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Ned Yeung"No criminal record" is now the rallying cry for the many who are being swept up by law enforcement for nothing more than their ethnic origin.But I'd like to remind you that "criminal record" and "known to the police" were also previous rallying cries against the same people who had done no wrong, and were given records simply for their origin.What you are seeing now is a progression of the same impunity which had started long ago. This was always the goal, but they are now just skipping steps.They were already taking people who had done no wrong, they had simply added the step of writing down their names first.The time to speak out against this was also a long time ago, but too many remained silent. The longer people remain silent, the deeper they can go and the less anybody can do about it.(ie, like myself who has a criminal record for being beat up by a cop having a bad day, for no reason while minding my own business, without even lifting a finger or saying a word. While he doesn't even have a disciplinary action to his name, never mind the brutal, criminal, violent assaults and hate crimes he committed to show on his record. Like so many others, I had also wheezed "I can't breathe" many years before the world heard George Floyd utter those same words.)<a href="https://beige.party/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abpoli</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/acab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acab</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a>

Canadian Traveler<a href="https://mas.to/@dmacphee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dmacphee</a> I’m Canadian before I’m Albertan, even though I was born and raised in Alberta. Danielle Smith can fuck all the way off with her talk of separation. This is my province too, not her fiefdom. <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abpoli</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a>

Snowshadow 🇨🇦⚠️ 🚨 🚨 Alberta, You Should be Running In Crisis Mode Now⚠️ 🚨 Don't Be Apathetic -Get Out and Shout!⚠️ "Whether <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alberta</a> follows the full arc of the Trump example remains to be seen. But today’s legislation makes clear that the risk is no longer hypothetical. It is real, present and growing. 👉 And the further it progresses, the HARDER it will be for concerned <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Albertans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Albertans</a> to STOP IT "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abpoli</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/04/30/Danielle-Smith-Electoral-Reforms-Trump-Playbook/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/04/30/Danielle-Smith-Electoral-Reforms-Trump-Playbook/</a>

Ned YeungAlberta Health Services has referred to the proposal to stop paying minimum wage (imposing a minimum wage gap) as a "basket of goodies", while doling out raises to managers and non-union employees like candy.The average living wage in Alberta is $21.72, far above the $15 minimum wage.<a href="https://www.aupe.org/news/news-and-updates/ahs-gss-ahs-loves-low-wages-bargaining-breaks-down" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aupe.org/news/news-and-updates/ahs-gss-ahs-loves-low-wages-bargaining-breaks-down</a>This is the same organization which is privatizing as many of the services administered by General Support Support Services to outside agencies who are charging many times the cost of internal staff, resulting in "horror stories" in Alberta hospitals, such as some staff reporting "finding dentures and used diapers in supposedly clean linens," and other effects of K-Bro's private laundry services (some picture examples below).Cleanliness is not to be taken so lightly in healthcare. “Health care works when we focus on quality, not profits,” says Curtis Jackson, AUPE vice-president and chair of the union’s Anti-Privatization Committee. “Health care staff and patients across the province experience the awful reality of for-profit laundry services first-hand. Albertans deserve a higher standard of health care, which can only be achieved through public ownership and accountability. Taking publicly-delivered health services out of the public domain and awarding them as contracts to private corporations has consistently cost our province and everyday Albertans more while providing lower quality and diminished outcomes."This is also the same organization which is giving a 6% raise to union-exempt employees, which largely (2/3rds) consists of management (since management represents the employer's interests and cannot be a part of union efforts), as well as Deputy Ministers appointed by the UCP as part of their "reorganizing" of AHS into 5 separate health ministries, and other positions which can't be unionized (see letter below).Not only giving management a raise, but snubbing the Union, under-funding public workers, and forcing privatization.AUPE wants to bargain and negotiate, but AHS wants to go into formal mediation. Perhaps this is the strategy of the Alberta Government who had immediately thrown the Dispute Inquiry Board (DIB) on CUPE workers in public education when they voted to strike.Though we have Essential Services Agreements which guarantee a minimum staffing requirement exempt from striking, and that is supposed to protect us from such "back to work" orders by an overreaching government.In any case, AHS General Support Services workers need to be prepared for the possibility of a strike or employer lockout in the upcoming future.<a href="https://beige.party/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abpoli</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/unionstrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unionstrong</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a>

