So I’ll say this. I hate philanthropy. I don’t want the health and well being of marginalized people to depend on the good will of rich assholes. I want those rich assholes taxed enough for a gov to administer programs equitably and consistently.
#ABleg
Interesting that the NHL decided to have their “keep politics out of hockey” year only for me to see “We stand with Israel” on the big screen at the Oilers game. I guess it just depends on the politics?
All I can say to protestors blocking the boarders is when the tear gas and pepper spray starts I better not see any masks! You walk that shit off! Masks won’t protect you from anything!
#ABLeg
There are two middle aged men sitting beside me talking about Danielle Smith being a moderate and that they hope she can hold back the ”woke mob”. I’m going in…
I’m pretty sure that people who are “progressives” in Alberta should be paying attention to how Stacey Abrams spent the last decade organizing in Georgia. That’s a masterclass in community based organizing and if it can be done there, it sure as hell can be done here.
#ABLeg
Jason Kenney goes off on a tangent vilifying public sector workers, trashing Trudeau, and talking about Venezuelan socialism. Guess what, when you give O&G nearly $5 billion in tax breaks to create nothing and you don’t have money to support a short circuit lockdown 1/2 ABLeg
You know in Dec 2019 I was 288lbs and I was about to buy a pair of size 40 jeans. Today, I was 219lbs and wore a pair of 34’s for the first time in 20yrs. Feels good :-)
Here’s the thing about Trudeau being “swarmed by protestors”. I’m sure if JT was doing a 3 City bus tour in ON you’d have the same 100 angry convoy captains with flags driving from city to city in order to yell at him and convey a general perception people are angry. 1/
#CDNpoli
Just want business to be aware that 75% of Albertans are fully vaccinated now and almost 90% over the age of 12. If you want my business I’ll be frequenting businesses that continue checking QR codes. I won’t be going near businesses that don’t. It’s that simple.
#ABLeg
Well walked through the “Honkeys” today. Counted 17 Trump flags today in case you’re wondering what type of folks these guys are. It’s good to see across the country that counter protesting is starting to happen. I have some ideas after seeing the route. It’s time…
1993, I was 20yrs old and looking at a bunch of people I knew planning on leaving AB when they finished their degree/diploma. Teachers, Nurses, you name it. AB wasn’t the place to be. We’re here again 28yrs later. I don’t think this province will ever learn sometimes.
#ABLeg
So does anyone else think “I was/he was defending my/his wife’s honour” a completely sh1t explanation for the behavior of a 40 something year old Minister who obviously has zero insight about boundaries and power dynamics?
#ABleg
It’s not Venezuelan socialism that’s the problem. It’s .
@jkenney
‘s garbage version of capitalism. You’re saying people in a lockdown would lose homes and businesses and we could have had the money to support them. That’s your choice and don’t bullshit ABN’s! 2/2
#ABLeg
Me on my bike today noticing man diving into dumpster.
Drive by but I turn back.
Me: Hey buddy you hungry
Man: I haven’t eaten in 48hrs
Me: <looking in wallet because I don’t carry cash often> Here’s $10.00
Man:crying
It doesn’t take much people. Help someone today
#YEG
@edmontonpolice
We actually allowed traffic westbound to proceed. What we weren’t expecting is to be told to clear out by EPS while we peacefully gathered in order for the convoy to peacefully gather. This was NOT a balanced approach from EPS and your department should be ashamed!
#Yegcc
#ABLeg
Hate saying this but after spending 5 Days in Banff and now some time in Airdrie literally nobody appears to be wearing a mask. There’s a mask on 1/50 people if I were to make an anecdotal calculation.
.
@albertaNDP
for 2hrs you guys actually stood for something. Honestly a complete joke you erased this and walked it back. Completely fucking shameful.
#ABLeg
I was an elected Union Rep for almost 20yrs. There isn’t a single conversation I had in an Executive meeting that I would have been afraid to have recorded and played in front of the members. Not one. If you are afraid of that or worried about protecting the process 1/2
#ABLeg
If you’re a Union member and you think we can just ride this out or work with this Gov, pull your head out of the glue bag. They’re coming for us all and the only answer is a general strike and disrupting the activities of this Gov, everywhere they are, and constantly.
