Nicole H

I write. I read. I think. I care. I get involved. Opinions are my own. Politics a passion. @[email protected]

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Look we’re absolutely not encouraging people to email Elections Alberta en masse to confirm that their names aren’t on the separatist petition given the data breech.

That could cause tremendous administrative backlog.

Anyways, here’s an unrelated pic.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[Jason Scott 🇨🇦 @JasonOnTheDrums]

#Ableg

Amid yesterday’s chaos was a SHOCKING story about the severe harm unfolding in Alberta

Smith’s put Albertan communities in an IMPOSSIBLE situation by allowing O&G to skip $250,000,000 in taxes

Many will go bankrupt in 5-years
What are we doing? https://t.co/CQ1Mzc0Gw3

[Nicole H @Nicole_Hankel]

Race to the bottom!

[Global Calgary @GlobalCalgary]

Effective Tuesday, Alberta is set to be tied for the lowest minimum wage in the country.

READ MORE: https://t.co/JrS9TELRSE

https://t.co/JrS9TELRSE

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

A story in two pictures...

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[Nicole H @Nicole_Hankel]

It boggles my mind that Pierre refuses to get a security clearance. How can he have any expectation of governing without it?

[Jason Pugh 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @TheJasonPugh]

🚨WATCH: @JustinTrudeau calls out @PierrePoilievre for refusing top-secret security clearance.

"Mr. Speaker, if the leader of the opposition was genuinely serious in his concern for national security, he would choose to get the top-secret clearance that we have offered him instead of putting forward this little performance. We, on this side of this house, don't play politics with national security." - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

#cdnpoli #cdnpolitics #qp

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people.

[Nicole H @Nicole_Hankel]

Powerful ad!

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Holy sh*t. This new Kamala Harris ad, which will air on Fox ahead of the debate, will mess with Donald Trump as it uses the words of Trump’s own cabinet & inner circle to show how he is unfit & unable to serve. This is so good. Watch & share it below.

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Holy sh*t. This new Kamala Harris ad, which will air on Fox ahead of the debate, will mess with Donald Trump as it uses the words of Trump’s own cabinet & inner circle to show how he is unfit & unable to serve. This is so good. Watch & share it below.

[Nicole H @Nicole_Hankel]

Actual clips from the debate.
You can't make this stuff up 🤦‍♀️🤣🤣🤣

[Fearghas Kelly @FearghasKelly]

I better go superviral for this...

[Nicole H @Nicole_Hankel]

This!!!!

[Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D @DebVendramini]

Seriously @ABC?? Why won’t you cut him? Why letting him speak over your moderators? This is infuriating!

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

“In an interview with The Calgary Eyeopener on Aug. 1, Dreeshan said the province's $1.53 billion pledge to the project was "100 per cent" secure.”

What could have possibly changed between August first and now?

Oh…

Right.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[cm @cmcalgary]

How are children supposed to know if someone is doing something bad to them sexually if they don't know what anything is? ..... is that the goal here? Awful

#Alberta #abpoli

[Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇨🇦🇺🇦💉 @ZiadFazel]

@NdbYyc1305 @nenshi Glad to help - I learn lots from you.

Dreeshen's 29 July to the Mayor is here:

https://t.co/R31LrhYoKd

The intentionally rude September letter has a cc: to Rob Anderson; the cordial July letter does not.

[Naheed Nenshi @nenshi]

It’s clear that the UCP government does not care about the needs of Calgarians.

Just 34 days ago, the UCP promised that funding for the Green Line was “100 per cent” secure, even for the new shorter version. Now they've decided to pull their funding. This reckless decision could mean the end of a badly needed transit project and a massive waste of over $1 billion that has already been spent as construction is well underway.

The UCP has chosen to give up 20,000 jobs directly associated with this project, including 1,000 people employed today who will be thrown out of work by this decision. Not to mention all the private sector jobs that will come from the redevelopment and densification of lands surrounding the future stations.

Let’s be clear. This decision will drive both public and private sector investment out of Calgary and Alberta because there is no certainty. Who will ever bid on projects if the province’s signature is no longer worth anything and they can pull funding at will?

They are pretending they are looking at new options, but we’ve seen this movie before. Minister Dreeshen’s proposed alignment has been studied. And studied. And studied. It won’t work. It dumps SE commuters nowhere near where they need to be and expects them to trudge to a red or blue line station to get on a train that is already packed. It’s a dream from someone who has clearly never taken transit in Calgary.

The UCP government has chosen to make this a political issue. The UCP wants to make this about me. It’s not about me — it’s about doing the right thing for the tens of thousands of Calgarians that will be hurt by this decision. As always, the UCP would rather pick a fight than win for citizens.

The Green Line is a required investment for the future of Calgary. It’s an investment in ending the congestion on Deerfoot and Stoney Trails, and the Centre Street corridor.  It’s an investment in the environment, in quality of life, in getting people to and from work, and kids to and from school. We simply have to look at the congestion nightmare that is Toronto today because that city didn’t invest in transit when they should have.

This is untenable and the people of Calgary deserve better than to be used as a political football. The premier needs to intervene directly, take control of this file from her minister and advisors and work with the city to find a way forward.

[disordered @disorderedyyc]

"Albertans shouldn't have to try to piece together belated accounts or leaks from private party events. If decisions have been made on significant new policy initiatives, the premier & cabinet ministers should be announcing them publicly to all Albertans"
https://t.co/pE1ap4PXQZ

[Dr. Fiona Mattatall 🪩🇨🇦 @FionaMattatall]

Your reminder that reducing access to sex education at the same time as reducing access to reproductive healthcare will result in more sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancies.

But maybe that is the point?

#abhealth #ableg

[disordered @disorderedyyc]

AB Health Minister Adriana LaGrange unable to explain how switching to Covenant Health would not reduce access to health services (eg: reproductive health care, MAID).

Great questioning by @ShayeGanam to repeatedly ask and challenge LaGrange on her non-answers.

#ableg #abpoli

[Nicole H @Nicole_Hankel]

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[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Oh boy...

So the UCP policy proposals have launched.

And...

There's a LOT to unpack.

So as the UCP membership show us who they are, let's get started with a few highlights, shall we?

Thread!

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#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli