John McDermott
@jrmcd.bsky.social
Retired left-of-centre bureaucrat enduring the hell of an alt-right govt in Alberta, Canada. Never vote Konservative. He/him, on Treaty Six land
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WATCH LIVE as Alberta’s New Democrats demand immediate action to ensure seniors receive safe, dignified continuing care.
The UCP must take responsibility for the crisis at the Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre.
www.youtube.com/live/kfnxCee...
The UCP must take responsibility for the crisis at the Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre.
www.youtube.com/live/kfnxCee...
We need immediate action to ensure seniors receive safe, dignified care
YouTube video by Alberta's New Democrat Caucus
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January 23, 2026 at 8:02 PM
WATCH LIVE as Alberta’s New Democrats demand immediate action to ensure seniors receive safe, dignified continuing care.
The UCP must take responsibility for the crisis at the Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre.
www.youtube.com/live/kfnxCee...
The UCP must take responsibility for the crisis at the Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre.
www.youtube.com/live/kfnxCee...
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“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
-Edward R. Murrow
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
-Edward R. Murrow
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Alberta’s New Democrats are calling on the UCP to declare a state of emergency to address the health care crisis.
We cannot wait another minute to take action.
Our lives depend on it.
youtu.be/yuVdKLExPDA
We cannot wait another minute to take action.
Our lives depend on it.
youtu.be/yuVdKLExPDA
Call a state of emergency. Our lives depend on it.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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January 23, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Alberta’s New Democrats are calling on the UCP to declare a state of emergency to address the health care crisis.
We cannot wait another minute to take action.
Our lives depend on it.
youtu.be/yuVdKLExPDA
We cannot wait another minute to take action.
Our lives depend on it.
youtu.be/yuVdKLExPDA
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We need a government that prioritizes making life more affordable.
Alberta's New Democrats proposed real solutions, such as tackling shrinkflation at the grocery store, capping auto insurance rate increases, and increasing the minimum wage.
The UCP voted NO to every. single. one.
Alberta's New Democrats proposed real solutions, such as tackling shrinkflation at the grocery store, capping auto insurance rate increases, and increasing the minimum wage.
The UCP voted NO to every. single. one.
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
We need a government that prioritizes making life more affordable.
Alberta's New Democrats proposed real solutions, such as tackling shrinkflation at the grocery store, capping auto insurance rate increases, and increasing the minimum wage.
The UCP voted NO to every. single. one.
Alberta's New Democrats proposed real solutions, such as tackling shrinkflation at the grocery store, capping auto insurance rate increases, and increasing the minimum wage.
The UCP voted NO to every. single. one.
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Danielle Smith is entirely responsible for allowing this separatist rhetoric to continue. It’s also a distraction from the real issues facing Alberta right now, like the health care crisis in our hospitals and emergency rooms.
You deserve better. For Alberta and for Canada.
You deserve better. For Alberta and for Canada.
Alberta separatism poses a real threat to our nation
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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January 18, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Danielle Smith is entirely responsible for allowing this separatist rhetoric to continue. It’s also a distraction from the real issues facing Alberta right now, like the health care crisis in our hospitals and emergency rooms.
You deserve better. For Alberta and for Canada.
You deserve better. For Alberta and for Canada.
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We need to show Albertans and all Canadians that we can make this great country work better for all of us.
You can read my op-ed published online this week here:
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
You can read my op-ed published online this week here:
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Naheed Nenshi: The threat to our nation is very real
The Alberta government, whether through incompetence or malice, is dismantling public services, trampling on human rights, and threatening the very future of the country, writes Naheed Nenshi, the lea...
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January 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
We need to show Albertans and all Canadians that we can make this great country work better for all of us.
You can read my op-ed published online this week here:
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
You can read my op-ed published online this week here:
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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🚨 Overcrowded
🚨 Unsafe
🚨 Stretched beyond capacity
Doctors and patients are sounding the alarm that our hospitals and ERs are in crisis, but the UCP government remains silent.
Albertans should be able to access quality health care when they need it, where they need it. #abhealth #ableg #abpoli
🚨 Unsafe
🚨 Stretched beyond capacity
Doctors and patients are sounding the alarm that our hospitals and ERs are in crisis, but the UCP government remains silent.
Albertans should be able to access quality health care when they need it, where they need it. #abhealth #ableg #abpoli
January 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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To Alberta’s teachers: thank you.
Your work is the foundation for preparing today's kids for our province's best future.
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Your work is the foundation for preparing today's kids for our province's best future.
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Thank you, Alberta Teachers.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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December 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
To Alberta’s teachers: thank you.
Your work is the foundation for preparing today's kids for our province's best future.
youtube.com/shorts/rLq5r...
Your work is the foundation for preparing today's kids for our province's best future.
youtube.com/shorts/rLq5r...
