Frank Rossi:
“…it’s not worth the $100”, these words have never been more true. We have a premier who is nose diving in the polls due her constant helping of her separatists friends, and now trying to buy our vote, WITH OUR MONEY. And harvesting our data during the process to boot.
This is a government who hates transparency, rule of law, and who helped their separatist friends break the law. It’s time for Smith to step down, or be forced to step down.
@daraddishman.bsky.social:
Day 2 of trying to get my Dani Dollars.
Once again, the site is unable to function properly. Bank validation fails twice, and then the site goes back down.
Another UCP Quality Job.
Alberta Energy Rebate just the latest dubious data grab, Such portals have collected information before, but not on this aggressive level by Don Braid, July 7, 2026, Calgary Herald
The July 1 launch of the Alberta Energy Rebate Portal has prompted widespread annoyance and suspicion, for good reason.
The whole thing is a dubious mix of digital roadblocks and data harvesting.
Susan Elliott, former senior official for PC governments, summed it up on Facebook.
The application is “quite cumbersome. You have to work for your $100.
“But worse, you have to consent to the government storing your banking information in their database.
“I feel my privacy and security are being eroded in the name of digital convenience.”
Eroding those are also great ways for the many bad guys out there, to easily steal from us which is why in my view, the tech billionaires also want our data, all of it. I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if Smith sells the private data she obtains via her sleazy $100 bribe to the tech bros/Epstein Class, ICE and kid rapist Trump’s regime.
One response to Elliott went right to the point. “After the voter list theft and data breach followed by utter inaction . . . can’t trust them, so it’s not worth the $100.”
He referred to the leak of the entire Alberta voters database to third-party actors favouring separatism.
That breach prompted a class-action lawsuit headed by lawyer Clint Docken, an expert in such matters.
This and other events heighten general worry and suspicion about privacy breaches.
With the rebate benefit, the government wants social insurance numbers and 2025 tax information. If your return hasn’t been assessed, you’re out of luck.
To apply, you must have an Alberta.ca account. Signing up for that also harvests information.
For the $100 rebate, you must swear that your spouse agrees to use of their information.
By this point in the hunt for ready cash, many — including those who most need the benefit — will be stopped cold.
Such portals have collected information before, but not on this aggressive level.
The day after the portal opened, the province started issuing the combined driver’s licence, health care and citizenship cards.
Alberta’s privacy commissioner, Diane McLeod, is so concerned she put out a lengthy advisory.
“Consider obscuring unnecessary information on your driver’s licence or ID card before a copy is made or the document is viewed,” McLeod said.
“You may also consider covering up certain personal information, such as your citizenship marker or your personal health number, prior to showing your driver’s licence or ID card to any person.”
The combined driver’s licence is an open invitation to scammers. They’re starting already.
As I was writing those last words, no kidding, I received a text message a friend had already told me about.
It says failure to update health care credentials by July 8 will “result in the phased deactivation of your current card.”
“To maintain uninterrupted service and ensure compliance, please complete the secure online replacement process at (bogus URL follows).”
Some people will fall for it despite the absurd inaccuracies.
The scammer thinks health-care cards are federal, not provincial. The big tell is a fake personal email from a U.S. provider.
But these creeps have their eye on the Alberta market because of the new cards. If they send out 100,000 texts and get 1,000 responses, they’re in the money.
Data honestly provided can also be used in ways that defy belief.
Corb Lund and his Water Not Coal advocates signed up 196,088 people in favour of their petition.
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They only needed 177,732 to trigger a referendum vote.
After Elections Alberta applied “a random statistical sampling verification process,” only 172,088 were found to be valid.
That is unbelievable, literally.
They signed up 19,000 people more than needed but fell 5,000 short. Really?
And now, Elections Alberta wants all material turned in for destruction.
In a café recently, I idly set my phone on the table.
It suddenly showed something unexpected.
I looked up and a guy standing close by quickly stuffed his phone in his pocket.
He was trying to connect to my phone.
There’s an old saying that fits the times. You are not paranoid if your fears are real
Brent Dibble:
The issue is not just the $100 rebate. It is the pattern. After a major voter-list breach, the government should be bending over backwards to minimize data collection, not asking Albertans to hand over even more sensitive information through another portal.
If a benefit is meant to help people with affordability, it should be simple, accessible, and designed with privacy in mind, not built like another test of how much personal information citizens are willing to surrender for a small payment.
The new combined ID card raises the same concern. When the privacy commissioner is warning people to cover up their citizenship marker or personal health number before showing ID, that should tell us the province has created a problem that ordinary Albertans are now expected to manage themselves.Only way to keep oneself and one’s loved ones safe is to leave Alberta, or get rid of the vehicle and live without a licence, and never vote again (thus no need to put ourselves at risk of private data theft by the likes of religious terrorist separatists out to hurt anyone they can serving their selfish Nazi agenda).
And with the Water Not Coal petition, Elections Alberta may have a legal statistical process, but when 196,088 valid signatures somehow becomes 172,088 verified signatures, just below the threshold, the public deserves a very clear explanation. Trust is not built by telling people to just accept the result.
None of this is paranoia. It is basic democratic accountability. Government should collect the least amount of data necessary, explain exactly how it is used, protect it properly, and earn public trust before demanding more of it.
Pat Dunne:
It is about the data, they could have just waived the tax so everyone benefited.Absolutely, and for the Nazi tech bros and Smith to find out how stupid Albertans are – to risk one’s private banking info and social security number for a measly $100 is mighty stupid.
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@stsuous.bsky.social:
Many of us have concluded that applying for this ‘rebate’ isn’t of any value. But our personal information is! So instead of simply removing the tax Dani is spending your money to get your info! Simple as that!
@liarspeaksthetruth.bsky.social:
Dear GOA: Please forward my $100 directly to the Glenrose Rehab Hospital. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
@shamusbrown1.bsky.social:
I’d forego the $100! Not a chance I’d give that criminal cabal my banking info!
I’ve never given it to the Feds, either. When I have a tax refund I wait for the cheque. CRA gave up asking me to set up direct deposit.
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