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Feb 5 20 tweets 17 min read
#Ableg News 🧵

If politicians are judged by their honour & integrity…it was a HORRIBLE week for the @UCPCaucus:

🤫 UCP sneak in privatized health care (Story #3)

👩‍⚖️ Kenney hit with another lawsuit! (#8)

💰 NDP Out Funds Kenney by 162%! (#X21)

Here’s 21 bad news UCP Stories!
#Ableg News 🧵

1. 97 Albertans died from Covid19 last week, making It the HIGHEST deaths since Delta rocked Alberta in Oct. 2021

2. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Kenney went to Washington…spent $19,000, but allegedly signed:

✅ 0 new trade deals
✅ $0 in new investments
✅ 0 “Supply Chain” agreements
#Ableg News 🧵

3. With ZERO consultation or explanation, @jkenney secretly made a deal to sneak in MORE private profit into our public healthcare system

His decision to privatize almost every rural lab service. Critics say this move will result in higher costs & longer waits
#Ableg News 🧵

4. UCP MLA Aheer's original constituency board filed a dispute notice to UCP Executives challenging results of a suspicious vote that removed them

Allegations say there’s massive voting irregularities from Kenney-backed voters and the results are fraudulent
#Ableg News 🧵

5. The Red Deer Regional Hospital began diverting all new patients in need of urgent and emergency surgeries — with the exception of the most “life-threatening situations” to Calgary & Edmonton this week.

The hospital overwhelmed by surging demand from Covid.
#Ableg News 🧵

6. Minutes after Kenney’s ally Erin O’Toole was outed as COac party leader, UCP leadership candidate Brian Jean called for Kenney to be voted out in April

7. Drew Barnes asp weighed in saying there is “no daylight between O’Toole’s failure and Kenney’s failure”
#Ableg News 🧵

8. Five environmental organizations followed through on a threat to sue Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and the UCP government for defamation in relation to several disproven comments he made since 2019!
#Ableg News 🧵

9. NDP MLAs refuse to participate in Kenney’s “Safe Drug Supply” committee saying it’s a “political stunt”

Instead of using scientific evidence & peer-reviewed research, UCP MLA’s have relied on disproven, biased speakers

1400 Albertans died of ODs in 2021
#Ableg News 🧵

While Kenney was away…

10. The Coutts border was shut down by 100-vigilantes, blocking a MAJOR supply chain route

When critics asking Kenney why his Bill 1, a critical infrastructure act, wasn’t used - it was noted Grant Hunter UCP MLA supported the blockade.
#Ableg News Thread

Liar Liar 🤥

11. Kenney lied in a later press conference and said “@GrantHunterUCP ONLY participated in “moving protests”

Photographs showed not only was UCP MLA Hunter NOT moving; he was standing IN FRONT of the blockade!

(@friesen_f)
#Ableg News 🧵

12. UCP MLA’s Shane Getson & Dan Williams also fully supported and participated in actions that blocked ambulances, supply chain vehicles, and essential workers.

Getson, himself is alleged to have helped block a major bridge in Edmonton with his dump truck
#Ableg News 🧵

13. Despite all the UCP MLA’s loving “freedom”, major corporations and organizations demanded Kenney step up and date action.

The Canadian Meat Council expressed concern when 150 loads of Canadian Beef, representing MILLIONS were stuck

Kenney never responded.
#Ableg News 🧵

14. During a BRUTAL press conference Tuesday, Kenney said they he was looking to reduce restrictions “by the end of February”, despite record hospitalizations!

15. Tuesday night, rogue UCP MLA’s met and DEMANDED Kenney reduce restrictions ASAP.
#Ableg News 🧵

16. Seemingly without Kenney’s consent, the UCP Caucus Chair released a statement!

Critics suggested it looks like UCP MLAs believe they have the authority to negotiate an entire province’s public health approach with a group of people engaged in illegal activity
#Ableg News 🧵

17. In response to the pressure vigilante truckers and rogue UCP MLA’s, Kenney agreed to remove Covid restrictions next week.

18. In a late night Facebook live stream, Kenney said that he would look to block Municipalities from attempting to keep restrictions
#Ableg News 🧵

19. Alberta Municipalities released a statement regarding Kenney’s bizarre comments about amending the law.

They said Kenney’s attempt to aggressively strip municipalities of their autonomy to be extremely "puzzling and troubling".
#Ableg News 🧵

20. New Research shows that, by using age-adjusted factors, Alberta saw this HIGHEST excess of deaths, and the worst province in Canada!

Alberta reported nearly 150 excess deaths per 100,000 residents. That equates to about 4,800 more deaths than expected!
#Anleg News 🧵

Good News?

21. Final 2021 Donations:

- New Democrats – $6,151,163
- United Conservatives – $3,796,905

This means the NDP outraised Kenney by 162%!

There were 32,771 unique donations to Alberta’s NDP in the quarter, including 1,431 new donors!
#Ableg News 🧵

Finally….if you get a chance…PLEASE complete Kenney’s UCP Survey (maybe don’t use your most accurate address as they will 100% data mine)

Let them know what you REALLY think!

