edmontonjournal.com/news/politic... LaGrange knew about issue for 8 months but never informed Premier. AG Wylie notified Premier's Office on Jan 31, but Smith didn't learn about it until @carrietait.bsky.social Feb 5 article. Why aren't her staff and ministers telling the Premier what's going on? - ThreadSky

duanebratt.bsky.social • 10 days ago

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/smith-says-she-learned-of-corruption-allegations-via-media-reports-not-auditor-general-investigation LaGrange knew about issue for 8 months but never informed Premier. AG Wylie notified Premier's Office on Jan 31, but Smith didn't learn about it until @carrietait.bsky.social Feb 5 article. Why aren't her staff and ministers telling the Premier what's going on?

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stsuous.bsky.social•10 days ago

Three guesses! First two don’t count!

kindnessintheworld.bsky.social•10 days ago

Don't believe Smith didn't know.

tstoodley.bsky.social•10 days ago

Come on, give her a break. She was traveling! Haha!

pivocerveza.bsky.social•10 days ago

In legal circles this is known as the Sergeant Schultz defense.

fireside-trent.bsky.social•10 days ago

For plausible denial, in case the need arises because they are intentionally pulling shit. There is an agenda. These are not normal politicians.

trishpaton.bsky.social•10 days ago

I don't believe for a second that Smith didn't know what was going on. The only thing I'd be surprised by is that she didn't orchestrate some or all of it.

jennaa2014.bsky.social•10 days ago

She’s either involved or incompetent.

scribblersemporium.bsky.social•10 days ago

amandalhu.bsky.social•10 days ago

Smith cannot play this game with the Auditor General, whose literal job is to have receipts and check if you have your receipts

toffelmire.bsky.social•10 days ago

Or, why does the Premier claim she doesn't know things she demonstrably does know?

fionawrenwrites.bsky.social•10 days ago

She went to the Nathan Thurm School of Premiering.

funnymummy62.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yeah right, danielle. Watch out for that bus LaGrange!

goxford.bsky.social•9 days ago

LaGrange made her own decision and choice in this public claim and resulting lawsuit... she's part of the "bus"

funnymummy62.bsky.social•9 days ago

Not if she's under it.

goxford.bsky.social•9 days ago

it would all be part of making choices

mgrasdal.bsky.social•10 days ago

LaGrange probably can't spell "plausible deniability", let alone have the discretion, subtlety, & loyalty to ensure Dani is the beneficiary of it. There is no way that the micromanager-in-chief did not know. Deceptive Dani has no credibility on this and many other matters.

hjraymond.bsky.social•10 days ago

Smith is a pathological liar!

shadowfaxts.bsky.social•10 days ago

Why are you giving her the benefit of doubt? She is very clearly lying and all you’ll do is normalize her behaviour by acting like it’s at all plausible

skipischris.bsky.social•10 days ago

If you (or anyone else) believes this, I have some sweet land near Onoway to sell you. Dirt cheap.

kay-ee-one-are-eye.bsky.social•9 days ago

Is this why they recently voted themselves a six month severance package?

yeggirlab.bsky.social•10 days ago

Smith needs to get lost. Yesterday!!! She’s trash plain and simple

reginaphalange94.bsky.social•10 days ago

I guess the question is do you believe that’s really true? That that is the way it happened? And that she didn’t know?

cwant.bsky.social•10 days ago

This simplest answer is likely the correct one: she constantly lies

ruggedbroad.bsky.social•10 days ago

gailmagbreathing.bsky.social•10 days ago

🙄🙄🙄

ratliw.bsky.social•9 days ago

Does anyone think that any actual relevant evidence will be released by the UCP? Every minute that goes by is another minute of file overwrites, deletion, and shredding. A panicked but totally deliberate cover-up while arranging to pay people off to accept the blame.

gwp1898.bsky.social•10 days ago

Hard to believe such a hands on boss would have not heard anything for 8mo. Especially from someone like LaGrange who is the ultimate prim rule follower and unlikely to do anything without her boss approving. So this just smells bad.

chambery.bsky.social•10 days ago

Probably Danielle Smith’s Trump-like capacity for lying?

tryingtohelp.bsky.social•9 days ago

Nonsense.

steve-p47.bsky.social•10 days ago

It is apparent that Danielle Smith’s definition of leadership is, I tell you to do something, how you accomplish that task is of no concern to me. If you happen to break the law or be unethical while completing the task not my concern and I will deny any involvement in the completion of said task.

missellie19.bsky.social•10 days ago

Exactly

barbtheactor.bsky.social•10 days ago

She’s lying or incompetent or both

y2skot.bsky.social•10 days ago

She's lying. Simple. And if she's not, she's incompetent.

infotransfer.bsky.social•10 days ago

I smell a BS machine warming up.

lauriepyle.bsky.social•10 days ago

Uh huh, sure thing.

firefly-7461.bsky.social•10 days ago

she's lying ffs...throwing whoever under the bus to save her own ass

yycscienceguy.bsky.social•10 days ago

If Smith did know, she is corrupt, if she didn't know she is incompetent. Either way, she needs to resign.

rickmilliken.bsky.social•9 days ago

Repeating myself. It’s pretty simple. It seems clear that this issue alone is 600million+, add coal mining, squirrelly deals in education and the laundry list of other questionable acts add up.

If smith not directly involved she demonstrates utter incompetence in the leadership role. #ResignSmith

caryglenn.bsky.social•10 days ago

Something seems off about this equation.

duanebratt.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yes

summerton.bsky.social•10 days ago

Our Premiere is a Liar, the end (and Corrupt)

takforalt.bsky.social•10 days ago

Smith has famously been a micromanager w her mitts in absolutely every aspect of govt. It’s only a matter of time until she claims her leadership style is hands off & trusts ministers to manage their files, only coming to her when they hit a wall. Considering her authoritarian leanings, unlikely.

missellie19.bsky.social•10 days ago

Plus there was 3 members of her staff on the Board. It’s highly unlikely she didn’t
know.

charbgood.bsky.social•10 days ago

With MH Care and Sam Mraiche suing #TheBreakdown over this in December, you can be sure she knew.

takforalt.bsky.social•10 days ago

Discovery in that law suit are going to be something.

takforalt.bsky.social•10 days ago

*is* 😖

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