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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 4h

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🇨🇦 UCP VOTES TO REPLACE AG AMID HIS INVESTIGATION INTO UCP 🇨🇦

CBC reports Alberta's #UCP government is refusing to let Auditor General Doug Wylie stay on 2 more years, opting to replace him just as he investigates the UCP's surgical procurement scandal.

#AbPoli #CdnPoli #AbLeg #CorruptCare

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 5h

Keeping up with the UCP government's democratic transgressions can be difficult.

But not impossible.

Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 23h

High demand for private COVID-19 shots sparks supply problems, waitlists for #Alberta pharmacies

Pfizer Canada says it has put limits on ordering due to higher than expected demand

Why isn't Alberta ordering the Canadian made Moderna from Ontario or Quebec?

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

High demand for private COVID-19 shots sparks supply problems, waitlists for Alberta pharmacies | CBC News

Some Alberta pharmacists say they've started waitlists for private COVID-19 vaccines because they can't get their hands on stock as frustrated Albertans turn to them for the shots.

www.cbc.ca

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Dave Martin @albertandave.bsky.social · 19h

A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.

a man in a suit and tie is talking about poetry , beauty , romance , love

Alt: O captain, my captain is talking about poetry , beauty , romance , love

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Dave Martin @albertandave.bsky.social · 19h

win win win is written in a circle of fireworks

Alt: win win win is written in a circle of fireworks

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 1d

1/12 🇨🇦 UCP UNLEASH LABOUR'S KRAKEN 🇨🇦

In response to Alberta's use of the #NotwithstandingClause on #teachers, #labour groups are vowing retaliation.

Stephen Magusiak reports the UCP's attack on bargaining rights has a union coalition raising the spectre of a #GeneralStrike.

#AbLeg #AbLabour

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cm 🇨🇦 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 1d

Two firms that invested far less are getting $238 million. Taxpayers face more such hits.

thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

#Alberta #abpoli

Alberta’s Big Payouts to Spurned Australian Coal Miners | The Tyee

Two firms that invested far less are getting $238 million. Taxpayers face more such hits.

thetyee.ca

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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 1d

Wab Kinew's gov't tabled bill 50 in Manitoba that won't allow any future provincial gov't to use the notwithstanding clause for provincial legislation without going through the courts first. This is what a true leader does for his constituents. Alberta's and Quebec's leadership pale in comparison.

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Dave Martin @albertandave.bsky.social · 2d

I don't like Will Smith

a man in a suit and tie is smiling and abc is behind him

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is smiling and abc is behind him

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Dave Martin @albertandave.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a black sweater is standing in front of a chain link fence with the words `` c mon man '' .

Alt: a man in a black sweater is standing in front of a chain link fence with the words `` c mon man '' .

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Dave Martin @albertandave.bsky.social · 2d

two men in suits and ties are standing next to each other in a room .

Alt: two men in suits and ties are standing next to each other in a room .

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 2d

And 3000 teachers is about 1 teacher per school
How's that going to help when schools have multiple classes with 30+ kids in multiple grades?
It won't
The UCP keep boasting about it but it's a joke

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 3d

“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

www.albertanativenews.com/alberta-cuts...

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...

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 3d

“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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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.

edmontonjournal.com

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 4d

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🇨🇦 ALBERTA'S BIG PAYOUTS TO SPURNED AUSTRALIAN COAL MINERS 🇨🇦

Andrew Nikiforuk, for The Tyee, reports the Danielle #Smith #UCP government has awarded a $95-million settlement to Australian firm #MontemResources, bringing the total taxpayer payout to two firms to $238 million.

#AbLeg #AbPoli

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bettegray.bsky.social @bettegray.bsky.social · 4d

Attention Mickey Amery: #ableg #abpoli

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CBA Alberta Statement on the Use of the Notwithstanding Clause | CBA Alberta

The Alberta government has invoked the notwithstanding clause to order teachers back to work. The " Back to School Act " imposes a collective agreement on teachers and prohibits them from striking unt...

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Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎(Parody) @abdanielsmith.bsky.social · 3d

Great news Alberta!

You’re getting a provincial police force that nobody wanted!

Sure, it costs millions more to set up and operate, but we don’t care about fiscal responsibility. The UCP needs a police force we can control and answers to us!

#abpoli #ableg
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Bill 4: Alberta moves forward with provincial police force, proposes changes to domestic violence disclosure act

The Alberta government is proposing a number of amendments to allow the Alberta Sheriffs Police Services (ASPS) to begin hiring officers.

calgaryherald.com

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Jenny Yeremiy, P. Geoph 🪶🌿🇵🇸🇳🇬🇱🇧🇨🇦 @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social · 4d

📣 New signage in the field 👏

I’m just behind Co-Op until 5 pm at least.

Across from West Ridge School

A red sign that reads recallnicolaides.ca
Reclaim Public Education
Recall Nicolaides

A blue sign that reads recallnicolaides.ca
Reclaim Public Education
Recall Nicolaides

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Dave Martin @albertandave.bsky.social · 4d

a bald man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a paper towel dispenser with two teddy bears on it .

Alt: a bald man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a paper towel dispenser with two teddy bears on it .

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 4d

"How did this happen? How did I get saddled with a bankrupt producer on our land. I did my due diligence as best I could. Then I started looking behind the curtain & realized how unfair the system is to landowners & how the #AlbertaEnergyRegulator is failing not only landowners, but all Albertans."

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 12d

A dirty deal's being cooked up between the Alberta government & #BigOil so they can stick their MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR cleanup tab on YOU the taxpayer while a grotesquely complicit #AER watches & shrugs. Here's some of the people saying HELL NO #abpoli #PolluterPays www.podcastics.com/episode/3890...

Make Polluters Pay

The Alberta government's dirty deal with Big Oil

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 5d

Hey #YYC!

Looking for a way to let Demetrios and the UCP know how you feel about them revoking teachers charter rights?

Thursday, students are gathering at his office to send a message!

Let them know they aren’t alone!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

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cm 🇨🇦 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 5d

The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) added a form to their website called Ready to Resist.

afl.org/action-pages...

#Alberta #abpoli #ableg #yyc #yeg

Screenshot of the form on the website at the URL

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Dave Martin @albertandave.bsky.social · 5d

If only UCP didn't lie so much, maybe Albertans could trust them. #UCPIncompetence can't even show this imaginary $8.6B in their fiscally irresponsible budget!
#NeverVoteConservative

Budget | Alberta.ca share.google/TxAGEZNW5g1M...

Government of Alberta

Find Alberta government services and information.

Alberta.ca

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killerwhaletank 🍁 @shaner38.bsky.social · 5d

This is a fantastic interview from Vassy Kapelos at CTV holding and Nicolaides has no good answer for her questions

#ABPoli #ABleg

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'Prolonged outages affect students academically': Alta. minister on ending teachers strike

YouTube video by CTV News

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factsarefreedom @factsarefreedom.bsky.social · 5d

DO IT!! Fight Smith's tyranny.
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‘It is up to us’: Alberta Federation of Labour to prepare for general strike ‘if necessary’ in response to Bill 2

The AFL said it will begin the process of a general strike in response to the government’s swift passing of Bill 2 using the notwithstanding clause.

www.ctvnews.ca

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