• Alberta farmers threaten to assassinate premier Notley over farm safety bill
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[quote]EDMONTON — Alberta’s premier and some NDP MLAs have been targeted with violent threats over their controversial new farm safety legislation. Rachel Notley’s government saw Bill 6 pass in the legislature on Thursday; it will become law on Jan. 1, 2016. Michael, who uses the Twitter handle @fight_punk, posted a screen grab of some blunt threats against Notley and tweeted it at the RCMP. He told Global News the comments originally appeared on the CTV Lethbridge Facebook page but were later deleted. Global News is not revealing his identity out of concern of possible reprisals. ... Wildrose leader Brian Jean, who has been a vocal opponent of Bill 6, condemned violent social media comments in a Facebook post on Friday. “These kinds of comments cross all bounds of respect and decency and have absolutely no place in our political discourse,” Jean said.[/quote] Source: [url]http://globalnews.ca/news/2395805/farm-safety-bill-spurs-death-threats-against-alberta-premier/[/url] Essentially what's been going on in Alberta the past few weeks is the NDP government has been trying to get a bill passed to bring workplace safety standards to Alberta farms and dumbass rednecks think it's going to destroy their way of life. And now they're taking their protest too far. I'm disgusted to share a province with these people. What an embarrassment to Canada.
I know people literally comparing this to Stalins collectivized farming. Its insane. Well have seen people I know talking to such people on FB...
wow their response seems pretty stupid. farms can be dangerous places to work, and a lot of worker safety standards are nothing more than putting up rails, guards, and other common sense things, some can be annoying but the majority of them are not gestapo or even hard to implement
[QUOTE=Sableye;49296294]wow their response seems pretty stupid. farms can be dangerous places to work, and a lot of worker safety standards are nothing more than putting up rails, guards, and other common sense things, some can be annoying but the majority of them are not gestapo or even hard to implement[/QUOTE] Yeah but those gosh darn socialist faggots want to make us starve to death like Mao
[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;49296373]Yeah but those gosh darn socialist faggots want to make us starve to death like Mao[/QUOTE] its OK, the US shall feed its hat if that happens, but it won't because this is just implementing OSHA (or w/e canada's equivalent agency is)
I know one thing a lot of farmers have been saying is that because of this bill the liability for them to allow hunting on their property is too great a risk, so a number of hunter-farmers in Alberta, as well as just Alberta hunters, are opposing this because it essentially makes it too risky for a farmer to allow someone to hunt on their land in case they get injured.
[QUOTE=Sableye;49296476]its OK, the US shall feed its hat if that happens, but it won't because this is just implementing OSHA (or w/e canada's equivalent agency is)[/QUOTE] We have the exact same thing
This shit seems like it cropped up overnight, and now all of my redneck relatives (who arent even farmers, or have anything to do with the farming industry) are bitching about how this is going to ruin Alberta. Sometimes I love my province. This is not one of those times.
I think the farmers are taking this to far. I think a lot of them have this idea in their head that the government is going to take over their farms when all the government wants to do is give the average working farmer Joe a chance to get a decent return on pay if they get injured. And a crap load of safety regulations as well that probably don't exist at the moment.
[QUOTE=Pythagoras64;49296800]This shit seems like it cropped up overnight, and now all of my redneck relatives (who arent even farmers, or have anything to do with the farming industry) are bitching about how this is going to ruin Alberta. Sometimes I love my province. This is not one of those times.[/QUOTE] The NDP got into power in the way that Harper took power in Canada as a whole. Unfortunately the right is good at unifying so the NDP is gonna lose no matter what.
... But there's an exemption in the bill for family farms.... I don't understand the criticism.
[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;49298942]... But there's an exemption in the bill for family farms.... I don't understand the criticism.[/QUOTE] They very recently added it, people hate the NDP enough as it is and the party is aware they'll never get re-elected so they're slamming as many shitty left wing bills through as they can before their time is up. I believe there is controversy because the entire party voted to not debate the bill further. They're not representing any of the wants or needs of what a vast majority of people in Alberta actually want or need. They only cater to people that agree with their socialist/communist agenda. If you think Albertans really want the NDP or any other leftish garbage party in charge go look say the federal election results.
[QUOTE=RobBrown4PM;49296820]I think the farmers are taking this to far. I think a lot of them have this idea in their head that the government is going to take over their farms when all the government wants to do is give the average working farmer Joe a chance to get a decent return on pay if they get injured. And a crap load of safety regulations as well that probably don't exist at the moment.[/QUOTE] This is a pretty universal reaction from rural folks. The same has been true of farmers living here in the United States as well, speaking from personal experience from living in the Midwest. They live a very sheltered and simple life, and the majority don't understand the importance of national policies like this or how our government actually works. You should see the number who have flipped shit the last seven years since Obama ran and won the presidency-- over everything from guns to environmental regulations and pollution standards, farming regulations and standards, hunting, etc. Some of my favorite human beings have been the local morons complaining about his push against coal... and they also happen to be so fucking stupid they don't understand how destructive coal is or what climate change even is (if they don't flat out deny its existence) and the importance of turning to clean, renewable energy sources for long-term sustainability. Again, it comes from them living simple and sheltered lives with no awareness of anything beyond their little spaces and with no regard for anyone other than themselves. They're extremely clanish around here; everybody knows everybody else, and it really shows in their political views and religious beliefs. Honestly, reading more about this, it seems like a good idea with some pretty basic things it's addressing. Go for it, Canada.
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