Alberta government says new bill intended to remove politics, ideology from schools | CBC News The Alberta government says new legislation would require teachers and school boards to be “neutral” and “impartial” when delivering lessons and crafting a school environment.

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#Nicolaides needs to answer whether or not this bill impacts treaty, Métis, Francophone or Pride flags 🏳️‍🌈

The whole bill feels like a thinly veiled attack on the LGTBQ2S+ community from the “traditional family values” crowd

#humanrights
#ableg
#abpoli
#pride

2/11 The bid to recall Education Minister Demetrios #Nicolaides concluded this week.

Organizer Jenny Yeremiy drove 6,500 signatures to Elections Alberta—a "boatload" of angry voters, yet far below the 16,006 required by legislation.

Congratulations to Jenner Yeremiy for gathering 6,500 signatures to remove UCP Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides from the Alberta legislature.

They needed 16,000, but the message of dissent is clear.

#Canada #Alberta #CdnPoli #Politics #UCP #Yeremiy #Nicolaides #DanielleSmith #Recall

Congratulations to Jenner Yeremiy for gathering 6,500 signatures to remove UCP Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides from the Alberta legislature.

They needed 16,000, but the message of dissent is clear.

#Canada #Alberta #CdnPoli #Politics #UCP #Yeremiy #Nicolaides #DanielleSmith #Recall

Wow. #Nicolaides stooped to a new low. #Calgary #Calgary-Bow #Alberta #YYC

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#Stupid, #Ignorant, #Foolish, #UCP #DanielleSmith #Demetrios #Nicolaides #DemetriosNicolaides #Alberta #Government #AlbertaEducation In 2021, approximately 2.01 million Albertans, or 48.1% of the province's population, identified as Christian. less than half!
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2/9 The list of targets is significant.

It includes Education Minister Demetrios #Nicolaides, House Speaker Ric #McIver, and Ministers Rajan #Sawhney and Dale #Nally.

Constituents cite reasons ranging from unresponsiveness to the use of the #Notwithstanding clause in the recent teachers' strike.

2/8 The new targets include heavy hitters: House Speaker Ric #McIver and cabinet ministers Rajan #Sawhney, Dale #Nally, and RJ #Sigurdson.

They join Education Minister Demetrios #Nicolaides, who was already facing a campaign.

The pressure on the governing caucus is mounting.

4/6 #Dyck is not alone in the crosshairs.

He joins Education Minister Demetrios #Nicolaides and backbencher Angela #Pitt, who are already facing active recall campaigns.

What began as isolated grievances is coalescing into a broader trend of democratic accountability being tested in real-time.

WHY RECALL? This recall isn't about partisanship. It's about representation. Every MLA is expected to listen, be accessible, and remain accountable to the people they serve. Those expectations don't belong to any political ideology. They belong to democracy.

#Nicolaides has neglected public #education, & pushes funding & focus toward charter & private schools while classrooms are overcrowded & under-resourced.

He cares about policy, not people.

Who works for whom, Demetrios?

#AbPoli
#AbLeg
#AlbertaEd
#UCPfail

From #Recall Nicolaides on Instagram:

Now that's a great way to attempt to squirrel out of accountability. No #Nicolaides, you ARE NOT going to be let off the hook. #Abpoli #Ableg #RecallNicolaides #UCPRecall #stepdown #NotWithstandingClause #UCPFAILURE #FacistsAreNotWelcomeInAB

5/10 #Recall efforts are actively underway to remove multiple #UCP #MLAs, including Education Minister Demetrios #Nicolaides, Angela #Pitt, and Rajan #Sawhney.

This "petition blitz" began after the province used the #notwithstanding clause to force #striking #teachers back to work.

#AbPoli #AbLeg

7/8 #Nicolaides is right to be worried; his 2024 margin of victory was only 2.4%.

A petition is also approved for Airdrie-East MLA Angela Pitt (27% margin).

Now, Don Braid reports "a recall campaign is shaping up" in Premier #Smith’s own #Brooks-Medicine Hat riding.

#RecallSmith #AbLeg #APoli

6/8 #Nicolaides' other claims—that non-residents are signing or "outsiders" are canvassing—are "extremely unlikely," writes Climenhaga.

#ElectionsAlberta checks signatures on submission and vets canvasser residency before issuing ID. Nicolaides "certainly knows this too."

#AbLeg #AbPoli #RecallUCP

2/8 Education Minister Demetrios #Nicolaides complained on CBC about the #RecallPetition in his #Calgary-Bow riding.

He claimed the "spirit" of the law was for "an egregious breach of trust, someone’s broken the law, someone has engaged in misconduct."

This, he insists, is not that.

Alberta to make early reading and math screening law Alberta’s government is moving to make early reading and math screening mandatory by law to help identify and support students with complex learning needs.

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Alberta to make early reading and math screening law

This is the UCP's answer to the teachers strike?

