Parksy
@pfparks.bsky.social
Emergency Physician. HC advocate. Got to kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight.
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Oh Parksy,
The only thing that "land" with my UCP gov't is:
🛢️⛽️💰
#abpoli #ableg #abhealth #UCPCorruption #UCPPublicInquiryNOW
The only thing that "land" with my UCP gov't is:
🛢️⛽️💰
#abpoli #ableg #abhealth #UCPCorruption #UCPPublicInquiryNOW
www.ctvnews.ca/calga...
I've been saying this a lot... but hoping it might land with govt leads at some point: we currently have no cooridinated prov workforce plan.
Overtime costs more, and risks burning out our workforce...
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I've been saying this a lot... but hoping it might land with govt leads at some point: we currently have no cooridinated prov workforce plan.
Overtime costs more, and risks burning out our workforce...
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‘Pushed to their breaking point’: Paramedics working thousands of hours of overtime every month across Alberta
Alberta paramedics are working tens of thousands of hours of overtime every month.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Oh Parksy,
The only thing that "land" with my UCP gov't is:
🛢️⛽️💰
#abpoli #ableg #abhealth #UCPCorruption #UCPPublicInquiryNOW
The only thing that "land" with my UCP gov't is:
🛢️⛽️💰
#abpoli #ableg #abhealth #UCPCorruption #UCPPublicInquiryNOW
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www.ctvnews.ca/calga...
I've been saying this a lot... but hoping it might land with govt leads at some point: we currently have no cooridinated prov workforce plan.
Overtime costs more, and risks burning out our workforce...
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I've been saying this a lot... but hoping it might land with govt leads at some point: we currently have no cooridinated prov workforce plan.
Overtime costs more, and risks burning out our workforce...
1/2
‘Pushed to their breaking point’: Paramedics working thousands of hours of overtime every month across Alberta
Alberta paramedics are working tens of thousands of hours of overtime every month.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
x.com/thebreakdownab...
EMS Park times are no better, and are getting worse, and will be untenable this winter.
We have had Mandatory EMS OFFLOAD since this govt came in, and yet downstream improvements have not been made...
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EMS Park times are no better, and are getting worse, and will be untenable this winter.
We have had Mandatory EMS OFFLOAD since this govt came in, and yet downstream improvements have not been made...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
x.com/thebreakdownab...
EMS Park times are no better, and are getting worse, and will be untenable this winter.
We have had Mandatory EMS OFFLOAD since this govt came in, and yet downstream improvements have not been made...
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EMS Park times are no better, and are getting worse, and will be untenable this winter.
We have had Mandatory EMS OFFLOAD since this govt came in, and yet downstream improvements have not been made...
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More opportunities to talk about HC Alberta...
Come on out and let's discuss if we feel like HC is going in the right direction in Alberta.
Would love to hear your prespective.
All Albertans deserve safe and timely access to HC.
Come on out and let's discuss if we feel like HC is going in the right direction in Alberta.
Would love to hear your prespective.
All Albertans deserve safe and timely access to HC.
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
More opportunities to talk about HC Alberta...
Come on out and let's discuss if we feel like HC is going in the right direction in Alberta.
Would love to hear your prespective.
All Albertans deserve safe and timely access to HC.
Come on out and let's discuss if we feel like HC is going in the right direction in Alberta.
Would love to hear your prespective.
All Albertans deserve safe and timely access to HC.
www.ctvnews.ca/calga...
I've been saying this a lot... but hoping it might land with govt leads at some point: we currently have no cooridinated prov workforce plan.
Overtime costs more, and risks burning out our workforce...
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I've been saying this a lot... but hoping it might land with govt leads at some point: we currently have no cooridinated prov workforce plan.
Overtime costs more, and risks burning out our workforce...
1/2
‘Pushed to their breaking point’: Paramedics working thousands of hours of overtime every month across Alberta
Alberta paramedics are working tens of thousands of hours of overtime every month.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
www.ctvnews.ca/calga...
