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Kai, a very old GenX 🇨🇦 @kaicable.bsky.social · 8h

Oil & Gas dropped over 30,000 jobs in Alberta in the last decade and continue killing even more jobs - while raking in billions in profits and tax cuts from Danielle Smiths government.

#abpoli #bcpoli #onpoli #cdnpoli #canada
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How the Right Is Turning Youth Unemployment into Outrage over Foreign Workers | The Walrus

A job-posting website went viral when MP Michelle Rempel Garner used it to argue immigrants are “stealing” Canadian jobs

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 17h

Minister Joly "Canadians know what to do ..."
We know what to do, don't we!
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Ottawa threatens legal action against Stellantis | CBC News

The federal government is threatening automaker Stellantis with legal action if the company doesn't "respect its obligations" to Canadians, according to a letter obtained by CBC News, years after the ...

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 20h

IMO this translates to

The UCP does not want to spend money on Alberta's kids

But

They will happily give money to O&G to clean up disused wells that they're legally required to clean up anyway

#ableg

Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 21h

Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner says the ATA's latest proposal to employers included class-size caps and would cost $2 billion more than the province is willing to spend over 4 years. He asked teachers for an offer more "rooted in reality." #AbLeg #AbEd

Back to work legislation possible if Alberta teacher strike continues when assembly returns: minister | CBC News

Alberta's finance minister says the province will consider back-to-work legislation if teachers are still off the job when the legislature returns later this month.

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 21h

Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner says the ATA's latest proposal to employers included class-size caps and would cost $2 billion more than the province is willing to spend over 4 years. He asked teachers for an offer more "rooted in reality." #AbLeg #AbEd

Back to work legislation possible if Alberta teacher strike continues when assembly returns: minister | CBC News

Alberta's finance minister says the province will consider back-to-work legislation if teachers are still off the job when the legislature returns later this month.

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Lisa @lisab0923.bsky.social · 1d

Public funds to private healthcare is still private healthcare with public funds.

#daniellesmith
#healthcare

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Mandate this, Danny #daniellesmith #healthcare #alberta

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 1d

I could pay the finest scientists and engineers in the world to spend the rest of their lives pushing the limits of nanotechnology and still not be able to produce a violin small enough for these landlords

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‘If there is no demand, we can’t operate’: Small landlords ponder future after foreign student cuts

The case for investing in student housing isn’t as obvious as it once was as the federal cap on international students enters its second year

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 2d

TODAY, there are 110 #ForeverCanadian signature collection locations across Alberta. Certainly, there is one not too far from you.

Please, take a moment to sign this important petition. We need your signature to reach our goal to keep Alberta in Canada.🇨🇦
www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...

Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website

Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 2d

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
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UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

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Dena McMartin 🇨🇦 @dwmcmartin.bsky.social · 1d

If they cared as much about the “post-born” and voted to fund programs for children and adults, we’d find some common ground perhaps.

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Dena McMartin 🇨🇦 @dwmcmartin.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a group of CPC MPs (AB: Genuis and Vierson) who are preoccupied with policing women and their bodies. Attempts to limit Canadians’ freedoms needs are serious. Our individual & collective rights & responsibilities need to respect the views & beliefs of others. But not impose them on others!

The Pearson Project @projectpearson.bsky.social · Aug 3

The Honourable Arnold Viersen, Member of Parliament for Peace River - Westlock, here presenting a petition proposing legislation to "protect the pre born".

This is a tactic by the anti abortion lobby to make abortion illegal by declaring the fetus alive at heartbeat detection

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 2d

The think tank is widely known for creating Project 2025.

And this isn’t the first meeting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has had with allies of the U.S. president.

David Falk writes. A @desmog.com Canada reprint. #canpoli

Smith Reveals Meeting with the US Heritage Foundation After Trump Win | The Tyee

The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank because of its influence on the president.

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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible, heartbreaking interviews by @reportrix.bsky.social.

Quote: "“You show your love really weird," the girl says of [Premier] Smith." 💔

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The kids, they know what's going down. They're fighting for their actual lives. No bluster. No exaggeration.

'We'll be moving': Alberta transgender children, families brace for legal changes

EDMONTON - Football decals plaster the walls of his bedroom. A San Francisco 49ers bedspread and a binder full of trading cards make it clear the seven-year-old loves sports.

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🇨🇦🇨🇦 Proud Canadian 🇨🇦🇨🇦 @beppil007.bsky.social · 2d

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There’s something sinister going on here, other than victim blaming.
This is normalizing portraying Canada as the enemy.

CNN is carrying Trump’s water.

If gullible, complacent Americans see Canada as a hostile nation, it’s OK for the US to punish & annex. #ElbowsUp

Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business

Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 2d

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🇨🇦 ALBERTA PRIVATE SCHOOLS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE AS STRIKE CONTINUES 🇨🇦

As the province-wide teachers' strike enters its 2nd week, the contentious issue of #PublicFunding for #PrivateSchools has been thrust into the spotlight, a new opinion piece argues.

Red Deer Advocate
#AbLeg #AbEd #ATAstrike

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 15d

“Why are Albertans not more upset when trust is taken for granted? When leaders gamble with your future?”

Chief Sheldon Sunshine of the Sturgeon Lake Cree has issued a public call to action for Albertans to find their voices.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Foolishly optimistic 🇨🇦 #CanadaSky#Never Poilievre @ladyjaynes.bsky.social · 2d

MAGA is alive in Alberta.The UCP, like the Heritage Foundation "plays on the fears of religious parents & soothes their anxieties with the promise of a free market.To preserve so-called family values, the project’s playbook calls for the dismantling of public education 1/2
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Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee

MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.

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The French Wong @thefrenchwong.bsky.social · 3d

This is #CrisisCapitalism. This crisis has been manufactured by the #UCP. Someone profited from this person’s death. That is horrific, repugnant & completely unacceptable.

@daniellesmithucp.bsky.social promised to fix #AbHealth in 90 days. Have we waited long enough yet?!? Let’s #FireTheUCP!!!

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 2d

We are so close to our goal. Please, look up your closest petition signing location on this website and take a minute to add your name to the list of proud Canadians.

Our #ForeverCanadian volunteers are at 68 locations across Alberta. Find them here:

www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...

Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website

Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

www.forever-canadian.ca

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Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · 3d

Calling out PP's presser

Entire video:
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Dena McMartin 🇨🇦 @dwmcmartin.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for the tip. Heading there now.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 4d

Did you know the first thanksgiving celebrated by Europeans in North America happened in Canada?
Or that the Indigenous celebrated autumn harvests long before Europeans arrived?
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than the United States?
This is the story.

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A festive Thanksgiving dinner table featuring a roasted turkey as the centerpiece, surrounded by an array of dishes including green beans, stuffing, sliced ham, and a pumpkin pie. The table is decorated with pumpkins, sunflowers, candles, and autumnal flowers, with wine glasses and plates set for a meal.

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The French Wong @thefrenchwong.bsky.social · 4d

Read this 🧵 last night after dropping hubs off @ #YYC ER; struggling to breathe, in pain, like someone was sitting on his chest.

Diagnosis: pericarditis.

Total time @ hospital: 11 hours.

Tell me again @daniellesmithab.bsky.social how you’ll fix #AbHealth in 90 days.

#AbLeg #AbPoli

Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 4d

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #2

- Pt in their 40s, witnessed cardiac arrest
- EMS responds and begins resuscitation
- Only mins from nearest Hospital, but the ED is CLOSED
- Adjacent Hospital ED Closed too
- EMS crew NOT aware of ED closures
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Dena McMartin 🇨🇦 @dwmcmartin.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Thanksgiving weekend, Canada!!!

🍁🛸Waiting For The Mothership🛸🍁 @destry66.bsky.social · 4d

In honour of Canadian Thanksgiving, I'm thankful that I AM CANADIAN! ❤️🇨🇦🍁

Free to Be Strong and Free

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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 5d

50% of Canadians don’t know this:

“The Canadian Cancer Society says drinking about three drinks a day could double the risk of developing cancer of the mouth, pharynx, larynx and esophagus, and increase the risk of colorectal and breast cancer by one-and-a-half times.”

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Senate debates bill to add warning labels to alcohol packaging | CBC News

Sen. Patrick Brazeau is trying a second time to pass legislation that would add cancer warning labels to alcohol packaging.

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Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 4d

“Support for mandatory vaccinations is growing in Canada, poll finds”

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Support for mandatory vaccinations is growing in Canada, poll finds | Globalnews.ca

The online survey found that 72 per cent of Canadians think vaccinations for children should "definitely" or "probably" be mandatory in their province.

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