Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government is increasing how much it costs to apply for a citizen-initiated referendum by 5,000 per cent, saying it’s about making sure applicants are serious.
It’s the latest in a series of rule changes that one petitioner — country singer Corb Lund — characterizes as exhausting.
A cabinet order released late Wednesday afternoon upped the fee to $25,000 from $500.
Lund, in an interview, said it’s disturbing to see Smith’s government make sudden rule changes for what he views as “random, self-serving reasons.”
“The chaos and confusion and exhaustion is very similar to the same confusion, chaos and exhaustion that we’ve seen from the government on how they’ve been handling the coal situation for the last six years,” Lund said.
@HellsBelle you didn’t mind the theft of Indigenous land to build more oil pipelines? that’s what she did.
I didn’t say she was perfect. And what Alberta premier has never put oil interests ahead of First Nation’s rights?
Ah, but nuance and actual improvement are poor shitpost material.
@HellsBelle “not perfect”! literally destroying oppressed peoples’ well being is your idea of “not perfect”?? that is so deeply cynical, unserious, and racist.
if they don’t put Indigenous rights first, what’s the fucking point?
sounds like you’re happy to excuse white supremacy. guess who else loves white supremacy. nothing changes if nothing changes.
The conservative party is openly against indigenous rights so I’m not sure what your argument is here.
Unless you are arguing Alberta should be voting Green Party, in which case I’m with you.
@Routhinator
you have your cult bugaboo so anything racist that another political party does is of no concern. got it.
That’s such a dickhead way to take what they said and also not respond to their point in any way.
@vinceman i should dismiss racist bullshit as readily as these political cultists do. got it.
You absolutely seem to be the only cultist person in this thread, just directly ignoring what’s in front of you.
Seems like a bot can only answer one thing. Racist racist racist.
Yep and the UCP is doing so good at that. What a bunch of bullshit some Russian bot trying to use “white guilt”
As if Albertans give a single shit about native rights.