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8 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Here’s the headline from yesterday’s Houston Chronicle: “End of fossil fuel’s dominance in sight.” One expert says “The energy transition is a matter of when, not if.” Texans have gotten the memo. Perhaps they should share it with Kenney & the UCP #EnergyTransition #AbLeg #abpoli Image
The story is behind the Chronicle’s paywall, but Shell helpfully posted the full text version on their website (under the headline “Big Oil’s future could be smaller than its past” ... different headline, but it’s the same story). royaldutchshellplc.com/2021/02/07/big…
Highlights: Exxon, BP posted record losses in 2020 of $22.4B, $20.3B, and $21.7B respectively. At the same time. Texas lost 60,000 jobs oil and gas jobs last year. I guess it’s not Trudeau and Notley’s fault after all!
The story also points out that automakers like GM will stop making cars with fossil fuel engines and jurisdictions like California will stop selling them. The world will continue to use oil for petrochemicals and some fuels. “But that can’t sustain the industry” as we know it.

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10 Feb
Ralph Bucks 2.0? In about an hour, the UCP will announce that 300,000 frontline workers will each get one-time $1,200 cheques. Too bad it took months of shaming by Alberta unions and the media for them to get the cheques out the door. #AbLeg #abpoli #cdnpoli #canlab
Keep in mind, most of the money is coming from the federal government. It’s from a federal program announced last May that provides $3 if provinces agreed to pony up $1. The UCP has been holding things up for months because they refused to kick in their share.
So, we can put this under the heading “better late than never,” I guess. Things to watch for:
- who will the UCP deem eligible/worthy?
- will the money go directly to workers, or will it go to employers first (if employers, then how do we ensure it eventually gets to workers?)
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9 Dec 20
The UCP has made sweeping changes to the workplace Health & Safety Act and the Workers Compensation Act. As a result of Bill 47, Albertans are more likely to be injured or killed on the job. And if they’re injured, they’re less likely to get the support they need.#AbLeg #abpoli
Bill 47 was rammed through this morning. Some of the horrible changes it makes to WCB include:
*removes requirement for employers to hire back injured workers
*removes obligation of employers to continue paying benefits to injured workers
*removes PTSD coverage for most workers
It also makes changes to the OHS Act, including the following:
*It severely limits the right to know about hazards on your worksite
*It undermines workplace safety committees and the right for workers to participate in safety decisions
*It guts the right to refuse unsafe work.
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28 Nov 20
More than $300 million in federal wage top-ups that should have been paid out to lower-wage frontline workers in Alberta months ago is still being held up by UCP foot-dragging and political manoeuvring. Shameful! #AbLeg #abpoli #COVID19AB #cdnpoli #canlab cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
Don’t let the Kenney government tell you they’re ‘still negotiating with the feds.’ No other province is having any problems. The UCP here in Alberta are the ones who are holding things up by not kicking in their share.
Here is the document that the federal NDP obtained in response to the inquiry to Parliament they submitted on behalf of the AFL. It shows that most or all of the available money has already flowed to front line workers in other provinces. In Alberta? Only 3.5 percent!
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26 Nov 20
BREAKING: How many times have we heard the UCP accuse its critics of not respecting or listening to Hinshaw? As it turns out, it’s the UCP itself who hasn’t been respecting or listening to her. Bombshell report on secret recordings. #COVIDAB #AbLeg #abpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
In early June, against Hinshaw’s advice, the government shifted away from orders to “education.” 'We need to be leading Albertans where they want to go, not forcing them where they don't want to go,’ was the way Hinshaw characterized the UCP’s position.
While other provinces were cracking down on businesses and individuals who violated COVID guidance, the UCP refused to support consequences for offenders. “They don’t want us to enforce anything.”
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15 Nov 20
As Alberta blows past 1000 COVID-19 cases a day, Jason Kenney needs to stop behaving like a Republican Governor. If he doesn’t, we’ll look like Republican states, with overwhelmed hospitals and refrigerator trucks outside to store the dead. #COVID19AB #AbLeg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Albertans will pay a steep price as Kenney continues to follow Trump’s playbook on COVID, says AFL president in urgent speech posted to You Tube. Alberta’s largest worker organization supports call for “circuit-breaker” lockdown. #AbLeg #abpoli #canlab afl.org/albertans_will…
Excerpts from the speech: "Premier Kenney said he would act when faced with a catastrophe. Well, a catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes. But instead of action, all we get is Republican-inspired talking points and half measures."
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14 Nov 20
When chief medical officers of health like ⁦@CMOH_Alberta⁩ defer to politicians like Jason Kenney and fail to use their legal powers to save lives ... it’s like a firefighter refusing to order people out of a burning building. Ouch. #AbLeg #abpoli macleans.ca/opinion/politi…
“Every province in Canada equips their medical officers of health with the power to make systemic orders.”
“...most medical officers of health are only rarely using their powers in the second wave, or worse, they are doing so only with the consent of politicians.”
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