Tracy Orr
@drtorr.bsky.social
Retired social work instructor. 🇨🇦
Love puppers, nature, social democracy.
Love puppers, nature, social democracy.
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Those tree hugging hippies in Hungary now lead the world in the share of electricity generated from solar with almost 25% of their electricity coming from solar in 2024.
A remarkable leap from just 7% five years ago.
A remarkable leap from just 7% five years ago.
December 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Those tree hugging hippies in Hungary now lead the world in the share of electricity generated from solar with almost 25% of their electricity coming from solar in 2024.
A remarkable leap from just 7% five years ago.
A remarkable leap from just 7% five years ago.
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so we can choose between more oil and gas in Canada, and unprecendented societal and ecological collapse, or trying to mitigate the climate crisis with an emphasis on renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Tough choice Carney. Your move.
Tough choice Carney. Your move.
Scientists sounded the alarm on the dire consequences of continued inaction on climate change
Warn that we could be heading for "unprecedented societal and ecological collapse"
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
Warn that we could be heading for "unprecedented societal and ecological collapse"
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
Emergency response needed to prevent climate breakdown, warn experts
Scientists sounded the alarm on the dire consequences of continued inaction at a briefing in London, warning that we could be heading for "unprecedented societal and ecological collapse"
www.newscientist.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
so we can choose between more oil and gas in Canada, and unprecendented societal and ecological collapse, or trying to mitigate the climate crisis with an emphasis on renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Tough choice Carney. Your move.
Tough choice Carney. Your move.
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Release the Epstein files.
Release the Jan. 6 documents.
Lock up the war criminals.
Abolish the ICE Gestapo.
Lock up the felon.
Release the Jan. 6 documents.
Lock up the war criminals.
Abolish the ICE Gestapo.
Lock up the felon.
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Jan. 6 documents.
Lock up the war criminals.
Abolish the ICE Gestapo.
Lock up the felon.
Release the Jan. 6 documents.
Lock up the war criminals.
Abolish the ICE Gestapo.
Lock up the felon.
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On Human Rights Day, the UCP used the notwithstanding clause to take away Albertans’ rights.
Now they have gone even further by trying to stop the courts from doing their job.
Now they have gone even further by trying to stop the courts from doing their job.
The consequences of a government that acts without ethics or competence.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
On Human Rights Day, the UCP used the notwithstanding clause to take away Albertans’ rights.
Now they have gone even further by trying to stop the courts from doing their job.
Now they have gone even further by trying to stop the courts from doing their job.
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Punch down, grovel up. It's the UCP way.
Today, on International Human Rights Day, Albertans woke up in a province where the rights of one of our most vulnerable minorities have been overridden by a government whose only concern is its own ideological base. 1/2
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/10/a...
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/10/a...
Alberta legislature passes bill invoking Charter override for fourth…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Punch down, grovel up. It's the UCP way.
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Six years.
Zero critical care centres.
Danielle Smith promised to fix healthcare in 90 days, but over 1000 days have passed, and all we've seen are cuts, chaos, and corruption.
We deserve better.
youtube.com/shorts/qCMQ7...
Zero critical care centres.
Danielle Smith promised to fix healthcare in 90 days, but over 1000 days have passed, and all we've seen are cuts, chaos, and corruption.
We deserve better.
youtube.com/shorts/qCMQ7...
100 people waiting in a single emergency room. Albertans deserve better.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Six years.
Zero critical care centres.
Danielle Smith promised to fix healthcare in 90 days, but over 1000 days have passed, and all we've seen are cuts, chaos, and corruption.
We deserve better.
youtube.com/shorts/qCMQ7...
Zero critical care centres.
Danielle Smith promised to fix healthcare in 90 days, but over 1000 days have passed, and all we've seen are cuts, chaos, and corruption.
We deserve better.
youtube.com/shorts/qCMQ7...
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“All private and public sector employers should pay their employees, whether direct or on contract, at least a living wage,” reads a report authored by @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social in August. #canlab futureofgood.co/record-numbe...
Record number of working Canadians now relying on food banks | Future of Good
Across the country, reports show food bank usage has hit unprecedented heights, even for those who are working.
futureofgood.co
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“All private and public sector employers should pay their employees, whether direct or on contract, at least a living wage,” reads a report authored by @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social in August. #canlab futureofgood.co/record-numbe...
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@jaredwesley.ca: Did the premier of Alberta attack the constitutional role of the courts in Canada’s democracy?
Yes, she did, and in no uncertain terms. #abpoli
Yes, she did, and in no uncertain terms. #abpoli
Danielle Smith’s Dangerous Attack on the Courts | The Tyee
Conservatives helped build Canada’s judicial system, which preserves values true conservatives hold dear.
thetyee.ca
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
@jaredwesley.ca: Did the premier of Alberta attack the constitutional role of the courts in Canada’s democracy?
Yes, she did, and in no uncertain terms. #abpoli
Yes, she did, and in no uncertain terms. #abpoli
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♫ But I would walk 500 miles ♫
♫ And I would walk 500 more ♫
♫ And I would walk 500 more ♫
December 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
♫ But I would walk 500 miles ♫
♫ And I would walk 500 more ♫
♫ And I would walk 500 more ♫
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Excellent analysis by Pembina: Delaying Alberta’s 75% methane target by 5 years would result in 1.9 Mt of additional methane in the atmosphere ... the same amount of emissions as is produced by 12 million gas cars over the course of a year. Or roughly half the cars in Canada.
