@pretenditsasociety.bsky.social
🇨🇦🥺 Elbows up 💪Moved here from the sewer - hoping for sanity. Retired health care worker in hellberta fighting now for public health , democracy , science , hope and survival . Happily married
🇨🇦🇺🇦😷🌎🌻🌳🐝
#CanadiansAgainstPoilievre
🇨🇦🇺🇦😷🌎🌻🌳🐝
#CanadiansAgainstPoilievre
Can the crackpots just move to the U.S. now and leave us alone ? #ForeverCanadian
They want to separate from Canada, join the US as the 51st state, then force Canada / BC to accept a pipeline.
#Canada #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #Alberta #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #ForeverCanadian
#Canada #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #Alberta #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #ForeverCanadian
I hate Smith with a passion
However...
The madness of the UCP separatist is that instead of making a deal with Canada for a pipeline
They want to separate from Canada become a country with no access to tidewater, and then as a separate country, make a deal for a pipeline with Canada
Madness!
#ableg
However...
The madness of the UCP separatist is that instead of making a deal with Canada for a pipeline
They want to separate from Canada become a country with no access to tidewater, and then as a separate country, make a deal for a pipeline with Canada
Madness!
#ableg
December 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Can the crackpots just move to the U.S. now and leave us alone ? #ForeverCanadian
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They want to separate from Canada, join the US as the 51st state, then force Canada / BC to accept a pipeline.
#Canada #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #Alberta #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #ForeverCanadian
#Canada #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #Alberta #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #ForeverCanadian
I hate Smith with a passion
However...
The madness of the UCP separatist is that instead of making a deal with Canada for a pipeline
They want to separate from Canada become a country with no access to tidewater, and then as a separate country, make a deal for a pipeline with Canada
Madness!
#ableg
However...
The madness of the UCP separatist is that instead of making a deal with Canada for a pipeline
They want to separate from Canada become a country with no access to tidewater, and then as a separate country, make a deal for a pipeline with Canada
Madness!
#ableg
November 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
They want to separate from Canada, join the US as the 51st state, then force Canada / BC to accept a pipeline.
#Canada #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #Alberta #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #ForeverCanadian
#Canada #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #Alberta #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #ForeverCanadian
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2/8 The logic is seductive: let those who can pay exit the public queue, shortening it for everyone else.
But this fails the laws of physics.
👉 The number of doctor hours is finite. You aren't adding capacity; you're just reshuffling the line based on a wallet biopsy rather than medical need. 👈
But this fails the laws of physics.
👉 The number of doctor hours is finite. You aren't adding capacity; you're just reshuffling the line based on a wallet biopsy rather than medical need. 👈
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
2/8 The logic is seductive: let those who can pay exit the public queue, shortening it for everyone else.
But this fails the laws of physics.
👉 The number of doctor hours is finite. You aren't adding capacity; you're just reshuffling the line based on a wallet biopsy rather than medical need. 👈
But this fails the laws of physics.
👉 The number of doctor hours is finite. You aren't adding capacity; you're just reshuffling the line based on a wallet biopsy rather than medical need. 👈
🤥🤥🤥
December 1, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🤥🤥🤥
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⚠️ Premier Danielle Smith announced the end of universal health care in Alberta this week.
On this week's episode of 'Whatever This Is', @zainvelji.bsky.social breaks down what it means — and why things will get much worse if she succeeds.
Follow us for more. #ableg #abpoli #canpoli
On this week's episode of 'Whatever This Is', @zainvelji.bsky.social breaks down what it means — and why things will get much worse if she succeeds.
Follow us for more. #ableg #abpoli #canpoli
November 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
⚠️ Premier Danielle Smith announced the end of universal health care in Alberta this week.
On this week's episode of 'Whatever This Is', @zainvelji.bsky.social breaks down what it means — and why things will get much worse if she succeeds.
Follow us for more. #ableg #abpoli #canpoli
On this week's episode of 'Whatever This Is', @zainvelji.bsky.social breaks down what it means — and why things will get much worse if she succeeds.
Follow us for more. #ableg #abpoli #canpoli
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🇨🇦 🩺 INSIDE THE ALLEGED $600M SAM MRAICHE / ALBERTA HEALTH CORRUPTION SCANDAL 🩺 🇨🇦
On election night, as Danielle Smith’s inner circle watched results roll in, a man in black stood among them.