#ABLeg
You know one of my favorite things about stopping at my favorite butcher’s shop is he always gives me an amazing working class analysis of the world. Today, holy shit was he angry with Kenney! He grew up rural and is now a small biz owner and my lord the expletives.
#ABLeg
Make no mistake the
@Alberta_UCP
and
@jkenney
have always considered Labour the enemy. I’m VERY happy Union leaders, including
@gilmcgowan
have chosen to call this out and to start mobilizing our members for the fight ahead. If it starts with boycotting businesses that 1/
@finn_charlene
@blkahn
@Grumpy_Demo
@AOC
The right will demonize anyone who has good ideas. It’s time to organize and talk to working people, not changes labels because it’s associated with AOC.
@LisaPow33260238
Also, why on earth to Conservatives constantly say “drama teacher” as a derogatory thing? Being a teacher is a good thing and it’s a noble profession. I have no idea why you guys do this.
Following the launch of the Alberta Recovery Plan, I kicked off my summer tour at Turner Valley’s award-winning
@EauClaireCraft
Distillery.
Thanks to
@YourAlberta
’s help cutting red tape, they are launching a major expansion and creating a fantastic new local tourism draw.
Two things can be true at once. What Hamas has done is atrocious and should never have happened, or be condoned. That being said Israel has ground down the West Bank & Gaza for over 60yrs. They have turned them into the largest open air prison on earth. 1/
#IsraelPalestineWar
So, on Dec 1st, 2019 I was 288lbs. At weigh in this morning I was 218lbs. I’ve been around 218lbs for 2-3 weeks now. That’s fine. People ask “what is the secret?”. There’s no secret. I’ve overhauled what I eat for 6months and I bike 30km daily and 80-100km 2x/month. That’s it.
.
@jkenney
signed a public healthcare promise that’s come back NSF. Albertans are now stuck paying the price for it. Don’t trust the UCP to keep their promises with your healthcare.
#ABLeg
Just think if we did what the Brits did and started a hard lock down 2 weeks ago we’d be half way through already and likely down around 1200 cases a day. Instead our asshole Premier started with 1/2 measures that equated to fuck all & now we’re likely headed there anyway
#ABLeg
@natontherun
Oh god yeah. I was there for the windup and left him with his colleagues to stew and curse the socialist who just took a run at them. We ended by giving each other the finger through the window at the restaurant. Or as I like to put it, we parted in loathing. LOL
Am I the only person who doesn’t give a shit about the Royal Family and thinks their property should be seized and turned into housing for the homeless?
In the middle of a recession NDP policy led to a reduction in Child Poverty in this province by 50%. That’s something the AB gov and Albertans should wear with pride.
#ABleg
Huge variation across Canada in child poverty rates. Alberta has the lowest -- by far. The new "Alberta Child Benefit" and the CCB cut Alberta's child poverty rate in *half* since 2015.
#cdnecon
#ableg
.
@lethpolice
Does this mean next time I’m in Lethbridge I can steal a car and go joyriding and when I get pulled over I can just say “Only god can judge me, now get out of the way!”? Like I didn’t think the LPS could have done more of a shit job on this file and then this?
#ABLeg
as opposed to the transparency of dealing with a life and death pandemic and a government’s perceived interference with health officials then you are worried about the wrong things and you have a shit process. 2/2
#ABLeg
Apparently the
@albertaNDP
deleted their tweet about being anti fascist. Honestly it’s beyond a joke how completely gutless that was. It’s astounding how much of a joke that is. Honestly I’m just not voting for them. It’s complete cowardice to walk back from Antifa.
#ABLeg
@BrianJeanAB
40yr AB resident here who grew up in Fort McMurray. If I had to pick something I “loved” more it would 100% be Canada. I have no desire for AB independence, AB Pension plan, AB firewalls, or AB police. This is an entirely ridiculous narrative from yourself and Ms Smith.
#ABLeg
.
@jkenney
‘s handling of Covid has demonstrated the arrogance of a government that doesn’t believe anything they do wi cost them an election. Your grandparents are paying for that arrogance.
#ABLeg
@TheRealKeean
Wrong. Been here 40yrs, grew up in Fort Mac, lived in Red Deer, Calgary, and now Edmonton. Absolutely zero feeling of pride for Danielle Smith being Premier. Like zero….
