This is an excellent opinion piece - and points out the "refocusing" isn't working and pts are just faceless stats Well now it is going to be even worse as there is NO SYSTEM anymore... AH and govt have taken over and disintegrated it all buff.ly/z00fwGM

buff.ly/et3uGDN "It was supposed to be an investigation that would spare the Alberta government from having to call a public inquiry into procurement issues in the health-care system. Instead, the report from retired Judge Raymond Wyant has strengthened the case for a public inquiry. "

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

There is an actual life-changing conflict between WFH being cheaper and more efficient, an entire layer of middle managers who need to have meetings to feel alive, and the commercial real estate cabal that runs all cities. It’s going to get so fucking weird.

I walk past several crews of EMS sitting with patients waiting to be seen in the ER almost every day. And surge notices every day. Every damn day. Alberta - your healthcare workers are tired, frustrated, and overwhelmed. The system is collapsing and you need to raise the red flag for us! 🚩😵‍💫

The worsening data and stats are meaningless to the politicians... when's the last time the Premier even talked about the state of our hosptials and EDs? We really need help putting a human face on how bad the Access Block has become.

buff.ly/HxxgFQ0 Hey AB... hallway medical care like this example is absoltuely the norm in our hospitals and EDs... We need more pts and their families to tell their stories! The press doesn't jump on the issue until they have concrete stories they can tell.

So much this. They want power without responsibility, and action without accountability. They don’t want to lead, but want to be followed. They’re so unfit for the job, and the consequences will fall on all of us.

On November 1st, the Corridors will be created, more chaos will occur, more pts will suffer... and consultants will cash some more taxpayer cheques... More admin, more costs, and worse outcomes... Zero accountability, transparency, or coordination... 6/6

Powerful statement. Why are there not more people standing up to say the same?

Albertans deserve so much better than this. What a disgrace. I would like to think this would have McAllister removed from this position, but not holding my breath. The UCP has no integrity and no one will be held accountable. Utter governmental corruption on stage for all to see.

Dr. Parks just telling it like it is ... which is worse than what it was before Ms. Smith and her cronies set out to fix it. Remember who broke your health care Alberta when voting in 2027. #abhealth #ahs #ableg #abpoli

Please know that this is Trump scaremongering. There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism. A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The recent three weeks have been pure madness. Drones across Europe, jets, "occupation of Moldova?!". And some still think putin will stop in Ukraine. That’s beyond naïve.

Meanwhile in Killam… Covenant Health (who Smith famously and falsely claimed had never had to close an ER due to staffing shortages)… Is having to close the ER because of staffing shortages. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Govt will answer: "but its bad EVERYWHERE in Canada"... but do ABs really care how the other provinces are doing? And one thing all of us on the front-line can agree on: fragmenting the system is NOT going to help pts... it will make it all worse.

Look out Alberta - this is what the UCP are pushing for here. 🛑

That all said, the reasons for other countries, like Canada, to stop trusting the US and to do everything it can to pivot away include the fact that the rot in the US system will not die with Trump. This is a generational challenge.

An update to this story: Alberta's privacy commissioner has now weighed in: "The government would have to demonstrate how any benefit of having that information included on a driver's licence would outweigh the privacy risks," McLeod wrote. She said she also had no notice of this change. #AbLeg

It's been over 8 months since govt fired the AHS CEO and the entire AHS Board... ostensibly to make things better, and to give govt more direct control over the HC system. An acting CEO and no Board, and things are demonstably worse on all acute care fronts. 1/6

My letter in today's Globe and Mail:

Until we acknowledge what they are - violent men, living inside echo chambers that radicalize them towards advocating for extraordinary bloodshed on par with the worst crimes as history, and desperately seeking excuses to put those plans into action - how can we ever have a peaceful society?

