Hansard, the official record of what is said in the legislature confirms...

Danielle Smith said:

"we’re very, very hopeful that more women will take us up on paying for this option because early diagnosis means early treatment."

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

The UCP announced that they're expanding access to mammograms.

But that expanded access is only for women who can afford it.

How do we know?

Smith said so herself.

This is just more of the private for profit self referral for tests enabling a two tiered system.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Democratic protections in Alberta could be unravelling as UCP reverses binding referendum result: opposition parties, watchdogs Opposition parties and democracy watchdogs are criticizing the Alberta government, saying the recent decisions to stop time changes and reject a majority report on electoral boundaries are a signal di...

Conacher said Albertans should be paying close attention, because the government is weakening democratic protections “by reversing key safeguards” and “replacing watchdogs with the lapdogs that the ruling party wants."

https://bit.ly/4u14yaC

CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

If this data centre is such a great idea and investment, why does the government have to intervene to prevent an environmental assessment and why does the local municipality have to be on the hook for the water licenses? Will data centres be the orphaned wells of the future?

Smith’s Meddling in Electoral Boundaries Is Part of a Grim Pattern | The Tyee The goal is power for the UCP, not democracy.

Important read here via @jlisayoung.bsky.social.
Smith's Meddling in Electoral Boundaries Is Part of a Grim Pattern via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

‘Pandora’s box’: Danielle Smith and insurance giants unleash attack on healthcare ⋆ The Breach Danielle Smith is working hand-in-glove with private insurers to push health privatization in Alberta—and it could spread across Canada

“the private insurance companies are working directly with the Smith government to “help facilitate a smooth transition for Albertans” to a new, two-tier health-care system”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

breachmedia.ca/pandoras-box...

You can't compare the outcome of their forthcoming panel if they delete the results of the previous one.

The Dishonest Online Campaign to Support Alberta Separatism | The Tyee A research group raises red flags about foreign interference in the province’s independence referendum.

A network of 20 inauthentic YouTube accounts has racked up nearly 40 million views by peddling lies, grievance, division and narratives normalizing the prospect of Alberta’s secession and annexation by the United States. @charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli

Opinion: Possible changes to Alberta’s electoral map put democracy at risk If the UCP fiddles with the map, it could guarantee a conservative supermajority for a generation

Former premier Rachel Notley comes out swinging against the UCP’s partisan redrawing of electoral boundaries.

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: Possible changes to Alberta’s electoral map put democracy at risk If the UCP fiddles with the map, it could guarantee a conservative supermajority for a generation

“A government that has no electoral accountability can hardly be called a democracy.”

Rachel Notley has entered the chat.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

3 UCP legislature committee members forced a vote through to deny me, the proponent of #ForeverAlberta petition, Alberta’s largest ever petition, to appear before the committee and speak on behalf of the nearly 500,000 Albertans.

This is another move to assist the separatists.

BREAKING: Canadian Research Lab Just Identified US/MAGA Funded Network of 20 YouTube Accounts, 4,500 Videos, And 40 Million Views Pushing U.S. Annexation on Alberta. The accounts are more pro-annexation than the actual separatists. That, right there, is the tell.

open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

Never in doubt

UCP government’s electoral map move undemocratic: commission member - Red Deer Advocate Electoral Boundaries Commission majority report rejected by government

“The UCP government’s plan to dismiss an independent electoral boundary commission riding map recommendations and undertake a redo is a “stab in the heart for democracy,” said one commission member.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

reddeeradvocate.com/2026/04/20/u...

Well put. I would not be sad to see him go in the off-season.

“Samson said she didn't see the break coming, but that she had no doubts that "something or someone" had pressured the UCP-appointed members to come up with a minority report.”

Another original commissioner member has stepped forward.

#abpoli #ableg

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...

It's almost like an AI-generated image that lacks true context of what it is, or is trying to emulate.

It's satire, but with *just* the right amount of realism to give you chills. This is not how healthcare should be in Canada (or in the rest of the world either, IMO)

AHS+ | Alberta Health Care, Reimagined Not as universal or accessible as it used to be. See what AHS+ could look like.

https://ahsplus.ca/

I don't know if ABs should laugh or cry at this "satire"... it's so close to the truth it's almost hard to call it satire!!!

One part it is missing is a bottom row:
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C-A-N-A-D-A

Are Doctors Covering Up Government Failures? | The Tyee Our compassion and care offers patchwork fixes, but stalls action on structural problems.

thetyee.ca/Opinion/2...

"And every consequence we absorb is one the system never has to face."

We spent the last 15yrs in Alberta "absorbing" in our EDs and in our hospital wards and hallways... we let sequential govt's avoid Workforce and Capacity Planning...
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Children.
Earning.
Their way out.
Of Inclusion.

This is the populist soul.

‘Pandora’s box’: Danielle Smith and insurance giants unleash attack on healthcare ⋆ The Breach Danielle Smith is working hand-in-glove with private insurers to push health privatization in Alberta—and it could spread across Canada

Danielle Smith has a plan to destroy public health care in Alberta—and she’s not doing it alone.

Documents and lobbying records reveal the government is consulting directly with Canada’s private insurance giants on how to implement two-tier health care, reports @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social

Back to the drawing board! UCP scrapping Alberta boundaries commission and appointing MLA committee to draw new electoral map Every day is a new round of chaos in Alberta politics

💥🤠👀 Back to the drawing board! UCP scrapping Alberta boundaries commission and appointing MLA committee to draw new electoral map

Every day is a new round of chaos in Alberta politics: daveberta.substack.com/p/back-to-th...

Alberta Prosperity Project Faces Court Date over Separation Referendum Role | The Tyee Election commissioner alleges the organization has stonewalled investigations into potential referendum petition spending.

Alberta's Election Commissioner is taking separatists to court in attempt to force compliance with financial disclosure law.

Alberta Prosperity Project Faces Court Date over Separation Referendum Role via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

Too bad Alberta is positioning itself to be able to commence building data centres in 120 days, skirting all sorts of consultation and regulations if the minister says it's cool.

‘This Is Just a Plan to Cheat, Pure and Simple’ | The Tyee The UCP is spiking an independent Electoral Boundaries Commission report and rigging the next vote.

Alberta’s #UCP government served notice in the legislature Thursday it intends to toss out the entire report of the 2025-26 Electoral Boundaries Commission.

This is unprecedented as far as electoral boundary commissions go, but not a complete surprise, writes @djclimenhaga.bsky.social. #abpoli

Looks like Rob is back to demonizing journalists for telling the truth.

Which is a hallmark of what kind of government again?

Emma Graney has been covering Alberta and Alberta Politics for a decade.

Alberta is lucky to have journos like her.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

The fight to save Canada from Trump is not just an Alberta problem. We all have a role. This OShow viewer saw @lukaszukab.bsky.social
and nails it youtu.be/YeY-tRGrta8?si… #Canada #CndPoli #Onpoli 🇨🇦