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Just trying to survive the stupidest timeline EVER. 😐🫤😑

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ushers in: - govt sanctioned queue jumping - profit motive driving care over necessity - workforce depletion in our public system and ORs - longer wait times for LIFE THREATENING conditions
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Let's talk PROFITIZATION of healthcare Dual Billing is Step Three of the 3 step plan by govt 1 - Help pay to build private facilities 2 - Force more care in these private facilities 3 - Allow Dual Billing without any discussion - drives workforce to private facilities
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Once again, for the politicians, business leaders, and journalists still actively posting on X/Twitter: why? You're using a platform that's owned by someone who's trying to break up your country. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The threat is real. Alberta separatists are working hand in hand with US Republicans to break our country apart. Not voting is not an option. Canada needs your vote. #ForeverCanadian #ableg #cdnpoli
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Separatists will crawl across broken glass to vote. This is no time for apathy. We, proud Canadians, must be counted too. We must vote. nationalpost.com/news/thomas-...
nationalpost.com
Alberta anti-separatist brings hard message to Central Canada: show a little gratitude
Thomas Lukaszuk told a Toronto business audience at the Economic Club of Canada that “the promise of a pipeline” is not enough for Alberta.
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Polar Platypus @polarplatypus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Canada’s healthcare system is crumbling, and healthcare workers are bearing the brunt.
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
open.spotify.com/epi... Every Albertan should listen to this. It's heartbreaking. Neither the Premier nor Minister LaGrange have even acknowledged it has happened. They have broken our EMS and Emergency system - safe and timely care is no longer guaranteed.
open.spotify.com
Wife’s death after 1.5-hour wait for ambulance has Edmonton doctor demanding change
The Courtney Theriault Show · Episode
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Polar Platypus @polarplatypus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nothing good to come of this absolute waste of taxpayer dollars.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My personal rule is, always vote. Pick the least worst candidate. Pick the best referendum answer. The worst people don’t want you to vote. Vote
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I keep meeting smart informed Albertans who tell me they do not intend to vote, because they don’t want to legitimize the process, or because they know the premier is not bound by the results. But what if making us give up on voting is the whole point? My argument to vote - no matter the absurdity.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It really pisses me off how @cdnpress.bsky.social not only doesn't call bullshit on the invented grievances, but also uses opposition framing like calling the former Bill C-69 the "No New Pipelines" bill, which was Jason Kenney's name for it, and was 100% untrue. It's just stenography at this point.
thecanadianpressnews.ca
'Why walk away?': Emotional Danielle Smith speaks against separation at online forum
CALGARY - An emotional Premier Danielle Smith held back tears Saturday as she recounted a long list of historic indignities Albertans have suffered at the hands of the federal government.
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Polar Platypus @polarplatypus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
VOTE
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Polar Platypus @polarplatypus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Current mood
The Pope labelled ‘Average Albertans’ staring at a large green orb labelled ‘Alberta Referendum’ looking quite not-plussed.
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Polar Platypus @polarplatypus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This this this this 🫠
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
these accusations, 5 weeks before a referedum to be run by Elections Alberta, cast serious concerns about the organizations ability/desire to run a free and fair process. We need the legislature to be called and a debate to occur. #stopthereferendum
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Nearly half million Albertans endorsed the #ForeverCanadian movement in our plea to avoid this divisive and destructive referendum. That’s why we refuse to take a position on, and legitimize any questions posed by the Premier. Premier, PLEASE stop this madness. #ableg #cdnpoli
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"We had concerns whether the process was being completed in a fair, equitable and consistent manner with the many daily, and sometimes hourly, changes to the processes,” former Elections Alberta staff (resigned in protest)
calgaryherald.com
Corb Lund requests moratorium on coal, former Elections Alberta staff speak out
Corb Lund is seeking a moratorium on coal development until a judicial review of how his group's petition was handled has been completed.
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Polar Platypus @polarplatypus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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What Now What
ALT: What Now What
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 15/09/2026
Jim Stanford: “This claim of interprovincial subsidization is completely false. Alberta pays no money to Quebec, or to any other province. The Alberta government, like other provinces, receives huge transfers from Ottawa to help pay for health care and other programs.” thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
thetyee.ca
No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee
The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.
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Edmonton Journal @edmontonjournal.com · 15/09/2026
Keith Gerein: Pro-Canada voters need to run up the score in Alberta's secession referendum edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
edmontonjournal.com
Keith Gerein: Pro-Canada voters need to run up the score in Alberta's secession referendum
Federalists have many excuses to avoid casting ballots in Alberta's referenda, including on whether the province initiates a separation vote
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🧵CBC is now covering the University of Alberta's decision to cut 100% of funding to child care on campus. Here is the full interview with a student parent who has been affected by this heinous decision. If they bother to watch, they should be ashamed. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
cbc.ca
U of A cuts funding to campus daycare centres
Budget cuts at the University of Alberta have left six non-profit daycare centres on campus without any guaranteed support from the institution. Undergrad student Olivia Hart is the president of the g...
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 14/09/2026
My latest on why I'm voting No to the Nine and Lead Not Leave. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/ten-questi...
drjaredwesley.substack.com
Ten Questions, One Real Decision
Albertans must choose between grievance or governing
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Democracy, Canadian Style 🇨🇦 Elbows Up! @democracycan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's simple enough for Canadians to go to Canada.ca to find readily-available links, for instance on "Combatting foreign disinformation and information manipulation" It took me 4 seconds. www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/...
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Combatting foreign disinformation and information manipulation
Combatting foreign disinformation and information manipulation
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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Paul Wells recently invited me to share some thoughts with readers of his excellent Substack about the state of Alberta politics and the separatism debate ahead of the October 19 referendums. paulwells.substack.com/p/dave-courn...
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Dave Cournoyer: Alberta separatists want “a sandbox for conspiratorial quackery”
In a guest post, the author of Daveberta.ca says the October referendum is just Danielle Smith’s bid to survive a putsch by separatists in her own party.
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Failgoat @failgoat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
a standing joke between me and my wife is that Americans reelected Trump because they think there’s a big PRICES dial on the Resolute Desk and Biden just wasn’t turning it down. it turns out the dial is real and Trump has spent eighteen months cranking it to 11
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Canada Isn't Turning to China. It's Doing Something Much More Dangerous. The fight over Canada isn't about trade. It's about whether a sovereign country can diversify its way out of dependence — and what happens to American power if it does. #cdnpoli kevinboucher32.substack.com/p/canada-isn...
kevinboucher32.substack.com
Canada Isn't Turning to China. It's Doing Something Much More Dangerous.
The fight over Canada isn't about trade. It's about whether a sovereign country can diversify its way out of dependence — and what happens to American power if it does.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The last American to put a 50 per cent tariff on Canada lost his seat and got a depression. Sound familiar? #cdnpoli ifloz.substack.com/p/king-kong-...
ifloz.substack.com
KING KONG BALLS CARNEY JUST ACTIVATED KRAKEN MODE: HISTORY SAYS TRUMP'S FUCKED
The last American to put a 50 per cent tariff on Canada lost his seat and got a depression. Sound familiar?
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🇨🇦BOMBSHELL: Canada and Ukraine Signed a 100-Year Partnership That Shuts Out the US And The Trump Crime Family Making Canada a Drone Superpower Overnight deanblundell.substack.com/p/bombshell-... #cdnpoli
deanblundell.substack.com
🇨🇦BOMBSHELL: Canada and Ukraine Signed a 100-Year Partnership That Shuts Out the US And The Trump Crime Family Making Canada a Drone Superpower Overnight
Two declarations, millions of drones, a Patriot alternative without Washington, critical minerals, sovereign AI, and Ukraine's combat data. The Trump Crime family wanted it. Canada got all of it.
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Whoa. Alberta Separation Costs Are Crazy High Economist Charles Deland outlines the economic absurdity of the separatist fever dream. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/051KDtPCDFE
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Whoa. Alberta Separation Costs Are Crazy High
YouTube video by Energi Media
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The University of Calgary's School of Public Policy was supposed to release their big report on the economic impact of separation "on or before August 14th". It's almost a month late. Where is it? #abpoli
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Polar Platypus @polarplatypus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Voting is our super power! Do it every chance you get! Send a message to this Alberta menace that her plan for Alberta is not what we want! ✊🇨🇦
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This! So sad. There is no "privatized ER". See chuds saying they want Two Tier Health Care (unless they are rich, they don't), but when it comes to emergencies .. there is only the PUBLIC. As Parksy says - "no amount of wealth will help you if you need to access emergency services!"
