Karen Reay

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🚨 ALBERTA TEACHERS AMONG WORLD'S MOST STRESSED & OVERWORKED 🚨

A #OECD report confirms what #Alberta #teachers have been saying: they are facing unsustainable #workloads, high #stress, and a lack of #support compared to their peers globally.

Alberta Teachers' Association
#AbLeg #AbEd #ATAstrike

I didn't realize it's world mental health day.

I can't say it any better than Janis.

I know it's hard, but help is out there. It can take a few tries to get the help you need. Don't give up.

Striking Canada Post workers will move to rotating strikes as of tomorrow — but they’re still fighting the uphill battle for both Canada Post and their labour rights.

For @parismarx.com, the Carney government continuing to chip away at this essential service is the last straw:

Did PP get the message?

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We are one week away from a special performance of the @grievousangels104.bsky.social at the Classic Theatre in Cobalt.
Sat. October 18
"Joe Strummer would be proud."-Billboard
“The band is as tight as a stripped down E Street band.”

Book tickets here:
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#cdnpoli #bcpoli #ableg #abpoli

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YouTube video by Energi Media Carney, Smith's "Pipeline for Lower Oil Emissions" Deal Doesn't Work

Carney, Smith's "Pipeline for Lower Oil Emissions" Deal Doesn't Work

The "grand bargain": AB gets a pipeline, Ottawa gets CCS for oil sands.

Except Canada already provides a 50% ITC, worth $8 billion, for Phase 1 of the Pathways project. AB provides a 12% subsidy.

62%. WTF?
youtu.be/GkcyHUOTZGM

#abpoli #cdnpoli

Pierre Poilievre Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner is right. We must end birth tourism, and restore the value and integrity of Canadian citizenship. Sign here if you agree: https://www.conservative.ca/cpc/no-to-automatic- citizenship-for-descendants-of-temporary-residents/ NATIONAL POST Justice minister rebuffs Tory push to end birthright citizenship

Oh look, Maple Trump is at it again with his copy-cat racial hate-mongering!

Your right to citizenship and belonging is reduced to "birth tourism" just like Danielle Smith reduced the human right to basic healthcare as "healthcare tourism". This is the dehumanization of People of Colour.

#cdnpoli

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🇨🇦 EDMONTON ELECTION: MUNICIPAL PARTIES, EXPLAINED 🇨🇦

As Edmontonians head to the polls, they're encountering something new on the municipal scene: political parties. Let's break down what they are, why they exist, and what it means for voters.

Hannah Kavanagh, CTV News.
#YegVote #YegCC #AbPoli

Two Stories, No Strategy: Lethbridge’s Mayoral Race, 2025 Bear with me while I quickly cite the oft-maligned former U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon, who, in a 1971 speech, reflected on the increasingly combustible nature of American politics. He obse…

This post led to a mayoral candidate publicly warning me to get better at my job.
I'll let you make the call, by posting "Two Stories, No Strategy: Lethbridge’s Mayoral Race, 2025" every day until Oct 20.👇

#YQL #Lethbridge #abpoli #LocalDemocracyMatters
#WhoGovernsMatters

War of words escalates between Alberta, B.C. premiers on pipeline proposal Pipeline politics got personal Tuesday, with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith firing a volley at B.C. Premier David Eby.

🍁 So now she's a federalist? Give me break 🤦‍♀️ #abpoli
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It is so important for legislation and the formation of ministries that cover evidence based care to be informed by evidence from experts. Utilizing experts ensures that public funds are maximized as well as the services paid for by those funds. #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #Canada #Canadasky

#ableg #abed #abpoli #ableg #cndpoli #UCP

Teachers protecting public education Had teachers accepted the offered memorandum of understanding, they would have been complicit in eroding public education in Alberta. Instead, they have chosen to sacrifice their paycheques and the financial welfare of their families to preserve and protect public education. Public education is the foundation of our democracy. It alone ensures that all children are given an equal opportunity to achieve their full potential. However, severely under-funding public education while dramatically increasing taxpayer dollars to private education, which thrives on being exclusionary, is creating two-tiered education in our province. Two-tiered education will ultimately lead to a two-tiered society, which inevitably will weaken, or even destroy, our democracy.

From the Journal letters.

#abpoli #Solidarity #union #publiceducation

🦫 REPLAY — The Daily Beaver Morning Show: Oil Foils: Eby vs Smith 💣
Smith’s pipeline daydream met Eby’s cold, hard reality — and it wasn’t pretty. 👀
Catch all the hot takes, laughs, and facts you missed this morning.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRaj...
#cdnpoli #abpoli #bcpoli #DamFam

Search Edmonton election candidates’ campaign contributions Public database lets users explore campaign finances, see major funding sources and look up contributors

The IJF has pulled all contribution data from Edmonton council candidates' financial disclosures into a searchable database. Find contributors, filter for corporate donors and explore the data before you vote on Oct. 20.

