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Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇨🇦🇺🇦 Profile picture
Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇨🇦🇺🇦
@ZiadFazel
Dad, Engineer, #STEM guide. 🇨🇦🏈 #ZeroCovid #CovidIsAirborne Wear Respirators, not Masks. Opinions are mine alone. Also ziadfazel at 🦋
Mar 14 • 24 tweets • 12 min read
🧵Respected Alberta political scientist @DuaneBratt posted in the friendlier place this same-day review of Health Min LaGrange's Statement of Defence in wrongful termination lawsuit from fired AHS CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos.

I have some thoughts too...

skyview.social/?url=https%3A%… @DuaneBratt AB Justice Minister posted a link to the Statement of Defence from the Dropbox of a Heather Jenkins, who appears to be the Ministry's Press Secretary.

alberta.ca/news-spokesper…

x.com/mickeyamery/st… Screenshot of Min Amery's link showing the Statement of Defence on Heather Jenkins' Dropbox.
Screenshot from GoA "Media Inquiries" page showing role of Ms Jenkins.
Mar 13 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
🧵

The Honourable Raymond E. Wyant, former Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba, certainly has a sparkling resumé and history of service.

However, there may be a problem with him providing these legal services to the Government of Alberta.

alberta.ca/release.cfm?xI… That problem: no evidence that Judge Wyant is entitled to practice law in Alberta.

Search result from Law Society of Alberta directory, which lists lawyers of different practising statuses:
• lots of Raymond___
• no ___Wyant

/c @KathleenGanley

documents.lawsociety.ab.ca/wp-content/upl…no result for Wyant last name
Lots of Ray and Raymond, but none with last name Wyant
Mar 10 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Hey Bath Fitter!

You're apparently renovating the bathroom above my friend's high-rise condo suite in NW Calgary, and here's what you (?) have done to her ceiling. Your "installer" apparently ran down to say he would "clean it up".

She called condo mgr.

bathfitteralberta.caPhoto of hole in ceiling - IIRC this WAS the access panel from suite below to tub in suite above.
Rain shower head in lower suite covered in junk
Way more debris in the floor drain of my friend's shower
Access panel from ceiling fallen into my friend's shower, likely because Bath Fitter or whoever did not come to "access" the bathtub below through it first. My friend is worried about her safety. We recently had to get restraining order against a man who nearly sexually assaulted her there on 16 Dec 24.

💩 condo manager GAVE THE PREDATOR her suite number and allowed him up to her floor, without checking ID or calling her.

@CBCMeg
Mar 9 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Sunday Brunch Buffet at @HyattCalgary with my sister for her birthday tomorrow. All this chef-prepared food, on heavy plates and silverware, and graceful perfect service for $45.

Don’t tell her I could probably afford this more than once/year.

thomsonskitchenbar.ca/promotions And yes, my video work is extremely sub-par. @rodmaldaner would give it an F if he were teaching me in a class. 😏

But:
• I’m hungry. Come film and eat your own.
• I promised the staff no faces - chefs, customers, staff. Just food.
Mar 9 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
🧵I remember when AHS was an arms-length agency that delivered health care, and left the politicking to Health Minister, currently @AdrianaLaGrange.

Now, "refocused" AHS is schlepping Premier @ABDanielleSmith self-serving idea to dump $80m MHCare/Atabay boondoggle on Ukraine. Screenshot of tweet 1/7 below. @AdrianaLaGrange @ABDanielleSmith @JMeddings @alanna_smithh @TheBreakdownAB @JenLeeCBC @PfParks @LukaszukAB @reportrix @CheSkulskiCTV @ByMatthewBlack @DuaneBratt We know 120 mg/5 mL is European concentration, and 160 mg/5 mL is N American.

Yet you paid MHCare Medical $70m for 5m bottles (10-14x Canada's annual demand) of European concentration, when Atabay would have happily mixed the Canadian concentration in this custom order for us. Image
Mar 7 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I have friends in Ukraine, including one in the Armed Forces. I did not speak with him this morning (would never reveal when I did) but I spoke to other friends about this proposed unsellable, expiring inventory dump disguised as an "aid shipment."

Like me, they were disgusted. 🧵 to come later, after my Ukrainian friends and I have done some more research. Likely on the weekend.

#MHCareMedical #Atabay #ChildrensAcetaminophen #Boondoggle

threadreaderapp.com/thread/1851465…Photo of glass bottle of children's acetaminophen, manufactured by Atabay of Turkey, but customized for Canada and imported by MHCare Medical, as part of an $80m boondoggle.
Mar 4 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
SNEAKY, Premier Smith. You restricted mandate of Judge Wyant's "third-party investigation" to eliminate over $500m of AHS purchases alone from MHCare Medical.

No rapid tests
No PPE (Vanch masks, BYD KN95, fast food masks).

