P. Hyland 🇨🇦

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[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

@realDonaldTrump

[Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep @RossKneeDeep]

I think it was just hate.

By Sincerely, American:

"Trump supporters say, 'We suffered 8 years under Barack Obama.'

Fair enough. Let’s take a look.

The day Obama took office, the Dow closed at 7,949 points. Eight years later, the Dow had almost tripled.

General Motors and Chrysler were on the brink of bankruptcy, with Ford not far behind, and their failure, along with their supply chains, would have meant the loss of millions of jobs. Obama pushed through a controversial, $80 billion bailout to save the car industry. The U.S. car industry survived, started making money again, and the entire $80 billion was paid back, with interest.

While we remain vulnerable to lone-wolf attacks, no foreign terrorist organization has successfully executed a mass attack here since 9/11.

Obama ordered the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.

He drew down the number of troops from 180,000 in Iraq and Afghanistan to just 15,000, and increased funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

He launched a program called Opening Doors which, since 2010, has led to a 47 percent decline in the number of homeless veterans. He set a record 73 straight months of private-sector job growth.

Due to Obama’s regulatory policies, greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 12%, production of renewable energy more than doubled, and our dependence on foreign oil was cut in half.

He signed The Lilly Ledbetter Act, making it easier for women to sue employers for unequal pay.

His Omnibus Public Lands Management Act designated more than 2 million acres as wilderness, creating thousands of miles of trails and protecting over 1,000 miles of rivers.

He reduced the federal deficit from 9.8 percent of GDP in 2009 to 3.2 percent in 2016.

For all the inadequacies of the Affordable Care Act, we seem to have forgotten that, before the ACA, you could be denied coverage for a pre-existing condition and kids could not stay on their parents’ policies up to age 26.

Obama approved a $14.5 billion system to rebuild the levees in New Orleans.

All this, even as our own Mitch McConnell famously asserted that his singular mission would be to block anything President Obama tried to do.

While Obama failed on his campaign pledge to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, that prison’s population decreased from 242 to around 50.

He expanded funding for embryonic stem cell research, supporting ground breaking advancement in areas like spinal injury treatment and cancer.

Credit card companies can no longer charge hidden fees or raise interest rates without advance notice.
Most years, Obama threw a 4th of July party for military families. He held babies, played games with children, served barbecue, and led the singing of “Happy Birthday” to his daughter Malia, who was born on July 4.

Welfare spending is down: for every 100 poor families, just 24 receive cash assistance, compared with 64 in 1996.

Obama comforted families and communities following more than a dozen mass shootings. After Sandy Hook, he said, “The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old.”

Yet, he never took away anyone’s guns........

He sang Amazing Grace, spontaneously, at the altar.

He was the first president since Eisenhower to serve two terms without personal or political scandal.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

President Obama was not perfect, as no man and no president is, and you can certainly disagree with his political ideologies. But to say we suffered?

If that’s the argument, if this is how we suffered for 8 years under Barack Obama, I have one wish: May we be so fortunate as to suffer 8 more."

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

@TheBlueGem3 Is that a $14 a panel, "end of life" recycling fee, similar to fees on tires, instead of a 14% tax?

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

#PierrePoiLIEvreIsLyingToYou

[Dr. Doug Eyolfson @DougEyolfson]

Great piece from MP Mark Garretsen

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

@PierrePoilievre

[JAR_Spiral @Jar_Spiral]

@PierrePoilievre Never Prime Minister !

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

@PierrePoilievre In 2024 @PierrePoilievre cost the Canadian taxpayer $8.8 million while PM Trudeau, the leader, spent under $4.4 million. Add to that the $2.34 million by-election in 2025 alone. Hypocrite!!! #PierrePoilievreIsAnEconomicIlliterate #PierrePoilievreisLying

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

@Bucknhalf @jbeggs252 @KootenayGreg In Nova Scotia even when you buy a vehicle from a citizen tax is calculated on the purchase price OR the Canadian Red Book wholesale value (fair market value), whichever is greater.

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

#DanielleSmithIsToxic

[Peter Cunningham 🇨🇦 @PeterCunningham]

The UCP just used a 400,000-signature pro-Canada petition to justify calling a separation referendum. The people who signed to STAY are now being told their signatures mandated this process.

When I signed, the question was "Do you agree that Alberta should remain within Canada?" — not "do you want a referendum?"

Horner and Jones resigned rather than be part of it. Smith calls this 'respecting democratic participation.' I call it hijacking one side's democratic participation to deliver the other side's agenda.

This government is not acting in good faith. Full stop.

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

@ABDanielleSmith call when election!!!

[Katy E 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @MargTokar]

An open letter to Alberta’s true Conservatives:

I was a lifelong Conservative, who admittedly, had not paid attention to politics for many years.

