Rick Pollard
@rickpollard.bsky.social
Canadian. Political activist. Friend. Cinephile and comic book enthusiast.
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Albertans want to bring back the Alberta advantage – an affordable life, fairness, and opportunity.
We’re ready. Join us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoUz...
We’re ready. Join us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoUz...
You deserve better. Alberta’s New Democrats are ready.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Albertans want to bring back the Alberta advantage – an affordable life, fairness, and opportunity.
We’re ready. Join us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoUz...
We’re ready. Join us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoUz...
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Last night, I was pleased to attend another sold out annual @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social fundraiser demonstrating the value Albertans place in this essential watchdog organization.
#abpoli #healthcare
#abpoli #healthcare
October 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Last night, I was pleased to attend another sold out annual @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social fundraiser demonstrating the value Albertans place in this essential watchdog organization.
#abpoli #healthcare
#abpoli #healthcare
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As of today, Alberta has the lowest minimum wage in the country. Alberta also has the highest youth unemployment in Canada.
The argument that raising the minimum wage increases youth unemployment is clearly not based in fact.
It's time to raise Alberta's minimum wage. #abpoli #bettertogether
The argument that raising the minimum wage increases youth unemployment is clearly not based in fact.
It's time to raise Alberta's minimum wage. #abpoli #bettertogether
October 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
As of today, Alberta has the lowest minimum wage in the country. Alberta also has the highest youth unemployment in Canada.
The argument that raising the minimum wage increases youth unemployment is clearly not based in fact.
It's time to raise Alberta's minimum wage. #abpoli #bettertogether
The argument that raising the minimum wage increases youth unemployment is clearly not based in fact.
It's time to raise Alberta's minimum wage. #abpoli #bettertogether
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On Monday, Calgary high school student Evan Li tried to raise concerns about education at a town hall hosted by the UCP but the moderator refused to let him speak.
Last night @naheednenshi.bsky.social gave Evan the opportunity to speak that the UCP denied him.
www.youtube.com/live/VGmRBAL...
Last night @naheednenshi.bsky.social gave Evan the opportunity to speak that the UCP denied him.
www.youtube.com/live/VGmRBAL...
Uninterrupted: YouTube Live with Evan Li and Naheed Nensh
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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October 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
On Monday, Calgary high school student Evan Li tried to raise concerns about education at a town hall hosted by the UCP but the moderator refused to let him speak.
Last night @naheednenshi.bsky.social gave Evan the opportunity to speak that the UCP denied him.
www.youtube.com/live/VGmRBAL...
Last night @naheednenshi.bsky.social gave Evan the opportunity to speak that the UCP denied him.
www.youtube.com/live/VGmRBAL...
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Reminder:
Bruce McAllister doesn’t respect Albertans.
The Premier knows this and is paying him $825,000 to berate citizens in these so-called “town halls.”
We deserve better.
Bruce McAllister doesn’t respect Albertans.
The Premier knows this and is paying him $825,000 to berate citizens in these so-called “town halls.”
We deserve better.
Are you sure you’re listening? 🤨
Danielle Smith’s waste-of-taxpayer-money “Alberta Next” panels turned rowdy in Edmonton.
It’s clear they’re not interested in hearing from Albertans. The UCP just wants to continue to push their costly, destabilizing ideas on Alberta.
Danielle Smith’s waste-of-taxpayer-money “Alberta Next” panels turned rowdy in Edmonton.
It’s clear they’re not interested in hearing from Albertans. The UCP just wants to continue to push their costly, destabilizing ideas on Alberta.
September 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reminder:
Bruce McAllister doesn’t respect Albertans.
The Premier knows this and is paying him $825,000 to berate citizens in these so-called “town halls.”
We deserve better.
Bruce McAllister doesn’t respect Albertans.
The Premier knows this and is paying him $825,000 to berate citizens in these so-called “town halls.”
We deserve better.
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If you need a laugh check out this video DC resident blasts Star Wars ‘Imperial March’ while following the National Guard. Pretty clever.
😂😂😂 So fitting
😂😂😂 So fitting
September 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
If you need a laugh check out this video DC resident blasts Star Wars ‘Imperial March’ while following the National Guard. Pretty clever.
😂😂😂 So fitting
😂😂😂 So fitting
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Last night's Better Together Town Hall in Spruce Grove was an incredible success! People shared their hopes & fears about public health & education, community safety, the cost of living & the future of rural Alberta.
Thanks for a great evening, Spruce Grove!
#abpoli #bettertogethersummer
Thanks for a great evening, Spruce Grove!
#abpoli #bettertogethersummer
September 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Last night's Better Together Town Hall in Spruce Grove was an incredible success! People shared their hopes & fears about public health & education, community safety, the cost of living & the future of rural Alberta.
Thanks for a great evening, Spruce Grove!
#abpoli #bettertogethersummer
Thanks for a great evening, Spruce Grove!
