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The government of Alberta is asking whether it should withhold health care from "any non-citizen or non-permanent resident who does not have an Alberta-approved immigration status" A comprehensively disgraceful government

submitted 12 hours ago • 17 comments

I mean. I was going to point out that the mayors of Edmonton and Calgary are both immigrants. As is the Lt.-Governor. But I doubt the people behind this vile hate campaign would find that a compelling argument. Gondek, Sohi and Lakhani are probably three immigrants they'd be happy to do without.

submitted 13 hours ago • 7 comments

Alberta is getting a bad deal and it’s always Ottawa’s fault. Danielle Smith's Alberta Next Panel looks a lot like a UCP re-election tour.

submitted 13 hours ago • 6 comments

Who, exactly, are these immigrants that have made Danielle so angry? Filipino nurses who provide our healthcare? American computer scientists who make Edmonton an AI centre of excellence? Ukrainian refugees who've opened new restaurants? West Africans who have revitalized our francophone community?

submitted 16 hours ago • 15 comments

Let's talk HC "refocusing" and Premier's latest announcement 🧵 : - no one is able to articulate the actual plan. NO ONE - the Premier is being advised in backrooms on health, she comes out and makes an announcement... and then the legions of consultants and bureacrats scramble

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

We don't pick fights, we win them. On Monday, June 23, #VoteforBetter 🔗 albertandp.ca/vote

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

Every door knocked, every conversation started, and every flyer delivered is helping bring our message to the doors in Ellerslie. We're in the home stretch: today is the LAST day to vote in advance polls. Make sure you get out and #VoteforBetter before 8PM tonight! 🔗 albertandp.ca/vote

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

There is a vaccine. There is a plan that could work. However, the UCP, or any one of their four health ministers, refuse to act. globalnews.ca/news/1125212...

submitted 5 days ago • 15 comments

How about this alternative headline: “Alberta government returns $137 million transfer payment from Ottawa for cleaning up orphan wells, losing local reclamation jobs in the process.” And the UCP thinks they’re great with money and red tape reduction. 🙄

submitted 5 days ago • 22 comments

#abpoli #abhealth #ableg #UCPcorruption

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

The UCP staffers who made the poster misspelled Peavine. Very on brand. But anyway here's a chance to tell Danielle how you feel in High Prairie on June 19: #ableg

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

This is honestly too much. The Premier talking about 135M HC dollars just wasted and acting like she has NOTHING to do with why we are here. Everything she and her govt has done has brought us to this point, a 🧵to recap: buff.ly/HuESfWk 1/10

submitted 9 days ago • 8 comments

Alberta's New Democrats have a plan that gives police the resources they need while addressing the root causes of crime and violence. Advance polls open tomorrow, and it’s your chance to #VOTEforBETTER leadership and safer communities. Make your voting plan here: albertandp.ca/vote

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

“This will drive even more health care workers out of Alberta.” United Nurses of Alberta president Heather Smith says UCP must drop plan to make health care workers pay for COVID vaccine, calling it "outrageous."

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

In a cost-of-living crisis, the UCP is making seniors pay more for prescriptions and forcing Albertans to pay for vaccines that should be free. It's time to send a message to Danielle Smith. Advance polls open tomorrow—make your voting plan. Make your vote count: albertandp.ca/vote

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

“I think it’s because it doesn’t work particularly well, if you want the truth,” Smith said.” In addition to being Metis, Cherokee, public health expert, oncologist and more, Danielle Smith also moonlights as a virologist and immunologist. #abpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

submitted 10 days ago • 69 comments

"“We will not be intimidated,” she (Danielle Smith) said, and has since threatened repercussions for AHS employees." .. #DanielleSmith read your #chemtrails we need a #publicinquiry

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

“I think it’s because it doesn’t work particularly well, if you want the truth.” This is an absolutely disqualifying statement. She has no business being in charge of anything.

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

Loving the Bluegrass Canadian Shelf on CJSR! @fervorcoulee.bsky.social

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Making people pay for vaccines, while measles rates skyrocket, may be the most bananas thing Danielle Smith has ever done. And that’s a high bar. #ableg #abpoli #alberta

submitted 11 days ago • 6 comments

Danielle Smith gets caught taking hockey tickets & meddling in medical contracts, so diverts attention with threats of breaking with Canada. Doesn't go well so diverts again with coal mining threat. Goes very badly, so diverts once more with Covid vaccine denials. See how this works? #ABpoli

submitted 11 days ago • 8 comments

Most Albertans, including healthcare workers, will now have to pay to get a COVID vaccine. Danielle Smith promised Albertans would never have to pay out of pocket for the medical treatment they need. She lied. Such a cruel, dangerous, anti-science, anti-public health decision. Make it make sense.

submitted 12 days ago • 74 comments

So… Remember how the Globe & Mail reported that the man in charge of the $80 million children’s medication procurement had an MhCare email address while working for AHS? His name was Jitendra Prasad btw. There’s potentially a LOT more to it. Thread!

