Lori Sigurdson
@LoriSigurdson
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MLA for Edmonton-Riverview, critic for seniors issues, continuing care & homecare, social worker, cancer survivor and proud parent, she/her #AbLeg #abndp
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Albertans do not want a provincial police force.
Albertans want strong public healthcare and public education.
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We have now learned the reason that the AHS app was personally cancelled 6 months ago by
@jasonluan88
. A sole sourced contract for a similar app was given to a client of
@jkenney
‘s former chief of staff. More pork barrel politics from the UCP.
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I just think public health orders should be based on science & evidence and be led by health experts, not be based on the Premier’s holiday plans… 🤷🏻♀️
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Public health decisions should be based on science & evidence that is made PUBLIC to Albertans.
RT if you agree. 🧐🤷🏻♀️
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It’s absolutely shocking to see this man with zero medical training telling Albertans to ignore the advice of healthcare professionals.
He’s an accountant who just lost $4B… He can’t even do his own job. Where does he get the arrogance to now play doctor?
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This kind of hateful language can never be tolerated in Alberta. The Premier must denounce Parker’s threats & attempts at intimidation of healthcare workers.
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I am deeply concerned by these threats made by David Parker of Take Back Alberta towards Albertans who work to keep our hospitals open & our ambulances on the road. 🧵
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Initially the Premier said restrictions would be lifted by the end of March. Then it was end of February. And as the Coutts blockade formed and intensified, he shortened that timeframe to just days.
Public health can not be a bargaining chip for political purposes!
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I asked Minister LaGrange how many more Albertans were discharged to motels? She refused to answer.
I asked how many more contracts the gov’t had with the agency? She refused to answer.
I asked how many more motels are serving as “ care” sites? She refused to answer.
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So the UCP has introduced legislation to remove the $200 price cap on gifts given to MLAs.
In all my years door knocking & serving constituents, I’ve never heard anyone say they wish they could give more expensive gifts to MLAs. Did anyone ask for this??
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For the first time we have withdrawn from a committee. The UCP set up a rigged process which makes the Committee to Examine Safe Supply biased. My colleagues and I will not be part of it.
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Today in Red Deer,
@RachelNotley
gave her farewell speech to provincial council. Thank you Rachel for your dedication to creating an inclusive and just Alberta. It has been the honour of my life to stand with you. Your personal sacrifice over many years is immense
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No Premier should ever be contacting Crown prosecutors and questioning them about their prosecutorial judgment.
Smith has no respect for the democratic principles that underpin our society. That is very dangerous.
We’re calling for an immediate independent investigation.
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Alberta seniors demand that Danielle Smith keeps her hands off their CPP!
Albertans do not want to be pulled out of the Canada Pension Plan. It is portable, stable, well-managed, & no matter where you live you pay the same based on your income & you can retire anywhere.
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So after wasting millions of Albertans’ tax dollars to blow up the public lab, the UCP gave the whole thing to a private company and now that company wants the taxpayer to buy it back from them?!
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Should Alberta leave the Canada Pension Plan? YES or NO.
Seems like an important question to ask on a survey intended to gage support for the UCP’s plan. But then they might not get the answer they want… so I guess that’s why their survey didn’t ask that basic question?
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Lytton BC literally burned to the ground this week after experiencing the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada and
@jkenney
’s hot take is that “plastics keep the earth green”… Wild.
#AbLeg
Ottawa’s decision to label all plastic as toxic won’t help the environment – it will only chase away billions of dollars of investments and put tens of thousands of jobs at risk.
“Turning our backs on plastic will make us and our planet worse off.”
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Smith does not have a mandate for the sweeping constitutional legislation she is trying to push with her job-killing Sovereignty Act.
She was elected by 1% of Alberta voters.
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Let me get this straight… we’re anticipating a pharmacare plan that would give everyone access to free diabetes medications & birth control
…but the UCP will opt Albertan out so that we won’t have that coverage that every other Canadian would have?
That’s a bad idea.
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The covid vaccine has prevented the full-on collapse of our healthcare system. It’s allowed us to reopen our economy & saved countless lives. And it works better if more people get it.
You don’t have to get vaccinated, but you have to own the consequences of that choice.
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Why was Danielle Smith so quiet about her long-standing plan to pull Alberta out of CPP during her election campaign four months ago?🤔
Now she’s spending your tax dollars on a massive gov’t media campaign to convince you it’s a good idea to let her gamble your pension.
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It’s been less than a year since Danielle Smith took office. In that time electricity prices have quadrupled.
Her UCP gov’t has never cared about what Albertans are paying to keep the lights on in their homes. The current cost of electricity warrants full investigation.
