{"id":21826,"date":"2022-11-30T01:35:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T01:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=21826"},"modified":"2022-11-30T01:45:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T01:45:55","slug":"sovereignty-infestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=21826","title":{"rendered":"Sovereignty infestation&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Alberta Premier <strong>Danielle Smith<\/strong>&#8216;s signature legislation would grant&nbsp;her cabinet new powers to <strong>bypass<\/strong> the legislative assembly and <strong>unilaterally<\/strong> amend provincial laws.<\/p>\n<cite> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"558\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Premier-Smith-with-Rat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Premier-Smith-with-Rat.jpg 558w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Premier-Smith-with-Rat-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 85vw, 558px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Premier Rat-ette Smith clutches the new official rodent of Alberta.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Is Alberta a Rat free province?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Albertans have enjoyed living without the menace of rats since 1950 when the Rat Control Program was established.&nbsp;Alberta&#8217;s Rat-free status means there is no resident population of rats and they are not allowed to establish themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not anymore you animal lovers! The governing UCP just turfed that law under their new powers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seems the Rats have taken over the ship of state on November 29\/22  as an United Conservative Party  infestation appeared in the Alberta Legislature, led by Premier Rat-ette Danielle  Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Court-Painter-Premier-Smith-Rat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Court-Painter-Premier-Smith-Rat.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Court-Painter-Premier-Smith-Rat-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Court-Painter-Premier-Smith-Rat-768x570.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Court Painter seen with latest official Alberta themed portrait.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t believe me?  Look it up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How to get rid of rats?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bad news is that getting rid of Rats isn&#8217;t easy: they&#8217;re a notoriously destructive and stubborn breed, and require patience and determination to eradicate unless they resign&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Breaking News:  Jason Kenney has resigned as Member of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Lougheed. and was quoted by an anonymous source as saying <em>&#8220;this Rat-ass is leaving as this ship of state is sinking.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jason-kenney-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jason-kenney-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jason-kenney-1-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jason-kenney-1-768x748.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7Jason Kenney&#8217;s stand up routine includes Ratfucker jokes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alberta Premier Danielle Smith&#8216;s signature legislation would grant&nbsp;her cabinet new powers to bypass the legislative assembly and unilaterally amend provincial laws. Is Alberta a Rat free province? Albertans have enjoyed living without the menace of rats since 1950 when the Rat Control Program was established.&nbsp;Alberta&#8217;s Rat-free status means there is no resident population of rats &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=21826\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sovereignty infestation&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21826"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21886,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21826\/revisions\/21886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}