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Carney is So SILENT, so WEAK!
JUST NOW: Poilievre calls Carney WEAK and SILENT when it comes to dealing with the most economically harmful tariffs, not from Trump. From China.
https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/sims-hiding-receipts-dont-try-that-in-alberta/66837
I am hoping some heads roll with this dumbass move when DS gets back to Alberta.
“Albertans expect and deserve transparency from their government and Premier Danielle Smith knows that very well.
A bizarre story erupted on Monday morning with the CBC reporting that the Alberta government had made an inexplicably dumb move and stopped proactively disclosing receipts for the expenses of government officials.
The change meant that itemized receipts were no longer required to be posted online for all taxpayers to see.
If the government is spending your money to rent a car, an itemized receipt tells you if it’s on a Corvette or a Corolla.
After the change, if any taxpayer wanted to know that information, they would need to go through the freedom of information system and pay a fee to try and wrench the receipt out of the government, likely waiting months for the data.
I know, this is a weird one, so stay with me.
Western Standard readers will want the full story, as we ...