The TyeeWhile billed as technical updates to restore faith in elections in Alberta, sweeping changes made by the UCP Tuesday do precisely the opposite. Jared Wesley writes. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abpoli</a> <a href="https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/04/30/Danielle-Smith-Electoral-Reforms-Trump-Playbook/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/04/30/Danielle-Smith-Electoral-Reforms-Trump-Playbook/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial</a>

Snowshadow 🇨🇦"Albertans have the democratic right to recall their MLAs. We're here to educate and show you how Alberta's UCP is destroying our province. We're here to empower you, and give you reason to consider recalls. And we're here to help you navigate the recall process to maximize your success."<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alberta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abpoli</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://www.abresistance.ca/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abresistance.ca/</a>

rhtunstallBoycott <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Seperatist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Seperatist</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/DanielleSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DanielleSmith</a>’s <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alberta</a> until she stops threatening Canada.Do <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Albertans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Albertans</a> think we <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/NDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NDP</a> voters were happy to scuttle our own party just to prevent <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservative</a> rule?For many, this was not an election to celebrate, but you don’t see us threatening separation despite our pleas for <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProportionalRepresentation</a> being silenced.<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> will not be held hostage by a entitled child Premier, attacking the outcome of our democratic election. Hold your quisling referendum Alberta, then take <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SeparatistSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeparatistSmith</a>, your corrupt <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/UCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UCP</a> and it’s <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/MapleMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MapleMAGA</a> base and leave. Good riddance.<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canpoli</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abpoli</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SeperatistSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeperatistSmith</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ThreatToDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThreatToDemocracy</a>

Native Calgarian PodcastHelp Naheed Nenshi & the Alberta NDP to protect our province and our country: stand up to Danielle Smith and say NO to separatism. <a href="http://separatistsmith.ca/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://separatistsmith.ca/</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/SeparatistSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeparatistSmith</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ABLeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ABLeg</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ABPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ABPoli</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cdnpoli</a>

Daveography 🇨🇦 :magpie:A snippet of the letter I sent to our Transportation Minister via <a href="https://win.newmode.net/pathsforpeople/standforsafestreets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://win.newmode.net/pathsforpeople/standforsafestreets</a>I'm way too generous with the little twerp, but still manage to throw a lot of shade (some extremely subtle).🧵 follows (1/13)<a href="https://yeg.bike/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yeg</a> <a href="https://yeg.bike/tags/yegBike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yegBike</a> <a href="https://yeg.bike/tags/ABPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ABPoli</a> <a href="https://yeg.bike/tags/ABLeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ABLeg</a> <a href="https://yeg.bike/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a>

Greengordon<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Dogsbody" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Dogsbody</a> The rest of us bought Alberta a pipeline, you whiny brats. You want white male supremacy, be honest, and nothing else will do.“A large majority of Albertans are deeply frustrated that the same government that overtly attacked our provincial economy almost unabated for the past 10 years has been returned to government,”<a href="https://spore.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abpoli</a>

Ron DyckI mean, shocker, but still important to amplify. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abpoli</a>Ousted Alberta MLA says premier knew about AHS problems <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/ousted-alberta-mla-says-premier-knew-about-ahs-problems/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/ousted-alberta-mla-says-premier-knew-about-ahs-problems/</a>

David Mitchell :CApride:<a href="https://universeodon.com/@Wgere" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Wgere</a> The reason this is important to comment on and recognize is that there will be a call to make concessions or changes to ‘address’ western alienation. But it won’t work, because at its core western alienation isn’t about a particular policy or fact or imbalance, it’s a deeply seated irrational sense of frustrated privilege, and so there is no action or amount of pandering that will satisfy it.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ABPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ABPoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CdnPoli</a>

David Mitchell :CApride:Tired of hearing about western alienation and Premier Smith grousing about how Alberta is ignored by Ottawa, and that the new government *owes* Albertans special consideration.Hypocrites…There has been *no* attempt by Smith’s government to reach out to or collaborate with or govern on behalf of the very many Albertans who voted against the UCP, and Smith’s government is actively hostile to the progressive municipal councils urban Albertans have elected.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ABpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ABpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CdnPoli</a>

