Juno News - Is Jason Kenney campaigning against Danielle Smith？

00:00:00.000 hey everyone welcome back to the alberta roundup i'm your host rachel emanuel let's take a look at

00:00:16.880 what we're going to be talking about here today the alberta government is looking to reinstate

00:00:20.800 some of its fuel tax climate alarmists are slashing tires in edmonton the third party

00:00:25.520 advertiser created to promote alberta premier jason kenney is now attacking ucp leadership

00:00:30.080 candidate danielle smith a citizens advocacy group is circulating a petition to end edmonton's

00:00:34.800 potential plastic span ucp leadership candidate todd lowen says it was abhorrent the police

00:00:39.680 resources were spent wasting energy re-arresting freedom convoy organizer tamara leach and the

00:00:44.560 trudeau must go hashtag has been training on twitter for days after being started by an alberton citizen

00:00:50.160 all that and more happening now on the alberta roundup alberton's provincial tax holiday at the

00:00:54.960 gas pumps is fading with the summer weather the provincial government eliminated the provincial

00:00:59.600 13 cents per liter tax on april 1 after gas prices skyrocketed now that those costs have relaxed the

00:01:05.840 alberta government will partly reinstate the provincial fuel tax starting on october 1st finance minister

00:01:10.480 jason nixon told cbc news this week for the next three months the provincial government will collect

00:01:14.880 a tax of 4.5 cents per liter on gas and diesel nixon said quote it will result in an 8.5 cents being

00:01:21.600 saved on every liter of gas and diesel for albertans going forward and will continue to build on the

00:01:26.480 fuel tax program end quote climate alarmists are slashing tires in edmonton a vigilante trend of

00:01:33.360 deflating suv and pickup truck triers in the name of environmental protection appears to have arrived

00:01:38.400 in edmonton so if you're parking in the city you might want to look for some underground parking

00:01:43.120 one victim found two tires on her honda suv deflated sunday along with a note from the tire extinguishers

00:01:50.320 similar flyers have been found on vehicles with slash tires in victoria and kitchener the note said

00:01:56.160 quote suvs are unnecessary and pure vanity we are taking actions into our own hands because our

00:02:01.760 government and politicians will not okay then okay guys let's move into the controversy of the week

00:02:07.520 a third-party advertiser created to promote alberta premier jason kenney is now attacking ucp

00:02:12.400 leadership candidate danielle smith some albertans received a text message last week from a group called

00:02:17.280 shaping alberta's future the text provide a link to the organization's website which says it was

00:02:22.080 in fact created to promote both kenny and the ucp the text also says smith is a conservative of

00:02:27.040 convenience and links to an article published on its site questioning smith's conservative values

00:02:32.160 the article says a true conservative would oppose tax hikes and support social conservative issues

00:02:37.920 but smith's record flips that script it also says the ucp offers room for discussion but smith plays a game

00:02:44.480 of avoidance by declaring herself a libertarian on social issues the organization alleges

00:02:49.600 quote for years danielle smith has called herself a conservative and is running on that same platform

00:02:54.400 for ucp leadership there's a big difference between talking conservative and living it end quote in a

00:03:00.160 response smith's campaign team told me they're focused on positing messaging ahead of the october 6

00:03:05.280 leadership announcement okay guys let's take a look at this petition to end the plastics ban that's being

00:03:11.040 discussed in edmonton this is what we're watching in the weeks to come two weeks ago i reported that

00:03:15.680 edmonton city council is considering a plastics ban for those of you who don't remember the bylaw

00:03:20.160 would specifically ban businesses from offering customers single-use plastic items like shopping

00:03:24.880 bags and phone cups beginning next year complaints of non-compliance would result in outreach and

00:03:29.840 education followed by warnings and enforcement now a citizens advocacy group is fighting back common

00:03:35.280 sense edmonton has started a petition to stop the potential plastics ban which it says will hurt

00:03:40.240 consumers while providing no benefit to the environment will vislop a spokesperson for the

00:03:44.960 advocacy group common sense edmonton says the proposal is more virtue signaling price increases

00:03:50.480 from the government which would hurt regular consumers who are already struggling from tax

00:03:55.280 increases in inflation quote people understand the need to reduce waste but they want the choice to

