@barehair.bsky.social
Husband, dad, son, farm kid, Calgarian, concerned Albertan, former Oiler fan
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Seems to me there is a social contract with government, that we pay taxes and government provide services and infrastructure.
UCP wants to use our tax dollars for pet projects and to prop up industry. They get tax cuts, we get the burden.
UCP wants to use our tax dollars for pet projects and to prop up industry. They get tax cuts, we get the burden.
"Progressive" - the belief that govt has a moral obligation to build, maintain, and steward public institutions for the common good, rather than burning them down in the name of "freedom" and profit.
Please take a read👇, and share widely w ALL ABs
Please take a read👇, and share widely w ALL ABs
Opinion: Albertans' well-being shouldn't be left to charities
We do not need to "restore" the role of charity in basic health care and education.
edmontonjournal.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Seems to me there is a social contract with government, that we pay taxes and government provide services and infrastructure.
UCP wants to use our tax dollars for pet projects and to prop up industry. They get tax cuts, we get the burden.
UCP wants to use our tax dollars for pet projects and to prop up industry. They get tax cuts, we get the burden.
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Yet another great new shirt from @brittlestar.com showcasing some of the things that make Canada great!
...Along with Coffee Crisp bars, Smarties, Hawkins Cheezies, and free universal health care.
...Along with Coffee Crisp bars, Smarties, Hawkins Cheezies, and free universal health care.
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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“Only the federal government has the authority to make criminal law, so Alberta’s law should be ruled unconstitutional and struck down, the groups argue in their amended claim”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
Advocacy groups apply to keep court case against Alberta trans laws alive
Two advocacy groups fighting the Alberta government on its transgender laws say they’re looking to keep one of their challenges alive by changing their argument in court.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Only the federal government has the authority to make criminal law, so Alberta’s law should be ruled unconstitutional and struck down, the groups argue in their amended claim”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
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Auditor General Confirms: govt strategy = Chaos + hiding the results from the public: 🧵
www.oag.ab.ca/report...
The AG’s report is a DAMNING INDICTMENT of political interference and deliberate data manipulation
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www.oag.ab.ca/report...
The AG’s report is a DAMNING INDICTMENT of political interference and deliberate data manipulation
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AHS Public Performance Reporting - Office of the Auditor General, Alberta
Objective and Scope The objective of our audit was to see if Alberta Health Services has effective systems to measure and report to Albertans on its performance against its strategic priorities and mandate. Our audit focused on AHS’s systems to measure and report publicly on its performance in meeting its priorities and mandate. This includes … Continued
www.oag.ab.ca
December 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Auditor General Confirms: govt strategy = Chaos + hiding the results from the public: 🧵
www.oag.ab.ca/report...
The AG’s report is a DAMNING INDICTMENT of political interference and deliberate data manipulation
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www.oag.ab.ca/report...
The AG’s report is a DAMNING INDICTMENT of political interference and deliberate data manipulation
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Privatize everything, extreme neoliberalism. Or maybe just plain old neoliberalism.
And each private company needs to maximize profits. This is the road to increased unaffordability. The myriads will be poverty stricken, more homeless, disease outbreaks, and shortened life expectancy. Good old days
And each private company needs to maximize profits. This is the road to increased unaffordability. The myriads will be poverty stricken, more homeless, disease outbreaks, and shortened life expectancy. Good old days
December 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Privatize everything, extreme neoliberalism. Or maybe just plain old neoliberalism.
And each private company needs to maximize profits. This is the road to increased unaffordability. The myriads will be poverty stricken, more homeless, disease outbreaks, and shortened life expectancy. Good old days
And each private company needs to maximize profits. This is the road to increased unaffordability. The myriads will be poverty stricken, more homeless, disease outbreaks, and shortened life expectancy. Good old days
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BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
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thenarwhal.ca/canada-docto...
“In the past few years, at least seven doctors have left Dawson Creek, B.C., over concerns about the health impacts of the liquefied natural gas industry” #RuralHealth
“In the past few years, at least seven doctors have left Dawson Creek, B.C., over concerns about the health impacts of the liquefied natural gas industry” #RuralHealth
Are environmental risks making Canada's doctor shortage worse? | The Narwhal
The doctor shortage is a national problem. Worries about health-care risks in industrial and disaster-prone areas may be a factor
thenarwhal.ca
December 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
thenarwhal.ca/canada-docto...
