susanjeanreid.bsky.social
@susanjeanreid.bsky.social
Retired anesthesiologist.
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Peak arrogance.
A fully landlocked province making demands to move anything anywhere while simultaneously threatening to separate is peak stupidity.
#cdnpoli
November 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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As Parksy lays out, even if this were a good plan, it's extremely complicated to execute. I have zero trust a government who couldn't manage a Trylenol purchase properly or privatize blood work, is going to be able to continue to restructure AHS and introduce a new complicated billing model.
edmontonjournal.com/...

Two main arguments keep on surfacing when I raise concerns about Dual Billing and the fact that at this point it is nothing more than a govt edict with no plan/specifics whatsoever
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Opinion: Why Alberta’s dual-practice model puts patients first
I want to express my support for the bold structural reforms the Alberta government is implementing to address our broken health-care system.
edmontonjournal.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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You keep talking about HealthCare, Parksy.

I'll keep privatizing it so me, my UCP, and our wealthy friends like Sam Mraiche and MHCare can keep getting richer off Alberta taxpayers!

#abpoli #ableg #abhealth
Hey Alberta, let's keep talking about HC in our province.
Let's get into what's really happening. No spewing of meaningless promises and ideology...
Let's talk about what is really happening in YOUR COMMUNITY.

Please Help me spread the word:
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November 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Sixty children have died in the care of this government over the last year.

We cannot ignore the needs of some of the most vulnerable people in our community, and the UCP must do everything in their power to ensure these kids have the support they need.

youtube.com/shorts/L2Mmy...
60 children died in the care of the UCP government last year. This is unacceptable.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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"Govt should be obliged to show clearly how allowing Dual Billing will not make these wait times worse AND how it would be fair to let rich parents get their kids surgical help faster.
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#Alberta BACKWARDS #DanielleSmith
#abpoli #ableg
#DanielleSmith'sHealthCareSystem
Hey AB, while the govt promises to push more anesthesiologists and OR nurses from our hospitals with Dual Billing, and do more care in private surgical facilities, take a look at this graph!

These are wait times in AB for SURGERIES FOR KIDS.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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FOM has been touring the province with @pfparks.bsky.social, talking to hundreds of Albertans about our health care!

With the system at a breaking point, workers overwhelmed & mounting threats of privatization jeopardizing access to care—we need to have an Urgent Conversation.

Will you be there?
Friends of Medicare is coming to a town near YOU!
Friends of Medicare is coming to a town near YOU!
www.friendsofmedicare.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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With the UCP throwing a ton of crap, chaos & corruption at Albertans it's easy to forget about the Fund Public Schools Petition
IMO, this is another way to stop the UCP and will help the teachers
Please click on the link & make a plan to sign
#ableg #abpoli
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
Alberta Funds Public Schools
A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.
abfundspublicschools.ca
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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How consumed by off-the-rails anti-science antivaxx conspiracy theories is the Alberta UCP?

Check out Resolutions #20 for UCP AGM. 👇

- Stop mRNA vaccines use in AB?
- provide vaccine detoxing (read: embrace pseudoscience)?
- educate about "vaccine injuries"?

Dark Age 2.0.
November 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Canada's regressive new climate policies violate international law.
New oil pipeline, gut Clean Electricity Standard (to phase out coal), kill consumer carbon tax, eliminate EV sales mandate, kill oil & gas sector emissions cap, increase fossil fuel subsidies, kill coastal oil shipping moratorium,
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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From the DM’s…

A very reliable source tells us that Danielle Smith with be recalling recall with new legislation early next week.

Right after the UCP AGM.

Another Smith bait and switch.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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From the DM’s…

A very reliable source tells us that Danielle Smith with be recalling recall with new legislation early next week.

Right after the UCP AGM.

Another Smith bait and switch.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Albertans should be asking the Premier what her govt is currently doing to improve these pediatric wait times.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Hey AB, while the govt promises to push more anesthesiologists and OR nurses from our hospitals with Dual Billing, and do more care in private surgical facilities, take a look at this graph!

These are wait times in AB for SURGERIES FOR KIDS.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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This is no longer a slippery slope to privatized & commodified healthcare: this is the Alberta Government pushing us off the cliff and telling us to enjoy the ride.

www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Enhancing access through dual practice
Alberta is introducing a dual practice health care model to increase options and shorten wait times while maintaining strong protection for publicly funded services.
www.alberta.ca
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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📢Take action to Protect + Rebuild Alberta's health care! rebuildourhealthcare.ca
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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We caught the UCP red-handed.

We asked Public Safety & Emergency Services for any correspondence between Min. Ellis & the Edmonton Police Commission.

They told us - twice - there was none.

We asked the Commission & got 130 pages including 5 letters signed by Ellis. #abpoli
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Note the UCP's meme 👇.

In this particular case, the government has broken commitments to preserve public healthcare.

More worrisome, they're keeping more promises than they made in their 2023 platform.

From @daveberta.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/davebert...
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Around 150,187 COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered for free so far this year. The vaccine is free to people with certain conditions and experts are urging Albertans to double-check if they qualify.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Think you’re not eligible for a free COVID shot in Alberta? Double check, experts urge | CBC News
Health experts are urging Albertans to double check if they qualify for a free COVID-19 shot, warning the province’s controversial fall immunization campaign is sparking ongoing confusion.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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“None of this was something that Albertans were asked about in an election. And now it's being rammed through the legislature without any consultation with stakeholders, let alone Albertans,” said FOM's executive director, Chris Gallaway.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta medical leaders want more consultation after new bill unveiled featuring dual health-care system | CBC News
A new bill aimed at allowing Alberta physicians to practise in both private and public health-care systems will keep family doctors out of the private system — for now.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Albertans deserve a health care system that's there for us based on need, not our ability to pay. And that means making evidence-based investments that prioritize patient care, not private profits!

🛑 Stop the destruction—It's time to rebuild AB's public health care: www.rebuildourhealthcare.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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It’s happened again. I gots dumped at grandpaws for a week. 😕

Maybe a little retail therapy…. I should order 3325567 of my calendars from Zazzle! That would teach her! 🤣

(All proceeds to dogs in need! See my profile for info) ♥️♥️
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Trees on the track to the old quarry - acrylic on linen - by Brecon Beacons painter and printmaker, Martin Truefitt-Baker, whose work I LOVE...

More of this artist's stunning artwork, here: www.truefitt-baker.co.uk

#art #trees
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Christian nationalists are trying to manufacture consent to ban abortion. Given the trajectory of reactionaries in this country, they might invoke the notwithstanding clause to do it. Help us stop them www.bchumanist.ca/join
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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“We live in a culture that celebrates activity. We collapse our sense of who we are into what we do for a living. The public performance of busyness is how we demonstrate to one another that we are important.”
― Joan Halifax, Standing at the Edge
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM