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Jack Farrell @jack-farrell.bsky.social · 21h

"This is a milestone which should have never been crossed, and today we fight so that it won't be crossed again.”

A dispatch from me and @reportrix.bsky.social on Alberta’s student walkout in response to the government’s back to work order for teachers and the use of the notwithstanding clause.

Alberta students cut class, rally at legislature for teachers in strike-bill dispute

EDMONTON - Hundreds of students cut class Thursday to march and chant against Alberta's shutdown of a teachers strike in protests that saw Premier Danielle Smith compared to a cold-hearted,

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Ryan S. @sirfish.bsky.social · 2d

Vassy Kapelos isn't letting the UCP off the hook for their trampling of Albertans' Constitutional Rights:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaqG...

#ableg #abpoli #teacherstrike

'Prolonged outages affect students academically': Alta. minister on ending teachers strike

YouTube video by CTV News

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2d

This is so fucked up.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

The stupidest possible people are now in charge of everything.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

NEW: A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica sets up new roadblocks to care for male veterans with breast cancer.

The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage

A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.

www.propublica.org

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

If you have absolutely nothing good to say about A.I. come and sit by me.

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Emma Thompson Explodes in Rage Over the 'Intense Irritation' of AI: 'Will You F--k Off?!' | Video

Emma Thompson made it clear she was not a fan of artificial intelligence during her latest appearance on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."

www.thewrap.com

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 3d

"we can do as we want to do" is the definition of tyranny.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "People don't care if we send in our military, if we send in our National Guard, if we send in Space Command, they don't care who it is, they just want to be safe ... we're gonna go into Chicago ... we can do as we want to do."

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M A Shane @mindfultalk.bsky.social · 3d

Teachers gave up a month's salary to fight for YOUR kids.

Let. That. Sink. In.

Now, they need YOUR support.

#ableg #abpoli #abed #UCP #albertandp #Alberta #NothwithstandingClause

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 3d

Today, the Senate transport and communications committee heard from two leading experts in labour law and strikes, Ian Lee of the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University and labour lawyer Paul Champ. Given the news from Alberta, I had questions. #cdnpoli #SenateofCanada #ableg #abpoli

Democratic or not? Governments ordering strikers back to work

YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons

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Reg Curren @regcalgary.bsky.social · 3d

A picture is worth one word in this case, and it's spelled R-E-C-A-L-L... #ableg #teachers

4 Seasons Total Landscaping @infiniteworlds.bsky.social · 3d

#abpoli #ableg #UnitedCorruptionParty #naptime #NWC
A picture speaks a thousand words.

Your Minister of Education yesterday. The premiere was also relaxing in the VIP lounge of the airport when human rights were stomped on by this crew of jagaloons.

Alberta minister of health with "foreign sounding name" sleeping in the legislature during working session.

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Karen Lord 🇨🇦 (Jochumsen) @karenjlord.bsky.social · 3d

#ABed #ABpoli #ABleg #Alberta

The Alberta Teachers’ Association @albertateachers.bsky.social · 3d

TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS, please join us for a Member Information Meeting today (Tuesday) at 3 PM.

You must register to attend. Register here: abteach.cc/MIM

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 3d

Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights?

An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.

I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 4d

"What I need you to understand is that nobody is letting them go quietly. The Feds' every movement is announced by a chorus of whistles, by a parade of cars honking in their wake, neighbors rushing outside to yell to film to witness.... Neighbors running towards trouble."

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 7d

ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…

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Erin @erinaline.bsky.social · 3d

savethecharter.ca

URGENT – Stop Alberta's government from overriding the Charter of Rights

Alberta Premier Smith plans to use the Notwithstanding Clause to pass laws that erase rights and silence the courts.

savethecharter.ca

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 3d

An important note…

Smith isn’t just overriding the federal Charter…

She’s also overriding the Alberta Human Rights Act AND the Alberta Bill of Rights she just rewrote.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

"Canada was at war with Nazi Germany two years before us—and declared war on Imperial Japan the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor. On June 6, 1944, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division landed on Juno Beach in conjunction with U.S. and British forces."

Totally Brazen. Comically Corrupt. Painfully Dumb.

Trump’s mask-off economic doctrine is on full display: Riches for friends, pain for enemies. Is it any wonder business leaders are falling in line?

www.thebulwark.com

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Tania Mysak @mysakt.bsky.social · 3d

It’s OK everyone. Danielle is going to fix education like she is fixing healthcare! There will be a report from a task force that Preston Manning will lead and she’s already written most of it for him! #ableg

cm 🇨🇦 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 3d

Someone forwarded me a "Letter to Alberta Parents and Guardians" that was sent out today from Danielle Smith.

3x screenshots attached.

PDF: files.catbox.moe/ft6hma.pdf

#Alberta #abpoli #ableg #AlbertaTeachers

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Ryan S. @sirfish.bsky.social · 3d

Federal leadership to protect the right to collective bargaining is needed.

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Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 3d

Albertans, if we have a problem with what’s happening, we need to make our voices heard.

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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 3d

It will be interesting to see how overriding charter rights, forcing a rejected labour deal on workers, and threatening substantial fines will impact Alberta's plan to add and recruit 3,000 new teachers over the next 3 years.

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Montreal Mike🇨🇦 @mikemontreal.bsky.social · 3d

We can NEVER NORMALIZE THIS as a country. This is a politician seizing power from the courts to pass law that violates our Charter Rights and Freedoms and every single time it’s used it should be reviled and shamed.
#cdnpoli #abpoli

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Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to send striking teachers back to work | CBC News

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced a bill on Monday to force striking teachers back to work as early as Wednesday.

www.cbc.ca

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 3d

This cannot stand.

Contact your MLAs.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Naheed Nenshi, leader of the Official Opposition NDP, said Smith's decision to invoke the notwithstanding clause makes her "the most authoritarian premier in the history of Canada."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to send striking teachers back to work | CBC News

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced a bill on Monday to force striking teachers back to work as early as Wednesday.

www.cbc.ca

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 3d

The UCP government has invoked time allocation on a bill
removing Albertans' Charter rights.

And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.

Here's why that is a dangerous precedent.

drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/alberta-st...

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #FireTheUCP #FireSmith

Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding

The UCP's Bill 2 skirts the legislature and the courts, leaving it up to the public to push back swiftly

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 3d

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

As Alberta invokes the notwithstanding clause, here's what you need to know | CBC News

Alberta has invoked the notwithstanding clause to end a teachers' strike. Here's what you need to know about the history of this mechanism to override Charter rights and freedoms, and how it works.

www.cbc.ca

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Chad :mstdn: @chad.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Just so we’re clear:

#ableg #abpoli #bill2 #charterofrightsandfreedoms

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Ann Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 3d

The Supreme Court has stated that Canadians have a Charter right to strike, and the Premier of Alberta just nullified that in order to end a teacher's strike that is entirely her fault.

She's such a coward that she walked out of #ableg as soon as she tabled the bill. #abpoli #cdnpoli

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