Brian Jean bears personal responsibility for the extreme attacks and threats against Rachel Notley from his supporters that he is finally, belatedly speaking against.
The government mishandled the rollout of what they saw as a commonsense implementation of rules that have been clearly on the table since long before the election as inevitable components of any future farm worker legislation. Rules that have been discussed and consulted on and refined for literally years. The suggestion that they are now being implemented too quickly with insufficient consultation is absurd on its face.
Brian Jean led the charge against rules he knew had been consulted on, that he knew would inevitably come in by judicial fiat if the government didn't legislate them first, that he knew would not impact traditional family farming or cooperative seasonal activities between neighbors.
Rules that he knew both he and the Wildrose had supported in whole in the past.
Despite all these things that Brian Jean knew, both he and his party engaged in a despicably dishonest and irresponsible assault on Bill 6, seemingly entirely for partisan gain.
Brian Jean needs to remember who his supporters are. Brian Jean needs to remember that overheated rhetoric when delivered to overheated people is frankly and unambiguously dangerous incitement.
The Official Opposition of Alberta is a right wing party that defined itself in right wing rebellion against... a right wing government. These are not conservatives, either small 'c' or big 'C'. These are radicals, extreme right-wingers by Canadian standards, who viewed the the PC government, easily the most right wing governing party in Canada, hostile to labour and the environment, light on regulation and fighting equal rights for gays to the bitter end....with utter contempt.
The Wild Rose was formed to oppose this as too moderate and liberal!
Brian Jean is trying to appear reassuring and rational and sunny. He is leading a party of far right extremists and he needs to remember that the next time he's thinking of throwing a match into a pool of gasoline.
Monday, December 14, 2015
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Brilliantly stated. Really emphasizes the dreadful absurdity of this political bowel movement.
The other aspect of the Wild Rose party's opposition to this Bill is that the Bill simply enables the government to make regulations and adopt new codes. This is far from being an atypical approach to regulation. I find it disingenuous of the opposition parties and groups that they refused to inform their supporters of the difference between enabling legislation and the regulations. All attempts by the government to explain this were shouted down or ignored. The government did the right thing in moving ahead with the Bill; the real work is going to be done over the next 18 months as the actual rules and regulations are drafted.
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