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#abpoli

Private Schools - Alberta Views Out of concern for the well-being of the community that I recognize how public subsidies for private schools erode our sense of connection.

"In a free society, many things are allowed to be said, done and provided that the community would not endorse or fund. Private education is an example. Public funding for private schools should end."

albertaviews.ca/private-scho...
#ABpoli #ABleg #CDNpoli #teachers

teachers rally St. Albert Oct 10th

teachers rally St. Albert Oct 10th

✨ We joined the teachers’ rally in St. Albert to stand in solidarity and show our support for education! ❤️📚 Amazing turnout and even some four-legged friends lending their voices 🐾👏 #WeSupportTeachers #StAlbert #EducationMatters #CommunityStrong #Solidarity #ABpoli

What an uplifting morning in St. Albert! ❤️📚 So proud to be part of a community that values education and those who make it possible. 👏 #WeSupportTeachers #StAlbert #ABpoli

What an uplifting morning in St. Albert! ❤️📚 So proud to be part of a community that values education and those who make it possible. 👏 #WeSupportTeachers #StAlbert #ABpoli

What an uplifting morning in St. Albert! ❤️📚 So proud to be part of a community that values education and those who make it possible. 👏 #WeSupportTeachers #StAlbert #ABpoli

👏 Great to see Skye Vermeulen, who’s running for St. Albert City Council, out supporting our amazing teachers! ❤️📚 As a parent of two, she knows how vital strong schools and great educators are. 🙌 #StAlbert #SkyeVermeulen #PublicEducation #EducationMatters #ABpoli

👏 Great to see Skye Vermeulen, who’s running for St. Albert City Council, out supporting our amazing teachers! ❤️📚 As a parent of two, she knows how vital strong schools and great educators are. 🙌 #StAlbert #SkyeVermeulen #PublicEducation #EducationMatters #ABpoli #ABEd

This is what the Alberta Teachers Association is on strike to prevent.

Exactly this! This is the road to social disaster the #UCP would have us follow.

Don't abandon our kids to the nightmare this anti-public education dreck brought on in the US! #NoMAGAinCanada #ElbowsUp #cndpoli #abpoli #ableg #abed

Danielle Smith wants a fight with Canada, not a new pipeline Alberta's premier has opened the door in her party and province to separatists. Now, she's claiming that other people are the ones threatening Canada's future.

Danielle Smith wants a fight with Canada, not a new pipeline...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/o...

#CdnPoli
#AbPoli #AbLeg
#UCP
#NeverVoteConservative

Facts That will Blow Your Mind · Follow In Finland, education is completely free for all students. During primary school, children receive free textbooks, meals, and health and social support. Tablets are provided from third grade onwards, while older students use laptops. School meals are also free and adapted to different needs – there are special meals for vegetarians, as well as gluten- and lactose-free options. Parents do not have to pay additional fees, and no donations or contributions for field trips are requested. The entire cost is borne by the state. This investment in education is considered essential for the country's future, as a well-educated society forms the basis for a strong economy, a functioning healthcare system, and social justice.

Take note, Alberta.

#abpoli #education

Bold black lettering on a yellow background reads: UNDERFUNDED SCHOOLS = LOST OPPORTUNITIES. FOR EVERY CHILD. In a black footer is the logo for The Alberta Teachers' Association, and StopTheExcuses.ca

#abpoli #education

The best thing Albertans can do right now is vote in their local/mayor elections and prevent more UCP influence from rotting our provincial government. We need leaders who are going to push back against this nonsense.

Please vote on October 20th ❤️
#canadianpolitics #ABPolitics #Alberta

TSB releases findings on Alberta pipeline rupture that caused explosion, wildfire | CBC News The Transportation Safety Board of Canada published its findings on the causes of the rupture of a natural gas pipeline near Edson, Alta.

“A pipeline rupture that sparked a 2024 wildfire in west-central Alberta was caused by a crack, says a report released Thursday.”

If we’re debating what can cause a wildfire still…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Yeah, it’s so depressing that this shit will resonate with people.

You know what would help relieve pressure on the public system? Putting the money currently diverted to private schools into it!

I heard the same argument from our Trustee at a School Council meeting last year ... I don't need to thank the alternate streams for 'allievating pressure,' I need the government to properly fund education!