#ABLeg
@LisaPow33260238
Looks to me like a PM who I neither vote for, or support doing the most British thing on earth and celebrating the life of a Monarch. Absolutely appreciate what happened here. As a socialist I don’t believe in the monarchy. As a human I do believe in celebrating a life.
#CDNpoli
@ABDanielleSmith
@jkenney
Your column and your analysis was a complete dumpster fire of cynical, shitty, partisan messaging. Grow up and stop treating Albertans as political juveniles.
#ABleg
#ABPoli
I want to do is thank everyone today.
@EmmaJackson57
and
@BradLafortune
along with many others put together today and I couldn’t be more appreciative. For 16 days I was feeling down watching events unfold. Today recharged my soul. I felt like we had done something. 1/
#ABLeg
You know I don’t vote Liberal and haven’t since 1993. I do however take great pleasure in watching right wingers losing their minds about Trudeau at 76% nationally and then seeing them meltdown at CBC broadcasters. Thanks CBC. LOL
#ABleg
#CDNpoli
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@CraigBChandler
Hi Craig, as a Newfoundlander who grew up in Fort McMurray, Alberta and has lived in Alberta for 39yrs I just wanted to confirm that you said this and that you were an organizer for the UCP. Can you clarify please?
#ABleg
#ABpoli
#YMM
Honestly people the province should just throw the doors open on vaccination. Like when you have a site designed for 3000 vaccinations a day and only a handful of people have registered then open up the taps and head off this f&
@ken
tsunami.
#ABLeg
A lot of us are struggling with mental health during this pandemic. I’ve struggled with anxiety for about 15yrs. That being said imagine my surprise today when I spent an hour testing for ADHD and low and behold, I have it. I also now have an explanation for many, many things.
Does everyone remember what British Tories promised after Brexit and how much money England would save? It’s been an unmitigated disaster. Don’t let these ghouls near our pension!
#ableg
Alberta’s government has released a report on a potential Alberta Pension Plan. We estimate the difference between the rate Alberta workers would pay in Canada Pension Plan premiums and Alberta Pension Plan premiums would save up to $1,425 every year while maintaining the same…
You have to love Alberta where this UCP governments new slogan may as well be “Come to Alberta, where it’s easier to buy Fentanyl than get the updated vaccine”. JFC.
#ABLeg
This pandemic is wreaking havoc with people’s mental health. If there was ever a time to be bold and propose comprehensive mental health coverage into provincial healthcare it’s now.
#ABLeg
#CDNpoli
Nobody should be building guillotines outside Jeff Bezos home. Execution is not what he needs. We should seize 2/3 of his assets, house the poor with them, and force him to work in one of his warehouses.
@JanisIrwin
These nurses are breaking. I mean that without trying to alarm people. What’s going 2 end up happening is a much higher than normal cohort will move to casual status and leave their FTEs just so they can get a break. This will create more instability at AHS. This is brutal
#ABLeg
@pancholi_rakhi
@shoffmanAB
@jkenney
Was this what you meant Jason Kenney when you talked about “decorum” and “raising the bar”? I mean shouldn’t he be doing his job which is actually debating policy?
#ABleg
@ctvedmonton
This is ridiculous. Canadians of Russian decent are not responsible for Putin. This is embarrassing for the Festival and for Edmonton. What on earth are we basing this criteria on? Can we use the same measure for what Israel is doing in the West Bank and Gaza for decades!
#YEG
The issue is the right have gotten better at it than a lot of the institutional left who for far too long have been relying on an air war instead of a ground war to use a military analogy. Direct Action campaigns work. Instead of being outraged or incredulous, organize! End/
@BrockWHarrison
It is! You guys are getting out fundraised, your polling is in the toilet, you’re running over the cities by changing the act and making yourselves even less popular in YEG than I ever thought you could be. Yep, a great day indeed.
#ABLeg
It’s okay to say you don’t worship at the altar of oil and gas. It’s not oil and gas people love, its family sustaining jobs. So, diversify and make the jobs family sustaining and people will buy in. It will also insulate us against the roller coaster of oil price.
