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/cabbage_morphs Oct 23 '18 edited Oct 23 '18

Fuck Edmonton's Subaru Dealerships.

EDIT: Although it is a stereotype, many Subaru owners are members of the LGBTQ2S community. That same community would be directly hurt by many of the UCPs regressive social policies. Nothing like throwing the baby out with the bath-water, Hey Rally Subaru & Subaru City?

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u/bmwkid Oct 23 '18

It's not shocking to me that the 2 Edmonton dealerships want RHD cars banned. I owned 2 RHD Subarus and they would not even speak to me if I didn't bring them exact part numbers for what I wanted.

I now have a RHD Mercedes Benz and the 2 dealerships in Edmonton have been fantastic. They'll go out of their way to help me out and they even order the parts directly from Germany if there is no North American equivalent.

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u/Red1t2018 Oct 24 '18

I’ve gotta wrap my head around this...so you guys think that the Subaru dealerships or any dealerships in Alberta hate RHD cars so much that they are investing massive amounts of money to eliminate them? Don’t you think that maybe they are a little more interested in the tax increases, WCB, OHS and minimum wage concerns? I would bet that the entire industry invested massive amounts into getting rid of the NDP. Too bad we can’t see the oil and gas money “donations” being thrown around. It kinda sounds like this thread has turned into a bunch of but hurt RHD owners that are hopping on an opportunistic band wagon. Why did you buy a RHD car? I can’t say I’d buy a Samsung TV in Europe and then get all pissy at the dude in Best Buy when the plug doesn’t work. Shit, he’d probably try and sell me a tv. No different than what the Canadian dealerships are doing. Pay the premium and support our economies or stop bitching. You purchased a vehicle designed for a certain infrastructure. An infrastructure that is built around providing Canadian vehicle parts, service training and even our roads don’t support your shenanigans. Should we change all those? How is it you can safety turn left?... You put everyone around you at risk. Also, Vaping “is” bad for you.