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May 6 26 tweets 20 min read
#Ableg News 🧵

This was the WORST bad news week for the @UCPCaucus in 2022:

🤬- The UCP suddenly defund critical diabetic care (Story #1)

🤫 - Jason Nixon secretly removes park protections (#2)

🤐- Kenney’s silent on Women’s Rights (#7)

Here’s 22 (YUP!) Bad News UCP Stories!
#Ableg News 🧵

1. Thousands of Albertans were SHOCKED after the UCP announced a plan to “improve” diabetes care…by partially defunding insulin pumps for diabetics

Sick Albertans may see expensive premiums, co-payments or they’ll be forced to abandon their treatments altogether
#Ableg News 🧵

2. 🤫 Shhhh….pro-coal UCP MLA Jason Nixon is AGAIN silently changing legislation to weaken protections of our provincial parks!

Critics say he is attempting to now allow activities in provincial ncisl parks and public lands that are currently prohibited ⛏
#Anleg News 🧵

3. Nixon is also being challenged over his decision to allow a MASSIVE cattle feed lot which may pollute a sensitive water area & popular Alberta beach

The area s had MULTIPLE blue-green algae public health warnings over the last decade. & fecal bacteria concerns
#Ableg News 🧵

4. A MAJOR con activist and UCP former supporter is APPALLED by:

✅ Kenney’s “vile” legislature behaviour and “leadership”

✅ The divisive mood in the @UCPCaucus

✅ Recent actions by UCP staffers and UCP MLA Nixon.

Browne sees ZERO chance for UCP redemption
#Ableg News 🧵

Speaking of divisive…

5. Kenney's arch-foe in the UCP caucus’, Brian Jean, mocked his party leader in #Ableg Thursday, blasting Kenney for “failing” Albertans

Shandro quickly defended Kenney

This resulted in “laughter, hoots and shouts” from both parties 🤦🏻‍♂️
#Ableg News 🧵

6. Experts warn Alberta’s at a high risk of fires getting out of control threatening lives & communities.

Due to budget concerns, Alberta’s WEEKS behind hiring & training seasonal firefighters

It may not be until the end of May before the province catches up.
#Ableg News 🧵

7. During #Ableg, Kenney was asked if he’d commit to the UCP “never reducing access to abortion in this province? Yes or no”

Kenney FAILED to respond or state the UCP would never cut access to abortion under the UCP

He quickly changed the subject to Trudeau 🤷🏻‍♂️
#Ableg News 🧵

8. 50+ research scientists, clinicians, & experts signed an open letter criticizing a report by Alberta Health which claimed it found “no evidence demonstrating benefits” of providing a safer supply of drugs

A record 1,758 Albertans died from toxic drugs in 2021
#Ableg News 🧵

9. Kenney’s $1.3B disaster Keystone XL investment is being exposed!

It appears he set up MULTIPLE US Shell companies to filter money around.

Little is known about their operations or management.

They’re still in operation, but the UCP won’t say what they do!
#Ableg News 🧵

10. Kenney is potentially being compelled to testify in a lawsuit against his office from a former UCP Staffer.

The law suit (wrongful dismissal) will look into his actions for creating a toxic work environment, sexual harassment, and heavy drinking.
#Ableg News 🧵

11. Speaking of lawsuits - Kenney’s pal & UCP donor Jon Denis is BEGGING a judge to overturn his contempt conviction

Denis’s *allegedly* behind an attempt to hack a journalist who revealed UCP MLA Mike Ellis was at Denis’s huge wedding that violated Covid rules
#Ableg News 🧵

12. Shocking details are emerging on Kenney’s political interference with Western Canada’s largest online post institution

It appears he made promises to UCP supporters in rural Alberta, knowing it may cost the institution key staff and ability to fully operate.
#Ableg News 🧵

Promises Made Promises Kept?

13. Albertans may not receive relief on their utility bills for several months despite promises the UCP made earlier this year they’d be sent by the summer.

