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Ryan S.
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Policy and law / science / human rights / environment / random geekery. Canadian. Personal account and views.
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"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,
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
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The stupidest possible people are now in charge of everything.
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"we can do as we want to do" is the definition of tyranny.
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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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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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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A picture is worth one word in this case, and it's spelled R-E-C-A-L-L... #ableg #teachers
#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.
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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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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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"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."
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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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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"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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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
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
Federal leadership to protect the right to collective bargaining is needed.
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Albertans, if we have a problem with what’s happening, we need to make our voices heard.
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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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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