https://t.co/q3u9M0iRR7 There will be people cheering this on. First, we get rid of the rights of labour unions. Second, we get rid of the rights of transgender people. Who is the next group to use their rights? Maybe that third, or fourth, or fifth group will include you.
It only took one day for “3,000 new teachers” to become “3,000 new teachers OR the additional supports that we know students desperately need”. #abed#abpoli#yyc#yeg#cdnpoli
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Today, I submitted 456,365 Albertans’ signatures to Elections Alberta, petitioning the Premier to do the right thing, avoid a divisive and economically harmful referendum, and allow MLAs to vote and reaffirm that Alberta’s future is in Canada.🇨🇦
Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
Other provincial labour federations, including the Ontario Federation of Labour, will start collecting funds to build a war chest to help pay fines. Danielle Smith may have thought she could bully the teachers into submission. We are not going to let that happen.
And, CLC President Bea Bruske will fly to Alberta for our press conference on Wednesday to pledge the support of the entire labour movement. My message to Danielle Smith is also simply. You’re the bully going after workers rights & democracy. We will stand up to the bully.
My message to Alberta teachers is simple: you will not stand alone. Tomorrow all other Alberta unions will meet to finalize a plan for unprecedented collective action. The executive council of the Canadian Labour Congress will also meet in emergency session.
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
Every single MLA in the UCP caucus deserves to have a recall petition file against them for going along with violating their constituents’ rights. Every one.
Everything we’ve heard indicates the UCP is about to override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms for the first time in Alberta’s history.
Which of our rights will Danielle Smith come after next?
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