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
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.
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?🤠
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.
"In 2010, the Canadian parliament voted against a proposed law that would have provided an avenue for mining companies to be held accountable for allegations of human rights abuses abroad."
“On this day in 1919, under the banner of the One Big Union (OBU), approximately 6,500 miners in Alberta, Canada walked off the job during a dispute over wages, the cost of living allowance, and working conditions.”
On May 14th, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court granted an injunction to "prevent Freedom Nova Scotia and similar groups from staging illegal gatherings in defiance of Nova Scotia's public health orders."
This coming from the guy who has threatened the livelihoods of every healthcare worker in the province, while @shandro yells at doctors in their driveways, & who’s policies have prompted hundreds of doctors to close their practice &/or relocate. In a pandemic.
“Health Minister Tyler Shandro said the UCP government would rip up the existing contract and impose changes to billing and compensation after talks with the Alberta Medical Association broke down.”
Having travellers quarantine would basically shut down fly-in-fly-out workers at oil camps like those owned by CNRL, which have been hubs of covid spread.