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For Alberta, For Canada — Campaign Launch YouTube video by Alberta NDP

For Alberta, For Canada is a movement for every Albertan who loves our province and loves our country. 🇨🇦

It's time to fight back against separatism and stand up for Canada. 🔽

youtube.com/live/4DvNEGh...

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No one asked for these laws. No one asked for the UCP to gobble up more power into their Minister’s offices. No one asked for bigger government.

The UCP should get back to basics: health care, education, and the cost of living. Albertans deserve a government focused on their priorities.

2 weeks ago 5 3 0 0

Bill 28 takes control from your locally elected leaders to give more power to the Municipal Affairs Minister and adds inspections for libraries??

Are you kidding me?

2 weeks ago 5 1 1 0

Bill 25 strips authority from local school boards and gives it to the Education Minister.

Because they don’t trust communities to choose their own school names?

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Bill 23 takes decision-making power away from independent elections officials and puts it directly in the hands of the Justice Minister.

Who asked for that?

2 weeks ago 3 0 1 0

While Albertans face an ever-growing cost of living, long wait times for health care, and a struggling education system…the UCP spent the past week introducing weird, power-grabbing bills that do nothing but help themselves to more control.

2 weeks ago 19 5 1 1
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Danielle Smith’s $30-Million AHS Firing Spree | The Tyee That’s the hit to Albertans for severance payments to top health officials since 2019, finds a Tyee analysis.

How many teachers, EAs, doctors, nurses, social workers, etc, etc, etc ... could the government have hired for $30 million dollars?

thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

2 months ago 47 24 2 0
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Endometriosis care delays force Alberta woman to seek help abroad: ‘Just want my life back’ | Globalnews.ca 'I shouldn't have to go out of country. I feel like I should be able to get that care and that help here where I am, but it's just not possible,' said Talia Assu-Gregg, 20.

Every single day there’s another distressing headline about long wait times and lack of access to healthcare under the UCP. It’s time the Premier gets back to work. Reconvene the Legislature.

globalnews.ca/news/1162138...

3 months ago 1 0 0 0
You deserve better. Alberta’s New Democrats are ready.
You deserve better. Alberta’s New Democrats are ready. YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

Albertans want to bring back the Alberta advantage – an affordable life, fairness, and opportunity.

We’re ready. Join us.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoUz...

5 months ago 198 78 9 18

Folks, it doesn’t matter how confidently you say something asinine, that doesn’t make it true. If these are the best ideas the UCP has when it comes to addressing class size and complexity, we should all be very worried.

5 months ago 11 4 0 0

The Premier muses about substitute teachers becoming full-time teachers. I mean…if subs, largely retired teachers, manage a classroom full time who provides coverage when teachers get sick or need to spend 3 days delivering assessments? Does she know about ongoing sub shortages across the province?

5 months ago 7 3 1 0

Principals and assistant principals are counted in teacher numbers. Many of those folks are already teaching in a classroom part-time, but the Premier seems to think schools can run without any admin staff? How many admins does she have running her office?

5 months ago 7 1 1 0

On her radio show this past weekend, Danielle Smith doubled down on her populist math. If we have 51,000 teachers and 750,000 students why aren’t our classes sizes 14 to 1? Let’s break down some obvious issues with that math.

5 months ago 18 7 2 1

The Education Minister says his new mandate letter will ensure Alberta students can thrive.

At a time when classrooms are overflowing into hallways, when 51,000 teachers are prepared to strike, when education is funded at the lowest level in the country.

He wants students to thrive? Please.

6 months ago 17 5 1 0

What problem is the UCP trying to solve with their citizenship marker? I found this article to be a thoughtful analysis of the change.

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7 months ago 18 8 0 4

The UCP briefed media this morning on their new book rules. No one else can know the new rules until 3:00. You know, after press deadlines.

Why is the UCP suppressing commentary? This is NOT business as usual. This is a government that can’t bear to admit they made a mistake.

7 months ago 29 11 2 0
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Do you need us to hold your hand through this, Premier? Here’s a thought, get back to the bargaining table and get a deal done with teachers that keeps our kids learning. Enough with the incompetent fumblings, do your job.

7 months ago 15 5 2 1

The Premier promised new rules on library books within hours, it’s been a week. Reminds me of when she promised to fix health care in 90 days. Or when she promised to build the schools Albertans need. Promises made, promises broken.

7 months ago 13 1 1 0
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School’s back... but instead of excitement, families are feeling anxious about the state of Alberta's classrooms.

Join @amandachapman.bsky.social and me for an honest conversation about education in the province.

🗓️ Sept 4 | 7 PM
🔗 Submit your questions: www.albertandpcaucus.ca/events/event...

7 months ago 70 22 4 3
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As the school year starts, families should be excited, but instead of supporting students and teachers, the UCP increases costs and questions.

We're hosting an 'Ask Me Anything' session on education to discuss what’s really happening in Alberta's schools ⬇️

www.albertandpcaucus.ca/events/educa...

7 months ago 61 17 1 1
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April’s Labour Force Survey shows Alberta has the highest youth unemployment rate in the country.

Under Danielle Smith, young people are struggling to find careers where they can thrive.

Instead of trying to separate our country, the UCP should be fighting for good jobs for everyone.

11 months ago 180 69 4 8
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📢 PROTECT OUR MOUNTAINS! 🏔

❌ Say no to coal mining in the Eastern Slopes.

That’s the message that ranchers, farmers, water councils, and everyday Albertans want the UCP to understand. Alberta’s New Democrats are listening. and we stand with you.

#ProtectOurMountains #BetterisPossible

1 year ago 95 54 5 4
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Teachers are struggling to manage complexity in the modern classroom. The Minister is pleased that his government was able to provide more funding for education…but Alberta still has the lowest funding per student in the country.

1 year ago 6 4 1 0
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Danielle Smith invited foreign influence into a Canadian election—then bragged about it on a right-wing podcast.

Who is Alberta's Premier really working for? 🤔

1 year ago 228 75 9 2
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Call the by-election, Premier! #BetterisPossible

1 year ago 297 80 9 3
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It’s my privilege to stand with education workers. Hundreds of millions of dollars in bloated private surgical contracts and yet the UCP can’t scrape together more than a few cents for support workers who haven’t seen a raise in a decade. Enough is enough.

1 year ago 17 8 1 2
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Will next week’s budget prioritize funding for education? Or will it be more excuses from the UCP?

1 year ago 4 2 0 0
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Thanks to @orlaghokelly.bsky.social for being such an amazing lawyer in this. @holdmyhandab.bsky.social for backing this and getting the families in. @drshelleymoore.bsky.social for being a phenomenal expert witness. And all the many families who took the risk and put their names forward.

1 year ago 21 10 0 1
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A Ministerial Order was issued (when education support workers went on strike) that allowed school boards to not allow in person learning for kids who have EA support in classrooms. It was challenged in the courts and an injunction against the order has been obtained.

1 year ago 31 13 1 2