A few companies have made a great deal of money under the Alberta Recovery Model and there's little to show that they have actually delivered on the outcomes Albertans expect. Are people's health outcomes better off with a two-tier, American-style healthcare? The answer is almost always NO.

This gov't does not deserve any of the good art anymore, so here's a stupidly drawn cat flipping the bird at our Premier. #abpoli

Adriana LaGrange Minister of Primary & Preventative Health Services Ph: 780 427-3665 Fax: 780 415-0961 E-mail: [email protected] #Cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #RedDeer #Alberta #yyc #yeg #UCP #AxeTheVaxTax #Vaccines #Measles #UCP #CorruptCare #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead #RecallThemAll #CanadaSky

Calgary police are on a rampage downtown, using drones to find people and clear them off streets. Posting photos of unhoused folks they arrest (see twitter). It’s collective punishment for social disorder and violence they have failed to improve with prior violence. Film the cops if you see them.

Right!

How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak. A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn, by @monicakidd.bsky.social thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-... via @thewalrus.ca

Hey #UCP the #homeless population is vulnerable in winter! Match the funding in #yeg. Screw your #abpolice stupidity! Quit starving, renaming and screwing with #publichealthcare #education. Rethink other money-sucking idiocy under your mismanagement. #PeopleBeforeProfit #ableg #FascistCons #ab

#AbPoli #Ableg Why? You hard-hearted b&@ches?

we are the granddaughters of the monsters you couldn't mash

“The provincial government has cut funding for an Aboriginal Counseling Services of Alberta (ACSA) program that provides support for Indigenous mothers who have faced domestic violence” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.albertanativenews.com/alberta-cuts...

I'm on a #HarmReductiom panel tomorrow 🌙. You do not have to be a social worker to attend. #Free #abpoli www.myswaa.ca/events/swaa-...

"Alberta’s use of the notwithstanding clause continues an alarming trend of provincial governments putting political expediency ahead of people’s human rights." #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

The UCP government has invoked time allocation and on a bill removing Albertans' Charter rights. And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it. Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

Rakhi Pancholi came out swinging on the Wyant Report and highlighted all of its flaws and shortcomings… It’s worth remembering she’s a lawyer as she takes Danielle Smith’s spin apart. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

read it... riiiiiight... more like more time to find the black markers... #ableg #abpoli #firetheUCP #publicinquirynow

Hey Red Deer #abpoli youtube.com/live/6Lvtlrh...

“a new report shows teachers in Alberta are the most stressed in the world, and their workload is among the most demanding.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

The biggest threat in Portland is getting caught in the the middle of an inflatable frog–unicorn dance-off.

'“It is not too much to ask that the premier of Alberta demonstrate the same level of respect for the mayor of Calgary and Calgary city council that she demands from the prime minister,” he said." calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Results are coming in.... angusreid.org/alberta-teac...

The results of this poll are going to be fascinating! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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

#UCP = MAGA UCP/MAGA want quality education only in private schools. then public school kids are perpetually disadvantaged; a permanent underclass of exploitable labour. Think! And then get in #UCP's way. Don't let AB kids suffer as US kids do. #ableg #abpoli #ableg

No funding for private school

A welcome sight! Angus Reid Forum asked "Currently, charter and private schools receive funding per student from the Alberta Government, about 70% of the same per-student funding that goes to public schools. Do you think they should... #abpoli #albertateachers #WeAreATA #abed

A heavy conversation today about the "Compassionate Care" Act on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social Cross Country Checkup. A couple of claims raised our eyebrows, and some fact checking is in order. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-....

A beloved ICU doctor dies and thousands mourn, including the prime minister. Dr Darren Markland did medicine with his heart and soul and a poet's pen. Column. calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a... #ableg #abpoli #abhealth #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli #yeg

Sign it. Thank you transactionalberta.ca

Political interference in health care sets a dangerous precedent. The CMA is calling on the Alberta government to refrain from using the notwithstanding clause to enact legislation that threatens patient care.

This is sick and a war crime.

Far right folks are fuming over the UCP's book ban. Not over the party's abandonment of libertarian principles. But over the Edmonton Public School Board's choice to follow the new law. If you have friends in those circles, just ask: Which of the 200 EPSB books should stay on shelves?

Love, Red Deer AB

🗓️ Save the date! Mark your calendars for October 28-29 to join our Beyond Do No Harm network, Disability Project at the Transgender Law Center, and @commjusticeexch.bsky.social for this 2-day virtual convening, Abolition Means *All* Carceral Spaces.

STARVING A POPULATION TO DEATH IS A WAR CRIME #USPOL #USA #us #uspoli #poli #politics #cdnpoli #canada #MidasMighty #america #Politics-matter #PoliticsNation #Ethics #Truth #Justice #SocialJustice #bcpoli #abpoli #onpoli #topoli #yyjpoli #yvrpoli #yyzpoli

SCOOP ‘Recovery coaches’ supplied by a private company are now mandatory to access some publicly funded recovery services in Alberta. The same company is also integrating its services into YYC emergency rooms via federal funding. drugdatadecoded.ca/substance-us...

Hi folx - we have been distributing Not A Narc buttons and stickers, and we'd love to see them in the field! Reply or DM us to share a photo of your support for non-coercive care for People Who Use Drugs :)

this article by @geoffmeggs.bsky.social, the chief of staff to the former premier of this province, is riddled with factual errors, and attributes the increase in deaths from 2020 onwards to harm reduction strategies and policies to reduce the role of policing and not the UNREGULATED DRUG SUPPLY

An extremely good reason to recall Minister Nicolaides—wouldn’t you say? Sign up to collect recall petition signatures here: thegravitywell.net/collect-reca... #RecallTheUCP #abpoli #ableg www.sprawlcalgary.com/bill-51-publ...

Much of today’s announcement is framed around keeping you safe—but drug seizures do not impede drug use, nor do they make people who use drugs safer. This scoping review found “Synthetic opioid seizures were consistently associated with higher overdose deaths” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Keck and Correa-Cabrera (2015) assessed the efficacy of interdiction prior to the illicit fentanyl era. They found that border enforcement had no impact on heroin seizures and actually reduced the price of both heroin and cocaine. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Canada’s sovereignty is facing an existential threat over disproven allegations that illicit fentanyl, originating from Canada, is significantly contributing the American drug poisoning emergency. This Bill is a dangerous and unfounded admission of guilt 🧵 #cdnpoli www.canada.ca/en/public-sa...

Eric Engler and another UCP staffer *lived with* Marshall Smith? For context, Engler was the press secretary while Smith was chief of staff in the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction. When Smith graduated to the premier’s chief of staff in 2022, Engler became CoS for the Ministry of MHA.

#Abpoli #Abpolitics #Ableg #Cdnpoli #CanadaHealthAct #PrivatizationIsAntiCanadian #AbHealth #WakeTheFuckUp

"In a new report, Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner has found that the provincial government relied on policies that broke access to information laws and were used to improperly refuse to process some requests for public records." #ableg #abpoli #foip

Damn straight!

Nobody wants to be in charge of a sinking ship anymore.

THREAD: How Calgary police is monitoring social media of citizens. Yesterday, Calgary's police chief surprise-announced he is resigning. This coincided with my story showing social media surveillance by his office that runs counter to rulings & CPS policy. 1/ drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

I'm thrilled so many profs use @crackdownpod.bsky.social episodes in their curriculum. Might I suggest including my book by the same name? Learning outcomes include: harm reduction, decrim, methadone, safe supply, HIV, PTSD, sex work, advocacy, research, etc www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/700597...

For Danielle Smith, new carpet in her office is more important than orthopedic surgery for thousands of Albertans. #ableg #abpoli

The Cree Nation opposes the white separatists whether they are in Quebec or in Alberta. We will not allow the separatists to steal any of our territory. We will defend our lands and our rights. x.com/Nehiyawak202... #abpoli #AlbertaSeparation #LandBack #ableg #separtion #cree