@exhaustedinalberta.bsky.social
WOKE AF. Proud Canadian, less proud Albertan.
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The Teacher’s strike would be over tomorrow if the UCP offered the same contract the United Nurses of Alberta signed or if they agreed to binding arbitration.
The Notwithstanding Clause is a nuclear level hammer with the long range consequence of saying the UCP doesn’t negotiate, they legislate.
The Notwithstanding Clause is a nuclear level hammer with the long range consequence of saying the UCP doesn’t negotiate, they legislate.
October 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Teacher’s strike would be over tomorrow if the UCP offered the same contract the United Nurses of Alberta signed or if they agreed to binding arbitration.
The Notwithstanding Clause is a nuclear level hammer with the long range consequence of saying the UCP doesn’t negotiate, they legislate.
The Notwithstanding Clause is a nuclear level hammer with the long range consequence of saying the UCP doesn’t negotiate, they legislate.
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🧵 Edmonton city council voted this week to give the Oilers another $350 million in public funding so they can keep pushing unhoused people out of the neighbourhood or let them die of overdose. No legal binding to build 2,500 housing units promised w/ the project. 1/
ca.news.yahoo.com/edmonton-cit...
ca.news.yahoo.com/edmonton-cit...
Edmonton city council approves contentious agreement on Oilers event park
Edmonton city council has approved a master agreement for a new event park by the Edmonton Oilers ownership.The approval is tied to other projects which include the construction of 2,500 housing units...
ca.news.yahoo.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🧵 Edmonton city council voted this week to give the Oilers another $350 million in public funding so they can keep pushing unhoused people out of the neighbourhood or let them die of overdose. No legal binding to build 2,500 housing units promised w/ the project. 1/
ca.news.yahoo.com/edmonton-cit...
ca.news.yahoo.com/edmonton-cit...
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When I say don’t mess with Texas women, I’m talking about State Rep. Jolanda Jones.
August 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
When I say don’t mess with Texas women, I’m talking about State Rep. Jolanda Jones.
I was today-years-old when I realized that a VENN diagram of Canadians that don't support Palestine and those that voted for ##PierrePoilievre is a circle.
August 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I was today-years-old when I realized that a VENN diagram of Canadians that don't support Palestine and those that voted for ##PierrePoilievre is a circle.
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Happy Wednesday! Sorry for being quiet the last few days, had to take sometime to myself and get grounded.. Without further wait, here's the AHS Fuckery.. Errr Update of Closures & More!
open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... /1
open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... /1
AHS Update V208 (of 2025) ~ 2025-06-18
*NEW* AHS Update V208 (Of 2025!) - ICU - 187 (+19) of 224 beds occupied in Alberta - Occupancy - 83%.
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Happy Wednesday! Sorry for being quiet the last few days, had to take sometime to myself and get grounded.. Without further wait, here's the AHS Fuckery.. Errr Update of Closures & More!
open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... /1
open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... /1
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I’ve been in academic medicine for 45 years. This is the first time I’m seeing a perfect storm, as proposed federal funding cuts threaten our ability to provide patient care, train the next generation of doctors, and conduct life-saving research. More from my conversation with @cnn.com last week.
June 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I’ve been in academic medicine for 45 years. This is the first time I’m seeing a perfect storm, as proposed federal funding cuts threaten our ability to provide patient care, train the next generation of doctors, and conduct life-saving research. More from my conversation with @cnn.com last week.
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PUTIN WAS KICKED OUT OF G8 in 2014 WHEN HE ANNEXED CRIMEA. TRUDEAU WAS ELECTED IN 2015.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
June 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
PUTIN WAS KICKED OUT OF G8 in 2014 WHEN HE ANNEXED CRIMEA. TRUDEAU WAS ELECTED IN 2015.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
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Call your senators. This bill is heading to them next and they can stop it if the people speak out. (202) 224-3121
May 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Call your senators. This bill is heading to them next and they can stop it if the people speak out. (202) 224-3121
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Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development.
Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system.
Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system.
Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
May 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development.
Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system.
Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system.
Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
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Danielle Smith is playing fast and loose with the future of the country. It seems like a long shot that Alberta would vote to leave, but who knows what happens once you start down this path. It’s a live-ammo outing now.
Utter insanity.
Utter insanity.
May 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Danielle Smith is playing fast and loose with the future of the country. It seems like a long shot that Alberta would vote to leave, but who knows what happens once you start down this path. It’s a live-ammo outing now.
Utter insanity.
Utter insanity.
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Things that have extended the average lifespan of working people:
Unions
Healthcare (through unions, Medicare and Medicaid)
Universal public education
Labor laws
Environmental regulations
Social Security
If you seek to undermine all of these,what is your underlying objective?
Unions
Healthcare (through unions, Medicare and Medicaid)
Universal public education
Labor laws
Environmental regulations
Social Security
If you seek to undermine all of these,what is your underlying objective?
April 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Things that have extended the average lifespan of working people:
Unions
Healthcare (through unions, Medicare and Medicaid)
Universal public education
Labor laws
Environmental regulations
Social Security
If you seek to undermine all of these,what is your underlying objective?
Unions
Healthcare (through unions, Medicare and Medicaid)
Universal public education
Labor laws
Environmental regulations
Social Security
If you seek to undermine all of these,what is your underlying objective?
As a #Canadian, I have several feelings.
1) I feel deep relief that a good chunk of my fellow Canadians aren't complete disappointments.
2) Gratitude for voters that care about other humans showing up to vote for that.
3) danielle smith has lost some of her back up
1) I feel deep relief that a good chunk of my fellow Canadians aren't complete disappointments.
2) Gratitude for voters that care about other humans showing up to vote for that.
3) danielle smith has lost some of her back up
April 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
As a #Canadian, I have several feelings.
1) I feel deep relief that a good chunk of my fellow Canadians aren't complete disappointments.
2) Gratitude for voters that care about other humans showing up to vote for that.
3) danielle smith has lost some of her back up
1) I feel deep relief that a good chunk of my fellow Canadians aren't complete disappointments.
2) Gratitude for voters that care about other humans showing up to vote for that.
3) danielle smith has lost some of her back up
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“Rather than advancing evidence-based solutions, Mr. Poilievre recycles failed American imports such as a “three strikes” law and stacked life sentences – measures our courts have already rejected as cruel and unusual.”
Letters to the editor: ‘This career politician isn’t qualified to run a lemonade stand, never mind invoking the notwithstanding clause.’ Letters to the editor for April 16
In today’s letters to the editor: Trump-style buttons; notwithstanding clause; leaders’ debates; foreign interference; governance; Chris Simon
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“Rather than advancing evidence-based solutions, Mr. Poilievre recycles failed American imports such as a “three strikes” law and stacked life sentences – measures our courts have already rejected as cruel and unusual.”
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My favourite sports stories are the ones that aren't really about sports. This is good. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Wayne Gretzky, Former Canadian Hero
His countrymen aren’t mourning the loss of his scoring record.
www.theatlantic.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
My favourite sports stories are the ones that aren't really about sports. This is good. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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You want to know why Danielle Smith is doing everything she can to distract you from the total FU of the #UCP.
Alberta’s unemployment rate saw the highest growth in the country, according to Statistics Canada’s (StatCan)
calgary.citynews.ca/2025/04/06/a...
Alberta’s unemployment rate saw the highest growth in the country, according to Statistics Canada’s (StatCan)
calgary.citynews.ca/2025/04/06/a...
Alberta’s 7.1% unemployment rate highest growth in Canada: StatCan
Alberta’s unemployment rate saw the highest growth in the country, according to Statistics Canada's March jobs report.
calgary.citynews.ca
April 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
You want to know why Danielle Smith is doing everything she can to distract you from the total FU of the #UCP.
Alberta’s unemployment rate saw the highest growth in the country, according to Statistics Canada’s (StatCan)
calgary.citynews.ca/2025/04/06/a...
Alberta’s unemployment rate saw the highest growth in the country, according to Statistics Canada’s (StatCan)
calgary.citynews.ca/2025/04/06/a...
