Silencing dissent

Jason Kenney has people on the payroll whose job it is to intimidate and silence criticism of the UCP government. Albertans are, through their provincial taxes, paying for people whose job it is to silence any criticism of the government. Issues managers, spokespeople, the War Room, even some MLAs... And this doesn't begin to cover the trolls, pardon me, communications officers, that flood Twitter and Facebook when people dare to question what the government is doing.

We are literally paying people to tell us to shut up and F*ck off. That doesn't seem very democratic. In fact, it seems, well, fascist, to be honest. 

The wrecking ball that is the UCP is on a rampage in this province. Kenney has a job to do and he is getting it done while suppressing any dissent. 

From cutting off aid to Albertans he/the UCP/the CPC/the IDU consider liabilities (i.e. not contributing to corporate coffers) and justifying letting some of these people die to restoke the capitalist money machine, to paving the way for private education and health care 

I expect Jason's real bosses are fairly pleased with his progress. He is the steam roller and Albertans are the pavement. In another couple of years, there will be no universal health care, no harm reduction, no environmental protection... 

Coal mines all over the place, people with disabilities will have died or left, public education will be in tatters, and health care will only be available to the rich. It will be open season on LGBTQ and POC, and people will be desperate for any sort of job, at any rate of pay.

And people on the right, led by the UCP and their supporters, will convince people that they have a right to pay for healthcare themselves. And they have a right to work for peanuts. And...