Cold Lake business owner and homeowner Ed Machtmes says that despite putting $50,000 into his house over the past five years to make it as energy efficient as possible, his utilities amount to 25 per cent of his cost of living right now.

#ableg #yeg
“I’m in a more impoverished shape now than when I was in my 20s,” he said. “With the economic downturn, the pandemic and now th doubling of my utilities for my business and my house, I have had to take out a second mortgage just to stay afloat.

#ableg #yyc
“Now we work twice as many hours for half the income. My wife has had to take a second job on top of working at our business. I'm 55 years old. We should not be working 12 hours a day, 6-7 days a week just to make ends meet, let alone try to save for a retirement fund.

#ableg
“Why is one of the wealthiest provinces in the country paying some of the highest utilities rates and fees? We are paying absolutely ridiculous rates in Alberta.”

#ableg #yyc

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Feb 17
The following is a portion of my comments concerning the future of energy in Alberta to the Calgary Chamber:

Our economy is going through fundamental and permanent changes.

There is no denying that we are now in the middle of an energy transformation. #ableg #yyc #abfuture
In fact, how we power our economy is changing too.

Our renewable energy industry is taking off. We now have more wind power than coal.

Hydrogen development is becoming more prominent and poses an exciting prospect for our future.

#ableg #yyc
Global spending on the pursuit of low-carbon energy rose by over 25 per cent last year alone. $755 billion dollars worldwide, according to Bloomberg.

#ableg #yyc
Read 24 tweets
Feb 16
Late Monday, UCP MLA for Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland Shane Getson wrote a disturbing post encouraging members of law enforcement to disobey orders and stand with those engaged in these illegal blockades at Coutts and elsewhere in Canada. #ableg #yyc
“He wrote, ‘I’ll ask those in position of law enforcement, as well as military person(nel) to remember your oaths that you have taken, the country that you represent, and the citizens that you are to protect.

#ableg #yycroads
Getson added: "I want you to consider that when the orders are delivered to you in the coming days."
Read 5 tweets
Feb 3
The group that has illegally taken Alberta’s primary U.S. border crossing — and our broader economy for that matter — hostage for the past five days now believes they are pushing the government to remove public health orders that have reduced the spread of COVID-19.

#ableg
These orders have saved countless lives during the worst public health crisis we have ever faced.

The people conducting this illegal action claim they are in direct contact with members of the UCP Government Caucus...
...and are being offered the removal of public health orders in exchange for reopening the border.

The potential precedent being set here is deeply troubling and must be immediately disavowed by every elected member of the UCP Government.

#ableg
Read 8 tweets
Dec 9, 2021
More than 43,000 Lethbridge residents do not have a primary care physician and none in Alberta’s fourth-largest city are accepting new patients.

Among those without healthcare is Branden Sant. 1/5 #ableg #abhealth #yql Image
Branden fell in the summer and fractured a vertebrae in his spine affecting his ability to work.

“It has been 151 days, almost 22 weeks, since my injury. The pain and the injury have both worsened,” said Sant.

2/5 #ableg #abhealth #yql
“I’ve been reduced to having to use a FaceTime-like app for any type of follow up because in my city there are literally no doctors available.”

Sant worked as a hairstylist in Lethbridge, but is unable to be on his feet all day due to the injury. 3/5 #ableg #abhealth #yql
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Nov 24, 2021
Alberta’s NDP is demanding the immediate re-establishment of a Ministerial Panel to see through urgently needed improvements to supports for children in care and child intervention services in the wake of a new report that sees 2021 verging on a grim record. 1/4 #ableg
Figures released by the Ministry of Children’s Services this week show that between April 1, 2021 and October 31, 2021, 30 young Albertans receiving child intervention have died. 2/4 #ableg
Four more deaths have been reported this month alone, for a total of 34 so far this year. Thirty-four deaths ties a record for the most deaths in a single year dating back to 2013 and there are still five months remaining in the fiscal year. 3/4 #ableg
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Nov 22, 2021
We can use the energy resources owned by all Albertans to make hydrogen that dramatically lowers our own carbon footprint while powering a global hydrogen economy.

#cdnenergy #ableg #abfuture

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We have the opportunity to succeed as the world’s leading low-cost, low-emission hydrogen producer.
Our renewable energy proposal on hydrogen, released at AlbertasFuture.ca, explores large-scale commercial production, innovation and export of hydrogen fuel, including a potential new export pipeline.
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