It’s been 60 days since the UCP promised a rebate and there’s still no plan!
#Ableg News 🧵

14. Whoopsie - another UCP Member is questioning the mail-in leadership voting process after receiving multiple ballots,

A UCP Staffer responded saying it’s “no big deal… we’re making sure everyone gets their ballot on time”

The UCP member is unimpressed
#Ableg News 🧵

15. Despite Copping saying things were improving…Covid #’s in Alberta are not:

New cases: 4754
Positivity rate: 19%
Kids With Covid: 526 (22% of all cases)
Hospitalizations 1267 (47+)
ICU 46 (- 1)
69 Albertans Died (9.85/Day)

More on how bad it REALLY is…
#Ableg News 🧵

Devastating 😢

16. Long lines of parents and sick children was seen outside the doors of the ER at the #YYC Children’s Hospital this week.

An ER doctor said there’s “clearly” a connection between the UCP lifting public health measures + new COVID-19 outbreaks
#Ableg News 🧵

17. Sadly, it’s not just Calgary

ER wait times for kids at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in #YEG are in the midst of an “unprecedented, unsustainable situation”

One MD said under Kenney “It’s getting worse & become the new baseline in terms of patient care”
#Ableg News 🧵

18. The health care crisis in Red Deer continued this week after some patients needing general surgeries were moved from Red Deer Hospital to other central Alberta facilities, #YEG or #YYC.

This comes just a week after 14-ambulances backed up the parking lot
#Ableg News 🧵

19. In addition to Red Deer, hospitals in

✅ Rocky Mountain House
✅ Sundre
✅ Provost
✅ Rimbey
✅ Drayton Valley

experienced "temporary" bed or space reductions due to skyrocketing Covid-19 Numbers and major staff shortages.

This is a UCP created crisis!
#Ableg News 🧵

20. Alberta is also at a crisis in its EMS Services

This includes dropped shifts, downgrades and red alerts becoming the norm for ambulance services across Albertan under Kenney.

Critics are asking for more staff & training; the UCP has offered new ambulances.
#Ableg News 🧵

21. Rural EMS service has deteriorated so horribly under the UCP, many Albertans are forced to have a “Plan B” in case ambulances don’t arrive promptly

Citizens are instead promoting the need for more publically available Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
#Ableg News 🧵

22. YIKES!!!

Despite record low unemployment rates across Canada under Trudeau (5.2%), Kenney’s Alberta was still WAY above this at 5.9%

Alberta also had the 2 WORST performing major cities in Canada:

Calgary (7.2%)
Edmonton (6.9%)

Kenney did not address it.
#Ableg News 🧵

Here’s an incredible 🧵 by @YYCCowboy that gives us first hand insight to how bad EMS has gotten under Kenney and the implications his recent decisions had on our public health care system: it’s bad.

Thank you @YYCCowboy for your candid and revealing post!
Important link to the story:

thenarwhal.ca/alberta-tc-ene…

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More from @JasonOnTheDrums

Apr 29
#Ableg News 🧵

I told @AB_AgainstUCP it’d be a “quiet” week for the @UCPCaucus

I was wrong: it’s AWFUL:

🥊 UCP MLA Nixon Gets Away With Bullying (Story #1)

😨 Another UCP MLA Calls Kenney Out! (#5)

🏥 4 Major Health Care Crisis’s! (#7-10)

Here’s 16 bad news UCP stories!
#Ableg News 🧵

1. UCP MLA Jason Nixon will not be sanctioned for comments he made during an angry exchange that included him swearing at Speaker Nathan Cooper in the leg.

It is noted Nixon didn’t ACTUALLY apologize…rather an “I’m sorry” letter was read by another UCP MLA.
#Ableg News 🧵

2. UCP MLA Fir announced private schools, which receive 70% of funding from taxpayers, won’t need report how much they charge for tuition under a new bill. 

Critics suggest the UCP is hiding how much wealthy private schools make in tuition payments from parents
Read 19 tweets
Apr 22
#Ableg News 🧵

It was a stinker of a bad news week for the @UCPCaucus

👩‍🎓- LaGrange’s education cuts create chaos! (Story #3)

😔- The UCP kick 40,000 vulnerable Albertans off health care plans! (#5)

🎭 - 5 UCP DRAMA STORIES!(#7-11)

👀 Here’s 16 bad news UCP stories this week
#Ableg News 🧵

1. Kenney is accused of hiding a report showing how Alberta auto insurance providers collected over a $1,000,000,000 more than they paid out in 2020!

