#Ableg News 🧵
So…WTAF happened this week? The @UCPCaucus bad news stories were exhausting!
🚑 ER crisis in rural Alberta (Story #1)
🍎 5 UCP Attacks on Public Education (#7-11)
☎️ Our Justice Minister is above the law (#14-19)
Close your eyes: here’s 22 Bad News UCP Stories
So…WTAF happened this week? The @UCPCaucus bad news stories were exhausting!
🚑 ER crisis in rural Alberta (Story #1)
🍎 5 UCP Attacks on Public Education (#7-11)
☎️ Our Justice Minister is above the law (#14-19)
Close your eyes: here’s 22 Bad News UCP Stories
#Ableg News 🧵
1. Our week started with horrible announcements from AHS.
Rocky Mountain House Health Centre is without ANY obstetrical 🤰services for AT LEAST a week!
We also saw:
🚑: Major ER disruptions in Fairview & Cold Lake
🚑: Full ER Closures in Swan River and Wabasca!
1. Our week started with horrible announcements from AHS.
Rocky Mountain House Health Centre is without ANY obstetrical 🤰services for AT LEAST a week!
We also saw:
🚑: Major ER disruptions in Fairview & Cold Lake
🚑: Full ER Closures in Swan River and Wabasca!
#Ableg News 🧵
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2. Physicians sounded the alarm on the potential backlog of surgeries caused by Kenney continuing to do nothing about covid. This will force surgical staff to be redeployed
Kenney’s mismanagement of Delta already resulted in postponing 81,000 surgeries
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2. Physicians sounded the alarm on the potential backlog of surgeries caused by Kenney continuing to do nothing about covid. This will force surgical staff to be redeployed
Kenney’s mismanagement of Delta already resulted in postponing 81,000 surgeries
#Ableg News 🧵
3. During a press conference last week, Jason Kenney said that Alberta officially hit its goal of 90% of first vaccinations.
New data this week showed that is a lie 🤥
Only 79.4% received a first dose: this represents the WORST vaccination numbers in Canada!
3. During a press conference last week, Jason Kenney said that Alberta officially hit its goal of 90% of first vaccinations.
New data this week showed that is a lie 🤥
Only 79.4% received a first dose: this represents the WORST vaccination numbers in Canada!
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4. As of this morning, Alberta has 186% higher cases than the Canadian average
5. Alberta is also approaching its all-time peak of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 after the province reported 1,101 people in hospital on Wednesday.
The record is 1,128
4. As of this morning, Alberta has 186% higher cases than the Canadian average
5. Alberta is also approaching its all-time peak of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 after the province reported 1,101 people in hospital on Wednesday.
The record is 1,128
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6. Sadly, the latest data shows of the 1,101 people in hospital:
🏥 40 are under age 18, including 9 in the ICU
👦🏾 Children requiring hospitalizations are surging!
👶 Since December 20, hospitalization rates for babies under 1 year of age climbed by 57%
6. Sadly, the latest data shows of the 1,101 people in hospital:
🏥 40 are under age 18, including 9 in the ICU
👦🏾 Children requiring hospitalizations are surging!
👶 Since December 20, hospitalization rates for babies under 1 year of age climbed by 57%
#Ableg News 🧵
👩🏫 UCP on Education:
7. Lagrange’s new E-Tutoring Hub for Alberta students launched this week…but is receiving MASSIVE criticism from parents & educators!
Several HUGE errors in lessons were noted
Here’s a great summary by @Coles_Notes_
👩🏫 UCP on Education:
7. Lagrange’s new E-Tutoring Hub for Alberta students launched this week…but is receiving MASSIVE criticism from parents & educators!
Several HUGE errors in lessons were noted
Here’s a great summary by @Coles_Notes_
https://twitter.com/coles_notes_/status/1481045297925361667?s=21
#Ableg News 🧵
8. Alberta’s Parents are FURIOUS the UCP secretly killed a $650,000 grant to the Alberta School Councils' Association (ASCA), who trains & represents volunteers of over 1,500 councils
This now allows the UCP to “cherry-pick the parents (donors) they hear from”
8. Alberta’s Parents are FURIOUS the UCP secretly killed a $650,000 grant to the Alberta School Councils' Association (ASCA), who trains & represents volunteers of over 1,500 councils
This now allows the UCP to “cherry-pick the parents (donors) they hear from”
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9. Nowhere to be found backbench UCP MLA @SearleTurton weighed in on several Alberta School Boards wanting to establish vaccination clinics for students at schools
Searle said this will cause a “two-tier system”, which seems to ignore what the words mean 🤦🏻♂️
9. Nowhere to be found backbench UCP MLA @SearleTurton weighed in on several Alberta School Boards wanting to establish vaccination clinics for students at schools
Searle said this will cause a “two-tier system”, which seems to ignore what the words mean 🤦🏻♂️
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10. In December 2021. @AdrianaLaGrange promised to take proper time to consult with Albertans and curriculum experts before implementing her widely panned K-6 curriculum
Today, without ANY notice of further consultation or changes, LaGrange moved forward anyways.
10. In December 2021. @AdrianaLaGrange promised to take proper time to consult with Albertans and curriculum experts before implementing her widely panned K-6 curriculum
Today, without ANY notice of further consultation or changes, LaGrange moved forward anyways.