No Education (BYD Kids masks)

alberta.ca/release.cfm?xI…Paragraph in press release limiting scope to just AHS, and just pharmaceuticals and chartered surgical facilities (CSFs).
Top of Ministerial Order saying mandate in Appendix A
Terms of Reference in Appendix 'A' @alanna_smithh @DuaneBratt @JenLeeCBC @kim_siever @ByMatthewBlack @TimmCTV @Lorian_H @BarryHunt008 @JMeddings @PfParks Premier, I know the "Proposed Audit Scope" I hastily drew up isn't very neat, yet, but I was planning to put it into nice PDF for Auditor General (with footnotes to my source material) very soon.

Why don't you work from that?
@CarrieTait @markusoff

x.com/ZiadFazel/stat…
Mar 4 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Starting on 🦋 this time, with Charles Rusnell's excellent work on MHCare Medical & Sam Mraiche v @NatePike and @TheBreakdownAB, I did some analysis on several kinds of journalism in this story:
• 2 mainstream
• 1 independent
• 1 new media
• 1 blogger

thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/0… @NatePike @TheBreakdownAB Here's my analysis ~ 1.30am,

on a story Charles posted at 11.30pm,

which included same-day analysis, by same veteran defamation lawyer as before.

If this is a micro-blogging platform, then I guess I"m the sleepy blogger.

P.S. Thanks @Lorian_H too.

skyview.social/?url=https%3A%…
Feb 28 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
🧵Earlier this morning, I received attached chat messages from @KatyET #ABResistance, on BlueSky where I had not thought to block her, claiming they are acting "with the absolute knowledge and complete support of Nate".

I don't believe this is true - not to the extent stated. Start of chat at 5.43 am
first two messages received by 5.49am
Image
Image @Katyet @alanna_smithh @ByMatthewBlack @DuaneBratt @reportrix @gthomsonink @TimmCTV As someone unaware of the chat replied to my thread yesterday, in Nate's goodbye video on Sun 16 Feb, he said he would follow the rules of society, and not be like the people he criticizes (eg. TBA)

He would not circumvent the court order to criticize Mraiche through others. Unrelated reply to me this morning.
Feb 28 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
Very ugly things happening around MHCare Medical v Nate Pike lawsuit, especially approaching hearing Friday afternoon.

Many in #abpoli know ⤵️

I feel terrible for my friend Nate:
• Big "allies" like DKGray/ABResistance treating Mraiche like KJJ treated Mohamad Fakih, IMO 4 screenshots of twitter thread better left undescribed
4 screenshots of twitter thread better left undescribed
4 screenshots of twitter thread better left undescribed
4 screenshots of twitter thread better left undescribed Like Mr Mraiche and Mr Fakih, I am Canadian and Muslim and born overseas. (Kenya, not Lebanon).

I can be those immutable things + CFL fanatic + engineer + father + advocate for ethical government and safe PPE/meds + free press + many other things simultaneously without conflict.
Feb 26 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Here's the Procedure Card I obtained this afternoon from Calgary Courts Centre for MHCare Medical v Nate Pike.

I understand from court clerks there is no publication ban and no sealed document.

Not tagging anyone on this because it might blow up your notifications. Bracing myse Image I understand people want to demonstrate Friday to support Nate.

IMO, TERRIBLE idea. People may put up defamatory signs, and convoy or Coutts people who hate Nate could make things uglier. That will work AGAINST Nate.

The Justice will decide from what's IN Court, not OUTSIDE.
Feb 22 • 18 tweets • 7 min read
🧵 MHCare Medical ISO 13485:2016 Certification

I had always found it odd that the firm that supplied the notorious Vanch masks 😱 to GoA would claim certification under:

ISO 13485:2016
Medical Devices - Quality Management Systems

mhcaremedical.com/who-we-serveScreenshot of "Who we serve" page showing a HCW in a blue flat mask and MHCare Medical's claim "We deliver quality products, competitive pricing..."
screenshot of home page showing ISO 13485:2016 logo from "ORI". @kim_siever @BarryHunt008 @alanna_smithh @ByMatthewBlack @PfParks @JMeddings @DanielleLarivee @gilmcgowan @reportrix @DuaneBratt But until last week, when they succeeded at muzzling my friend Nate Pike @TheBreakdownAB (I can't even tag them on this!) as part of their $6m suspected SLAPP, I hadn't looked into it the way I sometimes do.

Turns out they are!
🤯

iafcertsearch.org/certification/…
Feb 17 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
With the sad news last night that all of @TheBreakdownAB YouTube content would be taken down Tuesday night, I had a look at my favourite guest appearances on the show.

See 'em before they're gone if you're interested.

🧵 On 1 Jan 2023, I covered GoA's questionable procurement of masks & respirators since 2020.

I didn't just comment on MHCare Medical's products, but also Orpyx, Shanghai Dasheng, @CAPPEM2 and 3M, and many of my comments are quite positive.

Feb 16 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Happy Sunday. For those looking for the full 17-page Statement of Claim from fired AHS CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos' lawsuit against AHS & AB Health, this CityNews story allows free download without scribd account.

