Danielle Smith Government Continues Bold Experiment Of Privatizing Public Money Into Friends’ Bank Accounts
The Alberta government has once again demonstrated its unwavering commitment to free-market principles by ensuring government contracts continue flowing to people who already know where the premier keeps the coffee.
A $300,000 contract to build the province’s referendum website was awarded to an advertising agency co-founded by one of Danielle Smith’s former campaign advisers and employing another former senior staffer, proving Alberta remains a world leader in replacing the invisible hand of the market with the very visible handshake of political networking.
Officials rejected suggestions the arrangement resembled crony capitalism, insisting it merely reflects a highly competitive procurement process in which the winning qualification is already having the premier’s phone number.
The new referendum website promises to explain how democracy works, while quietly reminding Albertans that government contracts apparently work a little differently.
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