Covid woke me up. I was paying attention, and what I saw terrified me. This was no longer the party that I grew up with.

/1

[Katy E 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @MargTokar]

The only possible way that the separatist petition should even be considered by @ElectionsAB is if every single signature is personally verified with every single signee.

Full Stop.

If you agree please repost.

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

@PierrePoilievre, you need to read through the replies. Clearly you are really stretching the truth about how great Harper was and how important you were back then.

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Pierre Poilievre: "I got into politics and helped the previous Conservative government balance budgets, drop crime by 25%, lower taxes so people could afford their lives. Those were great days."

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

#DanielleSmithIsToxic

[Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan]

Referendums are NOT the “purest form of democracy” — especially when the questions are chosen by the Premier; the wording is carefully crafted to elicit pre-determined responses; and vast amounts of public money is spent on pushing one side. It’s manipulation, not democracy.

[Parksy @PfParks]

Hey AB, while you are worried about the price of groceries + rent, the highest electricity and insurance rates in the country, and while our govt continues to dismantle our HC system and underfund education, + marches on with cronyism, grift, and corrupt practices ...
1/3

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

@TheBreakdownAB Smith’s climbing in the polls given the waste and corruption, given what she is doing to HC, education, AISH and municipalities to name just a few, just astounds me!

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

#DanielleSmithIsLyingToYou #DanielleSmithIsCorrupt #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead #DanielleSmithIsNotMyPremier #FireTheUCP #CallAnElectionSmith so we can kick you UCP miscreants to the curb!!

[Dr. Heref Oru (#FireTheUCP) @Arfarfarf8]

Pretty easy to be a premier when everything is always someone else's fault.

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

@elanharper "... disciplined fiscal leadership..." does not match with the photo of the Stornoway Squatter who cost Canada $2.3 million on the AB by-election. #PierrePoilievreJustNotWorthTheCost

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

🎯
#UCPfailures #UCPcorruption #DanielleSmithIsCorrupt #DanielleSmithIsToxic #DanielleSmithIsIncompetent #DanielleSmithIsLyingToYou #DanielleSmithIsNotMyPremier #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead #DanielleSmithMustResign #CallAnElection

[Dr. Raj Sherman @RajSherman]

MUST READ LONG TWEET on #TurkeyTylenol
Please repost if you agree.

Let’s put this into human terms, the impact on Alberta’s children in fall and winter 2022.

A new Premier rejected key public health advice on vaccination and viral spread, and removed the Chief Medical Officer of Health (Dr. Deena Hinshaw) on Nov 14, 2022, during a “tridemic,” when multiple respiratory viruses were circulating at the same time.

Many Alberta children became ill. Most had typical viral infections. But many became very sick. Not minor illness, but serious complications.

They were dehydrated. They were struggling to breathe. Some were septic.

They filled hospital and ER beds across Alberta.

During this period, a ~$70 million children’s acetaminophen procurement was announced as part of the response to this crisis by Premier @ABDanielleSmith

This human story has been lost, while key facts have emerged through reporting by:
1. City news: @jsjamato
https://t.co/oWeOKh949v

2. Cindy Tran: Postmedia @kccindytran
https://t.co/Ss5zhljH9I

3. Globe & Mail team: @CarrieTait, @Tom_Cardoso & @alanna_smithh
https://t.co/c07sjwfUWU

There is now an Auditor General investigation, a judicial review and addendum, and RCMP involvement.

How did we get here? Policy decisions were made in a fast-moving crisis.

The question is, were they evidence-based and well governed? …the answer is…NO.

As an ER physician, former Associate Health Minister, HQCA Board Chair: Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is not life-saving. It treats fever and pain, not the illness.

1. FACTS:
• Fever rarely harms; the underlying infection does
• Treating fever improves comfort, not outcomes
• Frontline clinicians were not calling for $70m and large stockpiles of children’s acetaminophen or anti-inflammatories

2. MORE FACTS:
• There was a real shortage across Canada, driven by demand
• The U.S. faced similar pressure without declaring a national shortage
• Health Canada ensures safety and access
• Provinces decide what to buy, how much, and from whom

Emergency importation was allowed, not full approval.
• Alberta committed ~$70M for ~5 million bottles
• ~1.47 million bottles (~$20M) were received

Public reporting indicates:
• ~1% of product was used
• Large quantities expired and were destroyed
• Some product was donated
• Significant funds were paid for product not delivered

This raises serious questions about value, decision making, planning, and oversight.

3. WHAT WENT WRONG:
• Large-volume procurement under uncertainty
• Limited transparency
• Delivery gaps
• Overstock → expiry and disposal
• Storage (~$478K) and disposal (~$718K) costs
• Ongoing investigations, including reported RCMP activity

This does not appear to be a clinical failure. It raises concerns about procurement and political governance failure.

