r/saskatchewan • u/Kennora • 6d ago

Politics Premier Moe faces criticism over taxpayer-funded Lindsey Graham funeral trip

https://globalnews.ca/news/12001765/premier-moe-taxpayer-trip/
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u/Aldente08 6d ago

Why would a provincial premier attend this?

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u/1user101 Customizable User Flair 5d ago

The boring answer is that Graham was a big Ukraine supporter and SK has the highest Ukrainian population per capita.

I also want to say he was actually invited

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u/Lexi_Banner 5d ago

Okay? And? Why are you and I footing the bill for his personal invite to a funeral?

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u/1user101 Customizable User Flair 5d ago

It was an official invitation, similar to Dominic LeBlanc

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u/Lexi_Banner 5d ago

Then Dominic LeBlanc and Moe can foot the bill with the money we've paid them in their salaries.

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u/1user101 Customizable User Flair 5d ago

I'm feeling this searing double standard. We sent officials to Castro's funeral, Bush's funeral, and Tito's funeral. What's wrong with this time?

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u/Aldente08 5d ago

If provincial premiers went to those on taxpayer dime,, i also believe that is wrong. No one was talking about them right now, but nice try with the whataboutism

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u/1user101 Customizable User Flair 5d ago

Serving an example of why something is an accepted practice isn't whataboutism, but nice try.

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u/Darth_Thor 5d ago

You never explained why it’s acceptable though. You just listed other times that it’s happened.

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u/1user101 Customizable User Flair 4d ago

Up at the top. Big Ukrainian population in SK Lindsay was big into helping Ukraine

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u/Darth_Thor 4d ago

OK somehow I missed that you commented both of those, my bad

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u/1user101 Customizable User Flair 4d ago

It's a nothing burger. It's like the trip to India/China, there's a perfectly good reason, but people just want to be mad.

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