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Gil McGowan
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The so-called “Alberta independence” movement is really an effort to turn Alberta into the 51st state in Donald Trump’s America. The mask isn’t just slipping, they’ve pulled it off entirely.
December 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
markhamhislop.bsky.social
CORRECTION: McGowan Emphatically Denies Unions Are Behind Alberta MLA Recall Campaigns

We took down the original video to fix a minor mistake. This is the edited version of the interview with @gilmcgowan, @ABFedLabour.
#ableg #abpoli
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McGowan Emphatically Denies Unions Are Behind Alberta MLA Recall Campaigns
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December 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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McGowan Emphatically Denies Unions Are Behind Alberta MLA Recall Campaigns

Did @ABDanielleSmith lie about union involvement in her Saturday radio show comments?

@gilmcgowan thinks so.
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McGowan Emphatically Denies Unions Are Behind Alberta MLA Recall Campaigns
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December 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Gil McGowan
@gilmcgowan
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The Alberta Prosperity Project, one of the biggest proponents of Alberta separatism, is based in Thailand? Leaders of the APP have close relations with the UCP. Many other separatist accounts are based in the United States. Folks, we have a foreign interference problem.
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Organizing Surges Ahead 3 Weeks After Alberta Teachers’ Strike Ends

Interview with @gilmcgowan of the @ABFedLabour.
#ableg #abpoli
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Organizing Surges Ahead 3 Weeks After Alberta Teachers’ Strike Ends
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November 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Alberta Healthcare Workers Could Strike Saturday

@ABFedLabour President @GilMcGowan discusses the @yourAUPE strike notice, delivered this morning.
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Alberta Healthcare Workers Could Strike Saturday
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November 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
energimedia.bsky.social
In this exclusive Energi Media interview, McGowan says Smith’s move to strip workers of their right to organize and take collective action has backfired.

#Alberta #AFL #GilMcGowan #DanielleSmith #UCP #WorkersRights #LabourMovement #EnergiMedia #UnionStrong #AlbertaPolitics
October 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
markhamhislop.bsky.social
Danielle Smith Faces Labour Revolt and Strike Threat

Press conference today with @gilmcgowan,
@ABFedLabour, @albertateachers, and other labour leaders re. @ABDanielleSmith
legislating teachers back to work.
#ableg
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October 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Danielle Smith Faces Labour Revolt and Strike Threat

Press conference today with @gilmcgowan, @ABFedLabour, @albertateachers, and other labour leaders re. @ABDanielleSmith legislating teachers back to work.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Gil McGowan joins Energi Media LIVE to break down what this means for the Constitution, workers’ rights, and democracy itself.

#AlbertaPolitics #GilMcGowan #DanielleSmith #LabourRights #TeachersStrike #EnergiMedia
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government is pushing legislation that forces teachers back to work — but labour leaders say enough is enough. 

#AlbertaPolitics #GilMcGowan #DanielleSmith #LabourRights #TeachersStrike #EnergiMedia
October 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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If you stand with Alberta’s teachers, now’s the time to make it known. Labour is uniting across Canada...and they’ll need public support to keep the pressure on.

Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan:

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Screenshot of a Nitter post by Gil McGowan (@gilmcgowan) showing a thread of three messages about Alberta teachers and collective labour action. The first tweet reads: “My message to Alberta teachers is simple: you will not stand alone. Tomorrow all other Alberta unions will meet to finalize a plan for unprecedented collective action. The executive council of the Canadian Labour Congress will also meet in emergency session.” The second tweet adds: “And, CLC President Bea Bruske will fly to Alberta for our press conference on Wednesday to pledge the support of the entire labour movement. My message to Danielle Smith is also simply. You’re the bully going after workers rights & democracy. We will stand up to the bully.” The third tweet concludes: “Other provincial labour federations, including the Ontario Federation of Labour, will start collecting funds to build a war chest to help pay fines. Danielle Smith may have thought she could bully the teachers into submission. We are not going to let that happen.” The screenshot shows engagement counts below each tweet, with dark red and black interface styling typical of Nitter.
October 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
hollyhoye.bsky.social
Gil McGowan isn’t playing:
nitter N Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan My message to Alberta teachers is simple: you will not stand alone. Tomorrow all other Alberta unions will meet to finalize a plan for unprecedented collective action. The executive council of the Canadian Labour Congress will also meet in emergency session. Oct 28, 2025 • 2:55 AM UTC 66 17195 79 30 888 1h Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan 1h And, CLC President Bea Bruske will fly to Alberta for our press conference on Wednesday to pledge the support of the entire labour movement. My message to Danielle Smith is also simply. You're the bully going after workers rights & democracy. We will stand up to the bully. 2 1738 95 245 Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan 1h Other provincial labour federations, including the Ontario Federation of Labour, will start collecting funds to build a war chest to help pay fines. Danielle Smith may have thought she could bully the teachers into submission. We are not going to let that happen. 10 1 46 997 • 282.
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
smartalecw.bsky.social
#ReadyToResist

