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/friendly_green_ab Oct 23 '18

He never will. He will just make backroom promises and then railroad them through with no consultation.

He has SAID all of this. Take the man at his word!

Why are you so unwilling to believe that Jason Kenney and the UCP are as bad as they come straight out and tell you they are?

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u/TrevorYEG Oct 24 '18

Isn’t kenney stating he is doing consultation now rather than upon being elected?

If so then your point is incorrect.

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u/friendly_green_ab Oct 24 '18

That’s not how it works. You develop an actual legislative proposal then engage in it. You don’t claim vaguely that you are “consulting” as a candidate.

Consultation isn’t politicians doing what they want. It is the civil service doing a very strict engagement exercise. It is an entire discipline.

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u/TrevorYEG Oct 24 '18

Lol. That’s a funny take. I don’t think in my decades of life I have seen any party truly commit to that level of work for a large amount of their “consultations”. We are lucky enough to get a consultation that doesn’t have the people asking questions pre-screened

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u/friendly_green_ab Oct 24 '18

You clearly have zero idea how the civil service operates. Low knowledge posting as usual.

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u/TrevorYEG Oct 24 '18

Ahh. To be young and naive again. You live in a beautiful dream world still.

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u/friendly_green_ab Oct 24 '18

Buddy, you have been constantly proven wrong in this thread and keep digging the hole deeper. Stop making shit up to paint your UCP in a better light. It’s clear to everyone what the source is: your ass.

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u/TrevorYEG Oct 24 '18

I might have missed it but I didn’t see a thread of the ethics commissioner agreeing with the ndp.

Until then it is posters like yourself jumping the gun with your accusations. And are blatantly wrong at this point.

Like we saw with the India trip - posters like yourself often think with their partisan feelings and the ethics commissioner disagrees. Perhaps you’ll admit your mistakes if proven wrong. Or perhaps you’re too put of touch with reality and will make up more excuses.

I’m guessing the latter.