Thread by @JasonOnTheDrums

#Ableg News 🧵(1/12)

Alberta - it was ANOTHER week of UCP blunders, Kenney lies, and Hinshaw’s COVID-19 failures.

We have 15 stories this week (a 87.5% increase over last week’s 8).

Ready to hop in? Let’s bounce Alberta: 🦘
#Abpoli

#Ableg News 🧵 (2/12)

1. The UCP FINALLY released the KPMG review of the COVID-19 first wave response on a Friday evening.

It revealed that:
🤦🏻‍♂️ Shandro failed to properly communicate with municipalities
😬 Kenney failed to make ANY adjustments for Wave 2 / 3

#Ableg News 🧵 (3/12)

2. Despite Kenney’s attempts to sell off our eastern slopes to Australian miners - Trudeau stepped in and rejected it (Thank you Trudeau)

3. While Alberta’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.5% #YYC grew to 9.8%

Kenney’s STILL down -53,000 jobs in Alberta!

#Ableg News 🧵 (4/12)

4. Kenney gets upset that the Fed’s warned him about his rolling back Covid-19 restrictions and says he won’t back down.(lol!)

5. Deloitte is STILL getting paid for the USELESS 0-User AB TraceTogether App! They’ve received $1,472,746 so far!

#Ableg News 🧵 (5/12)

6.During a webinar with AB MD’s, Hinshaw claimed she had approval from the Alberta College of Family Physicians on her covid 19 rollback

🤥 This was a MASSIVE lie:

No professional college has supported Hinshaw’s reckless move. Not a single darn one!

#Ableg News 🧵 (6/12)

The most RIDICULOUS stories this week:

7. UCP MLA Jay Stephan got mad - complaining it cost him $84 for chalk removal. (@DrAnneIrwin - I’ll gladly chip in)

8. Kenney holds a HUGE presser with 2 UCP MLAs to announce 25 brewery jobs (-52,975 Jobs to go)

#Ableg News 🧵 (7/12)

9. The Alberta Medical Association sends an open letter to Kenney, criticizing him for endangering kids 12
&.under

10. Alberta’s political, medical & legal experts call out Kenney’s staffers for targeted harassment. It’s an incredible article! @Lorian_H

#Ableg News 🧵 (8/12)

11. Despite Telus Babylon & Shandro promising “local” MD’s - it’s discovered all 14 MD are not in Alberta - and suck @ privacy legislation

12. Kenney messes up “Daylight Savings Time” referendum question. It should eliminate it - he’s making it permanent!

#Ableg News 🧵 (9/12)

13. SURPRISE! Shandro’s latest appointment to AHS Board: his campaign organizer and best pal! He’s an oil executive with 0 medical experience.

14. Biden announces he’d rather have OPEC increase oil production than approve Kenney’s KXL pipeline. Ouch!!

#Ableg News Feed (10/12)

15. @ricmciver’s seeking to make the Code of Conduct, which holds Alberta’s elected officials accountable for their actions, irrelevant.

The UCP doesn’t give 2 💩 💩 about integrity in Alberta politics

Check out this thread

#Ableg News 🧵 (11/12)

I like to end on a positive note, but there’s no good polls or donor news.

But let’s celebrate: the UCP is reversing the decision to prematurely end testing/tracing/isolation

The biggest reason: 2-weeks of Albertans keeping up the pressure

THANK YOU!!!

#Ableg News 🧵 (12/12)

Thanks to Albertan’s who inspired the stories (@Lorian_H, @jvipondmd, @Albert_Nobbs, @kim_siever, @UbakaOgbogu; @charlesrusnell (@AB_AgainstUCP, @youseepeeYYC, @brrittannyh, @TheBlueGem3, @MichelletypoQx @John1MD)

HUGE THANK YOU to all of you for reading!

Hey @abndpcaucus @JanisIrwin @Jeremy_Nolais - please consider making similar weekly or monthly posts (your reach is far greater). Feel free to reach out to myself, @youseepeeYYC or @AB_AgainstUCP - we’d love to help!