Please contact your representatives. Albertans must speak out!!

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... "This policy guarantees things will worsen ... hospital capacity will collapse further & the sickest, poorest, most complex patients will be left in an under-resourced public system hollowed out to feed the private alternative being sold as its saviour." #ableg

www.friendsofmedicare.org/nursing_care... “At a time when workforce retention & recruitment is our biggest issue in healthcare, the fact that so many of our valuable health care workers are feeling disrespected & dissatisfied should concern us all...” said Gallaway, ED @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social

Late posting ... ICYMI #SeniorsDeserveBetter

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... "I want a forest dr who’s capable of providing AB’s forests w? deeper, holistic, more honest & comprehensive care, a dr who believes in forest health & watershed integrity. I want a doctor who embraces science & uses it to save the forests & serve the people of AB"

We had a great convesation on HC in Medicine Hat... Let's keep the conversation going Alberta!

The group collecting petition signatures for a citizen's initiative to defund private schools in Alberta seem well organized. They have a website with a professionally shot video that seeks to highlight the disparity between public and private school funding. abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...

NDP member David Shepherd said it’s impossible to view the UCP motions “as anything but an attempt to interfere with the work of Mr. Wylie, to divert and detour. “We have seen a lot of reprehensible behaviour on the record today — incredible disrespect and condescension.” #CorruptCare #ableg

Nothing to see here .... #CorruptCare

www.nfb.ca/film/stolen-... Come join @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social this Wednesday, 5 November at the Cardel Theatre, 180 Quarry Park Blvd SE, Calgary Please RSVP at www.friendsofmedicare.org/yyc_stolen_t... Hope to see you there! #abhealth #ContinuingCare #SeniorsDeserveBetter

Learn more about HOW the @abenergyregulator.bsky.social is undermining the safety net for Albertans. This week, Wednesday November 5, 6 - 8:30 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion No. 1 116 7 Avenue Southeast www.eventbrite.ca/e/calgary-to...

"And, oh, yes, he’s also probing the private surgery procurement scandal. Wylie is the only investigator, besides the RCMP, with power to compel witnesses & testimony under oath. That report will almost certainly be released before his contract expires in the spring." #CorruptCare #ABhealth #ableg

www.friendsofmedicare.org/yyc_stolen_t... Hey Calgary -- This is one film doc you don't want to miss!! Please see link to register below.

calgaryherald.com/news/local-n... “We saw a govt bullying,” said Schilling. “We saw a govt use the legislature to ram through what they feel is a fair settlement, & then use the notwithstanding clause to prohibit the rights of teachers. “And this is a broader conversation for all Albertans.” #ableg

calgaryherald.com/news/politic... Doucet said he worries about “losing some of the civil liberties that every other Canadian has right now.” “I’ll be excited to see my students, but . . . sad,” “This is not how we make things better for everybody. This is how things stay the same, or get worse.”

transactionalberta.ca/direct-message ACTION NEEDED TODAY: The #ableg is back & Premier Smith is moving to use the Notwithstanding Clause against Trans rights. Personal emails make an impact. Flooding inboxes is how we show the government Albertans are watching & will not stay silent. #TransRights

www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c... "They had the power to end it before it started. But instead, we have been on strike for the past 3 weeks talking about complex classrooms, overcrowded classrooms, fair funding & sustainable & equitable funding for public education." Lafortune, ED @pialberta.bsky.social

Teachers and Public Interest Alberta protest in Education Minister Nicolaides' constituency. Incredible support in the neighbourhoods as residents welcomed lawn signs to #SupportPublicEducation and #ABTeachers www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...

calgaryherald.com/opinion/brea... “Instead, the report from retired Judge Raymond Wyant has strengthened the case for a public inquiry. Whether the government can be convinced of that, however, is another story.” #PublicInquiryNow #abhealth #CorruptCare #ableg

The considerable limitations on Judge Wyant's investigation only underscore's what FOM & many others have said for months: Albertans deserve a fully empowered public inquiry to get to the bottom of these very concerning allegations. Our statement last week: www.friendsofmedicare.org/ab_still_des...

Well done @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... The truth is that without bold action, our treasured public health-care system is seriously at risk. Our system is in crisis. Canadians are struggling to access the care they need, when they need it. #CndHealth #abhealth

The new mandate letters were chock full of the same old language privatization proponents always use to sneak through plans to continue privatizing & dismantling our public health care & other public services. Use our decoder to cut through the politicking! www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_...

“Nurses and health care workers deserve safety at work, and not only that – they need healthy and safe workplaces to care for their patients.” nursesunions.ca/canadas-nurs...

