Alberta’s auditor general estimates the government’s failed effort to privatize community lab testing services left taxpayers on the hook for about $109 million. https://t.co/okxqnWwhB9
On the day the UCP unveils its latest big plan to privatize health care, the Auditor General releases a report showing that their last big plan to privatize health care was an unmitigated failure. Everything they touch turns to crap. We all pay the price.
Country musician Corb Lund has indeed launched a citizens petition to ban coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
Why? He says Premier Smith gave him the idea. #ableg#cdnpoli
🇨🇦 What's wrong in Canada has very little to do with policy decided in Ottawa. The problem is how Conservative provincial premiers view the concerns of their citizens and their failure to put people, aside from themselves, first... Canadians deserve better.
On November 7th, the UCP launched a lawsuit against me, MLA Sinclair, and the Alberta Party.
Albertans deserve to hear what this case is - and what it isn’t.
Because it isn’t about trademarks or party names.
And it isn’t about justice.
This is about intimidation - and it fits a pattern.
The UCP use threats to silence anyone who challenges them.
They claim I was removed from caucus due to misconduct.
The truth is: I raised concerns about potential corruption and pushed for transparency.
I wasn’t removed for misconduct - I was removed because I refused to participate in it.
The lawsuit itself is littered with errors.
One especially odd claim is the allegation of a “conspiracy.”
And the irony is hard to miss: a party known for chasing conspiracies is now trying to convince Albertans that everyone else is part of one.
This government has a credibility problem - and it shows when they use baseless accusations to distract from their failures.
Their trademark argument is weak.
More importantly, the UCP let the PC name lapse - and in 2023 a private citizen legally registered it.
If anyone “lost” the name, it was the UCP - through their own negligence.
But they never accept responsibility.
They blame anyone but themselves.
This lawsuit is about fear - fear of competition and fear of a conservative movement they can’t control.
But sunlight is coming.
We welcome evidence, documents, and cross-examination - and the Premier finally answering questions under oath.
Accountability can only be avoided for so long - and this time, it will be on the record.
#ableg #abpoli #abpc #albertapc #alberta
That clip is unreal — she actually said the quiet part out loud
Danielle Smith’s healthcare strategy:
Step 1. Fire the experts.
Step 2. Hope for a miracle.
Step 3. Blame Ottawa.
#abpoli#ableg
I am 71 years of age and I just got off the phone with the pharmacy and they informed me I have to cough up 100 dollars for the covid shot. FUCK YOU Daniel Smith! You are despicable. You need to resign or be thrown out!
Smith is afraid. She should be. Albertans are fed up with her pushing policies she never ran on. Trying to kill the Canada Pension Plan, choking off vaccination access, privatizing medical care, promoting the coal industry, starving public education, raising car insurance...
Statistics Canada confirms once again:
Alberta has the highest unemployment rate outside Atlantic Canada, above national average, *34%* higher than in Saskatchewan.
When will the UCP take responsibility for their 6 years of failure to create jobs and prosperity?
So…
The only voting members of the committee to address class size and complexity are all UCP Ministers/MLA’s.
Wonder how that will out?
Maybe the Auditor General has some thoughts?
#abpoli#ableg#cdnpoli
Today Elections Alberta requested $13.5 million to be able to administer recalls and referendum.
The UCP committee in charge revised their request to just over $1 million.
And then voted it through.
The UCP just defunded recall/referendum.
#abpoli#ableg#cdnpoli
This morning the UCP refused to give Elections Alberta the resources to verify a recall petition. This is their own legislation.
Basically they are only “pro democracy” until the people actually use the power… so not actually pro democracy at all. #ableg
An important note…
Smith isn’t just overriding the federal Charter…
She’s also overriding the Alberta Human Rights Act AND the Alberta Bill of Rights she just rewrote.
#abpoli#ableg#cdnpoli