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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 12h

So, Angus Reid polled on that question, too. Here's a snap of one of their graphics.

About 60 per cent of ppl surveyed want fewer public dollars going to independent schools. But about 35 per cent of respondents wanted to eliminate all public funding. #AbLeg #AbEd

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 12h

This is the first publicly released polling on Alberta education issues from a professional pollster in a while, and the results are super interesting.

ARI poll suggests contract dispute support for teachers: 58%
Support for AB govt: 21 %
Neither: 18 % #AbLeg #AbEd

New poll suggests bulk of public back Alberta teachers in contract dispute | CBC News

A new Angus Reid Institute poll suggests locked-out teachers have more public support than the Alberta government as a contract dispute cancels classes for a second week.

www.cbc.ca

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1d

Must read here for all Albertans via @ximenaka.bsky.social.
Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

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.

thetyee.ca

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marniebeaudoin.bsky.social @marniebeaudoin.bsky.social · 1d

reddeeradvocate.com/2025/10/12/o...

Opinion: Alberta private schools under the microscope as strike continues - Red Deer Advocate

As the first province-wide teachers’ strike in Alberta history grinds to the end of its first week, private schools and funding have taken centre stage.

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

Even though it is a Thanksgiving weekend, our #ForeverCanadian volunteers are hard at work collecting signatures.

We are getting close to 300,000 signatures and there are only 16 days left.

You can sign the petition at 50 locations across Alberta:

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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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 9d

Some big bombshells in our new episode with Dr Paul Parks!

Including that Danielle Smith was warned by many experts her healthcare "refocusing" would only make healthcare in Alberta much, much worse!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 4d

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 6d

Under Nazi rule, clergy who refused to support the regime were surveilled, arrested, assaulted, and in some cases, executed. The Nazis publicly aligned themselves with Christian values while targeting religious figures who defended the vulnerable or spoke against state violence.

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marniebeaudoin.bsky.social @marniebeaudoin.bsky.social · 5d

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

ANALYSIS | Alberta stopped tracking class sizes. Then it changed its funding formula. Now, it's a teachers' strike issue | CBC News

Get a rough idea of how much Alberta’s teaching staff has grown compared to how much student enrolment has grown since the funding formula for school boards was changed.

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St. Albert Gazette @stalbertgazette.bsky.social · 6d

BEYOND LOCAL: Uphill battle to recruit, train to meet the promise of more Alberta teachers: Post-sec

Uphill battle to recruit, train to meet the promise of more Alberta teachers: Post-sec

ATA President Jason Schilling called the clause to hire 3,000 new teachers over three years a “drop in the bucket” compared to the number of teachers needed in Alberta.

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Jack Farrell @jack-farrell.bsky.social · 6d

Alberta education minister concerned about private school funding petition

From me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...

Alberta education minister concerned about private school funding petition

EDMONTON - Alberta's education minister says cutting government funding to private schools — a move one Calgary teacher is hoping to put to a vote — would only escalate the

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 7d

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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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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marniebeaudoin.bsky.social @marniebeaudoin.bsky.social · 7d

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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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 7d

WOW!

Alberta just got another approved referendum petition!

And this one calls for the practice of funding private schools with public money to be put to an end!

During the teachers strike!

Strap in Alberta, we’re going on a ride!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Alex Middleton @alexyyc.bsky.social · 7d

Not another penny of taxpayer's money should go to private schools until our public school system is fairly funded.

Alberta is one of the richest places in the world. It is political malpractice that our public education system has been left to rot this way.

www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/a...

Alberta’s private school funding draws scrutiny amid public education debate

Read the full story and comment on stalbertgazette.com

www.stalbertgazette.com

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marniebeaudoin.bsky.social @marniebeaudoin.bsky.social · 7d

www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/a...

Alberta’s private school funding draws scrutiny amid public education debate

Read the full story and comment on stalbertgazette.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 8d

CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.

apnews.com/article/chic...

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 9d

Today is World Teachers’ Day.

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 11d

South Carolina lawmakers heard public testimony this week on a controversial bill that would criminalize people who get abortions, those who help them, and the doctors who provide abortion care.

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 11d

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith posted a photo of a child in a crowd holding up a sign saying "My Sober Parents" on social media platforms this week.

The caption said his parents were "lost to addiction."

The kid's mom says the post was "completely false" and the premier "used my son for clicks":

www.cbc.ca

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marniebeaudoin.bsky.social @marniebeaudoin.bsky.social · 13d

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

“private schools, excluding early childhood services, are slated to receive nearly $295 million to operate in Budget 2025, which would be a nearly 16 per cent increase in funding from the previous year — and a 42 per cent funding increase since 2023-24.”

Alberta town hall moderator apologizes for 'inappropriate' spanking quip towards Calgary student | CBC News

The moderator of the province's Alberta Next panel has publicly apologized for a remark Premier Danielle Smith has called offensive. Smith now says she considers the matter closed.

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 13d

After cutting his mic, telling him his question about Alberta's teacher strike didn't make sense and that his parents should spank him, Premier Danielle Smith's executive director Bruce McAllister apologized in a post on X to 17-year-old Evan Li.

Li wants a direct apology.

Alberta town hall moderator apologizes for 'inappropriate' spanking quip towards Calgary student | CBC News

The moderator of the province's Alberta Next panel has publicly apologized for a remark Premier Danielle Smith has called offensive. Smith now says she considers the matter closed.

www.cbc.ca

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 14d

Talking to oldest kid who works in the school system (Not as a teacher)

Witnessed a kindergarten class with 35 kids, 8 with special needs & 1 who doesn't speak English yet

And only one teacher

I would strike too if that was my job

The UCP need to cut out the propaganda & listen
#ableg

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 13d

A lot of people have been sharing links to a series of articles I wrote 16 years ago about Premier Danielle Smith’s disastrous time on the Calgary Board of Education in the late 1990s.

daveberta.substack.com/p/danielle-s...

Danielle Smith v. Calgary Board of Education

An early glimpse into the Premier's views on politics, teachers, and public education.

daveberta.substack.com

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