Jill Konkin 🇨🇦 🍁
@djillk.bsky.social
Health equity. Social justice. Rural generalist physician — recently ceased active clinical practice. Professor, Family Medicine Views are my own. Live on Treaty 6 territory. She/Her
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The Alberta and Ontario environment ministers sent a letter to the federal government, asking it to 'refrain' from reintroducing Bill C-61/
Alberta, Ontario don't want feds to reintroduce First Nations safe drinking water law
Environment ministers in Alberta and Ontario don't want the federal government to reintroduce the safe drinking water law for First Nations.
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July 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The Alberta and Ontario environment ministers sent a letter to the federal government, asking it to 'refrain' from reintroducing Bill C-61/
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"Tombe acknowledges the government survey is nothing but a “push poll” designed to give Smith the answers she wants."
So even the experts working on the governments panel are calling out the "survey" for what it is.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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So even the experts working on the governments panel are calling out the "survey" for what it is.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Why Join Danielle Smith’s ‘Alberta Next’ Road Show? | The Tyee
A highly respected economist is participating in the premier’s propaganda stunt. I asked him why.
thetyee.ca
July 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Tombe acknowledges the government survey is nothing but a “push poll” designed to give Smith the answers she wants."
So even the experts working on the governments panel are calling out the "survey" for what it is.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
So even the experts working on the governments panel are calling out the "survey" for what it is.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Thoughtful 🧵On Smith’s new panel. Same old misinformation. Same old policy ideas.
Earlier today, Premier Smith announced plans to tour the province and hear from Albertans about how to improve the province's place in Confederation.
Some thoughts.🧵
Some thoughts.🧵
June 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Thoughtful 🧵On Smith’s new panel. Same old misinformation. Same old policy ideas.
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Earlier today, Premier Smith announced plans to tour the province and hear from Albertans about how to improve the province's place in Confederation.
Some thoughts.🧵
Some thoughts.🧵
June 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Earlier today, Premier Smith announced plans to tour the province and hear from Albertans about how to improve the province's place in Confederation.
Some thoughts.🧵
Some thoughts.🧵
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And if we DON’T want this bitter hate-mongering xenophobia to define us? We’d better all speak up. I am proud to represent Albertans and the Alberta I love in the Senate of Canada, as an independent nonpartisan Senator. This is not a partisan issue. This is about who we are - and who we want to be.
June 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
And if we DON’T want this bitter hate-mongering xenophobia to define us? We’d better all speak up. I am proud to represent Albertans and the Alberta I love in the Senate of Canada, as an independent nonpartisan Senator. This is not a partisan issue. This is about who we are - and who we want to be.
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Alberta needs immigrants - their drive, their entrepreneurial spirit, their artistic and creative talent, their hard work, their skills, their investment capital. And we’ve been proud to welcome refugees - from Ukraine and Eritrea, South Sudan and Myanmar and Syria. This hateful racism is not us.
June 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Alberta needs immigrants - their drive, their entrepreneurial spirit, their artistic and creative talent, their hard work, their skills, their investment capital. And we’ve been proud to welcome refugees - from Ukraine and Eritrea, South Sudan and Myanmar and Syria. This hateful racism is not us.
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Alberta as we know it today simply would not exist without the millions of immigrants and refugees who built it, who loved it, and who were proud to call it home - including my grandparents and my mum. This bitter xenophobia is as unAlbertan as it’s possible to be. I’m ashamed. I’m disgusted.
Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants
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Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants
CALGARY — Whether Alberta should withhold social services from immigrants is among the issues Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is tabling for debate this summer when she travels the province to consult ...
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June 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Alberta as we know it today simply would not exist without the millions of immigrants and refugees who built it, who loved it, and who were proud to call it home - including my grandparents and my mum. This bitter xenophobia is as unAlbertan as it’s possible to be. I’m ashamed. I’m disgusted.
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NEW: Premier Danielle Smith announces Alberta Next panel that she will chair.
Town halls begin next month.
Town halls begin next month.
June 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
NEW: Premier Danielle Smith announces Alberta Next panel that she will chair.
Town halls begin next month.
Town halls begin next month.
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"On Friday, the province said the survey results showed 'strong support' for a school library policy". The results said, in fact, the opposite. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Survey shows most Albertans don’t want province setting standards for school library books, province going ahead
Survey results from the Alberta government show the majority of respondents don't support the province setting standards for school library books.