I've been saying this a lot... but hoping it might land with govt leads at some point: we currently have no cooridinated prov workforce plan.
Overtime costs more, and risks burning out our workforce...
1/2
I've been saying this a lot... but hoping it might land with govt leads at some point: we currently have no cooridinated prov workforce plan.
Overtime costs more, and risks burning out our workforce...
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"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
- Stephen Jay Gould.
- Stephen Jay Gould.
October 18, 2023 at 9:50 PM
"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
- Stephen Jay Gould.
- Stephen Jay Gould.
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I am signing mine today! Join me and stop this stupid policy. Public school is for ALL students, not just the rich.
#abpoli
I am signing mine today! Join me and stop this stupid policy. Public school is for ALL students, not just the rich.
#abpoli
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
bsky.app/profile/some...
I am signing mine today! Join me and stop this stupid policy. Public school is for ALL students, not just the rich.
#abpoli
I am signing mine today! Join me and stop this stupid policy. Public school is for ALL students, not just the rich.
#abpoli
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It bothers me that the UCP are considering denying healthcare to temporary foreign workers
These workers are only in Canada because a Canadian company said they couldn't fill their positions with Canadians
It's inhumane
#ableg #abpoli #Alberta
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
These workers are only in Canada because a Canadian company said they couldn't fill their positions with Canadians
It's inhumane
#ableg #abpoli #Alberta
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Flags, vaccines and buying the RCMP: 35 resolutions proposed for upcoming UCP AGM
Members of Alberta's governing United Conservative Party will vote on a raft of policy proposals this month.
edmontonjournal.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It bothers me that the UCP are considering denying healthcare to temporary foreign workers
These workers are only in Canada because a Canadian company said they couldn't fill their positions with Canadians
It's inhumane
#ableg #abpoli #Alberta
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
These workers are only in Canada because a Canadian company said they couldn't fill their positions with Canadians
It's inhumane
#ableg #abpoli #Alberta
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
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Is getting a 'mismatched' flu shot still worth it? Yes, absolutely www.cbc.ca/news/health/... @laurenpelley.bsky.social @cbcnews.ca
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Is getting a 'mismatched' flu shot still worth it? Yes, absolutely www.cbc.ca/news/health/... @laurenpelley.bsky.social @cbcnews.ca
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: Trying to challenge the UCP government’s misuse of the Charter’s notorious notwithstanding clause may be a waste of time and money, but using the UCP’s ridiculous recall legislation as a strategy against the perpetrators is clearly rattling Premier Smith. #abpoli
Danielle Smith’s Party Conked by Its Own Boomerang | The Tyee
The Recall Act is bad law made for bad reasons. Now the UCP rues its invention.
thetyee.ca
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: Trying to challenge the UCP government’s misuse of the Charter’s notorious notwithstanding clause may be a waste of time and money, but using the UCP’s ridiculous recall legislation as a strategy against the perpetrators is clearly rattling Premier Smith. #abpoli
Hey Alberta... looks like we got ourselves some real interest to discuss the state of HC in the Red Deer area of AB!
Growing RSVPs making us change to a bigger location. I LOVE IT!
I want to hear from as many as possible. Tell one, tell all!
www.friendsofmedicar...
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Growing RSVPs making us change to a bigger location. I LOVE IT!
I want to hear from as many as possible. Tell one, tell all!
www.friendsofmedicar...
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An urgent conversation: Public Health Care in Red Deer - Friends of Medicare
Join @friendsofmedicare and Dr. Paul Parks for an urgent conversation on Public Health Care in Red Deer on November 23!
www.friendsofmedicare.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Hey Alberta... looks like we got ourselves some real interest to discuss the state of HC in the Red Deer area of AB!
Growing RSVPs making us change to a bigger location. I LOVE IT!
I want to hear from as many as possible. Tell one, tell all!
www.friendsofmedicar...
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Growing RSVPs making us change to a bigger location. I LOVE IT!
I want to hear from as many as possible. Tell one, tell all!
www.friendsofmedicar...
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That's exactly what it was meant for you just didn't think it would come back to bite you in the ass.
"However, the government did not introduce the Recall Act to be weaponized by political activists who disagree with government policy."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"However, the government did not introduce the Recall Act to be weaponized by political activists who disagree with government policy."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta MLA accuses school principal of weaponizing position to push recall petition | CBC News
Angela Pitt, MLA for Airdrie-East, accused constituent Derek Keenan of abusing his job as a high school principal in order to launch a politically motivated recall petition.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
That's exactly what it was meant for you just didn't think it would come back to bite you in the ass.
"However, the government did not introduce the Recall Act to be weaponized by political activists who disagree with government policy."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"However, the government did not introduce the Recall Act to be weaponized by political activists who disagree with government policy."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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I keep waiting for all the winning we were promised.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I keep waiting for all the winning we were promised.
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Huh...
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Huh...
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“… a new study out of the United Kingdom that showed privatization of surgeries in England led to growing inequality, longer wait times, and disruption of the public health care system.”
From ⤵️
From ⤵️
The Ontario Health Coalition is hoping the provincial government will take note of a report that shows surgical privatization backfires. cknxnewstoday.ca/midwestern/n...
New report says surgical privatization backfired in England
The Ontario Health Coalition is pointing out the similar path the Ford government is taking the province down
cknxnewstoday.ca
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“… a new study out of the United Kingdom that showed privatization of surgeries in England led to growing inequality, longer wait times, and disruption of the public health care system.”
From ⤵️
From ⤵️
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I’ve signed my recall petition for my MLA.
The changes to healthcare are dangerous, reckless and uneducated.
Imagine resuscitating a patient but having the nurse in one room, the doctor in another, the RT in another, the XR tech in another.
The fragmentation is inefficient and idiotic.
The changes to healthcare are dangerous, reckless and uneducated.
Imagine resuscitating a patient but having the nurse in one room, the doctor in another, the RT in another, the XR tech in another.
The fragmentation is inefficient and idiotic.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I’ve signed my recall petition for my MLA.
The changes to healthcare are dangerous, reckless and uneducated.
Imagine resuscitating a patient but having the nurse in one room, the doctor in another, the RT in another, the XR tech in another.
The fragmentation is inefficient and idiotic.
The changes to healthcare are dangerous, reckless and uneducated.
Imagine resuscitating a patient but having the nurse in one room, the doctor in another, the RT in another, the XR tech in another.
The fragmentation is inefficient and idiotic.
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Albertans read this thread and tell your friends. There aren’t enough government run longterm care facilities so patients needing extensive care that longterm care provides are stuck in hospitals taking up beds. They are there for months, years. Private care homes not the answer.
#abpoli #UCP
#abpoli #UCP
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Everyone should listen to this excellent question – w excellent points that the Premier didn’t bother to answer...
But let's break this down, shall we?
TLDR: when Premier says “they” she is deflecting cuz “they” = GOVT
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Everyone should listen to this excellent question – w excellent points that the Premier didn’t bother to answer...
But let's break this down, shall we?
TLDR: when Premier says “they” she is deflecting cuz “they” = GOVT
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November 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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When healthcare becomes about profit, both the "health" and "care" elements are removed. #Ableg #ABpoli
“Complex needs” pts – Yes, these pts exist, and yes, we are well aware of their needs, but private run FOR-PROFIT facilities will NEVER take complex pts. They take only the easiest pts that maximize their profits.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
x.com/thebreakdownab...
Everyone should listen to this excellent question – w excellent points that the Premier didn’t bother to answer...
But let's break this down, shall we?
TLDR: when Premier says “they” she is deflecting cuz “they” = GOVT
1/13
Everyone should listen to this excellent question – w excellent points that the Premier didn’t bother to answer...
But let's break this down, shall we?
TLDR: when Premier says “they” she is deflecting cuz “they” = GOVT
1/13
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 AM
x.com/thebreakdownab...
Everyone should listen to this excellent question – w excellent points that the Premier didn’t bother to answer...
