Question 2 - what happened to arm's length formalized procurement practices?

Numerous mentions that govt officials put "pressure" to sign the contracts...
No need for "pressure" now, there currently is no oversight of the process (no CEO/Board) anymore - it's the Minister's direct subordinate now!

Pro-Ukraine nations must re-commit to Ukraine.

It’s really wild how much Trump doesn’t even understand basic economics and instead is just performatively signing EOs that are meaningless. He is a figurehead head of state while Elon Musk runs the government.

Trump doesn't care if the economy crashes and communities suffer. His goal is to force you and your family to accept a lower standard of living while he and his friends get richer. Cutting support for law enforcement, schools, small businesses and firefighters is chaos by design.

STEPHEN MILLER: Does anyone believe that an unaccountable career bureaucrat should be able to approve vast sums of money for the projects that they personally agree with?

JAKE TAPPER: I'm literally asking about Meals on Wheels. I don't know what you're talking about.

From the DM’s…

We’re told that this is the ceiling in one of the cancer treatment facilities in Alberta.

That’s literal sewage leaking through the ceiling.

This is Alberta Healthcare under the UCP, but at least Smith disintegrated AHS, right?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Is this how Premier Smith was able to give permits to Kevin O'Leary for the data center?

It's just an automatic yes now?

#ableg #abpoli
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...

money meet mouth.

(lutnick's confirmation hearing is tomorrow/wednesday).

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Alina Habba to Chuck Schumer: "What your opinion on what the law is doesn't really matter. It's what the White House counsel says and what our attorney general of the US says."

‘Potentially dangerous’: health experts call Alberta covid report ‘an attempt to rewrite history’ | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1097837...

When Alanna and I broke the story of the task force's existence and mandate last April, govt said the report would come out the following month. Hence the monthly pestering.

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

An Alberta govt task force has recommended the use of COVID-19 vaccines be halted unless more info is provided about risks, as part of a report rife with suggestions that run counter to mainstream scientific consensus.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... With @alannasmith.bsky.social

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... "John Conly, a physician and former head of the University of Calgary’s medical department, on Monday told The Globe and Mail he was not on Alberta’s COVID review panel and never consented to his name being associated with its 269-page report."

I want to further comment: on X, AMA had to turn off ability to comment on their post below as the vitriol and the hatred troll responses were untenable.
Our AB govt fosters anti-science and distrust of HC professionals daily.
As young physicians graduate, why would they EVER come to this province?

Not a peep from Alberta’s premier on this.

#ableg

The CMA endorses the Alberta Medical Association's concerns about the Alberta COVID-19 Pandemic Data Review Task Force report. This report promotes misinformation and risks undermining trust in medical and scientific communities.
Our statement ⬇️

SCOOP: John Conly, a Calgary physician, said he was not on the task force that advised govt to halt COVID vaccines, even though the report listed him as a contributor. Doctors across the country are calling the report bunk.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... W @alannasmith.bsky.social

Smith commissioned the report, chose the panelists, released the report, but won't comment on it,