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THE $130,000,000 REFERENDUM

Alberta’s former Chief Electoral Officer, Lorne Gibson, estimates Smith’s fall referendum will cost $120–130 million

For a vote that’s non-binding…it changes NOTHING in law!

Here’s what $130M could have built instead

Priorities matter. 🧵

https://twitter.com/cspotweet/status/2066948606523744699

1. DOCTORS, NURSES, HEALTH AIDES

$130,000,000 is 464 family doctors.

700,000 Albertans don’t have one.

It’s also would cover:
🧑‍⚕️ 1,000 Nurse Practitioners
👩‍⚕️ 1,300 Registered Nurses
👨‍⚕️ 2,400 Health Care Aides

We get nothing but excuses….

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Separatism is polling at 9%

Alberta DOES NOT have a separatist problem

It has a Rick Bell problem

Bell is Postmedia’s most-read Alberta columnist

Smith gives him exclusive access

He uses it not to challenge her…but to make separatism seem inevitable

A breakdown 🧵

https://twitter.com/RickBellwrites/status/2063248575103156572

1. Bell is a participant…not a reporter

Bell doesn’t just quote Smith

He narrates her politics like she’s a hero

He injects his own voice….not quoting anyone…when he wrote that Canadians who voted Liberal had ‘lost their minds.’

This is what we call UCP Partisan advocacy

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Your weekly Alberta damage report!

In 7 days, the separation project didn’t stall….it completely cratered.

This week included

- Bad UCP polls!
- First Nations fight Smith!
- Smith’s own math!
- Warning from our privacy watchdog!

One brutal week, in one place. 🧵 1. SEPARATIST SUPPORT IMPLODES
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New Ipsos poll: just 18% of Albertans back leaving Canada….DOWN 10 POINTS since January.

Half aren’t even committed once they see the costs

A new Leger poll adds the kicker “fewer than half would even stay in an independent Alberta”

😬

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THE LARGEST DATA BREACH IN CANADIAN HISTORY….

Is sitting in the middle of Alberta’s separatist movement

And the trail runs to Michigan and brushes up against the US Ambassador to Canada.

Here’s what the reporting actually shows….

Credit: nationalobserver.com/2026/05/20/inv… x.com/reil76/status/… #ableg

1. Separatist David Parker

His Centurion app was built with a US firm, 10XVotes & 2 Michigan operatives

His words: ‘for almost 2 years I’ve been working with them. The result is the Centurion Project’

THOUSANDS of Albertans’ data later surfaced on that US firm’s site…

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WTAF???

The Alberta Prosperity Project (APP) actually released a “fully costed” independence plan!

I read all 43 pages so you don’t have to**

It is one of the most dishonest, disastrous, and delusional documents in Canadian political history.

Let’s jump in…. 🧵

https://twitter.com/dienes_tom/status/2054409350039658528

1. CPP

They claim Alberta is owed $334 BILLION from CPP

FALSE!

That number comes from ONE poorly sourced report… paid for by tDanielle Smith’s UCP!!

The CPP Investment Board’s independent estimate? $100 billion!!

The APP overinflated their number 3.3X to make the math work

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Garnett Genuis is among the most SECRETIVE MPs in Canada.

🤫 He has a LENGTHY track record of being a discreetly funded opponent of LGBTQ+ & women's rights

Here are FIVE incidents EXPOSING how @GarnettGenuis is a problematic MP and a threat to Canada’s democracy:

https://twitter.com/garnettgenuis/status/1839673808380150189

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1. 🤐 Secret Trips ✈️

Genuis has participated in 10 foreign-funded trips to conferences with undisclosed funding sources, more than ANY MP in 🇨🇦

When asked, he REFUSED to provide an explanation

It has since emerged MANY of these trips are tied to anti-LGBTQ+ groups

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In the last 7-days #Abpoli called out 3 news stories with VERY suspicious origins, including:

🎤 A CTV interview about the anti-abortion poll…with a UCP organizer

💰 A daycare operator who is sabotaging $10/day care

📉 A non-existent polling firm

Let’s jump in!





