Alvin Finkel (@alvinfinkel) 's Twitter Profile
Alvin Finkel

@alvinfinkel

prolific Canadian historian; labour and social policy historian & advocate; author at change alberta facebook; interested in AB and Cdn politics

ID: 97313839

calendar_today16-12-2009 23:31:57

2,2K Tweet

434 Takipçi

356 Takip Edilen

Alvin Finkel (@alvinfinkel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Desperate Danielle now says she'll consider pharmacare. In 2019 she wrote: "I don't use prescription drugs. Even if I did need a prescription...I pay for my own prescription insurance...I don't need a new government social program. I don't want a new government social program."

Alvin Finkel (@alvinfinkel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The UCP is telling Albertans that they are spending more on healthcare than any previous gov't. It's a lie. When you factor in inflation and population growth, they've cut health spending per capita by 15%.

Alvin Finkel (@alvinfinkel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

DANIELLE SMITH WANTS TO COPY 2 BIGOTED GOVERNORS "I look at the Americans. I look at Ron DeSantis in Florida and Kristi Noem in South Dakota," said Smith. "They've been able to create little bastions of freedom, and we can create a little bastion of freedom in Alberta as well."

Alvin Finkel (@alvinfinkel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Smith poses with thug James Bauder and wife. That makes her a thug too. Apart from leading Convoy, Bauder is a paid violent union buster (violent attack on refinery workers in 2020) linked to far right Yellow Vest group. facebook.com/CanadaUnity/ph…

Alvin Finkel (@alvinfinkel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"If you're a progressive, why wouldn't you support a moderate, progressive NDP that has cabinet experience, that is retaining their popular leader, and that has the potential, if the UCP missteps, to be able to do a do-over 4 years from now?" Danielle Smith, 2019-note 'moderate.'

Alvin Finkel (@alvinfinkel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

CBC- "Some primary care clinics in Alberta and elsewhere have started to charge membership fees, and in return clients receive certain guarantees such as getting appointments within 24 hours." That's Smith's healthcare pledge. You'll wait years while the wealthy wait 1 day.

Alvin Finkel (@alvinfinkel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Smith's efforts to ignore what Commissioner Trussler determined and focus on whether CBC "defamed" her made me think of: "I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy."

Alvin Finkel (@alvinfinkel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Quito Maggi, president of Mainstreet Research, is already forecasting an NDP government on the basis of most "leaners" leaning to NDP. x.com/quito_maggi/st…

Alvin Finkel (@alvinfinkel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

CBC Feb 16, 2023, "Total profits in the Canadian oilpatch are expected to reach about $78 billion this year... topped by an estimated $120 billion in 2022, according to ARC's most recent research report." Today Smith says she'll give oilpatch up to $5.3 bil for carbon capture.

Alvin Finkel (@alvinfinkel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

2015 AB: lowest min wage in Cda, weakest work safety leg, under-funded health and education, zero consumer protection. 2019: highest min wage, best work safety legislation, increases for health and education, imposed caps on auto insurance and electricity price increases.

Alvin Finkel (@alvinfinkel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just $20 for a pre-order on Amazon of a hardback copy of my soon to be published new book, Humans: The 300,000 Year Struggle For Equality. The price apparently rises to $26 when the book is actually published, which is supposed to be September 3. It went to the printers in July.

Alvin Finkel (@alvinfinkel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Oilprice.com, generally subservient to Big Oil, published this revealing piece today that demonstrates that we could fully replace oil and gas globally with tax changes that only hit the rich. oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-…

Alvin Finkel (@alvinfinkel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today Chapters/Indigo announced their choices for best books of 2024. Under the rubric of "history and political science," they chose 10 books, of which my Humans: The 300,000 Year Struggle for Equality was one. It was one of only two books by Canadian authors to make the cut.

Alvin Finkel (@alvinfinkel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Interview of Adam King With Me re Humans: The 300,000 Year Struggle for Equality in The Maple, June 16, 2025--readthemaple.com/exploring-our-…