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Just a nerd in Calgary who likes playing volleyball. Purveyor of video clips (mostly politics). Also https://t.co/2lDIqkNgcm (he/him)
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Jan 6 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
🧵Alberta Politics thread with a twist at the end!

Most Albertans will be disappointed to know that politics in our province has evolved into a process that is almost completely undemocratic.
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#ableg #abpoli Virtually all legislation is created and developed by various unelected government appointees with direction from the premier and a small cadre of cabinet ministers whose distinguishing attribute is unconditional allegiance to their leader.
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Aug 18, 2024 • 15 tweets • 11 min read
If you're making a video about the Canada "we know and love", maybe you shouldn't be using pictures of Utah's rockies, or the "foothills" of Indonesia?

🧵Here's a my thread of all the clips I have confirmed to NOT be Canadian.
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 #cdnpoli #canpoli The elementary classroom was filmed in Serbia.


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May 14, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
🧵When challenged on paying out of pocket for healthcare, Danielle Smith often brings up the Canada Health Act as a defense.

But Smith is not a fan of the Canada Health Act and has been seeking ways around it.

#ableg #abpoli #abhealth
1/🧵 Danielle Smith contemplates if the Canada Health Act needs to be thrown out due to its principles, such as universality which she argues should not cover all hospital and physician services.
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Apr 29, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Danielle Smith & Rob Anderson contemplate making agreements with Ron DeSantis and other "free states".
(Rob is now executive director of the premier's office)

From May 15, 2022 (after she re-entered politics on March 31).
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#ableg #abpoli Danielle Smith gets her legislative ideas from Ron DeSantis and Kristi Noem? Pardon me?

"Ron DeSantis has put forward multiple different pieces of legislation that we would also parallel..."
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Jan 22, 2023 • 19 tweets • 9 min read
🧵Preston Manning has already written a report of a fictional investigation into the government handling of the COVID pandemic with a future date of June 5, 2023. /1
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli The report reads like Freedom Convoy fan-fiction. I'll be picking out the sections that stood out to me, but there's just so much absurdity in it that I can't tweet them all. /2
Nov 18, 2022 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
🧵Once Albertans get accustomed to Health Spending Accounts, Premier Danielle Smith wants to eliminate coverage for general practitioners, forcing you to pay for each visit to your family doctor or walk-in clinic. /1
#ableg But once people get used to... For Danielle Smith, the introduction of Health Spending Accounts is the first step towards her vision of a US-style Health Care Insurance system with deductibles and co-payments for Albertans. /2 A Health Spending Account w...