For clarity - there are multiple graphic novel versions of 1984 (TIL!) Calgary Board of Education and EPSB removed a different version (this one) www.amazon.ca/George-Orwel... But it's unclear from Rocky View Schools' list which version they removed. #AbEd
Just stopped by the public library to pick up the removed books that I was able to request from nearby branches. #AbLeg #AbEd
Important to remember the order on literary standards also applies to charter and independent schools. I tried to get removal information by filing an ATI to the education ministry for all lists. That request is now in third-party consultation purgatory, where it is likely to stay for a long time.
The Centre for Free Expression has done far more legwork, contacting every Alberta school division, asking how many removed books, and sending access to info requests to every division that said they did remove materials. The results they have so far are in this national challenge database #AbEd
We've got some details for you in this story, including a compiled list of all the material I found removed through access to information requests. It's mostly graphic novels, but some results are unexpected. Profiles of artists. Retelling of bible stories. Cartooning instruction books. #AbLeg #AbEd
What books did Alberta schools *actually* pull off the shelves in response to a provincial order? It took a lot of work to find out. We still don't have a complete picture. And some schools are still pulling material.
Free speech advocates say it's ban unmatched in Canadian history. #AbLeg By me.
“If we're relying on the RCMP to save us from foreign interference during a provincial referendum, it’s not gonna happen. And I would say the same for CSIS and for any kind of regulatory body, frankly,” said security expert Patrick Lennox. Story by #ableg @iciemmanuel.bsky.social
Alberta’s ethics commissioner later ruled the premier had breached the Conflicts of Interest Act in that phone call www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Modry also facilitated a now infamous phone call between Premier Danielle Smith and a pastor facing COVID charges www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A BC court found an Alberta separatist movement leader misappropriated $1.3 million of his elderly aunt and uncle’s money. Their niece says Dennis Modry hasn’t paid it back.
Premier Danielle Smith claimed Ontario doesn't offer health coverage to temporary foreign workers' families. But that province does, under several conditions. Watch this fact check. #AbLeg
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Oh wow I pasted badly there. Sorry. Ignore the first line 😅
Aside: Triage liaison physicians aren't new. The role has been funded or defunded in various ERs in Alberta at various points in time.
But we want to make sure that
(2/2) "... we can look at physicians' assistants. But we want to make sure that the AMA and their professionals have the first opportunity to help deliver this new, this new form of care for those in the emergency department," Premier Smith said.
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An update on this: Premier Danielle Smith just fielded a question about the missing promised TLP emerg. doctors at a press conference.
Smith: "If it turns out to be the case that doctors are not interested in filling those triage positions, we can look at nurse practitioners..." (1/2) #Ableg
In the wake of the teachers' strike/lockout. Alberta's premier committed to creating "complexity classrooms" to ease pressure on Ts and students. We look at the Saskatchewan experiences where Danielle Smith took the idea from: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbLeg #AbEd #SkPoli
Coincidentally, I happened to renew mine in the fall and it was impressively smooth. The application is online, and if you go to a participating photo shop, they submit your photo directly to the UK govt.
I got frequent text message updates about where my application/passport was. A++
Are you a British-Canadian dual citizen? Or were your parents born in the UK? A quiet rule change means you may need a UK passport to travel there now: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I see what you did there
I agree, it’s a key part of the issue. And I’m also working on a related piece about that. But we do have word/time limits.
Nicolaides said he will also conduct a provincial audit of Alberta school board security measures to ensure there are minimum standards for all (provincially run) schools. #AbLeg #AbEd
Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says (at an unrelated news conference) he has asked all Alberta school boards to conduct an audit of school security measures as a result of the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. That means looking at lock systems, intercoms, etc.
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If you need a reminder of the tense history between UCP governments and the AMA, here’s some background www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbLeg
As part of the last master agreement, govt and AMA came up with a plan for how these alternative relationship plans were supposed to be negotiated. And the AMA says the government is not following that plan. Meanwhile, the 4 year master agreement with docs expires March 31. #AbLeg
Happening in the background here is what could be an increasingly tense relationship between the Alberta Medical Association and government. AMA says govt will not meet with ER doc leaders to negotiate the terms of the TLP role. #AbLeg
Where are the triage liaison physicians the government announced would help overtaxed ERs starting Feb. 1? The AB govt and health authorities won’t say if any are working. I asked 7 times in two weeks.
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The latest chapter in the unclear situation where temporary foreign workers in Alberta may or may not be eligible for public health coverage www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbLeg #AbHealth
“Emails obtained by CBC through an access to information request show that Flanagan’s newspaper letter was sent by the university’s government relations department to staff at the Ministry of Advanced Education before it was published.” By @emilyawilliams52.bsky.social #AbPSE #AbLeg
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has mused about cutting or limiting public services for temporary residents. It turns out that already happened last month with public health insurance www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbLeg #AbHealth
