@nelsmary88 4️⃣ The room was united in frustration. Not one voice defended her. For those of us in education and beyond, it’s a reminder: keep showing up, organizing, and speaking out. Silence only protects the powerful.
@nelsmary88 1️⃣ On Friday, I got a call from Minister Rajan Sawhney’s office offering a phone chat about Alberta’s opposition to Bill C-61 — months after I’d already received an evasive reply that dodged the issue of Indigenous communities’ right to clean water.
@nelsmary88 3️⃣ The lack of awareness from both the Minister and her staff says everything about this government’s disconnect from the communities their decisions affect — especially under a portfolio called Indigenous Relations.
@nelsmary88 2️⃣ At her open house, I never reached the Minister, but I spoke with her assistant Dr. Samira Samimi, a PhD in hydrology who admitted she didn’t know what Bill C-61 was, nor about the $135K funding cut to the Circle of Safety program for Indigenous families facing domestic abuse.
@TheBreakdownAB 4️⃣ The room was united in frustration. Not one voice defended her. For those of us in education and beyond, it’s a reminder: keep showing up, organizing, and speaking out. Silence only protects the powerful.
@TheBreakdownAB 3️⃣ The lack of awareness from both the Minister and her staff says everything about this government’s disconnect from the communities their decisions affect, especially under a portfolio called Indigenous Relations.
@TheBreakdownAB 2️⃣ At her open house, I never reached the Minister, but I spoke with her assistant Dr. Samira Samimi a PhD in hydrology who admitted she didn’t know what Bill C-61 was, nor about the $135K funding cut to the Circle of Safety program for Indigenous families facing domestic abuse.
@TheBreakdownAB 1️⃣ On Friday, I got a call from Minister Rajan Sawhney’s office offering a phone chat about Alberta’s opposition to Bill C-61, months after I’d already received an evasive reply that dodged the issue of Indigenous communities’ right to clean water.
It would be interesting to watch Old Danielle Smith trying to come to grips with New Danielle Smith...
Fire up the Delorean, boys, we're going back to get her!
#abpoli#ableg
Alberta’s UCP gov’t raised education property tax revenue by 13.3% from 2020-2025 ($2.4B to $2.72B), with a 14% jump to $3.1B planned for 2025-26. Yet, they’ve funneled $2.4B from public education to fund private/charter schools serving just 7% of students. Not bad math—by design. #ABEd #UCP #Alberta #ABpoli #ABLeg
@Gzilla73 If other groups have experienced similar real-wage losses, they’d be just as justified to negotiate raises. This isn’t about special treatment. It’s about ensuring wages keep pace with the cost of living, which is exactly what collective bargaining is for.
@Gzilla73 The difference is teachers are taxpayers. They’re not asking someone else to foot the bill, they’re asking to stop absorbing year-after-year wage erosion while continuing to deliver an essential public service.
@Gzilla73 A raise doesn’t even come close to catching up with lost purchasing power. And given you say it’s fantasy that teachers are overworked, you simply expose your total ignorance of classroom conditions. So really not much more to say to you.