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Rugged Broad

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She/her. 🏳️‍⚧️ally. Profile Pic is Saga’s Klara, good mom, and landscape is Arcane’s Ambessa, bad mom. They sit on my shoulders.

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · Feb 24

I stole a small chocolate bar from kid's Halloween stash and lost one of a favourite earring pair the next day. This karmic reckoning has happened before, so I admitted to my crime. Kid was mad. I went above and beyond and bought him a regular bar.

I found my f*cking earring. This is real.

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 1h

It was very quiet. I love going during the shoulder seasons.

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Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · 3h

Special shout out to @ydbelanger.bsky.social for distilling platforms of candidates so that I didn’t have to do as much work in assessing them prior to voting today!
#yql #abpoli

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 3h

L’il up and down to Lineham Falls. Tra-la-la.

#Waterton

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 11h

…”while governments aren’t required to agree to specific class-size caps, they must negotiate them in good faith. Declaring them off-limits entirely, as Alberta’s government has done, risks repeating the very mistake that led to BC’s costly legal defeat.”

Guess what happened to the B.C. Liberals?

Cole.notcole @colenotcole.bsky.social · 22h

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Constitutional Clash Looms as Alberta Refuses to Bargain Over Classroom Sizes

Tomorrow marks day 15 of the Alberta teachers’ strike, and tensions between the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) and the provincial government are at an all-time high.

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 1d

The Smith govt of AB, power w/out responsibility:
It wasn't me it was the AHS (Wyant report)
It wasn't me it was the AESO & AUC (remember the 'pause' on renewables).
It wasn't me it was OPEC (no money to pay teachers & PST is evil)
It wasn't me it was the feds (pretty much everything else)
#abpoli

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Purple Hightops @purplehightops.bsky.social · 2d

Paula Simons has one of the best explorations of this remarkable, and also troubling, group of women.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 2d

Five years ago, I made a video essay for Persons Day, exploring the problematic, complicated and vital legacy of the Famous 5. I haven’t shared it on Bluesky before. So on this Persons Day, here it is from my archives! #PersonsDay #FamousFive #yeg #yow #SenateofCanada #cdnpoli #Alberta #Vriend

Persons Day 2020 greetings from Alberta Sen. Paula Simons

YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 2d

I LOVE that when women tell me about these women, they always mention the troubling bit.

There’s integrity in that.

Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 2d

Also, the majority of the famous five were Albertans and/or did work in Alberta. Jus’ sayin’.

@belindacrowson.bsky.social

Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 2d

Just found out about this because I was invited to an all-gals breakfast in honour of Persons Day.

Happy to be a PERSON under the law.

Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 2d

Today is Persons Day.
This day honours The Persons Case, which ended in a victory for The Famous Five on Oct. 18, 1929. The ruling declared women to be persons under the law and qualified to sit in the Senate.
This is the story of that case.

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A group of bronze statues depicting five people in a park setting, with some standing and others seated around a table, set against a snowy background with bare trees and a clear blue sky.

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 2d

I think it was what my dad (who is left handed) liked to call a “left handed compliment”.

Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 3d

Awesome, weird, upside-down, chinook arch, sunset light:

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 3d

He also said that there were people he requested to interview that refused, interviewees that he felt weren’t answering questions, and no way to compel answers or honesty because it wasn’t a court proceeding.

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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 3d

Former AHS CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos wrongful dismissal suit claims that she was fired for investigating conflict of interest in procurement decisions. Judge Wyant's report confirms much of her statement of claim.

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 3d

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 3d

In #Lethbridge right NOW!!

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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 3d

This is why we need a public inquiry (as even Wyant seems to imply).

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 3d

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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 3d

Not interviewed by Judge Wyant in a report that’s supposed to probe political interference into AHS
-Health Minister Lagrange
-her chief of staff
-anyone on political side other than Marshall Smith, who left premier’s office last fall

Drew Anderson @drewanderson.bsky.social · 3d

The report commissioned by the Alberta government into allegations of corruption in the health system is out and everyone should read the caveats spelled out by the retired judge at the outset to understand what's in there, and more importantly, what's not. #ableg

open.alberta.ca/dataset/35ee...

Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 3d

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I refuse to stop being shocked by who this government pays with public dollars to keep them in power.

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 3d

a woman wearing headphones is sitting in front of a microphone with the number 235 on it

ALT: a woman wearing headphones is sitting in front of a microphone with the number 235 on it

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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 3d

EDMONTON – A final report into allegations of corruption in Alberta government health contracts says it was widely known two staffers were in conflicts of interest but no steps were taken by senior officials.

Report into Alberta health contracts finds conflicts widely known

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 3d

...but THIS did:
thetyee.ca/News/2023/05...

The Notley-Smith Debate, Fact-Checked | The Tyee

We tracked the claims. Alberta’s UCP leader was by far looser with the truth.

thetyee.ca

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 3d

...elected officials, have the lowest minimum wage in the country, have the highest youth unemployment rate in the country, have the highest energy rates in the country, have the highest insurance rates in the country, and make everyone pay $100 for CoVid boosters."

That didn't happen, ...7/

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 3d

...support releasing tailings water into the environment, burn tires for energy, give a fossil fuel lobbyist the Environment Ministry, remove funding for post-secondary institutions, use public dollars for out-of-province ad campaigns and endless legal battles, remove limits on gifts to...6/

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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 3d

grizzly bears and wolverines and offer highly-priced trophy hunting in provincial parks, use public funds to execute a town hall tour where dissenting voices will not only have their mics cut but will be belittled by the facilitator, block private-sector investment in renewable energy projects...5/

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