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M A Shane @mindfultalk.bsky.social · 9h

#UCP gives TAX $ to PRIVATE schools that ALSO charge tuition (i.e. $20k/yr).

How might private schools spend OUR money?

a world class concert venue?
teenie-tiny class sizes?
expanded golf course?
purchase real estate?
Versailles-level landscaping?

Stop. This. Grift. #ableg #abed #abpoli

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Chris McClure 🇨🇦 @chrisjmcclure.bsky.social · 8h

A reminder to people to double check who the Calgary School board trustee candidates are really backing #yyc #yyccc #ableg #calgaryvotes

The Sprawl @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social · 28d

NEW STORY: The push to 'conservatize' Calgary's public school board. Six CBE trustee candidates have campaign materials that look identical—so we took a closer look. #yyccc #ableg

The push to ‘conservatize’ Calgary’s public school board | The Sprawl

Not a slate, candidates say.

www.sprawlcalgary.com

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Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎(Parody) @abdanielsmith.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you UCP voters for always supporting and never questioning my government propaganda about Alberta teachers.

We are continuing to enrich our wealthy friends as we underfund public education in favour of private charter schools none of you can afford!
#abpoli #ableg

A bar graph showing polling results from a survey asking the question: In this dispute between the Alberta government and the teachers, would you say your sympathies are more with:
1. The teachers
2. The government
3. Neither
4. Not sure/Can't say
The results show school aged children are 56%, NDP voters are 87%, while UCP voters are 28%, in favour of the teachers.
The results show school aged children are 27%, while the UCP are 40% in support of the government. The margin of NDP voters in support of the government is too small a percentile to view.
The results show school aged children are 20%, NDP voters are 8%, while UCP voters are only 28%, in favour of neither the teachers nor the government.
Overall, Alberta shows 58% are in support of the teachers, while 21% are in support of the government, while 18% are Neither.

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Gina Blank @photosbyginayeg.bsky.social · 1d

"An educated Alberta is a better Alberta." She is spot on. Quality public education is a human right--see Article 26 on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. What we have in Alberta right now does not meet the criteria, and is not best practice. We can and need to do better. #ABEducation #ABLeg

Screenshot of Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It reads: Article 26 - 1. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.

2. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.

3. Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 1d

This is a reminder of why Webber Academy doesn't need public education funds; they have sports facilities that are nicer than those in some towns. Plus a 500-seat theatre, no one is going to convince me that private schools need public education funds #abpoli #ableg

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Judy C @53swimmer.bsky.social · 1d

#cdnpoli

Taking Alberta Forward, We Stand With Canada🍁 @asytsema.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder to the #Alberta UCP government: Introducing intermediaries into universal public healthcare and public education will inevitably increase costs for Albertans, diverting hard-earned taxpayer dollars from essential services. #abpoli #ableg #SavePublicHealthcare #SavePublicEducation 🧵

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Jaimé "Ghost" Turner @jaimeturner.bsky.social · 1d

Stop funding PRIVATE SCHOOLS with PUBLIC TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

#abed #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #FireTheUCP

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Judy C @53swimmer.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, Smith is trying hard to emulate the undermining of public education occurring in the US. It’s so retrogressive to be blinded by narrow minded Christian nationalist ideology!!! #ableg #abed

Connie L🇨🇦 🐝Proud Antifa @pennerconnie.bsky.social · 2d

This is EXACTLY what Smith is doing in Alberta.
Privatizing the schools to teach their Christian Nationalism bullshit. We have to wake up and stop this foolhardy nonsense. Public school are better, more well rounded, better informed and doesn't delete history when it doesn't suit them. #ableg #ata

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”

By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

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Judy C @53swimmer.bsky.social · 3d

Yes! Of course the UCP wouldn’t deliver a useful resource for home learning! It’s just a token to pretend they’re supporting parents. UCP would rather waste our tax $ on inappropriate materials, than invest them in improving public education! #abed #ableg

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

Of course it is! How could it be otherwise? #UCP have no respect for teachers or students. #ableg #albertateachers #abpoli #PublicEd

Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 4d

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

‘A big mess’: Expert, parents criticize Alberta tool kit for students during strike

#abpoli #ableg #teachers #strike
#FireTheUCP #FireSmith #Alberta

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Judy C @53swimmer.bsky.social · 4d

This validates why Alberta Teachers voted to strike! They’re getting no strike pay as they fight for better learning conditions for students, ie smaller classes & more support for special learning needs. We risk more teachers leaving the profession If conditions don’t improve! #abed #cdnpoli #ableg

RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 4d

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🚨 ALBERTA TEACHERS AMONG WORLD'S MOST STRESSED & OVERWORKED 🚨

A #OECD report confirms what #Alberta #teachers have been saying: they are facing unsustainable #workloads, high #stress, and a lack of #support compared to their peers globally.

Alberta Teachers' Association
#AbLeg #AbEd #ATAstrike

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Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 4d

About time "western" media started calling her out.
#ableg #cdnpoli

🍁 Christine 🍁 @204queenb0574.bsky.social · 4d

I love the editorials from the Winnipeg Free Press. #canadasky #cdnpoli

Editorial from the October 10, 2025 e-edition of the Winnipeg Free Press. To make the article even larger and easier to read, open it in a new tab of your browser. The text will not distort even with resizing.

