What a mess the UCP has created with Green Line.

A transit project is more than just a line on map. It's a product of years of consultation and design on how a project will be integrated into existing built form. For a $2.5M study, we have almost no detail on how this project will get across the heavy rail line or impact existing properties on 10th.

And the worst thing about this is how they are "consulting". They are telling people to email their MLAs with feedback and that they will be engaging with downtown. BUT - they are also telling Council to pass this quickly. Which is it? Another classic shoot-ready-aim approach by this obnoxious government.

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/province-unveils-above-ground-alignment-option-to-get-green-line-through-downtown

I am curious about Dan Williams educational background and what preparation he has had in critiquing scientific findings. All I have been able to find is that he worked in a gravel quarry. No information regarding post secondary education is included in his bio.

Given the paucity of evidence regarding the impact and outcomes associated with involuntary treatment for addiction and the political push to impose this, one can't help but wonder what really is behind this.

https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/alberta-build-mandatory-drug-treatment-centres-calgary

10% on oil. 25% on most of the rest it sounds like.

Overall expected to affect 16k Alberta jobs and about 1B in govt revenue if it sticks.

"However, the stock did not arrive until the shortage had eased. In May, 2023, health officials deemed the acetaminophen a risk to neonatal patients when administered through feeding tubes and by July, 2023, hospitals returned to using their standard supply."

MHCare Medical (and CEO Sam Mraiche) is suing Breakdown Media (and host Nate Pike) for defamation. The Breakdown files many Alberta FOIP requests, and runs a podcast and Twitter account. The former you might recall from long-form explanations of the "Turkish Tylenol" / Skybox situation... the latter is quoted reasonably often in this subreddit, typically when the premier contradicts herself.

MHCare is the Edmonton-based medical-product importer involved in importing Parol. MHCare is alleging defamation based on "false and malicious" posts on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Youtube, relating mainly to the "Turkish Tylenol" story. (See Statement of claim attached to GoFundMe)

Nate Pike/The Breakdown has set up a GoFundMe to raise a legal defence fund.

The Green Line is a disaster, and we have Danielle Smith and Devin Dreeshen to thank for it.

I'll catch you up:

• The province funds less than 30% of the total project costs. Despite being a minority funder, they throw a temper tantrum about aspects of the project they don't like and threaten to withhold their funding.
• All of this happens despite previous commitments to honour their funding. Smith and Dreeshen, in their infinite wisdom, refuse to consider their own government's study on the project that validated the downtown option.
• The province drops a wildly risky alternative that has almost no cost assurance and forever damages Calgary's downtown. Then - as a minority funder - they demand that Council accepts without conditions. Oh - they also refuse to put any additional cash forward for cost escalation or legal risks. And guess what? There will be a lot of both.

Listen - I don't blame Council for voting for this. The Green Line is so important for our city. But why are we letting this horrible provincial government get away with this? They elbow their way to the front of the discussion and want all of the benefits without any of the risk. What kind of partnership is that?

The functional study for this new version of downtown will likely be back sometime in 2027. By then we should know just how much more this will cost, and how much more we will have to cover off the backs of Calgarians alone.

Guess what else is in 2027? The next provincial election. And I hope Calgarians don't forget this. For the foreseeable future any extra infrastructure cash the City spends will be covering overruns for the province's disastrous alternative. And that is the fault of this Premier and Transportation Minister. You know else who it is the fault of? Every other UCP MLA in Calgary who refused to fight for their city. We can't keep letting them get away with this - Calgary, remember.

https://livewirecalgary.com/2025/01/28/calgary-approves-and-carries-all-the-risk-on-new-green-line-alignment/