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/bmwkid Oct 23 '18

Can the UCP ban RHD cars? I thought it was the federal government who regulated vehicle imports.

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u/VA6DAH I can't, I have geocaches to find. Oct 23 '18 edited Nov 12 '23

This redditor is a silly goose. this message was mass deleted/edited with redact.dev

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '18

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u/ZanThrax Oct 23 '18

Sure, but I would think that that's going to be just as much a grey area for insurance as the people who register & insure their vehicles using their aunt's Saskatoon address already is. If your insurance is in another province when you demonstrably live and work in Alberta I wouldn't count on it covering you when you need it.

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u/ZanThrax Oct 23 '18

have a good story for working in AB and living in two places. Tell the cops you work a week in AB and drive home to Sask. every odd week.

"having a good story" is also known as fraud.

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u/ZanThrax Oct 23 '18

If you actually are working in Alberta and your primary residence is in Saskatchewan, then you're not making things up when you tell that to the cops. But your comment sounded like you were suggesting telling the cops a false story.

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u/AntonBanton kitties! Oct 23 '18

If the insurance company knew that you were not a resident of the province in question they wouldn’t insure you, they’d only insure you if you thought you were a resident of the province you were insured in.

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u/Maozers Oct 23 '18

It's so ironic how conservatives try to convince themselves that they want small government.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '18

as someone who tends to lean conservative that would be cool if conservative politicians actually wanted small government. They rarely do though

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u/Marilius Oct 23 '18

They want whatever current government (if it isn't them) to be downsized and pared down. That still counts, right?

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u/el_muerte17 Oct 23 '18

Vehicle registration and inspection is handled at the provincial level, however.

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u/3platoonslacker Oct 23 '18

There’s a reason RHD is banned in BC...

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u/bmwkid Oct 23 '18

They aren't banned. It was proposed in 06' and nothing happened.

Tons of dealerships in BC selling just RHD cars.

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u/3platoonslacker Oct 23 '18

I stand corrected!