THE INTERSECTION OF MEMORIAL DRIVE AND 10 ST NW IN CALGARY, JUNE 8, 2013
Credits: JIM WELLS/QMI AGENCY
EZRA LEVANT | QMI AGENCY Why did the city of Calgary give $340,000 to an anti-oil sands lobby group called the Pembina Institute?
Pembina’s mission is shutting down fossil fuel industries. Not in OPEC countries, of course. Just Canadian oil, and the jobs that go with it. Many of which are in Calgary.
Would the city of Windsor, Ont., home of Canada’s auto industry, give a third of a million dollars to anti-car lobbyist? Would Hamilton hire an anti-steel lobby?
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation revealed this shocking payment. But instead of expressing embarrassment, Mayor Naheed Nenshi admitted he knew all about it, and supported it.
Nenshi didn’t dispute that Pembina has nine lobbyists registered in Ottawa to attack the oil patch. But he claimed Pembina was also a “scientific think-tank” and it was for this expertise that the city paid them so richly. When asked by Sun Media if the city would ever pay the pro-free market Fraser Institute for advice, Nenshi was dismissive. “As soon as they hire scientists who actually know something,” he sniffed.
The Fraser Institute doesn’t accept government money. But they do seem to know a few things — their list of staff includes at least 38 PhDs. They just don’t share Nenshi’s big government, high-tax vision.
But what about Pembina? Are they, as Nenshi claims, scientific experts?
A review of the invoices shows 22 different Pembina staff billed the city of Calgary.
One was Roberta Franchuk. Her official Pembina biography says her specialty is “communications,” including “editing, layout and production.” She’s not a PhD expert. She has an undergrad degree in science.
P.J. Partington’s official biography says he’s Pembina’s “spokesperson on climate issues.” Also, with just an undergrad degree. His real talent is politics. He co-founded the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition. That’s the organization Brigitte DePape, the Senate page who stood up with the Stop Harper sign, joined after her protest.
Julia Kilpatrick has a master’s degree — in journalism. So does Clare Demerse. They were also among the 22 Pembina “experts.” So is David Dodge, who Pembina describes as “an environmental journalist and a photojournalist.” He makes online videos.
Pembina billed for Emma Gilchrist’s time, too. She was Pembina’s “social media manager.” A scientist? She didn’t even go to university — she has a journalism degree from a college, plus an “e-marketing certificate.” Maybe one day the PhDs at the Fraser Institute will get that.
Not scientists.
These aren’t scientists. They’re activists. Pembina’s biggest biller, Jesse Row, isn’t an environmental scholar at all — he’s a mechanical engineer, whose official biography talks about his advocacy skills.
Two of the 22 did have PhDs, in fields unrelated to the contract, and they only worked very briefly. Matthew Bramley’s publications includes an article in a Spanish newspaper, comparing Canada to Saudi Arabia.
Mary Griffiths’ publications include a fantasy essay about Alberta if oil and gas development is allowed to continue.
“The Athabasca River is devoid of fish, and the surrounding boreal landscape is a patchwork of linear scars, and moonscapes of sand and grass that are undergoing reclamation, which has thus far proved largely unsuccessful … Fort McMurray is largely a ghost town, with empty commercial space, homes for sale, and strangely quiet six-lane highways. This scene is replicated in both Edmonton and Calgary, where the once prosperous economies have stagnated.”
Those are Nenshi’s scientists. He liked one of them, Claire Beckstead, so much he hired her as Calgary’s “community environmental specialist.” So now Pembina has an activist embedded in the city government.
Nenshi isn’t the only one funding Pembina. So is the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, out of New York. They launched a “Tar Sands” campaign — a $7-million-a-year anti-oil sands propaganda war. Pembina helped write the plan and acts as a Canadian front group, taking American money to fight against Canadian industry.
Nenshi defends this contract. The Rockefellers are thrilled. Pembina rakes it in. The only folks left out are Calgary’s taxpayers. But they’ve grown rather used to their celebrity mayor abusing them.
Something to think about and remind your neighbours of, before the next muni election. Or even more important if he runs for a higher level of office...

right on thanks for the info i would have never known that... i think the bigger problem is our left wing media does more to push who gets in then the public realizes... so i stopped watching them until of course i found some relief in Ezra and Sun News Network...

 

[rzrgade]

no way in my opinon that has to be the tree o of bc NDP premiers with Mike Harcourt and Glen Clark that bank rolled the province for their union buddies... anyone remember things like the fast cat at 600 million which never worked, didn't fit the docks, couldn't take on waves, sucked in marine animals LMAO and oh 2 years later we got 30 million in scrap metal for them and red ford takes one 42k trip on tax payers dime... lol... I LOVE ALBERTA whish more people in BC though the way the general public of Alberta does.

WOW Thats true too....But that being said then Alberta should be easier to run !!! The NDP put BC back 20 years though...LOL.

 

[Joholio]

I would like to see a selfie of Danielle Smith and Sarah Palin kissing, that and only that would restore any faith I once had of a woman in politics

That would be so hot... X2

 

[blastoff]

That would be so hot... X2

Maybe not they both might have muff pots done below wouldnt that be gross!!!.

 

[mick]

just think....After Redford fukked Alberta taxpayers into billions of dollars of debt, maybe she will get a park named after her incompetent ass like Getty did

 

[renegade x]

Man I miss Ralph

 

[Joholio]

Maybe not they both might have muff pots done below wouldnt that be gross!!!.

Might not be too bad if theres garlic shrimp in em... And sausage rolls... Mmmm

 

[somethingnuw]

WOW Thats true too....But that being said then Alberta should be easier to run !!! The NDP put BC back 20 years though...LOL.

yes this is why I love Alberta... you wanna know what BC gonna do just look at what the city of Vancouver does politically... that's the NDP breeding ground and nest... lol...

 

[Snowdin]

yes this is why I love Alberta... you wanna know what BC gonna do just look at what the city of Vancouver does politically... that's the NDP breeding ground and nest... lol...

Vancouver.....Isn't that the place where they give free needles for to encourage the masses to become a druggie? As well as tax payer funded crack pipe vending machines that sell pipes for two bits?

 

[mick]

Hey Allison