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Laura Loomer is a testament to how much further to the right Trump has moved since his first term, and how much further he may be open to going, writes @alibreland.bsky.social.
Laura Loomer Is a Warning
No one else with direct access to the president has been as outwardly bigoted.
bit.ly
April 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Laura Loomer is a testament to how much further to the right Trump has moved since his first term, and how much further he may be open to going, writes @alibreland.bsky.social.
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More evidence that private for profit surgeries make things worse
“[Private surgical facilities] bled funding and a finite pool of critical staff from the public system, increasing wait times for cancer and other priority surgeries.”
@alonghurst.bsky.social
@thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
“[Private surgical facilities] bled funding and a finite pool of critical staff from the public system, increasing wait times for cancer and other priority surgeries.”
@alonghurst.bsky.social
@thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
Bleeding Money: Alberta’s Private Health Shift | The Tyee
The UCP’s surgical initiative has crimped care and raised costs, concludes a report. It’s not a new pattern.
thetyee.ca
April 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
More evidence that private for profit surgeries make things worse
“[Private surgical facilities] bled funding and a finite pool of critical staff from the public system, increasing wait times for cancer and other priority surgeries.”
@alonghurst.bsky.social
@thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
“[Private surgical facilities] bled funding and a finite pool of critical staff from the public system, increasing wait times for cancer and other priority surgeries.”
@alonghurst.bsky.social
@thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
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The "trust us, it's going to be great" isn't good enough for me with this government. Show me your work.
We don't even have basic quality and safety data for surgeries performed in for-profit CSFs. Physicians tell me that there is an active effort to prevent data collection in for-profits.
We don't even have basic quality and safety data for surgeries performed in for-profit CSFs. Physicians tell me that there is an active effort to prevent data collection in for-profits.
April 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The "trust us, it's going to be great" isn't good enough for me with this government. Show me your work.
We don't even have basic quality and safety data for surgeries performed in for-profit CSFs. Physicians tell me that there is an active effort to prevent data collection in for-profits.
We don't even have basic quality and safety data for surgeries performed in for-profit CSFs. Physicians tell me that there is an active effort to prevent data collection in for-profits.
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The picture comes into focus
AB gov took ownership of public hospitals from AHS so these public assets can be used by private surgeons’ corporations under new funding model
Public assets in the service of private profits
This will only destabilize hospitals further
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
AB gov took ownership of public hospitals from AHS so these public assets can be used by private surgeons’ corporations under new funding model
Public assets in the service of private profits
This will only destabilize hospitals further
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta to tie hospital funding to number, type of procedures performed | CBC News
Alberta's government will soon tie public hospital funding to the number and type of procedures performed, a move critics warn won't improve the public system and will only accelerate private delivery...
www.cbc.ca
April 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The picture comes into focus
AB gov took ownership of public hospitals from AHS so these public assets can be used by private surgeons’ corporations under new funding model
Public assets in the service of private profits
This will only destabilize hospitals further
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
AB gov took ownership of public hospitals from AHS so these public assets can be used by private surgeons’ corporations under new funding model
Public assets in the service of private profits
This will only destabilize hospitals further
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
If I were Wab Kinew or David Eby, I'd be working very hard to recruit #Alberta HCWs. NONE of us signed up to practice the way @daniellesmithab.bsky.social is forcing acute care to be. She is 10000% ensuring hospitals fail but she is also actively about to cause a physician crisis. Greed is gross.
April 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
If I were Wab Kinew or David Eby, I'd be working very hard to recruit #Alberta HCWs. NONE of us signed up to practice the way @daniellesmithab.bsky.social is forcing acute care to be. She is 10000% ensuring hospitals fail but she is also actively about to cause a physician crisis. Greed is gross.
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It’s well known that I was on The Apprentice. We were all covered by NDAs at the time, but mine has now expired. And do I ever have some tea to spill. I’ll post it later today after consulting once again with my attorneys.
April 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It’s well known that I was on The Apprentice. We were all covered by NDAs at the time, but mine has now expired. And do I ever have some tea to spill. I’ll post it later today after consulting once again with my attorneys.