Can someone with access to the bird app screenshot the rest of this thread?

#ABEd #ABPoli #AlbertaTeachers #ABCommonFront
A tweet by Gil Gowan (@gilmcgowan) My message to Alberta teachers is simple: you will not stand alone. Tomorrow all other Alberta unions will meet to finalize a plan for unprecedented collective action. The executive Council of the Canadian Labour Congress will also meet in emergency session.
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
kyspeak.bsky.social
Sure sounds to me like Gil is saying that they’re meeting tonight to finalize their plan but that they’ll be informing us of a general strike tomorrow afternoon. What do you guys think? #GilMcgowan #AlbertaLabourStrike #AlbertaTeachersStrike

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Smith invokes the notwithstanding clause
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October 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Speaking to @energimedia.bsky.social today, GilMcGowan made it clear…

Danielle Smith has just touched off an economic firestorm.

And union leaders will be responding “province wide”.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #generalstrike
October 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
markhamhislop.bsky.social
Smith invokes the notwithstanding clause to end Alberta teachers' strike. Recorded live at 5 pm MT.

"This will not stand," says @gilmcgowan, president, @ABFedLabour.

"Province-wide action" promised.

Live coverage Tuesday: AFL unveils that action.
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Smith invokes the notwithstanding clause
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October 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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As seen on Twitter tonight..

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#Alberta #abpoli
October 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
mondoab.bsky.social
Gil McGowan released a statement tonight on Facebook and X.

Warning Smith not to use the notwithstanding clause.

It's pretty direct.

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Gil McGowan on X: "In an emergency meeting tonight, the leaders of almost all of Alberta’s public and private unions unanimously agreed to send a message to Premier Danielle Smith, warning her not to use the Notwithstanding Clause against striking teachers. See full text of the statement below 💥👇" / X
In an emergency meeting tonight, the leaders of almost all of Alberta’s public and private unions unanimously agreed to send a message to Premier Danielle Smith, warning her not to use the Notwithstanding Clause against striking teachers. See full text of the statement below 💥👇
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October 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Teachers, Unions Brace for Back-to-Work Legislation on Monday

@gilmcgowan on the grounds of the Alberta legislature, where ~30,000 teachers and supporters called on @ABDanielleSmith to negotiate a settlement to the strike.
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Teachers, Unions Brace for Back-to-Work Legislation on Monday
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October 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Air quality in North Vancouver

US AQI⁺ 161 Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5

69.6 µg/m³

16:00, Sep 03 Local time
PM2.5 concentration is currently 13.9 times the World Health Organization annual PM2.5 guideline value.

LPC & CPC MOAR Oil & Gas Pipelines!

