Kenny and the Wild Rose Party have embarked on a program of Grande Theater!

 First, Kenny was on Linkedin begging people not to vote for the NDP but, to support the Wild Rose Party who make up a large portion of his party.  Since this was put up another name change came into effect the Independent Wild Rose Party all the same thing.

When this post went up they had to invent a new school curriculum so bizarre and off the wall that the province as a whole would reject it.  Think of it!  Look at the Bizzar subject matters that break the bounds of sense and sensibility! 

Now that the @Wild Rose Party are unveiled in the #UCP they have theatre going on all channels hoping to push themselves into a majority position and deriding Kenny in a show of Bad Leader carrying this forward in Post Media and CTV. On this, they hope to get a majority and put us right back into the present mess we are in.  Remember to this point, this is the same crew who made the present policies.

Kenny's incestuous relationship with Insurance.

 We have all had a hit from increased insurance premiums at one level or another. Condo's were hit especially hard. The Conservatives have an incestuous relationship with the insurance industry. In fact, it is the heart of their financial planning. Kenny took the freeze off insurance maximums that the NDP had put in place.

Previous Conservative Governments at the provincial level have asked for and received a 3% kickback from the #insurance industry to the Conservative coffers. I have not had confirmation that the UCP are on the dole but, he is following the Klein plan so close I would be very surprised if they weren't.

Justice Centre appeals dismissal of court action against Alberta’s Bill 10

 

Apr 1st, 2021

 

CALGARY: The Justice Centre today announced that it is appealing the March 22, 2021 decision of Justice Anne Kirker of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench dismissing the constitutional challenge against Alberta’s Bill 10.  The Court ruling holds that, since representatives of the Alberta government have stated that Bill 10 will be repealed at some point, it cannot be challenged currently. The filed Notice of Appeal states that the decision is an error of law.

Bill 10, the Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act, 2020, is the controversial legislation Premier Jason Kenney’s UCP rammed through the legislature in 48 hours in the spring of 2020, which transferred broad law-making power to his Minister of Health Tyler Shandro. The grant of such power to one individual to amend any existing law as that sole individual sees fit is unprecedented in the history of Canada.

On April 30, 2020, the Justice Centre filed a legal action challenging the constitutionality of the two delegating provisions, section 52.1(2)(b) and section 52.21(2)(b) of the Public Health Act as amended by Bill 10.

Justice Centre President John Carpay has called Bill 10 a “power grab under cover of the pandemic”, the “betrayal of the electorate and of the rule of law”, and “an affront to democracy and constitutionalism”. Since the filing of the lawsuit, the case has been slowed due to delay tactics and procedural wrangling by the government, and other systemic delays due to court closures and Covid. In dismissing the constitutional challenge against Bill 10, Justice Kirker relied on statements made by Health Minister Shandro from over five months ago, on October 15, 2020, that these sections enacted by Bill 10 would be repealed.

Despite these promises, Bill 10 has not been repealed. No bill has yet been tendered in the Alberta Legislature for its repeal. Counsel for Alberta informed the Court several times on the record that in fact Minister Shandro’s representations are not binding on the government of Alberta. Counsel for Alberta further informed the Court that he has no information when Bill 10 might actually be repealed.

Prior to Bill 10, the Public Health Act already gave extraordinary powers to Cabinet, the Minister of Health, and the Chief Medical Officer in the event of a public health emergency. These existing powers included taking citizen’s real or personal property without consent, authorizing entry into a person’s residence without a warrant, authorizing mass immunization of the public, and requiring mass public testing. Under these existing provisions, a minister could suspend – for up to 60 days – the operation of any existing law.

Adding to these existing powers, for the last year during Covid, Bill 10 allows a single Minister to unilaterally make new laws and create new offences for the people of Alberta, without consultation with the elected members of the Legislative Assembly. Bill 10 also raises maximum individual penalties for violating the Public Health Act to the eye-watering sum of $500,000. The Public Health Act has extended the power of Ministers to make new law for a period of up to 270 days, or even longer.

“Bill 10 was an act of political opportunism,” states John Carpay. “Before the public, or the Legislature for that matter, could clearly understand what was occurring, the UCP transferred enormous power to their Health Minister to unilaterally make and amend laws without debate or oversight from the legislative assembly. This lawsuit is about accountability before the courts and a check on the abuse of legislative power. The appeal of Justice Kirker’s decision will be pursued expeditiously.”