Carrie Tait
@carrietait.bsky.social
Reporter in The Globe and Mail's Calgary bureau. Loves: The Riders, the Oilers, the farm, mountains, snow. Dislikes: Daylight Saving(s) Time, raccoons, gophers, the search for New Twitter
Pinned
Carrie Tait
@carrietait.bsky.social
· Mar 20
Hi. My DMs are open. My email follows The Globe's pattern. I'm on Signal and WhatsApp, via my cell. Reach out for the number. Come say hi. We protect our sources.
Hi. icymi ->
STORY: Alberta ends negotiations with two firms tied to Sam Mraiche, the businessman at centre of health care controversy
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... with @tomcardoso.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... with @tomcardoso.bsky.social
Alberta ends procurement talks with two firms tied to businessman at centre of health care controversy
The two companies owned in part by Sam Mraiche were in negotiations to build private surgical facilities
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hi. icymi ->
STORY: Alberta ends negotiations with two firms tied to Sam Mraiche, the businessman at centre of health care controversy
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... with @tomcardoso.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... with @tomcardoso.bsky.social
Alberta ends procurement talks with two firms tied to businessman at centre of health care controversy
The two companies owned in part by Sam Mraiche were in negotiations to build private surgical facilities
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
STORY: Alberta ends negotiations with two firms tied to Sam Mraiche, the businessman at centre of health care controversy
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... with @tomcardoso.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... with @tomcardoso.bsky.social
BREAKING: Matt Jones, one of Alberta's health ministers, just said the private surgical facilities for Red Deer and Lethbridge have been cancelled. Those two projects are owned in part by Sam Mraiche.
December 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
BREAKING: Matt Jones, one of Alberta's health ministers, just said the private surgical facilities for Red Deer and Lethbridge have been cancelled. Those two projects are owned in part by Sam Mraiche.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told reporters to ask her advisors how/why Sam Mraiche was hanging out with her inner circle, watching the 2023 election results roll in.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @mattscace.bsky.social and Emma Graney
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @mattscace.bsky.social and Emma Graney
Danielle Smith punts questions on health CEO’s election night appearance
Alberta NDP uses revelations to reiterate calls for public inquiry into controversy
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told reporters to ask her advisors how/why Sam Mraiche was hanging out with her inner circle, watching the 2023 election results roll in.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @mattscace.bsky.social and Emma Graney
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @mattscace.bsky.social and Emma Graney
Hey, did you guys know my DMs are open? Truth.
I am also on Signal, WhatsApp and not opposed to communicating telephonically.
Come say hi! #ableg #abpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
I am also on Signal, WhatsApp and not opposed to communicating telephonically.
Come say hi! #ableg #abpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy
A Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey, did you guys know my DMs are open? Truth.
I am also on Signal, WhatsApp and not opposed to communicating telephonically.
Come say hi! #ableg #abpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
I am also on Signal, WhatsApp and not opposed to communicating telephonically.
Come say hi! #ableg #abpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
On Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Sam Mraiche
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social
Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy
A Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
On Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Sam Mraiche
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social
Reposted by Carrie Tait
Nova Scotia would like to lodge a formal complaint, @nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Nova Scotia would like to lodge a formal complaint, @nytimes.com
Reposted by Carrie Tait
Yes, the health care system is a mess, but Danielle Smith’s gambit risks failure. Allowing dual practice will do nothing to address the system’s fundamental problems, while adding some new problems, by @acoyne.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Yes, the health care system is a mess, but Danielle Smith’s gambit risks failure
The solution to Canada’s health care woes is to create a market
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Yes, the health care system is a mess, but Danielle Smith’s gambit risks failure. Allowing dual practice will do nothing to address the system’s fundamental problems, while adding some new problems, by @acoyne.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Reposted by Carrie Tait
Alberta says allowing doctors to work in the public system and bill patients privately will shorten wait times for everyone, while keeping costs down. But critics say the plan will make care worse for everyone. Q+A w/ @carrietait.bsky.social, Braden Manns www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Alberta says allowing doctors to work in the public system and bill patients privately will shorten wait times for everyone, while keeping costs down. But critics say the plan will make care worse for everyone. Q+A w/ @carrietait.bsky.social, Braden Manns www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca
Whatta story. Whatta kicker.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
He Saw the Best of America and Then Fought for Russia in Ukraine
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Whatta story. Whatta kicker.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Morning! I'm talkin about Alberta's (almost) proposed public/private health care system with The Decibel today. Here ya go!
www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...
www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...
The controversial push to expand private health care in Alberta
Could Alberta’s proposal to introduce a public-private care system violate the Canada Health Act?
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Morning! I'm talkin about Alberta's (almost) proposed public/private health care system with The Decibel today. Here ya go!
www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...
www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...
This comment is why I think The Globe's editorial on Alberta's proposed dual track public/private health care is valuable.
Let's all politely debate! Propose alternatives! Weigh it against Andre Picard's column, in which he shredded the idea!
Yay for informed debate!