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World / Canada / British Columbia / North Vancouver Air quality in North Vancouver Air quality index (AQI⁺) and PM2.5 air pollution in North Vancouver • 58.5K Followers • 16:00, Sep 03 Local time Data attribution IQAir arrow pointing to the right contributor iconcontributor iconcontributor icon 9 stations from 9 contributors Port Moody AQI Alert nearby Port Moody AQI Alert nearby View alert 161 US AQI⁺ Unhealthy face expression based on aqi value Main pollutant: PM2.5 69.6 µg/m³ weather condition icon 27° wind direction icon 6.6 km/h weather humid icon 59 % Hourly forecast North Vancouver air quality index (AQI⁺) forecast Now 161 Air pollutants What is the current air quality in North Vancouver? PM2.5 Fine particles (≤ 2.5 µm) 69.6 µg/m³ O₃ Ozone 30 µg/m³ NO₂ Nitrogen Dioxide 61.5 µg/m³ SO₂ Sulphur Dioxide 2.9 µg/m Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan • 16h I'm sick of people trying to gaslight everyone by telling them "we've always had fires in Alberta." Of course, we've always had fires. But the last few years are off the charts. I grew up here. The average used to be 12 HOURS of smoke cover in a summer. Now it's days and weeks. Number of smoke hours in Calgary: 1953 to 2022 As measured from May to September each year 450 - 400 - 350 - 300 Average between 1981 and 2000 (standard climate normal years) is 12 smoke hours per year. - 250 - 200 - 150 - 100 - 50 0 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980) 1985 1990} 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 Environment and Climate Change Canada defined a smoke hour as when the visibility was reduced to 9.7 kilometres (6 statute miles) or less due to smoke Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Chart: Robson Fletcher/CBC) Wildfire protection BC Centre for Disease Control An agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority Key Points Respirators designed to filter particulate matter (PM), rather than other substances, are the most logical choice for public health intervention because: most of the evidence for health effects associated with wildfire smoke focuses on PM and no single respirator can protect against all gases and vapours found in wildfire smoke. • Filtering half facepiece respirators (FHFR) such as N95 masks provide effective protection against PM. FHFRs are cost effective and can be stockpiled for use at the population level during wildfire smoke events. • With proper fit and use, FHFR can reduce smoke exposure by 10-fold. Respirators need to be individually fit tested and fit checked to achieve this exposure reduction. Adequate FHFR fit may not be possible for people with certain face shape and size or facial hair. • FHFR have a limited shelf life. Their stockpiling should not exceed 5 years. • FHFRs have limited acceptability because they can cause discomfort and breathing
September 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
neddog.bsky.social
"We support workers by taking away their supports to give more money to their employers." - Pierre Poilievre

Thank you for the pizza party... I mean, pity party.

#abpoli #cdnpoli #union #labour #unionstrong
Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan Here's what right-wingers get wrong about Labour Day: 1it’s not just a day to celebrate workers; it’s a day to celebrate worker power, in particular the power of unions. If you don’t support laws that support worker bargaining power then you don’t really support workers. Pierre Poilievre @PierrePoilievre Canada was built by workers — those who laid the railways, harvested the fields, milled the lumber, mined the resources, and built the factories and businesses that shaped our country. Today, from trades workers to truckers, nurses to baristas, to the unions who fight for them, Canadian workers still carry our economy on their backs. But after years of punishing higher taxes and inflation, their paycheques don’t go as far as they should. Conservatives will fight to restore stronger take-home pay, so hard work is rewarded and every Canadian gets a fair shot at a good life in the best country in the world.
September 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
larrydallas1977.bsky.social
@gilmcgowan
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This is what we’ve been reduced to by our anti-vax, MAGA-North Premier. In order to look after our health, we’re going to have to sneak across the border and accept the charity of our neighbours. Big thanks to our BC cousins for looking after Albertans when our Premier won’t.
August 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Gil McGowan
@gilmcgowan
My take on the Carney governments new interpretation of Section 107 of the Labour Code. “This makes a mocked of the collective bargaining .. it’s an attack on worker bargaining power, which has the potential to undermine the Canadian working class.”
August 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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"Workers and unions have forced the UCP to do a major course correction on their COVID vaccine rollout strategy. This is a step in the right direction but it still is not enough. Every Albertan who wants the vaccine should be able to get it free of charge. Anything less is public health negligence."
Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan Workers and unions won twice today. First it was flight attendants, now it’s health care workers. The UCP government has backed down and now says it will pay for COVID shots for health care workers. Workers did this. Unions get results. CP NewsAlert: Alberta to pay for COVID shots for health wor... From ca.style.yahoo.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM