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Jason Kenney and the UCP are using the argument that Alberta is paying more for things like healthcare and education than other provinces. They say salaries are too high here in comparison. #AbLeg #cdnpoli 1/5
They don't want people to realise that the cost of living is also higher in Alberta than in other provinces. For teachers and nurses and so on to have the same standard of living as their counterparts in other provinces, they must make more money. 2/5
You can't make an equivalency between the cost of living in AB and MB, for example, and then say Alberta teachers should be paid what MB teachers are paid. There would be a lot of Albertan teachers who could no longer afford their homes. 3/5
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Expecting Alberta public service professionals to live on the same salary as their counterparts in Quebec City or Moncton or Charlottetown is willful avoidance of the realities of differing economies across the country. 4/5
It is disingenuous, intended to justify unacceptable, ideologically-driven cuts. It has to be ideologically-driven, because there is no way to use evidence and logic to rationalise the UCP stance. 5/5
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Norlaine Thomas
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HELLO Alberta! #ableg The UCP government is planning to PRIVATIZE lab services. This is part of our health care system. The first step, I expect, in privatizing all of it. Why is no one talking about this??? @CBCCalgary @CBCEdmonton THIS IS NEWS!!!! People care about health care.
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This should be major news. How can one reconcile shutting down ways for people to lower their carbon footprint in the face of a climate emergency with any notion of good governance? 1/4 #AbLeg
This is not "cutting down the deficit". This is cutting down on competition for the oil and gas sector. This is a slap in the face of Albertans who do care about the environment and want to do their part. 2/4
This is part of the $100 M the UCP has cut from climate initiatives. 3/4
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The UCP is rationalising the cuts in their budget by saying Alberta is spending more than similar-sized provinces on things like education and healthcare and infrastructure.... 1/7
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There's a reason for that, you know. Things cost more in Alberta. Houses, food, tools, everything... contractors charge more. Wages are higher in areas like health care and education and construction because housing costs more, food costs more... 2/7
It's not comparing apples to apples when you line up Albertan expenditures with, say, Manitoban expenditures. In Manitoba, housing costs less, food costs less, and wages are lower, on average. 3/7
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Jason Kenney's Advanced Ed Minister thinks a Holocaust denier should have been protected at the Uni of Lethbridge & shouldn't have been let go a few years ago. In fact, he thinks we need to change our policies to allow a holocaust denier a platform & a paycheque.
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Jason Kenney just listed the planks of the UCP's education platform in Calgary. Highlight: UCP would replace the School Act with the unproclaimed Education Act. #ableg #abed
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Illegal donations. Voter fraud. Collusion.“Kamikaze” candidate. Jason Kenney’s leadership campaign scandal shows he'll do anything for power & can’t be trusted to deliver for anyone but himself. This thread has the details.(spoiler: there's a lot) #ableg #Albertadeservesbetter 1/
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Jason Kenney's UCP are defending a candidate for nomination who said a Mosque would be a threat to Alberta's natural resources.

Why are they justifying her hateful views from just 3 years ago, instead of standing up for Albertans?

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In December 2015, Cindy Ross said,
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And, she said, "this democracy thing" is "an illusion.”

Does Jason Kenney still want to keep Cindy Ross on the ballot?

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In December 2015, Cindy Ross wrote,

“Stop sharia law creep in its tracks...Stop being so concerned about being politically correct. The faith itself says to kill the non Muslim (the correct Muslim) believers.”

Why is Jason Kenney standing by Ms. Ross?
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