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18 Apr, 7 tweets, 2 min read
UCP: Forget about all the things we are messing up and all the things we lied about. Here is some new policy or legislation! Promise made, promise kept.

Everyone: Um...that’s really bad.

NDP: Also, here’s what they are *not* telling you about it.

Everyone: Yikes! 1/6
Everyone: That IS really, really bad. It’s terrible.

UCP: No, it’s great! Promise made, promise kept!

Everyone: Seriously, you need to do something about this.

NDP: Here are a few things that might make it better.

UCP: We take no lessons from socialists! 2/6
People who will be seriously harmed by policy: This is going to cause a LOT of harm to people.

UCP: We don’t respond to arbitrary pressure from special interest groups.

UCP donors: Yeah! And besides, if UCP changes this, how can WE make a profit and get extra privileges? 3/6
NDP: Well, here’s what WE will do if we’re elected in 2023

More & more people: That sounds a lot better, actually.

UCP: The UCP anger machine is Alberta-bashing again! They don’t understand democracy!

UCP media shills/opinion ‘journalists’: UCP is right and you’re wrong. 4/6
UCP MLAs, trolls, and staffers: (retweet the opinion pieces)

UCP media shills/opinion ‘journalists’: Trust us!
I read 4 chapters of a book about a different country!
And I am a self-proclaimed expert on absolutely everything!

Jason Kenney: See?

UCP MLAs: Yeah. See? 5/6
Everyone: Look, none of this solves the problem. Do something!

UCP: We did. Besides, we have a mandate so we can do whatever we want.

Everyone:

UCP: Forget about all the things we are messing up and all the things we lied about. Here is some new policy or legislation...6/6
*should say the NDP anger machine

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20 Apr
On Global News just now, Rebecca Schulz with excuses why UCP likely won’t cooperate on federal childcare. They have to “meet the unique needs of Alberta parents”, 60% of Alberta childcare is privately operated, $25/day only helped some, etc. More reason to dump UCP in 2023. 1/3
UCP continues to mislead about the $25/day *pilot* program. It only benefitted 1% of parents because it was a *pilot*. Toews said yesterday, the federal funding ‘lacks flexibility’ and they have to ‘respect parents’ choice’. Lies & excuses. Totally on brand for UCP. 2/3
What it comes down to is that this may be a huge benefit for women and families, but their friends can’t make a profit off of it, so UCP is not interested. 3/3
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18 Mar
I keep thinking about how, after Kenney became UCP leader and got his seat, he pontificated about ‘getting beyond some of the high school-level name calling that's come to characterize our politics recently’ and how he wanted ‘to strike a more stately tone’ in the #ableg 1/5
He wanted, he said, to ‘raise the bar of decorum’. I watched a few minutes of today’s afternoon session and the snide, juvenile, disrespectful, arrogant, and tediously inappropriate rants, diatribes and performances of UCP were an absolute disgrace. Kenney led the way 2/5
They will not answer questions. They act like it is an affront for anyone to want to know more about how they are spending our money, how they will pay for things they have promised, what their plans are for us, etc. You know—their job. 3/5
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17 Mar
In the #ableg right now, Rachel Notley is pointing out Kenney’s many lies and half-truths about how many jobs will actually be created here. Kenney’s typical ‘NDP is cheering against Alberta’.
Kenney is such a ridiculous parody of himself. His arguments are laughable. Rachel Notley “When it comes to job killing, these guys don’t need advice from anybody.”
NDP is pressing UCP on whether there is an ‘actual plan to create jobs’. Kenney keeps saying that there are various companies like Infosys and Rogers intend to create 100s of jobs. That is not a ‘plan’ though.
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10 Mar
In one of the only sightings of her since Christmas, the education minister appeared today to deny that the NWT is considering dropping the Alberta curriculum they use due to UCP’s new update. She says it’s merely a totally normal review process the NWT does all the time. 1/5
And, of course, she blames NDP for this news coming out. NWT does review every 5 years. However, a news release from the NWT contradicts much of what else she said. 2/5

nnsl.com/inuvikdrum/nwt…
A few highlights from the linked article:
“A pair of education leaders in the Beaufort Delta say a political shift in what is taught in Alberta classrooms is behind a curriculum review underway at the GNWT” 3/5
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8 Mar
Covid update delayed today. You know what that means:
-Shandro & /or Kenney appearance
-last minute scramble to cover up bad news/rationalize irrational decisions
-look up synonyms for ‘concerning’ in the thesaurus.
-Now that #ableg library is closed, stick with ‘concerning’
One thing for sure, however late they may be, it’s never late enough. It’s always important to emphasize disdain for Albertans. Their time is more important.
Luckily, I have a fast and easy to make dinner for this evening: Bucatini a l’Amatriciana ! Yum!
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1 Mar
We will have both Kenney & Shandro as special guests for the covid update. That means that even though this is starting late, it will be later. Also we’ll get to hear it all twice—Shandro’s specialty.
Yup. Pushing ahead. Kenney is touting Alberta’s ‘tremendous’ progress’. Emphasis on hospital and case numbers. Encouraging data, Kenney says. The vaccinations have had a ‘huge impact’ he says. (Already?)
Indoor fitness and libraries will have targeted restrictions eased, but a delay for the hotels and conference centres due to the testing positivity rates.
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