Canada's 'Little Texas' to ship seniors and school children to neighboring provinces
"We'll save a few bucks and a lot of aggravation."
Danielle Smith, yet another washed up journo who has given up a somewhat honorable profession is attempting to lead some of the most ignorant people in Canada.
Took her a little while to find a home but she certainly found it in conservative Alberta - little Texas as it is known throughout the country.
Note from Tom… I really did not want to write about my home province - a place I fled with Nick the hour he graduated from the University of Alberta. He didn’t even bother to stay for the grad ceremony. Instead we jumped in his car with my litter box after his last exam and we drove cross-country to Ottawa, the nation’s capital. A three day drive. He had insisted that we live at least a three hour flight or a three day drive from Edmonton - Alberta’s capital.
We get back there for a visit every now and then - still got family there.
Alberta is often referred to as ‘acne on the prairies’ and it certainly lives up to it’s name.
Anyway, Premier Smith is forcing thru the Alberta Sovereignty Act which appears to marginalize anyone not employed in Alberta’s only industry - energy - oil, gas, coal.
Oh - don’t forget aboriginals -Smith plans to send them to Ottawa. Alberta has treated these original Canadians like second or third class citizens for decades.
Smith is advocating that seniors, children, and teachers are disposable and more than a little problematic.
Her solution - taken straight from the Ron DeSantis playbook. Send them to another province - at their own expense of course.
“I’ll be damned if we’re going to spend taxpayer money catering to these deadbeats.”
COVID and RSV are still raging and parents are scared to allow their children to go school.
The Beaverton (Canada’s premier satire publication) ran a piece the other day lampooning the conservative approach to schooling amid a pandemic.
It is definitely worth a read - Nick was laughing and crying as he read it. Have a read yourself - Alberta’s education policy for the foreseeable future. Short read.
Nick has a number of doctor colleagues stuck in Alberta (that’s a story in itself - they are stuck in Alberta - no exaggeration) and sent the satirical Beaverton piece to a physician friend. The doctor’s reply was chilling - “Lol probably closer to the truth than we think.”
This from a doctor on the frontlines and who is not known to appreciate satire or humor on health matters. This poor doc hasn’t had a decent night’s sleep in going on three years. He’s on call 24/7 and spends a good portion of his day and night making house calls as well as keeping clinic hours.
“This is my life now,” he told me when we visited him recently. I swear he’s aged 15 years since this started.
As for the kids, Premier Smith has decreed, “If they can’t operate the equipment in the oil patch, we don’t need them. I suggest that any of these kids who aren’t tall enough to reach the pedals in a heavy duty truck start packing their suit cases.”
“As for our seniors - we’ll keep a few to work as greeters at Walmart. The patients in hospitals and senior’s homes - we’ll bus the layabouts to an out of province hospital or euthanize them. They’ve served their purpose.”
“One bright note - there are a limited number of jobs for children in the coal mines on the eastern slopes. We’re under fire from the SPCA and the Human Societies for using canaries so the kids can serve a worthwhile purpose.”
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Feline fans…
Please buy me some Temptations cat treats. Just $3. One time only. Nick is threatening to hire me out as a hit man rodent killer if I don’t start earning my keep. Bear in mind that Nick had my balls lopped off some time ago and chasing and murdering innocent mammals holds little interest for me.
Save a mammal….
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