A tale of two headlines, months apart.

To deal with *labour shortages* “The Alberta government invested $8 million earlier this fall to create 69 “micro-credential programs” over two years.” After “$690 million worth of cuts they have imposed on post-secondary schools.” #abed ImageImage
“The @albertaNDP supports micro-credential programs, but the program is a tiny fraction of the $690 million worth of cuts they have imposed on #abpse schools. The #UCP’s] policies leave Albertans behind.”—@davideggenAB

calgary.citynews.ca/2022/12/02/alb…
“For @UCalgary students, funding cuts have contributed to an increase in annual tuition of 25% over the cost 4 years ago.”

“If word gets out that the government’s not funding universities, colleges properly, then people just won’t come,”—@davideggenAB

theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…
*note: there is no such thing as a “labour shortage.” There are only compensation shortages.

If businesses cannot offer the wages and benefits needed to attract workers, then it is the wages and benefits lacking.

Environments hostile to workers require greater compensation.
What’s going on with this is that education funding is being diverted from public secular institutions to private, for-profit, religious organizations.
Seventh-Day Adventist institution, Burman University, in Lacombe, will receive $98,000 in funding for new finance and entrepreneurship program.

#abed #abpse #ableg
With their religious roots, Burman University is a place that believes in chastity; and is against gay marriage.

Archive: web.archive.org/web/2022052623…👀
The roots of Seventh Day Adventism back to the Millerite doomsday cult that expected The Rapture to come in 1844. After that “great disappointment,” some cult members founded a new movement: the Adventists.

wgbh.org/news/post/mayb…

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Feb 25
Important reminder to everyone that @bostonpizza is a member of the Conservative anti-labour lobby group, Restaurants Canada, which opposes living wages for workers and supports the #UCP and their anti-2SLGBTQ+ social policies.

Jordon Holm is listed as a board member.
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It’s fair to point out that @bostonpizza isn’t the only company that supports the #UCP despite their anti-2SLGBTQ+ position.

@PizzaPizzaLtd also shares those politics. 🧵👇
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Feb 5
If you want to find a list of vilains in the province—and their sponsors—just pay attention to the companies who advertise on the boards.

Many will have ties to Conservatives. Image
An obvious connection is Jason Kenney, former lobbyist for the so called Canadian Taxpayer Federation, who is now on the board of the Alberta Trailer Company.

Somehow ATCO has become a behemoth in overcharging you to get heat. Image
Pathways Alliance: “This group includes Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Cenovus Energy, ConocoPhillips Canada, Imperial, MEG Energy, and Suncor Energy. Together, they control a whopping 95% of Canada’s oil sands production.”

greenpeace.org/canada/en/stor…
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Jun 22, 2023
This is the future that people like Murray Edwards, The Irvings, Exon, and other oil companies made for us. This is the future that Conservatives and other neoliberals enabled through capitalism. Only the future is now.

Drill, baby. Drill. https://t.co/qbOC4wmW4J
Have you ever watched a pot boil? A bubble of steam forms at the bottom of a pot and erupts outward to the surface of the water.

Now we’ve got a sort of slow moving “bubble” of heat getting “stuck.”

Look at it.

Look at the sea temperatures. This is pretty much what environmentalists have been warning about since I was a kid. I grew up watching @DavidSuzuki)
This is it.
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Jun 21, 2023
Canada is experiencing it’s worst wildfire season. There are tremendous issues with unaffordable housing and homelessness. Drug poisoning is now the leading cause of death in BC.

And this is what Conservatives do with their time in Parliament.
Let’s look at some of the ghouls jumping on this complete-waste-of-government-time bandwagon.

Here’s usual suspect “I don’t know how this works” Lantsman wasting time.

And here’s a Conservative lobbyists celebrating inaction on… everything I guess. Another ghoul.

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Jun 7, 2023
Few Canadians have caused more harm to the world than Murray Edwards. The Irving dynasty is one of them. For generations they have ruled New Brunswick with an iron fist. Irving considering exiting the oil business is a big deal.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…
The Irving family is one of the largest land owners in the world. For generations they have robbed the citizens of New Brunswick and of Canada.

mondediplo.com/2019/04/13cana…
Recently the Irvings sold the English Language that they used to dominate the media in New Brunswick to Postmedia. Jamie Irving was appointed to the head of the Canada-wide propaganda company.

via: @nbmediacoop

nbmediacoop.org/2022/08/09/jam…
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Four years ago I launched this account with the intent to be a sh!t-posting satire account in the lead up to the 2019 election.

In that time, much has changed. Including me.

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For one thing, I learned that good satire is reeealy hard to do.

Some people on here make it look easy. To those who can find humour in dark times, that is your gift, and I thank you.

I pretty much gave up on being a satire account.

2/x
Paying the closest attention to politics that I ever had placed horrific things front and centre.

There are too many to mention.

Just read @bailrs’ list. Follow him while you’re there.

3/x
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