I'd still like an answer on why they decided to target some of the most vulnerable people months after making a huge announcement about how their funding of this program is proof they're taking affordability seriously. And what's next on the chopping block?

*NEW* AHS v 30.0! AHS Weekly ICU Numbers Updated 4/30. Currently 180 (+1) Admitted, w/ 223 'Open' Beds. '43' Estimated Beds AVAILABLE IN AB..ICU Capacity 81%. Let's Get this 'How much more can Hospitals take, before a major disaster hits?' healthcare thread going! /1

Council did not vote 'to allow non-citizens to cast ballots in civic elections.'
It's an advocacy effort. With no immediate effect on local elections.
Here's the notice of motion (found here: pub-calgary.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?I…)
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

Guys, this isn't Kendrick.

Just yikes. 🤦‍♂️

Confirmed. After one day of wtf backlash, province is backtracking on this cut to low-income transit passes.

When you've even lost Rick Bell...

#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

“if Albertans want to push back against the UCP’s creeping authoritarianism, they’ll need to get off the couch. Make a commitment and a plan to stand up. Democracy demands that of us, from time to time.”

This.

Time to get loud.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

*NEW* AHS v 29.0! AHS Weekly ICU Numbers Updated Today. Currently 180 (+1) Admitted, w/ 223 'Open' Beds. '43' Estimated Beds AVAILABLE IN AB..ICU Capacity 81%. Let's Get this 'Multiple ED & OB Unit closures across Alberta tonight' healthcare thread going! /1

I don't know about y'all, but this is my mood for today after the last few months.

#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

UCP plan seems obvious at this point. Defund cities to increase misery, blame it on the councils, restrict their ability to take recourse, tell voters that parties will fix everything, and if that fails, give yourself the power to remove councillors and revoke bylaws. #yeg #ableg

It takes a special kind of craven to adopt this approach to public policy.

It isn’t about Albertans.

It’s about consolidating power.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Same Alberta government, 7 months apart.

From the DM’s…

We’re told this motion from the General Faculties Council at the U of A calling for the exemption of post secondary institutions from Bill 18 not only passed tonight.

It passed unanimously.

Which we’re told has happened in 20 years.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

It’s not like the WS has enjoyed multiple lucrative government contracts…

Right?

Right?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Western Standard, the Cgy-based conservative news outlet launched by an ex-MLA, has begun using AI illustrations for opinion pieces
and iiiiiiit's something.

I ask this with complete editorial neutrality: Will I actually live long enough to ride these trains?

Alberta's flu death toll hits 15-year high, sparking calls for better immunization outreach
Latest from me👇
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

Turns out they can be soft on crime. Mike Ellis didn't respond to my questions for this story.

At least Trent Horn has come out and admitted he's homophobic, not as if it was in any doubt.

It's not a bug with the Catholic Right - it's a feature.

The latest news story I wrote for The Alberta Worker.

Edmonton rail workers file to switch unions