Let's all politely debate! Propose alternatives! Weigh it against Andre Picard's column, in which he shredded the idea!
Yay for informed debate!
If only there was some way for the state to get money from the “wealthy older Canadians”
Like some kind of percentage you take each year that was in proportion to their ability to pay based on the amount of money their investments make? Or when they pass on inheritance?
Wonder what we could call it
Like some kind of percentage you take each year that was in proportion to their ability to pay based on the amount of money their investments make? Or when they pass on inheritance?
Wonder what we could call it
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This comment is why I think The Globe's editorial on Alberta's proposed dual track public/private health care is valuable.
Let's all politely debate! Propose alternatives! Weigh it against Andre Picard's column, in which he shredded the idea!
Yay for informed debate!
Let's all politely debate! Propose alternatives! Weigh it against Andre Picard's column, in which he shredded the idea!
Yay for informed debate!
The Globe'e ed board weighs in on Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's proposal for a dual track public/private system for surgeries:
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Globe editorial: Alberta’s (welcome) healthcare heresy
The province has floated proposals on private care that could finally unfreeze the debate over how to reform Canada’s failing healthcare system
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Globe'e ed board weighs in on Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's proposal for a dual track public/private system for surgeries:
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Reposted by Carrie Tait
Picard’s point on AB’s new “dual practice” plan: evidence shows letting surgeons bill public & private won’t fix wait times, it likely lengthens them, drains staff from public hospitals, adds red tape, and undermines access.
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly?
What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially, but it makes no sense in the Canadian context
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Picard’s point on AB’s new “dual practice” plan: evidence shows letting surgeons bill public & private won’t fix wait times, it likely lengthens them, drains staff from public hospitals, adds red tape, and undermines access.
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
Reposted by Carrie Tait
“My own experience prescribing puberty blockers has demonstrated enormous psycho-social benefits in youth who feel a quiet desperation watching their bodies change in ways they can’t control […] A puberty blocker provides them with a pause […] with no effects on fertility, and is 100% reversible.”
Opinion: As a physician, I see how gender-affirming care benefits youth
Alberta’s moves to restrict treatment are based in ignorance and misinformation
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“My own experience prescribing puberty blockers has demonstrated enormous psycho-social benefits in youth who feel a quiet desperation watching their bodies change in ways they can’t control […] A puberty blocker provides them with a pause […] with no effects on fertility, and is 100% reversible.”
Reposted by Carrie Tait
A GREAT DAY FOR A PARADE
Spectacular scenes in Regina as the province celebrates the Saskatchewan Roughriders Grey Cup championship.
I love that the players are taking the Cup to the fans. They get it. It’s for all of Rider Nation.
Spectacular scenes in Regina as the province celebrates the Saskatchewan Roughriders Grey Cup championship.
I love that the players are taking the Cup to the fans. They get it. It’s for all of Rider Nation.
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A GREAT DAY FOR A PARADE
Spectacular scenes in Regina as the province celebrates the Saskatchewan Roughriders Grey Cup championship.
I love that the players are taking the Cup to the fans. They get it. It’s for all of Rider Nation.
Spectacular scenes in Regina as the province celebrates the Saskatchewan Roughriders Grey Cup championship.
I love that the players are taking the Cup to the fans. They get it. It’s for all of Rider Nation.
SCOOP: Alberta intends to allow doctors working in the public health care system to simultaneously offers services in a parallel private market, according to draft amendments obtained by The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Alberta plans to allow doctors to deliver public and private services
Draft legislation would establish a model for medicine unlike any other in Canada
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
SCOOP: Alberta intends to allow doctors working in the public health care system to simultaneously offers services in a parallel private market, according to draft amendments obtained by The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Reposted by Carrie Tait
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
Reposted by Carrie Tait
The Grey Cup is our Canadian game, and maybe never more than when Saskatchewan wins it. I’m still unsure how the rule changes will affect the league, but this was a good example of how the CFL works, and should work. www.thestar.com/sports/footb...
Bruce Arthur: The Saskatchewan Roughriders win the last Grey Cup of its kind. It couldn’t have been more Canadian
Roughriders QB Trevor Harris, the Grey Cup MVP at age 39, was precise and in control on Sunday in Winnipeg.
www.thestar.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The Grey Cup is our Canadian game, and maybe never more than when Saskatchewan wins it. I’m still unsure how the rule changes will affect the league, but this was a good example of how the CFL works, and should work. www.thestar.com/sports/footb...
Reposted by Carrie Tait
Ain't no place a Grey Cup matters more than in Saskatchewan
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Ain't no place a Grey Cup matters more than in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan boys who win the Grey Cup in the green and white. Oh my heart.
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Saskatchewan boys who win the Grey Cup in the green and white. Oh my heart.
GREEN IS THE COLOUR
November 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
GREEN IS THE COLOUR
Never a doubt.
Everything is fine. There's no precedent for this ending poorly.
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Never a doubt.
How did that play play only burn one second?
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
How did that play play only burn one second?