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11. On the topic of @AdrianaLaGrange curriculum, the Minister also announced a new Curriculum Advisory Group
Critics from across Alberta pointed out LaGrange has failed to release ANY details of the final curriculum so far or what her 17-member group will do. 🤷🏻♂️
11. On the topic of @AdrianaLaGrange curriculum, the Minister also announced a new Curriculum Advisory Group
Critics from across Alberta pointed out LaGrange has failed to release ANY details of the final curriculum so far or what her 17-member group will do. 🤷🏻♂️
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11. An emergency appeal was granted against Kenney’s draconian rule to force people to show AHS numbers at safe consumption sites before entering, a reason linked to higher overdoses & deaths
1,370 Albertans died of OD’s in 2021, the deadliest year on record.
11. An emergency appeal was granted against Kenney’s draconian rule to force people to show AHS numbers at safe consumption sites before entering, a reason linked to higher overdoses & deaths
1,370 Albertans died of OD’s in 2021, the deadliest year on record.
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12. Kenney’s new traffic ticket system is labeled a “cash cow”
It’s alleged his system gives an automatic guilty penalty with a huge cost to appeal (and no refund if innocent)
This means Kenney collects💰from Albertans, even from those found to have done 0 wrong
12. Kenney’s new traffic ticket system is labeled a “cash cow”
It’s alleged his system gives an automatic guilty penalty with a huge cost to appeal (and no refund if innocent)
This means Kenney collects💰from Albertans, even from those found to have done 0 wrong
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13. It was discovered Alberta Justice Minister @KayceeMaduYEG was fined for distracted driving in a school zone in March 2021…which prompted him to call to #YEG’s police chief
Policy & legal experts stated this was “entirely inappropriate” and an abuse of powers
13. It was discovered Alberta Justice Minister @KayceeMaduYEG was fined for distracted driving in a school zone in March 2021…which prompted him to call to #YEG’s police chief
Policy & legal experts stated this was “entirely inappropriate” and an abuse of powers
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14. Monday night, Kenney tweeted that he asked Madu to step back from ministerial duties.
As reported by @DonBraid, the ticket episode was widely known in Kenney’s cabinet circles and talked about in “jocular tones”
Kenney’s closest staffers knew about it.
14. Monday night, Kenney tweeted that he asked Madu to step back from ministerial duties.
As reported by @DonBraid, the ticket episode was widely known in Kenney’s cabinet circles and talked about in “jocular tones”
Kenney’s closest staffers knew about it.
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15. Even Kenney’s UCP MLA’s we’re outraged.
One UCP MLA expressed their outrage saying it “demonstrates a level of arrogance and entitlement that is unbecoming of an elected official,”
The UCP MLA asked not be named for “fear of revenge”. 😳
15. Even Kenney’s UCP MLA’s we’re outraged.
One UCP MLA expressed their outrage saying it “demonstrates a level of arrogance and entitlement that is unbecoming of an elected official,”
The UCP MLA asked not be named for “fear of revenge”. 😳
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16. In a bizarre move, at 10.30pm on Tuesday, Madu released a 13-tweet long thread attempting to justify his abuse of powers. There was no apology made.
17. The #YEG Police Union responded to Madu’s accusations that he was being targeted saying he crossed a line
16. In a bizarre move, at 10.30pm on Tuesday, Madu released a 13-tweet long thread attempting to justify his abuse of powers. There was no apology made.
17. The #YEG Police Union responded to Madu’s accusations that he was being targeted saying he crossed a line
#Anleg News 🧵
18. Despite all of his staffers and cabinet members knowing and joking about @KayceeMaduYEG abuse of power, Kenney claims he wasn’t “fully briefed” about it until Monday.
Kenney provided no further comments about what he was briefed on or who eventually told him.
18. Despite all of his staffers and cabinet members knowing and joking about @KayceeMaduYEG abuse of power, Kenney claims he wasn’t “fully briefed” about it until Monday.
Kenney provided no further comments about what he was briefed on or who eventually told him.
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19. HOWEVER…@DonBraid clarified how unlikely Kenney’s statement is
Kenney’s closest pas were involved in covering it up:
✅ Deputy Minister @JasonNixonAB
✅ Pam Livingston, Kenney’s Top Staffer
✅ UCP MLA @RicMcIver
✅ @MattWolfAB
This looks REALLY bad!!!
19. HOWEVER…@DonBraid clarified how unlikely Kenney’s statement is
Kenney’s closest pas were involved in covering it up:
✅ Deputy Minister @JasonNixonAB
✅ Pam Livingston, Kenney’s Top Staffer
✅ UCP MLA @RicMcIver
✅ @MattWolfAB
This looks REALLY bad!!!
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20. Despite making it a MAJOR campaign promise in 2019, Jason Kenney silently raised personal income taxes on Albertans by $286,000,000 in 2022
Kenney has quietly hiked personal income taxes by close to $500,000,000 since 2021 during the height of the pandemic
20. Despite making it a MAJOR campaign promise in 2019, Jason Kenney silently raised personal income taxes on Albertans by $286,000,000 in 2022
Kenney has quietly hiked personal income taxes by close to $500,000,000 since 2021 during the height of the pandemic
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21. Alberta’s UCP Health Minister @JasonCoppingAB released a tweet saying that after showing symptoms of Covid for OVER a week, he took a test and was found to be positive
Mr. Copping violated his own health orders by not immediately isolating and spreading covid
21. Alberta’s UCP Health Minister @JasonCoppingAB released a tweet saying that after showing symptoms of Covid for OVER a week, he took a test and was found to be positive
Mr. Copping violated his own health orders by not immediately isolating and spreading covid
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22. Kenney is the LEAST popular provincial leader in Canada.
He possesses a net popularity rating of MINUS 47%!!!
This is said to be a record low of any Canadian leader.
22. Kenney is the LEAST popular provincial leader in Canada.
He possesses a net popularity rating of MINUS 47%!!!
This is said to be a record low of any Canadian leader.
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