“By putting this administrative burden on Albertans, vaccination rates will plummet, and then she can say, ‘See? Albertans don’t want to be vaccinated.’” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/politics/the...
Not a single quote from the workers. Nothing about what the workers offered in negotiations. It is all centred on the employer. This is why I started The Alberta Worker. Legacy media favours the owning class. Follow @abworker.bsky.social for labour news. lethbridgenewsnow.com/2025/08/29/t...
If you think fed posting on the internet is a good idea then best of luck to you.
Part 3! The hiring of two nephews of MHCare CEO Sam Mraiche coincides with significant personal gains for members of Danielle Smith's government & staff. And yes, we’re back to the skybox again… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...
Every time the courts rule against the administration it shows some separation of powers still survives, the moment that stops America is lost. As long as people can still vote these people out, which has partially happened already there's a chance. One state already lost its super majority.
This is truly one of the best illustrations of what is happening in America.
I guess ya missed the news where the courts are forcing it to shut down.
One of the things the Nazis did when coming to power was push propaganda that Jews were criminals and prone to violence by focusing on crime committed by Jews or fabricating crime they falsely attributed to Jews. The last 36 hours on X has been this on a massive scale against trans people.
As the Smith, Nicolaides and the rest of the UCP inevitably attempt to distance themselves from these sweeping book bans, keep in mind one thing... They wrote the order. So this was either deliberate or they are incompetent. Those are the only two choices. #abpoli #cdnpoli
It takes a lot more guts to walk up to someone and stab them then to simply point and shoot. I would also take the damage a knife would do and have the chance to resist over getting deleted from across the street. It's ease of use is what makes it so dangerous and casual.
If you honestly think you can hold the government accountable using guns rather then collective action and protest feel free to give that a try. Let me know how it works out for you.
The problem isn't even the stats, the people who put them together likely are skilled at there job and work hard to make them as accurate as possible, But there's so much distrust and misinformation that gets spread on purpose to make you distrust stats so that others can continue to profit.
I think one of the biggest issues is you need to be able to hold two truths at the same time. You can acknowledge when your party or opposition does something right and still hold them accountable when they do not. Doing nothing or my teams always right leads us to where we are now.
What could the police department who's function is to stop crime, do about planes slamming into buildings. And again funding is nothing without accountability and training in violence prevention. If there not using there budget properly then they need to be held accountable.
Hunting for food is totally fine, hell you guys have a massive wild boar issue which could also feed a hell of a lot of people and prevent a lot of farmland getting destroyed.
Because clearly everyone having guns has made the situation so much better, which is why the US is such a happy, safe place where nothing bad happens and has the lowest rate of crime in the world right? Just like creating more roads leads to more traffic, more guns just leads to reasons to use them.
The govenment should at all times, be praised when it does something well and held accountable when it does not. The failure of trust in the govenment is a failure of holding them to account. The govenment is suppose to exist for the people, we have allowed them to exist only for money.
The police need to be well funded, well compensated for risking there lives to keep people safe, while also being held accountable for any abuses of the power that they have been given. As the old phrase that has been seemingly forgotten goes. To protect and serve.
At this point denying the mountain of evidence and advocating against this shit ending makes them just as complacent as having blood on there hands as far as I'm concerned. You want to shoot a gun, go to a range, you want to feel safe, properly fund and train your police force.
Also you clearly missed the subtext that literally says these numbers are incidents in which at least one person was shot, not the campus, not the general area. People.
How many is some, which ones specificly, and why does that in your view make it any better, kids should not have to fear getting shot. Full stop.
This is what happens with your brain on AI. Hell there was the whole Matt Turnbull scandle around it, showing a complete lack of basic humanity.
It's a shame that the requirements to recall her are unrealistically high. At the very least a public inquiry should be able to be brought by a independent body.
That one hit me hard. I needed that, thanks.
"Dearest Alishia, Today my unit was deployed to the park and I filled half a trash bag with chip bags and old coke cans. Then I returned to our FOB, in the local Super 8 motel. I pray nightly for death, or that I had quit sooner."
I’ll take things that never happened for $500.
Legendary martial artist and actor Jackie Chan has revealed that his action team is working on Spider-Man: Brand New Day after working with director Destin Daniel Cretton on Shang-Chi.
If that were true for everyone why did the NDP run the province for a term, though they did screw up and things slipped back into conservatism which has been quite skilled at defunding everything and blaming everyone else, especially the fed. And declarations like that only reinforces there beliefs.
Will A.I. culture submerge human originality in a sea of unmotivated, formulaic art, or allow for the expression of new visions?
Only one country has a significant issue with school shootings. No school should ever have to train kids what to do in case of a active shooter.
Let's be honest, there are rarely consequences that exceed the benefits of breaking the rules. Which honestly needs to change.
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“Miller asked the AER what steps were required for the company's sites to be taken over by the Orphan Well Association” Oil & Gas doesn’t love you. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
There’s plenty of disinformation trying to blame the nascent offshore wind industry for whale deaths without evidence. Not only is that misleading, it also takes the focus away from solutions that might actually address the leading causes of death — vessel strikes and entanglement with fishing gear.
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“What we are seeing in Alberta is as extreme as we’ve seen in the southern United States and other centers of book banning” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
From the DM’s… Sounds like the UCP’s book ban is off to an absolutely catastrophic start in at least one school district. Wonder how already wildly under resourced teachers will react if a strike vote comes up… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
New! Danielle Smith's former Chief of Staff personally oversaw the hiring of two family members of embattled healthcare MHCare CEO Sam Mraiche to government policy advisor roles while multiple contract scandals were unfolding. Part 1 of 3! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...
