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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Maybe more than a whiff of treason. Alberta separatists are flat-out traitors to the nation. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province.” Modry and Rath, again. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 02/10/2026
As someone who disagrees with the sentiment, this was a difficult piece to write. But as a social scientist, the evidence is clear. Rather than debate which grievances are legitimate, we need to meet Albertans where they are emotionally. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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How to Engage Alberta, the Jilted Lover of Confederation | The Tyee
A couples therapy approach could help heal the divide.
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the story you gotta read to understand what is going on in Alberta. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Eric Andrew-Gee
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A country with its elbows up faces separation threats on two fronts
In Alberta and Quebec, Canada’s national unity paradox hits home
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm also tired of the grievance politics of the UCP Since when did Albertans become such whiners What happened to getting 'er done? What happened to building and not just giving Alberta away to billionaires at bargain basement pricing? Some days it just gets to me
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Must read @patricklennox.bsky.social @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/alberta-sepa...
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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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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
it’s absolutely fucked that people are elevating these effective altruist freaks and falling for their rhetoric on AI. media is letting these people set the narrative, while those of us following EA/longtermist circles for years know how insane they are. they consistently downplay climate risk.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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kicksoda @kicksoda.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reminder: Despite the crocodile tears, she absolutely endorses all of this. #waternotcoal #coalpetition #alberta #grassymountain #ableg #abpoli
Person in a teal blazer pointing upward beside the text, “I endorsed this expensive referendum as long as coal wasn’t a part of it, “Unlimited Corruption: Alberta Sold & Fleeced.”
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#NoToTheNine #ableg #abpoli
A young girl dressed as a superhero wears a bright pink mask and cape and reaches toward the camera with a playful superhero pose against a yellow background. Black text reads, “NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES.” White text below reads, “SOME JUST VOTE NO TO THE NINE.” The graphic uses a humorous superhero theme to encourage voting against the nine referendum questions.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 23/09/2026
I'm in Alberta. Our guy's on meth and season 8.
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just admit it, Premier: the UCP is a separatist party.
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Musicbaum @musicbaum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Me looking over the questions on the advanced #Alberta ballot, yelling:”Fuck no, fuck no, fuck no.” My wife: “At least you’re not waffling.” Me: “I’d be much happier if the question was ‘do you like waffles?’” #calgary #yyc #yeg #ableg #elbowsup 💪🇨🇦
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Even with no realistic scenario, ‘independent advisory panel’ couldn’t make Alberta separation look good. albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/even...
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Even with no realistic scenario, ‘independent advisory panel’ couldn’t make Alberta separation look good - Alberta Politics
At the end of their exertions, even the reliable team of neoliberal apparatchiks assembled by Premier Danielle Smith’s favourite economist last June couldn’t come up with a “scenario” in which Alberta...
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cm 🍁 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Independent report released on costs of separation www.alberta.ca/announcements.cfm?xI… #Alberta
Alberta.ca News Announcement
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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Separation could cost Alberta up to $170 billion over 5 years. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Establishing independent Alberta would be costly, unpredictable: government-commissioned report | CBC News
Alberta’s separation from Canada would be costly in the short term and highly unpredictable in the long term, a new report from the University of Calgary School of Public Policy released Wednesday say...
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Corbin Keep @cellocorb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Peter Hoven @phoven.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Excellent article on the fate of Canadian healthcare. www.pressreader.com/canada/edmon...
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Ott­awa silent as Alberta breaks health-care law | Edmonton Journal
Ima­gine two Alber­tans need the same sur­gery. One can pay thou­sands out of pocket. The other can­not. Under the law Canada has oper­ated by since 1984, both wait in the same line because med­ical n...
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Kim Sutherland Mills @bacciogelato.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"If the world, however, dramatically reduces greenhouse gases and achieves net-zero around 2075, Canada's climate is projected to stabilize and average warming would increase by 3.5 C." Why are we still wandering lackadaisically toward a fifty year threshold -- and now aiming for 3.5?!?!?! 🤬
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Canadians should prepare for a 5 C hotter future, report warns | CBC News
The federal government's new report summarizing the latest science on climate change warns that under current climate policies, the impact on Canadians will likely be "far from benign."
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Great to celebrate Calgary Pride alongside so many friends, including a pair from the Calgary Flames! 🔥 Pride, hockey and Calgary. 🏳️‍🌈🏒 Zayne Parekh and Joel Farabee.
