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Mar 19 18 tweets 16 min read
#Ableg News🧵

It was a VERY interesting week for #Abpoli

🏗- 11,500 Full Time Jobs Lost (Story #1)

🤥 - As Jean Returns: Kenney Spreads Rumours (#7-9)

🥸- Team Kenney “leaks” private poll: strips data out of context (#12)

Here’s 15 Bad @UCPCaucus News Stories from this Week
#Ableg News 🧵

1. New Job numbers are in:

Canada gained a HUGE 337,000 new jobs…and Alberta contributed a net loss -9,600 jobs - the WORST job loss rate in Canada!

Despite a booming economy: Alberta’s lost 13,500 jobs in 2022 and 5 straight months of full time job losses!
#Ableg News 🧵

2.Kenney filed his defence in a defamation lawsuit. He’s being sued by environmental groups for falsely claiming they’re to blame for Alberta’s struggling oil sector

In his defence, Kenney actually blamed the groups for forcing countries to rely on Russian oil 🤦🏻‍♂️
#Ableg News 🧵

3. Kenney said he’s now exploring Alberta buying the now dead KXL…or put BILLIONS into “a son, a successor, to KXL could be some kind of joint public participation” 🤦

This means more of Alberta’s money on a pipeline not currently supported by Canada or the USA
#Ableg News 🧵

4. At a recent gathering of local leaders, Alberta Municipalities voted in opposition to the UCP’s “Provincial Police” proposal; a change that will cost $200,000,000 more per year and 6+ year’s to complete.

Kenney has never indicated how it would be funded.
#Ableg News 🧵

EXTRA EXTRA!

5.Investor Executive, a national magazine for 120,000 financial advisors, sent a warning!

Despite Alberta’s balanced budget and ok economy, Kenney’s still under attack, unpopular, and creating a politically unstable environment for investors! 😅
#Ableg News 🧵

6. After 2-years of helping Albertan’s through Covid-19, the UCP is demanding health care workers take a 10% wage cut, reducing benefits,and changing work rules.

Thousands of respiratory therapists, social workers and pharmacists are impacted.
#Ableg News 🧵

7. Brian Jean is Baaaaaacccck!

With over 63% of the vote, the sworn enemy of Kenney will take his seat in the Alberta legislature.

This is just in time for an April 9 leadership review of Kenney in Red Deer.
#Ableg News 🧵

8. Newly elected UCP MLA and anti-Kenney proponent Brian Jean received a loud applause from all sides of the house when introduced in #Abpoli on Thursday

Kenney and his good pal deputy premier Jason Nixon were notably absent when Jean was introduced.
#Ableg News 🧵

9. In a bizarre series of attacks from Kenney, his dark-money PAC Unite Alberta, and UCP MLAs Nixon & Madu - claim Notley is now secretly working with Brian Jean

Notley said this was the “most tortured attack lines” and suggests “Premier Jason needs more sleep”
#Ableg News 🧵

10. In advance of the leadership vote, Alberta’s taxpayer-paid political staffers received emails directing them to time off work and volunteer to call Kenney supporters!

Critics suggest Kenney pressuring employees to do this steps into an “ethical grey area”.
#Ableg News 🧵

11. Kenney’s Executive Director of Communications, Brock Harrison, is now temporary leaving government to help Kenney’s campaign.

Brock’s two previous campaigns include Andrew Scheer’s 2019 federal election and Danielle Smith’s provincial election campaign.
#Ableg News 🧵

12. WTAF!!!

Respected Alberta Pollster Janet Brown says Kenney’s team is so “desperate for some good news," they secretly acquired and leaked her confidential polls after she refused to release it.

Brown says the data has been “stripped out the context”!
#Ableg News 🧵

13.Heartbreaking

Alberta recorded its deadliest year for drug overdoses with 1,700 deaths in 2021, a 126% jump since 2019.

Critics question Kenney’s 1- sided approach, and judge his choice to clos3 safe injection sides td not fund a safe supply.
#Ableg News 🧵

😳 YIKES!

14. The incredibly accurate @GosiaGasperoPhD is raising the red flag on Kenney removing restrictions as the BA.2 variant spreads.