Despite this: Auto premiums went up significantly over the past 2 years- after @jkenney removed the rate cap.
#Ableg News 🧵

2. The Alberta Ombudsman is calling out the Kenney gov’t to make MAJOR changes to the AISH appeal system

He ruled that under the UCP, Disabled Albertans wanting to challenge their provincial disability benefits are facing a system that isn’t fair and troubling.
Read 18 tweets
Apr 15
#Ableg News 🧵

Despite it being “Good Friday”, it’s been a BAD News Week for the @UCPCaucus:

🧳- Alberta has the WORST job growth in Canada (Story #1)

🤦🏻‍♂️- LaGrange’s BRUTAL Presser (#8)

📈 - Alberta Insurance Profits Skyrocket (#13)

Here’s 13 Bad News UCP Stories
(@OrrsArt)
#Ableg News 🧵

1. Despite record job growth all across Canada - Alberta is being left behind under Kenney!

#YEG saw the unemployment rate jump to 7.1% (from 6.9%); #YYC saw a tiny drop at 7.7% (8%) — these are some of the HIGHEST unemployment rates among major Canadian cities
#Ableg News 🧵

2. In just 3-months in 2022, Alberta Health Services has posted 52 news releases alerting the public that Alberta emergency rooms and urgent care centres were closed or relying only on nursing staff because there wasn't a doctor available.

This is a crisis 😬
Read 17 tweets
Apr 9
#Ableg News 🧵

There’s no “Good News Weeks” in Alberta; only slightly less awful weeks under the @UCPCaucus:

🤦🏻‍♂️- Kenney’s expensive referendum was useless (Story #1)

👨‍⚖️- Provincial Lawyers Threaten To Strike (#5)

📉- More Bad UCP Polls! (#X)

Here’s XX Bad News UCP Stories!
#Ableg News 🧵

1. Despite spending $10,000,000 in taxpayer 💰, Kenney’s “Equalization Referendum” had 0 influence on Canadians' support for the program, revealed a new national survey

This 100% goes against Kenney’s claim his referendum sent a “powerful message” to Canadians🤦🏻‍♂️
#Ableg News 🧵

2. Dr. Verna Yiu was fired by Kenney’s AHS Board, shocking health workers who admired her calm, compassionate leadership

Critics say she stood in the way of Kenney privatizing health care + supported COVID-19 mandates. Multiple UCP MLA’s publicly attacked her
Read 12 tweets
Apr 1
#Ableg News🧵

It’s ALWAYS April Fools in Alberta under the UCP; the comically “Bad News” never stops:

👮‍♂️ RCMP finally interview Kenney (Story #1)

😔 A final report from the Child Advocate blasts the UCP (#5)

📉2 Bad Polls for Kenney (#11-12)

Here’s 12 Bad News UCP stories!
#Ableg News 🧵

1. Kenney admits he was interviewed by the RCMP regarding his role facilitating illegal donations in the 2017 leadership race.

This falls days after transcripts from interviews with co-operating witnesses reveal how Kenney’s Team covertly snuck in illegal 💰
#Ableg News 🧵

2. An incredible piece by @TS_Lambert reveals the TRUE Jason Nixon: a man charged with several criminal offences, multiple financial scandals and corruption

It comes on the revelation he’s using is position to allow foreign companies to open Alberta coal mines
Read 17 tweets
Mar 25
#Ableg News 🧵

It was a wild week in Alberta; and a HORRIBLE one for the @UCPCaucus:

👮‍♂️- New info on the UCP Election Fraud Investigation (Story #1)

🔥- UCP MLA’s Demand Kenney Resign (#3)

🙄- is “Leaked” Audio of a Kenney Rant Staged? (#14)

Here’s 14 bad news UCP stories:
#Ableg News 🧵

😮

1. @carolyndunncbc reveals INCREDIBLE evidence from Alberta’s largest electoral investigation: The sham 2017 UCP Leadership Election which led to $200,000 in fines

Despite Kenney saying otherwise Witnesses say he was there to discuss illegal money transfers!
#Ableg News 🧵

2. Several UCP members sound the alarm over Kenney’s last minute change to the UCP leadership review

Members suggest his substantial changes are against UCP Bylaws and illegal.

One member said “it’s the worst division I’ve ever seen and it has to be stopped.”
Read 16 tweets

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