Ximena González
@ximenaka.bsky.social
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Calgary journalist. Recovering architect. Reluctant urbanist. http://ximena-gonzalez.com
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I began writing this story with a naive question in mind: What do we lose when public education is privatized? A lot, actually.

By following the MAGA playbook, the UCP’s push against public education not only undermines democracy, it jeopardizes the possibility of a better future for all Albertans.
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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ximenaka.bsky.social
Progressive Calgarians consistently push against privatization in health care and education, but they're seldom concerned abut the city's offloading of responsibilities to non-profit organizations — why?

In my latest ✍️, i write about how privatization produces and reproduces inequality in Calgary.
Can Calgary city hall fight privatization?
Striving to maintain taxes low won’t deliver a more equitable city
iwouldprefernotto.substack.com