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And to understand the hows and whys, see: www.parklandinstitute.ca/operation_pr... And www.parklandinstitute.ca/failing_to_d...

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The Deconstruction Era.

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Absolutely worth listening in to @alonghurst.bsky.social on the dismantling of public healthcare in AB. His work on for-profit surgical outsourcing is essential reading for understanding the #CorruptCare allegations and the Smith govt's manipulation of contracts.

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Oh look, similar issues in England when profit-taking drives health care delivery

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And so wildfire season begins. Thinking of all the folks in Lamont and area, and steeling myself for another round of anxiety and displacement for Albertans. Keep safe, everyone.

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What does it mean to bear witness as a nation transforms into something unrecognizable, as it erased and overwrites itself? It requires the insistence upon an alternative archive.

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📢📢📢 We are looking for contributors to respond to RFK’s recent eugenic-laden speech, his response to the measles outbreak, or any of his other policies. If you are interested you can DM this account or send us a pitch via our website. Please share widely! nursingclio.org/write-for-us...

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Solidarity with AUPE workers ✊ I know a guy who makes amazing picket line soup.

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Chatted with Minister Dan Williams about Alberta's new compassionate intervention policy He made it clear that he took issue with us chatting earlier on the show with a critic of the policy Suffice it to say, we were very much in disagreement. Full interview: traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU7532611683…

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Huxley (1936): “The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human."

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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘But despite it being the most talked-about issue in this election by far, Canada’s relationship with the U.S. is far from the only thing at stake in this election. And much of that is likely to be ignored at the leaders debates’ @policyalternatives.ca

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"The past is present. The downfall of DynaLIFE and how the Smith government responded raise its own set of red flags for the future of our health-care system" New blog post from Parkland Institute outlines lessons Alberta should be learning from the failed privatization of our medical labs:

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Statements that could apply to literally any policy announcement under any portfolio in Danielle Smith's government: "The facts are known to you. Repeatedly misrepresenting them is not a mistake, but your deliberate choice."

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AB CMOH appointment should come with hazard pay ... What was it the fabulous Oscar Wilde said? "To lose one CMOH may be regarded as misfortune; to lose several looks like carelessness."

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The NDP will be bringing forward a motion today to call for an independent inquiry into the ongoing “Corrupt Care” scandal. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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The problem was never criticizing leftwing illiberalism, which is real and dangerous, the problem was the intellectual failure to recognize that concepts like 'privilege' or 'intersectionality' or 'structural racism' are not incompatible with liberalism.

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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social. The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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This proposal has a very "M. Danielle Smith" vibe about it 🤔 If she's pitching policy planks to the CPC now, then they are in bigger trouble than we thought. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Alberta Government scramble to stop leaks about dodgy health care contracts takes on a distinct Watergate vibe. albertapolitics.ca/2025/04/albe...

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45 years ago today he began. Terry Fox is surely the most beloved Canadian. I can tear up thinking about him. Courage and hope. (Reposted to fix typo.)

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Health care's taking a backseat in this election. That's a missed opportunity, expert says. Health policy scholar Colleen Flood says Canadian voters should put party leaders’ 'feet to the fire,' by @warrenjennifer.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/radio/whitec... via @cbcnews.ca @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social

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Poem-in-progress, sparked by today's #whistpr

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is facing mounting criticism from health care professionals and the opposition after suggesting hospitals are misusing surgical funding — a claim her own health minister later contradicted www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

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Alberta NDP claims a leaked email from Alberta Health shows that the government is impeding the AG's health care scanda report. The email tells employees to redirect the AG to lawyers should they be contacted by the AG.

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“In addition, informal discussions and interactions took place often with various AHS executives and the pharmacy team as per developments.” Aren’t “informal discussions” at the heart of all of the alleged problems? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

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Totally obscene that the important work of museums and scholars funded by the NEH is being blown up to pay for statues of Norman Schwarzkopf, Milton Friedman and Barry Goldwater

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Your friendly reminder that the UCP in AB already passed the Provincial Priorities Act, which as of April 1 gives them similar ability to block research (or other) funding agreements on any topic they deem not in Alberta's interests. policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/oc...

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Autistic people were among the first targets of the Nazis. It is terrifying to see this kind of eugenicist language being used so overtly. Autism is inherent to who a person is — eliminating it means eliminating people.

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“More legislation, more agencies, more CEOs, more restructuring announcements, more private contracts. None of this is helping with the real issue in public health care – the frontline workforce,” said FOM's executive director, Chris Gallaway. lethbridgenewsnow.com/2025/04/10/c...

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Marking the anniversary today of this beautiful, flawed, partial, incomplete thing - more than a document, less than it could have been. The thing that laid to rest certain ghosts of the Troubled past even as it was woven inextricably with them & as it birthed new ghosts into the fractured present.

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So heartening to see Leinster House refusing to be cowed by US economic gangsterism 😉 I'd say "Elbows up" in solidarity with @foilarmsandhog.bsky.social , but we Irish dancers have to keep our arms straight 🇨🇦🇮🇪 youtu.be/r8oBKL4n6ls?...

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Public education is up next for dismantling by the Alberta government, mere days after more destructive changes were implemented for our public healthcare system.

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If you should see me staring off into the distance with a look of longing on my face, mentally I'm here ⬇️

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