“In the past few years, at least seven doctors have left Dawson Creek, B.C., over concerns about the health impacts of the liquefied natural gas industry” #RuralHealth
“In the past few years, at least seven doctors have left Dawson Creek, B.C., over concerns about the health impacts of the liquefied natural gas industry” #RuralHealth
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UCP is the party of democracy. That's why we limit debates in order to ram through legislation that serves our own interests.
As a bonus, we also get to cut Peter Guthrie from asking damaging questions!
Read: edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
#aboli #UCPCorruption #ableg
As a bonus, we also get to cut Peter Guthrie from asking damaging questions!
Read: edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
#aboli #UCPCorruption #ableg
Alberta moves to limit debate on controversial bills, ends afternoon sitting early
The early adjournment eliminated time typically set aside for backbench and opposition MLAs.
edmontonjournal.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
UCP is the party of democracy. That's why we limit debates in order to ram through legislation that serves our own interests.
As a bonus, we also get to cut Peter Guthrie from asking damaging questions!
Read: edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
#aboli #UCPCorruption #ableg
As a bonus, we also get to cut Peter Guthrie from asking damaging questions!
Read: edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
#aboli #UCPCorruption #ableg
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Support people on the front lines.
Teachers, professors, public servants, journalists, organizers, and targeted communities often pay the price for resisting populists.
Check in. Show up at their events. Defend them when they’re smeared. Abandoned critics make the “majority” myth look stronger.+
Teachers, professors, public servants, journalists, organizers, and targeted communities often pay the price for resisting populists.
Check in. Show up at their events. Defend them when they’re smeared. Abandoned critics make the “majority” myth look stronger.+
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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This is, very concerning. Probably a view shared by American corporate interests.
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
@canadasky1.bsky.social
@canadasky.bsky.social
#StayCalmAndCarneyOn
#CanadaStrong
@canadasky1.bsky.social
@canadasky.bsky.social
#StayCalmAndCarneyOn
#CanadaStrong
BREAKING: Trump Says Canada Is A "Vassal State" Whose Potential And Sovereignty Are A National Security Risk To America
Trump's new "National Security Strategy" reads like a roadmap to an invasion of Canada
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is, very concerning. Probably a view shared by American corporate interests.
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“The authority disclosed its investigation into Mr. Mraiche this summer when it asked a provincial court to find him in contempt for failing to participate in an interview.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Sam Mraiche was investigated by Elections Alberta over alleged illegal political donations
Regulator says Mraiche was being investigated this year in connection to an alleged straw donor scheme
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“The authority disclosed its investigation into Mr. Mraiche this summer when it asked a provincial court to find him in contempt for failing to participate in an interview.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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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.
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It's like have a regulator without the regulating part.
Exclusive: Alberta oil regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show reut.rs/4rCQsMz
Exclusive: Alberta oil regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show
The regulator in charge of environmental enforcement in Canada's main oil-producing province bent to pressure from the provincial government and oil companies to eliminate a limit on natural gas flaring as Canadian oil production increased, according to documents seen by Reuters.
reut.rs
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It's like have a regulator without the regulating part.
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We've seen a lot of dirt around this MHCare and Danielle Smith and procurements.
And yet, you aint' seen nothin' yet!
"The Globe charted the rise of Mr. Mraiche, and how he pivoted from legal and financial duress as a young man to success as an oil and gas maintenance entrepreneur .."
And yet, you aint' seen nothin' yet!
"The Globe charted the rise of Mr. Mraiche, and how he pivoted from legal and financial duress as a young man to success as an oil and gas maintenance entrepreneur .."
On Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Sam Mraiche
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.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
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We've seen a lot of dirt around this MHCare and Danielle Smith and procurements.
And yet, you aint' seen nothin' yet!
"The Globe charted the rise of Mr. Mraiche, and how he pivoted from legal and financial duress as a young man to success as an oil and gas maintenance entrepreneur .."
And yet, you aint' seen nothin' yet!
"The Globe charted the rise of Mr. Mraiche, and how he pivoted from legal and financial duress as a young man to success as an oil and gas maintenance entrepreneur .."
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A clear synopsis of the new Alberta-Ottawa MOU from a rare kind of guy who knows both the policy and the politics.
