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Jan 25 7 tweets 2 min read
A new study by the Alberta Teachers’ Association confirms what many Albertans have been hearing anecdotally for some time - teachers are exhausted, burned out and many of them are planning to leave.
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#abed #ableg
In its sixth pandemic pulse study, conducted at the end of November by ATA researcher Dr. Philip McRae, more than 37 per cent of respondents reported they probably won’t be teaching in Alberta next year.
“The results of this survey can absolutely be attributed to the UCP government’s gross mismanagement of the pandemic and its failure to ensure that Alberta schools are as safe as possible during this challenging public health crisis.” - @shoffmanAB, NDP Education Critic
While retirement numbers at 16 per cent are similar to the ATA’s annual Member Opinion Survey done in March 2021, the percentage of teachers who say they are leaving the profession for another occupation has doubled to 14 per cent.
Seven per cent say they will leave the province to teach in another location.
Education staff have been at the frontlines of this pandemic for two years trying to keep students safe knowing that this UCP government refuses to give them the resources they need.
Last year, the UCP actually underspent $600 million from the Education budget. Think of what that could have done to promote learning or increase safety.

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More from @albertaNDP

Jan 26
Alberta’s Auditor General will not be allowed to present six performance audits of the UCP’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, after UCP MLAs voted down his request to bring his findings to a committee of the legislature.

#ableg #abpoli #abhealth #covid19ab
“After two years of deadly COVID mismanagement and secrecy, the UCP are trying to bury the findings of the Auditor General.” - NDP MLA Marlin Schmidt
Denying the Auditor’s request to present his work, and effectively banning him from testifying on his COVID-19 audits, is an unprecedented attempt to hide the truth from Albertans.
Read 7 tweets
Jan 26
Alberta could have had 25 million more rapid tests for public distribution during the current Omicron-driven fifth wave had the UCP responded to federal procurement offers last fall. 🧵

#ableg #abhealth #covid19ab #cdnhealth Image
When Ottawa offered provinces a chance to purchase additional rapid tests last fall—when COVID-19 rapid-antigen tests were readily available—no additional tests were ordered for Albertans.
Saskatchewan, meanwhile, leveraged the federal offer, securing a provincial stockpile of 10 million tests before the New Year despite having a population of only one million people.
Read 11 tweets
Jan 24
EMS red alerts spiked in Alberta last year with both major cities running out of ambulances to respond to emergencies roughly every 90 minutes, documents show. 🧵

#ableg #abhealth #yeg #yyc
According to a Freedom of Information request obtained by Alberta’s NDP, Calgary and Edmonton saw 2,276 EMS Red Alerts between August 1, 2021 and December 6, 2021, an average of over 17 Red Alerts per day.
This is a significant increase when compared to nine Red Alerts a day on average in Calgary in 2020, or two per day on average in Calgary in 2018.
Read 8 tweets
Dec 30, 2021
We are demanding action to keep schools safe amid the surging fifth wave of COVID being spurred by the Omicron variant. 🧵

#ableg #abpoli #abed #covid19ab
On Tuesday, it was confirmed that Alberta set a single-day record of 2,775 new COVID cases and that number is likely underreported as most are being discouraged from seeking PCR tests to confirm infection.
School is due to return in most instances next week in Alberta; however, a number of other provinces have delayed the return to classes.
Read 9 tweets
Dec 29, 2021
Earlier today, the UCP announced that they have received the report from the Coal Policy Committee but will not be releasing it publicly at this time. 🧵

#ableg #abpoli #abparks #rockymountains #explorealberta #coalhardfacts
This report has been delayed three times now, and the Minister of Energy ensured that Albertans would know its contents on New Year's Eve.
Now, the government has turned tail once again and stated they will review the report and its recommendations before releasing to the public. No date has been committed for this public release.
Read 6 tweets
Dec 29, 2021
We heard nothing today about how our overburdened healthcare system is going to deal with a potential surge of Omicron cases in hospital. 🧵

#ableg #abpoli #cdnhealth #covid19ab
Our hospitals are far from recovered from the Premier’s massive failures in the fourth wave. There are tens of thousands of Albertans still waiting on delayed surgeries.
There are tens of thousands of Albertans without access to a family physician and we continue to see emergency room closures in various rural communities and ambulance shortages that are leading to waits of up to an hour for emergency care.
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