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The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model?
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Back in school, I wrote an essay about how two-tier healthcare would improve access for everyone.
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
Picard’s point on AB’s new “dual practice” plan: evidence shows letting surgeons bill public & private won’t fix wait times, it likely lengthens them, drains staff from public hospitals, adds red tape, and undermines access.
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model?
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
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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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🎥 NEW EPISODE: This week on ‘Whatever This Is’ we unpack why Danielle Smith’s plan for two tier healthcare is the most dangerous shift Alberta has seen in decades. Other countries tried this and their public care fell apart.
Follow us here for more. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #canpoli
Follow us here for more. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #canpoli
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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"If we become inured to abuse of the notwithstanding clause, the rights of all Canadians will be at risk.
...It remains up to all of us to push back and make our voices heard—just as Albertans were brave enough to do 25 years ago": @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social.
albertaviews.ca/stripping-aw...
...It remains up to all of us to push back and make our voices heard—just as Albertans were brave enough to do 25 years ago": @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social.
albertaviews.ca/stripping-aw...
Stripping Away Rights Using the Notwithstanding Clause. - Alberta Views
After a week of rancorous debate, Klein announced he would not invoke the notwithstanding clause on the landmark gay rights decision...
albertaviews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"If we become inured to abuse of the notwithstanding clause, the rights of all Canadians will be at risk.
...It remains up to all of us to push back and make our voices heard—just as Albertans were brave enough to do 25 years ago": @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social.
albertaviews.ca/stripping-aw...
...It remains up to all of us to push back and make our voices heard—just as Albertans were brave enough to do 25 years ago": @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social.
albertaviews.ca/stripping-aw...
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When Jason Kenney kicked all the centrist normies out of the party, this is the monster he created.
Stop trying to turn Kenney into a statesman. He is very much responsible for what Danielle Smith is doing to the province.
Stop trying to turn Kenney into a statesman. He is very much responsible for what Danielle Smith is doing to the province.
Let’s be clear on this: Danielle Smith is ripping up the Charter of Rights & Freedoms to take away rights from the most vulnerable people in Alberta. And she’s doing it to protect herself from the militant wing of her own party, nothing more. Hope it’s all she’s ever remembered for in the long run
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
When Jason Kenney kicked all the centrist normies out of the party, this is the monster he created.
Stop trying to turn Kenney into a statesman. He is very much responsible for what Danielle Smith is doing to the province.
Stop trying to turn Kenney into a statesman. He is very much responsible for what Danielle Smith is doing to the province.
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Tomorrow, the Auditor General will release his report into the UCP's Dynalife fiasco.
They're hoping to flood the zone this week with citizenship markers and anti-trans legislation.
Keep your focus on the targets.
And the broader pattern.
The UCP is shifting Alberta away from liberal democracy.
They're hoping to flood the zone this week with citizenship markers and anti-trans legislation.
Keep your focus on the targets.
And the broader pattern.
The UCP is shifting Alberta away from liberal democracy.
Keeping up with the UCP government's democratic transgressions can be difficult.
But not impossible.
Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇
But not impossible.
Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Tomorrow, the Auditor General will release his report into the UCP's Dynalife fiasco.
They're hoping to flood the zone this week with citizenship markers and anti-trans legislation.
Keep your focus on the targets.
And the broader pattern.
The UCP is shifting Alberta away from liberal democracy.
They're hoping to flood the zone this week with citizenship markers and anti-trans legislation.
Keep your focus on the targets.
And the broader pattern.
The UCP is shifting Alberta away from liberal democracy.
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My latest investigation for @thetyee.ca details what the UCP government doesn't want the public to know about their private surgery push.
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
My latest investigation for @thetyee.ca details what the UCP government doesn't want the public to know about their private surgery push.
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Alberta Healthcare Universality is Clearly in Smith's Sights
Pay more taxes, get fewer public services. Not satisfied? Then pay out of your own pocket.
That's the playbook, folks. You've been warned.
@Lorian_H @ABDanielleSmith #ableg #abpoli
youtu.be/508Ub40OM8c
Pay more taxes, get fewer public services. Not satisfied? Then pay out of your own pocket.
That's the playbook, folks. You've been warned.
@Lorian_H @ABDanielleSmith #ableg #abpoli
youtu.be/508Ub40OM8c
Alberta Healthcare Universality is Clearly in Smith's Sights
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Alberta Healthcare Universality is Clearly in Smith's Sights
Pay more taxes, get fewer public services. Not satisfied? Then pay out of your own pocket.
That's the playbook, folks. You've been warned.
@Lorian_H @ABDanielleSmith #ableg #abpoli
youtu.be/508Ub40OM8c
Pay more taxes, get fewer public services. Not satisfied? Then pay out of your own pocket.
That's the playbook, folks. You've been warned.
@Lorian_H @ABDanielleSmith #ableg #abpoli
youtu.be/508Ub40OM8c
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💯🔥
Pierre Poilievre and Jamil Javani are sowing Stephen Harper’s politics of division and hate whenever and however they can. The call is coming from inside the house, Canada🇨🇦.
#EndHate
#CanadaStrong
#ElbowsUp
#FightFascism
#NeverPoilievre
#NeverConservative
@charlieangus.substack.com.web.brid.gy
Pierre Poilievre and Jamil Javani are sowing Stephen Harper’s politics of division and hate whenever and however they can. The call is coming from inside the house, Canada🇨🇦.
#EndHate
#CanadaStrong
#ElbowsUp
#FightFascism
#NeverPoilievre
#NeverConservative
@charlieangus.substack.com.web.brid.gy
November 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
💯🔥
Pierre Poilievre and Jamil Javani are sowing Stephen Harper’s politics of division and hate whenever and however they can. The call is coming from inside the house, Canada🇨🇦.
#EndHate
#CanadaStrong
#ElbowsUp
#FightFascism
#NeverPoilievre
#NeverConservative
@charlieangus.substack.com.web.brid.gy
Pierre Poilievre and Jamil Javani are sowing Stephen Harper’s politics of division and hate whenever and however they can. The call is coming from inside the house, Canada🇨🇦.
#EndHate
#CanadaStrong
#ElbowsUp
#FightFascism
#NeverPoilievre
#NeverConservative
@charlieangus.substack.com.web.brid.gy
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The first (and until today only) time Alberta invoked the notwithstanding clause - in 1998
- the public outcry was so great that Premier Ralph Klein reversed his decision in less than 24 hours. FWIW.
- the public outcry was so great that Premier Ralph Klein reversed his decision in less than 24 hours. FWIW.
The UCP government has invoked time allocation and on a bill removing Albertans' Charter rights.
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding
The UCP's Bill 2 skirts the legislature and the courts, leaving it up to the public to push back swiftly
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The first (and until today only) time Alberta invoked the notwithstanding clause - in 1998
- the public outcry was so great that Premier Ralph Klein reversed his decision in less than 24 hours. FWIW.
- the public outcry was so great that Premier Ralph Klein reversed his decision in less than 24 hours. FWIW.
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So frustrating that the UCP are in so many ways teed up to be knocked off but the NDP can’t find the proper bat or club to use to knock them out of the park
October 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
So frustrating that the UCP are in so many ways teed up to be knocked off but the NDP can’t find the proper bat or club to use to knock them out of the park
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"Province-Wide Action" Looms if Smith Forces Teachers Back to Work
What are DanielleSmith's options? What if she orders 51k striking teachers back to work and invokes the Notwithstanding Clause?
AFL president Gil McGowan explains.
#ABleg #ABpoli
youtu.be/h8j-LpHVlF0
What are DanielleSmith's options? What if she orders 51k striking teachers back to work and invokes the Notwithstanding Clause?
AFL president Gil McGowan explains.
#ABleg #ABpoli
youtu.be/h8j-LpHVlF0
"Province-Wide Action" Looms if Smith Forces Teachers Back to Work
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"Province-Wide Action" Looms if Smith Forces Teachers Back to Work
What are DanielleSmith's options? What if she orders 51k striking teachers back to work and invokes the Notwithstanding Clause?
AFL president Gil McGowan explains.
#ABleg #ABpoli
youtu.be/h8j-LpHVlF0
What are DanielleSmith's options? What if she orders 51k striking teachers back to work and invokes the Notwithstanding Clause?
AFL president Gil McGowan explains.
#ABleg #ABpoli
youtu.be/h8j-LpHVlF0
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Holy mendacious framing, Batman!
He did not clear Danielle Smith or her government of wrongdoing. He very clearly made it explicit that they wouldn't provide evidence that might implicate them.
He did not clear Danielle Smith or her government of wrongdoing. He very clearly made it explicit that they wouldn't provide evidence that might implicate them.
October 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Holy mendacious framing, Batman!
He did not clear Danielle Smith or her government of wrongdoing. He very clearly made it explicit that they wouldn't provide evidence that might implicate them.
He did not clear Danielle Smith or her government of wrongdoing. He very clearly made it explicit that they wouldn't provide evidence that might implicate them.
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This thread needs to be front-page news all across #Alberta.
RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #2
- Pt in their 40s, witnessed cardiac arrest
- EMS responds and begins resuscitation
- Only mins from nearest Hospital, but the ED is CLOSED
- Adjacent Hospital ED Closed too
- EMS crew NOT aware of ED closures
1/7
- Pt in their 40s, witnessed cardiac arrest
- EMS responds and begins resuscitation
- Only mins from nearest Hospital, but the ED is CLOSED
- Adjacent Hospital ED Closed too
- EMS crew NOT aware of ED closures
1/7
October 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This thread needs to be front-page news all across #Alberta.
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It’s smart of the ATA to shine a light on the issue of private schools. I’ll bet a lot of Albertans think it’s bonkers that we fund them at 70%.
October 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It’s smart of the ATA to shine a light on the issue of private schools. I’ll bet a lot of Albertans think it’s bonkers that we fund them at 70%.
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Today’s news story from @kimsiever.bsky.social
Safeway wants to roll back worker benefits
Remember, this is the same company that wanted to take back raises last year that they had already paid their workers.
albertaworker.ca/news/safeway...
Safeway wants to roll back worker benefits
Remember, this is the same company that wanted to take back raises last year that they had already paid their workers.
albertaworker.ca/news/safeway...
Safeway wants to roll back worker benefits
Remember, this is the same company that wanted to take back raises last year that they had already paid their workers.
albertaworker.ca
October 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Today’s news story from @kimsiever.bsky.social
Safeway wants to roll back worker benefits
Remember, this is the same company that wanted to take back raises last year that they had already paid their workers.
albertaworker.ca/news/safeway...
Safeway wants to roll back worker benefits
Remember, this is the same company that wanted to take back raises last year that they had already paid their workers.
albertaworker.ca/news/safeway...
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PACE is a social conservative Trojan Horse.
PACE is backed by the people who make up the most extreme wing of conservatives in Alberta. They're using messaging about infill an taxation as bait to trick voters into electing their alt-right slate.
Don't be tricked.
PACE is backed by the people who make up the most extreme wing of conservatives in Alberta. They're using messaging about infill an taxation as bait to trick voters into electing their alt-right slate.
Don't be tricked.
October 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
PACE is a social conservative Trojan Horse.
PACE is backed by the people who make up the most extreme wing of conservatives in Alberta. They're using messaging about infill an taxation as bait to trick voters into electing their alt-right slate.
Don't be tricked.
PACE is backed by the people who make up the most extreme wing of conservatives in Alberta. They're using messaging about infill an taxation as bait to trick voters into electing their alt-right slate.
Don't be tricked.
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The conservative govt of Alberta, Canada is up to some seriously white supremacist fascist af bullshit with this. FYI, they will force Albertans to prove their citizenship status and then create lists or who is "natural born" and who isn't. Nothing good comes from this kind of crap. Nothing.
September 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The conservative govt of Alberta, Canada is up to some seriously white supremacist fascist af bullshit with this. FYI, they will force Albertans to prove their citizenship status and then create lists or who is "natural born" and who isn't. Nothing good comes from this kind of crap. Nothing.
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EPSB deserves credit for the withdrawal of the book ban order.
Had it not been for their malicious compliance, there wouldn’t have been the very loud international backlash.
Bravo, @epsbofficial.bsky.social & @juliekusiek.bsky.social.
Honourable mention @margaretatwood.bsky.social
#ableg
Had it not been for their malicious compliance, there wouldn’t have been the very loud international backlash.
Bravo, @epsbofficial.bsky.social & @juliekusiek.bsky.social.
Honourable mention @margaretatwood.bsky.social
#ableg
a man wearing a black shirt with the word nirvana on it
ALT: a man wearing a black shirt with the word nirvana on it
media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
EPSB deserves credit for the withdrawal of the book ban order.
Had it not been for their malicious compliance, there wouldn’t have been the very loud international backlash.
Bravo, @epsbofficial.bsky.social & @juliekusiek.bsky.social.
Honourable mention @margaretatwood.bsky.social
#ableg
Had it not been for their malicious compliance, there wouldn’t have been the very loud international backlash.
Bravo, @epsbofficial.bsky.social & @juliekusiek.bsky.social.
Honourable mention @margaretatwood.bsky.social
#ableg
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If we do not decry censorship, we are complicit with it.
August 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If we do not decry censorship, we are complicit with it.
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I'm surprised that the Edmonton J*urnal has chosen to reprint Nicolaides' anti-teacher propaganda with no attempt at investigative journalism that might provide a balanced and informed view.
Said nobody, ever.
Said nobody, ever.
August 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'm surprised that the Edmonton J*urnal has chosen to reprint Nicolaides' anti-teacher propaganda with no attempt at investigative journalism that might provide a balanced and informed view.
Said nobody, ever.
Said nobody, ever.