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this is how you try to erase institutional knowledge
this is how you try to erase institutional knowledge
UCP members vote in committee to replace auditor general Doug Wylie, forcing rush to complete health procurement report. He isn't sure he can finish before a newbie takes over. Column
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #UCP
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Braid: UCP dumps auditor general as he races to finish health scandal report
A UCP committee votes to replace auditor general Doug Wylie, the key person investigating the health contract scandal, writes Don Braid.
calgaryherald.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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this is how you try to erase institutional knowledge
this is how you try to erase institutional knowledge
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A reminder that #PierrePoilievre voted against EVERY SINGLE measure to help ordinary people and those less fortunate. All while billing taxpayers millions of dollars per year doing nothing but campaigning for himself. #cdnpoli #NeverPoilievre
November 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Bruce McAllister, while representing our government and Premier at the recent Alberta Next Panel, mocked a child and backed corporal punishment. He has the right to push separatism, but this conduct shows he has no place in government. His terse apology only reveals bitterness.
October 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Bruce McAllister, while representing our government and Premier at the recent Alberta Next Panel, mocked a child and backed corporal punishment. He has the right to push separatism, but this conduct shows he has no place in government. His terse apology only reveals bitterness.
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Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
September 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
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Private Long Term Care homes are just as bad too.
July 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Private Long Term Care homes are just as bad too.
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Harper tried to introduce private prisons in Canada. For corporations, profits come before people, in this case, prisoners.
Private prisons are an abomination. And they should still have to follow basic rules of decency
July 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Harper tried to introduce private prisons in Canada. For corporations, profits come before people, in this case, prisoners.
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Alberta's government is looking to cover costs and reduce waste. But U of C health law professor Lorian Hardcastle says she expects hospitalizations to increase, and even a few prevented ICU stays could have paid for "a lot of vaccines." From @jack-farrell.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/2c3n8r39
Alberta government to start charging residents for COVID-19 shots this fall
EDMONTON - Alberta's government announced Friday residents who are not immunocompromised or on social programs will soon have to pay to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
www.thestar.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Alberta's government is looking to cover costs and reduce waste. But U of C health law professor Lorian Hardcastle says she expects hospitalizations to increase, and even a few prevented ICU stays could have paid for "a lot of vaccines." From @jack-farrell.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/2c3n8r39
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Alberta should remove as many barriers as possible to seasonal vaccination given the state of health care in the province.
Our hospitals are full of viral illness with decreasing vax rates.
This decision will kill people. The government doesn’t care.
Our hospitals are full of viral illness with decreasing vax rates.
This decision will kill people. The government doesn’t care.
Alberta to start charging for COVID-19 vaccines in the fall
Alberta will begin charging most residents for COVID-19 vaccines later this year. In a statement released Friday, the province says they will be rolling out a COVID vaccine program in the fall and any...
calgary.citynews.ca
June 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Alberta should remove as many barriers as possible to seasonal vaccination given the state of health care in the province.
Our hospitals are full of viral illness with decreasing vax rates.
This decision will kill people. The government doesn’t care.
Our hospitals are full of viral illness with decreasing vax rates.
This decision will kill people. The government doesn’t care.
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“Where does government see public health fitting in the new structure?
The answer: It doesn’t.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
The answer: It doesn’t.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: It's time to rebuild public health services in Alberta
We owe it to future generations to restore a system that protects not just the sick, but the health of all.
edmontonjournal.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“Where does government see public health fitting in the new structure?
The answer: It doesn’t.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
The answer: It doesn’t.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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With the latest action by govt - having AHS leads file in court an attempt to further discredit the fired CEO - all ABs should be very concerned that HCWs and leaders are actively being silenced and feel threatened.
Why all ABs should care: THE GOVT COVERUP IS CHILLING 🧵
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Why all ABs should care: THE GOVT COVERUP IS CHILLING 🧵
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March 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
With the latest action by govt - having AHS leads file in court an attempt to further discredit the fired CEO - all ABs should be very concerned that HCWs and leaders are actively being silenced and feel threatened.
Why all ABs should care: THE GOVT COVERUP IS CHILLING 🧵
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Why all ABs should care: THE GOVT COVERUP IS CHILLING 🧵
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We are about to experience a jobless rate not seen since the great depression. What I don't understand is how could so many billionaires not understand that their workers actually need to eat and fee their families. Even the robber barons understood that children need to eat!
February 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
We are about to experience a jobless rate not seen since the great depression. What I don't understand is how could so many billionaires not understand that their workers actually need to eat and fee their families. Even the robber barons understood that children need to eat!
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The UCP just chose to make low income families pay for the UCP’s responsibility to lower child care costs for all families.
They did this by ending child care subsidies.
They decreased provincial child care spending and then gave themselves raises.
And low income families are paying for it.
They did this by ending child care subsidies.
They decreased provincial child care spending and then gave themselves raises.
And low income families are paying for it.
January 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The UCP just chose to make low income families pay for the UCP’s responsibility to lower child care costs for all families.
They did this by ending child care subsidies.
They decreased provincial child care spending and then gave themselves raises.
And low income families are paying for it.
They did this by ending child care subsidies.
They decreased provincial child care spending and then gave themselves raises.
And low income families are paying for it.
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Childcare subsidy: cut.
Funding for disability support groups: cut.
Eye exam coverage: cut.
That’s just what the UCP have cut this month.
Meanwhile, the Alberta NDP? We cut child poverty in half.
Governing is about choices.
The UCP aren’t choosing you.
Funding for disability support groups: cut.
Eye exam coverage: cut.
That’s just what the UCP have cut this month.
Meanwhile, the Alberta NDP? We cut child poverty in half.
Governing is about choices.
The UCP aren’t choosing you.
January 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Childcare subsidy: cut.
Funding for disability support groups: cut.
Eye exam coverage: cut.
That’s just what the UCP have cut this month.
Meanwhile, the Alberta NDP? We cut child poverty in half.
Governing is about choices.
The UCP aren’t choosing you.
Funding for disability support groups: cut.
Eye exam coverage: cut.
That’s just what the UCP have cut this month.
Meanwhile, the Alberta NDP? We cut child poverty in half.
Governing is about choices.
The UCP aren’t choosing you.
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Recent headlines across Canada have exposed an unbearable truth: women are being killed because they have nowhere to go.
Angela Marie MacDougall writes.
Angela Marie MacDougall writes.
Intimate Partner Violence Is a Crisis of Public Safety | The Tyee
Driven by systemic failures, it requires systemic solutions. We now face an opportunity for change.
thetyee.ca
January 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Recent headlines across Canada have exposed an unbearable truth: women are being killed because they have nowhere to go.
Angela Marie MacDougall writes.
Angela Marie MacDougall writes.
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January 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Some families with kids in daycare will be paying more when the government introduces a flat monthly fee on April 1.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Families reeling after Alberta ends child-care subsidy | CBC News
Alberta parents were caught off guard that changes announced yesterday will raise their daycare bills by hundreds of dollars a month starting April 1.
www.cbc.ca
February 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Some families with kids in daycare will be paying more when the government introduces a flat monthly fee on April 1.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Yes but not just NIH
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If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower
If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower
February 1, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Yes but not just NIH
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We will prove the people have the power
February 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
We will prove the people have the power
