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duanebratt.bsky.social
No big deal, but the Alberta government just increased the fee to submit a citizen initiated petition from $500 to $25, 000. After the separatism initiative was approved, but before Corb Lund's coal mining petition gets re-approved. No political shenanigans going on here.
December 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
“Smith, and her chief of staff, Rob Anderson, directly intervened with Alberta’s Advanced Education Ministry in an attempt to help Peterson’s higher-education business venture.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Jordan Peterson’s School Isn’t Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta’s Help | The Tyee
The premier met with the controversial psychologist and tried to help his business, finds a Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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anniegirl.bsky.social
Private sector and religious groups took better care of orphans? Does she mean the Home Agencies that brought 100k British children to Canada to dole out as indentured servants? Or maybe she means the Catholic churches residential schools. Those lovely assimilation/torture factories. #ableg #abpoli
thebreakdownab.bsky.social The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 11d
Smith finally said it out loud...

She doesn't believe that government should be providing any services to Albertans, she believes that private companies should be used universally to provide services.

Faith groups should take care of the vulnerable.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
December 13, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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pfparks.bsky.social
Little help:

Been told describing the state of our HC system (thanks to govt meddling and its chaos engine) as a gong show is a bit dated...

What do you prefer: gong show or dumpster fire?
'Gong show': Flu cases straining Alberta hospitals, says physician
Influenza is straining Alberta hospitals' capacities as the vaccination rate has fallen from previous years.
calgaryherald.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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larryneufeldsk.bsky.social
UN Report Estimates Bold Climate Action Would Deliver $100 Trillion in Benefits by 2100 www.commondreams.org/news/un-clim...
UN Report Estimates Bold Climate Action Would Deliver $100 Trillion in Benefits by 2100 | Common Dreams
New UN report shows tackling climate crisis brings $20 trillion in annual xeconomic benefits by 2070. Urgent action needed to avoid devastating consequences.
www.commondreams.org
December 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social
Judge calls Alberta bill on referendum drives undemocratic, disrespect to rule of law
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Judge calls Alberta bill on referendum drives undemocratic, disrespect to rule of law
An Alberta judge says a bill introduced this week by Premier Danielle Smith’s government is undemocratic.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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pressprogress.ca
With a massive legal shakeup, Alberta’s government is paving the way for a separatist referendum.

"It’s the most draconian, totalitarian piece of legislation I’ve ever seen," says a former deputy premier.

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With Massive Legal Shakeup, Alberta’s Government Paves the Way for a Separatist Referendum
'It’s the most draconian, totalitarian piece of legislation I’ve ever seen,' says former deputy premier
pressprogress.ca
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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robsonfletcher.com
Quite the scathing 'epilogue' that Justice Feasby added to his decision, in response to legislation tabled by Alberta's UCP government just yesterday:
Judge says Bill 14 changes would 'silence the court' After arguments from lawyers representing a final group of First Nations who were granted intervenor status in the case, Feasby issued his decision from the bench Friday in the Calgary Court of King's Bench. He added what he called an "epilogue," which specifically addressed the impact of the proposed legislation. "The legal consequence of discontinuing this proceeding prior to a decision would be to silence the Court," he said. The judge called the move to change the legislation antithetical to the rule of law and democracy. "The public is entitled to the fruits of this process that has been conducted largely at their expense so that if they are asked to vote on Alberta independence, they have a tool that may help them make sense of the legal dimensions of the secession of Alberta from Canada." Feasby noted that the court case had been prioritized at the expense of other justice system participants waiting for their cases to be heard. "Alberta’s cavalier disregard for court resources and lack of consideration for the parties and First Nations intervenors who participated in this proceeding in good faith is disappointing to say the least."
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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nigelb.bsky.social
Bill 14 is immensely complex. The amendments to the Citizen Initiative Act & its financial rules are esp complex. This is a deliberate strategy.
In other areas of the law we call this libel or regulatory chill.
This is a government that only pretends to believe in direct democracy. #ableg #abpoli
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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reuters.com
Exclusive: Alberta oil regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show reut.rs/4rCQsMz
Exclusive: Alberta oil regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show
The regulator in charge of environmental enforcement in Canada's main oil-producing province bent to pressure from the provincial government and oil companies to eliminate a limit on natural gas flaring as Canadian oil production increased, according to documents seen by Reuters.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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jemphatically.bsky.social
"With $6 of every $10 in profits crossing the border, never to return, Canadian oil sands majors produced $12.3 billion worth of capital flight per year."