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Alberta faced massive job losses in September shedding almost 63,000 full-time jobs
The job losses come amid economic uncertainty created by the UCP, including a ban on renewable energy development, plans to withdraw from CPP, and threats of using the Sovereignty Act.
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Albertans do not want to leave the CPP.
Albertans want more doctors, accessible healthcare, affordable housing, and properly funded public education!
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Healthcare workers are heroes!!
The vast majority of Albertans are so grateful for your service. Thank you.
#AbLeg
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“They have lied to Albertans about what the cost would be of pulling out of CPP. They lie to Albertans about how much money Albertans would be entitled to start up our own pension plan.”
The UCP need to keep their hands off Albertan’s CPP!
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After 9 days online, the Alberta NDP survey asking the straightforward question - “Should Alberta leave the Canada Pension Plan?” - has attracted more than 17,000 responses.
Over 88% of respondents want Danielle Smith and the UCP to get their hands off of Albertans’ CPP!
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Sadly AHS has just reported that 118 Albertans died in August from overdoses. This means we are track to have the deadliest year on record. The UCP continue to reduce harm reduction services that we know are effective. These deaths are preventable!
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Smith's hidden agenda is coming to light just weeks after the election. Minister Horner's mandate letter spells disaster for Albertans retirement savings with the UCP proceeding to remove Alberta from CPP.
Danielle Smith lied to Albertans.
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Your CPP is YOURS. It’s working well and reliably for Albertan including seniors who depend on it, and who contributed their hard earned money throughout their lives.
The UCP have no right to gamble that away for their own gain.
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Instead of responding to
#Omicron
with evidence-based policies, the
#UCP
priority is to ensure Albertans who’ve chosen to remain unvaccinated are unburdened by their decision to put themselves and others at risk.
#AbLeg
#COVID19AB
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A recent report found the cost Albertans paid for power last month was 173% higher than the cost to produce that electricity…
Albertans shouldn’t be subsidizing energy companies out of their own pocket, or forced to pay exuberant costs far higher than other Canadians!
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Albertans aren’t going to sit back while Danielle Smith and the UCP restart coal mining operations in the Eastern Slopes. Our waters and precious ecosystems must be protected for generations to come.
Mountains, not mines!
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Alberta teachers have every right to be furious that The UCP have taken control of their pension fund👇
#ableg
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While the Premier launches her assault on a vulnerable minority of trans youth, the majority of Albertans affected by water shortages, forest fires, power grid failure, the housing crisis, lack of healthcare access etc are receiving no support & nothing is getting fixed.
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A month ago the
#UCP
said nurses were running an “overtime scam” on Albertans and that’s why their wages need slicing.
Now they’re telling nurses they have no choice but to work overtime, and their vacations are canceled, AND they’re getting pay cuts
#AbLeg
#IStandWithABNurses
AHS tells UNA it will redeploy nurses, mandate overtime, and cancel vacations to solve staffing crisis.
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Alberta teachers are showing up today to care for and educate students despite Kenney’s abrupt, reckless and unilateral decision to end mask mandates in schools.
They deserve all the thanks for their dedication.
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The silence from Danielle Smith & the UCP throughout Alberta Pride celebrations, and their silence in the face of local attacks on the 2SLGBTQ+ community, speaks volumes.
Everyone should feel safe & welcome to call Alberta home, & that message should come from our gov’t.
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On Saturday we learned the UCP will cut funding to the Good Samaritan Society’s Southgate Care Centre, leading to the closure of 76 long-term care beds & 44 staff layoffs at the facility.
Their cuts to long-term care will exacerbate the ongoing crisis in health care.
#AbLeg
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Today I was sworn in as an MLA for Edmonton- Riverview for the third time. My grandson, Henry, celebrated with me
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Its a massive disservice to Albertans that the UCP imposed a moratorium on green energy in our province.
Green energy is a booming industry on a global scale and it’s only growing. Alberta should be a leader in energy production. This UCP policy will set us back decades.
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Albertans have been clear that they do not want a provincial pension plan. Danielle Smith must stop pouring resources into this terrible idea.
We won’t let the UCP to pull the rug out from under Alberta seniors who’ve built their retirement security around a stable CPP.
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The UCP government has quietly dropped the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre redevelopment from the Health Minister’s priorities… 😡
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Smith is working on a hidden agenda: to make you pay to see a doctor, sell hospitals, steal your pension, fire your local RCMP officers, hire 1000s of tax collectors & hand over $20B to polluters.
@RachelNotley
cares about Albertans and offers leadership we can trust.
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On the first day of their election campaign Danielle Smith promised Albertans that a re-elected UCP government would cut the personal income tax rate to 8% for income under $60,000.
She lied.