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
RED ALERT ALBERTANS! While UCP govt focus = dismantling and privatizing HC, safe and timely care may not be there for you or your loved ones in their time of need. NO matter how rich you might be, no amount of wealth will help you if you need to access emergency services! 1/9
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Foreign interference, MAGA-style. #abpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/i...
nationalobserver.com
A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots
The websites present crude, AI-generated slop disguised as the voice of real Albertans. But they're made in Florida — and they're not even targeting Albertans directly.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 04/09/2026
This kind of report should be accompanied by a press conference—not with some low-level bureaucrat, but with the prime minister. Flanked by all of his ministers. In prime time, with technical briefings. This report says we're facing unimaginable disaster, yet we didn't even get a briefing.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Here's the concert footage from last night of Blue Rodeo gleefully hitting the lyrics "Lake Ontario", with a projected image of Lake Ontario behind them, while performing on the shores of Lake Ontario
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Amesh Adalja @ameshaa.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with a markedly higher risk of myocarditis, pericarditis, & mortality. In comparison, vaccination was shown to significantly reduce the risk of mortality and pericarditis; myocarditis risk was lower but not statistically significant” www.ajmc.com/view/unvacci...
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Unvaccinated COVID-19 Infection Tied to Higher Myocarditis Risk | AJMC
A 4-million-person study finds unvaccinated COVID-19 infection raises myocarditis, pericarditis, and death risk far more than the Pfizer vaccine.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/08/2026
New study finds that the rapid growth of electric vehicles in China has prevented over 300,000 premature deaths. Conversely -- and this is just math -- everything done to prevent the rise of EVs in the US leads to more preventable deaths of Americans. It's not an academic debate.
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Reduced urban air pollution and mortality from the transition to new energy vehicles in China - Nature Health
Using satellite data and interpretable machine learning, the widespread adoption of new energy vehicles was shown to reduce particulate matter particles with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less and carbon mo...
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“Russia’s attention has now turned to Alberta, with potentially destabilizing consequences for Canada.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thewalrus.ca/the-russian-...
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The Russian Money Behind Alberta’s Separatist Movement | The Walrus
The Kremlin has perfected covert influence. I’ve seen how poorly equipped Canada is to stop it
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Wab Kinew is a hero Danielle smith is a zero #ableg
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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Official Communiqué on the Canada/US Tariff Dispute
FLIPPERS UP
GOVERNMENT OF HEARD ISLAND OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER • OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE
STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY WITH CANADA
The Government of Heard Island expresses its profound disappointment following the failure of recent U.S.-Canadian trade negotiations and the imposition of 50% tariffs upon Canadian goods.
Having ourselves been unexpectedly introduced to American tariff policy, Heard Island stands firmly with Canada.
Effective immediately, Canada is offered exclusive preferential rights to Heard Island's future sustainable fisheries, scientific facilities, cold-weather rescarch, and responsibly collected guano.
Canadian vessels are hereby granted Most Favoured Flock status, including priority access to Heard Island waters and exemption from all tariffs imposed by this Government - which, admittedly, is none.
Canadian universities and scientists are likewise invited to establish a permanent research mission. They will be welcomed warmly, insofar as anything here can reasonably be described as warm.
Canada and Heard Island share much: vast wilderness, unreasonable weather, an abundance of ice, and increasingly complicated relations with the nation immediately to Canada's south.
To our Canadian friends:
You are not alone.
Our waters are open.
Our ice is yours.
Our penguins stand with you.
And unlike certain larger trading partners, we do not renegotiate every 90 days.
PM Mccormicki
Prime Minister of Heard Island
Guardian of the Rookeries & First Flipper of the Republic
DIGNITY • SCIENCE • SOVEREIGNTY • KRILL
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
St. Albert Public Library Board has estimated cost of UCP book ban at $100,000 in 2027. albertapolitics.ca/2026/08/st-a...
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St. Albert Public Library Board has estimated cost of UCP book ban at $100,000 in 2027 - Alberta Politics
ST. ALBERT, Alberta – The St. Albert Public Library Board has estimated it will cost about $100,000 next year to comply with the United Conservative Party Government’s unprecedented library censorship...
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 25/07/2026
Listening to separatist leaders lecture everyone about following the rules is like listening to my 12 year-old tell me to turn my music down.
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
UCP apologists clutch their pearls about premier’s ‘fascist pancakes’ albertapolitics.ca/2026/07/ucp-...
