Gordon Kent

Former Edmonton Journal business, legal affairs and City Hall reporter, now living the retirement dream.

[Jonathan Cluett @joncluett]

Imagine being a young queer person in Alberta and seeing your Premier @ABDanielleSmith supporting shit like this

[Charles Adler @charlesadler]

Take 6 mins for one of Canada's most articulate defenders of our shared values. His name is Naheed @Nenshi - fmr mayor of Calgary. Because the stakes have never been higher, he is doing something he has never done before. https://t.co/J195SwbroX

[Dr. Lynora Saxinger MD FRCPC Infectious Diseases @AntibioticDoc]

#AbElection note, personal.

Every doc I personally know (lots but not all obviously) think the Smith UCP will destroy Albertan healthcare.

The most “corporate” docs I know tend to be cardiologists and CV surgeons

…they organized an NDP fundraiser.
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[Kyle Kasawski @kylekasawski]

Heard on the doors last night, “This morning over coffee at McDonald’s, 3 out of 4 of us said we had voted for you and Alberta NDP.” John B. #shpk

[Todd Hirsch @theToddHirsch]

2. Contrary to what UCP Leader said about me in the leaders' debate, I actually HAD done my own analysis of the NDP's costing plan. And I endorsed it.

Please RETWEET this as much as you can. My credibility has been attacked and I need to set the record straight.

[Naheed Nenshi @nenshi]

So I’ve never done this before. I take being purple very seriously (despite what Twitter trolls say). But this election is so important. This is about our future. So I’m sharing (in many many words) why I am proud to support @RachelNotley in this election. https://t.co/sTiKNteda0

[Rachel Notley @RachelNotley]

Naheed Nenshi and I didn’t always agree, but we were always committed to the public good.

I’m proud to have @nenshi’s endorsement today.

Friends, this election is too important to sit on the fence.

We need to build a better future with a stable, trustworthy government.

[eric denhoff @EDenhoff]

Fair bit of panic in the air in Alberta UCP circles with the release of a new poll showing NDP leading in even UCP stronghold of south Calgary. NDP still needs to get vote out, but they seem to have some momentum. 400 NDP at a rally in Medicine Hat will freak out UCP war room! #cdnpoli

[Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @LukaszukAB]

.⁦@AbDanielleSmith doesn’t want to talk about this until after the election, but UCP made a promise to Australian billionaire and now, quietly, gave a green light to start the dig.

Alberta mountains are for sale.

#AbVote #AbLeg #Yyc https://t.co/GCvnpWveHD

[Courtney Theriault @cspotweet]

NEW:

Alberta NDP announce the Save Albertans Money Act would be their Bill 1, targeting utilities, insurance, tuition etc.

They would also repeal the Sovereignty Act with Bill 2, and protect the Canada Pension Plan with Bill 3.

#yeg #yyc #ableg

[Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @LukaszukAB]

.@AbDanielleSmith, this is terrifying. You used Take Back Alberta (TBA) to hijack the UCP party, but please don’t use them to highjack the democratic process of ballot counting.

This isn’t USA!

#ableg #abvote

[Dr. Shazma Mithani @DrShazmaMithani]

Recently, I’ve heard some comments about how people should have to pay to go to the ER so that it makes them think twice about going to the ER for things that aren’t an emergency.

As an ER doctor, I want to tell you why this isn’t a solution to ER overcrowding.

/1 🧵

[Janis Irwin @JanisIrwin]

UCP candidate Jennifer Johnson’s transphobic, homophobic comments “are part of a dangerous, hate-filled narrative targeting transgender, gender-diverse and 2SLGBTQ+ communities.” @KristopherWells

Danielle Smith must remove her as a candidate. #ableg

https://t.co/b1TbyUUTFw

[Alberta Fact Checker 🌈 @North_Resists]

For all the "NDP will put us in debt" people.vMaybe you'd like to explain how the UCP ran higher deficits ALL 4 years than the NDP did, even though the NDP had historical low oil prices? #abpoli

https://t.co/hJ7on2FrQh

[Andrew Leach 🇨🇦 @andrew_leach]

Isn't this basically just saying, "I'm making it up as I go along?" I don't know about you, but the things I've thought about and written about over the years absolutely affect the decisions I'd make today.

[Sarah Hoffman @shoffmanAB]

Danielle Smith’s deputy talks about making people pay at the ER. This wasn’t four years ago… it was four days ago. The UCP wants a four year contract to govern. We can’t trust the UCP with our healthcare.

[Gordon Kent @GKentYEG]

@e_backstrom For a couple of summers before demolition someone ran an ice-cream business from that building. We'd walk over with our kids and our neighbours for a cone sold out a sliding window.

[Gordon Kent @GKentYEG]

Small cost for such huge benefits.

[Emma Feutl Kent @EmmaFeutl]

"Perhaps the most immediate, lifesaving support we can provide is through treatment for wasting." @PowerUSAID announces the United States will provide $200 million to @UNICEF to treat wasting in the largest leap in coverage ever recorded 👏👏👏 I'm ecstatic #InvestInNutrition

[Gordon Kent @GKentYEG]

@ColeKander @MikeNickelYEG It's hard to find more than about 150 people in this photo.

[Andrew Knack @AndrewKnack]

#yegccFactCheck: According to the @edmontonpolice crime map website, #yegDT saw a decrease in crime from 2019 to 2020 and using the January to July numbers, 2021 currently has a lower number of crimes than 2020. #yegcc #yegvote #yeg #yegcrime