Brian Kannekens

Husband, Dad, Coffee Roaster, Basketball Ref,

[Jason YYC @Jason___YYC]

No raises though for nurses, teachers, any public servants, AISH recipients.

Only themselves and their friends

[Jason Markusoff @markusoff]

To fight what she views as federal overreach, Danielle Smith makes province reach farther than normal into private business. By me: https://t.co/u16L7jxX3G

[Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan]

Pension expert calls the UCP’s decision to replace AIMCo’s professional board with a political one “drastic” and “shocking” https://t.co/q037sma1nz

[Jason Scott 🇨🇦 @JasonOnTheDrums]

#Ableg Fact:

In 2021: the UCP BLEW $3,500,000 on a single baseless legal challenge

In 2024: the UCP has 10 BOGUS cases, costing Albertans >$35,000,000

That SHOULD have funded:

🩻47 MRI machines
👩‍⚕️103 Rural doctors
👨‍⚕️399 Nurses

Albertans will get NOTHING but embarrassment

[Jason Scott 🇨🇦 @JasonOnTheDrums]

#Ableg FACT

Yesterday, Premier Smith dropped a BOMBSHELL: 3,400,000 Albertans will be SLAMMED with at least a 15% hike in car insurance rates between 2025 and 2026.

For families this means an EXTRA $600 per year!

The UCP: Making life unaffordable for Albertans since 2019!

[Jason Markusoff @markusoff]

Wow. Danielle Smith government sacks entire board of its $160billion fund manager.
This is the 3rd time time they've dissolved an entire board, after Alberta Health Services and Banff Centre.

[Keith Gerein @keithgerein]

I get the firings, given the poor performance of AIMCo in recent years. But why was there no other alternative in place other than putting a single partisan politician in charge of all of these vital public assets? Highly irregular, irresponsible and concerning.

[Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan]

UCP moves to strip health care workers of their freedom to protest. New law is clearly designed to stop Albertans from exercising their democratic right to picket and protest, says AFL https://t.co/olFLLuTRHv

[Jason YYC @Jason___YYC]

This is now the SECOND complete change of management in AIMCo under the UCP, the first after losing billions in wildly stupid risky investments.

But they told us teacher pensions were safer with them after they stole them, and they want them to run our CPP.

[Brent & Fred's Excellent Adventure @BrentColman]

UCP to Teachers 2021: AIMCo is vastly superior to ATRF and we are taking your pensions and giving it to them.

UCP to Albertan's 2023: AIMCo is vastly superior to CPP and we'll be taking your pensions to them.

UCP 2024: AimCo is vastly incompetent and we need to fire them all.

[Cheryl Oates @cherylanne]

Alberta, your Heritage Savings Trust Fund and public sector pensions worth a combined $160 B are now being managed at the sole discretion of one UCP politician.

What could go wrong?

#ableg

[Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @LukaszukAB]

This is the board that manages Alberta’s savings and Albertans’s pension funds.

This fund is to be independent, investing based on best return on investment, not ideology.

Watch closely who gets appointed.

UCP is meddling in banking, where your savings are, as well.

#ableg

[Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan]

AIMCo is the investment manager for the Heritage Fund and Alberta’s biggest pension plans, which manage retirement savings for 300,000 working and retired Albertans. Is the UCP about to start using those savings as a UCP slush fund? It’s NOT their money! https://t.co/q2CzmdPGC6

[Jason Scott 🇨🇦 @JasonOnTheDrums]

#Ableg

Everyone who registered for Smith’s leader vote was secretly subjected to:

- Audits of social media activity
- Reviews of all political donations
- Screening correspondence to the UCP for criticism of Smith

This was NOT a free & fair election; it‘s manipulated support

[Danielle Smith ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎(Parody) @ABDanielSmith]

Your daily reminder about how the UCP is proudly catering to a small fringe minority.

#abpoli #ableg #ucpagm #ucpagm2024

[🇨🇦 Merlin 🇨🇦 @MerlinofCanada]

The title should read @ABDanielleSmith hangs onto leadership with the support of 4216 Albertans out of 4,800,000 that is .087% of Albertan population. Yes folks 4216 Albertans are making policy for you and me.

https://t.co/rD3CwWUVEv

[Jayne the Joyfully Defiant Feminist @CalamityJayne4]

UCP priorities:

Fixing the failing power grid? No.

Addressing the housing crisis? No.

Doing anything about the cost of living? No.

Healthcare? No.

Education? No.

Attacking children for not conforming to christofascist expectations of gender performance? ✅️ Yes.

#AbPoli

[Tarita @NurseMom5AB]

5400 Albertans (Who were carefully vetted and ALLOWED to attend the UCP AGM) voted to keep Smith in leadership.
8000 showed up FREELY at the #RallyForRespect.
1000s FREELY showed up to support Trans Albertans today.
Buckle up, UCP.
You are raising support for ABNDP
Love wins.

[Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan]

Our province is led by a party controlled by anti-science, climate denying extremists. This isn’t just bad news for the environment, it’s also bad news for the economy and for Alberta workers. In the name of “protecting Alberta,” the UCP is ensuring that we will be left behind.

[Jason Scott 🇨🇦 @JasonOnTheDrums]

#Ableg

The UCP has ~85,000 members eligible to vote

Smith told 93% of UCP members that they’re NOT allowed to vote

Only 6% of ALL UCP members voters in support of Smith today.

This wasn’t a “leadership review”; it was rigged vote in her favour
#Abpoli

Putin would be proud