@lildougie11
@GoodPoliticGuy
Never call yourself an unskilled labourer.
If a job feels βeasyβ to you, that only means that you possess the skills to make it so.
Donβt undersell yourself, your qualifications, or your skills. You are a valuable, and deserving person; worthy of love, and a living wage.
Iβm not sure who needs to hear this, but Alberta, the province, doesnβt pay a dime in equalization payments.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying.
Every time you purchase anything related to the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, or Calgary Stampeders, a portion of the profits goes to fund anti-labour, groups like the Alberta Enterprise Group, which continues to oppose any action on climate change.
#ableg
Today I learned that Canadian Natural Resources--the giant company owned by Calgary Flames owner, Billionaire N. Murray Edwards--received $192,648,603.55 from the federal government in CEWS benefits & lobbied the
#UCP
government for another $117,338,000.00 in funding in 2020.
Webber Academy, which charges more than $18,000 in tuition, and receives over $7,500 per student in subsidies from the
#UCP
government is getting an additional $330,750 through the federal grant.
There are still public school classes more than 35 students.
#abed
#ableg
UNCONFIRMED: Apparently this is the solar power accident that triggered an air quality advisory in Alberta yesterday?
Whatβs that? This was an oil site??
Looks like Premier Smithβs arrival isnβt met with a standing ovation at
#COP8
β¦ spotted in ECO today, the daily brief from international civil society at UN climate conference! π
Danielle Smith isnβt a dummy.
Much of what she gets wrong is easily verifiable with basic research. Much of what she gets wrong is intentional disinformation for her audience that was never trained in critical thinking.
Smith is a grifter.
Itβa time to take notice of whatβs happening in Nova Scotia.
β[Anti-maskers are] nothing more than an alt-right group that wants to protest things like science.β
β
@IainTRankin
, Premier of NS.
Why are other leaders hesitant to say this?
#nspoli
The other day I referenced βFirst They Cameβ to a friend who grew up in Alberta, and they didnβt know what I was talking about.
Were you taught about this poem in school?
In Hamburg, Germany, tens of thousands protest against the far-right today.
The rally had to be cut short due to safety concerns because of crowd size.
The wave of protests against the far-right will continue on the weekend with dozens of rallies.
Town of Drayton Valley ordered to evacuate due to wildfires.
Drayton Valley-Devon MLA Mark Smith voted to cut funding to firefighters along with the rest of the
#UCP
.
βIβm sorry that you were offended by my overtly racist comments,β says leader of the overtly racist party, βI will try to be less overt about my racist beliefs in the future. Please donβt discriminate against the overt racists that helped me get elected. Discrimination bad.β
With the βsunshine listβ of how much
@Albertadoctors
bill the province coming out, itβs only fair to apply the same logic to the offices of
#UCP
ministries.
For example, Kenneyβs βsalaryβ is over $2.9M.
Now do Shandro & the others.
#ableg
#abpoli
βA new study has found that both Christian nationalism and biblical literalism are independently associated with a greater tendency to believe in conspiracy theories.β
Important reminder to everyone that
@bostonpizza
is a member of the Conservative anti-labour lobby group, Restaurants Canada, which opposes living wages for workers and supports the
#UCP
and their anti-2SLGBTQ+ social policies.
Jordon Holm is listed as a board member.
@putzeh
@profish
@redsnoopy69
Boston Pizza in no way condones such extreme and hateful rhetoric. We have contacted the individual to let them know we will not tolerate expressions of this nature.
βDanielle Smith's restaurant cited by AHS for health code violations. Note that three weeks later, she fired the whole AHS Board.β
via reddit: π
@davenewworld_2
Make vaccination a condidtion of employment. Fire all the cops, firefighters, and first responders who refuse.
Yes, getting vaccinated is a choice.
So is the decision to work as an emergency responder. Choices come with consequences, accept it.
@CMOH_Alberta
The trust between the
#UCP
and the public was violated long ago by Kenney and is irreparable.
You donβt have do go down with that ship Dr. Hinshaw.
"[Millennials] have been hardwired with *collectivist* ideas, (...) from their primary and secondary schools to universities. That's a cultural challenge for any Conservative Party, and we have to figure out how to break that."
--Jason Kenney.
A friend in Spain was feeling unwell and took a covid test. The good news is itβs not covid. The bad news it is the flu.
The astonishing news is Spanish covid tests are dual-Covid/flu tests and why in the hell are these not available everywhere?!
βIf we cut off power to you during a cold snap itβs because sOmEbOdY bought an electric vehicle, not because our cartel prioritized shareholder profits above upgrading infrastructure. π€
This is an Alberta Emergency Alert issued by the Alberta Emergency Management Agency.
