During Kenney, there was and remains a concern about procedures designed to resist FOIP requests through means of deleted emails, and the use of Whatsapp and other forms of communication.

Regardless of where this business with Smith and the Prosecutors leads, an uncomfortable question surfaces: What kind of talent would risk their own reputation by getting too close with this GOV and particularly this odd crew of Kenney/Smith associates?

AB will be hard pressed to acquire the expertise needed to plot a course for even the next few weeks - let alone the next 100 years.

#EthicalFading 🧵

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https://globalnews.ca/news/9429706/alberta-justice-danielle-smith-email-review-crown-prosecutors/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/05/09/Inside-Kenney-Government-System-Secrecy/

Also, when the Executive wishes to say that it does not make comment on matters actively before the courts...now the public has to wonder what are the comments on matters before the courts.

#EthicalFading 🧵

- #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli 83

The writers to the Smith story arc are definitely in need of new material.

#EthicalFading 🧵

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/madu-alberta-justice-minister-ticket-police-edmonton-1.6315184

Executive branch attempting to interfere with the Judicial branch of government will require a response from the judiciary. Criminal Defendants face down the powers of GOV and now in some cases the hand of the Executive itself.

What will the future hold when the Executive sends messages to the police about their tickets, criminal charges, investigations, and other functions?

#EthicalFading 🧵

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https://mas.to/@robsonfletcher/109718356846407096

AB grapples with the live issue of regulatory capture by Oil

"As Carl and Drew wrote in their story, there’s nothing unusual about the oil and gas industry, which employs tens of thousands of people in Alberta, lobbying to protect jobs. But the level of access, coordination and organization of this sophisticated operation — and the apparent attempt to keep it all secret — is unprecedented."

#EthicalFading 🧵

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https://mstdn.ca/@drewanderson/109565379203164288

https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-energy-capp-lobbying-foi/

"Although there is nothing unusual about lobbyists for Alberta’s largest industry pressing government officials about policy decisions or asking government to consult companies about matters that could directly affect them, the documents provide a glimpse into how oil and gas companies had an influential — and unparalleled — seat at the table."

Same gang with Kenney, now with Smith.

#EthicalFading 🧵

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https://mstdn.ca/@CGriwkowsky/109540803598728539

https://thenarwhal.ca/capp-oil-lobbying-alberta-government/

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#EthicalFading 🧵

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https://twitter.com/TheBreakdownAB/status/1598101770877939714?s=20&t=-bczdmp2jDUIUTAoWNk4lA

The UCP under Smith are misleading the public, referencing decisions made 2 years ago and reframing them as discussions in 2022. It's uncertain if a new strategy of disinformation has been deployed.

#ethicalfading 🧵

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https://mstdn.social/@rtaylor_work/109434936014155311

Concerning development in AB where the same UCP team plus Smith initiates a remarkable grab for power. A team that the years have shown are short-term in thinking, and very exclusive.

#ethicalfading 🧵

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-alberta-sovereignty-cabinet-rewrite-laws-1.6668807?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

Resuming thread

#ethicalfading

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