(@YYCCowboy)

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More from @JasonOnTheDrums

Jan 29
#Ableg News 🧵

Despite Kenney’s fake Covid19 update; it’s been a HORRIBLE week in Alberta:

🤥 Kenney mislead Albertans about Food Shortages (Story #1)

🪨 UCP pit mines hit a dead end (#5-6)

👨‍🏫 Alberta Teachers are done with the UCP (#8)

Here’s 13 REALLY bad UCP news stories!
#Ableg News 🧵

🤥 Liar Liar!

1. Experts are blasting Kenney’s choice to weaponize pictures showing empty shelves.

One expert said it “will not help the current situation”. There may be some Price increases, but not potential food shortages”
#Ableg News 🧵

2. New survey shows under Kenney. Albertans’ confidence in their personal finances hit an all-time low!

Nearly m 50% of Albertan’s are Not optimistic about their future in this province.

This is not just the lowest number in Canada, but in the Survey’s history!
Read 14 tweets
Jan 21
#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
#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!
#Ableg News 🧵

🚨 👩‍⚕️

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
Read 23 tweets
Jan 14
#Ableg News 🧵

Happy Friday Alberta! Unfortunately, it wasn’t so happy for the @UCPCaucus

This week we saw:

🤷🏻‍♂️- 9,000,000 Missing Rapid Tests (Story #3)
📉- Horrible UCP Polls ( #9/10)
🧳- Record #YYC Vacancy (#15)

Pull out the Jamieson’s: here’s 16 Bad News UCP stories!
#Ableg News 🧵

1. This week started with @bedhuntersab) releasing a memo showing due to a critical staff shortage, Cold Lake’s 14,000 residents would largely have no ER doctors on site.

2. We also saw 550 times EMS services were delayed, dropped, or unavailable across Alberta!
#Ableg News 🧵

Something’s Fishy! 🐠

3. Despite receiving over 15,000,000 rapid tests from the Federal Gov’t, there’s ZERO rapid tests available at pharmacies

New supplies of rapid testing aren’t available until next week

Gov’t Data shows Alberta is missing 9,000,000 tests
Read 16 tweets
Jan 8
#Ableg News 🧵:

Happy New Year Alberta!

I REALLY hoped 2022 would give the @UCPCaucus a fresh start, Inwas horribly wrong:

😡 Kenney insults Asians (Story #1)
🤦🏻‍♂️ UCP MLA ignores Covid restrictions (#12)
❤️‍🩹 Victims of Crime Lose Help (#13)

Let’s explore 13 bad news UCP stories
#Ableg News 🧵

1. Kenney started off 2022 just like he did January 2021 - apologizing to Albertans!

Instead of being sorry for travelling UCP MLA’s, it was for denigrating the Asian community.

Critics argued Kenney didn’t apologize, rather sorry people were offended. 🤦🏻‍♂️
#Ableg News 🧵

2. After Kenney slashed BILLIONS from Alberta’s post secondary institutions, despite increased workloads, Concordia University faculty was forced to strike affecting ~2,500 students

The UofA,UofL & Mount Royal University are also headed in the same direction
Read 14 tweets
Dec 24, 2021
#Ableg News🧵

It you didn’t sleep this week…I’m there! Some REALLY bad @UCPCaucus kept me awake:

😡: Kenney Uses & Defends Racism (Story #4)
🏥: More Rural Hospitals Close (#6)
😞: Alberta OD Deaths Break Records (#8)

Let’s look at XX Bad News Stories:

(📸 @Isuckatpicking )
#Ableg News 🧵

🎉 UCP PARTY TIME! 🎊

1. 2-hours after Kenney told Albertans how serious Omicron is and to avoid gathering, 200+ UCP Members and MLAs secretly held a private party in #YEG!🍺

2. Because of online backlash, a huge UCP Party in #YYC the next day was cancelled 😞
#Ableg News 🧵

3. Despite knowing Omicron’s threat for WEEKS, the UCP only announced a new Covid19 booster program (18+) Tuesday

As they didn’t advise pharmacies in advance, it created a MASSIVE mess with appointments, leading to vaccine shortages and hundreds of cancellations
Read 14 tweets
Dec 18, 2021
#AbLeg News 🧵

I REALLY thought Kenney would take a break with bad news this week.

I was wrong:

📉 Ugly New Polls for Kenney (Story #3)

🗑 NWT dumps Alberta’s racist curriculum (#9)

🤫 UCP quietly enacts new US-style laws (17)

Here’s 17 REALLY bad news stories

📸 @OrrsArt
#Ableg News 🧵

Trouble in UCP Paradise:

1. Friday: Potential UCP MLA Candidate Brian Jean r/t’d a CBC poll showing how unpopular Kennney is to Alberta

2. Sunday: Newly Elected UCP MLA Candidate Brian Jean says he’s spending next year touring Alberta on an “anti-Kenney” agenda
#Ableg News 🧵

🚨 BAD UCP POLL ALERT 🚨

OOOOF!!!

3. The latest Leger poll from this week shows:

✅ 66% of Albertans think Jason Kenney deserves a leadership review
✅ 60% of Albertans think Jason Kenney should resign
Read 15 tweets

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