JennA🫶
@jennaa2014.bsky.social
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There are some things that cannot be fixed. Some things that cannot be reversed. I said in 2023, irreparable damage would be done to healthcare. I didn’t want to be right. Alberta, are you happy now?
Confirmation from Premier Danielle Smith that Alberta is moving towards a Dual Practice Model, which allows doctors to work in both public and private settings, while adding "No Albertan will need to pay out of pocket".
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
There are some things that cannot be fixed. Some things that cannot be reversed. I said in 2023, irreparable damage would be done to healthcare. I didn’t want to be right. Alberta, are you happy now?
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So we have a provincial government using the notwithstanding clause to (among other things) make it illegal for doctors to provide proven healthcare to patients, given that it was otherwise unconstitutional to do so, in the name of “Protecting Alberta’s Children.”
#abpoli
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Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
So we have a provincial government using the notwithstanding clause to (among other things) make it illegal for doctors to provide proven healthcare to patients, given that it was otherwise unconstitutional to do so, in the name of “Protecting Alberta’s Children.”
#abpoli
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#abpoli
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When Jason Kenney kicked all the centrist normies out of the party, this is the monster he created.
Stop trying to turn Kenney into a statesman. He is very much responsible for what Danielle Smith is doing to the province.
Stop trying to turn Kenney into a statesman. He is very much responsible for what Danielle Smith is doing to the province.
Let’s be clear on this: Danielle Smith is ripping up the Charter of Rights & Freedoms to take away rights from the most vulnerable people in Alberta. And she’s doing it to protect herself from the militant wing of her own party, nothing more. Hope it’s all she’s ever remembered for in the long run
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
When Jason Kenney kicked all the centrist normies out of the party, this is the monster he created.
Stop trying to turn Kenney into a statesman. He is very much responsible for what Danielle Smith is doing to the province.
Stop trying to turn Kenney into a statesman. He is very much responsible for what Danielle Smith is doing to the province.
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"If we become inured to abuse of the notwithstanding clause, the rights of all Canadians will be at risk.
...It remains up to all of us to push back and make our voices heard—just as Albertans were brave enough to do 25 years ago": @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social.
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...It remains up to all of us to push back and make our voices heard—just as Albertans were brave enough to do 25 years ago": @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social.
albertaviews.ca/stripping-aw...
Stripping Away Rights Using the Notwithstanding Clause. - Alberta Views
After a week of rancorous debate, Klein announced he would not invoke the notwithstanding clause on the landmark gay rights decision...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"If we become inured to abuse of the notwithstanding clause, the rights of all Canadians will be at risk.
...It remains up to all of us to push back and make our voices heard—just as Albertans were brave enough to do 25 years ago": @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social.
albertaviews.ca/stripping-aw...
...It remains up to all of us to push back and make our voices heard—just as Albertans were brave enough to do 25 years ago": @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social.
albertaviews.ca/stripping-aw...
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I am pretty sure that when Merv Leitch and Peter Lougheed first created the notwithstanding clause, they didn’t mean it to be deployed to bully and oppress literal school children. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alberta #notwithstandingclause
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I am pretty sure that when Merv Leitch and Peter Lougheed first created the notwithstanding clause, they didn’t mean it to be deployed to bully and oppress literal school children. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alberta #notwithstandingclause
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Rob Anderson (Premiers Chief of Staff) is also not on BlueSkye, but is defending the use of S33 based on how the majority approves. Protecting minorities from the majority is the purpose of Charter rights. x.com/FreeAlbertaR...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Rob Anderson (Premiers Chief of Staff) is also not on BlueSkye, but is defending the use of S33 based on how the majority approves. Protecting minorities from the majority is the purpose of Charter rights. x.com/FreeAlbertaR...
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Between 1982 and October 2025, the Alberta government never used the notwithstanding clause. Now, they have invoked it twice in the last three weeks (and more to come).
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Between 1982 and October 2025, the Alberta government never used the notwithstanding clause. Now, they have invoked it twice in the last three weeks (and more to come).
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"Whether it’s lies about the safety of puberty blockers or the competitive impact of allowing trans women to compete in women’s sports, the stances and statements Smith is repeatedly trotting out.... are at their best misleading and at their worst outright lies."
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The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
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November 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"Whether it’s lies about the safety of puberty blockers or the competitive impact of allowing trans women to compete in women’s sports, the stances and statements Smith is repeatedly trotting out.... are at their best misleading and at their worst outright lies."
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This province has me feeling incredibly despondent. What a dark day, Charter protected and human rights violated via legislation and apparently our right to healthcare will be further eroded for profit motive. So much darkness.
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This province has me feeling incredibly despondent. What a dark day, Charter protected and human rights violated via legislation and apparently our right to healthcare will be further eroded for profit motive. So much darkness.
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Today, government introduced Bill 9 legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to override a court ruling that protects youth access to gender-affirming care. This places government between a patient and their physician, undermining clinical autonomy. www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica...
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Today, government introduced Bill 9 legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to override a court ruling that protects youth access to gender-affirming care. This places government between a patient and their physician, undermining clinical autonomy. www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica...
That’s because they aren’t progressive. They were in government when some of these laws were made.
Supported by all UCP members present (36) and independents Pete Guthrie and Scott Sinclair.
Opposed by 35 NDP MLAs.
Opposed by 35 NDP MLAs.
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
That’s because they aren’t progressive. They were in government when some of these laws were made.
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Is that like "illegal laws"?
Passing laws that violate our rights?
Passing laws that violate our rights?
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Is that like "illegal laws"?
Passing laws that violate our rights?
Passing laws that violate our rights?
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"By using the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively... the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights and bypassing the courts. They are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a free and democratic society." drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/defying-th...
Defying the Lougheed Doctrine
The UCP's repeated use of the notwithstanding clause is fundamentally unconservative (and un-Albertan).
drjaredwesley.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"By using the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively... the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights and bypassing the courts. They are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a free and democratic society." drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/defying-th...
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The UCP has invoked the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively. Again. This time to strip the Charter rights of trans children and adults.
This is sadly and entirely predictable from a populist government bent on removing checks on its power. 🧵
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/populism-f...
This is sadly and entirely predictable from a populist government bent on removing checks on its power. 🧵
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/populism-f...
Populism, freedom, and democracy in Alberta (and beyond)
Lessons from my grade fiver's homework assignment
drjaredwesley.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The UCP has invoked the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively. Again. This time to strip the Charter rights of trans children and adults.
This is sadly and entirely predictable from a populist government bent on removing checks on its power. 🧵
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/populism-f...
This is sadly and entirely predictable from a populist government bent on removing checks on its power. 🧵
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/populism-f...
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Alberta announced it's proceeding with its ill-conceived plan to place health data citizenship markers on driver's licenses.
I warned them months ago, citing 7 problems with their scheme.
Here's a summary. 🧵 thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
I warned them months ago, citing 7 problems with their scheme.
Here's a summary. 🧵 thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Seven Concerns about Premier Smith’s New Citizenship Markers | The Tyee
Plans to alter what Alberta driver’s licences and ID cards tell authorities need a rethink.
thetyee.ca
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Alberta announced it's proceeding with its ill-conceived plan to place health data citizenship markers on driver's licenses.
I warned them months ago, citing 7 problems with their scheme.
Here's a summary. 🧵 thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
I warned them months ago, citing 7 problems with their scheme.
Here's a summary. 🧵 thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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The CMA spent a year studying public and private health models and consulting with more than 10,000 Canadians on the balance between the two. The evidence is clear: where a parallel private health system operates, both health outcomes and access to care are worse.
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Public and private health care
The Canadian Medical Association conducted a series of national consultations to inform our policy on public and private health care.
www.cma.ca
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The CMA spent a year studying public and private health models and consulting with more than 10,000 Canadians on the balance between the two. The evidence is clear: where a parallel private health system operates, both health outcomes and access to care are worse.
Learn more 👇
Learn more 👇
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Doctors across Canada are deeply concerned that the #Alberta government’s proposed private care plan will leave more Albertans waiting even longer to access health care. The CMA is calling on the government to reconsider this proposal, and focus on known solutions to support public health care.
Alberta’s private health proposal will leave more Albertans waiting longer for care: CMA
Doctors across Canada are deeply concerned that the Alberta government’s proposed private care plan will leave more Albertans waiting even longer to access health care.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Doctors across Canada are deeply concerned that the #Alberta government’s proposed private care plan will leave more Albertans waiting even longer to access health care. The CMA is calling on the government to reconsider this proposal, and focus on known solutions to support public health care.
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A government truly serious about ⬆️ access would invest heavily in evidence-based primary care, which has been shown over and over to enable health systems to deliver better health outcomes at overall cheaper costs.
Alberta: please stand up and fight for #healthcareforall
#ableg
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Alberta: please stand up and fight for #healthcareforall
#ableg
#abpoli
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November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A government truly serious about ⬆️ access would invest heavily in evidence-based primary care, which has been shown over and over to enable health systems to deliver better health outcomes at overall cheaper costs.
Alberta: please stand up and fight for #healthcareforall
#ableg
#abpoli
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Alberta: please stand up and fight for #healthcareforall
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#abpoli
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Private medicine worsens access to care for almost everyone, hurts business by pressuring them to expand insurance benefits and sickening the labour market and forces, and increases administrative workload for healthcare workers.
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Alberta plans to allow doctors to deliver public and private services
Draft legislation would establish a model for medicine unlike any other in Canada
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Private medicine worsens access to care for almost everyone, hurts business by pressuring them to expand insurance benefits and sickening the labour market and forces, and increases administrative workload for healthcare workers.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
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I don’t believe clawbacks are best way of enforcement, the CHA needs reform. HOWEVER enforcement has happened in the past and should be happening now. The federal liberals campaigned on healthcare being a “right” in this nation, it must be upheld.
I don’t believe clawbacks are best way of enforcement, the CHA needs reform. HOWEVER enforcement has happened in the past and should be happening now. The federal liberals campaigned on healthcare being a “right” in this nation, it must be upheld.
$13M clawed back from transfers to Alberta as clinics fall under scrutiny | CBC News
A University of Calgary professor says a situation at the Marda Loop Medical Clinic in Calgary is a "canary in the coal mine" as Health Canada says it is aware of a second arrangement that could run a...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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I don’t believe clawbacks are best way of enforcement, the CHA needs reform. HOWEVER enforcement has happened in the past and should be happening now. The federal liberals campaigned on healthcare being a “right” in this nation, it must be upheld.
I don’t believe clawbacks are best way of enforcement, the CHA needs reform. HOWEVER enforcement has happened in the past and should be happening now. The federal liberals campaigned on healthcare being a “right” in this nation, it must be upheld.
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We have federal tools, they are not adequate. But at some point, they need to be used to protect Canadians’ access to public healthcare. Systems are dying. So are Canadians.
We have federal tools, they are not adequate. But at some point, they need to be used to protect Canadians’ access to public healthcare. Systems are dying. So are Canadians.
About the Canada Health Act - Canada.ca
Canada Health Act overview and links to annual reports and other resources related to the Act
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November 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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We have federal tools, they are not adequate. But at some point, they need to be used to protect Canadians’ access to public healthcare. Systems are dying. So are Canadians.
We have federal tools, they are not adequate. But at some point, they need to be used to protect Canadians’ access to public healthcare. Systems are dying. So are Canadians.
We are literally losing everything in this province.Everything. And Albertans are sitting back and letting it happen. Most people cannot afford tom pay for medical care. That’s why we have our single payer system.We don’t have enough doctors,this would only take more of them out of the public system
SCOOP: Alberta intends to allow doctors working in the public health care system to simultaneously offers services in a parallel private market, according to draft amendments obtained by The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Alberta plans to allow doctors to deliver public and private services
Draft legislation would establish a model for medicine unlike any other in Canada
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We are literally losing everything in this province.Everything. And Albertans are sitting back and letting it happen. Most people cannot afford tom pay for medical care. That’s why we have our single payer system.We don’t have enough doctors,this would only take more of them out of the public system
At what point is this a CHA violation?!
SCOOP: Alberta intends to allow doctors working in the public health care system to simultaneously offers services in a parallel private market, according to draft amendments obtained by The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Alberta plans to allow doctors to deliver public and private services
Draft legislation would establish a model for medicine unlike any other in Canada
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
At what point is this a CHA violation?!