"At this rate of growth, around May 24 or earlier, we could have 2,000 daily cases, and then June 16 around 4,000 cases”
#Ableg News 🧵

🚨 NEW POLL ALERTS 🚨

15.Right before the leadership review:

✅ In a recent provincial update: The NDP are outpolling the UCP by 15 Points: 45% to 30%

✅ 71% of Albertans think Kenney is doing “a bad or VERY bad job” with covid-19!
#Ableg News 🧵

Here’s your weekly #Abpoli moment of zen, courtesy of @ChadOhman!

A beautiful Freudian Slip from @jkenney

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More from @JasonOnTheDrums

Mar 12
#Ableg News 🧵

While our weather’s improving; it’s pouring REALLY Bad News for the @UCPCaucus:

🤦🏻‍♂️- 2 UCP MLA’s: 4 HUGE bozo eruptions (Story #3-6)

🤥 - Kenney “accidentally” blocks Alberta (#9)

😳- Albertan’s pay for a Kenney radio show (#11)

Here’s XX bad news UCP Stores
#awbleg News 🧵

1. Health Minister Copping officially removed vaccination restrictions for front line health care workers, even for those helping the most vulnerable patients at significantly high risk.

Experts say this is “not only is that unethical, but it is immoral”
#Anleg News 🧵

2. In one of the biggest power grabs in Alberta’s history - the UCP changed the Municipal Government Act to limit local governments to have face-covering or vaccine passport bylaws.

#YEG Mayor Sohi was shocked, saying “We are treated like kids by the province”
Read 17 tweets
Mar 5
#Ableg News 🧵

This week had a MASSIVE number of bad news for the @UCPCaucus:

🪨- Kenney STILL gives a path for open pit mines! (Story #1)

🤦🏻‍♂️- Critics BLAST Kenney for attacking a private citizen! (#10)

💪 - UCP Insiders fight Kenney! (#12)

Here’s 12 REALLY bad news stories!
#Ableg News 🧵

1. Despite THOUSANDS of signatures, Kenney still allowed 3 major coal pit projects (Grassy Mountain, Tent Mountain, Vista Expansion) to proceed to the land use phase

Despite this - a LONG regulatory process remains ahead federally and they may not be approved 🤞
#Ableg News 🧵

2.UCP Health Minister Jason Copping sent an order to AHS to lift COVID-19 vaccination mandate for front line staff

Multiple experts warn its completely unnecessarily endangers vulnerable patients. may infect patients in their care, and is “unethical” & “immoral”
Read 14 tweets
Feb 19
#Ableg News 🧵

If a political party is ONLY as good as their leader…it was a BAD week for the @UCPCaucus:

👩‍⚖️- Shandro faces major discipline! (Story #6)

🧳- A lawsuit vs UCP moves forward! (#7)

🪙- Biden messes with Kenney’s Bitcoin Hub dream! (9)

Here’s 9 bad news stories!
#Ableg News 🧵

1. Saturday began with the Canada Border Services Agency suspending services at the Coutts border crossing after Kenney refused to take action.

The agency directed commercial traffic to Saskatchewan & B.C, a move costing Alberta $44,000,000 in economic activity
#Ableg News 🧵

2. Despite claiming it’s safe to attend events without masks, Kenney said he won’t announce a Fort McMurray bi-election due to Omicron

🤫…
3. Kenney silently announced the bielection. As Brian Jean is running for the UCP, there’s 0 candidates who support Kenney
Read 11 tweets
Feb 12
#Ableg News 🧵

As exhausting and frustrating as this week was for Alberta; it was a HORRIBLE week for @UCPCaucus:

😳 More Kenney Press Conference Disasters (Story #4)

🪧 More Post Secondary strikes (#11-12)

👨‍⚖️ More legal court challenges (#14)

Here’s 16 Bad News UCP stories:
#Ableg

1. The week started with AHS reporting 26 new deaths from COVID-19, a day after Kenney suddenly said he’d be removing health restrictions.

Kenney claimed 90% vaccination rates and plunging hospitalization rates….but there were some obvious challenges to his “facts”…
#Ableg News 🧵

2. New data from that weekend showed Alberta remains the LEAST vaccinated province in Canada with ~85% of people 18+ vaccinated!

3. Data also showed ONLY 74.25% of Albertans are fully vaccinated (only 79.4% with one dose)

This is WELL short of Kenny’s 90% claim
Read 17 tweets
Feb 5
#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
Read 20 tweets
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

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