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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 7h

fightbacknow.civicdeeds.com/actions/calg... Starting at 11:00 am at City Hall. Let's join together as Albertans who are concerned about democracy in this province; those who are being woefully underserved and disserved, and everyone who is tired of fighting against our own provincial govt alone.

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Day of Protest- Calgary March and Rally

Let's take to the streets, raise our voices, and make some noise for a brighter and more hopeful Alberta for everyone! Meet at City Hall (800 Macleod Trail SE...

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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Canada's Health Ministers are meeting in Winnipeg this week. With mounting serious safety concerns in multiple for-profit Grifols-run paid plasma sites (incl. Calgary), FOM is joining health coalitions across Canada to demand urgent federal action. www.friendsofmedicare.org/feds_must_sh...

Green-photo of plasma being collected from a person with their arm resting outstretched. Text reads, "Joint statment: Federal government must shut down Grifols paid-plasma centres, put public health first. friendsofmedicare.org/news." Directly below are the logos of the Friends of Medicare, Saskatchewan Health Coalition, Manitoba Health Coalition, Canadian Health Coalition, New Brunswick Health Coalition, PEI Health Coalition, and Nova Scotia Health Coalition.

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 7h

"Moreover, new govt policies that permit patients to order their own imaging & increased private health-care options do not address equity concerns; they simply allow the healthy and wealthy to access health care earlier." #abhealth #ableg #SupportPublicHealthcare

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

www.thestar.com/politics/fed... Carney also endorsed a campaign to reject nine other questions on the ballot, including those seeking new provincial authority to control immigration and who gets social services, and constitutional questions like endorsing an effort to abolish the Senate.

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Mark Carney tells Calgary that ‘Canada’s working’ as he campaigns against separation referendum

"It's hard to think of a worse time to have a referendum, or a better time for the province," the prime minister said in Calgary on Thursday.

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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Healthcare workers, experts, advocates & patients have called for action for YEARS. Instead of listening, AB Health Ministers are globetrotting to collect cherrypicked "evidence" to support their aggressive privatization agenda. 📢We deserve better! Tell them so: rebuildourhealthcare.ca/#take-action

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

For sure. Similar message in Heather McGee's book: The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

albertaworkers.org/ed4all Some children in Alberta are being denied access to education. They are blocked from registering in school because of their parents’ precarious immigration status. This is a grassroots campaign led by International Migrants Alliance - Alberta & supported by AWARE.

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Education for All — AWARE

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

fightbacknow.civicdeeds.com/actions/calg... Let's raise our voices & make some noise for a brighter and more hopeful Alberta for everyone! Meet at Calgary City Hall. We’ll march to the rally site at McDougall Centre (455 6 St. SW). Bring a friend, signs, water, snacks, and a noisemaker!

fightbacknow.civicdeeds.com

Day of Protest- Calgary March and Rally

Let's take to the streets, raise our voices, and make some noise for a brighter and more hopeful Alberta for everyone! Meet at City Hall (800 Macleod Trail SE...

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Never ceases to amaze me how skillfully Smith gaslights Albertans. This is a great clip:

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Such an important piece: thewalrus.ca/alberta-sepa... "The alternative is division. It is annexation. It is populist authoritarianism. It is the end of Canada as we know and understand it. If we fail now to defend our country, we may be pulled into the far-right vortex engulfing the United States."

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Alberta Separatism Is Built on a Big Lie | The Walrus

Danielle Smith has turned western grievance into a national unity crisis

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Recommended reading! "...85 % of Canadians agree that universal health care based on a person’s need, not how much money they have, is a core Canadian value. And 91 per cent say they’re feeling concerned about the future of public health care." Chris Galloway, ED @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... AB's plan is also a blatant violation of the Canada Health Act. Legal opinions publicly released over the summer have reinforced this ... There is no ambiguity here: what Alberta is doing goes against the very idea of universal public healthcare. #abhealth #ableg

calgaryherald.com

Opinion: Protecting our sovereignty means protecting our public health care

Strong leadership on public health care right now would protect our sovereignty, strengthen our economy.

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"...we have seen repeated changes to make care less accessible & more expensive for seniors. This includes changes brought by Bill 11, which mean as of today, seniors on employer & private insurance plans will be faced w higher premiums upon renewal, just to maintain current health coverage," Chris

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Elizabeth May @elizabethemay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What happened at Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc is beyond disturbing. A masked group arrived on the Nation’s land displaying hateful signs targeting the children who never came home from residential schools. There must be a full investigation to hold those responsible accountable.

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Miss Kitty 🌈🌈🌈 @misskitty.art · 23/09/2026

#MissKittyPolitics We must demolish the neoliberal lie that human beings must "earn" the right not to freeze to death on public sidewalks. #Shelter is not a bonus for economic utility. It is a non-negotiable metabolic baseline for biological existence. #HousingIsAHumanRight #HousingFirst

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

ED: @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social “The Premier is implementing a destructive plan for two-tier, American-style health care that she did not run on & has no mandate to be pushing fwd. She needs to listen to yesterday’s by-election results & stop this privatization agenda that no one voted for.”

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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"The Premier reaching in to restrict gender-affirming health care services & to breach the provincial government’s legal & Treaty obligations to health care has set a dangerous new precedent that should be of deep concern to everyone in this province”: FOM medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...

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FoM praises Alberta First Nation for using to treaty rights to protect gender-affirming care - Medicine Hat News

Friends of Medicare released a statement congratulating and thanking the Saddle Lake Cree Nation for enforcing its treaty rights to ensure gender-affirming care for all Albertans. A release on Wednesd...

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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

All over Alberta + Canada today, folks SHOWED UP for the National Day of Action to defend OUR public health care!✊ Because Bill 11 = health care no longer based on need, but ability to pay. 📢Tell @mark-carney.bsky.social & MOH: enforce the Canada Health Act! friendsofmedicare.org/EnforceTheCHA 1/

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Take Action: Tell the Feds to enforce the Canada Health Act!

Send a message: We urgently need action from the Federal Government to safeguard our public health care and protect patients by speaking out against the Alberta government’s Bill 11 and enforcing the ...

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“Yesterday’s announcement is an important reminder that the ‘Medicine Chest’ clause in Treaty 6, first signed and agreed to 150 years ago, is a living and enduring promise of comprehensive health care, which includes gender-affirming care,” said Chris Gallaway, ED @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We must all speak out against these Data Centres!! Please show up if you can: assets.nationbuilder.com/yyc4brt/mail... Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Time: 12PM - 1PM Location: Stephen (8th) Avenue and Centre St, Hyatt Regency Hotel, south entrance aenweb.ca/civicrm/even...

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Please consider taking a few moments to send a letter. All Canadians should be upset by this ... #MigrantRights #StandForDemocracy #HumanRightsAreNotDebatable

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Dawna and RealMonkeyCat @dawna9.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

🚨 Listen then BOYCOTT TARGET, who’s feeble apology is NOT Accepted. Actually I haven’t stepped into a Target since hearing a magat manager was notifying the 🧊 goons when his store was packed w/black & brown shoppers. Ending their DEI policy as of Jan 2025 is no coincidence. #Pinks #Voices4Victory

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Carney, in response to trump admin slamming our "failing healthcare system" ought to put his #elbowsup by strengthening and standing up for our public healthcare and pushing back against privatization.

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

www.albertareferendum2026.org/faq/ Please pledge to vote no on all. You can also sign up to volunteer & support these efforts. We must get the facts out to Albertans who might only hear the misleading and outright propaganda that the govt is shamefully putting out. @pialberta.bsky.social

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Pledge to Vote NO

Alberta has everything it takes to succeed: a strong economy, incredible people, vibrant communities and a proud history of getting things done. We are rural and urban, young and old, newcomers and mu...

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

calgaryherald.com/opinion/lett... "I encourage, hope and want all Albertans, especially our young population, to do their due diligence and vote, especially with the advance mail-in ballot being available." www.elections.ab.ca/resources/me... knowthenine.ca cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/07...

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Friday's letters: Referendum is the UCP's worst move so far

Edmonton Journal readers have their say on UCP's referendum and police wanting access to encrypted data.

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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The Alberta government continues to funnel millions upon millions of public dollars into the profits of private operators like AgeCare. So why do their workers have to fight for basic respect and fair bargaining?? Working conditions = care conditions! www.friendsofmedicare.org/agecare_work...

Green-filtered photo of a senior with a walker being assisted by a care worker. Text reads, "Alberta Seniors Deserve Better Care, Which Means AgeCare Workers Deserve Better Working Conditions. Read FOM's response: friendsofmedicare.org/news"

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

More administration, complexity, barriers and more of Albertans money wasted!!

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hoping for the Indigenous woman trifecta in November: Gov. Deb Haaland seems a sure thing here in blue New Mexico, but sending Peggy Flanagan and Mary Peltola to the senate (which has never had a Native woman senator) would be amazing.

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

hmmm ... "activist judges" where have I heard that before?

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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

“Telling Albertans to choose between cleaning out your retirement fund and waiting years in pain for a needed surgery is frankly insulting, and goes against the principles of equitability and universality on which our public medicare system is founded”: FOM's Chris Gallaway

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Please take a few moments to take action and support @queermomentum.ca in this important effort! www.queermomentum.ca #TransRightsAreHumanRights #CharterRights

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Momentum

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

EXACTLY!! Not helpful, even to those who jump the queue ... "over-diagnosis, anxiety, latrogenic injury" Typically, the policy is driven by ideology, not evidence #SupportPublicHealthcare #NoToPrivatization #abhealth

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Not only does it not add capacity, it creates more problems/less capacity with people making guesses about what tests/screenings they need whether or not it makes sense.

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Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

“The Premier ran last election on a ‘Public Health Guarantee,’ repeatedly promising that her govt wouldn’t delist any med procedures from public funding & that no ABs would have to pay … to access care. Yet here we are. What a betrayal of ABs who took the Premier at her word in the last election.”

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

"New and existing funds must come with firm requirements to uphold the Canada Health Act and advance solutions known to improve access to care and the long-term sustainability of Canada's health systems..." #SupportPublicHealthcare #cdnhealth

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Taking action is more urgent than ever. Please click on the link, join @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social and stand up for #PublicHealthcare #abhealth #ableg

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

... and the rest of the referendum questions are just plain old racism and scapegoating of immigrants.

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

“Denialism seeks to minimize, distort, and deny the harms of residential schools. That’s what the Senate did,” said David Monias, chief of Pimicikamak Okimawin, at the press conference Wednesday. #TruthAndReconciliation #LandBack

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

www.friendsofmedicare.org/bill11_renew... “The urgency of this threat cannot be understated,” said Gallaway. “Albertans’ provincial government is bringing American health care into Canada, including a system of legislated queue-jumping, in direct contravention of the Canada Health Act. #abhealth

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New Bill 11 Legal Opinion Prompts Renewed Calls for Federal Health Minister to Act

Bill 11 regulations were announced, but a new legal opinion shows it STILL breaks the Canada Health Act! There's no time to waste: we need urgent action from our Federal Government to STOP two-tier he...

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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

TELUS is once again profiting from our health, selling $2,995 "Total Body MRIs."This follows a history of UCP sweetheart deals—from the Babylon app privacy mess to buying out Copeman Clinic to enable two-tier access. They keep being rewarded for undermining our public system. #AbPoli #ableg #cdnpoli

This graphic presents a critique of privatized diagnostic services in Alberta. On the left is a promotional advertisement from TELUS Health Care Centres, displaying a modern, blue-lit MRI machine with a patient lying inside. The ad encourages users to 'Experience Total Body MRI' for a starting price of $2,995, listing package inclusions like full-body scans, lab panels, and clinician-led reviews. On the right side of the image, the text 'This is NOT SATIRE' and 'TWO-TIER' are featured prominently in red. The text explains that two-tier healthcare has started in Alberta, citing the Friends of Medicare organization. It states that this 'boutique offering' diverts scarce public resources, increases wait times for others, and contradicts the medical advice provided by the Canadian Association of Radiologists. The graphic concludes with a call to 'Stop large corporations from selling public services' and 'Keep Healthcare Public.

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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Check out some excellent new reporting from The Tyee and research from CCPA on lessons we can learn from Scotland to help fix our health care system here at home. Links to both articles here: tr.ee/U7vxHj67_j

The Tyee news article homepage, title: What Scotland can teach Canada about fixing its doctor shortage, picture of a creek surrounded by stone and brick buildings in Scottish city or town.

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives article homepage, title: Improving primary health care: access: Lessons from Canada and Scotland, graphic of a ticket dispenser on a hospital wall

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United Nurses of Alberta 🇨🇦 @albertanurses.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

“This is not just a bad policy, it is a betrayal of the greatest nation-building program in modern Canadian history. For this reason, we are urgently asking the federal government today to enforce the Canada Health Act immediately.”

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Alberta implementation of physician dual practice is serious threat to medicare

The Alberta government’s announcement that starting in September it will allow physicians delivering publicly funded services also to privately bill patients for surgeries presents a deeply seri...

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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

FOM is amplifying @hsaalberta.bsky.social 's call on Albertans to support Public Health Inspectors’ rights to a fair transition, so that they can continue to do their work to keep us all safe! 📢 Send a message to the Minister & your MLA: hsaa.ca/speakup-bill55

hsaa.ca

Speak up to keep negotiated rights

Public Health Inspectors deserve to retain the rights, wages and benefits they fairly negotiated. Write your MLA today!

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