*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱In light of the Philip Morris CEO extolling the cognitive benefits of nicotine pouches, I’m reminded of Alberta premier Danielle Smith touting the “positive health benefits” of smoking.These people intend to profit off our deaths.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ABPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ABPoli</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CDNPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CDNPoli</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Daniellezebub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daniellezebub</a><a href="https://pressprogress.ca/danielle-smith-claimed-smoking-cigarettes-had-positive-health-benefits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pressprogress.ca/danielle-smith-claimed-smoking-cigarettes-had-positive-health-benefits/</a>

Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽Traitor MAGA Smith will be employing sedition and treason to deflect from the economic collapse of the Ab royalties into her caustic and blindered budget. Both trump and putin strongly support a schism of Canada, and she loves them both. Don't forget that the CEOs of the tarsands exploitation corps are MAGA yankees, and they too will be spreading separation and anti-Canada propaganda to their workforce.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Beware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Beware</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CdnPoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ABpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ABpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MapleMagaTraitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MapleMagaTraitors</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Petrostate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Petrostate</a>

J.now 🇨🇦Thanks to Danielle corporations can now buy <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alberta</a> Politicians easier. 🤢 <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-overhauls-election-laws-to-allow-corporate-donations-change-referendum-thresholds-1.7522144" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-overhauls-election-laws-to-allow-corporate-donations-change-referendum-thresholds-1.7522144</a>

M. GrégoireAssembly to consider 'independence-oriented' options for West: Manning <a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/preston-manning-to-pursue-western-assembly-after-liberal-win" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/preston-manning-to-pursue-western-assembly-after-liberal-win</a>Let me put it on the record that I've never particularly liked <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/PrestonManning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrestonManning</a>. Even so, it's disappointing to learn he's assembling a political movement that will flirt with separatism.Canadians ought to stay loyal – especially at the present moment — and reject the destructive idea of regional separation.<a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/CanPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CanPol</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abpoli</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/NationalPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalPost</a>

Chad - x :mstdn:"Premier Smith introduced these controversial reforms the day after the federal election hoping to catch the media off guard and hoping few of us would notice given the attention on Ottawa."Danielle Smith's Electoral Reforms Are Straight from the Trump Playbook | Jared Wesley<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ableg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ableg</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abpoli</a> <a href="https://drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/danielle-smiths-electoral-reforms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/danielle-smiths-electoral-reforms</a>

*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱Anyone else notice how Ms.Smith went dark for a bit after being called out for attempting to influence Trump’s approach to our election, and now that the election is done she’s baaaaaack?Come to think of it, shouldn’t she be getting dismantled over that whole AHS procurement scandal?<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ABPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ABPoli</a><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/danielle-smith-election-mark-carney-canada-election-2025-1.7521640" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/danielle-smith-election-mark-carney-canada-election-2025-1.7521640</a>

Ned YeungAlso join the YEG Bike Coalition and Let's Bike There YEG for a Kidicle Mass on May 25!Help us draw attention to the need for safe infrastructure along 132 Ave. There really is no comparing how much better the completed areas are compared to what was there. This will improve livability for the local residents, will have no negative impacts on traffic volumes, and enables kids to bike to school. On May 25, Kidicle Mass will do a short bike ride that's appropriate for kids of all ages, and then follow with a playground meetup. The meetup and playground location are being determined, but mark your calendar!<a href="https://yegbike.info/events?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_2h43hB0HMV7zvcr8O_EZNnP8SFOGn0J9euAtMQCya55GVtt_BgROYCVHtcScDw4AYTqSU9alv7UBx3gllMZkMzYBzHg&_hsmi=359055168&utm_content=359055168&utm_source=hs_email#calendar-973a5dfd-5e66-4f4d-b5fe-2e21bafbe568-event-m9ubp9io" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://yegbike.info/events?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_2h43hB0HMV7zvcr8O_EZNnP8SFOGn0J9euAtMQCya55GVtt_BgROYCVHtcScDw4AYTqSU9alv7UBx3gllMZkMzYBzHg&_hsmi=359055168&utm_content=359055168&utm_source=hs_email#calendar-973a5dfd-5e66-4f4d-b5fe-2e21bafbe568-event-m9ubp9io</a><a href="https://www.letsbikethere.com/kidical-mass-edmonton" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.letsbikethere.com/kidical-mass-edmonton</a><a href="https://beige.party/tags/yegbike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yegbike</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yeg</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abpoli</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#urbanism</a>

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