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Yale of Gilead North (Alberta) @ydbelanger.bsky.social · 3h

For those still looking for some insights, this is a terrific incumbent interview full of thoughtful responses!! @jschmidtrempel.bsky.social
#YQL
#Lethbridge
#abpoli
#LocalDemocracyMatters
#WhoGovernsMatters
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What’s Working, and What Still Needs to Change in Lethbridge | Councillor Jenn Schmidt-Rempel

YouTube video by Bridge City News

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

From the DM’s…

Hey #yyc!

Students are organizing their own rallies and protests!

Let’s make sure that they know they aren’t alone!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

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Yale of Gilead North (Alberta) @ydbelanger.bsky.social · 6h

This!! 👇👇
Need help getting to the polling station(s)? Just reach out.
#YQL #Lethbridge #abpoli

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belindacrowson.bsky.social @belindacrowson.bsky.social · 6h

And for those who are not disabled yet are still having trouble getting to the two polling stations, reach out to me and I'll help arrange a ride for you. Volunteers are standing by...

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@CharlotteWolters @charlottewolters.bsky.social · 5h

Living in #Lethbridge & thankful for being #Canadian, then share your thankfullness & sign the #ForeverCanadian petition this #Thanksgiving weekend.
Check out the table Across from the #yql Farmers Market. Takes under 5 minutes to sign & support your fellow #Albertans & #Canadians
#ableg #abpoli

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 6h

I took the bus to vote. It was easy to do, hopefully everyone gets out to vote

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M A Shane @mindfultalk.bsky.social · 8h

Worth rereading.

#ableg #abpoli #abed

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 6h

Smith and Trump both need to go and FUCK OFF 🤬

Nandana @nandanainthegarden.bsky.social · 8h

The #Trumpette #DanielleSmith #abpoli #ableg

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Smith’s Electoral ‘Reforms’ Are Straight from Trump’s Playbook | The Tyee

It’s no accident the changes were announced as attention was focused on the federal election.

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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 7h

Unions are strategically leveraging the collective bargaining process to force govts to invest in education. It’s a strategy that’s designed to simultaneously address workload concerns and rally the public in support of teachers.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

#canlab #abpoli

Alberta teachers say they aren’t equipped to help students with complex needs

77 per cent of educators nationwide feel student needs have become more diverse since the pandemic

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Yale of Gilead North (Alberta) @ydbelanger.bsky.social · 6h

I will post "Two Stories, No Strategy: Lethbridge’s Mayoral Race, 2025" every day until Oct 20.👇
You can vote between now and October 20! #YQL #Lethbridge #abpoli
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Two Stories, No Strategy: Lethbridge’s Mayoral Race, 2025

Bear with me while I quickly cite the oft-maligned former U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon, who, in a 1971 speech, reflected on the increasingly combustible nature of American politics. He obse…

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Yale of Gilead North (Alberta) @ydbelanger.bsky.social · 6h

For those who are disabled, you can reach out to 311 to have someone come to your house so you can vote.
#YQL #Lethbridge #abpoli

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 19h

I went to vote today, so I still have a perfect record of voting in every election since I turned 18 #yql #lethbridge

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 19h

If Public education is funded correctly, there would be no need for any of these private Independent schools #abpoli #ableg

MrsDrJim @mrsdrjim.bsky.social · 21h

Lying with numbers. Most people do NOT have thousands of dollars to send their own kids to a private school, yet we're all supposed to feel sympathy for those that do AND help them pay for it?

GTFO

If you want to send your child to their own fancy country club you alone should pay for it.

#abPoli

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 22h

Oof I'm down a rabbit hole trying to parse this line in this article:

"According to a 2017 Fraser Institute report, the average after-tax income for a significant majority of independent school families is comparable to, or even slightly less than, the average income for public school families"

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 22h

I am so done with the UCP 🤬

two men standing next to each other with the words this has to be a joke

ALT: two men standing next to each other with the words this has to be a joke

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 23h

He wants to build a third bridge without raising taxes I don't think that is possible

a woman says how is that possible in white letters

ALT: a woman says how is that possible in white letters

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 23h

If you can't handle the criticism how can you be the mayor of the third biggest city in Alberta? Ryan Mennie needs to grow up😑

Yale of Gilead North (Alberta) @ydbelanger.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, mayoral candidate Ryan Mennie is mad at me. He didn‘t like my analysis I posted on social media (?!) & let me know at the Uleth SU candidate forum. Struck a nerve I guess. Here’s what I wrote.
“Two Stories, No Strategy: Lethbridge’s Mayoral Race, 2025”

Two Stories, No Strategy: Lethbridge’s Mayoral Race, 2025

Bear with me while I quickly cite the oft-maligned former U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon, who, in a 1971 speech, reflected on the increasingly combustible nature of American politics. He obse…

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit says i couldn 't agree more

ALT: a man in a suit says i couldn 't agree more

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Reg Curren @regcalgary.bsky.social · 1d

It's time to end public funding of private schools.

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ema 🇨🇦 🇮🇪 🇨🇦🍁 @ema2ca.bsky.social · 1d

MAKE YOUR CALENDARS IN EDMONTON FOR THIS RALLY

ADAP is going to be an unequivocal disaster for those on AISH now. Taking $200 from those that are already struggling with disabilities and low income is CRIMINAL.

#Ableg #Abpoli #Cdnpoli #NeverUCP #NeverNixon #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead

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Edmonton Raging Grannies 🇨🇦🍁 @yegraginggrannies.bsky.social · 1d

MARK YOU CALENDARS NOW, IN EDMONTON - OCT. 30/25

This crazy #ADAP plan by #JasonNixon & the UCP must be scrapped. Taking $200 from those on #AISH & limiting benefits is totally unacceptable.

Be there & express your support.

#Ableg #Abpoli #Cdnpoli #AISH #NeverUCP #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 1d

If this is true then he should realize that class sizes do matter he still an idiot

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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently he doesn't, I thought I had read that but got DMed to tell me his kids go to a catholic school.

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 1d

So the minister of Education sends his kids to private school, what a fucking joke, no wonder he doesn't give a damn about class sizes, time for the UCP to go fuck off #abpoli #ableg #FuckTheUCP #FuckSmith #yeg #yyc #yql

MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 1d

Pressure that the UCP has caused by diverting billions. I understand his kids don't go to public school?

“That would create massive pressure on our public system, which, of course, is already under immense pressure.”
~Demetrios Nicolaides

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Alberta education minister concerned about private school funding petition

Alberta’s education minister says cutting government funding to private schools would only escalate the pressure faced by the province’s strained public school system.

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 1d

I am so lucky that I went to school in the 80s and the 90s when the government funded public education

Ned @neddog.bsky.social · 1d

#abpoli #education

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 1d

If a private school like Webber Academy can afford to build a sports facility and a theatre, there is no need for the province to fund it. We need to fund public education #abpoli #ableg #yeg #yyc #yql

Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 1d

Petition regarding Private School funding in AB.

5% of total Ed. Budget goes to private schools plus student tuition

UCP/AB Govt pays a 70% funding rate per student the highest level of private school subsidization in the country.

Support Public Education

#abed #ableg

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Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

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🇨🇦🇺🇦 Mike Jaques (jayks) @jaques.dev · 1d

Amplifying for visibility. If you need to find out where to sign in person (requirement), there is an easy to use visual map of locations. Come on #Alberta, reject Danielle Smith's divisive tactics and tell her Alberta is part of #Canada , period! #ableg #abpoli #cdnpol

www.forever-canadian.ca

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