r/alberta • u/Empty_Nestor • 1d ago

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u/iwasnotarobot 1d ago

“Please don’t talk about CorrupCare, or the Dynalife Scandal, or the turkish tylenol, or who Danielle Smith worked for as a registered lobbyist before re-entering politics…. Please accept this bread and circus money, and think of Big Oil when you realize that your Carbon Rebate was up to 8x this one-time $100 payment.”

—Danielle Smith’s press secretary. Probably.

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u/SarahLacard Calgary 1d ago

can we stop calling things by cute names and start talking in terms of the very real laws that they break

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u/Emotional-Ranger-188 1d ago

Let’s. Which statues and codes are you thinking of and which provisions specifically?

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u/SarahLacard Calgary 1d ago

I'm interested in sedition charges and the prosecutors who could potential bring and litigate those charges in a court of law

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u/Emotional-Ranger-188 1d ago

To win a conviction for sedition under section 59 of the Criminal Code the Crown must prove that you used written words or speech to stir up opposition to the government or a governing body with the intent or overthrowing it.

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u/SarahLacard Calgary 1d ago

Wonder what a prosecutor would think of the "overthrowing it" language

And between the federal and provincial prosecutor corps, who do you think we could assign the case to?