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@disorderedyyc.bsky.social

Just a nerd in Calgary who likes playing volleyball. Purveyor of video clips (mostly politics). Twitter: https://twitter.com/disorderedyyc (he/him)

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Premier Smith's Chief of Staff is a hypocrite: "This Big Brother knows best, we're going to tell you how you can develop your land, we're not going to leave it to local people that have an actual stake democratically… It's a top-down, centralized, quasi-socialist system, and it's wrong" #ableg

If only we had Danielle Smith, champion of municipal sovereignty, to fight back against this provincial overreach. /s #ableg #abpoli

Jeromy Farkas@jeromyyyc.bsky.social

With the latest provincial overreach, Danielle Smith is now ordering me how to vote at Calgary City Council. If I refuse, I risk losing my job. I want to work constructively with the province, even when we disagree. But we must be free to listen to residents and make fair decisions.

Adriana LaGrange knows this violates the Canada Health Act because she said so in 2024. LaGrange is a liar. #ableg #abpoli #abhealth

cm 🍁@cmcalgary.bsky.social

LaGrange's response: x.com/AdrianaLaGra... #Alberta #abpoli

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Premier Smith's energy rebate wants all your private info, meanwhile PEI's benefit is automatic. "No one needs to apply for this benefit" "No one will be asking for your banking details or anything else" "You don't need to do anything other than meet the eligibility req's" #ableg #abpoli

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

“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...

Premier Smith's energy rebate wants all your private info, meanwhile PEI's benefit is automatic. "No one needs to apply for this benefit" "No one will be asking for your banking details or anything else" "You don't need to do anything other than meet the eligibility req's" #ableg #abpoli

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

“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...

During the election, Premier Smith claimed she and the federal govt: "Jointly agree to uphold the principles of the Canada Health Act" "One of those main principles is… no one pays for hospital services. That's in writing" She lied to the federal govt, and she lied to us. #ableg #abpoli

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

“By setting up a two-tier ­system where the wealthy have better access to care, Bill 11 directly contravenes the Canada Health Act” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...

During the election, Premier Smith was asked if "Albertans can trust what you say" in regards to her "Public Health Care Guarantee" She assured listeners that "We will not be asking people to pay out of pocket for surgical services" Danielle Smith's words are worthless. #ableg #abpoli

Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social

NEW: Alberta announces dual practice will start this fall. Patients will now have option to pay for all elective surgeries allowed by CPSA in a non-hospital surgical facility, including hips, knees and cataract.

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During the election, Danielle Smith called the NDP liars and assured Albertans that: "no one can jump the queue" "no one can pay out of pocket" "no one will ever pay out of pocket" Premier Smith's election campaign was all lies. #ableg #abpoli

Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social

NEW: Alberta announces dual practice will start this fall. Patients will now have option to pay for all elective surgeries allowed by CPSA in a non-hospital surgical facility, including hips, knees and cataract.

During the election, Danielle Smith called the NDP liars and assured Albertans that: "no one can jump the queue" "no one can pay out of pocket" "no one will ever pay out of pocket" Premier Smith's election campaign was all lies. #ableg #abpoli

Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social

NEW: Alberta announces dual practice will start this fall. Patients will now have option to pay for all elective surgeries allowed by CPSA in a non-hospital surgical facility, including hips, knees and cataract.

Premier Smith: "I've had my differences with the federal government but I have never used language like that" Guess what? Smith lied again. Here's Premier Smith using language like that against the federal government: calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abpoli

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

In response to the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs demanding that the RCMP investigate Smith for Treason... Smith called for Chiefs to "show as much respect for my government as we have shown for them". #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

"Your understanding of the word guarantee is very different than that of most Albertans" "Most people are deeply deeply troubled at the prospect of you reforming Health Care based on your 15 year record of advocating to make people pay out of pocket" Rachel Notley called it. #ableg #abpoli

Parksy@pfparks.bsky.social

This didn't age so well: "Under no circumstance, will any Albertan ever have to pay out of pocket for access to... to get the medical treatment they need." Except for surgery... (for now). You see Premier, govt sanctioned pay to jump the queue is a "circumstance" 1/2

Yup, the Premier's Chief of Staff knows, but he's playing dumb in his tweet. #ableg #abpoli

Parksy@pfparks.bsky.social

This guy… He pretends he doesn’t know who is in charge of upholding the Canada Health Act… the one his govt is actively violating…. It likely cuz he wants to separate from Canada But worse, the hypocrisy: did his govt run on private HC and destroying the Canada Health Act?!!

Premier Smith in 2024: "It's a violation of the Canada Health Act, it is something I ran on, I said we would not do it" "…after all the years they paid taxes, that they also have to then pay for their urgent and necessary medical care. That's just not fair, it's just not right" #ableg #abpoli

Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social

NEW: Alberta announces dual practice will start this fall. Patients will now have option to pay for all elective surgeries allowed by CPSA in a non-hospital surgical facility, including hips, knees and cataract.