So did Carney stand up for Canada or did "Dr. Roberts" blow off the Liberal cabinet meeting? The "Dr." is a vicious enemy of democracy, the rule of law, women's rights. We have yet to see the PM declare that Canada vigorously opposes such dark actors. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

In other words, the coalition of the willing is unwilling to help until Ukraine doesn't need its help. Surely at some point someone has to realise that this approach just incentivises Putin to keep the war going?

“He looks like a microwaved Mel Gibson” lives rent free in my head.

“UCP government's cash clawback and AISH upheaval seem heartless. The government seems clueless about the psychological harm they’re inflicting on people who face challenges most of us never imagine” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Doug Ford's popularity is also sky high, despite objectively horrible performance. I worry we've lost any semblance of accountability or civic knowledge/engagement in this country.

Finance Minister Nate Horner thinks 12% increase - over 4 years for teachers is too much. But he voted in favour of a ln immediate 14% living allowance increase for MLAs. Just sayin’…

When you say “covid is over” or refer to the pandemic only in the pastense you make it easy for RFK jr to withhold the vaccines & defund clinics. You make it easy for employers to end paid sick days. When you don’t mask up you make it easy to pass bans. We organize but what you do & say matters too.

The laws wouldn't be as poorly drafted if governments had simply consulted and relied upon public servants to implement directives loyally, though. There were ways to remove 'a few graphic novels' from shelves. Instead, we get ministerial orders like the book ban that blow back on the govt.

“By putting this administrative burden on Albertans, vaccination rates will plummet, and then she can say, ‘See? Albertans don’t want to be vaccinated.’” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/politics/the...

A lot of people my age (old) haven't grasped that the old days of kids getting paid crazy money to haul pipe right out of high school won't come back, because the industry is way more efficient now.

I'm old enough to remember that a young person was murdered using a "stand your ground" or as Poilievre calls it a "stand on guard" law. That young person's name? Trayvon Martin. The Criminal Code of Canada is just fine. People ought to read it first. lois-laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-4...

The number of people needed to produce a barrel of oil has been declining since 2012 -- and no, it isn't Ottawa's fault (it's happening in Texas too). If we want to create jobs in the future, they have to be jobs *of* the future. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/28/o...

Could not agree more. The absolute worst this province has ever had, though others definitely laid the groundwork for this.

The UCP gov’t are incompetent managers for public funds.

Lydia, the 16 year old who is more honest than most of our elected officials and the corporate media who cover the administration

“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is it that killing a single person is seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?” Dr Bill Foege

This is my new hill to die on. The world is rapidly changing with powerful authoritarian threats. The media (🇨🇦 or not) is behaving as if the world is the same and placidly reporting. I empathize after seeing my profession treat antivaxxers as reasonable until they took over. #NewWorldOrder

Every day, another piece of nauseating news hits my gut in a way I thought I’d become immune to, reminding me that the decline towards fascism takes place through the actions, not just of the fascists themselves, but of weak humans who choose short term self-preservation over courage and conviction.

The UCP would like nothing more than to carve up Alberta for their own interests. When will they put voters first?

It’s time for Danielle Smith and the UCP to take personal responsibility for the challenging conditions in Alberta classrooms.

School boards are advising Calgary parents to prepare for anything as teachers could go on strike next month #yyc www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

There was no more laughing left to do” is a line that has rang in my head for the past almost decade, ever since I first read it on my phone while stepping into an elevator at my dc apartment building to take the bus the work.

Please, please get vaccinated. If you are due for a new shot, get it.

Alberta could’ve doubled the capacity of its grid inside 5 years with solar and wind projects that have been cancelled since the UCP made it nearly impossible to build renewables in the province. In a wildly optimistic best case, you might see nuclear on Alberta’s grid by 2035 or so

ICYMI This is so smart and clear. If you want to see how Kennedy will "prove" vaccines cause autism, please read. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

New! Danielle Smith's former Chief of Staff personally oversaw the hiring of two family members of embattled healthcare MHCare CEO Sam Mraiche to government policy advisor roles while multiple contract scandals were unfolding. Part 1 of 3! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?