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jerrymacgp

@jerrymacgp.bsky.social
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Retired Registered Nurse & union activist in northwestern Alberta 🇨🇦. Politics: Alberta NDP. Settler in Treaty 8 territory. Married, dad of 3 & granddad of 4. Vaxxed. Interests: #abpoli & #cdnpoli, heavy metal, Star Trek. No crypto! He/him/his.

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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 4h
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 8h
Sounds about Right…. The reason presidents are limited to two terms is that the last time we had a president who was a Democratic Socialist, the people elected him four straight times!!!
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jerrymacgp @jerrymacgp.bsky.social · 4h
Anybody who doesn’t think the current US Administration is a hostile actor, either isn’t paying attention, or is a quisling apologist. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #CdnPoli
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Trump trade adviser says Canada will 'pay even more dearly' if 'you interfere' in U.S. midterms | CBC News
One of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade advisers is threatening repercussions for Canada if it "interferes" in the upcoming midterm elections — though it's not clear what he anticipates the country...
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Give Voice AB - Resistance, rooted in community. @givevoiceab.bsky.social · 12h
Oct 3 - Alberta Leg 11 AM - 1 PM #abpoli
Day of Protest poster Oct 3  11-1
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Whitefire 🇨🇦🧡🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @white-fire.bsky.social · 16h
QUOTE: “It’s deeply alarming that so much money has been spent on for-profit surgeries and, yet, we don’t have the results to show what Ontarians are getting for those dollars,” IF only there was a country out there that we could have looked at to see if “for profit” healthcare worked!!!
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bee3688.bsky.social @bee3688.bsky.social · 14h
I’m not sure how many studies disproving ineffectiveness of privatization at improving wait times need to be done before Canadians stop voting for Premiers who keep promoting privatization as solutions for our health systems. If MAGAs aren’t too bright, some Cdns are far behind either.
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The Internet's Favourite Avery™ @malplum.cc · 11h
What makes it more galling is that there's a known fix that isn't privatization. Earlier Ontario research found wildly uneven waits for the same procedure depending on which surgeon you happened to be referred to, and modelling showed a central intake for consultation and surgery nearly halved waits
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 16h
We now return to our regularly-scheduled ER wait times.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 16h
Local health minister says wait times for wealthy people way down since her government started focussing on bringing down wait times for wealthy people.
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Wait times for most priority surgeries in Ontario have increased since 2017, study says | CBC News
Wait times for most of the province’s publicly funded priority surgeries and procedures have increased between 2017 and 2025, according to a study released Monday.
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PBE 🇨🇦 @lookupkipp.bsky.social · 10h
😎😅❤️
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Mariana Z @mariana057.bsky.social · 11h
An eyelash’s main job is to keep things out of your eye. But nine times out of 10, when you get something in your eye, it’s an eyelash. Now, that’s eyeronic.
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@KatyET www.abresistance.ca @katyet.bsky.social · 11h
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 10h
“faster care for one patient isn’t a system-wide reduction in waiting if someone else simply waits longer. Choice is not the same as capacity. And activity is not the same as progress.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Opinion: Will Alberta's dual-practice model cut surgery wait times — or only for the rich?
When my time matters most, will my place in line be determined by how urgently I need care — or by how much I can afford to pay for it?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10h
Thank you for standing up for what's right, Luanne.
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Heroic Tennessee Librarian Sues After Being Fired For Refusing To Hide LGBTQ+ Books From Kids
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jerrymacgp @jerrymacgp.bsky.social · 10h
Wish I could be there… but #YQU to YEG is 5 hours each way.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, the media, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.
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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 11h
Trial judge held federal s5(2) Controlled Drugs and Substances Act violated Charter of Rights section 7 and 15. Charter claim seems based on accused 'providing people who use [illegal] drugs with a safer alternative to the toxic illicit supply.' BCSC Justice Catherine Murray was 'proud' of accused.
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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 10h
Unity? It has to be a resignation speech.
