Ned Yeung<p>"When Rachel was Premier, despite my having two decades of professional experience in labour relations, I was not allowed within 10 light years of setting labour policy. I was not actually allowed to lobby any minister on ANY subject whatsoever. </p><p>And that wasn’t just good ethics, that was the law. Enforced by the ethics commissioner.</p><p>Danielle Smith is full of it."</p><p>"Today in the Alberta Legislature, MLA Peter Guthrie claimed that when he was in cabinet, he was pressured by Premier Smith's husband to take meetings with rail lobbyists.</p><p>As the husband of a former Premier, this interests me.</p><p>When Rachel was Premier, I was instructed very clearly by the Ethics Commissioner that I was forbidden from lobbying. I couldn't so much as write a letter to a minister asking for a meeting. CUPE even went so far as to restructure my responsibilities so that I couldn't break the rules.</p><p>I don't know if the rules have changed since then, but there is no way in hell I'd have been able to ask Ministers to meet with the local girl guide troop, let alone a group of businessmen trying to build a railroad."</p><p>- Lou Arab, CUPE Communications Representative and husband of former Alberta Premier Rachel Notley</p><p>"WOW!</p><p>Today in the Alberta Legislature, Pete Guthrie seemed to imply that Premier Smith's husband has been using his relationship with her to advance the rail line between Calgary and Banff!<br>What is even happening in this province?"</p><p>- The Breakdown</p><p>"My husband's an adviser to me, and that's allowed because he's married to me, so I can ask for his advice on anything I choose, and he happens to have 25 years in media, much of it covering issues of rail."</p><p>- Current Alberta Premier Danielle Smith</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ableg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ableg</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a></p>