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drkristopherwells.bsky.social
Independent Senator-Alberta, Senate of Canada. 🇨🇦 Teacher. Former Canada Research Chair for the Public Understanding of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth. Co-founder, Pride Tape. 🏒🏳️‍🌈 Treaty Six. He/Him.
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Research shows that LGBTQ+ inclusion can drive economic activity. Open For Business’ latest report shows the economic case for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Poland: open-for-business.org/poland

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Alberta Government scandal continues to grow. There must be an independent judicial inquiry NOW.

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Not today. Not ever.

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Oh, Canada! 🇨🇦 🏒🇨🇦

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Money for nothing and the cheques are free.

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Youth understand that sexuality and gender are on a spectrum, not a binary.

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I appreciate everyone’s messages of support, I’m trying to get through all my mentions but as you can imagine, it’s been a bit of a busy day :) Remember - peaceful civil disobedience, and no kings, no tyrants. Not ever.

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Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge proposes almost doubling public CBC funding, ending advertising and subscriptions. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... via @theglobeandmail.com #cdnmedia #journalism

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Great to be out today supporting the University of Alberta Golden Bears with the Alumni Association. A great room full of community leaders and champions. Thanks Rick for the invitation. 🏒💫

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Go crush them, boys! 🇨🇦

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Yet more hate & intolerance... RFK Jr. targets transgender protections in one of first moves wapo.st/4hPS3Jt RFK Jr: "This administration is bringing back common sense & restoring biological truth" From an individual who has pushed & profited from biological lies.

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Calgary!! Trans Day of Visibility Rally and March!! Planned for Sunday 30 March 2025! See you at city hall!

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Come celebrate PIE day with the St. Albert United Church for a screening of Pride Vs. Prejudice with a special talk back following the film. Admission is by donation with funds to support St. Albert Pride. PIE = Public, Intentional, Explicit Inclusion of 2SLGBTQ+ People in affirming congregations.

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Tale of the AHS allegations — who knew what, and when did they know it? Alberta Premier Danielle Smith still faces questions on what she knew about the allegations of wrongdoing and government interference in health-care contracts. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... via @calgaryherald.com

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Alberta's healthcare controversy, in podcast form: www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...

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Eagle’s new 2SLGBTQ+ employment study has been released. Stats are not good in Alberta with 70% of 2SLGBTQ+ individuals reporting experiences of discrimination in the workplace. What stands out to you?

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Alberta government alleged to have interfered in healthcare deals. A look at what the scandal involves. Q+A w/ @carrietait.bsky.social on #TheDecibel podcast 🎙️ www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the... www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... via @theglobeandmail.com

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100% support the need for a national action plan. This is much needed and long overdue.

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Go woke, go broke?

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Today’s weather.

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Whatcha doing Thursday night? 🇨🇦 vs. 🇺🇸 Let’s show our Team Canada pride all week long. This will be a game for the ages. Raise the flag! #NHL #fournationsfaceoff

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Truth dies in silence. Help if you can. t.co/TE0JhJ5VB0

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Had the pleasure to be included in this documentary. It’s free and worth a watch. 💫

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Please support the breakdown if you can. One of the best political podcasts in #abpoli, holding the powerful to account. Now they’re trying to shut him down. He will be off the air, hopefully temporarily. www.gofundme.com/f/vggge-lega...

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Canada should follow. We must send a clear message to Russia.

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How To Cross Thin Ice 101, From A Polar Bear

submitted 7 days ago • 248 comments

Agreed. Now is not the time for partisanship. The Senate stands ready to do our part to help protect and defend Canada’s inclusive democracy.

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How much longer before travel advisories are issued for the United States? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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You cannot kill a movement. Inclusive faith and the fight for freedom only make use stronger. 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏳️‍🌈

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👇🏻👇🏻

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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

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Travelling the world, when people ask where are you from, saying Canada always comes with a smilie on my face and pride in my heart because it means something… decency, friendship and respect. Today we celebrate our flag and country. Tomorrow we do everything we can to defend it.

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🇨🇦 😆

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Canadians are nice when at peace, but we are Wolverines when at war. 🇨🇦 theconversation.com/why-annexing...

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Well done, Senator Cardozo and colleagues! We encourage you to raise the flag and celebrate from coast-to-coast-to-coast! Canada forever and always! 🇨🇦 www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

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You can’t erase history or trans people from the LGBTQ+ community. Stonewall was a movement against oppression that resonates even more today. Rights are never given. We have to fight for them.

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Trudeau: "There's not a snowball's chance in hell that Canada will ever be the 51st state"

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If you are one of my Canadian followers, this is a must-read. If you are an American, it is mandatory. ⬇️ vancouversun.com/news/opinion...

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SCOOP: AB Health Minister Adriana LaGrange stripped Alberta Health Services of power to negotiate after its then-CEO allegedly refused to sign pricey deals www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... #abpoli #ableg

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The gap between First Nations and non-First Nations life expectancy in Alberta is 19 years, and wider now than any other point on record. This is a provincial and national emergency. #ableg www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/f...

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Keep the U.S. travel boycott going. It’s working! #ViveLeCanada 🇨🇦 www.thetravel.com/us-travel-as...

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Call a public inquiry. Albertans deserve transparency and accountability. #ableg #abpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

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If we don’t stand up for Canada, who will? Hard but necessary work ahead. #ViveLeCanada 🇨🇦

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Might be time for this longread to make a comeback. A great explainer on how authoritarianism is an attack on -- not just democratic institutions and freedoms but -- the concepts pluralism and difference that lie at the heart of them. hopenothate.org.uk/2020/11/01/a...

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As governor of Illinois, I’ve made it my mission to make our state the best to call home including for our LGBTQ+ community. No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality. Hate has no home here.

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I would say to beware the Ides of March but it’s only February. #abpoli

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CBC's Fifth Estate has traced a wide web of anti-LGBT hate working to censor or close down libraries in Canada to a right-wing U.S. movement

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‼️ Foreign interference alert ‼️ We must continue to protect our democracy. 🇨🇦 www.canada.ca/en/democrati...

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