00:04:01.680 do so in the ways that make the most sense in this case the replacement products that the government

00:04:06.480 is mandating are probably not any more environmentally friendly while being less practical and effective

00:04:12.400 if you're interested in taking a look at their arguments and the petition you can find it on

00:04:16.240 their websites commonsenseedmonton.com okay guys let's move into our weekly ucp leadership race update

00:04:22.960 united conservative party leadership candidate todd lowen says it was abhorrent that police resources were

00:04:27.920 spent re-arresting tamara leach he made those comments at the western unity group debate on monday

00:04:34.160 evening in lacombe i was there just brian gene lowen and leela here were in attendance for those

00:04:39.520 of you who need a little refresher tamara leach was arrested for the second time in her hometown 1.00

00:04:43.120 of medicine hat on june 27 the crown argued that leach had breached the terms of her bail which said

00:04:48.640 she could not communicate with other convoy organizers except in the presence of their legal

00:04:52.880 counsel leach was then denied bail and was held in jail for nearly 30 days until july 26 but todd lowen

00:04:59.760 says leach was not going anywhere and had not armed anyone yet the police wasted resources re-arresting

00:05:05.120 her and tracking her down rather than trying to find real criminals lowen also said the ongoing

00:05:10.240 cases to prosecute business owners and churches who breached covet 19 restrictions are a waste of

00:05:14.880 energy especially considering provincial pandemic restrictions have been largely done away with

00:05:19.360 there's no need to be victimizing these people who've been through enough lowen said in other lowen

00:05:24.240 related news the candidate says that he's contacted elections alberta after robocalls are being

00:05:29.360 sent out on behalf of his campaign yet and he nor no one else on his campaign approved the messaging

00:05:35.440 lowen said he began receiving reports of albertans receiving the robocalls on monday he's now begun

00:05:40.720 the process of trying to determine who's behind them and he's contacted elections alberta for help

00:05:46.240 lowen described the calls as putting down danielle smith and taking a couple shots at jason kenney

00:05:51.040 while having flowery things to say about himself you can listen to the voice message here

00:05:55.680 todd lowen reach us at 587-318-5235 cpb at outlook.com after two years of betrayal and mistrust alberta

00:06:05.760 doesn't need another slick talking politician what we do need is a plain talking straight shooter who we

00:06:11.760 can trust and that man is todd lowen todd is a man of integrity and his word a man who's doing he says

00:06:19.120 and says what he'll do when danielle smith crossed the floor to the pcs todd lowen held the line when

00:06:25.760 james and kenny locked down alberta todd lowen stood his ground kenny broke our trust and so did danielle

00:06:32.560 so why should we elect her now when we just got rid of him in this important leadership race don't be 0.83

00:06:39.280 fooled again only todd lowen has the integrity to lead alberta vote for todd as your choice for leader

00:06:45.200 for more information or to get involved in his campaign please visit todd lowen.ca thank you

00:06:52.000 let's quickly move into endorsements before we end our update for today united conservative party

00:06:57.200 leadership candidate danielle smith has received another notable endorsement this time from angela

00:07:01.440 pitt you guys might remember angela pitt was formerly raj and sani's campaign chair at the beginning of

00:07:06.400 the campaign but she dropped down at the beginning of august citing a need to realign with her

00:07:11.520 constituents values you can take a listen to the endorsement here and so i am so pleased to

00:07:19.440 be here with you and to share my ideas and my values with you at the danielle smith event

00:07:24.480 and it is my great honor to welcome her to the stage but not only that to offer my endorsement and

00:07:31.200 my full support to the danielle smith okay guys and finishing off on a light-hearted note the

00:07:39.440 trudeau must go hashtag has been which has been viral on twitter for days was started by a regular

00:07:44.240 albertan man marty belanger who lives just outside of calgary now of course if you're justin trudeau's

00:07:49.760 formal principal secretary gerald butts you think everyone who's participating in this trend is a bot

00:07:54.480 but marty is just a super regular guy okay guys thanks so much for tuning in today if you support

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00:08:05.040 continuing to bring you the news thanks so much have a great weekend

Juno News - September 24, 2022

Is Jason Kenney campaigning against Danielle Smith？

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