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June 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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You paid $2M for an anti science panel whose report culminates in the majority of Albertans paying for Covid vaccinations…if they can.
Can’t? Too bad.
You paid $2M for an anti science panel whose report culminates in the majority of Albertans paying for Covid vaccinations…if they can.
Can’t? Too bad.
‘She created that result’: Friends of Medicare blames Alta premier for drop in vaccination rates
Friends of Medicare executive director Chris Gallaway speaks with Alberta Primetime host Michael Higgins about changes to COVID-19 vaccine policies.
www.ctvnews.ca
June 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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You paid $2M for an anti science panel whose report culminates in the majority of Albertans paying for Covid vaccinations…if they can.
Can’t? Too bad.
You paid $2M for an anti science panel whose report culminates in the majority of Albertans paying for Covid vaccinations…if they can.
Can’t? Too bad.
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Danielle Smith doesn’t have a plan—never did.
Her “hospital-based leadership” scheme is spin: no mandate, no local control, and a roadmap to privatization.
More chaos, more cost—and Albertans will pay.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #UCPCorruption #CorruptCare #DanielleSmith
Her “hospital-based leadership” scheme is spin: no mandate, no local control, and a roadmap to privatization.
More chaos, more cost—and Albertans will pay.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #UCPCorruption #CorruptCare #DanielleSmith
June 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Danielle Smith doesn’t have a plan—never did.
Her “hospital-based leadership” scheme is spin: no mandate, no local control, and a roadmap to privatization.
More chaos, more cost—and Albertans will pay.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #UCPCorruption #CorruptCare #DanielleSmith
Her “hospital-based leadership” scheme is spin: no mandate, no local control, and a roadmap to privatization.
More chaos, more cost—and Albertans will pay.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #UCPCorruption #CorruptCare #DanielleSmith
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If you watch one clip and share one clip, please make it this one. If you don’t understand what it means, please ask questions.
👀 Bill C5 effectively takes law-amending powers out of Parliament while also effectively cutting out oversight from the judiciary: #Canadasky #cdnpoli
June 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If you watch one clip and share one clip, please make it this one. If you don’t understand what it means, please ask questions.
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Danielle Smith doesn’t have a plan yet for running public health care, but just like Donald Trump she’s got a concept of a plan. albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/dani...
Danielle Smith doesn’t have a plan yet for running public health care, but just like Donald Trump she’s got a concept of a plan - Alberta Politics
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith doesn’t have a coherent plan for running public health care yet, but yesterday she revealed that, just like her hero Donald J. Trump, she has a concept of a plan. In a n...
albertapolitics.ca
June 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Danielle Smith doesn’t have a plan yet for running public health care, but just like Donald Trump she’s got a concept of a plan. albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/dani...
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Indigenous leaders appeared before a Senate committee and opposed Bill C-5 in its current iteration.
Thanks to @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social for this news in his "Biidaajimowin" newsletter.
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Thanks to @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social for this news in his "Biidaajimowin" newsletter.
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Indigenous leaders tell prime minister to start again on Bill C-5
Indigenous leaders appearing before the Senate encourage Prime Minister Mark Carney to rewrite Bill C-5 to include Indigenous rights.
www.aptnnews.ca
June 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Indigenous leaders appeared before a Senate committee and opposed Bill C-5 in its current iteration.
Thanks to @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social for this news in his "Biidaajimowin" newsletter.
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Thanks to @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social for this news in his "Biidaajimowin" newsletter.
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
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June 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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"She is absolutely wrong about how effective the vaccine is. And her own Ministry of Health has the data to prove it," said Talbot, who is also an adjunct professor at the University of Alberta. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government faces mounting pushback to new COVID-19 vaccine policy | CBC News
The Alberta government continues to face fierce opposition to plans that will reduce access to publicly funded COVID-19 vaccines in the province.
www.cbc.ca
June 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"She is absolutely wrong about how effective the vaccine is. And her own Ministry of Health has the data to prove it," said Talbot, who is also an adjunct professor at the University of Alberta. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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“We now suffer the moral distress of being medical experts in this field who are essentially forced to be handmaidens to a government policy that will cause more death. And not just death in the abstract — death of people we personally know and have cared for for years.”
When Politicians Play Doctor, People Die | The Tyee
BC’s new rules on prescribed substitutes for toxic drugs open a dangerous door.
thetyee.ca
June 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“We now suffer the moral distress of being medical experts in this field who are essentially forced to be handmaidens to a government policy that will cause more death. And not just death in the abstract — death of people we personally know and have cared for for years.”