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 5d

Idiots like Yager is think it's okay for private industry to take all the profit & leave Albertans paying for all the damages

But when it comes to funding education & healthcare the UCP will talk about the deficit as though regular Albertans caused the shortfall not giveaways to donors

#ableg

Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 TIL: David Yager, the man who drafted Alberta's Mature Asset Strategy for aging oil & gas infrastructure, publicly stated in 2021 that: "Albertans must permit the government to move past the “polluter pay” mantra and deal with the issues as they exist today." energynow.ca/2021/07/the-... #ABLeg

The Pursuit of Well Decommissioning’s Holy Grail – A Reclamation Certificate: David Yager - Canadian Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow

by David Yager The two most important words about inactive oil and gas wells and the industry’s legal obligation to clean up after itself are Reclamation Certificate (RC). The Merriam-Webster on-line ...

energynow.ca

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 5d

The Alberta Medicial Association is raising the alarm on the disintegration of healthcare into silos that will only create barriers for patients.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6d

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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M A Shane @mindfultalk.bsky.social · 6d

UCP spends LEAST tax dollars per PUBLIC school student in Canada.

#UCP spends MOST tax dollars per PRIVATE school student in Canada.

Every.
Canadian.
Kid.
Is.
Better.
Funded.
Than.
OUR.
Kids.

Smith is ok with that.
Teachers are not.

#ableg #abpoli #abed #yyc #yeg #albertateachers

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Musicbaum @musicbaum.bsky.social · 6d

The #Alberta Education Minister says " #teachers have to make trade offs" in the labour dispute. It's not the teachers he's "trading off." It's the #students. #Dipshit.
#ableg #yyc #yeg #albertateachersstrike

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Jaymie Heilman @jaymieh.bsky.social · 6d

"I think it's wrong to have the highest rate of funding for private schools in a province where we have the lowest rate of funding for public schools." #ableg #abpoli @amandachapman.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

www.cbc.ca

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Chad :mstdn: @chad.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 6d

It really needs to be said - if a number of labour groups are striking, putting their livelihoods on the line, perhaps it's not the government in the right here.

Perhaps these folks don't deserve to be ignored.Just a thought.

#canpoli #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli

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𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 (𝐬𝐡𝐞/𝐡𝐞𝐫) 🇨🇦 @susanincanada.bsky.social · 6d

Fellow Canadians in Alberta, let’s put #PublicEducation funds paid by us, back where they belong, & not in #UCP -endorsed charter schools.

The petition will be up when a CFO is appointed within 7 days & the 7-day publication period ends.

#DanielleSmithisUnfit
#AbPoli
#AbLeg
#AbEd
#AliciaTaylor

Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 6d

Elections Alberta has approved a citizen-initiated petition application to gather signatures in support of the proposal to end public funding to independent/private schools.

Calgary teacher Alicia Taylor says she brought it forward because it could help improve funding for public schools. #AbEd

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

www.cbc.ca

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M A Shane @mindfultalk.bsky.social · 6d

Smith / #UCP STOPPED collecting class size data on October 18, 2019!

Ask yourself why? Why wouldn't a gov want actual data on class size?

#ableg #abpoli #ableg #abed #yyc #yeg #albertateachers

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Judy C @53swimmer.bsky.social · 6d

Well said, Premier Eby! Smith is nothing more than an O&G shill… her ideology is so entrenched, she’s walking a fine line in pretending to be anything else while appeasing her supporters #ableg #cdnpoli

Canadian Loyalist 🇨🇦 @shakespearesgal.bsky.social · 6d

Saying it like it is.

This country does not need Sm*th’s bs.

#cdnpoli

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 6d

In a fiery statement, Eby called her out directly stating...
"This is not the Danielle Smith show!" #cdnpoli

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Chaos Coordinator @vacationwishing13.bsky.social · 7d

Have you called or emailed your MLA today? (and the Education Minister and the Premier?) Keep that pressure on them that we all support PUBLIC EDUCATION!!

#abed #ableg #abpoli #WeStandWithTeachers #WeSupportTeachers

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WTFoxtail @wtfoxtail.bsky.social · 7d

Recall Smith #abpoli #ableg

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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 7d

"The Canada Disability Benefit was designed to help disabled people survive as food, gas, rent and medicine skyrocket in price. Instead, Alberta decided to simply take it back. We are the only province clawing back the benefit — while also being the richest." #AbLeg

Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 7d

Changing Alberta's disability supports to (supposedly) emphasize work " is not needed, it is not wanted, and it is dangerous." calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: Alberta’s new disability program strips support from those who need it most

AISH changes like clawback of federal funds and creating a mandated work program strip support from the people who need it most

calgaryherald.com

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Alicia Chantal @freshlookediting.ca · 7d

Albertans, if you’re not ok with how provincial dollars are being spent, now would be the time to get in touch with your MLA, the education minister, and the premier. Use your voice and speak up.

#AbEd #AbLeg #ISupportTeachers #RedForEd

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Braid: Lavish private-school funding infuriates teachers, spooks government

Spanking spat last week was caused by student Evan Li hitting a sore spot on eve of teacher strike — lush funding for private schools.

calgaryherald.com

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