I have to say in all my years as a journalist, I've never heard a government employee say that a youth should be assaulted for speaking their mind.

Utter contempt and disrespect from Bruce McAllister. Cutting off the kid's mic and limiting his freedom of expression is one thing, but saying he should be spanked is a fireable offense from a supposedly neutral moderator. Bruce needs to be removed immediately.

And hey, as if Bruce McAllister attacking a high school kid wasn't bad enough, the fact that the room cheered on the kid pressing the government teachers' negotiations tells you all you need to know about who is winning the PR fight on this matter.

Imagine claiming the Alberta Next Panel is about ensuring respect from Ottawa and ensuring all voices are heard, and then you yell at a young Albertan publicly that he needs to be spanked for asking a fair question and expressing an opinion. Absolute peak hypocrisy.

Good morning Edmonton.

Doctors Without Borders has suspended operations in Gaza City because of the danger to its staff caused by the Israeli military’s ground offensive. The announcement came on the same day that the UN said four hospitals had been rendered unusable in the north of the territory over the past month.

After the UCP increased co-payments by 40% on seniors’ drug plans, this leaked cabinet document reveals that Danielle Smith has secret plans to charge Albertans hundreds of millions more for their prescription drugs. Read more: www.albertandpcaucus.ca/news/post/uc...

”(Puberty blockers) don’t render a person infertile or sterile. That is not true,” said Dr. Sam Wong, president of the association’s pediatrics section... “It’s such a falsehood and misnomer. It’s quite incredible that she can get away with saying that ... " www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

In a UN speech today, President Trump said that "all of these [climate] predictions were wrong". Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!

The retired judge the Alberta govt hired to investigate allegations of impropriety tied to contracts at Alberta Health Services and Alberta Health missed the deadline to submit his interim report. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Like ffs Jesse Waters heard that Trump got stuck on an escalator and suggested they bomb the UN! Bomb it! This is all insane! I feel insane! Ha ha ha anyway let's all go to work tomorrow

Danielle Smith promised to fix healthcare in 90 days. It’s been over a 1000 days, and it’s only gotten worse. You told us what better healthcare looks like. We’re fighting for it. ⬇️ youtube.com/shorts/gBvdU...

the wagons are circling, UCP. lawyers found in an investigation that the CorruptCare scandal included a 10% fee for surgical implant devices that AHS willingly paid to UCP insiders. It's an unprecedented level of kickbacks and corruption. #ableg www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

SCOOP: A consultant advising Alberta Health Services on private surgical facilities simultaneously negotiated with AHS on behalf of a company vying to open such a clinic, according to a confidential report obtained by The Globe. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Seems bad for our society when you can’t make racist terrorists the villains

this is who Alberta bent over backwards to appease at Mar-a-Lago. how shameful

Trump is currently bragging about committing a war crime at the UN, is where we're at as a world

This speech is embarrassing for the United States of America. Or at least it should be.

Did you know that on October 1, Alberta will have the lowest minimum wage across Canada? Even the conservatives in Saskatchewan are raising their minimum wage. Danielle Smith and the UCP refuse to support workers. They won’t raise the minimum wage, but we will. Better is possible, Alberta.

A big shout-out to all of the students who came down to the Legislature this morning to support teachers & protest the deep damage Danielle Smith & the UCP’s have done to our education system. We were proud to stand with them. They know they deserve better & that better is possible. #abpoli

In a few short days we will have the lowest minimum wage in the country. Minimum wage hasn’t gone up in 7 years - just look what cost of living has done in that time. We’re in a crisis. We deserve a government that acts. #ableg

Just finished my fourth Emily St John Mandel novel and I am convinced she is the best, most perfect author in Canada. Precious was every page. Read Emily St John Mandel.

Hurrah all

A few years ago this hateful “theory” — that Jews conspired to replace whites with people of other colours — was so obscure I was easily able to trace where the Christchurch and Pittsburgh synagogue murderers learned it from. Now the US and Israeli leaders celebrate one of its adherents

"It is really lifesaving care" that is being demonized.

huh. I am the 99%, apparently

Straw Man: Q: Are you using the not withstanding clause to prevent girls playing sports and outlaw life saving puberty blockers? Smith: We should use it to prevent kids being sterilized. But since no one is doing that or arguing for it, do you think it’s right to use it in this case? #AbLeg

And the 2% of greens...

In 2021, UCP Justice Minister Kaycee Madu proudly declared that he was banning carding in Alberta. But in late June of this year, the UCP gutted his work, eliminating key regulations that laid out the rules and required police services to issue annual reports. 1/3 #abpoli

PHOENIX: “A week after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, a man allegedly threatened to shoot up a gay bar to "send a message" to the far-left… told police he wanted to be a "martyr" for Kirk… alluded to harming the transgender community…” people.com/charlie-kirk...

For the first time in Alberta history, Danielle Smith will use the notwithstanding clause preemptively to shield her bills targeting vulnerable trans children from legal scrutiny. Her actions are simply cruel and wrong. Read my full statement below:

Danielle Smith often calls herself the most 'freedom-loving' politician in Canada, yet she's repeatedly infringed on your fundamental human rights. Her actions are simply cruel, wrong, and politically motivated. youtu.be/QSt_msI0ayo

Absolutely not the purpose of the notwithstanding clause

Why is Danielle Smith wasting money advertising against teachers when they are literally going to bargain tomorrow? That money should go to crowded classrooms, not ads

Fewer girls are playing sports after govt erected barriers for girls to play sports. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Right now, it's comedians mocking Trump. How long before they move to target any depictions on TV of trans people, gay couples, and interracial couples? That's how this start. And once they ban depictions, it's much easier for them to make people disappear.

This is the language of aspiring genocide. For any Dems arguing that abandoning trans people is politically expedient or even necessary, get clear that an extermination campaign is what you’re signing up for.

Surely the government will be investigating this flagrant violation of their legislation by.. their supporters.

Here's what the Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod said today in response to Premier Danielle Smith's announcement yesterday that she's making citizenship markers mandatory for driver's licenses. Statement from McLeod in full: #ableg

Investing in education is one of the best things we can do for Alberta's future. Teachers deserve better. Our kids deserve better. Better is possible. youtube.com/shorts/jmDHR...

Student reps sound off over tuition hikes in Alberta University students in undergraduate programs in Alberta are paying almost a third more in tuition fees than in 2020 — the highest hike of any province, new data show. www.pressreader.com/canada/edmon...

My thoughts on Alberta's push to add citizenship markers to driver's licenses. It's not about election integrity or convenience. It's about a culture war and discriminating against immigrants. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

The premier & her enviro minister will announce a plan to weaken AB’s Technology Innovation & Emission Reduction (TIER); industrial carbon pricing. TIER is smart investment & climate policy. It has brought billions of dollars & created jobs. The UCP is bringing the Trump playbook in AB #ableg

Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity 2004: A year 2010: ~ a month 2015: ~ a week Now: A day ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪

Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

Inconvenient truths

Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=acKI...