Thread by @youseepeeYYC

Why do this? Why invite the possibility of variants from everywhere in the world?

Stampede is Kenney’s last best chance for more social murder before the population is fully vaccinated.

Voting Conservative has consequences.

#ableg #UCPcorruption #Stampede

https://twitter.com/KevinCTV/status/1397717328389804033

Hold on, what’s “social murder?”

Social murder is what happens when a society permits conditions that lead to an earlier death of people in a given socio-economic group or class. #ableg #onpoli #cdnpoli

@DennisRaphael01 explains here:

thestar.com/opinion/contri…

Wait, that sounds a bit like Conservative policy. 🤔

“The current conservative policy environment has made our society less healthy, more dangerous, less stable and more unequal.”

via @CrimeandJustice
#ableg #cdnpoli #ukpoli

crimeandjustice.org.uk/publications/c…🔗

Were the deaths of residents in long term care a form of social murder?

According to @NoLore, as of March 7, 15,597 Canadians living in #LTC have died from COVID-19 — 70% of Canada’s overall deaths as of that date.

via @newsmanbrooke #nationalizeLTC

ctvnews.ca/health/coronav…

That figure is up to 17,662 deaths linked to residential facilities as of today. Still pretty much 70% of the total number of #COVID19 deaths in Canada.

#NationalizeLTC

https://twitter.com/nolore/status/1397747659205754881

Could poor water quality for various communities be considered a form of social murder?

"We've lifted 101 and there's a plan for every other community," —Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller

(Credit for progress on that file, but more to do...)

cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Could allowing public schools operate as vectors of infection be a form of social murder?

On March 30th, Albertans aged five to 19 made up about 22% of active cases in the province.

Sending covid home to share with mom & dad!🦠

#ableg #abed #FiretheUCP
calgary.ctvnews.ca/school-aged-ch…

Vaccine clinics in public schools? NO!

Vaccine clinics at a rodeo? 🤠

https://twitter.com/cspotweet/status/1397753716342628357

Let’s not forget that on April 1st “more than 13,000 students and nearly 700 teachers are in isolation due to COVID-19 exposures at Calgary's 2 public school boards.”

Teachers were NOT given priority for vaccinations, but rodeo goers will be?🤠

#ableg

cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

How about allowing workers to get sick at the #cargill meat plant?

“An outbreak last spring saw at least 950 staff at the facility — nearly half its workforce — test positive.”

3 deaths were linked to the outbreak.

#UCPcorription #ableg

cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

Internal Alberta Agriculture documents show the #UCP government prioritized the continued operation of the #Cargill meat-packing plant over worker safety even as infection rates skyrocketed.

via @jennierussell_ & @charlesrusnell #ableg

cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

But why would the #UCP prioritize the continued operation of the slaughterhouse that was killing workers?

“Adriana LaGrange is the aunt of Cargill’s general manager.” —@kim_siever

Profits over workers’ lives yet again. #ableg #UCPcorruption
kimsiever.ca/2020/05/09/the…

Okay, the #UCP seem to have been allowing teachers and meat-plant workers to get infected without batting an eye.

Are there any workers that they care about?

Kenney is always saying how much he loves oil and gas, maybe O&G workers were better looked after?

“The latest victim [of the #CNRL outbreak near #ymm] was a worker in his 60s, who had two children and seven grandchildren.”

Seems like even #oilandgas workers are not protected by Conservative policies, even when company profits are.

#ableg #FiretheUCP

wsws.org/en/articles/20…

So education workers aren’t safe, meat processing workers aren’t safe, even #oilandgas workers aren’t safe.

It’s almost like no workers are safe from Conservative policy.

Here’s a thread on the #CNRL outbreak. lots of sources. #ableg #ymm

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