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1/š§µ 37 oil sands tailings ponds containing 1.4 TRILLION litres of waste have been a catastrophe waiting to happen for decades.
This story is the canary in the coal mine.
#oilsands #ABleg #YMM
This story is the canary in the coal mine.
#oilsands #ABleg #YMM
2/A leak of industrial wastewater from @ImperialOil's Kearl oil sands plant 70 kms north of Fort McMurray on May 19, 2022. Imperial reported it to the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER).
Area includes muskeg, forested public lands, wildlife, and a "fish-bearing waterbody."
Area includes muskeg, forested public lands, wildlife, and a "fish-bearing waterbody."
3/"...from June to August 2022, w/regulatory oversight from the AER, Imperial conducted a geochemistry study to determine the source and pathway of Release 1..." which contained "dissolved iron, total arsenic, F2 hydrocarbons, sulphate, total sulphide..."
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A new report shows the UCP governmentās plan to withdraw Albertans from the Canada Pension Plan will cost Albertans more in the long term while increasing the risk to their retirement savings. š§µ
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #yql #ymm
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #yql #ymm
According to documents acquired by Postmedia from Employment and Social Development Canada, the federal government anticipates that any provincial withdrawal from the CPP will lead to āduplicate administration, limited risk pooling, and greater risk on investment returnsā.
UCP leadership candidates including presumed frontrunner Danielle Smith and former finance minister Travis Toews continue to support the idea despite widespread public backlash.
Here's your pre-Easter weekend look at #COVID19AB wastewater data.
At the risk of sounding glib, something has risen and it isn't a holy figure... š§µ
At the risk of sounding glib, something has risen and it isn't a holy figure... š§µ
Fort Mac #YMM has seen a general upward trend for the past 3 weeks (last data point today)
Grande Prairie looks to be starting a swing upward from an apparent nadir a few weeks ago (last data point Apr 12)
Why do this? Why invite the possibility of variants from everywhere in the world?
Stampede is Kenneyās last best chance for more social murder before the population is fully vaccinated.
Voting Conservative has consequences.
#ableg #UCPcorruption #Stampede
Stampede is Kenneyās last best chance for more social murder before the population is fully vaccinated.
Voting Conservative has consequences.
#ableg #UCPcorruption #Stampede
Hold on, whatās āsocial murder?ā
Social murder is what happens when a society permits conditions that lead to an earlier death of people in a given socio-economic group or class. #ableg #onpoli #cdnpoli
@DennisRaphael01 explains here:
thestar.com/opinion/contriā¦
Social murder is what happens when a society permits conditions that lead to an earlier death of people in a given socio-economic group or class. #ableg #onpoli #cdnpoli
@DennisRaphael01 explains here:
thestar.com/opinion/contriā¦
Wait, that sounds a bit like Conservative policy. š¤
āThe current conservative policy environment has made our society less healthy, more dangerous, less stable and more unequal.ā
via @CrimeandJustice
#ableg #cdnpoli #ukpoli
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āThe current conservative policy environment has made our society less healthy, more dangerous, less stable and more unequal.ā
via @CrimeandJustice
#ableg #cdnpoli #ukpoli
crimeandjustice.org.uk/publications/cā¦š
Having travellers quarantine would basically shut down fly-in-fly-out workers at oil camps like those owned by CNRL, which have been hubs of covid spread.
Oil and Gas doesnāt love you back.
Voting Conservative has consequences.
#ableg #cdnpoli
Oil and Gas doesnāt love you back.
Voting Conservative has consequences.
#ableg #cdnpoli
I wonder how the current #CNRL outbreak compares to earlier outbreaks at #Cargill and ther meat processing plants?š
#CNRL received $192,648,603.55 from the federal government in CEWS benefits in 2020, but would not keep their workers safe.
Where did all that money go?
#BoycottUCPdonors #ableg #abpoli
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Where did all that money go?
#BoycottUCPdonors #ableg #abpoli
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Dear @jkenney @sonyasavage @shandro @CMOH_Alberta @AHS_media my father-in-law now has a tracheostomy and remains on full life support after contracting Covid at a northern oil and gas camp. 2 weeks in and he faces new complications daily, including paralysis (a thread-1)
Contrary to @jkenney, he wasnāt socializing after hours, but rather thought that distancing in an indoor space was protection enough. The site had an over reliance on rapid tests and there was NO messaging that #COVIDisAirborne ...2
The consistent downplay of the role aerosols play in transmission led to infection. Inconsistent messaging and dissension by @UCPCaucus MLAs like @AngelaPittAB, @Drew__Barnes and others had perpetuates distrust and fostered misinformation and conspiracy theories. 3...
#YMM public & Catholic school boards have moved Grades 7-12 to online learning for 2 weeks to limit the spread of #COVID19AB. This is similar to a move announced by the #YYC Board of Education & #YYC Catholic School District last week. (1/4)
To complement this shift, indoor extra-curricular activities, youth sport, rec & performance activities will also either be paused or moved outdoors for these ages for the same time period in #YMM. This is similar to the approach taken w/#YYC public & Catholic last week. (2/4)
The most effective way of preventing transmission of COVID-19 & its variants in schools is to limit spread in our communities. Please continue to follow all public health guidance incl remaining 6 feet from ppl outside your household, wearing masks & not gathering indoors. (3/4)
Albertaās NDP and small business owners are calling for a suite of support measures for struggling small businesses in light of new, last-minute COVID-19 measures announced by the UCP government last week.
#ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #yql #ymm
#ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #yql #ymm
Once again Jason Kenney has delayed action until the last possible moment creating unfair pressure on struggling small businesses in many parts of Alberta. #covid19ab
Businesses need certainty, and they need support from this government so that we can all do our part to bring COVID-19 under control without completely sacrificing livelihoods.
#SupportLocalYYC #supportlocalYEG
#SupportLocalYYC #supportlocalYEG
Here is a summary of todayās #COVID19AB update. On behalf of AHS I want to acknowledge Albertans & our contact tracing team for notifying 43K+ close contacts from Nov.6-9. Thank you to cases & contacts who worked w/contact tracers. We have to keep this effort up. (1/16)
Together w/limiting social bubbles, maintaining distance, masking & staying home if sick, the efficiency & completeness of contact tracing efforts is critical to stemming new cases in AB. Today, AHS is launching an online portal for automated texting of close contacts. (2/16)
Confirmed cases can use the site to enter info of known close contacts. Once info is reviewed by the contact tracing team w/the case, the tool delivers a text to close contacts & informs them of exposure & to isolate. The name of the positive case is not disclosed. (3/16)
In July, we presented the UCP government with a detailed plan for re-opening, 'Safe Schools, Successful Students'. The plan contained 15 recommendations to protect students, families, staff and communities.
#abed #ableg #safeseptemberab
#abed #ableg #safeseptemberab
The first recommendation was to cap class sizes at 15 so that two-metre physical distancing could be possible.
#yyc #yeg #yql #ymm
#yyc #yeg #yql #ymm
The UCP had time.
The UCP had advice.
The UCP did not act.
You can download a copy of the report here:
albertandpcaucus.ca/public/downloaā¦
The UCP had advice.
The UCP did not act.
You can download a copy of the report here:
albertandpcaucus.ca/public/downloaā¦
THREAD: Itās no surprise the UCP has dropped 15% since last yearās election. Look at the record.
#ableg #abpoli #Alberta #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #yql #ymm #canmore #banff
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#ableg #abpoli #Alberta #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #yql #ymm #canmore #banff
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Premier Jason Kenneyās plan for the reopening of Alberta schools during the COVID-19 pandemic fails to cap class sizes or provide schools with sufficient resources to meet safety standards.
#ableg #abed #yyc #yeg #yql #ymm #cdnpoli
#ableg #abed #yyc #yeg #yql #ymm #cdnpoli
āItās not about stay open versus stay closed, itās about open versus open safely,ā said Rachel Notley, Leader of the NDP Official Opposition. āJason Kenney has chosen just āopenā.ā
The Opposition supports the specific safety measures recommended by Dr. Deena Hinshaw, such as proper cleaning, frequent handwashing, daily screening and physical distancing. But Kenney and LaGrange have not provided school districts with the resources to act on these measures.
Premier Jason Kenneyās plan for the reopening of Alberta schools during the COVID-19 pandemic puts students, staff and families at risk by failing to cap class sizes or provide schools with sufficient resources to meet safety standards.
#abed #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #yql #ymm
#abed #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #yql #ymm
āItās not about stay open versus stay closed, itās about open versus open safely,ā said Rachel Notley, Leader of the NDP Official Opposition. āJason Kenney has chosen just āopenā.ā
Calgary Catholic capped their summer school classes at 14. Denmark capped theirs at 12, and the Netherlands installed plexiglass around studentsā desks. Kenney & LaGrange have not capped class sizes or provided new resources for additional staffing or physical separation.
Weissenberger's hiring came in the same week former MLA Dave Rodney, who vacated his Calgary seat for Kenney, was appointed to a $250,000 a-year-job as Alberta's trade representative in Houston.
#ableg #abpoli #canlab #yyc #yeg #ymm #yql
#ableg #abpoli #canlab #yyc #yeg #ymm #yql
CBC NEWS: "Premier Jason Kenney's campaign manager and an outspoken anthropogenic global-warming skeptic has been hired as the Alberta Energy Regulator's new vice president of its science and innovation branch."
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GLOBAL NEWS: Earlier this week, Kenney announced Rodney will be the new agent general to Houston. Heāll be paid $250,000 a year
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CBC NEWS: "Rodney's appointment and the $250,000 salary that comes with it are raising questions given his history with Kenney."
#ableg #abpoli #abecon #yyc #yeg #ymm #yql
cbc.ca/news/canada/edā¦
#ableg #abpoli #abecon #yyc #yeg #ymm #yql
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"What we have is an incredibly rich salary, for a job that they just made up, to someone who's not really qualified to do it," Notley said on Wednesday.
"So I think we just have to ask Albertans to add one plus one plus one to get an inside deal to help Jason Kenney's friend and insider whose biggest political achievement was stepping aside for Jason Kenney."
The UCPās economic recovery plan released by Premier Jason Kenney and Finance Minister Travis Toews offers nothing new to Albertans and is simply a doubling down and rehashing of their failed policies.
#ableg #cdnpoli #canlab #alberta #yyc #yeg #yql #ymm
#ableg #cdnpoli #canlab #alberta #yyc #yeg #yql #ymm
The centerpiece of the plan focused on accelerating the UCPās $4.7+ billion handout to big, already profitable corporations.
This was a policy that coincided with the loss of 50,000 jobs before the pandemic hit. And it was a plan that didnāt see any new head offices established here. Instead, downtown towers in Calgary continued to empty while major companies moved away.
The UCP is withholding the annual report of the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, violating a legal requirement to have provided this information by now.
#ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #yql #ymm
#ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #yql #ymm
This information would have been highly relevant to Mondayās committee meeting to discuss Bill 203, the Pension Protection Act.
The Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Act requires that the Annual Report be reviewed by a Standing Committee, and then be released to both the Legislature and the public no later than June 30.
The UCP's Fair Deal report does nothing to address the real and urgent priorities of Albertans worried about jobs and the economic future of their families.
#ableg #abpoli #YYC #YEG #YMM #YQL
#ableg #abpoli #YYC #YEG #YMM #YQL
It is nothing more than a cynical, political distraction from Jason Kenney's failure to make progress on jobs, the economy, or pipelines.
Much of what is contained in the UCP report is far beyond this governmentās authority or jurisdiction. But having worked in Ottawa for decades, Kenney would know that.
