#Ableg News🧵
Happy December Alberta!
📰 Let’s review the UCP’s Bad News Week, including:
🤫 The UCP made daycare more expensive! (Story #10)
🤬 A UCP MLA insults Albertans! (#13)
💰 Kenney sued AGAIN..we’re paying for it! (#16)
Here’s 20 bad news stories this week! Enjoy!
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1. It was discovered that one of the secret schools piloting LaGrange’s much maligned curriculum is in La Crete, Alberta.
Sadly, documents show even La Crete teacher’s won’t fully implement it due to disagreeing with the content.
No response from LaGrange 😣
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😳
2. Yikes! Despite desperately pushing his Alberta Police Force, a poll shows only 9% of Albertans actually support it!
3. Local leaders reveal Kenney’s police sees Alberta losing $200 million in federal funding and the transition will cost us $366 million!
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4. 💔 Matt Wolf resigns, sadly qualifying for a potential 20-week separation pay of ~$80,500 of Alberta taxpayer money
5. 😳 Because of a shortage of ambulances due to Kenney’s cuts, EMS are being asked to respond to incidents more than 2.5 hours away this week!
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6. During a press conference on how Alberta will be safe from the Omicron variant, Kenney said he wants to relax restrictions 🤦🏻♂️
7. The next day, Dr. Hinshaw said she didn’t exactly support Kenney having less restrictions
8. Surprise! Omicron arrived in Alberta
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WOW!
9. A FOIP request revealed both Kenney and Shandro were away in August 2021…leaving Adriana LaGrange in charge of all Health Care decisions without notifying anyone!
There are concerns this choice resulted in the cataclysmic Wave 4 still hitting Alberta
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10. While the UCP are giving licensed childcare providers a small operating grant from federal funding in 2022, they’re also SLASHING existing provincial funding in other areas.
This will result in HIGHER child care costs Alberta for parents!
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Liar Liar 🤥
11. Madu swears a devastating 3% cut to ASIRT, the body who investigates injuries / deaths possibly caused by police, had ZERO to do with an Exec. Director’s departure
12 The Exec Director came out the next day to say she quit because of Madu’s cuts
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A story of “raising the bar”…
13. Anti-science UCP MLA Garth Roswell attacked a constituent after they challenged him about his “climate change isn’t real” stance.
In response, Roswell insulted his constituents, calling them "devoid of critical thinking skills”
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Uh oh….
14. Kenney’s office filed a statement of defence responding to a former UCP staffers “unjust dismissal” lawsuit. The UCP claim Doug Schweitzer had asked her to be replaced
15. Schweitzer is on record saying he NEVER asked Kimmel to be replaced or fired
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Speaking of lawsuits…
16. The Alberta government just hired a private law firm to defend Kenney after several environmental groups threatened him with a defamation lawsuit.
This means taxpayers are AGAIN on the hook for Kenney’s negligent antics.
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🚨 New Poll Alert 🚨
17. A new Leger poll isn’t promising for Kenney of the UCP.
When asked who would be the best leader:
18% Brian Jean
15%. Jason Kenney
11%. Danielle Smith
51% of Albertans they’d REFUSE to vote for the UCP regardless of who is in charge!
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18. A MASSIVE UCP donor, the Southerns (ATCO) were caught illegally overpaying a B.C.First Nation millions to secure a lucrative contract providing camps for the Trans Mountain pipeline project
They attempted to recoup the 💴by increasing rates to customers
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19. The ONLY Medical Centre in Grand Cache is closing its doors - forcing people to now drive nearly 3 hours to see a doctor (@ladydib1)
20. Lethbridge has lost so many doctors under Kenney the situation is dire. 43,249 citizens no longer have a family doctor
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So no “good news” story this week, but let’s support a local Alberta artist!
@angelaneedsleep is one of my fav humans on earth.
She’s a nurse who is channeling tragedy into her passion for art, jewelry and gems.
Please check her out: etsy.com/ca/shop/BlackS…
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MASSIVE thanks for this week’s stories: @AB_AgainstUCP @MattGrierMusic @scottdellinger @youseepeeYYC @JasonPYYC @MichelletypoQ @brrittannyh @KikkiPlanet @high_tequila @Mitchell_AB @RKSAlberta @SkipIsChris @SeanDunn10 @ActuallyTeaa @TheBlueGem3 @TheBreakdownAB
Special thanks to the #ableg journalists who reported the stories:
@Jantafrench @laurabeamish16 @CTVMFranklin @kevinCTV @DominicJTerry @timquerengesser @charlesrusnell @elisevonscheel!
Your voices help being awareness to what’s happening in Alberta! Thank you!
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