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UCP apologists clutch their pearls about premier’s ‘fascist pancakes’ - Alberta Politics
As was totally predictable, apologists for Alberta’s United Conservative Party are now clutching their pearls about Danielle Smith’s pancakes being labeled fascist.  “Berta Proud Dad” himself – the pr...
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Lana 🌺 ❤️💛💚💙💜 @mahalomalama.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
#Caturday 🐈 #BookSky 📚
Cat In The Hat .  I SURVIVED READING BANNED BOOKS ALL I GOT WAS SMARTER AND MORE EMPATHETIC
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
“You have to work for your $100. “But worse, you have to consent to the government storing your banking information in their database. “I feel my privacy and security are being eroded in the name of digital convenience.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Braid: Alberta Energy Rebate just the latest dubious data grab
From energy rebate to drivers' licences and referendum counts, personal data is being harvested, misused and often stolen.
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Kerri Hoven (she/her) 🇨🇦 @kerrihoven.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Somewhere over the rainbow is UNITY. #ForeverCanadian @lukaszukab.bsky.social
Full rainbow over a red and white Forever Canadian lawn sign that says:

CHOOSE UNITY
JOIN THE MOVEMENT
FOREVER-CANADIAN.CA
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IGN @ign.com · 02/07/2026
Despite being offered "a nice pile of money," Weird Al Yankovic pulled out of a commercial after learning that it was for AI, saying he "can’t be the poster boy for AI." bit.ly/4v5qkuh
Weird Al Dropped Out Of Software Ad After Learning It Was For AI
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Allison Moon 🌙 🍁 @shewandersferal.mu.social · 29/05/2026
🍁 #Gander 🍁 🪿 GanderSocial.ca 🍁 #CANpoli 🍁 #CDNpoli 🍁 #CanadaSky 🌌 #Canadiana
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Gander: The Social Media You Want, Built in Canada
Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your personal data taking an unexpected trip down south.
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Call it what is is Two tier Privatization Profiteering Dual practice is their euphemism. #ableg
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 19/06/2026
Our kiddo has been in this queue since December 2024. It's absolutely shameful how little this government cares about our children's future. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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An estimated 20,000 Alberta kids face waiting years to get therapy for disabilities | CBC News
An estimated 20,000 children are stuck on Alberta’s Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) waiting list, facing years of delays to get speech, behavioural and other treatment or therapy ...
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Current and former senior AHS officials told me that LaGrange simply refuses to consider evidence, even when told cancer surgeries and children's organ transplant surgeries were being delayed. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
ZERO evidence to support this move. ZERO. More privatization likely result in: > inequities > in healthcare spending > inefficiency & admin costs > unnecessary care / procedures < resources / providers in public system Sum: unhinged idea fuelled by blind ideology www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Eligible doctors in Alberta can work in both public, private systems starting this fall | CBC News
In order to be eligible for dual practice, doctors must do a minimum number of hours in the public system first. The province says those hour requirements along with other safeguards will protect the ...
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
“We very tangibly see, hear and feel an increase in divisive and even racist language around our efforts to justifiably protect our rights as set down in treaty," #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Province files appeal on court decision to throw out Alberta separatist referendum petition | CBC News
Alberta's government has filed its appeal of a judge's decision to quash a petition looking to force a vote on the province quitting Canada.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Horrifying news by way of disability advocate Zachary weeks Facebook. The UCP’s depraved indifference towards the disabled community is literally causing tragedy. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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PBE 🇨🇦 @lookupkipp.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
🤬 substack.com/@orlaghokell...
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Orlagh O Kelly (@orlaghokelly)
Today, Danielle Smith threatened to use a conspicuously unconstitutional law (Critical Infrastructure Defence act) against First Nations for saying in passing …they may have to eventually engage in ci...
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Let's talk wait times with CHEST PAIN at the UofA ED. Just this week: posted "average" wait time at UAH was 5hrs... but something has changed and these are no longer even close to reflective of the real wait times. 1/11
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Caroline @northernck.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The same authoritarian Christian nationalist who would revoke womens’ right to vote, with positions of authority for men only. They have several churches in Canada, incl Alta. “if the separatists fail, he said, his church stands prepared to intervene more www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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U.S. church leader Doug Wilson declares strong support for Alberta independence movement
Secession is a step toward establishing a government ruled by Christian principles, pastor says
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Peter Hoven @phoven.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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Private health care keeps getting sold as “innovation.” So why does it keep making things worse?
Every few years, Canadian health care rediscovers privatization.
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Peter Hoven @phoven.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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The last four months have changed Alberta
Published by Lethbridge Herald on May 23, 2026.
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