We're coming to a town near YOU! 1st stop: Lethbridge! Join FOM & @pfparks.bsky.social Nov. 2 for an urgent townhall conversation about issues Albertans are experiencing in our health care system & solutions to make our lives & health better. ➕Info & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarele...

ca.news.yahoo.com/opinion-albe... At the Premier’s Council on the Status of People With Disabilities town hall on Sept. 8, the message was clear: these changes are unnecessary, cruel and they will deepen poverty.

Albertans will not be divided by the #UCP government. Join Public Interest Alberta this weekend ✊ #StandUp for #PublicEducation #Solidarity #StopTheExcuses #FundOurPublicServices #DoYourJobSmith #UnethicalAlberta

www.friendsofmedicare.org/intl_day_of_... "AUPE VP Sandra Azocar, said since the elimination of the previous minimum nursing care hour in the legislation & policy there have not been any improvements to the way AB provides care to seniors." #SeniorsDeserveBetter #DayofOlderPersons #ABhealth

www.aupe.org/news-and-pub... #StrikeAChange #ABSeniors #InternationalDayofOlderPersons

Reason #9985482 why private profits have NO place in our public health care! And the scoops just keep coming. Last week, it was a worrying conflict of interest... this week it's TWO worrying conflicts of interest. Read what FOM had to say last Wednesday: www.friendsofmedicare.org/albertans_de...

It's so important that social workers show their support! Hope to see you tomorrow! Locations in Calgary: Foothills Medical Centre 1403 29 Street NW, Calgary Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre 1213 4 Street SW, Calgary #abhealth #ableg

So infuriating, undemocratic and disrespectful. #abed #ableg #abpoli

calgaryherald.com/news/crime/s... "I couldn’t believe what I was reading,” the Toronto-based lawyer said. “You know, having this many (rape) myths, having a judge of an appellate court say there is no crime of sexual violence, I mean that goes against like 50 years of jurisprudence.”

calgaryherald.com/news/politic... “People who go through the process and are denied a benefit and they appeal the process, when the panel hears the arguments as to why they should get benefits, and the panel feels that the IQ score is inadequate — they can’t do anything with that decision,” he said.

hsaa.ca/events/day-u... Please join a rally near you!

#PublicInquiryNOW #abhealth #abpoli #ableg #CorruptCare Join Friends of Medicare & fight back! www.friendsofmedicare.org ($20/year)

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... "We regulate alcohol’s harms. For criminalized drugs, we push people into alleys, stairwells & train platforms. The toll is higher, & the logic deadlier. Closing Calgary’s Sheldon Chumir supervised consumption site w/out alternatives will increase public drug use."

calgaryherald.com/news/parents... Cynthia Clark, a concerned parent whose daughter attends a CBE high school, took part in the PIA demonstration. “Alberta has been a conservative province for generations, that strongly supports a well-funded public education system." @pialberta.bsky.social #ABed

“Judge Wyant is wrapping up interviews & his interim report is expected in the coming days.” Sounds an awful lot like trump’s vague promises of “in a couple weeks” (and then we never see it ...)

“Anything short of a full public inquiry into the CorruptCare scandal is an insult to every single Albertan who depends on our healthcare system.” #CorruptCare #ableg #abhealth

Private health care operators keep proving that their priority is in securing profits for themselves and their shareholders. Albertans deserve public health care that actually puts patient care first.

She also has no understanding about the consequences for a person whose life might depend on gender affirming care.

Should've included: TODAY!

Let's make this one HUGE #MigrantRights #ClimateCrisis #HumanRights

#TransRightsAreHumanRights #ableg #abpoli

www.parklandinstitute.ca/parental_rig... "Through extensive public funding of private schools, growth in charter schools & subsidies for homeschooling, AB has redefined parental choice as the right to redirect public funds toward private education providers..." #abed #ableg #NoToPrivatisation

Everyone should be alarmed & speaking out against this calgaryherald.com/news/world/i... ICE granted access to spy tool that can hack phones & read private msgs Paragon’s technology is designed to hack into mobile phones & secretly record messages sent using encrypted apps such as Signal & WhatsApp

We refuse to stand by while the govt & Canada’s richest corporations hoard wealth, scapegoat migrants, plunder Indigenous lands, and prop up a genocide. We are building a historic alliance to fight back. Day of Action across Canada. In Calgary, please join us on September 20th, 1pm, City Hall.

Looking forward to reading this one!

www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_coali... Health care advocates and coalitions from across the country call on the Liberal caucus to clearly commit to fulfilling their promise of implementing national Pharmacare when they meet next week. Anything less is simply unacceptable. #PharmacareNOW #ableg