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ATA President Schilling's response should give everyone pause.

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Yes! Me too. Calgary and Edmonton schools are so extremely overcrowded. The NDP already has Edmonton, and the UCP's complete failure to care about these overcrowded schools should lose UCP votes in Calgary. 🤞🏻

That's a good point. Cushy appointments after ruining this province.

I sure hope so, though looking at what they're trying to do with the electoral boundaries definitely has me worried. My riding would become an absolute nightmare.

I suppose that could work in our favour if she continues trying to appease her squeaky wheel far right base. Come election time, the rest of us living in reality can vote her and her party out.

I can't decide if turfing her before an election is good. If they have a different leader they get to act like a whole different party, like they don't own every garbage decision over the past 6 years. They certainly did that when they booted Kenney and were successful.

I suppose the Premier ousting two MLAs for sticking their necks probably helps keep the rest in line.

And yet...
I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but it has me both stumped and worried. Is this a scorched earth situation? What on earth are they thinking/planning? Why do they not seem to care that there is growing dissatisfaction with them and their crap priorities?

Thoughts? (5)

This is not a government that seems at all worried about re-election. They've got the Alberta Republicans and the rebirth of the PCs threatening to chew chunks off either end of their own party. The NDP's popularity has also grown in recent weeks. You'd think this would have them worried. (4)

This same government has totally messed up priorities that don't align with the public's priorities. Albertans are worried about cost of living, healthcare, education, to name a few things, but the UCP is zeroed in on anti-trans legislation, a provincial police force, separation, etc. (3)

As a teacher, I'm thinking specifically of the whole lot of them voting to use the NWC when the majority of the public was not on their side during the whole strike. And then I think of the absolute disdain shown by the Premier, ditching the whole ordeal and flying off to Saudi Arabia. (2)

I've been thinking about the UCP and why they're making some of the choices they have been lately, and honestly, I'm confused. There are a handful of UCP MLAs who won their seats by not very many votes, and yet they still refuse to stick their necks out or even engage with their constituents. (1)

PowerSchool is the system that a lot of divisions, including the one I teach in, use for attendance, reporting, etc. It has nothing to do with curriculum.

A person in jeans and red Converse holding a potato wrapped in a red ribbon with a yellow ATA sign on the floor that says WE SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION. WE SUPPORT OUR FUTURE.

RED-y to go! ❤️✊🏻
#IYKYK

Thank you, Sarah! ❤️✊🏻

Alberta NDP to 'vigorously' oppose back-to-work legislation if brought forward as session returns Thursday The Alberta NDP say it will "vigorously" oppose any back-to-work legislation brought forward during the fall session.

“We [need] Albertans to understand who is standing up for students, who is standing up for parents, and who is standing up for teachers."

Alberta's New Democrats stand with teachers. Period.

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Wanda at Community Health in Lacombe is a superstar. After several phone calls back and forth, she managed to book all three of us (on three separate days 😵‍💫) to get our vaccines. The UCP is 100% responsible for how much time and effort this took. Just absolute chaos.

I am currently writing my UCP MLA about this. I'm sure I'll get a form response like last time, but I don't know what else to do right now. Guess I'll be spending the whole day on the phone trying to talk to a human. Hope you have some luck!

Called Community Health (bc we have a kid), and was told there's a waiting list AND the childrens' vax is multi-dose, so they need 4 kids to come at the same time for the same vial. We live in an area with low childhood vax uptake, so I guess we're SOL. I hate the UCP with every fibre of my being.

Just called 811 to book our COVID vaccines, waited on hold, then got a message that they're receiving a high volume of calls before it said goodbye and hung up on me. 😐 It should not be this hard to get our damn COVID shots.

Reminder: if you want a flu or covid vaccine 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, you need to pre-order it 𝗻𝗼𝘄. Pre-orders for the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 season end on December 15th, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.

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#WorldClass
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Unbelievable. We need this UCP government gone. 😡

I'm a teacher, so I have access to this too, but thanks!

I'm glad the ATA is refusing to back down on that. If other provinces can make it work, surely Alberta can also phase it in.

Thanks! Not sure how I keep missing this stuff. 🥴

Do you mind if I ask if they announced this somewhere? Is Horner saying the quiet parts out loud again? I feel like I keep missing stuff.

Today, Danielle Smith will unveil Alberta’s new vehicle license plate that features a slogan: “Strong & Free”.

Smith will surely argue that it is featured on Alberta’s coat of arms however, we all know that’s it’s a dogwhistle for separatists and, is new plate a priority?
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Wow, that's super cool of you, Stuart. Thank you for your support. It means a lot!

(I doubt that's your intention, though.)

It sucks, sure, but the vast majority of us still voted to strike knowing we wouldn't be paid. As a striking teacher, it's really demoralizing to see people going after ATA leadership for this and other decisions, when the UCP is using these same talking points to pit teachers against PEC and CTBC.