4. THE QUESTIONS THAT MATTER:
• Why ~$70M on a non-life-saving medication?
• Why elevate it to a Premier-level response?
• What procurement process was used?
• Were established suppliers (Apotex, J&J) considered?
• Who approved volume, pricing, and payment terms?
• What due diligence was done on supply and shelf life?
• Were risks (expiry, non-delivery) assessed?
• Where does accountability sit: AHS, Alberta Health, the Minister/Premier’s office, or all three?

5. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ALBERTA’S CHILDREN:
ERs were not full of kids needing acetaminophen, Tylenol & anti-inflammatories. They were full of children and adults with serious complications from infections requiring:
• Oxygen
• Monitoring
• IV fluids
• IV antibiotics
• Hospital and ICU care

Pediatric hospital beds were full. Admitted patients, including children, stayed in ERs for prolonged periods. Waiting rooms backed up. This was a capacity and flow crisis that exists today.

6. THE REAL PROBLEM: The “Tridemic,” multiple infections at once:
• RSV
• Influenza
• COVID-19

7. WHY IT WORSENED:
• Less consistent public health messaging (no Chief Medical Officer of Health)
• Suboptimal vaccination uptake (new gov't policy)
• Variable masking and mitigation (new gov't policy)
• Limited clear guidance (new gov't policy)
• A predictable winter surge

8. THE REAL EMERGENCY, STILL PRESENT TODAY:
• Insufficient hospital capacity
• Workforce shortages
• Limited primary care access
• Gaps in home and long-term care
• Ongoing system flow challenges

9. WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED:
• Medical leadership to inform elected officials
• Measures to reduce transmission
• Vaccination and public education
• Procurement aligned with clinical need
• Multiple reliable supply sources
• Strong primary and community care
• Planning ahead, not reactive purchasing

10. BOTTOM LINE: This was not about fever. It was about serious infections overwhelming an understaffed, under-built, and strained health system.

You don’t fix that with Tylenol. You fix the underlying cause and repair the system.

A wise old man once told me that to fix healthcare, we need 3 things:
1. Money - accountable investment
2. Manpower - trained staff
3. Materials - beds, infrastructure, and medical equipment

11. SOLUTIONS:
• Strengthen governance and oversight by separating policy-making from front-line operational decisions
• Improve transparency and accountability
• Align political messaging with clinical reality
• Invest in human and capital infrastructure where patients need care

Public reporting and ongoing investigations have raised serious questions about decision-making. Those processes are ongoing.

12. MEANWHILE: Albertans continue to experience delays in care, including cases of deterioration and deaths in ER waiting rooms while waiting, as highlighted by Dr. @pfparks and Alberta’s emergency physicians.

13. My question: If one high-profile procurement shows these gaps, what does that mean for the rest of healthcare and government spending and contracting?

Albertans deserve answers. Albertans deserve transparency. Albertans deserve better leadership.

14. FINAL THOUGHT & QUESTION: Have we as a society and our government learned anything?

#ABleg #ABpoli #AHS #ABHealth
@Alberta_UCP @RachelNotley @albertaNDP @djclimenhaga @cspotweet @ryanjespersen @TheBreakdownAB @ShayeGanam

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

#DanielleSmithIsCorrupt

[HouseHermit @househermitzz]

@BertaProudDad @ABDanielleSmith Gross.

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

#UCPcorruption

[Alli Girl 💁🏼‍♀️ @AlliAlliG]

I need someone to explain to me why we invest public money in private schools. ITS A PRIVATE SCHOOL.

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

#DanielleSmithIsLyingToYou #DanielleSmithIsCorrupt #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead #DanielleSmithIsNotMyPremier #FireTheUCP #CallAnElectionSmith so we can kick you UCP miscreants to the curb!!

[Melanie Behm, she/her @lovelylibrary]

@Alberta_UCP Fiscal mismanagement by the UCP is not the fault of immigration. Yes, changes are needed, but the UCP have proven time & again a complete inability to understand or manage finances. Albertans need real leadership in gov

[P. Hyland 🇨🇦 @phyland58]

#DanielleSmithIsLyingToYou #DanielleSmithIsCorrupt #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead #DanielleSmithIsNotMyPremier #FireTheUCP #ProtectPublicHealthcare #CallAnElectionSmith so we can kick you UCP miscreants to the curb!!

[Medicine Hat News @MedicineHatNews]

Health and labour groups from across the country signed an open letter this week asking the federal government to intervene in Alberta’s plan to adopt a dual-practice health-care system. #medhat
https://t.co/bV70DUNWDz