It’s all political ⎥Living on Treaty 6 land⎥VP at Wellington Advocacy⎥ Former dcomm for
@RachelNotley
⎥Occasional talking head ⎥ UofA Grad.
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#cdnpoli
What if we *increased* nurses’ pay and —bear with me here —what if we then bragged to the whole world about how the Alberta advantage means that everyone deserves good pay and respect?
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#canlab
#cdnpoli
And another thing: this whole "Kenney is a moderate among extremists" thing is bonkers.
Kenney is no moderate. He is a far-right ideologue and just because he's been outflanked by a rowdy crew of science-denying-conspiracy-theorists, does not make him an f-ing moderate.
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Kenney must have known his decision not to sit in the legislature for the next two weeks would go over like a lead balloon and would hurt politically — which means his calculation was that showing up would actually hurt him more
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Pardon? 51 cases of the super-contagious, hyper-spready
#covidvariant
in
#alberta
now. This news was not proactively disclosed but revealed in answer to a reporter's question. Meanwhile, it feels like a really good time to be opening gyms and restaurants
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In a FB live tonight
@jkenney
said he’s “offended” by politicians who would use the pandemic to advance an agenda they didn’t campaign on...
...meanwhile Kenney quietly broke a promise to teachers and took control of their pension...during the pandemic
#handsoffmypension
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Remember that time
@jkenney
blamed all of NE Calgary for their high rates of
#COVID19AB
despite many folks in that community working in essential services? Ministers going to Hawaii is cool, though
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#yyc
Under Rachel Notley, Alberta lead the country in economic growth for 2 years in a row.
Why then, does Jason Kenney keep using the line about how Alberta has experienced 5 years of economic decline.
It is a flat out lie.
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Ok, fine. I'll be the monster who says it: it's not actually cute to give a 12-year old podcaster from Ontario access to Ministers when journalists in Alberta are regularly denied this basic measure of accountability.
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Suncor got $1.1 billion from Kenney's corporate handout and is axing 2000 jobs.
That's $550,000 of taxpayer money for every job lost.
Am I doing it right?
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Remember when the UCP mocked the NDP for proposing a plan to make schools safer because that plan would cost $1 billion? Today
@AdrianaLaGrange
claimed they've spent $1 billion to help schools deal with
#COVID19AB
.
They don't oppose spending, they just oppose planning
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Tyler Shandro in
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right now saying he thinks it’s disgusting that
@RachelNotley
has questions about his broken tracing app. You know, the one that has only identified 20 cases.
Let's be clear: Kenney isn't "choosing the economy over public health." This is a false dichotomy. He is *hurting* the economy by failing to manage the pandemic.
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Jason Kenney just "defended" his rule-breaking Sky Palace cocktail party by "fessing up" to having done something similar a few weeks ago. One thing is becoming increasingly clear: this was deliberate
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UCP House Leader Jason Nixon is cutting the NDP off from being able to ask questions to officials about the upcoming budget and lying about how this has always been the case. It hasn't.
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Would anyone else be curious to actually see the advice Dr. Hinshaw provided to Kenney and co. on school re-entry? I sure would. I’d like to know if they actually followed it.
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Kenney: you can have the vaccine in the Summer, no the Fall, actually the Spring, no wait...Fall.
Alberta: ...wha?
Kenney: look, if that's confusing to you, it's the federal government's fault.
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Did
@jkenney
just have the gall to say that municipalities need to stop raising taxes? He cut funding, gave profitable corporations billions of 💰💰, downloaded the cost of policing, and is forcing cities, and towns all across the province to ⬆️ taxes &✂️ services.
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Kenney just said kids can help “tidy up” to keep their schools covid-free. Are they adding a class on how to sterilize against a pandemic to the new curriculum?
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The fine for violating public health orders is $2,000. Think Kenney, Toews, Nixon, and Shandro will ask for separate bills or will Kenney just cover it for the table?