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The UCP are messing with Albertans’ retirement security despite widespread public backlash and repeated warnings from Canada’s leading pension experts.
RT if you think the UCP should keep their hands OFF your pension.
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The fact that the UCP’s so-called “consultation” on the future of the Canada Pension Plan doesn’t t include any in-person town halls is ridiculous.
They refuse to look Albertans in the eye and tell them why they’re moving aggressively to gamble away their pension.
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Smith’s $20 BILLION dollar tax giveaway to big oil corps to clean up messes they’re already legally required to clean up has resulted in an 8x donation increase for her from companies associated with the energy industry.
That. Is. Corruption.
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The UCP just passed new legislation creating the Independent Agency Police Services, despite an election promise that they would not implement a provincial police force (as Albertans dont want one).
They should’ve been preparing for an early & aggressive wildfire season.
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Albertans have overwhelmingly voiced that they do not support the UCP’s plans to pull Alberta out of the Canada Pension Plan!
When will the UCP listen?
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To see Alberta’s Education Minister attacking the integrity of teachers is appalling.
Unlike
@AdrianaLaGrange
,
@jkenney
& the whole
#UCP
caucus, teachers have shown up for student every day of the pandemic. I trust teachers a lot more than I trust the UCP, that’s for sure.
#AbEd
It is unfortunate but not surprising that the Teacher’s Union and Alberta’s School Council Association (ASCA) are distorting reality to score political points. 1/6
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Today I am celebrating both my birthday and the end of chemotherapy with the most important people in my life: my three sons. Thank you to my family, constituents, colleagues and friends for their support throughout this journey. I look forward to fighting for you in 2019.
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The UCP didn’t add a single new teacher during their term in office, despite tens of thousands of new students entering Alberta’s schools. And they’ve laid off tens of thousands of educational assistants.
Alberta families deserve better than Danielle Smith and the UCP.
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Danielle Smith went into hiding as soon as the election was called.
The UCP don’t trust her with a microphone, but Albertans are supposed to trust her to run the province?
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At 2 pm today the UCP quietly released their overdose prevention guide without a press conference or technical briefing as
@alanna_smithh
correctly says. This guide moves away from a harm reduction model and requires personal health numbers. More Albertans will die due to this.
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Bill 70 was just introduced in the assembly. It takes away Albertans’ right to justice in continuing care by protecting profitable private corporations. Over 1200 seniors died and their loved ones deserve justice.
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I didn’t see a single frontline healthcare professional at the government’s press conference today, but I did see Danielle Smith tell yet another lie & demonstrate just how out of touch with Albertans she really is.
There IS a crisis in public healthcare and it’s… 🧵 1/
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Smith is telling Albertans in need of healthcare but who can’t afford it that their best option is to start a GoFundMe page…
This is outrageous and goes against the principles of public healthcare; the very principles that are part of being Canadian and Albertan.
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The UCP’s war on doctors is a detriment to Albertans’ healthcare.
Doctors who worked for DynaLife lost their jobs on Thursday at midnight thanks to the UCP’s failed privatization attempt. Now the gov’t is trying to force these doctors to take inferior contracts.
#AbLeg
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Danielle Smith’s drug policy is killing Albertans. This April was the deadliest ever on record for Albertans who use substances.
Six (6) Albertans died EVERY DAY that month. Frontline healthcare workers were desperate. Instead of sounding the alarm & mobilizing…
#AbLeg
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Last night the UCP abruptly ended the fall session of the Alberta Legislature.
Through the entire session, the UCP spent less than 8 hours debating their bill to gamble away Albertans’ pensions.
They spent 4.5 hours debating a bill allowing them to receive bigger gifts.
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Utter bunk!
@jasonluan88
says services haven’t been cut. This is completely false. The UCP have cut harm reduction services across the province during an opioid crisis. There is clear evidence that these services save lives.
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The premier needs to hear directly from Albertans and explain her plan to steal their retirement savings.
It’s time for the UCP to face the music.
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Danielle Smith has been accused of political interference...again.
The Premier reportedly prevented the hiring of Dr. Deena Hinshaw for a role designed to advance Indigenous care. She must be held accountable for unacceptable political meddling in Alberta healthcare.
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Reminder that the UCP are sitting on $5B in surplus while also cutting back on hospital staffing even though current staffing levels are far below what is required to care for our current capacity.
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The report cost taxpayers $2 million dollars.
It calls for “alternative scientific narratives” and provides no plan for how we strengthen our public health system. This is not leadership.
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Under Rachel Notley’s leadership we’ve gone from a one-party conservative province to one where progressive voices are also heard & represented.
She’s inspired many Albertans to stand up & fight to make life better for all, and that is what we will continue to do.