@TheBreakdownAB @PfParks @JMeddings

edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/02/13/nen… There are parts of the S/C on topics about which my tweets get widespread attention –

especially the overpriced, late and dangerously substandard kids meds that GoA wants you to think came directly from Atabay –

but in reality came through markup middleman MHCare Medical.
Feb 13 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
Personal safety was/is a concern for me too, since 2020, because I was proving the Vanch masks did not even meet ASTM Level 1 standard that AHS claimed they did, for over $200m of PPE from Mraiche Holding Corporation.

Bravo @kim_siever @TheBreakdownAB

albertaworker.ca/news/what-you-… x.com/AndieYEG/statu… @kim_siever @TheBreakdownAB Confirmed something awful in @TheBreakdownAB peek today at AHS FOIP response.

4 Jan 2022: the dangerous BYD Kids masks were bought from MHCare Medical.

As Education Min, LaGrange ordered them given TO OUR KIDS.

So of course I watch my personal safety.

threadreaderapp.com/thread/1485004…Screenshot shared by Nate today, of a list of AHS purchases from MHCare Medical, where I have highlighted the 4 Jan 2022 purchase of 1000 cases x 2000 masks each.
Feb 12 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
Yesterday, Ministers Fir & Turton trotted out GoA's canned talking points on AB Health/AHS procurement scandal to media and public for the first time, and I wanted to point out certain problems with it.

Bravo @alanna_smithh @CheSkulskiCTV & unnamed male.

youtube.com/live/8kqvTwktG… Turton laughably praised Smith for her "decisive leadership" in asking the Auditor General for "an expedited review".

In her 6 Feb tweet, Smith said "I will be writing Auditor General Doug Wylie to ask for an expedited review".

So, where's that letter?

Feb 11 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
As someone who successfully went to Auditor General + Alberta Securities Commission about Alberta Research Council wrongdoing ~20 years ago, I wanted to share some tips based on what I read in Premier Smith's letter on 8 Feb 2025.

🧵

Body of tweet whose link I pasted in my tweet. "To that end, I will be writing Auditor General Doug Wylie to ask for an expedited review and his findings on this issue."

Auditor General said 2 days prior he had already commenced the "examination", not review.

Deep dives & thread pulls, not "review".

oag.ab.ca/statement-from…
Feb 1 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Great to see @orlaghokelly driving another public interest lawsuit to help children with disabilities deprived of education by GoA.

She and @Sharonadactyl taught GoA a lesson in CM v Alberta, and were awarded over $100K in costs.
@Lorian_H @UbakaOgbogu

canlii.org/en/ab/abkb/doc… x.com/thebreakdownab… Oops. I mistakenly left out @gilmcgowan and @ABFedLabour for not only providing funding, but for getting court approval to act as a party (plaintiff) in case the children became too sick to continue.

There are a lot of reasons to like Gil, but that one is special for me.
Jan 2 • 66 tweets • 23 min read
Just before Christmas, I was asked by a friend still traumatized by her harasser to help her report to the police, who recommended she get a Civil Restraining Order without Notice.

AB Justice website providing advice for this is flawed. Here's what to do until it is fixed.

🧵 The @CalgaryPolice recommend this website, which AFAIK is OK for the majority of situations they attend: Restraining Order in Family Law situations.

But for the "Civil Restraining Order", aka Restraining Order from Civil Court, it is deeply flawed.

alberta.ca/get-a-restrain…"How to file a Restraining Order (Without Notice) Step 1. Fill out the forms Fill out the correct form based on your situation: • if your situation involves family members, a relationship where you lived together or a Family Law situation, fill out the Application for a Restraining Order Without Notice in a Family Law Situation • if you are in a situation that does not involve family law, such as neighbours or coworkers, fill out the Restraining Order Without Notice You don’t have to use your own address and phone number if you think it will put you in danger. You can use a friend’...
Dec 24, 2024 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
It appears the Plaintiffs have listed two of my tweets in their Statement of Claim as "Twitter Defamatory Words".

1(e) and (j).

I deny that my words were defamatory, false or malicious.

🧵 Seeing my tweets listed in that defamation lawsuit is a complete surprise.

To the best of my knowledge, I have never received any response from the Plaintiffs or their agents to any of my tweets or words.

No reply, no request or demand for correction, retraction or apology.
Dec 23, 2024 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
In Alberta, babies under 1 year old are getting clobbered by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), and it is overloading our children's hospitals:
• Hospitalized at 36x the rate of average Albertan
• Hospital & ICU at 3x rate of COVID in babies under 1

alberta.ca/stats/dashboar…Line graph and table of Total hospital admissions, ICU admissions, and deaths among laboratory-confirmed RSV cases in Alberta by age group, 2024-2025
Line Graph and Table of Total hospital admissions, ICU admissions, and deaths among laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alberta by age group, 2024-2025 Typical LaGrange-style quote in reporting by @JenLeeCBC:

"In a statement emailed to CBC News, a spokesperson said the hospital is seeing an increase in respiratory admissions, which "aligns with seasonal trends.""

Likely untrue, despite the vagueness.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…