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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 14h

▶️ WE’RE LIVE!

TUNE IN NOW for Parent-Teacher Interviews with Naheed Nenshi, Amanda Chapman, and parents, teachers, and students from across the province:
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Parent-Teacher Interview with Naheed Nenshi

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 2d

We'll have what they're having...

Happy Thanksgiving, Alberta! #WeStandwithTeachers

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 3d

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 4d

Scared for strike talk at the dinner table? Don't worry, we have you covered with the facts on education. ⬇️

Line chart showing Alberta’s real dollars per student dropping under the UCP. Text highlights: Alberta is last in per-student funding, class sizes of 40+, and that the UCP could have acted months ago.

Students walking toward a school. Text says Alberta’s NDP built and modernized 244 schools in four years, while the UCP has only built or modernized 78 in five years.

Student standing in a library aisle. Text says Alberta’s NDP funded education per student above the national average and that past NDP funding remains higher than the UCP’s, even with inflation.

Classroom scene with raised hands. Text says Alberta's NDP introduced a 2023 bill to bring back class size reporting, and the UCP defeated it.

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 9d

Teachers show up for Alberta's kids every single day.
Today, on World Teacher's Day, we showed up for them. ❤️

#WeStandWithTeachers

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 10d

Alberta’s New Democrats stand with teachers. ❤️

Today, we unanimously voted to:
🪧 recognize and respect the work of teachers and education professionals
🗳️ defend and respect collective bargaining & strongly condemn any attempt to undermine it.
⁠✊ stand in solidarity with teachers if they strike

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 10d

Provincial Council is underway in Red Deer! 🧡

Alberta’s New Democrats come together to connect, organize, and plan for the better future we all deserve.

We’re moments away from hearing Leader, @naheednenshi.bsky.social, on HOW WE WIN.

Members, you can join us online - check your inbox!

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 11d

Alberta's New Democrats got it done once, and we'll do it again. 👏

Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 11d

Danielle Smith's 'plan' for a pipeline is nothing but a pipe dream.

There's no route, no partner, no funding, and no consultation. Just another $14 million of taxpayer funds wasted on a project that does nothing and goes nowhere.

Alberta's New Democrats got it done once, and we'll do it again.

Danielle Smith's 'plan' for a pipeline is nothing but a pipe dream.

YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 13d

It's official: Alberta now has the lowest minimum wage in the country. 🏅

The minimum wage hasn't been raised since 2018, and Danielle Smith has no plans to change this.

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 14d

Things Danielle Smith will spend millions of public dollars on:
✅ Advertising war against teachers
✅ Distributing worksheets

Things Danielle Smith won't spend any public dollars on:
❌ Improving public education

Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 14d

Worksheets aren't classrooms.

Danielle Smith will spend millions of public dollars on everything but offering teachers a fair deal.

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Worksheets aren't classrooms, Premier.

YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 14d

Reminder:

Bruce McAllister doesn’t respect Albertans.

The Premier knows this and is paying him $825,000 to berate citizens in these so-called “town halls.”

We deserve better.

Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · Aug 15

Are you sure you’re listening? 🤨

Danielle Smith’s waste-of-taxpayer-money “Alberta Next” panels turned rowdy in Edmonton.

It’s clear they’re not interested in hearing from Albertans. The UCP just wants to continue to push their costly, destabilizing ideas on Alberta.

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 15d

The news that Imperial Oil is closing its Calgary office and cutting jobs is a significant blow to Calgary's and Alberta's economies.

We need a Premier who keeps Alberta’s investment market competitive, instead of chasing separatism.
Read my full statement: www.albertandpcaucus.ca/news/post/na...

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 15d

Today, and always, Alberta's New Democrats stand with you.

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 15d

Alberta's students are worth so much more than the lowest per-student funding in the country.

Investing in education is the BEST thing we could do to build a better future for our province. We'll never stop fighting for that.

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 19d

We’re shocked at the cruelty, but certainly not surprised…

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 19d

🚨BREAKING: Alberta’s New Democrats reveal the UCP plans to increase seniors' healthcare costs

📹WATCH LIVE youtube.com/live/IX0SKyh...

Smith Betrays Alberta Seniors

YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 20d

The lack of accountability is the point.

It’s easier to pretend you aren’t failing students, teachers, and parents if you stopped collecting evidence showing you’re doing exactly that.

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 20d

"Although the province stopped tracking class sizes in 2019, educators say anecdotally their classrooms are becoming increasingly jammed."

Honestly wild Alberta stopped tracking this data and we now have to rely on anecdotal evidence when it comes to a key issue holding up a new teachers contract.

Alberta teachers and their employers have reached a tentative agreement | CBC News

Alberta teachers and their employers have reached a tentative agreement that could avert a strike in the province's schools, according to a statement from Finance Minister Nate Horner.

www.cbc.ca

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 22d

WATCH LIVE: Naheed Nenshi, Leader of Alberta’s New Democrats, calls on the UCP to raise the minimum wage and protect Albertans’ paycheques - youtube.com/live/QrE1lNz...

Protecting Your Paycheque

YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 24d

Surely... yet... the UCP has made their choice.

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 24d

Danielle Smith and the UCP are launching a massive, expensive ad campaign to avoid funding classrooms and pay teachers instead of just... funding classrooms and paying teachers.

Make it make sense.

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 25d

For the first time in Alberta history, Danielle Smith will use the notwithstanding clause preemptively to shield her bills targeting vulnerable trans children from legal scrutiny.

Her actions are simply cruel and wrong.

Read my full statement below:

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 25d

Danielle Smith often calls herself the most 'freedom-loving' politician in Canada, yet she's repeatedly infringed on your fundamental human rights.

Her actions are simply cruel, wrong, and politically motivated.

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Danielle Smith is stripping away your fundamental human rights.

YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 25d

Overcrowded classrooms.
Erosion of public health.
Record unemployment.

That's the 'Alberta Advantage' under Danielle Smith.

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 26d

We once had the best public education in the world, a reliable healthcare system, and a thriving economy.

But under the UCP, we've all but lost our advantage.

It doesn't have to be this way.

With Alberta's New Democrats, better is possible.

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Together, we can bring back the Alberta Advantage. Better is possible.

YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 26d

Wild idea:

Every cent spent advertising against teachers could be spent on fixing our overcrowded classrooms instead!

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Negotiations between province and ATA set to become advertising war

A nasty standoff between the Alberta government and its teachers is set to turn into an advertising war.Financ...

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