Thread by @JasonOnTheDrums

#Ableg News 🧵

So…this was a horrible week for the @UCPCaucus and for EVERY SINGLE ALBERTAN:

🚌- School Bills Jump 151% under the UCP (Story #7)

🤷🏻‍♂️- UCP MLAs Want Kenney Out Now! (#10)

😳- Industry Critical of the UCP “Plan’s for Carbon”(#11)

Here’s 12 Bad UCP News Stories

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1. A new survey this week showed the majority of Albertans believe Kenney should lose his leadership review:

✅ Over 60% think he should resign immediately

✅ Only 21% support him

✅ Only 55% suggested they were “somewhat” confident it wouldn’t be rigged

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2. Kenney said he didn’t need overwhelming support in a leadership review as the pool of voters were “diluted by 1,000’s of angry members bent on destruction”

Kenney’s was criticized by his caucus for promising to stay if he received a bare majority of 50% +1

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3. Multiple UCP Constituencies say they won’t recognize the results if Kenney wins due to the suspicious voting process

Albertan News agencies made MULTIPLE requests for a tour of the vote count site and an interview about the process, but UCP officials declined

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4. More questions are being raised on bogus Allen’s “anti-Alberta” report after a new expense report implied Albertans got a discount

Experts are questioning how the inquiry spent $1,600,000 on “legal fees” when there were ZERO public hearings nor affidavits??

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5. Dozens of surgeries scheduled to take place this week at Rockyview General Hospital were postponed due to staff shortages from Covid19.

This comes weeks after surgeries at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre were diverted to other areas of the province

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6. According to internal data collected by AHS only 50% of patients were admitted after an 8-hour wait. Last year 70% of patients were admitted within this time

This means Alberta patients in ER waiting rooms waiting significantly longer compared to a year ago

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7. A new report shows how Kenney’s removal of rate caps on utility & insurance have broke Alberta’s public schools in the last few years:

✅ Insurance rates jumped 151% ✅ natural gas 27%
✅ electricity 23%

EPSB saw Insurance costs jump $1,600,000 in 12 months

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8. On Wednesday, Kenney, Alberta’s 18th premier, told a shocked audience of invited guests and cabinet ministers that 51% support of party rank and file in his leadership review was not enough to quell internal dissension wracking his party

He resigned!!!

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9. Just kidding!!!

1-day after saying he’d stepping down for the good of his UCP, Kenney backtracked and said he’d stay on until a new leader is chosen.

No caucus members came out to talk to the media AFTER the meeting….

But some did right before….

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OOOOF!

10. Despite Kenney choosing to stay on - multiple current and former UCP MLA’s spoke out, including Jean, Aheer, Barnes and Loewen.

Aheer said Kenney leaving is an “end the corruption & the cronyism & to be able to start a new day with hope for Alberta”

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11. Industry leaders in Alberta have criticized the UCP’s rollout of a plan to capture carbon dioxide emissions underground.

The claim it’s ineffective and lacking transparency, saying it has delayed BILLIONS of dollars of investment and increased costs 🤦🏻‍♂️

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12. The recent investment from the UCP into post-secondary institutions was a result of scrambling due to problems caused by its own budget cuts

This has resulted in higher tuition costs, labour strife, and long term consequences for our universities global ranks

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This was such a messed up week. Thanks to so many of you! @AB_AgainstUCP @youseepeeYYC @TheBlueGem3 @JasonPYYC @MondoAlberta @MichelletypoQ @SeanDunn10 @high_tequila @YYCCowboy @Mitchell_AB @KikkiPlanet @itsbrritt @TheBreakdownAB @kim_siever

Thank you all!