#Ableg Story #1.

The "Association of Alberta Childcare Entrepreneurs" shutdown several daycares protesting $10/day care and blaming the Fed’s

However, CEO Krystal Chucher lobby records showed she’s ONLY upset with the province’s bad funding model

She’s also a major Smith stan

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Yesterday, Alberta saw 2 of the most undemocratic, anti-Canadian bills in our history.

Bill 3 and 5 mark a new low.

Rock Bottom.

Let’s go through these gross abominations and see if you agree
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Bill 3: Opioid Damages & Health Care Costs Recover

Vulnerable Albertan will be mandated to forced labour (to UCP employers) to “recover” costs of mandatory treatments

Marshall Smith, Danielle’s drug “expert” was BUSTED for a similar illegal operation when he was in BC

MASSIVE #Ableg shoutout to @CorbLund

Corb is calling out SNEAKY UCP Minister of the Environment @rebeccakschulz and the Australian Benga Mines secretly applying to operate coal mines.

Let’s look at the timelines and what Rebecca is attempting to hide from Albertans….

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https://twitter.com/corblund/status/1709329081823535389

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1. 2021-22 Benga Mines application to operate an open pit mines was REJECTED 2X over concerns of the massive environmental damage they’d cause

It was so bad that UCP Enviro Minister, Sonya Savage, put a moratorium on future applications

However…that was under Kenney

#Ableg

Sneaky UCP MLA @rebeccakschulz, Minister of the Environment and Protected Areas, has a MAJOR credibility problem.

Let’s look at 3 recent decisions made under her watch that raises MASSIVE questions about her suitability for this important role…

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1. Mountain Ash Ltd.

This private project has MAJOR concerns due to the HUGE impact to groundwater resources and threats to the Big Hill Provincial Park

Despite the MASSIVE red flags, Rebecca STILL approved it AFTER she was lobbied by a major UCP donor in July 2023

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It’s been 7-days.

@rebeccakschulz continues to hide from Albertans as her husband is paid by O&G to convince Rebecca to change 5 laws environmental laws and protected areas

Let’s explore Alberta’s Conflict of Interest act, simplified for Rebecca

Rebecca - take notes📝 #Ableg

1. Are MLA’s allowed to personally benefit from legislative decisions?

- NOPE! 🚫

The Act says Members MUST NOT participate in decisions that MAY benefit themselves, their partners, their associates, or their children.

Rebecca CAN NOT touch ANYTHING Cole is lobbying

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UCP Environment & Protected Area Minister @rebeccakschulz is pretending there’s no conflict of interest as her husband is lobbying to change environmental laws and regulations.

Let’s look at 5 policies he’s looking to change and YOU decide if there’s a conflict….

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https://twitter.com/rebeccakschulz/status/1707785789214761403

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1. Cole is lobbying to “cut administrative burdens” in Alberta’s “TEIR carbon pricing strategy” in order to help maximize O&G profits.

TIER (Regulation 133/2019) falls DIRECTLY under Rebecca’s portfolio as our Environmental and Protected Areas Minister

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Danielle Smith broke a MAJOR promise announcing her intent to steal from the CPP and illegally create an APP.

This is part of her “Free Alberta Strategy”; a document focused on ushering in Alberta separation.

Let’s look at what her dangerous plan entails:

#Abpoli 1. The Alberta Sovereignty Act

This act attempted to illegally circumvent the Canadian Constitution by claiming Danielle had more power than the federal gov’t on taxation, pipeline approvals and environmental laws.

Danielle was forced to water this her original act.

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Alberta is on fire.

Alberta had one of the BEST wildfire programs in the world until 2019.

Despite MULTIPLE warnings, the @Alberta_UCP cut TENS of MILLIONS from firefighting programs.

