Aloha Albertans!
Richard here writing to you from sunny Edmonton Honaberta. It's currently sitting at a pleasant 28.4 degrees (that's in Fahrenheit). I've got the heat turned up though and all my clothes off, I'm sweating like Michael Forian waking up to his twitter notifications. Don't judge, I've been on vacation.
What can one really say about the UCP's vacations that hasn't already been said? This betrayal of the public trust was huge, Kenney was already walking on thin ice, his popularity and approval has been on a steady decline. I've observed the trends of people who were once hard core UCP fans begin questioning and doubting Kenney, one by one.
Today in typical tone deaf fashion Kenney tweets this:
Some cautiously optimistic news for our energy sector this year.
— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) January 5, 2021
“An extra $2 billion investment into Western Canadian economies, relative to 2020, I’d say is a pretty significant vote of confidence there'll be some stability & recovery in energy markets”https://t.co/Jb6Kld7uTN
Woooow, his buddies in the Canadian oil industry think the Canadian oil industry is going to be amazing this year! They don't say that every year, do they?
Well, great work guys forecasting rainbows and lollipops, that should make everything ok eh? Yup, apparently Kenney thinks a meagre cabinet shuffle where the replacements are simply other corrupt MLAs who may or may not have been out of the country (we don't know because the government has only confirmed a small subset) but who even if they were not out of the country were helping to cover for those who were. So, that's like.. better, or something, right? No moral flexibility there.
So is this saying your fellow overpaid propagandists and criministers did the wrong thing, or the right thing? Is this simple self defense or are you trying and failing to carry water for your boss Condoning Kenney? Be more clear with your propaganda director of issues mangling.
— Richard Fantin (@RichardFantin) January 2, 2021
Apparently discovering that very few Albertans hold shares in WestJet Jason Kenney says he listened to Albertans over the weekend. Which really is an interesting flex don't you think? I mean think about it.. he literally just told you that prior to the weekend he wasn't listening to Albertans. Now he's listening though right?
You just started, will you be instructing your issue managers like Brian Bateson to retract their accusation of lies and fear and smear? No? I didn't think so.
— Richard Fantin (@RichardFantin) January 4, 2021
I mean it's hard to be sure given he didn't hold any sort of conference about it and wrote a fucking post about it. Can you actually believe this guy is a politician?
You're actually a teacher? You think issuing a written statement is the equivalent of speaking publicly? Remarkable.
— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) October 6, 2017
I can't.
Meanwhile Sunny Shandro is trying to cover for the fact the UCP haven't been doing anything for the past month. No one knows where Shandro was over the holidays yet... But he sure was looking redder than usual.
Why weren't you working it out a few weeks ago? Is it because it would have interrupted your vacation? What sunny destination to the Shandros go to anyway? https://t.co/HKZrdPUDMs
— Richard Fantin (@RichardFantin) January 5, 2021
What a fucking circus.
Kenney's typical strategy of misdirection isn't going to work for these issues. He can't blame Trudeau, or the NDP, or even foreign activists for the credibility he destroyed when he brushed off the anger of the province and told us all stories of WestJet's profitability. The message was pretty clear to me.. "I can't save you," he said, "I can't even save myself".
UPDATE-1:
Tany Yao has been located. The poor kitty had a stressful year passing his private members bill so he turned his phone off. AWWWW MUFFIN. Such a stressful year, maybe it would be less stressful in another job?
A "stressful year passing his private member's bill"? His bill is a whopping 1 page long. Here it is in all of its glory: https://t.co/hSUzqwAQgc pic.twitter.com/Z9LpO1w9fY
— Lorian Hardcastle (@Lorian_H) January 5, 2021
UPDATE-2:
Shandro says last time he left the province was labour day.
— Richard Fantin (@RichardFantin) January 5, 2021
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Richard Fantin is a self-taught software developer who has mostly throughout his career focused on financial applications and high frequency trading. He currently works for CenturyLink
Nazayh Zanidean is a Project Coordinator for a mid-sized construction contractor in Calgary, Alberta. He enjoys writing as a hobby on topics that include foreign policy, international human rights, security and systemic media bias.
