@laurenceb-w.bsky.social
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CorruptCare is the biggest and costliest scandal in the history of our province. There must be a public inquiry immediately into the UCP government’s health-care procurement practices.
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
CorruptCare is the biggest and costliest scandal in the history of our province. There must be a public inquiry immediately into the UCP government’s health-care procurement practices.
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'To understand Smith’s ideology is to situate it within a long lineage of anti-central-planning and anti-welfare-state politics that have defined Alberta conservatism for more than 60 years.'
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
The authoritarian edge of Alberta conservatism
Danielle Smith’s unprecedented use of the notwithstanding clause is reshaping Alberta politics, targeting labour, trans youth, and minority rights. Ryan Kelpin traces the far-right project behind her ...
canadiandimension.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
'To understand Smith’s ideology is to situate it within a long lineage of anti-central-planning and anti-welfare-state politics that have defined Alberta conservatism for more than 60 years.'
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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A few companies have made a great deal of money under the Alberta Recovery Model and there's little to show that they have actually delivered on the outcomes Albertans expect. Are people's health outcomes better off with a two-tier, American-style healthcare? The answer is almost always NO.
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A few companies have made a great deal of money under the Alberta Recovery Model and there's little to show that they have actually delivered on the outcomes Albertans expect. Are people's health outcomes better off with a two-tier, American-style healthcare? The answer is almost always NO.
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The Craziest Thing In The World Is That We Could End Poverty, But We Don't
It’s just so insane how this doesn’t sit front and center in our attention all the time.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-crazie...
It’s just so insane how this doesn’t sit front and center in our attention all the time.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-crazie...
The Craziest Thing In The World Is That We Could End Poverty, But We Don't
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The Craziest Thing In The World Is That We Could End Poverty, But We Don't
It’s just so insane how this doesn’t sit front and center in our attention all the time.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-crazie...
It’s just so insane how this doesn’t sit front and center in our attention all the time.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-crazie...
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Reminder that Edmonton AND Calgary police used public resources to hold town halls + other events to steer business communities & other stakeholders in favour of UCP drug policy.
The specified timeline for this campaign was “before the May 2023 election.”
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-poli...
The specified timeline for this campaign was “before the May 2023 election.”
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-poli...
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Reminder that Edmonton AND Calgary police used public resources to hold town halls + other events to steer business communities & other stakeholders in favour of UCP drug policy.
The specified timeline for this campaign was “before the May 2023 election.”
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-poli...
The specified timeline for this campaign was “before the May 2023 election.”
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-poli...
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BC Involuntary Treatment Taking Place in a Solitary Confinement Unit via @godfrey.bsky.social | @filtermag.bsky.social
filtermag.org/bc-involunta...
filtermag.org/bc-involunta...
BC Involuntary Treatment Taking Place in a Solitary Confinement Unit
It raises pressing questions about the wellbeing of people being subjected to a form of treatment to which experts already object.
filtermag.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
BC Involuntary Treatment Taking Place in a Solitary Confinement Unit via @godfrey.bsky.social | @filtermag.bsky.social
filtermag.org/bc-involunta...
filtermag.org/bc-involunta...
Carney carved out exemptions in federal environmental regulations in exchange for (checks notes) a Very Serious promise from Alberta that they will start complying with some other environmental regulations they've been ignoring for years?
Truly, 4D chess...
Truly, 4D chess...
The Canada-Alberta deal "is textbook Carney" @maxfawcett.bsky.social says
He's "daring Danielle Smith to do the work required" to get a pipeline built, knowing she can’t do it. "But Smith’s concessions help advance his govt's climate agenda far more"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
He's "daring Danielle Smith to do the work required" to get a pipeline built, knowing she can’t do it. "But Smith’s concessions help advance his govt's climate agenda far more"
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 2:47 PM
Carney carved out exemptions in federal environmental regulations in exchange for (checks notes) a Very Serious promise from Alberta that they will start complying with some other environmental regulations they've been ignoring for years?
Truly, 4D chess...
Truly, 4D chess...
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Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are collapsing, locking in multi-meter sea level rise.
Coral reefs continue to die off.
Atlantic ocean current collapse means Europe could soon enjoy Edmonton winters.
Our boreal forest continues to burn every summer.
But at least we'll have a strong economy.
Coral reefs continue to die off.
Atlantic ocean current collapse means Europe could soon enjoy Edmonton winters.
Our boreal forest continues to burn every summer.
But at least we'll have a strong economy.
The new Canada-Alberta MOU is a positive step for our energy future.
Meaningful investments in Pathways, clear measures to reduce emissions, and a stronger industrial carbon price give Albertans the certainty we need to move forward. /1
Meaningful investments in Pathways, clear measures to reduce emissions, and a stronger industrial carbon price give Albertans the certainty we need to move forward. /1
November 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are collapsing, locking in multi-meter sea level rise.
Coral reefs continue to die off.
Atlantic ocean current collapse means Europe could soon enjoy Edmonton winters.
Our boreal forest continues to burn every summer.
But at least we'll have a strong economy.
Coral reefs continue to die off.
Atlantic ocean current collapse means Europe could soon enjoy Edmonton winters.
Our boreal forest continues to burn every summer.
