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🚨 ALBERTA'S HEALTHCARE IN DIRE CRISIS ALERT 🚨

ER physician Dr. Paul Parks is sounding the alarm.

He's warning the system will be overwhelmed by the coming #Flu / #COVID season.

"It has never been this chaotic," he tells The Tyee. "It has never been this bad."

#AbHealth #AbLeg #AbPoli

Yep. And my call to Tories to stand up still stands.

Althia Raj: It’s time to admit our Charter rights are under attack Too many of Canada's premiers are testing citizens’ willingness to accept gross power grabs by invoking the notwithstanding clause.

“When we see the rise of authoritarianism worldwide, that necessitates a rejection of fundamental rights as a check on government power.”

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Poilievre says he’d invoke notwithstanding clause to overturn ruling on child porn sentences | CBC News Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says if elected he’d use the notwithstanding clause to overturn Friday’s ruling from the Supreme Court striking down mandatory minimums for accessing or possessing...

Poilievre says he’d invoke notwithstanding clause to overturn ruling on child porn sentences.
This asshole would run the whole damn govt on the notwithstanding clause. Trampling our rights and bypassing courts and the rule of law for his MAGA agenda. #cdnpoli
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No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn Yesterday the Supreme Court issued a decision striking down mandatory minimum sentences in the context of possessing or accessing child pornography.

@emmettmacfarlane.com: "Instead of any sort of nuanced debate over the validity of specific mandatory minimums... we get blind outrage from the politicians... who will leverage the average Canadian’s ignorance to their political benefit." 💯

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Alberta cuts funding mid-year to program for Indigenous mothers who have faced domestic violence - Alberta Native News By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – The provincial government has cut funding for an Aboriginal Counseling Services of Alberta (ACSA) program that provides support for Indigenous...

“The provincial government has cut funding for an Aboriginal Counseling Services of Alberta (ACSA) program that provides support for Indigenous mothers who have faced domestic violence”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Province misses OIPC deadline to release Alberta Next survey results The government has refused to release results of the surveys following multiple access to information requests from Postmedia.

“The Alberta government has missed a deadline from the office of the information and privacy commissioner (OIPC) to release access to information requests that include the results of the province’s Alberta Next surveys.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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The year is 2028. The AFL sues The NDP government for some nebulous reason. The NDP government settles by paying AFL $15 million out of court. Doesn't explain why. Everyone moves on. Really?

‘Forever Canadian’ Results Shock the UCP Government | The Tyee Thomas Lukaszuk delivers petitions signed by over 456,000 citizens, upsetting separatist referendum plans.

'Forever Canadian' Results Shock the UCP Government thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

1/ 🧵 Contrary to the UCP, Alberta didn’t have to use the notwithstanding clause to legislate the teachers back to work.

The “no choice” take doesn’t hold up. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

This is exactly why they’re dumbing down schools in red states…

Order in council dropped late this afternoon that rescinds the previous gift policy for UCP premier's and ministers' staff. But does this mean the premier and ministers can still accept Skybox tickets and other expensive freebies?

Back to School Notwithstanding the Charter By: Shaun Fluker and JD students registered in the Public Interest Law Clinic Legislation Commented On: Back to School Act, SA 2025 (full citation unavailable at publication time) PDF Version: Back…

“the UCP motion to limit debate on Bill 2 and pass the Back to School Act in one day is corrosive to democratic accountability”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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"On Sunday, October 26, about 40 masked and uniformed Second Sons Canada and Frontenac Active Club blackshirts led by MacKenzie assembled in front of CBC headquarters in Ottawa with a banner reading 'CBC hates white people'.

A similar number assembled in front of the CBC building in Regina."

Crime is NOT going up. On the contrary.

Immigrants (including undocumented) NOT associated with an increase in crime. On the contrary.

Perceptions regarding crime ≠ reality.

This needs to be said more.

The Alberta President of the Canadian Bar Association has entered the chat…

Calling out not only the preemptive use of the notwithstanding clause but also the limited debate as threats to the rule of law.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Have said this before but follow @disorderedyyc.bsky.social. They are highly skilled at finding contextual video, like this one.

As Jesus commanded…

“Rub the salt into the wounds of those who have been hurt in the same way you believe you have been, even though it’s super totes apples to oranges. Revel in the suffering of the shepherds of children! REVEL!”

- Vendictivus 7:32

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

As Scott Sinclair’s constituency is erased from the maps…

(After he was booted from the UCP for calling for greater supports for Northern Alberta)

It’s worth looking at who attended the redrawing meeting.

Because it wasn’t mayors or indigenous leaders.

#abpoli #ableg

The press release from @asilvalining.bsky.social that started it all, 18 Nov 2019.

*please just don’t remember we’re the ones who shut this down a few years back… oopsie!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

As a political leader, having to book a visit with a foreign oil company a whole year in advance is a sign of weakness.

As the Premier goes to meet with Saudi Arabia to talk oil, remember it wasn't all that long ago the UCP government ran these ads about Saudi oil:

One of the things you learn quickly in studying democracy is that slides into authoritarianism always, ALWAYS, attack trade unions. And according to 2024 International Trade Union Confederation Global Rights Index, Canada is a Regular Violator of workers/trade union rights.

In 2004, Klein knew it was a problem.
In 2019 we knew it was a problem.
The only reason they say they didn't know is because they didn't care to measure.

Braid: An appalling, unjust law drives Alberta teachers back to work Alberta teachers are going back to work, but the law that drives them lingers as a dangerous attack on rights, writes columnist Don Braid.

Let’s this sink in. Bill 2 overrides:

• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.

All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
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BOLO for these stolen bikes.

More Alberta parents pushing back against standard preventative treatment for newborns, some doctors say | CBC News Some Alberta doctors say they're seeing a recent and concerning trend of new parents either questioning or refusing vitamin K injections, which have been given to newborns as standard practice for dec...

Some Alberta doctors say they're seeing a recent and concerning trend of new parents either questioning or refusing vitamin K injections, which have been given to newborns as standard practice for decades
My latest👇
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'Reputational challenges': New poll shows public support for Smith, UCP has dipped amid teachers' strike Response to teachers' strike appeared to sour some Albertans' opinions of Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP, suggests new survey from Leger

"Smith’s personal approval has gone down to 38 per cent, a six-point drop from May."

Keep going. It's not enough to defeat her in an election.
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Labour relations expert weighs in on Alberta’s use of notwithstanding clause An Alberta labour relations expert says Alberta’s use of the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back to work marks one of the most aggressive labour moves in Canadian history.

Quote: "“It’s just how aggressive and punitive the legislation was,” [Jason Foster] said. “They went much farther than they needed to, to be able to end this strike.”"

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

It didn't need to be this way. The Alberta government used a bulldozer instead of a garden spade.