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If you’re outraged and hurt by the Premier’s use of the Will Smith meme please know that’s the point. Kenney’s staff are giggling at your pain and outrage, and their goal to create traffic through controversy. React how you will but please know this is what they want.
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The UCP have made themselves very clear. They will create their own police force regardless of cost, public support, and w/o the consent of mayors and municipal leaders who represent the people of Alberta. The only way to stop them is to defeat them in the next election.
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Kenney just said Alberta has faced 5 years of economic decline. That's a lie. Alberta lead the country in Economic growth for two years in a row under
@RachelNotley
. His cuts, cancellation of diversification efforts, and $4.7B gift to corporations slowed that growth
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Kenney’s extended
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hiatus means he has chosen not to govern. Perhaps he is facing a full blown mutiny, perhaps there’s another reason but the gap in leadership leaves us no option but to guess. We’re in an emergency situation and we’re left to fill-in-the-blanks.
Premier Kenney and Health Minister Shandro skipped Question Period today. It's not like people have questions that they should be answering though so it's cool
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#COVIDAB
How does
@AdrianaLaGrange
get away with saying the
@abndpcaucus
safe school re-entry plan isn't possible because school starts in 30 days....wasn't it her job to be planning for this? Why didn't she start MONTHS ago?
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#abed
While reporters are being harassed, threatened, and abused for doing their jobs, Jason Kenney and his staff are attacking news media stoking the same violent and dangerous rhetoric being mimicked by the lawless protesters.
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#cdnpoli
Jason Kenney created, and continually accelerated, chaos in our health care system before and throughout this pandemic. Wildcat strikes today are the latest example of his complete failure to lead. Get back to the bargaining table, Premier. Fix this.
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#abhealth
O’Toole just had two more chances to categorically deny that he will introduce more for-profit, Americanized health care and he couldn’t do it.
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#Elxn44
Let’s make one thing clear: an “error in judgement” is when you forget to put on sunscreen.
Kenney and co. didn’t “make an error” they willfully organized an event in blatant defiance of the rules we are all legally required to follow
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Shandro again in
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saying Alberta is the most pro-mask jurisdiction.
Narrator: Alberta is the only province in Canada without mandatory mask rules.
Kenney right now saying there’s always been a “safe-travel” corridor to Hawaii and Allard was 💯 in compliance? Where is this in the public order? Asking for a few million Albertans who all stayed the eff home
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It's weird to me when I see the word 'failure' attributed to Kenney's handling of the pandemic. Failure happens when you try but don't succeed.
Kenney and the UCP didn't 'fail' to do the right thing, they chose not to.
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#COVID19AB
Shandro's excuse for not having a plan for vaccination is that shipments are delayed. That's like saying you can't make a monthly budget before payday.
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#COVID19AB
Funny-not-funny to hear Kenney brag about Alberta’s high wages when he’s spent 3 years trying to cut them to be more like the rest of Canada.
Also equalization 🤪
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Did I miss the news that enforcement of these passes is being done by a private company? How much of the fee I’m paying to be in Kananaskis is going to profit margins for this enforcement agency?
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Premier Kenney and
@shandro
are insisting that, if threatened, it's ok for a Minister of the Crown to visit the home of a private citizen and berate and intimidate them. To be clear, the person who was publicly berated by Shandro had shared a meme, not issued a threat.
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Options for the other vaccine lottery prizes:
1️⃣ 30% reduction in auto insurance
2️⃣ Free entry to Kananaskis
3️⃣ $10/day child care
4️⃣ 2 wks paid leave if you’re sick
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#canlab
Listening to Question Period and I can hear the UCP heckling Rachel saying "we can't hear you...take off your mask..." Raising the bar on parliamentary decorum, as always.
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Kenney yesterday: Covid is mostly in the big cities. Don’t worry rural, I won’t mask you.
Hinshaw yesterday: cases are growing in rural and remote areas at a concerning rate.