#cdnpoli #ableg #ElbowsUp
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www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
U.S.-Owned Oil Sands Giants Send Profits Out of Canada Despite Public Support for Resource Sovereignty
Canada’s biggest oil sands producers are sending a large share of their profits out of the country to their shareholders in the United States, the CEO of the Trottier Family Foundation warns in an opi...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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pfparks.bsky.social
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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canadianinalberta.bsky.social
This is American private health insurance 👇🏼

IMO, privatization of healthcare solves nothing
It just creates new financial problems for Albertans

#ableg #abpoli
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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beware1984.bsky.social
The Alberta Advantage - DYING EARLIER

for-profit private hospitals are even more strongly associated with worse mortality outcomes and lower life expectancy.

#Alberta BACKWARDS #DanielleSmith
#abpoli #ableg
Danielle Smith's Health Care System
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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aaronhoyland.bsky.social
We are being governed by the guy you went to high school with who slept through Social 20 and knows the cheapest place to buy ivermectin.
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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pfparks.bsky.social
With respect to the govt’s announcement to allow “DUAL Billing”, here’s an excellent thread that outlines the real current AB surgical data:
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Thread by @JMeddings on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App
@JMeddings: Everyone here seems to be arguing various ideological positions on using private facilities to ease AB's health woes. Lets look at some data and try to have an evidence based view of some of this. In...…
threadreaderapp.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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daveberta.bsky.social
$125 million is a lot of money.

edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report
dynalifey
edmontonjournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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mondoab.bsky.social
Dani going to blame AHS?

"The provincial government said the DynaLife contract would save millions of dollars a year, but instead cancelled it less than a year later after numerous issues with service delivery and DynaLife’s own financial problems."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's bid to privatize lab services wasted more than $100M: auditor general | CBC News
Alberta's auditor general has released a report detailing numerous failures in process and lack of due diligence by the province in its attempt to privatize community lab services.
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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manaboutcowtown.bsky.social
I think the hubris of Premier Smith is showing. The general entitlement. She will continue to blame the recall movement on unions (it’s not) and seems surprised Albertans are speaking up against limiting the Rights of multiple groups. She truly thinks her base is the majority. It is not.
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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carrietait.bsky.social
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...
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
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brittlestar.com
I’m sure there isn’t anyone behind this who stands to gain from it.
Fix public healthcare, you ghouls. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/baddabc...
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 4:19 PM
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kevinjkircher.com
Another underappreciated way to lower electricity bills? Stop taxing electricity, which in many places is subject to both state and local taxes at rates of 10% or higher. To keep tax revenues intact, state and local governments could shift these taxes onto natural gas, encouraging electrification.
kevinjkircher.com Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · Nov 13
Equalizing electricity prices between residential, commercial, and industrial customers would save households - aka voters - 21% on their electricity bills. Commercial prices would go up 1%. Industrial prices would go up 59% because residential and commercial customers deeply subsidize them today.
kevinjkircher.com Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · Oct 19
7. Residential customers - aka you and me, aka voters - pay 28% more (16.5 c/kWh, 2024 average) than commercial customers (12.9 c/kWh) and 201% more than industrial (8.2 c/kWh). This trend is accelerating: Residential prices rose 27% from 2019-2023, vs. 21% for commercial and 19% for industrial.
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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canadianinalberta.bsky.social
I think 3000 new teachers works out to about 1 teacher per school

So yeah, not fixing the problem
#ableg
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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jaredwesley.ca
Keeping up with the UCP government's democratic transgressions can be difficult.

But not impossible.

Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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nigelb.bsky.social
Part of a general UCP policy of gutting or defunding (or in some cases both) accountability mechanisms. We see the same thing in access to information where inadequate funding leads to delays & dysfunction as demonstrated by @drewyewchuk.bsky.social in many @ablawg.bsky.social posts.
#abpoli #ableg
thebreakdownab.bsky.social The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · Nov 3
Today Elections Alberta requested $13.5 million to be able to administer recalls and referendum.

The UCP committee in charge revised their request to just over $1 million.

And then voted it through.

The UCP just defunded recall/referendum.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM