This boils my blood. I don't know the US labour history, but I do know how hard public sector workers in Canada and Alberta had to fight to gain collective bargaining rights, which they were not allowed because they were "civil servants".

All public worker strikes were wildcat strikes and illegal until 1967 when Federal workers gained the right to collective bargaining through the Public Service Staff Relations Act which took 2 years to pass through Parliament after the wildcat Postal Workers Strike of 1965.

Federal government employees responded by joining unions in record numbers.

Public sector workers in Alberta did not gain these rights until 2016, when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that ALL Canadian workers have the fundamental right to strike, essential to even the playing field between workers and employers.

That hasn't even been 10 years ago, that our Provincial healthcare workers, education workers, social workers, wildlife workers, custodial workers, and many more have had access to such basic fundamental rights to legal collective job action! You may not have realized that all these strikes you are seeing now are history in the making!

We are living out a struggle for the right of the working-class to SURVIVE.

It breaks my heart to see our fallen comrades losing this fight with such desperation to the south, and makes me fearful of the coming storm we will have to face in Canada as our populist shadow government pushes to put us down in Canada.

#union #unionstrong #cdnpoli #abpoli #uspol #strike

It's really scary how far Poilievre's disinformation about journalism in Canada has spread with the help of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, and the Trump administration's political interference. We need to fight back and speak out. We can't let our echo chambers make us complacent that the rest of the country is informed.

#abpoli #cdnpoli #disinformation #journalism

"The trigger for this report was the discovery by Laurie Adamson, a physician with #CAPE, that her kid in elementary school was bringing home materials branded by #FortisBC. She was alarmed. What's a gas company doing in my children's backpack? What are they doing in the classroom?"

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/352139/link/

#BigOil #Petroganda #PetroPedagogy #abpoli #Climate #ClimateChange #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy #Disinformation #Indoctrination #Propaganda #yyc

“Let us be clear: Danielle Smith and her government are bullying Edmonton city council into providing public financing to the 29th richest man in Canada, a man worth an estimated $5.6 billion.”

https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-edmonton-should-say-no-to-subsidizing-daryl-katz-again

#abpoli #cdnpoli #yeg

A team of archivists have recreated the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) website from just before it was purged by US President Donald Trump, hosting it in Europe!

https://restoredcdc.org/www.cdc.gov/

#uspol #health #healthcare #cdnpoli #abpoli

March 2, 2025 in London, England

Reporter: "You clearly admire President Zelenskyy. So I'm wondering what you thought when you saw the treatment he received in the Oval Office on Friday?"

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada:
"I think, first of all, it's important every chance we get to lay out the facts as clearly as possible. In 2014, Russia chose to invade Ukraine, to occupy Crimea and parts of Eastern Ukraine. For that, they were kicked out of the G7 and in 2022 they chose to violate the existing ceasefire and invaded Ukraine with the intention of taking Kyiv in three days and the entire country in three weeks. That has failed. Russia continues to try to fight to claim more land in Ukraine, and we could see an end to this war tomorrow if Russia decided to stop its illegal invasion of Ukraine. On Friday in the Oval Office, President Zelenskyy pointed out in so many words that Vladimir Putin is a liar and a criminal and cannot be trusted to keep his word in any way, shape or form, because he has demonstrated time and time again that he will break any agreements. I stand with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and I stand with the people of Ukraine."

Note that these simple historic facts which are public knowledge and can be looked up by anyone, are what were stated by Volodymyr Zelenskyy when Donald Trump responded with, "It is very disrespectful of you to litigate this in front of American media" (found about halfway through the meeting, if you're looking in the videos).

Trump was attempting to spread Putin's "alternate timeline" to the American people, and told Zelenskyy that it is "disrespectful" of him to tell historic truth about what happened in his own country, in front of live video cameras in the US. Think about that...

Donald Trump went absolutely livid when President Zelenskyy gave the American people a free history lesson on live tv, something which he knows his base would never read for themselves.

Too many corporate media outlets are putting out headlines that read, "'Very disrespectful', says Trump" without telling the truth of what he found disrespectful, which was (in his own words) to counter Russian propaganda in front of American media.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/stand-volodymyr-zelenskiy-says-canadas-224552995.html

#SlavaUkraini #UkraineWar #cdnpoli #abpoli

Holy smokes - the UCP sure did a lot of stumbling around in Question Period today.

Good thing it isn't called Answer Period.

#ableg #abpoli

First day of the return to the Legislature after we found out how the UCP have acted corruptly and there's no demonstration.

The premier colluded with the enemy of Canada. No protest.

Why is there so little faith in Albertans....because we act like Americans and roll over for the highest levels of corruption.

#AbPoli #CsnPoli

Speak your mind on rural access to Alberta Health Services. There is also a link to a survey on extended care for seniors.

#ABPoli

https://www.mylloydminsternow.com/73154/news/conversation-continues-on-alberta-healthcare/

In true Trumpian style, #Alberta puts an oil executive in charge of the regulator! https://www.keepersofthewater.ca/news

#RegulatoryCapture #BigOil #Abpoli #WaterisLife #ClimateEmergency

If you've got one of these signs stored away it's time to put it out on the front lawn again. There's a lot going on these days which is EXACTLY why this government is trying to sneak it through NOW. Albertans need to see it /4

#StopCoal #SaveOurSlopes #ProtectOurWater #MountainsNotMines #SaveOurMountains #abpoli #Conservation

Hope you all knew this was going on, but now it's confirmed from the horse's mouth.

"Kevin O'Leary claims Smith put him up to the Al Centre, promised him permits AND travelled the globe with him to build HIS business case! This is what taxpayers have been paying her to do while healthcare collapses?"

#abpoli #cdnpoli

#LAFires / #ClimateChange / #abpoli 🧵

Don't do a moment of silence for
the LA Fires. Make it a moment of LOUD. And make it more than a moment. We change the system, we fight the problem or we ALL BURN. And that's that.

Alberta wants to spend $70B for a new AI data center South East of Grand Prairie.

That's right, billion. 70 billion.

A place that struggles frequently with drought. Owned by Kevin O'Leary. Sigh.

You'll never see this money back. Not in jobs or taxes.

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/largest-ai-data-centre-in-the-world-to-be-built-in-northwest-alberta-1.7138925

#abpoli

Conservatives HATE photo radar. It keeps them from engaging in their favourite activity…breaking the law without consequences. “It’s a tax!” they whine. Indeed it is…an asshole tax. And 100% avoidable. #abpoli #NeverVoteConservative

"An Alberta government bill proposing changes to freedom of information rules has passed third and final reading in the legislature despite the province’s information and privacy watchdog warning they will 'significantly degrade' transparency." #abpoli

Alberta information watchdog concerned as warnings about government bill not heeded - The Globe and Mail
https://archive.ph/L0P2S

Please listen to how scared children in #Alberta are right now and remember if you are trans 🏳️‍⚧️ you are cherished, you are not alone, and we will fight this
#abpoli #cdnpoli

Edmonton's record of 110 frostbite amputations hits unhoused heavily | Edmonton Journal

#yeg #yegcc #ableg #abpoli

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmontons-record-of-110-frostbite-amputations-hits-unhoused-heavily

Pro-lifers in #Alberta are really mad that Canadian physicians get informed consent from medical patients based on their capacity to understand the procedure and risks being done to their own body (for ALL procedures, not just abortion), rather than from the patient's "owner". Guardians are involved in the case of reduced capacity, regardless of age.

If the patient is a woman, this #Patriarchy wants her treated as somebody without full mental capacity and bodily autonomy.

#abpoli #cdnpoli #yeg

Fucking corruption. There is no bottom. #abpoli

Stephen Harper appointed as AIMCo chairman | CTV News
https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/former-pm-stephen-harper-appointed-to-oversee-alberta-s-160b-aimco-fund-1.7117010