#abpoli #bettertogethersummer
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This Labour Day, I salute my late father, Walter Dach, a career Union Carpenter, & all workers. Workers' rights, including the right to join a union and to strike, were hard-won rights &must be protected. Stand together. Fight to preserve these precious democratic pillars. #bettertogether #labourday
September 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This Labour Day, I salute my late father, Walter Dach, a career Union Carpenter, & all workers. Workers' rights, including the right to join a union and to strike, were hard-won rights &must be protected. Stand together. Fight to preserve these precious democratic pillars. #bettertogether #labourday
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@naheednenshi.bsky.social &I are calling on the UCP to abandon its attempt to steal the $200 a month federal benefit from AISH recipients, drop its plan to replace AISH with a "work for your supports" program, re-index AISH payments to inflation & support accessibility legislation. #abpoli
August 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
@naheednenshi.bsky.social &I are calling on the UCP to abandon its attempt to steal the $200 a month federal benefit from AISH recipients, drop its plan to replace AISH with a "work for your supports" program, re-index AISH payments to inflation & support accessibility legislation. #abpoli
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Join me this Saturday, August 16th from 12 to 3 PM for my Annual Summer BBQ at the West Meadowlark Community League, 9311 165 Street.
There will be free food and family-friendly activities.
Come enjoy some time with your neighbours & enjoy summer while we still can! #bettertogethersummer #abpoli
There will be free food and family-friendly activities.
Come enjoy some time with your neighbours & enjoy summer while we still can! #bettertogethersummer #abpoli
August 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Join me this Saturday, August 16th from 12 to 3 PM for my Annual Summer BBQ at the West Meadowlark Community League, 9311 165 Street.
There will be free food and family-friendly activities.
Come enjoy some time with your neighbours & enjoy summer while we still can! #bettertogethersummer #abpoli
There will be free food and family-friendly activities.
Come enjoy some time with your neighbours & enjoy summer while we still can! #bettertogethersummer #abpoli
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🤔 “…free tickets for the event were released to UCP members before the general public, a source who holds a UCP membership confirmed to the Progress Report.”
Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel series kicked off Tuesday night in friendly territory—Red Deer, where her musings about confederation, cops and carbon got a warm reception, writes @readtheorchard.org
Danielle Smith's roadshow of resentment kicks off in Red Deer
www.theprogressreport.ca
July 17, 2025 at 4:55 AM
🤔 “…free tickets for the event were released to UCP members before the general public, a source who holds a UCP membership confirmed to the Progress Report.”
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Recently, the UCP announced that most Albertans will be forced to pay $110 to receive the COVID vaccine starting this fall. Another example of the UCP breaking their promise in the last election that no Albertan would have to pay more for medically necessary services. #BetterIsPossible #abpoli
July 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Recently, the UCP announced that most Albertans will be forced to pay $110 to receive the COVID vaccine starting this fall. Another example of the UCP breaking their promise in the last election that no Albertan would have to pay more for medically necessary services. #BetterIsPossible #abpoli
So when I travel and people ask where I'm from, I should just say Gilead? globalnews.ca/news/1128363...
Alberta bans ‘explicit’ books in schools, limits who reads about kissing, hugging | Globalnews.ca
Students in Grade 10 and above will be allowed to read non-explicit content, if it is developmentally appropriate.
globalnews.ca
July 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
So when I travel and people ask where I'm from, I should just say Gilead? globalnews.ca/news/1128363...
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Albertans have to wait in emergency rooms for hours to receive the care they need. Even the UCP admits that one in ten people leave without ever being seen by anyone. Many of those come back sicker.
We need to do better. #BetterIsPossible #abpoli
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/alber...
We need to do better. #BetterIsPossible #abpoli
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/alber...
Alberta ER doc challenges premier to come on shift, see patients wait in hallways
EDMONTON - The head of emergency medicine for Alberta's doctors association is challenging Premier Danielle Smith to join him on shift to see the frustration of patients jammed for hours
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July 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Albertans have to wait in emergency rooms for hours to receive the care they need. Even the UCP admits that one in ten people leave without ever being seen by anyone. Many of those come back sicker.
We need to do better. #BetterIsPossible #abpoli
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/alber...
We need to do better. #BetterIsPossible #abpoli
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/alber...
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Thanks to the UCP's car insurance reforms, a male currently paying $3,000 a year to insure his F-150 will pay $500 more a year over the next two years. In 2027, drivers will lose the right to sue in exchange for a private, no-fault system. And the UCP expects us to be grateful for that. #abpoli
July 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Thanks to the UCP's car insurance reforms, a male currently paying $3,000 a year to insure his F-150 will pay $500 more a year over the next two years. In 2027, drivers will lose the right to sue in exchange for a private, no-fault system. And the UCP expects us to be grateful for that. #abpoli
The so-called Alberta Next surveys are nothing more than disinformation and lies. The CPP survey, for example, doesn't even give you the option of saying there are no benefits to an Alberta Pension Plan. UCP: rotten to the core.
June 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The so-called Alberta Next surveys are nothing more than disinformation and lies. The CPP survey, for example, doesn't even give you the option of saying there are no benefits to an Alberta Pension Plan. UCP: rotten to the core.
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Over the last few weeks, I’ve attended several Grade 6, Grade 9 and High School graduations and farewells.
