mackieblu
@mackieblu.bsky.social
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Progressive Canadian. Albertan. (But not that kind) Twitter refugee. Trying to keep facts in circulation.
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mackieblu
@mackieblu.bsky.social
· Apr 1
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LarCan
@lhar58.bsky.social
· 13h
Large class sizes remain unresolved in Alberta — and that's just where the issue begins | CBC News
Ballooning class sizes aren’t just a top concern for Alberta’s striking teachers, who are being legislated back to work. It's also an issue raised by Ontario elementary teachers preparing to start new...
www.cbc.ca
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Mkeall 🇨🇦
@mkeall.bsky.social
· 21h
Shameful--one of the wealthiest countries and this👇
🇨🇦 76 year old senior is working and homeless--over 5 % of seniors are now so poverty-stricken they can't afford rent plus medication, food and clothing.
#ShameOnCanada
#Aging #Cdnpoli #Canadasky
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
🇨🇦 76 year old senior is working and homeless--over 5 % of seniors are now so poverty-stricken they can't afford rent plus medication, food and clothing.
#ShameOnCanada
#Aging #Cdnpoli #Canadasky
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
P.E.I. senior sleeps in car as more older Canadians face homelessness
This P.E.I. senior resident has been living and sleeping in his car for months. Meeting his basic needs isn’t always easy, but he says it’s the loneliness that weighs on him most.
www.ctvnews.ca
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Mkeall 🇨🇦
@mkeall.bsky.social
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11,706. The number of people who signed Petition e-6489, calling on the leaders of all parties to undergo security vetting, which was proudly presented by Liberal Member of Parliament, Robert Morrissey, today in the House of Commons. #cdnpoli
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The Senate voted 50–46 tonight to block Trump’s tariffs on Canada, and yesterday it voted to block his tariffs on Brazil. Now we need the house to vote. Where’s the House? Is Johnson still guarding the Epstein files?
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Alberta is the wealthiest province in Confederation, but you'd never know that by looking at the way it funds its public schools and their students. At some point, voters might want to think about what that says — and means — @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes.
Alberta is the richest province in the country — except where it really counts
How does the province with the highest fiscal capacity in the country also have the lowest per-capita funding for students in its public schools? Because it wants it that way
www.nationalobserver.com
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