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Executive Director, @PIAlberta , Treaty 6, runner, singer, dad. Pa’lante 🌾🌹
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The Edmonton Police Service today threatened us counter demonstrators with fines under CIDA ($10,000), yet they are not enforcing a court ordered injunction against excessive noise in our downtown.
Why?
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The firing of Dr. Verna Yiu should be a hell of a wake up call for every single Albertan that cares about public health care.
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Alberta is sitting on a projected 5.5B surplus. Meanwhile our schools are overcrowded, our hospitals are understaffed, and a record number of kids in care died this past year.
Where is the UCP government?
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My toddler doesn’t eat food anymore, other than toddler charcuterie: cucumbers, pickles, marble cheese, and berries.
Can someone please confirm this is OK? normal?
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Danielle Smith couldn’t deliver off-brand Tylenol…you want her government in charge of our retirement security? 🤷♂️
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Alberta, can we please fucking not send thousands of migrant workers back tomorrow to the biggest outbreak site of COVID?
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Raise your hand if you think workers in Alberta should have access to paid sick leave and paid leave to care for sick dependants. 🙋♂️
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Danielle Smith is rolling back queer and trans rights for youth by a decade with the stroke of a pen.
Putting kids at risk like this is incredibly callous and cowardly.
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My grandfather has been waiting in Emerg. for a bed at the UofA hospital for nearly 34 hours.
Danielle Smith is a failure.
#ableg
Alberta pauses planning on new south Edmonton hospital: LaGrange
Read More:
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Public dollars should support public education. Full stop.
We must support the elimination of public funding for private schools
The erosion of our public system by the UCP in favour of charter and private school investment must be reversed.
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Last night at a townhall in Leduc I tested out my “take Alberta back from Take Back Alberta” line…
The Take Back Alberta people didn’t like it. 🤭
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Telus Health, the company that owns Lifeworks, which wrote the UCP’s “independent” pension report, is a registered lobbyist in Alberta…
What kinds of investments is the company lobbying for? Would it benefit from an Alberta Pension Plan?
:::
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Danielle Smith’s plan to pull out of CPP to create an Alberta Pension Plan is fueled by the libertarian genius myth.
Can you imagine your retirement security going to Ivermectin, crypto and hydrogen power trains?
Chaos and poverty awaits…
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Today, we filed a complaint with the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council about Kenney's show "Your Province, Your Premier".
I don't get an hour of free radio play every week, do you?
Read our letter and consider making a submission, here:
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The Edmonton Police Service today threatened us counter demonstrators with fines under CIDA ($10,000), yet they are not enforcing a court ordered injunction against excessive noise in our downtown.
Why?
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Public Interest Alberta is deeply committed to democratic principles and today they are at risk.
On first read, Danielle Smith’s so-called sovereignty act is so clearly unconstitutional it necessitates immediate challenge. 1/3
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It is dangerous for the mayor and others to continue to suggest that vulnerable Albertans do not have anywhere to turn. This is false and will lead to more folks choosing not to seek out shelter because they fear they’ll be turned away. (1/4)
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Tell them about the “rules” at your religious shelters, Jason.
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The claims that shelter spaces are unavailable is simply irresponsible and puts people at risk. Alberta’s government is ensuring there is enough shelter spaces in Edmonton for all who need it. This year Alberta's government is providing over $22 million to increase homeless
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This is a completely misleading statement from the Minister. 7/10 other provinces, including conservative governed ones like MB, managed to agree to the federal terms… but not Alberta. This is entirely on
@rebeccakschulz
and
@jkenney
. We need a system, not patchwork.
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I'm deeply disappointed that Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have failed to accept the terms of an agreement with Alberta on early learning and child care funding prior to an unnecessary election call. 1/4
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75% of workers in Alberta making less than 15 bucks an hour before October 2018 were 20 years or older. More than half were working full-time. More than half had children. 77% weren't students. Over 63% were women. These are the people
@RachelNotley
is fighting for.
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Yesterday I received a phone call re: charter school admissions. A guardian shared that they were told their kid wasn’t eligible because they had a “low IQ”.
It’s incredible that Alberta continues to expand this inequitable system at the expense of public education.
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First BC, now Nova Scotia. When will Alberta get on board with $10-a-day childcare?
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Kenney’s recovery sure looks like a recovery for shareholders, not regular Albertans.
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Challenge: City Councillors stay in the Hope Mission emergency shelter for a night.
Then tell us it’s safer than encampments.