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#COVID19AB
Jason Nixon just said he did not suspend environmental reporting during a pandemic. Here’s the Ministerial Order he signed yesterday that literally suspends reporting
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At the end of the day, Kenney’s success has been his ability to tap into, and harness extremism. When it comes to practical, level-headed leadership that reflects the diversity of Alberta and the needs of an entire population…he’s just not up for the job
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9/9
When you hear the NDP defend public health care, it’s because it is core to their values.
When you hear Kenney and the UCP smear people who defend public health care, it reveals theirs.
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#canlab
Today is my last day working for the incredible, tireless, & fierce
@RachelNotley
. I am excited about my next adventure, but I must say that my years with her and the
@abndpcaucus
has been the most thrilling, rewarding, & fulfilling period of my life. Solidarity, friends
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Quick question: if Kenney wants us to believe the line that environmental monitoring was cancelled because COVID (it wasn’t), why hasn’t it been reinstated?
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Kenney's response to a question about Brian Jean's criticism was that he didn't read it. He then goes through Jean's criticism point by point. Almost as if...he *had* read it.
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Pulling out of the Canada Pension Plan would add $133.1 *billion* to Alberta's debt. Tell me again how
@jkenney
is good at the economy?
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#handsoffmycpp
Internal government documents obtained by our caucus reveal the grave financial risk to Albertans if
@jkenney
moves ahead with his plans to pull out of the Canada Pension Plan.
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#canlab
Most political observers agree that Jason Kenney is a wildly successful politician. I won't argue with that. He is strategic, smart, calculated, and notably prolific. So why is he floundering and making so many avoidable mistakes as Premier? Some thoughts...
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1/9
What do you call a conservative Premier who won't take federal $ to fund paid sick leave for Albertans but is happy to take federal $ to keep his partisan staff employed?
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The UCP think $7.5 billion on a pipeline that may never be built is a good investment and scoff at the NDPs $1 billion safe school re-launch. Money to cap class sizes and hire more staff should be a no-brainer. Priorities?
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#abed
Jason Kenney just called
@sunrickbell
a liar for writing about Kenney’s real cuts, which, to be clear is 14.1%, not 2.8% as Kenney has previously claimed. What’s happening?
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Jason Kenney blew $7.5 billion and couldn't even manage one pipeline. Instead of doing the work to get the support of the Biden administration, he hurt the cause by hurling insults, demeaning climate action, and attacking the people he should have been negotiating with.
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Tyler Shandro is trying to claim he *accidentally* delisted 141 communities from the Rural Remote Northern Program. But, a bulletin from February 20 from his own department proves this plan has been in the works for months.
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#abhealth
Jason Kenney hired racist Chris Champion to work on Alberta's curriculum. Albertans are rightly disturbed by this. When asked about this at a press conference he lashed out at a reporter. No compassion, no responsibility, no accountability. Just another day in
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I grew up in a family with a lot of kids and not a lot of money.
Camping was our go-to because it was affordable and let us get away together.
The UCP is closing parks and making camping unaffordable saying it’s a “luxury we can’t afford”
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#albertaparks
Kenney is taking questions about Madu right now and grossly misrepresenting the findings of the investigation. He claimed repeatedly Madu was *not* seeking to interfere when the report clearly states that he, in fact, was.
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Hands up if you remember when
@JasonNixonAB
cried crocodile tears about how decades of consultation in the bighorn was not enough *during* public consultations on additional protections for the area
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#SaveOurMountains
I love Alberta, a lot. I've lived in Lethbridge, Calgary (briefly), and Edmonton. I believe in this place and its people. Sometimes, though—it can be hard to be a queer person here.
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Ooookay,
@jkenney
just said male candidates “understand tactical politics a little better than women”. He must be talking about voter fraud, intimidation, and creepy video recordings. 1/8
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#tacticalwoman
It is a Friday before a long weekend. All eyes and ears are on Ottawa and Ukraine. Who wants to bet Kenney will dump news sometime between 4pm and 6:30pm tonight?
