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kay-ee-one-are-eye.bsky.social
@kay-ee-one-are-eye.bsky.social
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Progressive Albertan. "That it's fallen so heavily upon the shoulders of ordinary people shows the extent of not just
institutional failure, but how we've been conditioned to kind of accept that institutional failure…”
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markcherrington.bsky.social
1/ Given rent, given food costs, given govt cutbacks in the area of health care, supported living, and AISH, given housing shortages, given youth unemployment.. #abpoli #ableg #yegcc #yyccc
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
kay-ee-one-are-eye.bsky.social
This has to go again some sort of labour standards doesn’t it?
drugdatadecoded.ca Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · Oct 27
Kicking out vulnerable people and unionized workers from public institutions to make room for unaccountable private enterprise is the Alberta Recovery Model in a nutshell.

If any of those 75 men are still with us, this would be a good day to let them know people still care! 3/
October 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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thetyee.ca
Premier Danielle Smith’s claims about the Wyant report into the Alberta Health Services contract scandal are contradicted by the report itself. #abpoli

thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Smith Still Faces Questions in the Dodgy Contracts Scandal | The Tyee
The premier said a report on AHS procurement practices cleared her government. It didn’t.
thetyee.ca
October 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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givevoiceab.bsky.social
The True Measure of Leadership: A single high school student's moral clarity is heavier than the collective silence of the Alberta Next panel. Institutional Hypocrisy cannot stand up to integrity. The public sees the difference. #ABpoli #Leadership #AlbertaNext #DanielleSmith
The measure of leadership , one student's integrity outweighs a panel of dignitaries
October 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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daoldguy.bsky.social
2/2 Here is the rebuttal from one of the citizens of Medicine Hat calling out Justin Wright’s statements and quotes. It could not have been written better. Please take the time, to read both.

#ableg #abpoli

Letter: Wright's column statements need clarification medicinehatnews.com/commentary/l...
Letter: Wright's column statements need clarification - Medicine Hat News
Re: MLA Report: From bell curve to bell and well curve: A call for good people to act, by Justin Wright on Sept. 17. Dear MLA Wright, In your column, you assert that “people stopped talking, stopped c...
medicinehatnews.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
kay-ee-one-are-eye.bsky.social
Alberta has the highest child poverty levels in Canada
peipolitical.bsky.social PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · Sep 26
Liberal Party of Canada 🇨🇦 - #cdnpoli
"Every time we have a policy to support Canadians, like $10-a-day child care or dental care, they vote against it."
September 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
kay-ee-one-are-eye.bsky.social
Im anxious to see Minster Nixon‘s mandate. My guess is public institutionalization. And selling supports to the lowest bidder. Michener centres land in Red Deer is worth $1 billion. They’ll sell it to a developer and privatize it. #abpoli
September 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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handle.invalid
The road to fascism is paved with people telling me I was “overreacting”

#ABPoli #FireTheUCP
jonnywakefield.bsky.social Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · Sep 25
Mandate letters for Alberta's justice and public safety ministries are out, and this leaps out.

"Setting clear policing priorities by working with the Minister of Justice to create a policing priority framework that directs law enforcement to focus on the government’s priorities..."
September 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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ryanhumphrey.bsky.social
Stop “calling on the UCP” to do their job. It’s the worst phrase in every opposition’s vocabulary

The message needs to be that the UCP is cruel and incompetent, and that if Albertans want these policies they need to elect the NDP. Be a government in waiting, not the UCP’s Jiminy Cricket conscience
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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chocolatefire.bsky.social
Another insightful commentary on the likes of Danielle Smith and Polivere, and their appropriation of MAGA style politics, and how it’s actively percolating in #Canada
#cdnpoli #mtlpoli #abpoli
September 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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benjaminrowley78.bsky.social
Alberta has already had an Eugenic board that took disabled Albertans' rights to have children. It lasted from 1928 to 1972. We can't let Smith take us back to a time when people with disabilities didn't have rights #ableg #abpoli
Alberta Eugenics Board - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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chad.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
If you’re looking to sign the Forever Canadian petition, here’s an ever update calendar list of locations: https://www.forevercanadianpetitionevents.com/

#ableg #abpoli #forevercanadian #fucktheseparatists
Forever Canadian Petition Events
Calendar of Forever Canadian petition signing opportunities
www.forevercanadianpetitionevents.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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hab3261.bsky.social
Alberta’s 2025 COVID-19 vaccine policies, are not "Public Health" policies, they are unethical perhaps and should just be named "Soft Eugenics" , they are set to fail resulting in increased illness, death and stress on the healthcare system. #Ableg #ABpoli
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An infographic titled “Do the Alberta Government's new COVID-19 vaccine policies represent soft eugenics?” explores whether recent 2025 policy changes disproportionately harm vulnerable populations. The term Soft Eugenics is defined as: “Policies or systems that quietly disadvantage the elderly, disabled, poor, or marginalized—by limiting access to healthcare, support, or dignity.” A comparison is made between Hard Eugenics (Past) and Soft Eugenics (Now): Hard Eugenics includes: Forced sterilization (marked with red X) Segregation laws (red X) Institutionalization (red X) Overt racism and ableism (red X) Soft Eugenics includes: Charging elders for vaccines (icon of money and pill) Removing pharmacy access (red circle with line) Complex online booking only (icon of digital document) Quiet cuts to vulnerable care (icon of concerned face) A section summarizes Alberta’s 2025 COVID-19 Policy with red X marks next to: $110 vaccine fees for seniors No free shots for health workers Pharmacists banned from giving vaccines Reduced vaccine supply by 250,000 doses Below that, text highlights who suffers: “The elderly, immunocompromised, and working poor.” A red dot states: “Not just bad policy — it's soft eugenics in action.” The concluding section reads: “Soft Eugenics hides in plain sight. ⚖️ Ethical policy means protecting everyone, not just the able and wealthy. Charging the vulnerable and restricting access isn’t public health — it’s policy failure.” The bottom of the image lists sources, including: Government of Alberta, 2025 policy release on COVID-19 immunizations. Elder Abuse Prevention web page. Laura Appleman’s 2021 article on public health and eugenics. Andrew Nikiforuk’s 2025 article in The Tyee on barriers to vaccine access for the elderly and poor.
August 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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asytsema.bsky.social
Alberta, it’s time to act! Words inspire #Hope, but #Action drives change. #Canada needs YOU to stand for unity!