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Albertans are clear about what they want from their government:
💳help with rising costs
🏥better health care
📝a properly funded education system
💼good jobs
🏦an ethical government
ICYMI: @naheednenshi.bsky.social recaps how the UCP has failed us across the board 🔽
💳help with rising costs
🏥better health care
📝a properly funded education system
💼good jobs
🏦an ethical government
ICYMI: @naheednenshi.bsky.social recaps how the UCP has failed us across the board 🔽
"We'd win an election today."
@albertandp.ca leader @naheednenshi.bsky.social tells #RealTalkRJ he's ready for an early election, and he's confident he'd beat Danielle Smith's #UCP.
Thoughts?
📺 FULL: rtrj.info/121125Nenshi
🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/121125 #ableg #abpoli #yeg #yyc
@albertandp.ca leader @naheednenshi.bsky.social tells #RealTalkRJ he's ready for an early election, and he's confident he'd beat Danielle Smith's #UCP.
Thoughts?
📺 FULL: rtrj.info/121125Nenshi
🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/121125 #ableg #abpoli #yeg #yyc
December 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Albertans are clear about what they want from their government:
💳help with rising costs
🏥better health care
📝a properly funded education system
💼good jobs
🏦an ethical government
ICYMI: @naheednenshi.bsky.social recaps how the UCP has failed us across the board 🔽
💳help with rising costs
🏥better health care
📝a properly funded education system
💼good jobs
🏦an ethical government
ICYMI: @naheednenshi.bsky.social recaps how the UCP has failed us across the board 🔽
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Today marks one year since the people of Lethbridge-West elected @robmiyashiro.bsky.social to represent them in the Legislature.
Rob has spent a lifetime standing up for Albertans and delivering results — and he always looks sharp while doing it!
We are so proud to have him on our team!
Rob has spent a lifetime standing up for Albertans and delivering results — and he always looks sharp while doing it!
We are so proud to have him on our team!
December 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Today marks one year since the people of Lethbridge-West elected @robmiyashiro.bsky.social to represent them in the Legislature.
Rob has spent a lifetime standing up for Albertans and delivering results — and he always looks sharp while doing it!
We are so proud to have him on our team!
Rob has spent a lifetime standing up for Albertans and delivering results — and he always looks sharp while doing it!
We are so proud to have him on our team!
Amanda is one of the great ones!
We are so lucky to have @amandachapman.bsky.social.
She listens, she stands up for her constituents, and she fights for a better Alberta every day. She is the best.
She listens, she stands up for her constituents, and she fights for a better Alberta every day. She is the best.
We are so lucky to have Amanda Chapman.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Amanda is one of the great ones!
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We are so lucky to have @amandachapman.bsky.social.
She listens, she stands up for her constituents, and she fights for a better Alberta every day. She is the best.
She listens, she stands up for her constituents, and she fights for a better Alberta every day. She is the best.
We are so lucky to have Amanda Chapman.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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December 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We are so lucky to have @amandachapman.bsky.social.
She listens, she stands up for her constituents, and she fights for a better Alberta every day. She is the best.
She listens, she stands up for her constituents, and she fights for a better Alberta every day. She is the best.
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The Old Strathcona Farmers' Market is a neighbourhood treasure in my riding of Edmonton-Strathcona. Now, The Side Door offers even more ways to shop local during the week!
Make sure to check it out this holiday season.
Make sure to check it out this holiday season.
Celebrating Alberta's local businesses this holiday season
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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December 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Old Strathcona Farmers' Market is a neighbourhood treasure in my riding of Edmonton-Strathcona. Now, The Side Door offers even more ways to shop local during the week!
Make sure to check it out this holiday season.
Make sure to check it out this holiday season.
Listen to this.
This fall session, the UCP has nothing to show for helping with what matters to Albertans.
Crowded classrooms, privatized health care, wasted money, and out-of-touch priorities show a government that isn’t working for you.
You deserve better.
Crowded classrooms, privatized health care, wasted money, and out-of-touch priorities show a government that isn’t working for you.
You deserve better.
Out of Touch and Out of Control: UCP Fall 2025 Recap
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Listen to this.
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In their year end recap, they said out loud what they want kept quiet.
Hear it here ⬇️
Hear it here ⬇️
Is the UCP... self-aware? 🤨
YouTube video by Alberta NDP
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December 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
In their year end recap, they said out loud what they want kept quiet.
Hear it here ⬇️
Hear it here ⬇️
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On Human Rights Day, the UCP used the notwithstanding clause to take away Albertans’ rights.
Now they have gone even further by trying to stop the courts from doing their job.
Now they have gone even further by trying to stop the courts from doing their job.
The consequences of a government that acts without ethics or competence.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
On Human Rights Day, the UCP used the notwithstanding clause to take away Albertans’ rights.
Now they have gone even further by trying to stop the courts from doing their job.
Now they have gone even further by trying to stop the courts from doing their job.
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The UCP is pushing through a coal mining project that no one wants.
We'd like to know: who is this project serving? Because it sure isn't serving Albertans.
We'd like to know: who is this project serving? Because it sure isn't serving Albertans.
The UCP would rather protect coal companies than our pristine Rocky Mountains.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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December 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The UCP is pushing through a coal mining project that no one wants.
We'd like to know: who is this project serving? Because it sure isn't serving Albertans.
We'd like to know: who is this project serving? Because it sure isn't serving Albertans.
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Name a “wilder time” for Albertans... We'll go first 🔽
Wild Times with Danielle Smith & the UCP
YouTube video by Alberta NDP
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December 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Name a “wilder time” for Albertans... We'll go first 🔽
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Recently revealed documents show UCP staff toured a potential Recovery Centre site, just before the man at the centre of the CorruptCare allegations bought the building. None of this was reviewed in the Wyant Report. 1/2 🧶 #ABLEG #ABPOLI #CorruptCare
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Recently revealed documents show UCP staff toured a potential Recovery Centre site, just before the man at the centre of the CorruptCare allegations bought the building. None of this was reviewed in the Wyant Report. 1/2 🧶 #ABLEG #ABPOLI #CorruptCare
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Health care is supposed to help people, not insiders.
From Turkish Tylenol to private surgical deals, the CorruptCare scandal just keeps growing.
Albertans deserve answers.
Sign the petition for a public inquiry: albertandp.ca/corruptcare
From Turkish Tylenol to private surgical deals, the CorruptCare scandal just keeps growing.
Albertans deserve answers.
Sign the petition for a public inquiry: albertandp.ca/corruptcare
Health care, not CorruptCare.
Albertans deserve the truth. Demand a public inquiry now.
albertandp.ca
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Health care is supposed to help people, not insiders.
From Turkish Tylenol to private surgical deals, the CorruptCare scandal just keeps growing.
Albertans deserve answers.
Sign the petition for a public inquiry: albertandp.ca/corruptcare
From Turkish Tylenol to private surgical deals, the CorruptCare scandal just keeps growing.
Albertans deserve answers.
Sign the petition for a public inquiry: albertandp.ca/corruptcare
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The UCP do not care about about everyday Albertans. Under their watch, auto insurance premiums have soared to among the highest in Canada. This week, they proved their priorities by voting against my common-sense motion to make auto insurance more affordable. Albertans deserve better. #ableg #abpoli
November 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The UCP do not care about about everyday Albertans. Under their watch, auto insurance premiums have soared to among the highest in Canada. This week, they proved their priorities by voting against my common-sense motion to make auto insurance more affordable. Albertans deserve better. #ableg #abpoli
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WATCH LIVE – Naheed Nenshi, Heather Sweet and Alberta’s New Democrats introduce Bill 204, legislation that protects health care whistleblowers and strengthen accountability.
www.youtube.com/live/qhk_EsJ...
www.youtube.com/live/qhk_EsJ...
Protecting Health-Care Whistleblowers
YouTube video by Alberta's New Democrat Caucus
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November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
WATCH LIVE – Naheed Nenshi, Heather Sweet and Alberta’s New Democrats introduce Bill 204, legislation that protects health care whistleblowers and strengthen accountability.
www.youtube.com/live/qhk_EsJ...
www.youtube.com/live/qhk_EsJ...
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It’s no surprise that over a third of the UCP caucus has recall petitions filed against them. Scandal after scandal has left people exhausted with this government.
Albertans want better. They deserve better.
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Albertans want better. They deserve better.
youtube.com/shorts/h2nEc...
Scandal after scandal has left Albertans feeling exhausted with the UCP government.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It’s no surprise that over a third of the UCP caucus has recall petitions filed against them. Scandal after scandal has left people exhausted with this government.
Albertans want better. They deserve better.
youtube.com/shorts/h2nEc...
Albertans want better. They deserve better.
youtube.com/shorts/h2nEc...
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Danielle Smith and the UCP keep using the notwithstanding clause to strip Albertans of their rights.
This is an abuse of power.
Every Albertan is at risk.
First teachers, now parents and children.
Who's next?
www.albertandp.ca/protect-your...
This is an abuse of power.
Every Albertan is at risk.
First teachers, now parents and children.
Who's next?
www.albertandp.ca/protect-your...
Stop the UCP from Trampling on Your Rights
Stand up for your Charter freedoms. Add your name today.
www.albertandp.ca
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Danielle Smith and the UCP keep using the notwithstanding clause to strip Albertans of their rights.
This is an abuse of power.
Every Albertan is at risk.
First teachers, now parents and children.
Who's next?
www.albertandp.ca/protect-your...
This is an abuse of power.
Every Albertan is at risk.
First teachers, now parents and children.
Who's next?
www.albertandp.ca/protect-your...