The Alberta Roundup with Isaac Lamoureux - Is Jason Kenney campaigning against Danielle Smith？ (open to suggestions)

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

00:00:16.800 at 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

00:00:34.880 potential plastic span ucp leadership candidate todd lowen says it was abhorrent that police

00:00:39.760 resources were spent wasting energy re-arresting freedom convoy organizer tamara leach and the

00:00:44.640 trudeau must go hashtag has been training on twitter for days after being started by an alberton citizen

00:00:50.240 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

00:01:09.760 finance minister jason nixon told cbc news this week for the next three months the provincial

00:01:14.080 government will collect a tax of 4.5 cents per liter on gas and diesel nixon said quote it will result in

00:01:20.240 an 8.5 cents being saved on every liter of gas and diesel for albertans going forward and will

00:01:25.280 continue to build on the fuel tax program end quote climate alarmists are slashing tires in edmonton

00:01:32.160 a vigilante trend of deflating suv and pickup truck triers in the name of environmental protection

00:01:37.520 appears to have arrived in edmonton so if you're parking in the city you might want to look for some

00:01:41.680 underground parking one victim found two tires on her honda suv deflated sunday along with a note from the

00:01:48.640 tire extinguishers similar flyers have been found on vehicles with slash tires in victoria and

00:01:54.400 kitchener the note said quote suvs are unnecessary and pure vanity we are taking actions into our own

00:02:00.960 hands because our government and politicians will not okay then okay guys let's move into the

00:02:06.160 controversy of the week a third-party advertiser created to promote alberta premier jason kenney is

00:02:11.280 now attacking ucp leadership candidate danielle smith some albertans received a text message last

00:02:16.320 week from a group called shaping alberta's future the text provide a link to the organization's

00:02:20.800 website which says it was in fact created to promote both kenny and the ucp the text also says

00:02:25.920 smith is a conservative of convenience and links to an article published on its site questioning smith's

00:02:30.880 conservative values the article says a true conservative would oppose tax hikes and support

00:02:36.160 social conservative issues but smith's record flips that script it also says the ucp offers room for

00:02:42.560 discussion but smith plays a game of avoidance by declaring herself a libertarian on social issues 1.00

00:02:47.680 the organization alleges quote for years danielle smith has called herself a conservative and is 0.70

00:02:53.280 running on that same platform for ucp leadership there's a big difference between talking conservative

00:02:58.160 and living it end quote in a response smith's campaign team told me they're focused on positing

00:03:03.200 messaging ahead of the october 6 leadership announcement okay guys let's take a look at this

00:03:08.560 petition to end the plastics ban that's being discussed in edmonton this is what we're watching

00:03:13.200 in the weeks to come two weeks ago i reported that edmonton city council is considering a plastics ban

00:03:18.560 for those of you who don't remember the bylaw would specifically ban businesses from offering

00:03:22.400 customers single-use plastic items like shopping bags and phone cups beginning next year complaints

00:03:28.080 of non-compliance would result in outreach and education followed by warnings and enforcement

00:03:32.400 now a citizens advocacy group is fighting back common sense edmonton has started a petition

00:03:37.120 to stop the potential plastic span which it says will hurt consumers while providing no benefit to

00:03:42.640 the environment will vislop a spokesperson for the advocacy group common sense edmonton

00:03:47.280 says the proposal is more virtue signaling price increases from the government which would hurt

00:03:52.320 regular consumers who are already struggling from tax increases in inflation quote people understand

00:03:59.280 the need to reduce waste but they want the choice to do so in the ways that make the most sense

00:04:03.440 in this case the replacement products that the government is mandating are probably not any

00:04:08.560 more environmentally friendly while being less practical and effective if you're interested in

00:04:13.120 taking a look at their arguments and the petition you can find it on their websites common sense

00:04:17.600 edmonton.com okay guys let's move into our weekly ucp leadership race update united conservative

00:04:23.760 party leadership candidate todd lowen says it was abhorrent that police resources were spent re-arresting

00:04:29.280 tamara leach he made those comments at the western unity group debate on monday evening in lacombe i

00:04:35.040 was there just brian gene lowen and leela here were in attendance for those of you who need a little

00:04:40.160 refresher tamara leach was arrested for the second time in her hometown of medicine hat on june 27 the 1.00

00:04:45.840 crown argued that leach had breached the terms of her bail which said she could not communicate with

00:04:49.920 other convoy organizers except in the presence of their legal counsel leach was then denied bail and was

00:04:55.760 held in jail for nearly 30 days until july 26. but todd lowen says leach was not going anywhere and had

00:05:01.520 not armed anyone yet the police wasted resources re-arresting her and tracking her down rather than

00:05:07.040 trying to find real criminals lowen also said the ongoing cases to prosecute business owners and

00:05:11.920 churches who breached covet 19 restrictions are a waste of energy especially considering provincial

00:05:17.040 pandemic restrictions have been largely done away with there's no need to be victimizing these

00:05:21.040 people who've been through enough lowen said in other lowen related news the candidate

00:05:25.680 says that he's contacted elections alberta after robocalls are being sent out on behalf of his

00:05:30.960 campaign yet and he nor no one else on his campaign approved the messaging lowen said he began receiving

00:05:36.720 reports of albertans receiving the robocalls on monday he's now begun the process of trying to

00:05:41.680 determine who's behind them and he's contacted elections alberta for help lowen described the calls as

00:05:47.760 putting down danielle smith and taking a couple shots at jason kenney while having flowery things

00:05:52.400 to say about himself you can listen to the voice message here todd lowen reach us at 587-318-5235

00:06:02.960 after two years of betrayal and mistrust alberta doesn't need another slick talking politician 1.00

00:06:08.400 what we do need is a plain talking straight shooter who we can trust and that man is todd lowen

00:06:14.960 todd is a man of integrity and his word a man who's doing he says and says what he'll do

00:06:21.120 when danielle smith crossed the floor to the pcs todd lowen held the line when jason kenny locked

00:06:26.800 down alberta todd lowen stood his ground kenny broke our trust and so did danielle so why should we elect

00:06:33.760 her now when we just got rid of him in this important leadership race don't be fooled again only todd

00:06:41.040 lowen has the integrity to lead alberta vote for todd as your choice for leader for more information

00:06:46.720 or to get involved in his campaign please visit todd lowen.ca thank you let's quickly move into

00:06:53.200 endorsements before we end our update for today united conservative party leadership candidate danielle

00:06:58.240 smith has received another notable endorsement this time from angela pitt you guys might remember

00:07:03.200 angela pitt was formerly raj and sani's campaign chair at the beginning of the campaign but she dropped

00:07:08.160 down at the beginning of august citing a need to realign with her constituents values you can take

00:07:13.840 a listen to the endorsement here and so i am so pleased to um be here with you and to share my ideas

00:07:22.160 and my values with you at the danielle smith event and it is my great honor to um welcome her to the

00:07:28.400 stage but not only that to offer my endorsement and my full support to the danielle smith

00:07:36.880 okay guys and finishing off on a light-hearted note the trudeau must go hashtag has been which

00:07:41.440 has been viral on twitter for days was started by a regular albertan man marty belanger who lives just

00:07:46.560 outside of calgary now of course if you're justin trudeau's formal principal secretary gerald butts

00:07:51.840 you think everyone who's participating in this trend is a bot but marty is just a super regular guy

00:07:56.320 okay guys thanks so much for tuning in today if you support our work over at true north please

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00:08:07.280 have a great weekend

The Alberta Roundup with Isaac Lamoureux - September 27, 2022

Is Jason Kenney campaigning against Danielle Smith？ (open to suggestions)

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