He wasn't a politician. He was a vendor whose reach has triggered RCMP probes.
#AbLeg #CdnPoli #AHS
🇨🇦 🩺 INSIDE THE ALLEGED $600M SAM MRAICHE / ALBERTA HEALTH CORRUPTION SCANDAL 🩺 🇨🇦
On election night, as Danielle Smith’s inner circle watched results roll in, a man in black stood among them.
He wasn't a politician. He was a vendor whose reach has triggered RCMP probes.
#AbLeg #CdnPoli #AHS
November 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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“The Globe identified more than 60 civil proceedings in which Mr. Mraiche or his companies were participants.”
SIXTY civil cases, a gambling addiction, and cozy ties with government.
Gumshoe Carrie Tait reports on a very sticky web, in which the UCP seems irrevocably ensnared.
SIXTY civil cases, a gambling addiction, and cozy ties with government.
Gumshoe Carrie Tait reports on a very sticky web, in which the UCP seems irrevocably ensnared.
On Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Sam Mraiche
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social
Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy
A Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“The Globe identified more than 60 civil proceedings in which Mr. Mraiche or his companies were participants.”
SIXTY civil cases, a gambling addiction, and cozy ties with government.
Gumshoe Carrie Tait reports on a very sticky web, in which the UCP seems irrevocably ensnared.
SIXTY civil cases, a gambling addiction, and cozy ties with government.
Gumshoe Carrie Tait reports on a very sticky web, in which the UCP seems irrevocably ensnared.
Remember it was Kenney who let the “ lunatics take over the asylum “
When he tries to take PP’s job federally
When he tries to take PP’s job federally
The Frankenparty stitched together by Jason Kenney spawns a separatist monster in its ranks. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/the-...
The Frankenparty stitched together by Jason Kenney spawns a separatist monster in its ranks - Alberta Politics
The Frankenparty stitched together in 2017 by Jason Kenney from the Wildrose Party and the Progressive Conservatives has spawned a monster. Hard-line Alberta separatists who were tolerated by Mr. Ken...
albertapolitics.ca
November 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Remember it was Kenney who let the “ lunatics take over the asylum “
When he tries to take PP’s job federally
When he tries to take PP’s job federally
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Following the weekend UCP separatism orgy, many of you are worried about the future of Alberta and Canada.
Do not be afraid!
We, the majority, have it handled. You now found your voice. #ForeverCanadian is organized and ready to pivot to take on any challenge.
#ableg #cdnpoli
Do not be afraid!
We, the majority, have it handled. You now found your voice. #ForeverCanadian is organized and ready to pivot to take on any challenge.
#ableg #cdnpoli
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Following the weekend UCP separatism orgy, many of you are worried about the future of Alberta and Canada.
Do not be afraid!
We, the majority, have it handled. You now found your voice. #ForeverCanadian is organized and ready to pivot to take on any challenge.
#ableg #cdnpoli
Do not be afraid!
We, the majority, have it handled. You now found your voice. #ForeverCanadian is organized and ready to pivot to take on any challenge.
#ableg #cdnpoli
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We should not be reducing access to women’s #healthcare.
UCP are all for “choice” in private clinics & private schools, but they are now starting to talk about taking away choice for #women in #Alberta.
#abpoli #ableg
UCP are all for “choice” in private clinics & private schools, but they are now starting to talk about taking away choice for #women in #Alberta.
#abpoli #ableg
UCP calls for a referendum on “late term abortion”
Abortion is health care. It belongs between a patient & their doctor, not on a ballot & not in the UCP’s talking points.
Abortion is health care. It belongs between a patient & their doctor, not on a ballot & not in the UCP’s talking points.
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We should not be reducing access to women’s #healthcare.
UCP are all for “choice” in private clinics & private schools, but they are now starting to talk about taking away choice for #women in #Alberta.
#abpoli #ableg
UCP are all for “choice” in private clinics & private schools, but they are now starting to talk about taking away choice for #women in #Alberta.
#abpoli #ableg
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📢Take action to Protect + Rebuild Alberta's health care! rebuildourhealthcare.ca
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
📢Take action to Protect + Rebuild Alberta's health care! rebuildourhealthcare.ca
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Morning! I'm talkin about Alberta's (almost) proposed public/private health care system with The Decibel today. Here ya go!
www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...
www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...
The controversial push to expand private health care in Alberta
Could Alberta’s proposal to introduce a public-private care system violate the Canada Health Act?
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Morning! I'm talkin about Alberta's (almost) proposed public/private health care system with The Decibel today. Here ya go!
www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...
www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the...
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“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
Thursday's letters: UCP hiding from accountability
Edmonton Journal readers speak out on on Alberta invoking the notwithstanding clause and CFL rule changes.
edmontonjournal.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
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So apparently this is fine but Canadian governments using advertising to share views with Americans about trade is completely inappropriate.
Got it.
Got it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So apparently this is fine but Canadian governments using advertising to share views with Americans about trade is completely inappropriate.
Got it.
Got it.
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Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches
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Louder Liz for those in the back.
Ahahahaha 🤣 Elizabeth May explaining the tanker ban “especially to the attention of slow learners; Andrew Sheer, Danielle Smith, take note.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Louder Liz for those in the back.
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Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
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The UCP either wants Albertans to incur medical debt, or face long waits while people with money can access #healthcare sooner.
This is not what Albertans want. @albertandp.ca is fighting for effective investment in public healthcare to support our #doctors & #nurses
This is not what Albertans want. @albertandp.ca is fighting for effective investment in public healthcare to support our #doctors & #nurses
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The UCP either wants Albertans to incur medical debt, or face long waits while people with money can access #healthcare sooner.
This is not what Albertans want. @albertandp.ca is fighting for effective investment in public healthcare to support our #doctors & #nurses
This is not what Albertans want. @albertandp.ca is fighting for effective investment in public healthcare to support our #doctors & #nurses
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Danielle’s failed privatization of lab services cost Alberta taxpayers $100 million (Dynalife).
Danielle buying useless Turkish Tylenol cost $80 million.
Danielle paying off coal companies cost $100+ million.
And so on.
Recall them all.
#Canada #Alberta #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg
Danielle buying useless Turkish Tylenol cost $80 million.
Danielle paying off coal companies cost $100+ million.
And so on.
Recall them all.
#Canada #Alberta #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg
The UCP strikes again. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's bid to privatize lab services wasted more than $100M: auditor general | CBC News
Alberta's auditor general has released a report detailing numerous failures in process and lack of due diligence by the province in its attempt to privatize community lab services.
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Yet another Alberta Supervised Consumption Site is being shuttered, this one at the Royal Alex.
“Today’s announcement is yet another blow to evidence-based addictions care,” says FOM's Chris Gallaway: www.friendsofmedicare.org/closure_of_a...
➡️Take action: www.friendsofmedicare.org/isupportharm...
“Today’s announcement is yet another blow to evidence-based addictions care,” says FOM's Chris Gallaway: www.friendsofmedicare.org/closure_of_a...
➡️Take action: www.friendsofmedicare.org/isupportharm...
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Yet another Alberta Supervised Consumption Site is being shuttered, this one at the Royal Alex.
“Today’s announcement is yet another blow to evidence-based addictions care,” says FOM's Chris Gallaway: www.friendsofmedicare.org/closure_of_a...
➡️Take action: www.friendsofmedicare.org/isupportharm...
“Today’s announcement is yet another blow to evidence-based addictions care,” says FOM's Chris Gallaway: www.friendsofmedicare.org/closure_of_a...
➡️Take action: www.friendsofmedicare.org/isupportharm...
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“this is the Alberta government saying that the rights of trans kids to receive lifesaving healthcare, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams, don’t matter as much as Smith’s government’s right to dictate their lives.”
I feel sick.
I feel sick.
"Whether it’s lies about the safety of puberty blockers or the competitive impact of allowing trans women to compete in women’s sports, the stances and statements Smith is repeatedly trotting out.... are at their best misleading and at their worst outright lies."
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
xtramagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“this is the Alberta government saying that the rights of trans kids to receive lifesaving healthcare, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams, don’t matter as much as Smith’s government’s right to dictate their lives.”
I feel sick.
I feel sick.