#AbLeg
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Still can’t believe that in the midst of an unprecedented global pandemic the UCP decided they should cut salaries for nurses and social workers in hospitals…
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Let me get this straight..
A nurse whose base salary is $92k works overtime nights, evenings & weekends keeping people alive in the midst of a global pandemic, overdose crises & critical staff shortages.. she ends up taking home $130k.. and people are MAD?! 🤨
#AbLeg
#AbHealth
Over 600 nurses in Alberta topped $130k per year. One even made $240k
They are running what is essentially an overtime scam.
3% cut is just the tip of the iceberg on what could be trimmed.
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The NDP is aware that some Albertans are getting emails from their clinic inviting them to pay $4,000 in annual “membership fees” just to keep the same level of service, or face limited access to their family doctor.
So much for equal access to healthcare under the UCP!
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We have the first pipeline taking Alberta’s oil to tide water in over 50 years; a key piece of resource infrastructure.
Successive conservative governments failed to achieve this. It was the NDP with Premier Rachel Notley who made this happen. Our party gets things done!
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The UCP are rolling out a plan to usurp Albertans’ pensions to pay for:
⭕️Their pet project Alberta police force, ⭕️2,000 additional tax collectors, and ⭕️$20B giveaways to oil companies.
They released a report full of fake numbers to try and sell you on this bad deal.
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In March, Alberta had 123 overdose deaths. That’s a 50% increase over last year. Cutting harm reduction services by the UCP has made the crisis so much worse. It’s time for Kenney to reverse his cuts and expand SCS services now. Albertans are dying preventable deaths.
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Albertans have been very clear on a couple things they DON’T want:
❌ The UCP to mess with their CPP retirement savings;
❌ An provincial police force.
Yet Smith wants to hijack your CPP and use the revenue to set up an Alberta Police Force?? 😡
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Danielle Smith is ignoring the concerns of tens of thousands of Albertans about coal mining in Alberta’s Eastern Slopes.
Her track-record for ignoring her constituents and plowing through with her own agenda is abysmal.
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Behind closed doors, the UCP are advancing a terrifying plan to sell off and privatize our public healthcare system, piece by piece.
They’re not going to hire more doctors, nurses, or lab techs... Instead they’re planning to centralize control to the Premier’s office.
#AbLeg
We’re sharing documents that have come into our possession. I'll be completely candid - they showed up in the mail. I don’t know who sent them.
There are 35 pages of photos of a presentation to cabinet detailing the UCP’s scheme to rip apart Albertans’ public health care.
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The UCP have no right to gamble with your retirement security, or that of your parents. Your pension is yours — you earned it.
#AbLeg
Tell Danielle Smith to keep her hands off your pension:
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The UCP are sitting on 70 pages of internal analysis from the public service on their job-killing Sovereignty Act. They won’t release any of it.
Why shouldn’t Albertans have the same info the gov’t has about this devastating act??
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The UCP won’t ask Albertans whether they support leaving the CPP. At least, not until they’ve spent millions of taxpayer dollars on an ad campaign to convince you it’s a good idea.
But Albertans have already made their voices heard. Over 88% OPPOSE leaving CPP!
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Pulling Alberta out of the Canada Pension Plan is a bad idea, and Albertans know it. So why is the UCP still plowing ahead?!
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AHS has issued a warning about a spike in opioid overdoses in the Edmonton Zone. Meanwhile, the UCP cuts SCS and creates more barriers to access services. How many more Albertans need to die before the UCP steps up and expands (not cuts) harm reduction services?
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So the UCP want us to praise them for a $3.9B surplus born out of the war in Ukraine yet the Auditor General just announced the UCP have “lost track” of $4B in covid spending and they can’t say where it went or if it went to helping Albertans? 🤔🤔🤔
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With all the UCP grandstanding/agenda pushing on an Alberta Pension, Alberta Police force, moratorium on green energy in Alberta and a million other things nobody asked for…
…we’ve not seen any meaningful effort or resources dedicated to public education or healthcare.
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A Travelodge is not a long term care bed. The blame for this blatant failure of public healthcare lies squarely with the province’s Minister of Health
@AdrianaLaGrange
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A secret directive given to teachers of Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools mandating them to out students to administrators & remove Pride-related materials should be a cause for great concern.
The Premier’s choice to go after vulnerable students is shocking & dangerous.
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Still no word from the Premier or Health Minister about the record surge in respiratory viruses currently overwhelming Alberta children's hospitals to the point they're enacting emergency protocols.
The UCP have a responsibility to take action, and they are failing.
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This morning we heard from the Advocate for persons with disabilities. The UCP voted against receiving feedback from self-advocates. Due to COVID the ministry said they didn’t have time to hear directly from service users. Appalling NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US!
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