#ABLeg
Imagine, it’s only been a week since AHS asked staff to collect N-95 masks for possible sanitizing and reuse because of the fear of a shortage. Then watching Kenney in front of supplies telling AB he’s going to essentially trade masks for pipelines? This is so cynical.
#ABleg
@Sflecce
Because they’re teaching the kids that when a government knows it’s legal position is so entirely weak that they’d prefer to suspend a persons human rights rather than bargain, that sometimes in life you need to fight. This is a valuable lesson for kids to learn.
@Captaincoby00
Because fundamentally nobody’s quality of life in regards to healthcare should be based on their ability to pay. I mean I can drone on but that’s the fundamental principle of it.
@StaySaif
@DuaneBratt
LOL There’s no right to bear arms guaranteed in the CDN constitution and firearms regulation is federal. Him saying this is just saying what a large portion of their base wants to hear because this isn’t the United States. Here goes millions of dollars in another losing battle.
You know I haven’t done one of these “before and after pics” for a lot of reasons. Mostly because I still have 25lbs to go. However I looked at these two pics today and thought “wow, it’s been a journey”.
It’s smart organizing and a good use of minimal resources that has a trash fire message. It’s basically organizing 101 in order to agitate and not have to marshal huge resources to do so. I’ve been part of these tactics or organized using them for decades. 2/
@JanisIrwin
@jkenney
The CPP is the healthiest pension plan in North America. It’s fully funded through to 2075 based on today’s numbers. Defined Benefit plans also perform better with more participants and any liability that could possibly happen is born by an entire working population. 1/2
#ABLeg
My Doctor advised me to not drink caffeine while my body adjusts to ADHD meds. While this is understandable I will reiterate that Decaf is a horrible curse on humanity of epic proportions.
Want to know where my MP
@HMcPhersonMP
was today? On a picket line with the working class. She’s been there for these workers and I appreciate it. Thanks Heather for doing right by striking workers.
#CDNpoli
#canlab
#ABLeg
@JanisIrwin
Miiliken trying to manufacture outrage out of a perceived “I gotcha” moment that never existed makes him bad at politics. Him not recognizing you mean a lot to a lot of people is him not reading the room. Keep up the good work Janis, it’s annoying all the right people.
#ABLeg
My first pandemic birthday. Where at 48 I do exactly the same thing I normally would. Work, do a 1.5hr ride on my bike, play Dungeons and Dragons, then watch a movie with the brilliant
@JLittlewoodNDP
It’ll be just fine and aging is always better than the alternative! 😂
Man sitting next to me talking about how the UCP isn’t responsible for cuts in AHS and Education because they alot a budget and then the employer cuts not Jason Kenney. Now he’s saying he supported Klein because “he did what he said he would”. I’m going in….
#ABLeg
@DuaneBratt
It doesn’t because it doesn’t change the precedent the federal government is in charge of it and has the right. This is another “throwing money in a fireplace for optics” moment for AB Cons.
#ABLeg
Does anyone else think the most useless question from businesses in AB right now is “Have you been in close contact with someone with Covid?”. Like our contact tracing has went to shit and how TF would any of us even know. Plus it’s Berta’ so probably?
#ABLeg
@Bateson_AB
What’s “absurd” is a wildly out of touch provincial gov that instead of seeking stability during a pandemic decides to turn it on it’s ear, layoff 11,000 workers, and gaslight ABns and call it “finding efficiencies”. Do you and your ahole gov think people believe this?
#ABLeg
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@jkenney
You should come out and say hello to 8-10thousand people who are demanding action on climate change. They’ll be voting in 3-4yrs. It won’t be for you.
#ABleg
Jess came out with me today and as a couple and as activists our group showed Edmontonians, Albertans, and Canadians the push back against these alt-right convoys was possible. What it also did is reinforce the idea that the police are sympathizers with their cause. 2/
@NickMilliken
@JanisIrwin
As a CDN who understands the Americans just chose normalcy over fascism I’m thoroughly embarrassed by an MLA who talks about his completely unrelated family status while watching my Premier thoroughly embarrass himself on a reactionary news network in a foreign country.
#ABLeg
Watching CTV News tonight there was a story of a pharmacist helping people struggling to pay for their meds and challenging his colleagues to do the same. All I could think of was where is that Pharmacare Justin Trudeau and the Liberals promised?
#ABLeg
#CDNpoli