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The UCP can afford to hand over millions of our tax dollars to O&G (again) but refuse to pay for vaccines. 🤦🏼♀️
UCP - We believe in polluter pays!
Also UCP - “Alberta has announced $50 million in funding to help entice companies to come up with new and improved technologies to reduce oil sands mine water and reclaim tailings ponds.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Also UCP - “Alberta has announced $50 million in funding to help entice companies to come up with new and improved technologies to reduce oil sands mine water and reclaim tailings ponds.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Alberta announces new challenge aimed at transforming tailings ponds
Alberta has announced $50 million in funding to help entice companies to come up with new and improved technologies to reduce oil sands mine water and reclaim tailings ponds.
www.ctvnews.ca
June 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The UCP can afford to hand over millions of our tax dollars to O&G (again) but refuse to pay for vaccines. 🤦🏼♀️
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Danielle Smith has quietly announced major changes to how spending and procurement will be working in Alberta Health Care.
But she’s moving in a direction to have fewer safeguards in place.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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But she’s moving in a direction to have fewer safeguards in place.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Hospital-Based Leadership
YouTube video by YourAlberta (Government of Alberta)
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June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Danielle Smith has quietly announced major changes to how spending and procurement will be working in Alberta Health Care.
But she’s moving in a direction to have fewer safeguards in place.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
youtu.be/FftIBBy4-iI?...
But she’s moving in a direction to have fewer safeguards in place.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
youtu.be/FftIBBy4-iI?...
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LIVE: Leaders of the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the Manitoba Métis Federation are speaking at a Senate committee to bring forward Indigenous concerns over Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act.
Indigenous leaders share their concerns over Bill C-5 at Senate committee | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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June 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
LIVE: Leaders of the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the Manitoba Métis Federation are speaking at a Senate committee to bring forward Indigenous concerns over Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act.
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My latest in @edmontonjournal.com . The Journal of the American Medical Association recently advised Long COVID in kids may have now surpassed asthma as the leading paediatric chronic illness.
Danielle Smith's response: start charging for and limiting vaccines.
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Danielle Smith's response: start charging for and limiting vaccines.
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Opinion: UCP's COVID vaccine cuts put children at serious risk
A policy of ending pediatric COVID vaccination will disable, hospitalize and even kill Albertan children, leaving blood on Smith’s hands.
edmontonjournal.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My latest in @edmontonjournal.com . The Journal of the American Medical Association recently advised Long COVID in kids may have now surpassed asthma as the leading paediatric chronic illness.
Danielle Smith's response: start charging for and limiting vaccines.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Danielle Smith's response: start charging for and limiting vaccines.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Health-care union calls for Alberta government to halt plan to limit free vaccines
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Health-care union calls for Alberta government to halt plan to limit free vaccines
A union representing 30,000 health-care workers in Alberta is calling on Premier Danielle Smith’s government to reverse course and provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all front-line workers and any othe...
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June 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Health-care union calls for Alberta government to halt plan to limit free vaccines
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“This will drive even more health care workers out of Alberta.”
United Nurses of Alberta president Heather Smith says UCP must drop plan to make health care workers pay for COVID vaccine, calling it "outrageous."
United Nurses of Alberta president Heather Smith says UCP must drop plan to make health care workers pay for COVID vaccine, calling it "outrageous."
June 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“This will drive even more health care workers out of Alberta.”
United Nurses of Alberta president Heather Smith says UCP must drop plan to make health care workers pay for COVID vaccine, calling it "outrageous."
United Nurses of Alberta president Heather Smith says UCP must drop plan to make health care workers pay for COVID vaccine, calling it "outrageous."
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Two strikes against carbon capture. First, even if it works, it's more expensive than switching to clean renewables. And second, it doesn't work at scale. Those pushing carbon capture as a panacea for Canada's fossil fuel cartel are greenwashing. #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy
Carbon Capture More Expensive Than Switching to Renewables, Stanford Study Reveals
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Carbon Capture More Expensive Than Switching to Renewables, Stanford Study Reveals
Researchers have determined that the large-scale adoption of technologies designed to capture carbon dioxide from industrial emissions and the atmosphere would be significantly more costly and environ...
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June 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Two strikes against carbon capture. First, even if it works, it's more expensive than switching to clean renewables. And second, it doesn't work at scale. Those pushing carbon capture as a panacea for Canada's fossil fuel cartel are greenwashing. #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy