anti-carbon tax stickers that don't mention the money come back to consumers or that Ontario wouldn't be under the carbon tax if dog fart hadn't abolished the province's free market based cap and trade scheme that was put in place by the liberal govt with the help of a conservative think tank.
We get carbon tax rebates, or at least the lower-income people do. A couple of weeks ago that resulted in $75 being deposited to my bank account, which came in very handy. Kenney has vowed to kill the carbon tax (and of course that means I wouldn't get any more rebates). It's not as much as the GST credit, but every little bit helps.
ford has also is also putting place legislation so make it harder for the provincial govt to be sued over it's actions and making it retrospective (something the courts tend to take dim view on).
I read that the other day on CBC.ca. He's trying to set himself up to be a dictator. His heroes must be Trump, Klein, and Harper (there was a time when Klein won an election, got drunk, then made his acceptance speech: "Welcome to Ralph's world!" - apparently the rest of us just got to live there).
Some people are looking for Kenney to be Ralph 2.0. Well, when Klein died, I said good riddance, I won't miss him. I will say the same of Kenney, when his time comes.
As ford has torn up cap & trade and looking to tear up a legal agreement controlling the sale of beer in the province - actions that could see the tax payer on the hook for $100s of millions in damages the motivation is pretty obvious.
Enough time has passed now that many people in Alberta don't remember the ALCB, and the Returning Officer in my riding had never seen an ALCB card (government-issued photo ID stating the person was old enough to enter an ALCB store and purchase alcohol).
Since I don't drink and never have, the only reason I have one of these cards is because of a trip I took to Spokane in 1987. A friend and I decided to go to Spokane to meet Sylvester McCoy, who was doing a cross-US tour of PBS stations to promote Doctor Who. At that time it was super-easy to cross the border, but I realized that they might ask for ID. I didn't have anything beyond my birth certificate and old college ID (this was Labor Day weekend so I didn't have a current college ID yet), so my dad suggested getting an ALCB card. He took me down, vouched for me (since I had no driver's license; he pointed out to them that if I had one of those, I wouldn't need an ALCB card), I got my picture taken, paid $2, and that's all it took. That card has come in so handy over the years, since it's the only government-issued photo ID I've ever had. Fortunately I still look like the person I was 32 years ago, and was able to use this card at the Returning Office in the election we just had.
Oh, and about the matter of ID at the Returning Office? There was a news article stating ID doesn't have to be shown, other than the VIC, if you're on the voters' list. I am, but the POS running the Returning Office in my riding hadn't wanted to let me vote anyway (since it was outside of polling day or the advance polls, and he had a problem with special ballots for disabled voters; when I said to him, "If you're not letting anyone vote yet, why do you have two voting stations set up over there?" (pointing to the two set up in a corner). They made me cough up IDs, so I showed my ALCB card, pointed out that it had been issued by the Government of Alberta, and my electricity bill.
I really had to dig in my heels to vote this time. I have no idea what it is with some Returning Officers and their issues with disabled voters. They don't seem to be able to understand that we are allowed to vote, and if it takes a little more effort on their part with paperwork they don't use very often, that's too damn bad. Pointing out that they have mobile polls at nursing homes is nothing to do with me; I don't live in a nursing home. I just have mobility issues and transportation issues that make it difficult at the best of times to get out and do stuff most people take for granted.
Anyway, I read last night that Kenney has hired people from Christy Clark's former staff, and people from Stephen Harper's former staff. Groovy. He couldn't make it any plainer that the Reformacons have arrived in Alberta.