But let's break this down, shall we?
TLDR: when Premier says “they” she is deflecting cuz “they” = GOVT
1/13
Everyone should listen to this excellent question – w excellent points that the Premier didn’t bother to answer...
But let's break this down, shall we?
TLDR: when Premier says “they” she is deflecting cuz “they” = GOVT
1/13
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I’ll repost this thread to balance out my earlier effusive comments on what a pleasure it was to make use of BC’s public healthcare system.
canadahealthwatch.ca...
This article is a must read.
“…analysis underweighted population growth and the rise of longer lifespans and chronic illness, but its conclusions froze the expansion of medical training for a generation”
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This article is a must read.
“…analysis underweighted population growth and the rise of longer lifespans and chronic illness, but its conclusions froze the expansion of medical training for a generation”
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Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I’ll repost this thread to balance out my earlier effusive comments on what a pleasure it was to make use of BC’s public healthcare system.
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This is what #Alberta BACKWARDS #DanielleSmith'sHealth CareSystem is about
Looks like Alberta's future is already here
#abpoli #ableg
Looks like Alberta's future is already here
#abpoli #ableg
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is what #Alberta BACKWARDS #DanielleSmith'sHealth CareSystem is about
Looks like Alberta's future is already here
#abpoli #ableg
Looks like Alberta's future is already here
#abpoli #ableg
www.lakelandtoday.ca...
Get used to seeing news like this Alberta...
That's a big area unable to deliver close to home.
Don't those ABs deserve to be able to safely deliver close to their community?
Is HC going in the right direction AB?
Get used to seeing news like this Alberta...
That's a big area unable to deliver close to home.
Don't those ABs deserve to be able to safely deliver close to their community?
Is HC going in the right direction AB?
No obstetrical services at Cold Lake hospital until January
COLD LAKE - Obstetrical services are "temporarily" unavailable in Cold Lake, due to a OB/GYN shortage at the Cold Lake Healthcare Centre. This shortage will be ongoing until Jan. 5, 2026.
www.lakelandtoday.ca
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
www.lakelandtoday.ca...
Get used to seeing news like this Alberta...
That's a big area unable to deliver close to home.
Don't those ABs deserve to be able to safely deliver close to their community?
Is HC going in the right direction AB?
Get used to seeing news like this Alberta...
That's a big area unable to deliver close to home.
Don't those ABs deserve to be able to safely deliver close to their community?
Is HC going in the right direction AB?
canadahealthwatch.ca...
This article is a must read.
“…analysis underweighted population growth and the rise of longer lifespans and chronic illness, but its conclusions froze the expansion of medical training for a generation”
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This article is a must read.
“…analysis underweighted population growth and the rise of longer lifespans and chronic illness, but its conclusions froze the expansion of medical training for a generation”
1/6
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
canadahealthwatch.ca...
This article is a must read.
“…analysis underweighted population growth and the rise of longer lifespans and chronic illness, but its conclusions froze the expansion of medical training for a generation”
1/6
This article is a must read.
“…analysis underweighted population growth and the rise of longer lifespans and chronic illness, but its conclusions froze the expansion of medical training for a generation”
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Beny-sur-mer Canadian War Cemetary by Juno beach.
Seeing lots of posts politicizing Remembrance Day and postulating what they died for...
They died for ALL OF US...
Lest we forget.
Seeing lots of posts politicizing Remembrance Day and postulating what they died for...
They died for ALL OF US...
Lest we forget.
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Beny-sur-mer Canadian War Cemetary by Juno beach.
Seeing lots of posts politicizing Remembrance Day and postulating what they died for...
They died for ALL OF US...
Lest we forget.
Seeing lots of posts politicizing Remembrance Day and postulating what they died for...
They died for ALL OF US...
Lest we forget.
Canadian memorial at Juno Beach, Normandy.
Lest we forget.
Lest we forget.
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Canadian memorial at Juno Beach, Normandy.
Lest we forget.
Lest we forget.