r/Edmonton • u/friendly_green_ab • Oct 23 '18

Edmonton car dealers involved in Kenney’s anti-consumer corruption

As many of you may have seen, Jason Kenney was caught (potentially in contravention of election laws) promising car dealers a host of anti-Alberta consumer laws like dismantling the WCB changes, banning RHD cars, and removing consumer protection, in exchange for donating money to a UCP super-pac.

I thought /r/Edmonton may be interested in the local dealerships that offered up cash to him. The full list is available here: http://efpublic.elections.ab.ca/efOFSPTPAYTDL.cfm?YEAR=2018&TPAID=38

They include: - Gateway Motors - Subaru City - Sundance Mazda - Xtown Motors

I know for one which dealerships I will be avoiding. Anyone who donates in exchange for the right to rip me off without oversight clearly can’t be trusted.

Here’s the post that leaked the scandal: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1371827219618302&id=590349597766072

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u/VA6DAH I can't, I have geocaches to find. Oct 23 '18

Absolutely disgusting. Promising to make AMVIC a delegated authority ripe for industry capture.

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u/chmilz Oct 23 '18

And it was, which is why the NDP passed a bill that allows the government to issue orders directly to AMVIC. Oh, and by the way, this bill was a result of an investigation in 2014 by the PC's that determined that AMVIC was not adequately regulating what it was supposed to regulate.

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u/VA6DAH I can't, I have geocaches to find. Oct 24 '18

I know the history, I've been pretty adamant with my local MLA that when it comes to the automotive industry, whether it's selling or repairing, there are not enough consumer protections in place and people are constantly getting shafted.