Ben Bishop

Learning Leader | Apple Teacher | French Immersion | Études sociales | Learning Technologies | Musician | Father of three girls | #yycbe

[Ben Bishop @bensbishop]

@BertaProudDad Unapologetic clown show 🤡

[Ben Bishop @bensbishop]

@VesnaSertic Funny since the rights teachers were entitled to disappeared, and now you call them entitled for noticing.

[Ben Bishop @bensbishop]

@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.

[Ben Bishop @bensbishop]

@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

[Ben Bishop @bensbishop]

@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.

[Ben Bishop @bensbishop]

@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.

[Ben Bishop @bensbishop]

@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.

[Ben Bishop @bensbishop]

@FreeAlbertaRob https://t.co/2IcPjvlbaP

[Gerry Varty @gerryvarty]

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

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@FreeAlbertaRob https://t.co/4OaisZAxWA

This is you right?

[Ben Bishop @bensbishop]

@MondoABx @sytsema_andy Becky is amongst the most shameless in an all-star cast of shamelessness

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@JeremyAppel1025 Hmmm. Maybe this is something to ask the Minister of Indigenous Relations about tomorrow 🤔

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@demetriosnAB Your time is running out and you know it you ghoul

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@TheBreakdownAB Hmmm. Maybe this is something to ask the Minister of Indigenous Relations about tomorrow 🤔

[Taking Alberta Forward, We Stand With #Canada! @sytsema_andy]

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

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@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.

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@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.

[Ben Bishop @bensbishop]

@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.