And the UCP just made Albertans cost of living even more expensive! Vehicle registration just quietly got ratcheted up. And this is with the UCP’s minimum 7.5% increase to insurance rates as well. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

So why are teachers & healthcare workers voting down contract offers? My last raise was 2018 Under the NDP we took 0%’s as an act of good faith. During covid when our contract expired, we took 0%’s again as an act of good faith. We acted in good faith. We demand the UCP do as well.

As the Alberta teacher’s strike looms, I want to make sure everyone knows: There is no strike pay for teachers, every day of strike cuts into teachers’ bank accounts. #teacherstrike #abpoli #ucp

Scottish guys are on the flotilla. Just watch things kick off when some Israeli twat spills their pint.

Don’t throw away pumpkins after Halloween. Find woods or a field near you, smash them open, and leave for the wildlife to eat. Pumpkin is safe for them, and the seeds act as a natural dewormer. (Be sure to break them up so the deer don’t get their head stuck inside!) #HalloweenTips

There are four Scots on the Flotilla. We are in touch with them all, as well as their families - as they expect Israel to intercept the boats tonight. Video feed from the boat just went down as I typed this www.thenational.scot/news/2551072...

There's artificial intelligence... and then there's actual intelligence :)

University of Alberta Board of Governors refuses to budge on the same sub-inflation salary offer to academic staff that was made to (and resoundingly rejected by) teachers. If faculty accept this offer, we are leaving teachers to fight a lone battle. I'll be voting to reject the "broke" UCP's offer.

The accompanying editorial tells the sad truth that is largely being ignored www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Young man’s response after his Mike was shut off

My daughter did the math and was disgusted, the kids aren't dumb. They know they are being fleeced by Smith.

$150 bribe per kid each week to "help parents out" during a strike. That's $4500 for a class of 30. Every week. Enough to pay for ANOTHER TWO TEACHERS - total THREE teachers - to be in every classroom. But the UCP "can't afford" to pay the teachers they already have a fair wage. Enough is enough.

So Pierre Poilievre is going the Christo-fascism route My god this man is dangerous www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

By definition, "bargaining" is a process of give and take. Give up some things the employer wants in order to secure other things the employees want. This UCP government has normalised teachers having to bargain for schools to be staffed with enough teachers and EAs to support students. (1/3)

On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, some note how few of the TRC’s 94 calls to action have been answered. Hear more on APTN News Brief:

At tonight’s “consultation”… When a high school kid tried to raise concerns about the teachers strike, Bruce McAllister cut the kids mic and then suggested his parents should have beaten him more. Listen to the clip yourself… It’s… Telling. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

9 in 10 teachers voted to reject the proposed MOA. teachers.ab.ca/vote-results...

An overwhelming rejection of the government’s insulting offer by Alberta teachers. Teachers are on strike as of next Monday. Solidarity 👊🏻

@ualberta.bsky.social must clarify that the professor's comments violate no law or policy and condemn both the attempts of far right propagandists to repress freedom of expression and their hateful transphobic attacks on our colleague. cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2025/09...

Fascists team up with other fascists to offer Hamas a take-it-or-leave-it (and we'll finish the genocide), no negotiations, ultimatum. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

This site is an aggregator that steals content from media outlets. Rewriting copy for profit using AI is not journalism. It's dishonest theft that takes readership and funding away from legitimate news outlets who are paying staff to produce news etc. Don't repost articles.

Behaviour of American fans at the Ryder Cup is beyond embarrassing. Taking the lead from their golf cheat President.

Autism doesn't need to be cured, because neurodivergence is not a disease. New essay: open.substack.com/pub/lauriepe...

I’m seeing a number of School Trustee candidates avoid direct questions about any links they have to Take Back Alberta by stating they don’t know who they are Even if I take the answer as honest & not obfuscation, I can’t vote for someone who is that oblivious to threats to education in Alberta.

I’ve yet to speak to a single teacher who has voted in favour of the government’s insulting offer.

I wonder at what point will the MAGA crowd realise that this is outright, unrestrained fascism, and everyone in America is at risk? Sadly, judging by the behaviour of the American crowd at the Ryder Cup, we’re still a very long way from the penny dropping.

From the DM's... A message from a teacher that all of us should read, but is clearly meant for other teachers as they navigate this weekends vote. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #ABED

I thought Makis had reached the bottom of the barrel a long time ago. How wrong I was.

Trump's fantasies about medicine: autism and ADHD. I made a YouTube video to clarify my less-than-fluent responses to some of the questions in an interview that I did on TalkTV -a hard right TV station -yuk. youtu.be/iTZ-rrfL36U

We are looking to interview teachers (on the record, with your name) today about how you're feeling about this offer -- positive, negative, or neutral. If you're willing and available, please get in touch! janet.french (at) cbc (dot) ca. #AbLeg #AbEd

AB teachers voting on a final offer before a strike. Same lousy salary increase but now an offer to hire 3000 new teachers + EAs. Why are teachers having to bargain for something that is the government's RESPONSIBILITY? Staffing schools with a sufficient number of teachers is the UCP's job! Vote no!

I don't know how I missed this, but I've only just found out that we have lost Darren Markland. What incredibly tragic news. He really was one of the good guys and his voice and advocacy will be hugely missed. Deepest condolences to his family. RIP.

Edinburgh becomes first city in Scotland to boycott Israel www.thenational.scot/news/2549626...

Statue of Epstein & Trump, frolicking hand-in-hand, shows up at National Mall. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

Next task is to figure out why repeatedly swallowing antipsychotic suppositories turns your skin orange. Fucking morons.

The AASUA have released their response to the Provost’s statement on bargaining, dismissing almost everything said by the University as false. I can’t imagine Verna Yiu is comfortable passing on the BoG’s propaganda. That’s not who she is.

Dear Trump administration, Total bollocks. Sincerely, A pharmacologist.

This is a test case. Don't think it will stop with trans rights, or children's sports. This will eventually lead to the loss of all our civil liberties if she isn't stopped. First they came for the trans kids and I said nothing because I was not trans.....

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It is worth taking 5 minutes of your day to read this important thread.

The first time an Alberta government invoked the notwithstanding clause, public outrage forced a reversal in less than 24 hours. I wish to God Albertans would show the same moral fury now, when school children are outed & bullied by the government that is supposed to protect them. #ableg #abpoli

History repeats itself. We must heed its lessons or we will just repeat them.

There is absolutely no way the employer is going to agree to change this as the basis of the university’s operations hinges on it (60k new students remember). I would prepare for a strike. And I support them in doing so unequivocally.

A big part of the disagreement between the union and the employer is the absurd two-tier pay system the university has implemented in order to find cheap labour to teach the massive undergraduate classes. They get paid over 50% less and often have no benefits. It’s egregious.

The Association of Academic Staff at the University of Alberta is headed to a strike vote Before the “professors make a ton of money!” comments, note that the union includes Academic Teaching Staff that have been working under abhorrent, exploitative conditions for years.

Your weekly update from Dr. Parks on the ever-worsening state of healthcare in Alberta. 🧵

This is perfect.