#Ableg News 🧵
Despite Kenney’s fake Covid19 update; it’s been a HORRIBLE week in Alberta:
🤥 Kenney mislead Albertans about Food Shortages (Story #1)
🪨 UCP pit mines hit a dead end (#5-6)
👨🏫 Alberta Teachers are done with the UCP (#8)
Here’s 13 REALLY bad UCP news stories!
#Ableg News 🧵
🤥 Liar Liar!
1. Experts are blasting Kenney’s choice to weaponize pictures showing empty shelves.
One expert said it “will not help the current situation”. There may be some Price increases, but not potential food shortages”
#Ableg News 🧵
2. New survey shows under Kenney. Albertans’ confidence in their personal finances hit an all-time low!
Nearly m 50% of Albertan’s are Not optimistic about their future in this province.
This is not just the lowest number in Canada, but in the Survey’s history!
#Ableg News 🧵
3. More Surgery Cancellations!
Alberta's hospitalization hit new highs and surgeries are being postponed — causing uncertainty for doctors and patients alike!
“It's not just surgeries, it's endoscopy and psychological treatment … it's a whole range of things."
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Speaking of surgeries…
4. Kenney lied to Albertans about the number of cancelled surgeries, downplaying the number by 7,000 surgeries.
The total number of all surgeries cancelled due to his poor pandemic response remains around 81,000 cancelled procedures!
#Ableg
5. High River’s Mayor sounding the alarm over a recent meeting with Kenney and Savage.
He felt they both signalled their intention to move forward with Australian companies developing open pit mining regardless; a move the mayor was “100% certain” Kenney wanted
#Ableg News 🧵
Unfortunately for Kenney’s open mining dreams:
6. Alberta’s top court DENIED a request by Kenney’s Australian Open Pit mining pals, Benga, to appeal a regulatory decision.
They are not approved to open a Grassy Mountain coal mine in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains!
#Ableg News 🧵
7. In a great article by @JeremyAppel1025, Madu’s “investigation” is under scrutiny.
While not a direct conflict of interest, Kenney appointing his pal and former cabinet college’s’ sister to investigate the Madu questioning the investigation’s impartiality 🤔
#Anleg News 🧵
8. A new survey from the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) conducted at the end of November suggests more than 37% of respondents reported they probably won’t be teaching in Alberta next year.
Many stated burnout and attacks from @jkenney as a major reason
#Ableg News 🧵
9. A group of Calgary moms are forced to fundraising to do what they say the UCP government failed to do: Supply teachers and support staff across the province with better quality PPE.
(Huge thank you @amandalhu!!!)
#Ableg News 🧵
10. On Saturday, the wait time for ER at Red Deer hospital hit 14 hours, with one person dying in the wait room
AHS said the weekend demand surged dramatically with an influx of COVID-19 patients
#Ableg News 🧵
11. AHS opened its pandemic response unit in #YEG as the province reported a pandemic-high for COVID-19 hospitalizations for the 6th straight day and 13 additional deaths.
Hospitalizations increased of 51% in a single day!
#Ableg News Thread
12. Alberta’s Omicron rates are~ 200% higher than the national average
13 Despite record hospitalizations forcing field hospitals to open, Kenney told his UCP MLA’s omicron is almost over and gave a thumbs up to travel internationally again (@elisevonscheel)
#Ableg News 🧵
As always: MASSIVE CHEERS to @AB_AgainstUCP @alisoncassis1 @youseepeeYYC @MichelletypoQ @SeanDunn10 @JasonPYYC @brrittannyh @KikkiPlanet @Mitchell_AB @RKSAlberta @kim_siever @TheBreakdownAB @high_tequila @StephWKBach @TheBlueGem3 @SkipIsChris @YYCCowboy
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