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[Real Mike 🇨🇦🇺🇦 Fake Ezzie @fakeezzie]

If we haven't figured out a Smith promise is worth the toilet paper it is written on, we will never figure that out. #ableg

[Paul Chandler @PaulCha94025901]

It’s no wonder why our new finance minister won’t answer questions on if he favours separation or not. #ableg #abpoli

[Sarah Ryan @SarahRyanYEG]

Listen, I know it's a bit Red Green of us, but it just may work. Buddy will be at Pets in the Park later this afternoon, and we gotta find this sweet senior a home. <3 #yegdogs #yeg #rescuedogs

[Frank @FrankVeri]

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Monsanto wanted its growth hormone in every glass of Canadian milk. One government scientist stood in the way and his own bosses spent 14 years trying to destroy him for it.

His name was Dr. Shiv Chopra.

Born in India, 1934. Came to Canada in the 1960s. PhD in microbiology. Senior scientist at Health Canada's Bureau of Veterinary Drugs. 35 years reviewing drug applications. Approve the safe ones. Reject the unsafe ones. Protect the public.

For 20 years he did it quietly.

Then Monsanto came knocking.

A new drug. Bovine growth hormone. Brand name Posilac. Inject it into dairy cows, get 10-15% more milk. Bigger profits for the industry. Far bigger profits for Monsanto. The FDA had rubber-stamped it in 1993. Monsanto expected Canada to follow.

The file landed on Chopra's desk.

He started reading the science. He started finding holes.

The data was thin. Long-term safety studies were missing. The cow studies that did exist showed lameness, mastitis, reproductive failure, shortened lifespans.

If it was doing that to the cow, what was it doing to the milk?

His recommendation: reject it. Demand real safety data.

His managers had a different idea.

Approve it. The Americans approved it. Why are you holding it up? Just sign off.

He refused.

So the pressure started. Closed-door meetings. Attempts to pull the file and hand it to someone friendlier. Gag orders don't talk to the media, don't talk to anyone. Suspensions. Reprimands. Demotions. Dead-end reassignments.

He kept refusing.

Two other scientists refused with him. Dr. Margaret Haydon. Dr. Gérard Lambert. Same data. Same alarm. Same answer.

In 1998 the Canadian Senate launched an investigation into what was happening inside Health Canada.

Chopra and his colleagues did something almost nobody does. They walked into the Senate and testified under oath. Said managers were pressuring them to approve unsafe drugs. Said industry was running the regulator. Said the system was broken.

It made headlines around the world.

In 1999, Health Canada rejected Monsanto's application. rBGH would not be approved. Europe banned it next. Then most of the developed world.

Sit with that. One immigrant scientist in Ottawa beat one of the largest chemical corporations on Earth — and won.

Then his own government fired him for winning.

July 14, 2004. After 35 years of service, Health Canada fired Chopra, Haydon, and Lambert on the same day. Official reason: insubordination. Real reason: he embarrassed them in front of the country.

The same year, the Prime Minister mailed him a gold watch for "illustrious service." While they were firing him. He called it comedy.

He sued to clear his name. The fight took 13 years. He lost appeal after appeal. The final ruling came down in 2017. Three months later, in January 2018, he died. 83 years old. Never reinstated. Never given his pension back. Never owed an apology by anyone.

But here is what they could never take back.

rBGH is still banned in Canada today. Every glass of Canadian milk is still hormone-free — because one man refused to sign.

And the United States? Never banned it. It's still legal there. Right now.

He kept it out of Canada and they fired him. The system he fought is still pouring it into glasses across the border.

So tell me below was Shiv Chopra a hero, or just a troublemaker who got what was coming to him? Pick a side. Because someone in those meetings is still telling scientists to "just sign off."

[chiky handler @chiky_handlr]

I love that a Black woman is responsible for this. 😂
Shout out to @RepBeatty for filing the lawsuit to get Trump‘s name removed from the Kennedy Center

[Trevor Scott Howell @TSHowell]

@cspotweet @CorbLund "You can sign up 177,000 people and then we can put it (coal mining) on a referendum. Absolutely. Feel free to go ahead and do it." — @ABDanielSmith , Fort Mcleod, June 11, 2025 #ableg @abpoli

[Hello! @meme100c]

@kinsellawarren Like this fucker???

[Jennifer Get In Good Trouble @TheJenniWren]

Trump used the Armed Forces Full Honor Cordon — soldiers who escort fallen heroes and heads of state — to usher UFC fighters past Abraham Lincoln’s statue like they’re celebrities on a red carpet. I am LIVID. And everyone else should be too.

[Leslie Kasza @kasza_leslie]

I have posted my letter to the Minister of Primary and Preventive Health Care strongly recommending that the Novavax Fall 2026 COVID vaccine, a non-mRNA vaccine, as well as the mRNA vaccines, be made available to all Albertans free of charge. PLEASE, PLEASE, my fellow Albertans, send supporting correspondence to the same minister in massive volume. Here is the website address: https://t.co/xlvWst2Hic
My letter is below:
Dear Minister:

As a physician involved in the care of a LARGE NUMBER of Long COVID patients and an immunocompromised, disabled Albertan myself, I strongly recommend that the Alberta ministry of Health make available to all residents of this province FREE OF CHARGE the fall 2026 Novavax COVID vaccine as an alternative to either the Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccine.  These have already been paid for with Albertans' taxes.

I expect that this strong recommendation will be expedited in an open, transparent fashion with extensive communication.

Leslie A. Kasza MD FRCPC

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

I give this a thumbs down. 👎

[Hello! @meme100c]

@cspotweet So she can download those costs to property taxes too???

[Hello! @meme100c]

@BSwirlsi Nixon hopes at the Mustard Seed.

[VisuallyBetter @Isuckatpicking]

So NOW the Forever Canadian petition was a legislative petition and NOT a referendum. FFS she’s been saying non stop that 700k Albertans asked for a referendum when she knew all along that was a lie.

I hate her. Not a single redeeming quality.

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Today, Smith announced that she is not going to allow Albertans to vote on the Water not Coal petition for literally YEARS.

How do we know?

Let's start with the clip from "Your Province, Your Premier" where she states she'll follow the process in the act...

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#abpoli #ableg

[Bob A’fette @fette_a]

@TheBreakdownAB So she won’t ban coal mining, which will likely contaminate waters but, she will ban health inspectors.

No wonder happy hour starts at 6am now. Beer is going to be safer.

[Carlos. 🇨🇦 @carlosstelmac]

Smith could not have found a more pro separation person than Jack Mintz to lead her investigation panel. Buckle up Alberta, the fix is in. This is not going to end well. Smith is a traitor and the US is waiting with open arms.

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Let’s be clear.

Disabled Albertans are not failing or failures.

The government of Alberta is failing them.

The consequences of this governments policies are NOT reflective of the value of disabled Albertans.

They are only reflective of this government and its values.

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[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

The fear is real.

The despair is real.

The sense of hopelessness is real.

And all of these things have been exacerbated by choices made by the government that are simultaneously deliberate and utterly thoughtless.

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[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

The impact of the callous and thoughtless way that the current Alberta government has managed supporting disabled Albertans also cannot be understated for this individual.

And countless other Disabled Albertans.

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