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Alberta once had temporary rent control. It was brought in by Peter Lougheed to address the housing crisis in 1975.
After the policy expired, the CMHC commissioned a report on Alberta's policy that found that the housing crisis was mitigated... 1/3
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Dear civil servants quietly watching
#ableg
from home: don't feel shame for thinking about blowing the whistle when lives are on the line. Take care and thanks for your amazing work.
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We are crunching numbers in the UCP budget. On housing, Albertans are in for a very tough time:
-Deep cuts to homeless and outreach services
-Deep cuts to housing budget
-capital grants for market housing with no controls for renters.
-steep increase in new homebuyer tax.
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The Edmonton Police budget has gone up more than 20% since 2020, it accounts for the biggest line item on your taxes, yet the Chief of Police didn’t show up to the annual Council and EPS meeting yesterday…
What kind of a city is this?
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It is a clear attack on our democratic institutions and we will do everything in our power to challenge it and to stop it.
In the coming days, Public Interest Alberta will be seeking advice from legal advisors and urgently proceeding based on those consultations. 3/3
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Housing is a human right, emergency shelter is critical for the houseless, stigmatizing addiction is inhumane, and blaming people who have suffered from decades of bad policy is deeply troubling.
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You know community arenas and rinks in small town Alberta?
Danielle Smith wants to stop the feds funding those with Bill 18.
What a joke.
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The longer I’m alive, the more radicalized I become. I don’t understand how there’s any other way to imagine an equitable, habitable planet without an end to global capitalism and unending exploitation of people and natural resources. 🌍🌹🍞
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Corporate profits in Alberta are off the charts, but real wages have gone DOWN 10% in Alberta.
We’re getting hosed. 😒
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Stop horsing around Minister. People are literally freezing because shelter intake isn’t working and many of the spaces are not adequate for people.
#ableg
Shelters in Edmonton are currently under-capacity and not turning people away.
As of last night, January 12, there are 1771 shelter spaces open in Edmonton and provincially funded spaces in Edmonton were at 72% capacity yesterday.
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What an Alberta cabinet needs (but won’t likely get):
Minister of Climate
Minister of Housing
Minister of Affordability and Human Services
Minister of Public Works
Minister of the Status of Women
Minister of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
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Bill Flanagan is currently in the midst of his presidential review. He wants another term appointment. This can’t be allowed to happen, especially after the past 24 hours.
#ableg
@CAUT_ACPPU
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22 school divisions are projecting cuts to teachers…despite increases in enrolment.
One, Sturgeon, is set to lose 43 full time positions despite projecting an increase in students.
This has to stop.
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Instead of capping tuition, scrap it.
Instead of K-country camping, affordable housing and housing security.
Instead of retail rebates, get to the root cause of inflation.
Instead of big internationals extracting our inheritance, make them pay and clean up their mess.
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"What about the Quebec Pension Plan?"
The QPP was founded at the same time as the CPP (in the mid-late 1960s), with the same contribution rate (3.6%). Today, the CPP has a contribution rate of 9.9% while for the QPP the rate is 10.8%. 1/4
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Update:
The elder of the camp has come to an understanding with the police that they won’t dismantle inhabited tents. I hope EPS honours their word…
City has sent a warming bus while workers clear approved materials by the camp.
This is a major shift.
#yeg
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I am a Rossdale resident and I demand this camp be seen for what it is...an inspiring and self-organized community for hundreds of my neighbours.
Lorne, I made a donation to
@pekiwewinyeg
thanks to your article. Keep it up.
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#HousingForAll
GUNTER: City needs to act to stem growing problem of Camp Pekiwewin in Rossdale
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Debit cards for healthcare and vouchers for education extras are classic trojan horse strategies.
We need to ask very serious questions to the premier about where this ends.
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The Mayor of Edmonton just notified Council that another Edmontonian died today outside…
“All of these deaths are preventable…”
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#ableg
#HousingNowYEG
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Charter school expansion is a form of privatization and it takes resources away from the public education system. Full stop.
@jkenney
has been playing politics with education since his ill-fated draft curriculum.
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@ctvedmonton
@CTVCalgary
@GlobalEdmonton
@GlobalCalgary
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Don’t mess with people in Lethbridge—especially not with their pensions!
Yesterday, a packed house of folks told their stories and why they’re standing up.
Together, let’s save our CPP.
…
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The UCP government could solve the housing and housing affordability crisis.
They just don’t want to.
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CHALLENGE:
@JasonNixonAB
come walk the streets in DT Edmonton and take a look for yourself and what’s happening at our shelters.
#ableg
Shelters in Edmonton are currently under-capacity and are not turning people away.
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I know many of us are feeling tired and frustrated...Please, stay hopeful and vigilant.
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We need to stop believing oil companies are in it for anything other than our resources.
We need to stop building stadiums for billionaires.
We need a sustainable economy and climate.
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We need a better economic strategy in Alberta.
We need to create more good-paying jobs for people now and in the future.
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🚨 Edmonton is losing 44% of its Emergency Shelter Beds by June 🚨
🚨 Homelessness is up 29% year over year
🚨 YEG's Homelessness has nearly doubled since the start of the pandemic
Meanwhile...
Not even a report from the GOA's 'Response to Homelessness Committee'
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Read Council's full statement:
For up-to-date information on impacts to services during this strike action, visit .
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Just as the province announces more police in
#yeg
downtown, I’m hearing concerning reports that harm reduction workers are no longer going to be allowed to distribute harm reduction supplies in LRT stations…if this is true, it makes no sense from a human centered perspective.
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Why haven’t you implemented minimum shelter standards?
Why are our neighbours exposed to bed bugs, lice and assault on a nightly basis in the shelter system?
Do better Minister. Everyone can see your truth.
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Alberta’s government has provided funding for over 1700 shelter spaces that has flowed from the province to shelter operators. There are currently over 1400 shelter spaces in Edmonton. Another couple hundred spaces will be opening early this year to reach 1700 spaces.
Shelters
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Danielle Smith and the UCP will very likely release a report and name a committee stacked with conservative insiders, telling us we need to leave the CPP and create an Albertan plan.
At PIA, we are calling for the report to be released, today. 1/
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Tonight I’m thinking of all the teachers, nurses, doctors, EAs, servers, and frontline workers who were yet again thrown into chaos by the Premier.
Our hearts are with you and we support you, even though your government does not.
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One guess who won’t meet with us to talk about getting on board with 10-a-day child care.
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Post-pandemic corporate greed, not wages, is the root cause of skyrocketing costs groceries, gas and utilities.
We need fair taxation. I can’t believe that we don’t have every non-conservative politician in the world not calling for this madness to end.
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Trans rights are human rights. We will walk together, stronger and strong, until every single child is safe to be who they are. 🏳️⚧️
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It is almost incomprehensible that we are even in this position.
But we are.
This is clearly anti-democratic legislation designed to bypass the legitimate authority of the legislative assembly and compromise our constitution. 2/3
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"Every single dollar that goes into a private system is a dollar that's taken out of the public system. And the provincial government shouldn't be prioritizing the expansion of private schools and private school funding at the expense of public education."
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Private schools exempted from reporting tuition amounts under proposed Alberta law
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I haven’t had a cigarette for 1 month and 15 days.
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If the government is willing to break the terms of a contract with hundreds of thousands of Alberta workers, who else will they break faith with? This is a basic issue of trust and fairness. And it's a massive strategic error.
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Being Antifa is simply following in my grandfather’s footsteps and all those who stood against fascism less than 100 years ago. We must be willing to say this out loud, always and especially now.
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#cdnpoli
Thank-you,
@JanisIrwin
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For all the folks sitting on the sidelines...the CSU52 members in libraries and rec. centres have way more in common with all of us than the City Admin. that live in St. Albert and the bosses at Epcor. Let's fucking go.
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Well, the City and EPS only waited until limbo week to start their mass encampment sweeps…
#StoptheSweeps
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If the UCP government truly wants to support struggling Albertans, they would pass Bill 205 without delay. 3/3
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Why are my tax dollars funding this embarrassment by
@edmontonpolice
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“They’ve done some significant damage to the park.”
Homeless encampments have scarred Edmonton’s once pristine river valley. Deputy Chief Warren Driechel recently toured Dawson Park, pointing out danger areas, and suggested the land itself may never recover due to large scale
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Here’s the real UCP record:
Healthcare: privatization of labs and surgeries.
Affordability: skyrocketing utilities, insurance and fees.
Education: fired thousands of EAs and overcrowded classrooms.
Wildfires: millions cut.
Danielle Smith is not the answer.
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From activists on the ground this AM, I am hearing at least one individual went to hospital as a result of police actions.
The fact the university is repeating unverified police reports is chilling…
Do better
@BFlanaganUofA
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