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Mr Guthrie gave notice to the Auditor General about a previous allegation of Ethical Fading, this time a multi-billion dollar Rail Master Plan that may have involved Premier Danielle Smith’s husband, David Moretta.

From “Why Was Premier Smith’s Husband in a Secret Megaproject Meeting?”, by Charles Rusnell, Mount Royal’s Lori Williams offered some foreshadowing of the years to come:

>“In politics, we talk about not just doing things properly, but appearing to do things properly,” she said.
>
>“And if things are happening in a way that appear to evade documentation, or people are told that information isn’t available because it wasn’t a government meeting, it raises both questions of fairness and propriety.”

I think Williams’ comments are of particular force when Albertans have to go over the last few years of Danielle Smith and her cabinet’s activities. As NDP's Nenshi has stated time and again, Albertans deserve a full Judicial Inquiry into Corrupt Care, and the Auditor General needs to be able to do his job without restrictions.

#CompassionateCareAct #InvoluntaryTreatment #ForcedTreatment #CorruptCare #HealthCare #Corruption #Alberta #AlbertaSeparation #RailMasterPlan

#EthicalFading

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https://youtu.be/-HIOk6Q_Bhg?si=NGl-Pfp30NGcA-8P&utm_source=ZTQxO

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/08/28/David-Moretta-Secret-Rail-Megaproject-Meeting/

By 2025, Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery continues a dubious conservative trend: joining an infamous group of conservative Justice Ministers who cannot seem to stay out of controversy. From Jonathan Denis, Doug Schweitzer, Kaycee Madu, and Tyler Shandro, Amery’s contribution to this legacy is no less serious.

But, as Netizens review this situation, I suggest the important point is that Justice Minister Amery was already aware of his own potential for conflict long before the Wrongful Dismissal claim of Mentzelopoulos. Throughout it all, Amery knows he still has the same Brother-in-Law. And I’m sure there will be questions about whether the UCP cabinet, and Premier Smith were aware of this detail. Yet, when we set that all aside, what we still have is an attempt to slow or control the flow of information to the public. And, if that’s the case, can Albertans expect a fulsome investigations by Auditor General Wylie or former Honourable Justice Raymond Wyant?

From “Ousted Alberta MLA says premier knew about AHS problems”, by Michael Franklin, a few additional details emerge from the Wrongful Dismissal claim of Mentzelopoulos. Particularly:

>He also indicated concerns with Justice Minister Mickey Amery’s relationship with MHCare CEO Sam Mraiche and the business owner’s connection to former Edmonton police chief Dale McFee, who is now a deputy minister of the executive council.

From “Alberta Justice Minister has personal relationship with man whose businesses are tied to AHS investigation”, by Carrie Tait, Albertans learn that

>Mr. Amery told The Globe and Mail that he and Mr. Mraiche have been friends for “a very long time.” He confirmed they are related and, when pressed for details, said he and Mr. Mraiche are “loosely related” through marriage.

The article goes on

>Andrew Flavelle Martin, an assistant professor at Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law, said Mr. Amery should take steps to formally distance himself from the government’s handling of Ms. Mentzelopoulos’s lawsuit.
>
>“The question I‘d be concerned about is: How involved is he in directing the litigation around the wrongful dismissal given that his friend is involved in one of the contracts?” said Prof. Martin, whose research focuses on legal ethics for government lawyers and Attorneys General. “The optics are not good.”

Again, Danielle Smith and the UCP have not addressed the allegations of corruption that emerged from the Corrupt Care scandal. We’ve heard from Amery himself that he believes he’s onside the Conflicts and Interest Act. We’ve also heard UCP House Leader Joseph Schow saying “‘Putting your name on a ballot and getting elected to this wonderful chamber does not preclude you from having friends and relatives,’ he said.”

We’re not talking about having friends - and Amery knows the difference between the written words of legislation, AND their rationale. As the Minister of Justice, Amery should be aware of not just the need to comply with the law, but the appearance of compliance. Albertans have to grapple with the idea that former Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie understood the assignment when he took his job, and the Justice Minister did not.

#CompassionateCareAct #InvoluntaryTreatment #ForcedTreatment #CorruptCare #HealthCare #Corruption #Alberta #AlbertaSeparation

#EthicalFading

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- #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli 122

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/ousted-alberta-mla-says-premier-knew-about-ahs-problems/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-justice-minister-has-personal-relationship-with-man-whose/

https://archive.ph/Y4wJr

NHL suspends Florida Panthers executive over comments https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/29298/ #51stState #AllegedStatement #Canada #Channel25 #cifu #comment #DouglasA.Cifu #Florida #FloridaPanthers #FloridaPanthersExecutive #FloridaPanthersExecutiveSuspendedByNHLOverSocialMediaPost #FloridaPanthers #Hockey #NationalHockeyLeagues #news #NHL #Panthers #SocialMediumPost #thousand #TopHeadline #TorontoMapleLeafs #UnitedStates #war #wpbf #Wpbf25News

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Ram Charan's Wife Upasana Konidela Reacts to His Wax Statue at London's Madame Tussauds

#celebrity #comment #controversy #marriage #Statue
https://blazetrends.com/ram-charans-wife-upasana-konidela-reacts-to-his-wax-statue-at-londons-madame-tussauds/?fsp_sid=30571

Tesla hiring for Haskell Software engineer
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I’d build upon a previous comment made on the subject that there’s no logic or sense for Alberta to pursue independence in any scenario. But, I wish to now correct myself: Danielle Smith’s giving Alberta Separatists a platform they may find too tempting. And, I’d suggest this is clearly for her own political survival at the expense of all else.

