Jacobson, who voted with the majority, spoke to the media after council and apologized to the users of BOLT. Hoekstra and Hibbs both voiced their concerns with the choice in chambers and Hibbs spoke to the media following the council meeting. I think it is significant that the female candidates were the ones with a differing view than the other five white male council members,” she said.Īt council, all councillors expressed regret in having to cancel the system. She is the only one who really understood what it meant to those people. ”She is the only one who talked to users of this program. “Council for a long time has been really out of touch on issues that impact people of colour in the community, people of lower income in the community and people with disabilities and barriers to transportation,” Rose said. Rose said in a phone interview with the Lacombe Express that she is intimately aware of the, “predominance of white people in the community and the predominance of white people on city council.” I have removed the tweet, however my intention was to highlight the lack of diversity within our governing bodies. “As a Member of Parliament I will prioritize the needs of our community and work with the city council to ensure low income earners have access to the services they need. “Because I have lived below the poverty line and relied on public transportation I know, services like transit are disproportionately necessary to minority communities and by cutting these services our politicians place more barriers in place for marginalized folks to succeed. Rose has since deleted the tweets and posted a thread that said her intent was to highlight a lack of diversity in government., Any thoughts on representation on council, this sounds like #whitefragility to me Oops sorry, candidate was the wrong word. Any thoughts on representation on council, this sounds like #whitefragility to me.” Since the time of publication of this story, Rose’s Twitter account replied to Hibb’ comments saying, “Oops sorry, candidate was the wrong word. The Tweet by Rose refers the recent cancellation of the BOLT Transportation system which ferried passengers from Lacombe, Blackfalds and Red Deer. The fact that I’m a woman and appear caucasian is completely irrelevant as is the gender and race/ethnicity of my colleagues on Council. I think this tweet completely inappropriate. “The fact that I’m a woman and appear Caucasian is completely irrelevant as is the gender and race/ethnicity of my colleagues on Council. (2 female candidates voted to oppose) /33h33GKd95Ĭouncillor Hibbs, who initially brought the Tweet to the Lacombe Express, replied to the tweet saying, “I think this tweet completely inappropriate. Rose has confirmed to the Lacombe Express that the account is hers, the Tweet was created by her and the meme was also created by her. (2 female candidates voted to oppose)”, followed by a meme that has a photo of the current Lacombe Council with the words “never rides the bus” and “cancels bus poor people rely on, to save money” imposed on top of the photo. The Tweet states, “Lacombe, sounds about white. A recent tweet by the Liberal Party of Canada Candidate for Red-Deer-Lacombe Tiffany Rose has been called “completely inappropriate” by Lacombe Councillor Thalia Hibbs.
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