"Many of them—which Facebook indicates are run from Indonesia, Pakistan, India, the U.S. and Sri Lanka—are top contributors to Alberta-focused pages and have cumulatively garnered tens of thousands of reactions and comments in posts and cross-posts across more than a dozen Facebook groups." #abpoli

cbc.caFacebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism | CBC MusicALT HEDS FOR TESTING: Hed 1// Meta is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism Hed 2// 'Canadians are getting tricked:' Facebook paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism

This renaming is a prelude to selling off/privatizing paramedic service. Just like when they renamed Alberta Public Laboratories to Alberta Precision Laboratories and then sold it off to DynaLife. Otherwise, why waste precious health care dollars on renaming? #ableg #abpoli

CTV News Calgary@ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social

Emergency Health Services Alberta rebranding to Alta Paramedic Health www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

"Put simply, they do not want these election laws to apply. They do not want to be investigated." "With these self-serving changes they are just protecting themselves from future investigations." - Irfan Sabir speaking on Bill 54 last year. #ableg #abpoli

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

Elections Alberta is firing back at the UCP and citing a letter sent in May of 2025 that warned them of... Exactly this sort of thing happening. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Anyone else think this "third party" narrative is a made-up cover for David Parker obtaining the List of Electors from his "long time friend, compatriot, brother in arms" Cameron Davies, leader of the Alberta Republican Party? #ableg #abpoli

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

Where to start... - The Alberta Republicans confirm they gave the electoral list to a third party - They revoked privileges after finding out the 3rd party may have provided the list to the Centurion Project - The Western Standard is advertising the Smith Jesus Summit. 🤷

"He lied to the public about something that didn’t happen." Critics are clamouring for Rick Wilson, Alberta’s mental health and addiction minister, to formally apologize or be relieved of his portfolio. #ableg #abpoli

calgary.citynews.caAlberta minister admits supervised consumption claim was wrongAn Alberta minister who appeared to make a bombshell revelation last week in the legislature about the dire state of the province’s supervised consumption sites is now admitting he was wrong. Critics ...

Why private medical tests? Instead of actual doctors, Danielle Smith listens to naturopathic quacks who prey on desperate people with their pseudoscience. She's using their advice to drive Alberta's health policies toward United States style private medicine. #ableg #abpoli

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

“Alberta is expanding access to private health care in the province by introducing changes that would allow Albertans to access diagnostic screening and testing services without a referral.” Berta. Soon to be incidentaloma capital of Canada. #abpoli edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Premier Danielle Smith's comments on @lukaszukab.bsky.social's Forever Canadian petition at the Calgary Rotary Club event today. #ableg #abpoli

Carrie Tait@carrietait.bsky.social

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says there is a "committee" working on the "legalities" of having a referendum question based on Thomas Lukaszuk's Forever Canada campaign.

"Jonathan Denis claims he was discriminated against when he was asked to leave a Tiffany & Co store in Calgary in 2022 for not wearing a mask. The ex-Progressive Conservative MLA told staff at the store he was medically exempt from masking due to asthma."

edmontonjournal.comEx-Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis battling human rights tribunal, jewelry store over discrimination complaintDenis maintains the commission did not inform him its decisions in the case would be made public.

I remember when Premier Smith claimed MLAs are "entitled" to use personal election data against their own constituents. #ableg #abpoli

disordered@disorderedyyc.bsky.social

"An investigation has found Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally violated an election law in his official response to a recall petition targeting him, but he was spared any penalty." #ableg #abpoli

Past Premier Smith explains how current Premier Smith is using AHS as a scapegoat from "the fallout of mistakes" and admits the truth that she had fired the board and was in direct control of AHS during the contracting. And if AHS didn't comply she would "chop off a few heads". #ableg #abpoli

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

Some good news! Smith's "IV acetaminophen to replace opioids" dreams are apparently officially dead! (Also, this clip seems like a good time to remind everyone that the purchase was approved by Smith's direct report who was running AHS for her...) (without any contract at all)

Premier Smith in 2024: "It's a violation of the Canada Health Act, it is something I ran on, I said we would not do it, we are not going to do that" Premier Smith in 2025: Here's Bill 11 doing that. #ableg #abpoli

disordered@disorderedyyc.bsky.social

Two-tier health care, in violation of the Canada Health Act, is now a reality in Alberta. You can pay your surgeon to jump the public wait list and get your surgery ahead of everyone else. Instead of fixing public health care, Danielle Smith is destroying it. #ableg #abpoli

Two-tier health care, in violation of the Canada Health Act, is now a reality in Alberta. You can pay your surgeon to jump the public wait list and get your surgery ahead of everyone else. Instead of fixing public health care, Danielle Smith is destroying it. #ableg #abpoli

Bruce McAllister's rant is quite the contrast to the message Danielle Smith was spreading with Bruce when she was trying to get elected in 2022. "Alberta is a place where we invite people from around the world, doesn't matter your background, your religion…" #ableg #abpoli

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

Can we talk about Danielle Smith's Executive Director for a sec? (See how we used a question mark there Spanky?) #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Apparently "NO TAX HIKES PERIOD" means the largest provincial property tax hike in our history. #ableg #abpoli

Jeromy Farkas@jeromyyyc.bsky.social

The provincial government is imposing the largest property tax increase in Calgary’s history. Calgarians are facing more than double the increase of Edmonton. +$339 per home in Calgary. +$154 in Edmonton. Albertans deserve a system that is transparent, balanced, and fair.

Danielle Smith from 2022 would agree with @jeromyyyc.bsky.social that Calgary isn't getting a fair deal. "If we're going to rail against equalization at the federal level, then we can't keep doing the same thing to our municipalities..." She was saying many things back then to get elected.

Jeromy Farkas@jeromyyyc.bsky.social

Over-taxation and under-representation. Our Edmonton provincial government is pushing the biggest property tax hike in Calgary’s history. 1/2

After a record quarter of interprovincial migration into Alberta, Premier Smith decided to spend millions of taxpayer dollars to encourage even more people to move to Alberta. #ableg #abpoli

cm 🍁@cmcalgary.bsky.social

Danielle Smith wants to double Alberta's population, to 10 million. People are going to want to come here and we have to embrace them. January, 2024, Shaun Newman Podcast. #Alberta #abpoli #Canada #cdnpoli

In 2024, Premier Smith was demanding Trudeau allow 20,000+ additional immigrants to Alberta. But now with a huge budget deficit, she's scapegoating the immigrants she wanted to come to Alberta. #ableg #abpoli

Premier Smith's Chief of Staff, Rob Anderson, would be OUTRAGED teachers were stripped of their freedom of expression... if he wasn't a huge hypocrite. "How dare we think we can do that? What kind of society do we think we live in?" #ableg #abpoli

Chad :mstdn:@chad.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy

ATA President Schilling's response should give everyone pause. #ableg #abpoli

Reminds me of the line from the movie The Dark Knight: "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain"

disordered@disorderedyyc.bsky.social

Danielle Smith once claimed her "mission in public life" was to defend the fundamental rights and freedoms, and that they "cannot be taken away from us by government". But now she's the one who has taken away fundamental rights and freedoms from Albertans. #ableg #abpoli

Here's Rob Anderson, Premier Smith's Chief of Staff, in 2013 (before the 2015 Supreme Court decision): "That to me impinges upon their freedom of assembly, I would think, and their right to organize & so forth, which is a protected right under our Charter of Rights and Freedoms" #ableg #abpoli

Danielle Smith once claimed her "mission in public life" was to defend the fundamental rights and freedoms, and that they "cannot be taken away from us by government". But now she's the one who has taken away fundamental rights and freedoms from Albertans. #ableg #abpoli

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

“This reflects a flagrant disregard for fundamental rights and freedoms, and a cavalier attitude which is shocking to Albertans and to Canadians.” Criminal defense lawyers across the province weigh in on Smith’s use of the notwithstanding clause. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Premier Smith should heed Danielle Smith's advice. "By attacking the legal rights of unions in this way, the Premier is only deepening the rift between the government and its workers, and it’s driving that crucial relationship right off the rails..." #ableg #abpoli

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Latest from @matthewblack.ca — The Alberta government has missed a deadline from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) to release access to information requests that include the results of the province’s Alberta Next surveys. #ableg edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

edmontonjournal.comProvince misses OIPC deadline to release Alberta Next survey resultsThe government has refused to release results of the surveys following multiple access to information requests from Postmedia.

The hypocrisy of Premier Smith's current Chief of Staff, Rob Anderson: The government is acting like a "dictator" by ripping away legal rights to impose a settlement. "That's wrong. That's not the Alberta way. That's not what we do here." #ableg #abpoli

Remember when Danielle Smith condemned the "arrogance" of a government for passing laws in a matter of days? Now she's rammed through a law stripping teachers' charter rights in a single day. Seems the "democratic process" no longer matters to her now that she's in power. #ableg #abpoli

Demetrios Nicolaides: Recalls should not be about government policy and priorities! Danielle Smith: If you're angry about municipal government policy prioritizing bike lanes, you should recall your councillor! UCP are hypocrites. #ableg #abpoli

Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social

Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides pens a letter to voters in Calgary Bow. Says he is a firm believer in recall, but says the petition against him is attempting to subvert democracy. He argues it's not about his conduct but rather the policies he's put forward.