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 14h
Just from a pure entertainment perspective: Would be very funny.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18h
THIS 👇 HERE IS SICKENING......
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Adam R Houston @healthlawadamh.bsky.social · 13h
Strongly-worded (as it should be👍) piece by @picardonhealth.bsky.social (drawing on @hannay.bsky.social's reporting) on the ongoing Grifols fiasco, and the inadequate efforts to address it. "Plasma collection in Canada is a bloody mess that needs fixing" www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Plasma collection in Canada is a bloody mess that needs fixing
The importance of plasma-derived medications can’t be overstated, but integrity of the system is even more crucial
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h
One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power. The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever. But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 28/09/2026
All it took was getting kicked out of the White House press room and suddenly CNN remembers that "lie" is a word.
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#ableg In the Brexit campaign the Leave side said, “We must break free of the EU and take back control of our borders" There's a parallel between Brexit promises & the UCP's questions on immigration They're blaming immigrants instead of fixing our problems researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/14...
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Friskiedgrrl 🏳️‍🌈 💙🍁 🌊🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @friskiedgrrl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh, Donny, your dreams aren't going to become reality.
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Daphne_du Maurier @daphe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Canada has always treated the US with respect. Trump’s the man Canadians don’t respect for good reason
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icormier.bsky.social @icormier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our premier is such a piece of shit.
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NDP @ndp.ca · 29/09/2026
Last week, Avi Lewis and our NDP caucus joined Bank of Canada security workers on the picket line. As the Liberals ramp up their attacks on the right to strike, we'll keep standing with workers to fight back, together.
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Solstice 🇨🇦 @notabot1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That is not correct. My apologies. She is a sack of lying treasonous shit.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What colours My political choices is climate change, 100%. I pretty well am single issue. This is the reason I am opposed to Carney's bills by and large. The climate is the most important thing, there is no economy without an environment, a livable World.
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jerrymacgp @jerrymacgp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This will end up in court. Some elections may be challenged & even voided.
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“(Two employees) lost their lives to COVID-19 and, ultimately, to Alberta’s catastrophic failure to place worker safety above industry interests.” Alberta’s response to COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill plant was ‘catastrophic failure,’ report says www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Alberta’s response to COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill plant was ‘catastrophic failure,’ report says
More than 950 workers at High River plant were infected in 2020, leaving two workers dead and spreading to the community
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Imagine the reaction if Canada openly funded a movement to break up the U.S. Yet an American think tank is literally proposing support for Quebec separatists to “destabilize” Canada. No thanks. Canada isn't breaking up anytime soon, and certainly not because another country wants it. 🇨🇦
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Seriously 😡🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼
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Meidas Paul Wigton 🫘 🇺🇳🇺🇦 @rvroomie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mutha fucking👇👇👇👇👇 THIS!!!
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Historian Margaret MacMillan: "This is really unprecedented in my lifetime, that a Canadian Prime Minister has had such an impact on the world stage, apart perhaps from Lester Pearson and the senior Trudeau." #cdnpoli
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Múmer @mumermao.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
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Leeta 🇨🇦 @micropainter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is Canada. Happens to be in Alberta. Vote NO to the nine noxious questions, and Vote to Stay in Canada! #Canada #Alberta #ForeverCanadian #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #yyc #yeg #Never51 #BoycottUS #BuyCanadian
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Jen RN 🇨🇦 @mythreesons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Seeing the Canadian flag in 2021 made me anxious…now the Albertan flag does. Why can’t they make up their own flag instead of stealing ours and using it against us.
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Albertans with Canadian flags attached to their car in 2026 and Albertans with Canadian flags attached to their car in 2021 are completely non-overlapping groups.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 28/09/2026
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Alberta’s response to COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill plant was ‘catastrophic failure,’ report says
More than 950 workers at High River plant were infected in 2020, leaving two workers dead and spreading to the community
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I suspect it will be even worse.
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MacScot🇨🇦 @mlm7.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This could happen again with the present attitude of the AB Government
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