But at least we'll have a strong economy.
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We should never underestimate the potential of Indigenous resistance in Canada. The Carney government will find that its drive to unleash oil and gas projects—steamrolling over Indigenous rights in the process—is a risky proposition.
Carney’s attacks will unleash major struggles
As Mark Carney’s government prepares a sweeping austerity agenda—gutting public services, fuelling militarism, and expanding fossil fuel projects—John Clarke argues that a new wave of resistance is em...
canadiandimension.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
We should never underestimate the potential of Indigenous resistance in Canada. The Carney government will find that its drive to unleash oil and gas projects—steamrolling over Indigenous rights in the process—is a risky proposition.
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Albertans deserve answers and transparency on how a brand new company with deep, close ties to the UCP government got $70 million in government contracts.
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Albertans deserve answers and transparency on how a brand new company with deep, close ties to the UCP government got $70 million in government contracts.
@janeteremenko.bsky.social did incredible work at yesterday's public accounts committee meeting, her efforts to hold the UCP accountable for their mishandling of the mental health and addiction file are precisely what Alberta needs.
assemblyonline.assembly.ab.ca/Harmony/en/P...
assemblyonline.assembly.ab.ca/Harmony/en/P...
Public Accounts
Meeting in Rocky Mountain Room, video
assemblyonline.assembly.ab.ca
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
@janeteremenko.bsky.social did incredible work at yesterday's public accounts committee meeting, her efforts to hold the UCP accountable for their mishandling of the mental health and addiction file are precisely what Alberta needs.
assemblyonline.assembly.ab.ca/Harmony/en/P...
assemblyonline.assembly.ab.ca/Harmony/en/P...
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"Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act — which will allow for the involuntary admission of people who use substances, even when they have[..]capacity to make decisions about their care — lacks sufficient evidence of effectiveness + poses substantial ethical concerns"
www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
Involuntary treatment for substance use: application of Kass’ ethical framework to Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act
Key points
In Canada, more than 50 000 opioid-related deaths have occurred since September 2024, mostly in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, where governments are all in various stages of develo...
www.cmaj.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act — which will allow for the involuntary admission of people who use substances, even when they have[..]capacity to make decisions about their care — lacks sufficient evidence of effectiveness + poses substantial ethical concerns"
www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
I had no idea Art Young illustrated the Compassionate Intervention Act back in 1914.
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I had no idea Art Young illustrated the Compassionate Intervention Act back in 1914.
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Canada’s housing crisis isn’t random. It’s the result of decades of decisions that put profits ahead of people.
My plan treats it like what it is: a class war over who housing is for.
Read the full plan at robashton.ca/housing #NDP #Rob4Leader
My plan treats it like what it is: a class war over who housing is for.
Read the full plan at robashton.ca/housing #NDP #Rob4Leader
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Canada’s housing crisis isn’t random. It’s the result of decades of decisions that put profits ahead of people.
My plan treats it like what it is: a class war over who housing is for.
Read the full plan at robashton.ca/housing #NDP #Rob4Leader
My plan treats it like what it is: a class war over who housing is for.
Read the full plan at robashton.ca/housing #NDP #Rob4Leader
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Beautifully written & reasoned 3 min read. “To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Beautifully written & reasoned 3 min read. “To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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October 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Mark Carney: "if we just teach the biwwionaiwes bettew vawues, they wiww stop destwoying the pwanet and wooking aftew theiw cwass intewests and use neowibewaw capitawism as a fowce fow good." The book.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
I read Mark Carney’s book so you don’t have to
Fortunately, we don’t have to rely on campaign literature to discern Mark Carney’s vision for the future. The decades he’s spent in both the private sector and the public service, as well as his 2021 ...
canadiandimension.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Mark Carney: "if we just teach the biwwionaiwes bettew vawues, they wiww stop destwoying the pwanet and wooking aftew theiw cwass intewests and use neowibewaw capitawism as a fowce fow good." The book.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Mark Carney’s commitment to shoring up the neoliberal status quo will only undermine Canada in the long term—and when he’s through we will be even more vulnerable to far-right demagogues like Pierre Poilievre.
We deserve better.
We deserve better.
I read Mark Carney’s book so you don’t have to
Fortunately, we don’t have to rely on campaign literature to discern Mark Carney’s vision for the future. The decades he’s spent in both the private sector and the public service, as well as his 2021 ...
canadiandimension.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Mark Carney’s commitment to shoring up the neoliberal status quo will only undermine Canada in the long term—and when he’s through we will be even more vulnerable to far-right demagogues like Pierre Poilievre.
We deserve better.
We deserve better.
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“If right-wing leaders succeed in their efforts to abolish safer supply the only result will be more people using unregulated, toxic substances. There will be more death and more chaos, and we will be no closer to freeing our society from the horrors of addiction.”
Safer supply is under attack when we need it most
Safer supply is a public health initiative meant to keep people alive and connected to care. It is a lifeline. A tether to the supports necessary to move towards wellness. If our goal is to end the op...
canadiandimension.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:32 PM
“If right-wing leaders succeed in their efforts to abolish safer supply the only result will be more people using unregulated, toxic substances. There will be more death and more chaos, and we will be no closer to freeing our society from the horrors of addiction.”