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#Ableg News🧵

It you didn’t sleep this week…I’m there! Some REALLY bad @UCPCaucus kept me awake:

😡: Kenney Uses & Defends Racism (Story #4)
🏥: More Rural Hospitals Close (#6)
😞: Alberta OD Deaths Break Records (#8)

Let’s look at XX Bad News Stories:

(📸 @Isuckatpicking )

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🎉 UCP PARTY TIME! 🎊

1. 2-hours after Kenney told Albertans how serious Omicron is and to avoid gathering, 200+ UCP Members and MLAs secretly held a private party in #YEG!🍺

2. Because of online backlash, a huge UCP Party in #YYC the next day was cancelled 😞

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3. Despite knowing Omicron’s threat for WEEKS, the UCP only announced a new Covid19 booster program (18+) Tuesday

As they didn’t advise pharmacies in advance, it created a MASSIVE mess with appointments, leading to vaccine shortages and hundreds of cancellations

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4.😡 In an interview with Rick Bell, Kenney laughed about variants saying “Who knows what the next variant is…what’s the next bat soup thing out of Wuhan?

5. Kenney’s staff defended him saying he CAN’T be anti-Asian because he ate Chinese Food 2X this year! 😬

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6. Due to low staffing under Kenney, 3 northern Alberta towns won't have doctors on-site in their community's emergency departments for prolonged periods over the next few weeks: Swan Hills, Barrhead, and McLellan are in trouble!

More on this (Next Story…)

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7. Staffing is so bad all over Alberta under Kenney that the UCP government reversed AHS rules around vaccination mandates for front line health workers.

Unvaccinated AHS staff can now work with vulnerable patients providing they have a clean test every 2-days 🤦🏻‍♂️

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😞 Devastating News

8. A new report revealed 1,370 Albertans died of a drug poisoning between January and October 2021, making it the deadliest year on record

On average 4.5 Albertans are dying from an OD each day

One UCP MLA had a thought on this (next story)

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9. 🥴 UCP MLA Stephen blames safe consumption sites (SCS) for Red Deer’s homeless & crime concerns

Stephen claimed SCS’s attract out-of-town drug addicts who cause most of the trouble

Stephan was asked where he came up with the claim, but no clarity was given

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10. Kenney’s Australian coal mining pals, Benga Mines, REFUSE to pay a $1,300,000 bill owed to 4 environmental groups, a municipality, and a First Nation.

The costs relate to Banga losing a regulatory hearing which would allowing them to operate an open pit mine.

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🚨 4 NEW POLLS ALERT 🚨

11. On Rapid Test Rollout:

✅ - 30% of Albertans can’t get a rapid test
✅ - ONLY 20% say the UCP are doing a good job

12. Premier Net Approval Rating:
📉- Kenney’s “Net Approval” is MINUS 40!!! The worst in 🇨🇦

(there’s more…)

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13. Albertans on the Environment & Economy:

✅ 69% want the UCP to step up and protect the Bighorn backcountry of the Rocky Mountains as promised

✅ 62% think Alberta’s economy is heading in the wrong direction

✅ 45% will vote for the NDP 😆

Speaking of…

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The Best Poll of 2021:

14. If an election were held in Alberta today:

✅ 53% Would vote for the @abndpcaucus (a jump of 20% from 2019)

❌ ONLY 34% Would vote for the @UCPCaucus (a drop of 21%)

Thanks to the incredible people for this week’s 🧵@AB_AgainstUCP @youseepeeYYC @TheBlueGem3 @KikkiPlanet @RKSAlberta @SeanDunn10 @JasonPYYC @MichelletypoQ @reachingrooted @brrittannyh @c1aireify @scottdellinger @TheBreakdownAB @atypicalalbertn @StephWKBach @SkipIsChris

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One last thought:

If you get the chance to meet your family this holiday season:

Speak Up.
Speak Loud.
Demand A Better Government.
It’s Didn’t Have to be this Way.

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