We’re now seeing the consequences

Let’s review 6 MAJOR UCP wildfire cuts! #Ableg 🔥 🧵

1. The UCP Eliminated the 63-man Aerial Rapattack Team

This early intervention squad had a 94% success rate containing fires <2 hectares

Municipalities BEGGED the UCP to keep them; the UCP chose to save a messily $1.4M instead (ONLY 4% of the UCP War Room budget)

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“The surprise hero is Tyler Shandro”

Here’s Tyler’s 3 charges with the law society:

1. Shandro ILLEGALLY accessed confidential health care info to obtain phone # for doctors who publicly disagreed with Shandro

Shandro called / harassed MULTIPLE physicians at 9pm

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https://twitter.com/donbraid/status/1659536883016163329

#Ableg Shandrogate

2. Tyler Shandro used his MLA e-mail to THREATEN an Albertan after she messaged Shandro’s wife’s company, Vital Partners, concerning a perceived conflict of interest

Shandro threatened to use his powers to have her arrested!

He NEVER apologized
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6 Facts to share with your Mother today about:

🤰 Danielle Smith and the @Alberta_UCP negatively impacting mothers and their young children

Including:

✂️- Cuts to funds for children-in-need

✂️- Cuts to child care programs

✂️- Cuts to women’s health

Let’s jump in! #Ableg 👩 🧵

1. The UCP DEFUNDED early intervention programs for children in need by $128,000,000

This resulted in:
- #YEG public schools closing 76% of early learning programs
- 68% cut for language programs
- Criteria changes to make it harder for parents to access key funds

#Ableg👩‍⚕️ 🧵

1. In February 2020, UCP MLA Tyler Shandro met with Alberta physicians concerned with UCP health policies

When Shandro was given a copy of a new contract the province proposed for physicians, he tore the contract in half in front of physicians and other attendees

https://twitter.com/cspotweet/status/1657447427870449664

#Ableg 👩‍⚕️ 🧵

2. The aftermath of Shandro's tantrum was significant

Many physicians saw the incident as an affront to their profession and a sign of disrespect from the UCP.

It added to existing tensions between the UCP and MD’s over changes to the Alberta’s healthcare system

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12 Facts to share with your family about:

👮‍♀️ Danielle Smith and the @Alberta_UCP silently defunding Alberta Police Agencies by $96,000,000 since 2019 (despite saying “they’re tough on crime”

Let’s explore the HUGE impact on 61 rural municipalities and major cities #Ableg Police 🧵

1. On April 1, 2020, the UCP SUDDENLY began taking a 50% higher cut of fines collected by municipalities

This left 61 cities with MASSIVE holes in their policing and traffic safety budgets

Which cities and by how much???

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#Ableg Fact

A look at 2 leaders:

1. Trudeau: Offered assistance SEVERAL days ago. Had 2 Ministers (Bill Blair / Randy Boissonnault) on “standby” waiting for Danielle Smith

2. Smith: Held multiple parties. Ate Prime Rib. Decided TODAY to contact the Fed’s.

Priorities Matter!

https://twitter.com/cspotweet/status/1655638037441703936

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Let’s look at the action our provincial leaders made in the past:

1. NDP: Following “the beast” in 2016, Notley added MILLIONS to wildfire funds.

They INVESTED in new firefighting technologies and equipment, such as infrared scanning and water-bombing aircraft

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As Alberta burns, we NEED our leaders to step up and lead us forward.

The @UCPCaucus decided to ignore the plight of 24,000 displaced Albertans and dance, hug and take selfies.

This is NOT leadership; this is COWARDICE

Shame on Danielle Smith and the ENTIRE @UCPCaucus So how has YOUR UCP MLA helped their constituents during the wildfires?

1. Miranda Rosin wanted you to check out her new jacket!

Banff-Kanamaskis is experiencing a wildfire that’s out of control.

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As @UCPCaucus “pray for rain” let’s look at what @drloewen and his UCP MLA’s did to help:

1. The UCP DECIMATED funding for Alberta's wildfire prevention and response programs by $15,000,000, reducing the total budget for the province's wildfire management programs

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https://twitter.com/dtloewen/status/1654538259618312195

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2. The budget cuts resulted in the CLOSURE of Alberta's wildfire training center

This provided CRITICAL training to wildfire crews and helped ensure Alberta firefighters were equipped with the skills and knowledge they needed to combat wildfires effectively

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