WOW!!

Smith threw her staff under the bus hard today!

In defense of her continuation of the "Alberta is calling" campaign, she claimed that she learned about the federal immigration policies & impacts not from briefings...

But from a tweet.

By David Staples.

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FACT CHECK!

When challenged on the difficulty of cleaning bitumen from oceans...

Smith claimed double hull ships prevent spills.

In reality, they decrease the severity of spill when they happen by roughly 62%.

Spills still happen.

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"I always warn people, don't tell me something because it's in-ear, out-mouth"

premier of Alberta Danielle Smith in a rare moment of self awareness.

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A father called in to ask why his disabled son was getting the $200 clawed back.

Smith's response?

The reason for that subsidy is we lobbied the feds to cost share! Sides, we don't want disabled people moving to Alberta to take advantage of us!

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On a week that...

- There were multiple reports of worsening Red Alerts
- A major story broke about Paramedic burnout
- Stunning numbers came out about ambulances being staffed only because of overtime...

Smith claims EMS is fixed.

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Caller - Healthcare is collapsing and privatization doesn't solve anything, what are you going to do?

Smith - Well, healthcare was struggling when there were experts involved, so we've gotten rid of them and feel pretty confident.

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Caller - I'm concerned hospitals are going to collapse because vaccines aren't available and healthcare workers could strike...

Smith - Anyone can get the vaccine! (Nope) It's easy! (Also nope) We're following recommendations (More nope) The feds are the worst!

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In a stunning display of "talk with confidence & people will believe you"...

Smith goes from blaming school boards, to saying she might eliminate admin roles, to saying classroom caps don't work to saying she wants to get to caps...

Really.

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On the same day that Peter Lougheed's Eduction Minister said the 1981 cabinet would have never used the notwithstanding clause in the same way Smith did...

Smith doubles down and says Lougheed would have.

That's a special kind of something...

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So…

The only voting members of the committee to address class size and complexity are all UCP Ministers/MLA’s.

Wonder how that will out?

Maybe the Auditor General has some thoughts?

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When asked again if Smith was entertaining the idea of recalling recall...

She confirmed they are following and if the signature collection is successful they may look at changes.

Because democracy.

Or something.

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The Skybox/CorruptCare scandal was center stage today in the legislature!

Nenshi asked Smith if the skybox tickets were "worth it" and Smith responded by predictably blaming AHS.

Again.

Even though it was her idea and executed on ministerial order.

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