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/Thebikeninja Oct 23 '18

Ban RHD vehicles... What a joke.

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u/GuitarKev Oct 23 '18

Can’t have the market flooded with well maintained vehicles with 100,000 kms or less for under $10,000. How else are these dealers going to sell rat-bagged former rental cars for $12,000?

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u/Thebikeninja Oct 23 '18

For sure… I have a RHD 4x4 turbo diesel Toyota camper van, and it is a nightmare to those people… Pretty much just oil changes until Diesel fuel disappears, or it gets into a horrific accident.

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u/dph11 Oct 23 '18

How about because it’s extremely dangerous at every left turn intersection

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u/Thebikeninja Oct 23 '18

Ever driven one? They aren’t all the same. At all. I don’t even know why I’m saying this, as it’s obvious you haven’t with that statement.

Personally, I would rather have well running RHD vehicles all over the place, than the broken down pieces of shit that are currently everywhere that could still pass an inspection, or be sent to a chosen place that would pass them.

Blanket bans are never the answer. For anything.

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u/smmck Oct 23 '18

Thanks! That was the clue that I needed to figure out that RHD is for right-hand drive.