Advocate for people living with Addiction

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[guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁 @guyfelicella]

Saying "we need treatment, not supervised consumption" is like saying "we need hospitals, not ambulances."

You need both!

Supervised consumption doesn't stop recovery, it keeps people alive long enough to reach it.

I know because I lived it. My last two overdoses happened inside a supervised consumption site. Had that site not existed, I wouldn't have made it to treatment, recovery, or the life I have today.

Don't confuse keeping people alive with giving up on recovery. Keeping people alive is where recovery begins.

[Advocate for people living with Addiction @AdvocateWith]

@lesstenny Kinda! Like how can you possibly?!

[Jason Scott 🇨🇦 @JasonOnTheDrums]

#ableg #abpoli

A friendly reminder Danielle Smith’s chief policy maker is Rob Anderson

Rob’s family OWNS private / charter schools called “Footprints for Learning” in Airdrie!

Rob’s mom and sister profit SUBSTANTIALLY from this

This is why this is happening

NO CONFLICT!

[Advocate for people living with Addiction @AdvocateWith]

@AlliAlliG @merry123459 Excellent question! I’d also like the answer! Makes zero sense.

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@FanaticElon Lulu

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@Matt_Pinner Hope

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@Mr_Husky1 So apparently I am very old…all 20…easily. FYI do NOT feel old at all. Not sure this is a good barometer! 😂

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@CrazyVibes_1 Super cute. 👍

[Advocate for people living with Addiction @AdvocateWith]

@honeymoon250 LOL, for sure all 20! I’m a touch older than you! 😊

[Advocate for people living with Addiction @AdvocateWith]

@Mr_Husky1 That is spectacular! 🙌

[Advocate for people living with Addiction @AdvocateWith]

@TRUMPDIVA Very interesting when you attempt to respond, option E. 0% isn’t available!? That would be my choice for this deprived president and team.

[Advocate for people living with Addiction @AdvocateWith]

@mariashriver 🙏

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Since Trump doesn't want this portrait of President Obama displayed in the White House, let's make this photo of our President go viral here!

RETWEET if you love @BarackObama!

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"I'm 69, been stocking shelves at this 24-hour grocery store for eight years. Midnight to 8 AM, five nights a week. People shop at 3 AM for all kinds of reasons, and I've learned not to ask questions.

But I started noticing this teenage kid. Maybe 16, came in every Wednesday and Sunday around 4 AM. Same routine, grabbed a basket, walked every single aisle, put nothing in the basket, then left.

Every time. Forty minutes of walking with an empty basket.
At first, I thought he was shoplifting. Watched him close. But he never took anything. Just walked, slow, reading every label like he was memorizing them.

Week twelve, I decided to say something.
"Son, you've walked these aisles twenty-four times now. You planning to buy something eventually?"
He looked terrified. Started backing away.
"I'm not kicking you out," I said quickly. "Just... curious."

He stood there, debating. Then, "It's warm in here. And the lights are bright. And it smells like normal life."
Turns out he was homeless. Sleeping in his car in our parking lot. School dropout. Those Wednesday and Sunday mornings? After his overnight shift washing dishes at the diner down the street. This was the only place open, the only place he felt safe before trying to sleep a few hours in his backseat.

"The walking makes me tired enough to sleep," he said. "And for forty minutes, I can pretend I'm just a regular person buying groceries."

I did something that night. Went to the back room, made him a sandwich from my lunch. Gave him my spare blanket from my locker.
"You come here Wednesday and Sunday mornings, there'll be a sandwich waiting. Loading dock. And you can walk these aisles as long as you need."

That was two years ago.
Word got around to the other overnight workers. The baker started adding an extra muffin. Produce guy brought fruit. Cashier saved the almost-expired sandwiches.

Then Maria, the store manager, found out. I thought we were done.
Instead, she hired him. Stock boy, overnight shift, working right beside me. Got him enrolled in online school.
He graduated last month. Full ride to community college.

At his graduation, he gave a speech. Said a 69-year-old man stocking soup cans saw him when he was invisible.
But here's what he didn't know, twelve other kids have walked these aisles since. We see them all now. Every single one gets a sandwich.

All because I finally asked why the basket was empty."
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Let this story reach more hearts....
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Story Credit: Grace Jenkins

[Advocate for people living with Addiction @AdvocateWith]

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@ThrillaRilla369 😂

[Peter Guthrie @PeterGuthrie99]

A Show About Nothing.

From the misuse of the notwithstanding clause to the empty spectacle of Bill 1, last week was a study in performative politics.

Instead of solving problems, the Wildrose government is inventing them.

Albertans expect leaders to show up, not check out.
Watch my latest Legislature update.
#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #abpc #albertapc

[Advocate for people living with Addiction @AdvocateWith]

@StandUpForTrmp NO

[Peter Guthrie @PeterGuthrie99]

The Notwithstanding Clause – Meant for Balance, used for Control

The notwithstanding clause was added to Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 as a narrow safeguard, not a political weapon. It was meant for rare, exceptional cases - when a court ruling unintentionally overreached and threatened the democratic will of the people.

With Bill 2, the “Back to Work” legislation, this Wildrose government crossed that line. This isn’t about provincial jurisdiction - it’s about using state power to override individual rights whenever they get in the way of political objectives.

By invoking the clause to force teachers back to work, the government chose control over collaboration.

Teachers deserve respect and dialogue, not coercion. They’ve carried Alberta’s classrooms through overcrowding, complexity, and years of under-resourcing. Forcing compliance isn’t leadership - it’s constitutional abuse.

True conservatives value restraint, accountability, and freedom. The Charter ensures no government can strip away basic rights without scrutiny.

By normalizing the notwithstanding clause as a political tool, this Wildrose government weakens protections that belong to every Albertan - not just today, but for generations.

Strong leaders listen before legislating.

Albertans want solutions - not scapegoats.

#ableg #ABpoli #albertapc #abpc

[🇨🇦 She said: @LEAHinCANADA]

Today in #Edmonton. The capital of #Alberta. Enough is enough.

📢 HEY HEY 👏🏼 HO HO 👏🏼 DANIELLE SMITH HAS GOT TO GO.

#Canada #yeg #ableg