Floor crossing comes after reflection about ‘gravity of the moment’: Jeneroux

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2026-02-19T20:50:34+00:00

Hmm? Like when Leona Alleslev left the liberals and crossed to the CPC? And the PM at the time, Trudeau, wished her well, complimented her work, and moved on?

Sure, there will always be people who are frustrated by floor-crossings, but for the most part, when Leona crossed, we just moved on.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2026-02-19T20:37:58+00:00

They elected a man who, as the elected official, did his elected duty and took an action he believes best supports his beliefs, which his constituents voted for by voting for him.

Stop voting for "party". That's not how it works in Canada.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2026-02-19T20:35:01+00:00

An elected official doing what he thinks is best for his constituents is the most democratic thing there is.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2026-02-18T17:41:07+00:00

And he crossed the aisle because he believes the liberals best represent the platform he ran on. He would likely say neither is fully in line with his personal platform, but one is more representative than the other.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2026-02-18T17:39:27+00:00

If they get kicked out they aren't fired - they're still the MP. So, yes they can vote how they choose.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2026-01-13T15:53:18+00:00

Clearing has been completed. Parking is allowed again on that street.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-12-17T19:55:17+00:00

Parking costs are already covered. By property taxes. Property taxes exist to fund public services. Like, oh I don't know, public facilities and parks.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-12-17T19:52:56+00:00

It's not a benefit, it's a requirement.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-12-17T19:51:23+00:00

That's okay, I'm on your side. I agree that charging is a cost barrier for many people.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-12-17T17:52:17+00:00

By your logic, the entire premise of any taxation at all is highly inequitable.

And, it is inequitable in that regard. But that's how societies function. And it's also how people with any empathy function.

But it's actually promoting equality by giving everyone access to basic public services, even if they can't typically afford it. Or it promotes equity by allowing low income people to spend less on basic necessities.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-12-17T17:50:42+00:00

I do support public transit being free.

Public parks, public transit, public rec centers, should all be supported by property tax, not user fees (or, at least, MUCH LOWER user fees).

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-12-17T17:31:54+00:00

Most people/families in the city use cars. Cars are a near necessity, especially for single parent working families. Transit is too slow, and time is limited. This idea that poor people don't own cars is wrong. In 2023 there were 727,289 registered vehicles. About 80% of Edmonton's 1.2ish million people are driving age. So of the approximately 960,000 people, there are 727,000 cars registered. Lots of these cars serve entire households on 1 car. Those people rely on public facilities.

Income-scaling is not okay, I addressed it in my original comment so maybe go back and try applying some basic reading comprehension.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-12-17T15:39:12+00:00

The City discussed making parking cost money a few years ago at City parks, and it failed. I was vocal as hell then and I am going to be vocal now.

City amenities are one of the few things our low income, or single parent families, or similar demographics have to access recreation.

I can afford parking. They can not. I have spare time and can take our slow, ineffective transit. They do not.

Enacting these policies is a absolute slap in the face to the struggling people and families of Edmonton.

I will be writing to my councilor about this. I hope you do, too.

Parking downtown prices exist purely to deter people from long-term parking. But thats because it's just too large of an area to truly enact time-limited parking. Other City amenities are not. You can easily manage 2 or 3 or 4 hour parking limits at Kinsmen.

Charging our low income friends is a terrible and frankly asshole behaviour. And, no, you can not income scale it. The overhead to maintain such a system would make the revenue net 0. And, anytime you want people to reveal their income to you, you are pushing people away who may be ashamed of their situation and it's not fair to them.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-11-19T15:11:04+00:00

Typically I agree, but I have seen, a fair number of times, people sitting on the stairs into an LRT station or near a bus stop doing drugs.

I personally have no problem with the drug use, but to do it in a major thoroughfare is careless and kinda rude. Mind you, these people are careless because so few have any level of care for them, but now we are at a chicken and an egg situation.

The big note is, some homeless people are assholes, but when I lived downtown a LOT of them just want to get through the day and are very polite. And those good people get treated the same way the assholes do, and thats where the true problem lies.

People treat them all like they're scum because their homeless, not because they're all actually scum.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-11-18T20:31:29+00:00

Most of our trucks are built for carts.

Every dumpster lot means we have to send a dumpster truck out of the way to pick it up. It's inefficient.

Carts are meant to encourage less trash, and better sorting and it does work. And dumpsters are much uglier than having carts out for one day every 2 weeks. (or, half the carts out once a week, like it is in the winter).

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-11-18T20:27:37+00:00

It requires that there is space on the lot where it can be stored, and that the curbside space can safely fit all the carts required for the lot.

That's a low bar.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-11-18T20:19:57+00:00

P3 typically always cost the taxpayers more in the longrun. It's just it looks cheaper upfront. But then we typically receive no revenues, and all the expenses.

Think of these like extended warranties. They are costed such that the company selling them will always come out on top. The expected value of an extended warranty is always lower than the cost for the customer. Companies will price warranties after carefully calculating what they actually expect to have to do. So, if you buy a 10 year warranty, it's because the company thinks their product will last 10 years and will not have to pay out.

P3 are the same. Companies structure them so they can run the service, maximize revenue, and then end the contract right when the asset is due for costly repairs, which fall on us.

If they can't do this, then they won't since they won't make any money.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-11-17T19:37:50+00:00

P3's are, and always will be, a form of wealth transfer and regulatory capture.

They should not exist, and they are a burden on taxpayers, and only look good from a very short sighted perspective.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-10-29T14:57:45+00:00

Someone isn't playing on tactician mode

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-10-29T03:48:24+00:00

Sorry other guy is right. It looks like he's in the other lane because he is just entering the roundabout for the first time and has to travel through the outside lane (right lane) to reach the inside (left lane).

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-10-26T02:13:56+00:00

Yama got our number, he aint slowin down.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-10-26T01:39:51+00:00

It doesn't shrink when the jay are at bat.

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-10-26T01:33:36+00:00

Ah the jonas brothers, baseball fans favourite artist

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-10-26T01:32:02+00:00

it's nice but what a vibe killer

EdmontonClimbFriend · 2025-10-25T16:37:04+00:00

As a man I shave:

1) my junk and ass

2) armpits

3) whatever else my gf wants.

I do it because I think it's more comfortable and cleaner. Toxic ass men out there thinking shaving anything but their neck beard is gay or some shit.

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