Read the latest from @maxfawcett.bsky.social.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Read the latest from @maxfawcett.bsky.social.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
A clear synopsis of the new Alberta-Ottawa MOU from a rare kind of guy who knows both the policy and the politics.
Read the latest from @maxfawcett.bsky.social.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Read the latest from @maxfawcett.bsky.social.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
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People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf - Henry Rollins
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf - Henry Rollins
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No Canadian taxpayer dollars for American billionaires, and Epstein allies. #JustStopAndCleanUpOil #cdnpoli #ComeHellorHighWater
youtube.com/shorts/OmpwX...
youtube.com/shorts/OmpwX...
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
No Canadian taxpayer dollars for American billionaires, and Epstein allies. #JustStopAndCleanUpOil #cdnpoli #ComeHellorHighWater
youtube.com/shorts/OmpwX...
youtube.com/shorts/OmpwX...
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Friendly reminder from the UCP to all Albertans:
You’re all motherfuckers.
You’re all motherfuckers.
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Friendly reminder from the UCP to all Albertans:
You’re all motherfuckers.
You’re all motherfuckers.
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Hey Alberta! 📢
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift? The UCP has a new game only those in the UCP can play:
Operation Alberta!
Take as much out of Alberta as possible without getting caught and you WIN!
#abpoli #ableg #UCPCorruption
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift? The UCP has a new game only those in the UCP can play:
Operation Alberta!
Take as much out of Alberta as possible without getting caught and you WIN!
#abpoli #ableg #UCPCorruption
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Hey Alberta! 📢
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift? The UCP has a new game only those in the UCP can play:
Operation Alberta!
Take as much out of Alberta as possible without getting caught and you WIN!
#abpoli #ableg #UCPCorruption
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift? The UCP has a new game only those in the UCP can play:
Operation Alberta!
Take as much out of Alberta as possible without getting caught and you WIN!
#abpoli #ableg #UCPCorruption
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It's a good day for democracy when the UCP are on the run.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/24/s...
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/24/s...
Six more of Premier Smith's UCP legislature members face recall…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It's a good day for democracy when the UCP are on the run.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/24/s...
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/24/s...
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Great summary of the current state of the United Conservative Party:
“What we are seeing in Alberta right now isn’t random.
It’s a gov’t trying to survive by polarizing its way forward.
Not by fixing healthcare.
Not by improving education.
Not by protecting rights.”
open.substack.com/pub/colenotc...
“What we are seeing in Alberta right now isn’t random.
It’s a gov’t trying to survive by polarizing its way forward.
Not by fixing healthcare.
Not by improving education.
Not by protecting rights.”
open.substack.com/pub/colenotc...
The UCP Is Governing Like a Party in Decline
Alberta Politics This Week
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Great summary of the current state of the United Conservative Party:
“What we are seeing in Alberta right now isn’t random.
It’s a gov’t trying to survive by polarizing its way forward.
Not by fixing healthcare.
Not by improving education.
Not by protecting rights.”
open.substack.com/pub/colenotc...
“What we are seeing in Alberta right now isn’t random.
It’s a gov’t trying to survive by polarizing its way forward.
Not by fixing healthcare.
Not by improving education.
Not by protecting rights.”
open.substack.com/pub/colenotc...
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This account on shitter claims to be in Alberta. They're actually in Thailand. Foreign interference strikes again.
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
This account on shitter claims to be in Alberta. They're actually in Thailand. Foreign interference strikes again.
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BREAKING: @globeandmail's @CarrieTait reports that @ABDanielleSmith's govt plans to amend legislation to enable Alberta doctors to offer services in both the public and private spheres.
Smith's blueprint is hiding in plain sight.
Be afraid, Alberta.
youtu.be/n9_gGtNd91w
Smith's blueprint is hiding in plain sight.
Be afraid, Alberta.
youtu.be/n9_gGtNd91w
2021 UofC Paper Reveals Smith’s Healthcare Privatization Agenda
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING: @globeandmail's @CarrieTait reports that @ABDanielleSmith's govt plans to amend legislation to enable Alberta doctors to offer services in both the public and private spheres.
Smith's blueprint is hiding in plain sight.
Be afraid, Alberta.
youtu.be/n9_gGtNd91w
Smith's blueprint is hiding in plain sight.
Be afraid, Alberta.
youtu.be/n9_gGtNd91w