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #FireTheUCP #FireSmith
#teachers #bill2 #UCPCorruption
#RecallNicolaides #Nicolaides
#UCPCorruption

Recall efforts targeting UCP MLAs gain momentum after use of notwithstanding clause Efforts to recall UCP MLAs gaining traction following government invoking the notwithstanding clause to force striking teachers back to work

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Recall efforts targeting UCP MLAs gain momentum after use of notwithstanding clause

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #teachers
#calgary #bow #yyc #Nicolaides
#RecallNicolaides #FireTheUCP

10/12 The backlash has already begun.

A recall #petition has been filed against Education and Childcare Minister Demetrios #Nicolaides, who has blamed the union for the breakdown in negotiations.

#Recall #AbPoli

Opinion: If the UCP can take away teachers' rights, no one is safe But Bill 2 does far more than end a strike. It turns fifty-thousand Albertan teachers into second-class citizens.

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Opinion: If the UCP can take away teachers' rights, no one is safe

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #bill2 #strike #teachers #Canada #Notwithstanding #clause #Nicolaides #FireNicolaides #FireSmith #education

Protesters gather outside Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides’ Calgary office Protesters gathered outside Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides’ Calgary-Bow constituency office on Thursday evening.

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Protesters gather outside Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides’ Calgary office

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #bill2 #strike #teachers #Canada #Notwithstanding #clause #Nicolaides #FireNicolaides #FireSmith #education #yyc #Calgary

Picture of Demetrios Nicolaides stating the student protest was a couple hundred at the legislature on Oct 30. From October 30, 2025 recording of CTV News Edmonton at 6.

Alberta students protesting at the Alberta Legislature - more than a couple hundred on Oct 30. Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/hundreds-of-alberta-students-show-support-for-teachers-in-walkout/

Additional students rallying at the Alberta Teachers’ Association in Edmonton on Oct 30. Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/hundreds-of-alberta-students-show-support-for-teachers-in-walkout/

#Nicolaides is showing the #UCP is even more like Trump minions by stating blatant falsehoods. When students had their walk out protest across the #Alberta on Oct 30 he said there was only a couple 100 at the #ABleg downplaying the magnitude of the protest.
#ABpoli

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7/8 More fallout from the #UCP's own citizen-initiative law is hitting them from another quarter.

A #petition is underway to #recall Education Minister Demetrios #Nicolaides. He is complaining that the petitioner is using it to "influence government policy," not over "legitimate concerns."

#AbEd

Highlighted portion: exemplifies the democratic spirit of resisting tyranny and defending freedom, values shared with Alberta and Canada;

#Nicolaides doesn’t see the hypocrisy in releasing this the day after ramming through a bill in the #ABleg to strip teachers’ of their charter rights.

#corruptUCP
#Albert#ABpoli

5/8 The #UCP shamelessly defended the egregious bill, passed at 2 a.m. Tuesday.

Education Minister Demetrios #Nicolaides, under a recall petition, called it an "undeniable moral imperative" to get students back to class.

Finance Minister #Horner said the s.33 clause ensures classrooms "stay open."

3/9 #DanielleSmith was not in the legislature for the debate or the 2 a.m. vote.

She left earlier Monday evening on a trade mission to Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.

Education Minister #Nicolaides told the house the govt had an "undeniable moral imperative" to stop the strike.

#AbPoli #ATA

Woman behind petition to recall Nicolaides said it's 'putting power in the hands of the people' Education is going in the wrong direction says Calgary woman who started petition to recall minister.

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Woman behind petition to recall Nicolaides said it's 'putting power in the hands of the people'

#abpoli #ableg #alberta #RecallNicolaides #Nicolaides #FireTheUCP #FireSmith #YYC #Calgary #Bow

3/8 Bradley #Lafortune, executive director of Public Interest Alberta, put the blame squarely on the premier and her minister.

"This is [Alberta Premier] Danielle Smith's strike, and this is Minister #Nicolaides' strike."

He said they "had the power to end it before it started."

#DanielleSmith

Petition launched to recall Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides | Globalnews.ca Just over 16,000 residents of Calgary-Bow have to sign the petition in order for the riding's MLA — Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides — to be recalled.

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Petition launched to recall Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides

#recall #Nicolaides #abpoli #ableg #Alberta #education #minister
#Alberta #calgary #bow #yyc #FireTheUCP

1/9
🇨🇦 RECALL PETITION LAUNCHED AGAINST ALBERTA'S EDUCATION MINISTER 🇨🇦

CBC reports Demetrios #Nicolaides is the first MLA to face a petition under the #UCP government's own #Recall Act.

Petitioner Jennifer #Yeremiy has 90 days to gather 16,006 signatures in the Calgary-Bow riding.

#AbLeg

4/7
Minister #Nicolaides confirmed the government is exploring options for an "abbreviated path for individuals with degrees, diplomas or trade certifications to become certificated teachers."

He said they would still need "additional training," but provided no specifics on what that would entail.