rzrgade
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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
Dont let the door slap your ass too hard
Bout bloody time !!
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Joholio
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I wonder who our next appointed leader will be... So much for voting...
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DaveB
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ABMax24
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Hopefully someone who cares about the people of Alberta, and not someone concerned with making the quickest buck.
52weekbreak
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I am sure the opposition will miss her. They will have to look for a new target
the_real_wild1
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The sad thing is she will still probably get paid from the taxpayers till she croaks.
Joholio
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She will have a fat pension til that day yes
woody_tobius_jr
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They're all a bunch of crooked whores, I guess our job as voters is to pick the one that will screw things up the least.
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Vance Matheson
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thats a long list of scandals for a short period of time
moyiesledhead
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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
Maybe not all of Canada. We had Gordon Cambell!
Syclone74
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Totally agree. They all tell ya what you want to hear and then when it's time to do what they say they're going to do. It never happens. And yes I do vote. And I only hope one day it will change to where we don't have to wait years to get rid of these so called leaders. Hell if I'm not doing my job, I'm fired. They don't wait for years to see if it might work.
mathrulz
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I think it's time for the wild rose. It should of happened at the last election anyway.
Wildrose Daniele Smith isn!t any better she would rape and pillage the same. PC party is messed up, not sure anyone can get it straight. Too many whiners in Alberta, but that don~t help when all of the opposition continually craps at anything the leading party does, happens also in federal politics. Why cant any gov`t work as a team instead of b!itching, it supposed to be goood for all people not the party you represent.
Smith`s little side kick Shanye Saskiw is a Bigger Weasel then her.
Smith`s little side kick Shanye Saskiw is a Bigger Weasel then her.
Snowdin
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The media have suggested that Calgary Mayor may step up to the plate. Lord help us 
sledderdoc
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I heard Rob Ford is on his way!! 
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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...
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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...
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neilsleder
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I heard Rob Ford is on his way!!
That would be sweet I love that guy! And people I Toronto say he does a real good job as mayor even though he has his faults.
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Snowdin
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I hope your just kidding. No crack smoking liar thug should be on the tax payers pay roll.
neilsleder
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He is entertaining! I don't agree on the crack smoking and stuff but talk to people from Toronto do say he does a good job if you can past the other stuff! Lol
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