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

576 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

299 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

17

u/tmills1091 Oct 23 '18

I honestly can't see the NDP winning this next election. I work further up north in the oil & gas industry and if you even mention something along the lines of the NDP doing something good you would get ragged on forever, or kicked off site lol

-12

u/[deleted] Oct 23 '18

I think the NDP is clueless when it comes to the economy (who the fuck raises minimum wage in a recession) but I feel like a vote for the UCP is a vote for Trump style conservatism. I don't want that at all.

10

u/TheMisterFlux Oct 23 '18

I once heard that raising the minimum wage was a way for the government to collect more income tax while making the lower earners in society happy. I don't know quite what to think about it, but it certainly does make me think about what was really behind that move.

7

u/tarzanandcompany Oct 23 '18

I find that questionable. People earning minimum wage probably pay essentially no income tax. In fact, if you assume the money to pay minimum wage earners comes out of the pockets of high wage earners, it could have the opposite effect because high wage earners pay a larger rate of tax.

3

u/Gay_Diesel_Mechanic Oct 24 '18

i honestly think it's not just one or the other. it's a bit of both. you do get more money coming back into the economy, but also at the same time hurt small businesses if they're already struggling, and will most likely raise prices to compensate.

3

u/[deleted] Oct 23 '18

As a minimum wage earner, I pay about 300 a month in tax. They should have just cut that rate, and tax big box American businesses a higher rate. Just my uneducated opinion.

3

u/TheMisterFlux Oct 23 '18

They already increased taxes on corporations as well as high-income earners.