Extreme cold resulting in high power demand has placed the Alberta grid at a high risk of rotating power outages this evening.
New York is giving the Buffalo Bills $850 million in taxpayer funds for a new stadium, the biggest pro sports subsidy of all time.
Three days ago, NY announced a $800 million cut to children and family services.
The Bills owner is worth $5.8 billion.
It may be worth remembering that the people who own
@globalnews
are major supporters of Conservative Parties.
Heather Shaw sits on the board of directors at
@CorusPR
βGlobalβs parent company.
#cdnmedia
#cdnpoli
#Elxn44
βAfter worker's buried body recovered from trench, safety questionedβ
βSome workers feel compelled to work under unsafe conditions, says veteran plumber.β
Safety standards are the βred tapeβ that the
#UCP
want destroyed.
"COVID procedures in Alberta are crystal clear: Everything is locked down except for everything. Get out and support local business & stay home. Wave three is here & new highly contagious variants have arrived so we must be vigilant & that is why we are opening things back up."
This βsurplusβ is funding stolen from underfunded public services, including healthcare and education.
Teachers, if you are working late, this is why your class sizes arenβt smaller.
Doctors, if you are stressed trying to care for too many patients, this is why.
βCrony capitalism, sometimes called cronyism, is an economic system in which businesses thrive not as a result of free enterprise, but rather as a return on money amassed through collusion between a business class and the political class.β βwikipedia
Thereβs a face off downtown between the
#ResignSeanChu
and the pro-sexual assault rally. (Super weird, I know.)
Guess which side
@CalgaryPolice
are on.
Not a good look.
@DrJenGunter
Yeah,
@CBCNATIONAL
/
@CBCNews
/
@CBC
should not be both-sides-ing this issue. There is no other side. There is rights for women or there is oppression. Equality or fascism.
Now begins the Walk for Freedom March after the speeches. Protesting mask mandates, public health orders.
Many (majority) are not wearing masks. Carrying Trump signs, Canadian Flag, etc. Chanting βFreedomβ.
#yyc
βA radio show host who liberals dismissed as a wonky and shallow figure won a majority, despite conflicts of interest, a disregard for the rule of the law and a record of rhetorical outrageousness that would have slayed any politician 30 years ago.β
BREAKING: The City of Calgary has charged Fueling Minds, the caterer believed to be the source of a E. Coli outbreak, with operating without a licence.
The charges come minutes before a provincial update on the outbreak.
#yyc
@CTVCalgary
πβRisk of rolling [brownouts]β during a cold snap sure sounds like a threat from the provinceβs electricity cartel.π
Get with the times and update your infrastructure, you cowards.
βa couple of natural gas generators in the province are off-line due to both planned and unplanned outages.β
I think a number of people would be interested in these βplanned and unplanned outages.β in January. In Alberta.
@CBCRadioCanada
@CBC
The hostility towards investigative journalism by twitterβs owner will crush the platform. As legitimate news sources are chased away, all that will remain is far-right propaganda.
βTheyβve done some significant damage to the park.β
Homeless encampments have scarred Edmontonβs once pristine river valley. Deputy Chief Warren Driechel recently toured Dawson Park, pointing out danger areas, and suggested the land itself may never recover due to large scale
This guy sounds like a teenager with affluenza raging against parents that already bought him a car, got him a job, and paid off a crooked judge to keep him out of truble after gunning down a wild horse on a womanβs private property and threatening to murder her.
Iβve been standing up to Ottawa since day one and I am proud to continue to do so. Here are a few initiatives that I fully support. Please consider sharing this with your friends and family. Itβs time to send Ottawa a message and for Alberta to be heard loud and clear.
A short thread about newspapers:
In the US, some newspapers basically rented out their front page to help get Trump elected in 2016. They worked like little billboards in the grocery isle campaigning all year long.
Think about that next time you shop.
Polite reminder that Danielle Smith is a lobbyist for big business & billionaires.
Her objective, like all Conservatives, is to take your money and give it to the rich.
Letter today from PM Justin Trudeau to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on the province's proposal to exit the CPP: "The harm it would cause is undeniable," he writes. "We will not stand by as anyone seeks to weaken pensions and reduce the retirement income of Canadians."
#ableg
1/2 We are in a housing crisis in Calgary. I have called a Special Meeting of Council for 1 pm on September 16, 2023 to take swift action. Compared to 2021, average market rent is β¬οΈ40% with vacancy at 3%. Median home prices for single detached β¬οΈ37%. The time to act is now.