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Ritz 🍁
@ritzmotu.bsky.social
Edmonton, AB ❤️ Canada

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”~Einstein
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If our Premier doesn’t do the right thing and holds a vote in the #AbLeg, there may be a referendum. We won this battle, but bigger one may be ahead.

Awaiting her decision, we want to be in touch with #ForeverCanadian supporters. Please register here:
forever-canadian.ca
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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🚨 Patients are feeling the collapse of healthcare. Today, for the 1st time in my 30 years as a doc, the majority of patients I saw apologized for being sick & needing care. Some had many issues. Exactly none of their needs were frivolous; all were urgent.

#ableg
#abpoli
@albertadoctors.bsky.social
a red light with a silhouette of a person in it .
Alt: A spinning red alarm light.
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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A former chief medical officer of health for Alberta says the provincial government should be embarrassed by the role Alberta has played in Canada’s measles outbreaks
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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#Cypress-MedicineHat MLA Justin Wright took jabs at the RCMP in the legislature this week…
The only problem is, the story wasn't true.The News contacted the #RCMP for more information about the incident, but the RCMP said the events Wright described did not take place
#TheyLie #AbPoliceFarce #AbPoli
#JustinWright, MLA told a big fat story, aka LIED, last week in #ABleg. He needs to retract it, as it's yet another false story about the #RCMP. His gullible constituents most likely lapped it up and spread it.
t.co/Ua5AIeCSJw #CypressMedicineHat
#NeverWright #NeverUCP #Lies #ABpoli #Cdnpoli
https://medicinehatnews.com/news/local-news/2025/11/08/mla-wright-wrong-about-damning-rcmp-story/
t.co
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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A reminder: Canadian Charter Section 24.(1) Anyone whose rights or freedoms, as guaranteed by this Charter, have been infringed or denied may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain such remedy as the court considers appropriate and just in the circumstances.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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New episode!

We sit down with @KeepAlbertaRCMP to get some straight answers!

Why should Alberta keep the RCMP?

Smith wants an Alberta Provincial Police…

Will it save money? Provide better service?

Or is it all just a power grab?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

youtu.be/q6PSNpJjvQM
Episode 7.41 - The RCMP Vs. Smith's Provincial Police Force!
YouTube video by The Breakdown AB
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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🚨 In case you missed itI: Zain doesn't hold back in this latest episode of 'Whatever This Is'.

Strong leaders don't use the Notwithstanding Clause to override rights. Weak leaders do.

#AbLeg #AbPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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“If you don’t like the deal that the government offers you, and you protest against that, the government will simply violate your rights, and there’s nothing you can do about it. And what we’re seeing is not the way that the notwithstanding clause was ever intended to be used.” #ableg #abpoli
Calgarians rally against UCP’s use of notwithstanding clause
Calgarians rallied against the Alberta UCP government’s use of the notwithstanding clause to end the teacher strike on Saturday.
calgary.citynews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Residents of Calgary-Cross are organizing to recall Mickey Amery, the MLA and Minister of Justice who voted to take away rights from Alberta's teachers.

Spread the word!

recallmickey.ca

#YYC #Alberta #abpoli #ableg #OperationTotalRecall #RecallMickey
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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This you, UCP? Why all of a sudden are you worried about recall legislation? Unless *gasp* maybe you're a little worried because people are using legislation you passed against *checks notes* you.

Oh, the irony.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #ucp #yeg #yyc #firetheucp
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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My read of ASIRT's report confirms a clear breach of the duties associated with public office - see 18 -23
The report's conclusions are unsustainable. A witness is allowed to say (at 12) I do not recall the exact reason I searched Philip’s name but it wd have only been done for a lawful purpose. LOL
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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By using s33 pre-emptively, the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights. (Governments have done that before.)

By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society.

open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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We need to look at the REAL EVIDENCE, and the REAL EXPERIENCE... and stop accepting CANNED govt speaking points as a reasonable answer.