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Blame Ottawa? Most of Alberta’s economic discontent has roots in policies cooked up right here at home. albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/blam...
albertapolitics.ca
Blame Ottawa? Most of Alberta’s economic discontent has roots in policies cooked up right here at home - Alberta Politics
Conventional wisdom in Canadian political and media circles seems to be that Albertans are almost to a man and woman deeply discontented with their relationship with the rest of Canada. Yet recent pol...
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Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner @buttly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
They're alienated because they heard from their parents they should be. Its received wisdom from wealthy american oil execs, a lame facade masquerading as a real culture. They're fucking idiots and need to be told that to their faces at every opportunity.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The whole chapter on western alienation is masturbatory garbage. It's all Justin Trudeau's fault and not the oil price crash of 2014. Risible hot garbage.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Alberta's Bill 11, allowing dual practice, came into effect this week. Here is my column on the topic from last year: Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly? www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly?
What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially, but it makes no sense in the Canadian context
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Please listen to the rest of the Podcast, because Dr. Manns actually answers the questions posed to him. Minister LaGrange is leading a full on assault on publicly funded HC and cannot even articulate the govt's plan. She didn't answer the valid questions posed. 11/11
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If the Minister thinks docs can work more, then why NOT get them to work more on the pts who are dying and need life-threatening and cancer surgeries, in our EMPTY ORS? Why not make the priority to bolster and support 24/7 hospital OR utilization? 8/11
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
She ignores how they have way more docs and hospital beds then us. And lots of other differences. She knows these facts but ignores them... Then she talks about TRAVEL... she seems very upset about rich people travelling, but doesn't seem bothered by cancer wait times 4/11
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/listen/li... Listening to Minister LaGrange, I'm astounded that she cannot even answer the basic questions put to her. She's leading the attack on publicly funded HC, and yet can't even answer simple questions. Let's break down her answers: 1/11
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 04/09/2026
There's still time to skip the line on Referendum Day. I completed my mail-in ballot. Order yours today! drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/skip-the-l...
drjaredwesley.substack.com
Skip the Line, Not the Vote
How advance polls and special ballots are key to mobilization in Alberta this fall
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Elections Alberta has quietly moved up the deadline to get you special ballot (mail in ballot) for the referendum up by TWO WEEKS! Get yours now and make sure you tell your friends and family to do the same to avoid disastourously long lines! specialballot.elections.ab.ca/index/8400 #abpoli
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Polar Platypus @polarplatypus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Sounds like voter intimidation 🤔
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
More than 250,000 Albertans signed up to vote by Special Ballot. Now, confusing and incorrect forms are landing in voters’ mailboxes, threatening fines and even imprisonment. How did this happen, and what does it mean for your vote?
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Premier is saying: I will ensure to at least maintain the terrible cancer wait times while my rich friends get to jump the queue for joint and eye surgery! make this make sense?! 3/3
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
if this "experiment" will decrease the public queue, why wouldn't these be the first cases to allow queue-jumping in? the ones that will kill you? there is NO logic here... these pts are ALREADY dying due to lack of nursing and anaesthesia resources... 2/3
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
edmontonjournal.com/... Any cancer-related and life-threatening conditions, regardless of specialty, will remain publicly funded and exempt from the dual practice model. this is nonsensical... 1/3
edmontonjournal.com
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith asks Ottawa for 'latitude' as dual practice health care model takes effect
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has asked the federal government for "latitude" when it comes to the dual practice health care model.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My rallying cry. We must reject these nine noxious questions, which are cynically designed to incite discrimination and foment distrust in our courts, our county, and our fellow Canadians. Say no to the nine. And please read snd share. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Canada #Alberta #notothenine
albertaviews.ca
Alberta's Referendum Questions - The Noxious Nine - Alberta Views
Nine disingenuous, malicious referendum questions, push-polls, designed to incite social division and undermine confidence in the country.
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Alberta's Voice @albertasvoice.ca · 01/09/2026
School’s back in session. Maybe the Premier should spend some time in her crowded classrooms. First assignment: show your work. If “guest workers” cost $10 in services for every $1 in taxes, show us who you mean and where that number came from. albertasvoice.ca #ableg #abpoli #NoToTheNine #abvoice
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