In the latest Progress Report newsletter: the UCP go nuclear on teachers with the notwithstanding clause; municipal and union elections shake up Alberta's political scene; and our usual round-up of Alberta political news and commentary. https://t.co/Sq3SCjW7Wq #ableg
"There is no such requirement," the Ministry of Primary and Preventative Health Services told us today. "Albertans who donโt pre-order can still book their vaccine next year."
This claim has been doing the rounds this weekend and given the text on the website it's an understandable conclusion. But we reached out to the ministry to verify today and no, it's not actually the case, and the website will be updated soon to clarify.
Reminder: if you want a flu or covid vaccine ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ, you need to pre-order it ๐ป๐ผ๐. Pre-orders for the ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ/๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ณ season end on December 15th, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ.
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#Alberta#WorldClass#PublicHealthCare
The federal NDP leadership race this time around is likely to be an Albertan affair.
Former environment minister Shannon Phillips joins us on the pod this week to talk about a conflict from 2019 that might define the raceโthe convention battle over LEAP: https://t.co/3GfrXGGd1L
The Canadian Press is reporting that Premier Danielle Smith has directed the justice ministry to use the notwithstanding clause to push through three anti-trans laws that would otherwise be blocked by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms https://t.co/20zsJoSC8n
Lukaszuk described his campaign accurately when it first launched, but the facts seem to have gotten telephone-gamed afterwards. Supporters, opposers, and even experienced journalists on the Alberta politics beat have since been portraying it inaccurately https://t.co/ggocAbRGGc
Despite what both Danielle Smith and, strangely, the Forever Canadian campaign's own website claim, Thomas Lukaszuk's petition is not for a referendum.
Wherein Danielle Smith claims that @LukaszukAB's #ForeverCanadian petition is actually a separatist petition and there will be consequences if people chose to leave Alberta.
And no.
That's not a typo.
#abpoli#ableg#cdnpoli
According to the Citizen Initiative Act, if Lukaszuk somehow does collect enough signatures, the matter goes to committee, not referendum. The UCP-controlled committee is not obligated to proceed with a referendum https://t.co/elMaGiSPT4
In this week's Progress Report newsletter: Demetrios Nicolaides struggles with the targeting of his book ban; one of Alberta's largest unions is about to hit the picket line, but another is relenting; and our usual roundup of recent political news. https://t.co/GxXNJaOeFa
NEW from me in @jacobin:
With a deal now in sight, Air Canada flight attendants' defiance of the government's back-to-work order could be setting an industry-wide standard against unpaid work.
In the Progress Report newsletter this week: a trade conflict with China pits the interests of auto manufacturing workers out east with agriculture workers across the prairies. Also, our usual roundup of political news from across the province https://t.co/5koxcDXVGO
On the latest Progress Report podcast, Euan Thomson returns to tell us about the Calgary police dabbling in facial recognition technology. Also, some more detail from Jeremy about the Government of Alberta's $20k+ in-kind-donation to PragerU #ableg https://t.co/MGxMrbD36W
A new report from Public Interest Alberta finds that nearly one in five children in the province is living below the poverty line #ableg#cdnpoli https://t.co/hyuGjdpJYi
Investigating MacEwan University's crackdown on Palestinian advocacy, David Slater finds that the institution has drastically increased its surveillance of studentsโand that crackdown was directly managed by the university's top executives https://t.co/KEDwsXrZjK
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In this week's Progress Report newsletter: two petition campaigns duel over separation, but is there any substance to either of them? And, our usual round-up of Alberta political news from a left perspective https://t.co/3A01EJwTSb
Thanks to our Queen of Measles, 'Berta made the NY Times!
"Alberta has taken a different approach, allowing students to attend public schools without proof of immunization, which some experts believe has made the region vulnerable to outbreaks like this."
https://t.co/4C2iNXmeAY
at some point we need to add up all the money these schmucks are spending on trips abroad. these folks are addicted to travelling abroad on our dime.
these multiple todd loewen trips where he's going to events that directly affect/benefit his business are insane.
โSpending taxpayer dollars to go down there and do thisโoh, Jesus, that's the crazy part,โ said MRU poli sci prof Keith Brownsey. โI don't understand why Anderson or Smith or the others would think this is reasonable or permissible.โ
SCOOP: The public spent almost $20K for Premier Danielle Smith to fundraise for PragerU alongside Ben Shapiro in March, almost double the cost of the premier's trip to Mar-a-Lago.