This isn't about if you vote right or left.. its about are we getting HC right in this province? Are we on the right trajectory?
9/9
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Take a read of this excellent reporting by a local Med Hat reporter👇
Let's breakdown the topic and the govt's canned response to understand the pattern and issues:

The broad issue was about workforce planning and a promised Urgent Care Centre (UCC)

medicinehatnews.com/...
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MLA Wright responds to criticisms of urgent care centre proposal at Friends of Medicare town hall - Medicine Hat News
zmason@medicinehatnews.com Earlier this week, Hatters came out in droves to a Friends of Medicare town hall featuring Dr. Paul Parks. The town hall was part of a series travelling the province to engage Albertans about the changes the UCP government has made to health care. At the event Tuesday, Parks responded to a question about
medicinehatnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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“I believe in democracy and recall legislation and listening to all Albertans.”*

*As long as it is to my benefit.

—Dani Smithnwesson
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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“Overriding of ordinary civil liberties is one of the sign posts on the road to dictatorship.” - Margaret Atwood

The warning lights are flashing. #60minutes
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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"Letting elected officials deny constitutional rights is the true meaning of democracy" says local right-wing talk radio grifter turned authoritarian Premier of Alberta after preemptively denying people's constitutional rights. calgaryherald.com/news/premier... #abpoli #ableg
Premier Danielle Smith says courts should be more 'constrained' in making decisions
Alberta premier Danielle Smith commented on the justice systems involvement in deciding matters like the use of the not withstanding clause.
calgaryherald.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Sunday night at 8!

THIS is a conversation you don’t want to miss!

We sit down with Keep Alberta RCMP to set the record straight on policing in Alberta and what Alberta stands to lose if Smith plows ahead with her Provincial Police Force!

See you at 8!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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How is this sustainable? #ABpoli
“EMS in Alberta now relies on exhausted professionals who are routinely working long stretches, sometimes mandatory and without rest, to give everything they can without the support they need,”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
‘Pushed to their breaking point’: Paramedics working thousands of hours of overtime every month across Alberta
Alberta paramedics are working tens of thousands of hours of overtime every month.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Deeply appreciate Canada’s media union speaking out against this multimillion dollar lawsuit

An attack on one is an attack on all

If they can do this to me, they can do this to you
This is an important case in defending freedom of the press.
Hi Bluesky 👋

Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP

It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history

I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Yesterday, I had the honour of visiting Guthrie School, at CFB Edmonton. I spoke to a class of Grade 6 students about the Senate - and then laid a wreath at a Remembrance Day assembly. Pretty much every child at the school has at least one parent in the CAF; Remembrance Day hits differently here.
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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I chipped in to the @PressProgress.ca legal defence so journalists can keep holding the powerful to account. This case could set a chilling precedent across Canada. If you can, please donate and share. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Defend Canadian Journalism – Donate Form
Support Our Journalism Defence Fund PressProgress is at the centre of what could be one of the biggest, longest and most expensive media trials in recent Canadian history. A former star candidate for ...
pressprogress.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Donating made easy, PayPal is now available for Calgary-Bow to donate to the campaign. If you live in Bowness, Crestmont, Cougar or Valley Ridge; Coach, Osprey or Trinity Hill(s); Greenwich, Montgomery, Patterson, Prominence, Wentworth, West Springs, or Wildwood. #give
recallnicolaides.ca/donations/
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Alberta’s "Recall Them All" graphic is a stark visual warning. When this many MLAs face active recall efforts (green/blue/red), it signals a crisis of accountability & public disconnect. Too entrenched in arrogance and entitlement? Albertans are clearly not being served. #ABleg #ABpoli #RecallTemAll
Late-night update 🌙🔥 — #SearleTurton has entered the arena in Alberta’s MLA Recall Hunger Games! 🎯 ⚡️ #RecallThemAll #ABPoli #AlbertaPolitics #MLARecall #PoliticalDrama #ABLeg
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM