.David Staples is special. Having lived in Canada for this long, he still doesn’t know how equalization works. David, stick to hockey. That’s your thing. Let those who understand politics write about it. #ableg

#Ableg Congrats to Danielle Smith & the UCP! Alberta has the WORST inflation in Canada! 🏡 Rent: UP +10.8% 🧺 All Items: UP +3.4% 🛒 Food: UP +3% 🚗 Transportation: Up +2.3% This isn’t Trudeau. This isn’t the carbon tax. This disaster is ALL Danielle Smith. #Abpoli

.Rebecca Schulz You’re worried about a carbon tax that families get a refund for??? Let’s talk about UCP removing car insurance cap, which will cost Alberta families thousands of dollars without any refund. Wanna talk about UCP tuition, gas tax and housing hikes? #Ableg

.⁦Pierre Poilievre⁩ & ⁦Danielle Smith ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎(Parody)⁩ Unhinged ideology, promoted by conservative movements, fueled armed protests in Coutts, Alberta. #ableg #Yyc #Yeg cbc.ca/news/fifthesta… cbc.ca/news/fifthesta…

Nine union leaders, representing hundreds of thousands of Albertans, just sent a letter to Premier Danielle Smith DEMANDING union seats on the AIMCo board. The message to UCP is clear: “Hands off our pensions. This is not your government’s money.” #ableg afl.org/press-release-…

Albertans demand control over their own savings! #ableg

Stephen Harper’s appointment today as chair of AIMCo board ends pension management company’s ‘arm’s length’ status. albertapolitics.ca/2024/11/stephe… #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli AIMCo Invests

Homeless people don't make me feel unsafe, living in a world that allows homeless people to freeze to death does. #HousingFirst

🧵The first paper from our project on viral illness in Alberta has been published Dr. Michelle Maroto, Amy Kaler and I find that for many working parents balancing persistent circulation of sickness is untenable, and many have reached a point of resignation. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

COVID and other airborne viruses harm babies. Last epi year ICU admission rate of babies was the highest among all age groups 1/

Babies' COVID hospitalizations rate was as high as for people in their 70s 3/

as an anthropologist, one of my specialisations is authoritarianism & revolutionist practice in response to it one of my research foci for is the social processes of a society's descent into authoritarianism a historian once told me: it happens slowly, then all at once.

Yesterday, we heard that tariffs on steel and aluminum would be in addition to other tariffs, destroying industry and jobs. Today, the premier tells us diplomacy is working. Her approach seems to be working just as well as private surgical facilities. Premier, just come home.

Very interesting… Don Braid makes connections that similar “inflated” contracts might have happened for Recovery centers… how would taxpayers know? What if no one in that ministry pushed back on “inflated” contracts? Who’s doing the construction too? For schools too?

Ouch… this is honestly terrible. I don’t think people understand what it costs to contact trace and attempt to contain this virus. While our EDs struggle for spaces to care for the sick, a reminder: we can’t use an ED care space for 2 HOURS after a suspected case is in it!

Given that we are now an epidemic region for measles parents can protect their children as early as 6 months and infants can access the accelerated schedule.

We've obtained multiple documents to show the many many ways that UCP government has intervened in major health procurement decisions, even if Danielle Smith says it's all an AHS internal issue: cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…