Join us at forever-canadian.ca to support a united Canada.

Sign up now, get involved, and stay tuned for more! #TogetherWeRise #abpoli #cdnpoli #IAmAlbertan #IAmCanadian #ForeverCanada
July 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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jaredwesley.ca
"When asked if there was anything the premier would do beyond condemn the reported behaviour, Smith said 'It’s none of my business.'"

Sorry, but if protecting freedom of the press isn't your "business" as premier, you have no business being premier.

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
Alberta premier condemns anonymous social media account reportedly targeting Globe reporter
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she condemns an anonymous social media account that reportedly posted photographs of a Globe and Mail reporter, who is investigating allegations of political interf...
www.ctvnews.ca
July 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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hamdiissawi.bsky.social
“…a lawyer for the two women who appear in the photographs alongside Ms. Tait said her clients have also received threatening text messages, which she believes are part of a ‘stalking’ effort to prevent people with links to government from speaking with journalists.”
#ableg #abpoli

Gift article:
Globe and Mail reporter targeted by online campaign, photographed surreptitiously in public settings
An anonymous X account posted photos of Alberta reporter Carrie Tait and described her movements as she reported on a health authority controversy
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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benjaminrowley78.bsky.social
I don't think anyone will be able to change @abdanielsmith.bsky.social mind about cuts to AISH #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #yeg #yyc #yql #FuckTheUCP #FuckSmith
TAIT: An invitation for conversation about AISH
I’m officially inviting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for coffee, on my dime.
edmontonsun.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
kay-ee-one-are-eye.bsky.social
Are you listening Danielle? #Abpoli
newyorker.com The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 19
Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social‬ writes.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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pfparks.bsky.social
- there were no BUDGETS for the work, or for the new orgs created out of the rubble...
- no process mapping, no change management... just destroy and then pay consultants MILLIONS/day to try to come up with something
- non-expert consultants leading the disintegration...
3/6
July 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
kay-ee-one-are-eye.bsky.social
Everyone who is low income, should be able to get a housing supplement that follows them to whatever housing they want to live in, there are many people on AISH who can’t get into community housing because there’s a several years long waiting list. They could even pay the landlord directly with it.
electricbluesfan.bsky.social RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · Jul 10
1/9 💔 ALBERTANS ON ASSURED INCOME FOR THE SEVERELY HANDICAPPED FALL VICTIM TO RENT SHOCK 💔

AISH recipients in community housing will see rent JUMP by $220/month starting October 1st.

Current rent: $349/month New rent: $570/month

Government removes $735 exemption, citing "fairness."
#AISH #Alberta
July 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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hab3261.bsky.social
How vulnerable are weaponized in Alberta is just cruel. What kind of government is this ? #ABleg #ABpoli
Poster titled "REGIME OF CRUELTY" in large black block letters at the top, followed by a list of tactics in bold black serif font with black bullet points. The listed tactics are: "Silencing Dissent," "Creative Corruption," "Feeding Inner Circles," Exile Them (in italic), Weaponizing Vulnerability (in italic), "Coerced Treatment," "State-Sponsored Gaslighting," Making Law Serve Power (in italic), and "Rule by Chaos." At the bottom right is a sepia-toned image of Premier Danielle Smith. Below the list, text reads: ARCHIVAL RECORD: ALBERTA, 2025 Analysts later confirmed the signs were all visible — suppression of opposition, exploitation of law, and systemic targeting of vulnerable groups. The regime was not built in secret. It was built in public, while most looked away. This is the Alberta Danielle Smith built. The entire graphic uses a parchment-style tan background with a black border, evoking the look of a historical document or declassified file.
July 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
kay-ee-one-are-eye.bsky.social
This explains why they defunded disability advocacy groups to the tune of $424k total.
July 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
kay-ee-one-are-eye.bsky.social
What in the hell is happening?
stephaniecarvin.bsky.social Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · Jul 8
The charges here point to one of the most serious terrorism plots we've seen in Canadian history. If we are going to engage in the largest military spending since WWII, we need our armed forces to ensure that they have their house in order. Why did it take so long to arrest these individuals?
RCMP charges military members with trying to create 'anti-government militia' and seize land | CBC News
The RCMP has charged active members of the Canadian Armed Forces with being part of terrorist plot that allegedly involved creating an anti-government militia with a massive trove of weapons and seizi...
www.cbc.ca
July 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
kay-ee-one-are-eye.bsky.social
Hey Alberta #abpoli
July 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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stuartbayens.bsky.social
Trouble brewing inside Dani's Alberta Next panel?

"I can't comment on what the province has put up in the website," says one member.
Alberta panel formed to fight federal overreach questioned over proposed cuts to newcomers | CBC News
Two members of Alberta's new $2-million panel fighting federal overreach say they aren't responsible for the messaging and ideas on the panel's website, including a suggestion to end social supports f...
www.cbc.ca
June 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM