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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 7h

The key to understanding UCP’s legislative agenda is the UCP’s annual general meeting next month. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/the-... #ableg #abpoli

The key to understanding UCP’s legislative agenda is the UCP’s annual general meeting next month - Alberta Politics

The key to understanding the Alberta Legislature’s fall agenda is knowing that almost everything on the list trotted out yesterday by United Conservative Party House Leader Joseph Schow is there to ke...

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 15h

A painting of a bird beside the text "no way in fuck am i putting up with that shit"

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 14h

Premier Danielle Smith’s claims about the Wyant report into the Alberta Health Services contract scandal are contradicted by the report itself. #abpoli

thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Smith Still Faces Questions in the Dodgy Contracts Scandal | The Tyee

The premier said a report on AHS procurement practices cleared her government. It didn’t.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 14h

www.aptnnews.ca?p=278634
The federal government is expected to file a motion in Nunavut court next month to have the Inuit experiments case dismissed. The lawyer for the plaintiffs says the government's denial of involvement is "offensive."

‘It doesn't look good on the federal government’: says plaintiffs’ lawyer in Inuit experiments case

There's 'no evidence that the federal government was involved in conducting the research,' in Inuit experiments case, according to a government statement.

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17h

The UCP is introducing legislation to ensure that only "serious" people are allowed to run in elections.

Whatever could go wrong with a government putting up barriers for people who want to run against them?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Ann Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 14h

And if they refuse? The UCP is going to fire 51k teachers? Because there are 51k scab teachers kicking around and eager to work for minimum wage? But if teachers don't have the right to strike in Alberta that means no one does. #ableg

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17h

On the teachers strike...

House Leader Joseph Schow refused to rule out using the Nothwithstanding clause to remove teachers right to strike and force them back to work.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 14h

"Government house leader Joseph Schow says the changes will ensure only those who, in his words, 'truly care and are serious about representing a community' will be put on the ballot."

Gradually, then suddenly. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

Alberta government to introduce bill limiting who can run in provincial elections

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government is planning to introduce legislation this fall to limit who can run in provincial elections.

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Michael Janz @michaeljanz.bsky.social · 13h

Considering the UCP made a big fuss about cutting red tape, they’ve sure added a lot of costs, red tape and lineups to the democratic process!

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 15h

Lecturing active soldiers about being too fat while dropping standards so low for the ICE deportation force that a third of their recruits can't handle the easiest PT test I've ever heard of www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

More than a third have failed so far, four officials told me, impeding the agency’s plan to hire, train, and deploy 10,000 deportation officers by January. To pass, recruits must do 15 push-ups and 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
“It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told me, adding that before now, a typical class of 40 recruits had only a couple of candidates fail, because the screening process was more rigorous.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 5d

Disabled people can’t “just leave” the US.

It’s not a question of them “trying harder”.

It’s a lack of resources, money and physical health combined with the fact that most countries won’t allow disabled people in.

We must fight to ensure no one is left behind.

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MrsDrJim @mrsdrjim.bsky.social · 8h

They are very likely to decide that use of what they think is a burner phone justifies further search, seizure, detention, and worse.

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17h

This is just...

Bizarre?

Joseph Schow when challenged on the motivations for the UCP's upcoming legislation to determine who can and can't run for office seems to suggest that voters shouldn't have to do any research on candidates before they vote?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Psarah Psmith 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 16h

So she created her own echo chamber, programmed and selected participants to say exactly what she wanted to hear, and uses this as "proof" that Albertans want a police force run under her. Got it. Typical shameless UCP grifting.

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17h

Remember that "Alberta Next" panel?

You know, the one that was to decide to put forward a referendum?

If you had any doubts that it was performative, looks like we're going ahead with the Alberta Police Force, referendum free!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 16h

Got off the plane and walked into a drug store in Ottawa and got my COVID vaccine in under 5 minutes. No line up. No appointment. No cost.

Was even asked if I wanted Moderna or Pfizer.

It’s unconscionable that we can’t get this same level of service in Alberta.

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BC Humanist Association @bchumanist.ca · 15h

It's time to modernize Canada's charity laws and end the automatic charitable status granted to religious organizations. Sign the petition: www.bchumanist.ca/religion_cha...

End the privileged status of religion in charity law

End the taxpayer-supported proselytization.

www.bchumanist.ca

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 2d

I urge my fellow Albertans to read the Wyant report. It's actually not that long! It's not as well organized as one might hope but it is damning. #abpoli #ableg
open.alberta.ca/publications...
Take this, for example:

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 17h

"ICE has also purchased spyware in recent weeks that enables it to remotely hack into smartphones and extract data, even if the phones are locked or communication is over encrypted apps."

ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa

Iris scanners, facial recognition apps, phone-hacking software and cellphone location data are among the agency’s recent technological purchases.

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 11h

As we're still grappling with recent changes to municipal elections underway TODAY, the Alberta government announced changes to the NEXT elections.

They are to include a provision that "only those who truly care and are serious about representing a community or riding are allowed on the ballot."

Braid: UCP will decide who can run for office next time; only the "serious" allowed

UCP plans new rules to limit who can run in provincial and civic elections. There's a bill coming soon.

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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 10h

The UCP is already blaming the municipalities, saying they had ample time to prepare, while ignoring the UCP dictated the process, made it far more expensive, then stripped funding from municipalities.

They never accept responsibility for ANYTHING.

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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 10h

Friend just msg’s that he is STILL IN LINE TO VOTE.

I stg this UCP gov, this crackpot Premier, turns absolutely everything to shit.

There’s nothing they haven’t dismantled, destroyed, underfunded, or completely fucked up.

This gov has got to go. They are dragging Alberta backwards.

#ableg

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 9h

Primary and Preventative Health Services Ministry changes website message to say Albertans can book next year for vaccines. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/prim...

Primary and Preventative Health Services Ministry changes website message to say Albertans can book next year for vaccines - Alberta Politics

Blaming “false statements on social media” for the confusion, the Alberta Ministry of Primary and Preventative Health Services has amended its website vaccination pre-ordering page to say that Alberta...

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 18h

As forewarned, unnecessary changes to municipal voting ID requirements made by Ric McIver to appease the UCP's far-right fringe are causing major delays in voting. Watch for McIver to accuse municipalities of not being properly prepared. 1

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 19h

Anyone who thought voter turnout was going to be low, doesn't know my neighbours in Inglewood. We're in a very long queue, outside Colonel Walker School (built in 1911). Peace officer just went in and we are wondering if it's getting spicy inside. My neighbour just came out: 1h 10 min to vote. Sigh.

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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 9h

There is no greater metaphor.

He’s just tearing it down, ripping it apart, turning it into his own Tsar-wannabe palace.

He’s not going anywhere, American friends.

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MrsDrJim @mrsdrjim.bsky.social · 8h

They have to hand count every ballot now. Up until this year we used tabulating machines, but Danielle Smith has outlawed them. It takes time to manually count 3 separate pieces of paper for every voter. 😖

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