4/10 Alberta's 2024 Continuing Care Act eliminated the requirement that residents receive at least 1.9 hours of care daily.
"We've gutted the standards. So what are they even enforcing at this point?" Gallaway said.
#Standards #Legislation #ABpoli #ContinuingCareAct #UCPpolicies
#ABleg
3/12 The policy changes creating confusion:
📚 Book ban with sexual content (now paused for rewrite)
🏫 Sex education now requires opt-IN instead of opt-out
⚽ Transgender girls 12+ banned from female sports
Parents getting eligibility forms to confirm birth assignment.
#PolicyChanges #UCPpolicies
4/13 Goodyear, a UBC nursing professor and youth health researcher, draws parallels to Atwood's dystopian world:
"In Alberta schools, it's now 'under her eye,' with Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP as the overseers."
#DystopianFiction #UCPPolicies #ABpoli #UCPIdeology #ABed #ABedu #UCPfail
1/11 🇨🇦 MUNICIPAL PARTIES DIVIDE CALGARY CANDIDATES 🇨🇦
The UCP's decision to introduce party politics to municipal elections has created polarising debate among Calgary candidates.
October 20th election reveals deep splits on representation.
#CalgaryElection #YYC #UCPpolicies #DanielleSmith #AbPoli
5/11 Teachers now face an impossible position.
Mason explains: "For teachers, it's really concerning that they're being forced to out students to unsupportive parents."
Students worry about being outed at home where acceptance isn't guaranteed.
#Education #UCPGenderDiscrimination
#UCPpolicies
4/11 Mount Royal University professor Corinne Mason calls the policies "scary" and "harmful."
"We've already lost kids to suicide in this community, in Calgary and Alberta more generally," Mason says.
The ramp-up to school year brings real struggles for youth safety.
#Suicide #UCPpolicies