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Friends: don't worry about Kenney's truck-nut virtue signalling. He's still trying to cut nurses' pay, leave teachers and students without the resources they need, Americanize our health care, and make the rich richer while working people pay more for everything
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UCP defending their $4.7 billion corporate handout: "It's not like we cut them a cheque...we just collected less 💰 from them..." Seriously, that's what they just said.
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Mayor
@doniveson
just said that
@jkenney
is hindering the City of Edmonton's ability to respond to
#COVID19AB
. Said he has had options for dealing with homelessness in front of the UCP gov for *several* days and that they need a decision now.
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Kenney just now confirming he’s totally cool with members of his own government openly campaigning against his government’s public health measures. Their conspiratorial, factless perspectives are totally valid, he says.
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#COVID19
Jason Kenney FINALLY takes advantage of the federal wage top-up while also confirming he will be cutting wages for public sector workers. With one hand (Trudeau’s) he giveth, and with the other he gutteth
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Kenney's popularity in Alberta has sunk to dreaded Trudeau-levels. Desperate for a new enemy with which to distract us, he is now targeting
@CPHO_Canada
in an attempt to undermine our trust in public health experts for his political gain.
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Jason Kenney still refuses to release Alberta specific COVID modelling. We still don't know the source of more than 80% of cases here. We have the second highest per capita case growth in Canada. Send help.
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Kenney's war room is useless. it always has been. The only "war" we need to fight right now is one on
#COVID19AB
and that means getting people vaccinated. All $30 million of the war room budget should be immediately diverted to getting the public on board with vaccines.
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Cost of the NDP Plan to re-open schools safely? $1b:
✅Cap classes at 15
✅Hire more staff
✅Fund PPE
✅Mandatory masks on buses
✅Funding for mental health
✅Secure additional public spaces for alternative classrooms
Cost of student and staff safety? Priceless.
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According to
@jkenney
if we remove the name of one racist historical figure, we have to remove the names of all the racist historical figures.
...so.....can we do that then...?
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Why is there no elected leadership at Hinshaw today? This is nuts. She has made it clear that she provides advice, the government makes decisions. She can't keep being asked to defend the UCP's inaction. Alberta is in a state of crisis and not *one* minister could show?
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The UCP gave TC Energy $7.5 billion with no strings attached. I think the public deserves to know how many people were laid off at TC this week.
@JasonCoppingAB
knows. Will he tell us?
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Jason Kenney on Danielle Smith today saying he will *not* allow the public to hear directly from his Vaccine Task Force for daily progress updates on vaccine rollout.
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#yyc
#CovidVaccine
This is bad, very bad. The UCP fired the election commissioner and now they're hiding the names of people who are found to have broken elections laws. And they want us to believe they have nothing to hide? They're LITERALLY hiding names.
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Kenney on Facebook right now saying kids don’t spread
#COVID19AB
so schools are going ahead with reopening next week. No new resources or support for contact tracing in schools.
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Anyone find it weird that Kenney and co. are making Hinshaw answer for decisions they’re responsible for? Massive outbreaks at meat packing plants, no guidance for sml biz for relaunch, failure to circulate proper PPE...maybe Kenney doesn’t like that she’s more popular...
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But, being Premier requires you to speak to, and represent *everyone*. Governing means you have to look beyond your base, abandon hyper-partisanship, and look beyond the fringes. This is where Jason Kenney is failing
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4/9
Kenney Just rationalized firing over 20,000 educators by saying their situation could be worse.
Is that the benchmark then? Lowest common denominator?
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If the rumours of a Tuesday exodus of UCP MLAs are true I hope Albertans rightly punish those defectors for cynical cowardice by waiting until after the federal election. There’s is no valour in coming out of hiding after the battle is lost
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By my count, there are 22 instances of
#COVID19AB
in Alberta schools. Hinshaw says 11...
@AdrianaLaGrange
needs to implement immediate, centralized reporting so we have up to date information on the safety of staff and students in school.
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Jason Kenney’s single best skill is inciting outrage over things he has no plan or interest in fixing (equalization, action on climate change, separatism, etc.) because he’s never been in a position that requires him to
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8/9