2018…global awards, everyone had a family doctor, zero ERs shut down, ever, patients didn’t die in our ERs waiting for care.
What happened in 2019?
@Alberta_UCP
Period.
Premier Smith cites an Elections Alberta deadline for keeping Water Not Coal from a 2026 referendum.
However, she seems poised to disregard an Elections Alberta deadline in order to redraw electoral boundaries for the next election.
https://t.co/j9cZhsJHX3
"(We) deserve consistency, honesty and fair treatment around these petition and direct democracy issues that the Premier has professed to believe in so strongly, so many times."
Corb Lund calls on Premier Smith to put his question on the referendum ballot, saying she's used her power to put other questions up.
He adds he met with her in May, and she never mentioned any deadline, and that her decision represents an about face.
There’s an entire cottage industry that point to political events around 2015 as the source of Alberta’s growth problems that ignore this chart on oil prices.
Rob is doing the same today. As you can see.
We should be honest about how the American owned O&G industry in Alberta:
Has gutted its workforce;
Co-opted the Alberta gov;
Brainwashed the Separatists w/ O&G talking points;
Underpaid taxes & royalties;
Realized profits in the US;
And left Alberta with hundreds of billions in liabilities, remediation, & known costs...
While running off renewable energy.
Let's discuss.
Rosie: [Danielle Smith] says she's voting for Alberta to remain in Canada. So it's a little hard to reconcile what you're saying with what she's saying.
Thomas Lukaszuk: What's more difficult to reconcile is what she says with what she does
Albertans now pay highest UTILITY costs,highest INSURANCE costs,get poorest health care,pay higher kindergarten costs,and have the highest student teacher ratios in Canada,as well as getting the lowest return of royalties from thier oil and gas ,and the UCP deny its their fault
Danielle Smith isn’t a separatist. She is, has always been, a destroyer. She was on Calgary School Board. Destroyed it. She had talk radio program. Destroyed it. Leader of Wildrose Party. Destroyed it. Premier of Alberta - she will destroy it. It is what she does, what she is.
-Voter data leak
-Extreme gas prices
-Out of control insurance costs
-Healthcare crumbling
-Corruptcare
-Golden cats
And Danielle Smith doesn't care about any of it. She is completely focused on making sure 17% of the province get to keep crying like babies about separation.
@sarobertsonca What has she done? 9.4 bil deficit, even with oil prices soaring. Lowest minimum wage, corrupt care, 3 million doxed Albertans, property tax hikes, high electricity and insurance rates. But don’t worry she and her MLAs are highest paid in Canada, and some got another raise.
Alberta has been built by people who can smell bullshit.
https://t.co/HeUFBuzStm
“From farmers and ranchers to energy workers, teachers and nurses, Albertans know the difference between facts and a sales pitch.”
Brilliant work exposing the UCP’s referendum website for what it is — a taxpayer-funded sales pitch dressed up as information. Alberta has been built by people who can smell bullshit. From farmers and ranchers to energy workers, teachers and nurses, we know the difference between real facts and government spin. The facts still matter, and yes, we can smell the BS a mile away. Looking at you, UCP.
@cspotweet@sh_mla The results might have been more telling if the question had been whether to stay on standard time year round. It’s really two questions: do we want to stop changing the clocks AND which time would we prefer. I would have said yes to stop changing the clocks, but no to DST.
There is a reason that we do not have MLAs decide on electoral boundaries. Tossing out the Electoral Boundaries Commission and replacing it with a UCP-dominated committee is not just a bad idea. It is really bad for democracy. Ask the US, ask Hungary. This is not normal!
I call on all Albertans, all political leaders, and all Canadians who believe in democracy to speak up now — sound the alarm, write to the Premier, call the UCP ministers and MLAs, and tell them:
Stop cheating. Stop trying to steal the next election.
Implement the final report from the independent Boundaries Commission. /6