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments

The NDP have responded to the UCP’s decision to charge the overwhelming majority of Albertans full price to get vaccinated against COVID. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

submitted 12 days ago • 27 comments

#JulyYouAreASong #MusicChallenge kicks off June 30. See the graphic below with the theme for each day. Inspired by summer, mostly. Start planning or just go with whatever suits as the day arrives. Play daily or jump in & out. Your choice. Hope you can join me all of July.

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

It’s cruel for the UCP government to put further financial burdens on Albertans who want to protect their health and their loved ones and not get COVID. It’s dangerous, it’s callous, it’s anti-science, and it’s anti-public health.

submitted 12 days ago • 16 comments

From the sworn affidavit by the former AHS CEO Athana Mentzelopolous… On January 2, 2025 she states that she recorded a conversation with Evan Romanow, deputy minister of mental health and addictions. This is just a short section. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

submitted 12 days ago • 8 comments

At the #Calgary airport! Awesome! #SlavaUkraine

submitted 12 days ago • 10 comments

“Alberta's measles surge is so dramatic, the last time case counts were higher, Calgary did not have an NHL team, O Canada was not yet the official national anthem and gasoline would set you back 24 cents a litre.”

submitted 13 days ago • 9 comments

The UCP cancelled the South Edmonton Hospital, but they want to blame YOU for the overcrowded emergency rooms. Naresh Bhardwaj says Albertans should “just get some fresh air” instead of holding the government accountable. Edmonton-Ellerslie deserves better. On June 23, #VoteforBetter.

submitted 13 days ago • 7 comments

Airdrie Mayor Peter Brown, without council's knowledge, and without the knowledge or consent of Airdrie citizens, pursued a private hospital using city resources in concert with a big developer, Qualico, and with the premier's advisor Rob Anderson, who is unelected. There should be a public inquiry.

submitted 14 days ago • 12 comments

Come for the analysis of public financing of large infrastructure projects and Canadian federalism, stay for Shannon tolerating giggling boys and their inside jokes. @carterab.bsky.social @zainvelji.bsky.social

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

I do not understand why we are not collectively freaking out.

submitted 17 days ago • 29 comments

The NDP are calling out Brian Jean’s appearance and the separatist rally held by the same folks who brought us the “injection of truth” anti-vax event. Wonder if Brian got his invite from an official GOA account like @lukaszukab.bsky.social did…? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

WATCH LIVE ▶ Alberta New Democrat House Leader Christina Gray and I expose UCP Cabinet Ministers and constituency associations conspiring with separatist organizers: youtube.com/live/i9xsETk...

submitted 16 days ago • 7 comments

I had the pleasure of door-knocking alongside @gurtejsinghbraryeg.bsky.social this week. Gurtej is a smart, capable and caring individual, and will make an excellent addition to the ANDP caucus. If you live in Edmonton-Ellerslie, I encourage you to lend him your vote on June 23. #VoteForBetter

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Danielle Smith when confronted with the reality that oil production has increased in Alberta… “We’ve got the lowest living standards in the world” No really. She said that. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

submitted 17 days ago • 219 comments

For generations, Indigenous peoples have gathered on this land to build community and culture. But Danielle Smith’s separatist rhetoric undermines the true meaning of Indigenous treaties, putting Alberta's future at risk. It doesn't need to be that way. We can and must do better. #VoteforBetter

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

Great hearing @zacharylucky.bsky.social on CJSR’s @fervorcoulee.bsky.social show today….Followed up by the remarkable Julian Taylor. A nice soundtrack to a sunny Sunday #PolarisMusicPrize

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

The Pants Project is a good book for youth in grades 4-6ish who are questioning gender identity. It was published in 2017 and I’d actually forgotten about it until a tween requested it recently at the library.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

At Juno Beach I realized that the democratic values that I had taken for granted didn't just happen. They were paid for at an immense cost of lives and sacrifice. Would we be willing to pay the same sacrifice if the darkness descended again? My reflection on June 6. substack.com/home/post/p-...

submitted 19 days ago • 61 comments