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lynnerdutton.bsky.social
Trying to be informed AND keep a sense of humour. I have opinions. Alberta via Saskatchewan
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Be like Rosemary #HandsOff #April5

I’ve worked in 3 provinces as a radiologist, and Alberta’s biggest strength is its 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆. Shared protocols, care paths, imaging archives—it works. 🗂️ 🩻 ⚡️ Now we’re spending nearly $𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐌 to break AHS into 4 silos for political optics? That’s not reform. That’s regression. 💸

As forecast in this Feb 11 2025 piece: from the chaos and corruption, a reckoning will come: open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

This Senator has summarized exactly the game plan which is pathological... it is Machiavellian and it's illegal And yet nobody seems to know how to put him in prison You're letting the most incompetent degenerate be in charge of the most resources This will never disappear in history books

Fealty, surrender, bending the knee, kissing the ring. 👑 THIS is what the devastating cuts, word-policing, and tariffs are all about—punishing enemies and humiliating allies. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social has been offering welcome clarity on their strategy. 🙏🏼 We must form a UNITED FRONT.

I’ve worked in food service, construction, or food factories for decades , I have been integral to starting new factories. Everything else aside, a new factory takes years to build and get turned on. Things are so volatile, why would you build a new factory if all the rules change again in 3 years

A message for those who continue to vote conservative come hell or high water. “We’re still pouting over that time Pierre Trudeau wanted us to sell oil to the rest of Canada for less than market rates.” womenofabpoli.substack.com/p/the-woe-of...

Evan Dyer CBC 👇 #cdnpoli CPC staffers try to get reporters to give them the questions in advance. No followup questions are permitted.

New from me. The way Danielle Smith behaves about tariffs raises an important and disturbing question: does she know we can all see and hear her? #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...

“Trump’s tariff plan came to pass through “a fake memo from a fake person with a fake email address in order to make it look like this was a serious issue being debated by real experts.” They don’t even have to be good liars to fool their gullible cult. They don’t even have to try hard.

The resistance tour in Sudbury was powerful. People defied a wicked ice storm to fill the hall and send a clear message that we will fight for the north, we will fight for our country and we will defend our democracy from tyranny. #elbowsup www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-n...

deals are being made every day

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/02/o...

Target foot traffic falls for the eighth consecutive week after the retailer ended its DEI programs. Meanwhile at Costco, which kept its DEI programs, foot traffic has been up for 13th straight weeks.

And the cuts just keep on coming. Alberta Children & Family Services have now cut Child & Youth Support. For how adamant Smith & the UCP were that kids need to be supported and protected a year ago, they sure seem to consistently be making them targets… #abpoli #cdnpoli

The power of music: instrument and voice and the poetry of lyric all catalysed in the service of expressing human emotion. A necessary antidote to the doom.

thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

In case you missed it (I did) this is why paper clips are showing up on profiles. 📎

US women deserve better

I've been thinking a lot about fear—how it isolates us and how we break through it. Read my reflection on how we are moving from fear to determination and building a better nation. You can read it here: charlieangus.substack.com/p/how-the-li...

Border crossing from Ontario to New York State at Buffalo. #BoycottUSA is in progress. #TrumpTariffs

Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

THIS IS THE PRIME MINISTER. A man with a plan and the ability to explain that plan to Canadians in language they understand, without spin and slogans! #cdnpoli

National Anthem from today's Jay's game.

Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.

Maybe you’ve heard this release from #AlanTrew from #GlassTiger who is an artist that moved to Canada from Scotland. The band is playing across #Canada now and released this song last month. It’s called #Canada’sSong and it really is a tribute to the country. youtube.com/watch?v=_jkG...

Danielle Smith will spend bags of cash travelling to the US to get her fangirl on... She'll use a childrens medication shortage as a crisis to throw taxpayers dollars into an abyss... But popsicles for kids fighting cancer? That's just too much money. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Check it out - "I see no evidence of plagiarism in the thesis you cited nor any unusual academic practices" The National Post/ReformaCON Party should hang their heads in shame👇

“All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state,” states Article 2 (4) of the UN Charter. www.thewhig.com/opinion/impe...

Once again, proud to be a Canadian. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic... #elbowsup #Canada #Never51 #CanadaStrong 🇨🇦

Also we paid for the R&D.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Interesting perspective from an American doctor who has moved to Canada about the differences practicing medicine in the two countries. Wonder if more American medical doctors will make the same move? canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/03/25/i...

True and terrifying. And pretty much all we need to know.

I could not be happier to hear @timothysnyder.bsky.social has decided to leave Yale for the University of Toronto! Welcome to Canada, professor.

FTW🎉

When landscape level land use planning delivers ecological disaster there's something wrong. #ableg #abpoli

Elections Canada provides info about your electoral district, including a map, the candidates & past election results. Let that inform your vote to avoid splitting it. On April 9, a list of candidates running in your area, & the location of your advance & election day polls will be released. #vote

"...enable the U.S.A based timber company Weyerhaeuser to entirely clearcut the last winter range... of mountain caribou populations" WTAF?!

Back on the campaign trail! This time supporting ⁦‪Eleanor Olszewski‬⁩ in Edmonton Centre. This election is about an existential question for Canada: Which party leader has the skills to lead Canada through the Trump crisis? I say, Mark Carney‬⁩! #cdnpoli #Yeg

Today is World Theatre Day. Though I have spent most of my adult life as a journalist and Senator dealing with the theatre of the absurd known as politics, I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge my roots as a theatre kid, and to talk about the way my love of theatre shaped me. #WorldTheatreDay

“There is always the risk that a child will decompensate in the emergency waiting room and actually have an outcome that is catastrophic because they were not able to be seen in a timely fashion” Alberta health care, 2025. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.thealbertan.com/health/pedia...

Poilievre back door to Trump #ElbowsUp Vote wisely #Canada