Thanks to our teachers & education workers for another great year. You deserve a government who shows up for you the way you show up for our kids. And I know #BetterIsPossible.
Thanks to our teachers & education workers for another great year. You deserve a government who shows up for you the way you show up for our kids. And I know #BetterIsPossible.
June 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Over the last few weeks, I’ve attended several Grade 6, Grade 9 and High School graduations and farewells.
Thanks to our teachers & education workers for another great year. You deserve a government who shows up for you the way you show up for our kids. And I know #BetterIsPossible.
Thanks to our teachers & education workers for another great year. You deserve a government who shows up for you the way you show up for our kids. And I know #BetterIsPossible.
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These are the results from the UCP’s own survey.
Albertans do not support leaving the CPP.
It's well past time for the UCP to start listening.
#AbLeg
Albertans do not support leaving the CPP.
It's well past time for the UCP to start listening.
#AbLeg
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM
These are the results from the UCP’s own survey.
Albertans do not support leaving the CPP.
It's well past time for the UCP to start listening.
#AbLeg
Albertans do not support leaving the CPP.
It's well past time for the UCP to start listening.
#AbLeg
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On June 23rd, we can choose a better future for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills.
I'm proud to run as your Alberta NDP candidate, fighting for stronger schools, public healthcare, and vibrant rural communities.
Let’s build a province where everyone can thrive.
Join me ▶️ bevtoews.albertandp.ca
I'm proud to run as your Alberta NDP candidate, fighting for stronger schools, public healthcare, and vibrant rural communities.
Let’s build a province where everyone can thrive.
Join me ▶️ bevtoews.albertandp.ca
May 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
On June 23rd, we can choose a better future for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills.
I'm proud to run as your Alberta NDP candidate, fighting for stronger schools, public healthcare, and vibrant rural communities.
Let’s build a province where everyone can thrive.
Join me ▶️ bevtoews.albertandp.ca
I'm proud to run as your Alberta NDP candidate, fighting for stronger schools, public healthcare, and vibrant rural communities.
Let’s build a province where everyone can thrive.
Join me ▶️ bevtoews.albertandp.ca
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Today I introduced the first PMB of the 45th Parliament. Bill C-201 aims to bring mental health, addictions & substance use services into our universal, public healthcare system. No one should go without the care they need because of out-of-pocket costs.
MP Johns introduces Bill C-201, the Mental Health Parity Act
YouTube video by Gord Johns
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May 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today I introduced the first PMB of the 45th Parliament. Bill C-201 aims to bring mental health, addictions & substance use services into our universal, public healthcare system. No one should go without the care they need because of out-of-pocket costs.
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Alberta has the fastest-growing unemployment rate in the country, and it’s hitting young men the hardest.
We can do better.
Better is possible. #VoteforBetter
We can do better.
Better is possible. #VoteforBetter
May 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Alberta has the fastest-growing unemployment rate in the country, and it’s hitting young men the hardest.
We can do better.
Better is possible. #VoteforBetter
We can do better.
Better is possible. #VoteforBetter
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I've been a member of @albertandp.ca for 50 yrs and I'm excited to welcome Gurtej Singh Brar as the next MLA for Edmonton-Ellerslie. If you want to help me get Gurtej elected on June 23, sign up to volunteer at gurtejsinghbrar.albertandp.ca/volunteer
May 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I've been a member of @albertandp.ca for 50 yrs and I'm excited to welcome Gurtej Singh Brar as the next MLA for Edmonton-Ellerslie. If you want to help me get Gurtej elected on June 23, sign up to volunteer at gurtejsinghbrar.albertandp.ca/volunteer
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Everyone deserves affordable healthcare, quality public education, good jobs, and safe communities.
Here's how: building the South Edmonton Hospital, ending school lottery systems, and tackling rising costs of housing and utilities.
Ready to help? ⬇️
volunteer.albertandp.ca/EELL/signup/
Here's how: building the South Edmonton Hospital, ending school lottery systems, and tackling rising costs of housing and utilities.
Ready to help? ⬇️
volunteer.albertandp.ca/EELL/signup/
May 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Everyone deserves affordable healthcare, quality public education, good jobs, and safe communities.
Here's how: building the South Edmonton Hospital, ending school lottery systems, and tackling rising costs of housing and utilities.
Ready to help? ⬇️
volunteer.albertandp.ca/EELL/signup/
Here's how: building the South Edmonton Hospital, ending school lottery systems, and tackling rising costs of housing and utilities.
Ready to help? ⬇️
volunteer.albertandp.ca/EELL/signup/
Just made my first investment in my summer reading- a book that tells the story of how Sleepaway Camp-the controversial 1980s slasher film with a cult following-was made.
Now back to the next screening of the Rainbow Visions Film Festival at Metro Cinema!
Now back to the next screening of the Rainbow Visions Film Festival at Metro Cinema!
May 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Just made my first investment in my summer reading- a book that tells the story of how Sleepaway Camp-the controversial 1980s slasher film with a cult following-was made.
Now back to the next screening of the Rainbow Visions Film Festival at Metro Cinema!
Now back to the next screening of the Rainbow Visions Film Festival at Metro Cinema!