No, the Ottawa-Alberta MoU is not a win on methane | Pembina Institute
Last week’s memorandum of understanding between the federal government and the Government of Alberta was a step backwards for reducing methane emissions in Canada. While much of the focus has been on…
www.pembina.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Excellent analysis by Pembina: Delaying Alberta’s 75% methane target by 5 years would result in 1.9 Mt of additional methane in the atmosphere ... the same amount of emissions as is produced by 12 million gas cars over the course of a year. Or roughly half the cars in Canada.
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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Power has gone to Danielle’s head.
She thinks that she is above the law.
#ableg #abooli #Alberta #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli #Canada
She thinks that she is above the law.
#ableg #abooli #Alberta #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli #Canada
December 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Danielle Smith, destroying democracy everyday
Says the weakest, most corrupt and now openly separatist premier in the history of Alberta.
#RecallDanielle #RecallThemAll #Alberta #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #Canada #CanadaSky #yyc #yeg
#RecallDanielle #RecallThemAll #Alberta #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #Canada #CanadaSky #yyc #yeg
Alberta’s Smith says courts should not be gatekeepers on constitutional questions, adds giving Justice Minister Mickey Amery the power over referendum questions upholds democracy
globalnews.ca/news/1156634...
globalnews.ca/news/1156634...
December 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Danielle Smith, destroying democracy everyday
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With a third of Ontario’s population, Alberta has the most measles cases, after the province withheld hundreds of probable cases from public reporting www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... @alannasmith.bsky.social
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
December 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
With a third of Ontario’s population, Alberta has the most measles cases, after the province withheld hundreds of probable cases from public reporting www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... @alannasmith.bsky.social
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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Danielle Smith will do whatever it takes to avoid accountability for the CorruptCare scandal.
Enough is enough.
The Premier needs to call an independent public inquiry so Albertans get the answers we deserve.
Enough is enough.
The Premier needs to call an independent public inquiry so Albertans get the answers we deserve.
Firings. Hirings. Appointments. Suspensions: the chaos is the point.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Danielle Smith will do whatever it takes to avoid accountability for the CorruptCare scandal.
Enough is enough.
The Premier needs to call an independent public inquiry so Albertans get the answers we deserve.
Enough is enough.
The Premier needs to call an independent public inquiry so Albertans get the answers we deserve.
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The UCP would like to distract you from this scandal. In normal times, this would take down a government.
icymi: Who Is Sam Mraiche? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social @alannasmith.bsky.social
Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy
A Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The UCP would like to distract you from this scandal. In normal times, this would take down a government.
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Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
We remember them.
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
We remember them.
December 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
We remember them.
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
We remember them.
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In remembrance
#Montreal to honour 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony #Dec61989
Representatives from all 3 levels of government expected to be in attendance
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#Montreal to honour 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony #Dec61989
Representatives from all 3 levels of government expected to be in attendance
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Montreal to honour 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony | CBC News
A total of 14 women were murdered in the mass shooting on Dec. 6, 1989. Thirteen others were injured in the attack.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In remembrance
#Montreal to honour 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony #Dec61989
Representatives from all 3 levels of government expected to be in attendance
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#Montreal to honour 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony #Dec61989
Representatives from all 3 levels of government expected to be in attendance
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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and there goes another one. @cat-abreu.bsky.social also resigning from the Net-zero advisory body, explicitly citing last week's AB-Canada MOU
www.linkedin.com/posts/cather...
www.linkedin.com/posts/cather...
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
and there goes another one. @cat-abreu.bsky.social also resigning from the Net-zero advisory body, explicitly citing last week's AB-Canada MOU
www.linkedin.com/posts/cather...
www.linkedin.com/posts/cather...
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The Secretary of Defense taking extrajudicial killing requests from podcast hosts
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The Secretary of Defense taking extrajudicial killing requests from podcast hosts
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A private company can sell to whomever it likes but I think it is unethical to support ICE 😡
“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement … a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb blasts.”
#Canada
“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement … a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb blasts.”
#Canada
ICE ordering fleet of 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian firm
OTTAWA — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and...
www.villagereport.ca
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A private company can sell to whomever it likes but I think it is unethical to support ICE 😡
“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement … a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb blasts.”
#Canada
“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement … a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb blasts.”
#Canada
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No one ever said the UCP was smart #Alberta #SmithFail 🤬
Adding Alberta health-care numbers to licences increases fraud risk: privacy watchdog
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Adding Alberta health-care numbers to licences increases fraud risk: privacy watchdog
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Adding Alberta health-care numbers to licences increases fraud risk: privacy watchdog
Alberta’s privacy watchdog is raising concerns about the government’s plan to add health-care numbers to driver’s licences and other forms of identification.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
No one ever said the UCP was smart #Alberta #SmithFail 🤬
Adding Alberta health-care numbers to licences increases fraud risk: privacy watchdog
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Adding Alberta health-care numbers to licences increases fraud risk: privacy watchdog
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
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Almost everyone who touts the benefit of private healthcare is hoping to profit from private healthcare.
December 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Almost everyone who touts the benefit of private healthcare is hoping to profit from private healthcare.