Politics and our union.
Your gonna leave a hole that's difficult to fill and will be greatly missed. At the same time the kids will be lucky to have ya back. I also imagine having you back will be a big boost for the local teachers union. Live your best life mate.
I hope so, being 22 months in without a contract is beyond frustrating.
If only cupw had half the leadership and spine to stand against 107s massive violation of our rights.
Air Canada CEO says the quiet part out loud.
Strikes work. ✊
There a scam in union cloths, they will convince you to sign up then negotiate a contract in favor of the employer.
Section 107, because fuck you and your rights, get back to work.
It's beyond time someone organises a national strike with all unions anytime the govenment steps in. A attack on one is a attack on all.
ICE just posted this to their Twitter account showing them tearing down an Anti-ICE poster and leaving a dildo behind saying "We're taking America back." Abolish ICE isn't enough, they should all be tried and sent to prison.
CUPE defies back-to-work order from CIRB
Wish we had the guts to do that back in December.
And people wonder why we call the Liberals are conservatives. Violating constitutional rights and union busting is not progressive. No wonder they got rid of their labour minister. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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‘An abusive relationship’: Interview with an Air Canada flight attendant www.marxist.ca/article/an-a...
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Alberta government changes expense disclosure policy, removes 8 years of records www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Workers want to work, to provide for there family's and serve the public. Strikes are the result of a employer that is exploiting its workers and refuse to negotiate in good faith. It's workers standing up and saying I've had enough Workers deserve better and we only get there with collective action
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Remember, a government’s deficit is when they tax less than they spend. In other words, they are spending more money into the economy than they are taking out of the economy through taxation. A public sector deficit is a private sector surplus.
When you want to conduct a genocide without people seeing what you're doing, you kill all the journalists. That's exactly what Israel is doing. They just murdered 5 Al-Jazeera journalists living in a tent next to al-Shifa hospital. www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
The rich don’t spend the money they have, and the poor don’t have money to spend. This is a problem when 70% of the economy relies on consumer spending. Closing our nation's wealth gap isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s essential to save our economy. https://youtu.be/S6dCh48b4oI?feature=shared
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Air Canada flight attendants vote 99.7% in favour of striking. albertaworker.ca/news/air-can...
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And not just CUPW, all workers have the right to form a union and take part in collective bargaining. We cannot allow any attempts by the govenment to violate our constitutional rights. Workers in this country deserve better.
Imagine how much money they wasted producing bargaining ads scattered around depots, or the at least 6 letters sent out to every employee to try and manipulate them. Or all the money they have lost directly telling there customers to shop elsewhere. There incompetence is astonishing.
Are we out of touch? No clearly it's the posties that are wrong. Essentially.
It would also help if they would just negotiate rather then telling there customers to use other services. No one has done more damage to the corporation then its management.
Oh they will never stop trying that. The amount of manipulation and direct bargaining was frankly appalling. I'm quite happy that we managed to tell them to pound sand though I wish the percentage had been greater.
Good. Now, stop playing these games, get back to the table, and bargain in good faith. Stop getting the government to your dirty work.
This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.
Have you been to one of these and if so how does it generally go.
New South Park trailer shows that they're going to skewer Trump, Charlie Kirk, and ICE.
t's amazing how this is from more than 20 years ago but very well could have been from today.
This is the future all corporations and govenment would want if they could get away with it. It's beyond time people get payed a living and retire able wage.
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Canada needs to do better as well
That sounds a whole heck of a lot closer, for sure!
How about we add a export tax to potash. They want our fertilizer they can pay a premium to fund our services.
... Can we... turn the digital tax back on? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Everyone should write or call their MP to demand electoral reform. FPTP is a terrible electoral system that's turning us into a two-party country. We deserve better than that. It's past time to move toward a more representative system for Canadians.
Amen.
“Officials in the Donald Trump administration discussed loaning the oil-rich province of Alberta hundreds of millions of dollars to help it become independent from Canada, a prominent separatist is claiming.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.desmog.com/2025/07/22/t...
If the government actually did there job as the sole shareholder of the company they would have sacked them long ago. Sadly they seem to want the kind of mismanagement that they have provided so far. As such it's up to the workers to tell CP to go pound sand.
If the company had wanted to actually adapt we've been trying to get them to do that for years. We want to work with the company to improve it to expand services, expand jobs, there the ones that don't want to play ball. It's there way or the highway. You'll take what scraps they give and be happy.
Wages aren't even a top issue, the changes to how work gets done will lead to massive job loss, higher injury and physical/mental burnout and generally be absolute chaos. Every depot I've heard from that's converted to just SSD has been a clown show, sequenced that runs late must be doubled next day
Its not enough and frankly canadians in general deserve better. Far too many people in this country are getting left behind and we need more and stronger unions to fight for workers rights and livable wages.
CP had over a year and a half to come to a agreement, instead they directed customers to use other services and did everything they could to seem unreliable directly damaging there own business, frankly on purpose, helping to open the doors to privatization.
CPs problems are 100% down to how it's management have chosen to run the company, They are overspending on purpose not on operating costs but on investments be they vehicles sitting unused in lots, brand new top of the line buildings that clearly haven't improved volume or capital investments.