This attitude is illustrated in “Inside an Australian Miner’s Brawl with Alberta Regulators”, by Andrew Nikiforuk. Basically, the Alberta Energy Regulator’s experience with Australian Coal companies has been hostile, belligerent, and litigious. I would encourage Albertans to go over that article, and I suggest it simply outlines the same attitude that the UCP have adopted in its core: Take Everything, Leave Nothing.

Albertans see that attitude play out even when it’s time to clean up after the Oil and Gas industry. From the Globe “Alberta wants to accelerate cleanup of oil and gas wells with taxpayers as backstop, document shows”, by Jeffrey Jones, which basically outlines how resource companies are trying to make Albertans hold the bag on the clean up and waste left behind so they can make off with the money. And, the UCP are on board with the idea with a complicated game of musical chairs meant to leave Albertans sitting in the dirt:

>The mature asset report tallies the number of marginal, inactive or decommissioned oil and gas wells in the province at 274,215, more than half of all those licensed. Estimates to clean them up vary wildly, from $33-billion into the hundreds of billions of dollars.

Jones goes on:

>In the report, Mr. Yager, who is also an Alberta Energy Regulator director, acknowledged that “the trust has been broken” between the industry, landowners, municipalities and government as resource wealth has been taken for granted and individual rights rival or surpass what he terms “the greater good.”

I’d suggest that trust was never a part of the equation.

How about Pillage or Die in politics? That’s a complete other beast.

In the case of Smith, with serious challenges to her credibility in Corrupt Care Scandals, a “big tent” UCP threatening to break apart with disparate priorities, persistent opposition in the NDP, and a rising public sentiment that Smith has betrayed her party and Canada in general, survival is likely top of mind. Her response? Smith has now chosen to turn friend and foe alike against one another, and chooses hell in exchange for control.

I’ve pointed out before that Smith’s also been turning social safety nets against one another as a result of cuts to the Legal Aid Society of Alberta, and consequently to the Alberta Law Foundation. This sudden budget shortfall has meant organizations designed as critical components to provide support for the vulnerable, victims of crime, or the addicted, are forced to choose amongst each other as sacrifice.

She’s also persisting in her privatization plans in favour of Chartered Surgical Facilities against a shattered AHS, despite the allegations of corruption in her very cabinet that remain unanswered. Smith’s also pressing ahead with a forced treatment for addictions plan that features privatized elements yet again possibly implicated in the same Corrupt Care scandal given that the same UCP cabinet is involved.

And, now, we see Smith giving Alberta Separatists a platform - nakedly providing a route to referendum that would allow the separatists to fork out, and waste their time, energy, and funds. From “Danielle Smith's reform is nudging Alberta separation vote from 'if' toward 'when’”, by Jason Markusoff, Tim Hoven is mentioned as “a conservative grassroots organizer".

By Hoven’s own estimation “the current premier and her UCP members will stay federalist and won't help the independence movement. That would leave many conservative activists fighting on their own, and could prompt an exodus of members from the UCP”.

Smith’s strategy could not be clearer to her enemies, to her friends, and to the world. She’s a Premier, desperate to survive, vulnerable, and weak. Premier Smith is unfit to lead.

#CompassionateCareAct #InvoluntaryTreatment #ForcedTreatment #CorruptCare #HealthCare #Corruption #Alberta #AlbertaSeparation

#EthicalFading

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https://coffee-time.org/@runsmooth/statuses/01JT76R5RPBE9B26J5KQRMV9JM

https://coffee-time.org/@runsmooth/statuses/01JSSX3P12MHB49JC215A900C6

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-alberta-wants-to-accelerate-cleanup-of-oil-and-gas-wells-with/

https://archive.ph/LOya4

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/ndp-releases-another-video-on-ucp-and-health-care

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/04/30/Australian-Miner-Brawl-Alberta-Regulators/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-alberta-separation-referendum-threshold-analysis-1.7524320

2/2 What I do love on #Bsky:
✅ If I #block people, it takes seconds that they are not only muted but indeed blocked - no more visibility for each other.
✅ I can choose for every post who can #comment: all people, followees, follower or both, etc. And I can close a post for any comment, even later (if something escalates).

This is what I wish for #Mastodon (oh yes, let me dream!)

I ask you please, erudite people, to #comment the following #question:

**How can someone who has nothing to tell be an artist?**

#about #being #artist

#comment Mind your own. ffs