#Ableg News 🧵
Despite resigning: Life gets worse for the UCP and Albertans:
🤷🏻♂️ Alberta leads Canada…in Unemployment (Story #1)
😢 Nobody wants UCP MLA’s at High School Grads (#7)
👩⚖️ 3 AWFUL Stories about Tyler Shandro’s Conduct (#8-10)
Here’s 20 (YUP!) Bad News UCP Stories
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1. It’s Official!
Despite a booming economy, Alberta's STILL has the highest rate of long-term unemployed people in Canada!
At 32.9%, it’s significantly higher than the 2nd highest of Newfoundland and Labrador at 22.3%.
The Canadian average of 20.9%
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2. A judge had ordered Dr. Hinshaw to be more transparent in responding to requests for info explaining why the UCP lifted COVID-19 mask mandates on March 1.
Hinshaw has refused to give reasons why the mandate was actually lifted and if it was a UCP decision.
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3. Alberta’s emergency departments are “at the breaking point,” according to a new report from the province’s doctors.
A new care deficit assessment is showing widening gaps in care in the health-care system, including average wait times of 12-hours in ER!
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4. Staffing shortages are continuing to plague Alberta hospitals, forcing over 200+ private sector nurses to be used to fill the gaps.
The use of temporary front-line staff is seen as “a last resort in the face of growing strain on the health-care system”.
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5. Edmonton Public School’s new budget will result in over 250 staffing cuts amid growing enrolment in the coming school year.
The UCP changes to the budget resulted in a major funding shortfall for nearly 1,700 students.
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6. The Calgary Catholic School District will be forced dip into operating reserves to balance it s budget for the 2022-23 school year.
The UCP changes to budget allocation resulted in a $13,500,000 million shortage, and would have resulted in massive layoffs
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😢
7. Alberta's education minister LaGrange wrote a NASTY e-Mail to school boards for allegedly preventing UCP MLA’s from not being invited to spring graduation celebrations.
Critics suggest this has a distinctly intimidating, 'kiss the ring' attitude
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Uh Oh!!!
8. A 3-day hearing has been set to determine whether Alberta’s Minister of Justice Tyler Shandro breached the Law Society of Alberta's code of conduct for 3-major offences.
He could see himself suspended disbarred as a lawyer as a result!
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9. Questions are being raised over Shandro’s real motivations and timing demanding a “safety plan” after #YEag is considering reallocate police funds to community resources
Critics say “It's not fostering a good relationship and this isn't good for Albertans”
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10. Speaking of Shandro…
He’s also facing criticism for "strange" and "remarkably unhelpful" comments on his plans to help fight crime in Chinatown.
When asked why he misrepresented facts. Shandro “shrugged and struggled to find an explanation”.
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11. In an shocking expose by @charlesrusnell / @jennierussell_ - 4 UCP staffers reveal how the premier’s office instructed them to violate FOIP by deleting key emails, using personal phones to conduct government business, and communicate through social media!
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12. Plans to make Athabasca University, Western Canada’s largest online, an innovative “near-virtual” office model is in doubt after Kenney fired the current AU chair, replacing her with a UCP Candidate
Kenney wants to force it’s 1,200 staff to move to Athebasca
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13. In a bizarre move, Kenney announced he’s honouring the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by giving current and former UCP cabinet ministers the ability to call themselves “Honourable” for the rest of their lives - something they lose once they leave office.
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14. UCP MLA, Leadership hopeful and bad boy Brian Jean challenged fellow UCP MLA Shane Getson to a fist fight last week’s caucus meeting.
The altercation happened when MLAs were decided who’d lead the party and government.
Dreeshen and Luan restrained Jean
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15. In a move to stand up to UCP’s plans to expand open-pit coal mines, a southern Alberta town has become the 1st municipality to endorse a community-developed policy calling for a ban on new coal exploration and development in the Rocky Mountains
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16. The UCP is moving ahead with controversial plans to build schools under a P3 model
Despite claiming it’s cheaper, Alberta’s previous Progressive Conservatives cancelled plans to build 19 new schools using P3 after research shows it’a FAR more expensive
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17. Despite promising Albertan’s help with record high natural gas rates in February and electricity in March with rebate cheques, the UCP still has no plans to actually deliver them
The UCP removed rate cap on electricity which has led to record high bills
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Whoops!
18. Communities in northern Alberta are seeing spring flooding and experts are saying the UCP must do more to prepare for flooding in the future
The UCP previously announced official plans were being made and would be ready for communities by early 2021
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19. The UCP has established new rules for choosing a new party leader.
The party will no longer accept cash for memberships to "secure the integrity" of the voting process, in part due to accusations of bulk membership buying by Kenney’s team earlier this year
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20. Kenney’s good pal and major UCP donor George Clark’s company’s development permit application for a fuel pellet and MDF plant near Stettler was denied after he failed to meet important stipulations failed. More public consultation are needed
@AlbertansFirst
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MASSIVE thanks to: @AB_AgainstUCP @youseepeeYYC @SeanDunn10 @MichelletypoQ @JasonPYYC @allisonjade @alisoncassis1 @itsbrritt @kim_siever @Mitchell_AB @KikkiPlanet @TheBlueGem3 @TheBreakdownAB @MondoAlberta @YYCCowboy @AlbertastanLive @scottdellinger @high_tequila!
Full picture credit goes to @MimiProbably!!! My apologies for not tagging her in advance!!!!
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