Kananaskis Conservatives Pass Fee Increase Due to UCP Misrepresentation, Fraud and Shrinkflation!

Trip date: Wednesday Jun 28, 2023

Submitted by Mike W

Particpants:

Me and the Little B's

Discussion:

I'm sure none of us has forgotten MaSid's horrendous account of the UCP hounding him over his inadvertent failure to renew his Kananaskis Pass on time - https://www.skierroger.ca/index.php?content=showski_basic&id=1558.

Well, I renewed my annual pass today and the Little B's and I are furious! After paying for an "Annual" pass, the receipt showed I was getting one less day than the Alberta Government had contracted to give me. Instead of being a year starting on July 3 2023 and ending at the end of July 2 2024, the receipt said the pass expired at the end of July 1 2024! I phoned the Alberta Parks Contact Centre at 1-877-537-2757 and was informed that it was one day less because 2024 is a leap year and the pass was for 365 days; not 366. Well, there's no option to purchase a 365-day pass on the website; just an "Annual" pass. Perhaps there's some ambiguity as to how long a year is when a leap year occurs? Not so, as far as the Alberta Government is concerned. According to section 13.4(3) of the Alberta Rules of Court, "When counting to or from an event or activity in years, time is calculated from the date on which the activity or event occurs in a year to the same-numbered date in a subsequent or previous year, as the case requires". In fact according to that definition, one could argue that the pass should have been valid to the end of July 3 2024, but certainly at least to the end of July 2 2024.

Due to the UCP Government's fraudulent misrepresentation, they are shrinking a year by one day and padding their pockets with a hidden $0.26 fee increase from every pass holder!

As for MaSid's recommendation to sign up for an email expiry reminder when you purchase your pass so you don't forget to renew? Well, I signed up for a reminder but never got one. Fortunately I also put a reminder in my calendar. And it's no longer possible to sign up for (just) a reminder. Instead you have to sign up for "annual expiry notifications and periodic e-newsletters from Alberta Parks".