Read this thread. I enjoy RichardJr. putting these together. #abpoli #Alberta #IndiJournalism #yeg #yyc #UCP #SMITH #CorruptCare #healthcare ###UCPBreakingPublicServices
1/8
🚨ALBERTA CORRUPTCARE HEALTH SCANDAL DEEPENS🚨
The UCP's scramble to stop leaks about dodgy health care contracts is taking on distinct Watergate vibes, reports David Climenhaga.
Officials now trying to block auditor interviews.
What is Danielle Smith trying to hide?
#AbPoli #HealthCare
🚨ALBERTA CORRUPTCARE HEALTH SCANDAL DEEPENS🚨
The UCP's scramble to stop leaks about dodgy health care contracts is taking on distinct Watergate vibes, reports David Climenhaga.
Officials now trying to block auditor interviews.
What is Danielle Smith trying to hide?
#AbPoli #HealthCare
April 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Read this thread. I enjoy RichardJr. putting these together. #abpoli #Alberta #IndiJournalism #yeg #yyc #UCP #SMITH #CorruptCare #healthcare ###UCPBreakingPublicServices
Check out RichardJR for some great threads quoting great sources.
1/8
⚠️ UCP PLAYS CHICKEN WITH WORKERS ⚠️
UCP taunt Alberta's largest union with insulting contract offers and threatn lockouts.
This provocative strategy risks strikes amid corruption scandals, healthcare dismantling, and separatist politics — sheer incompetence not seen since the 1930s.
#ABpoli
⚠️ UCP PLAYS CHICKEN WITH WORKERS ⚠️
UCP taunt Alberta's largest union with insulting contract offers and threatn lockouts.
This provocative strategy risks strikes amid corruption scandals, healthcare dismantling, and separatist politics — sheer incompetence not seen since the 1930s.
#ABpoli
May 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Check out RichardJR for some great threads quoting great sources.
16/16 Report on the crisis in Alberta's Healthcare System by RichardJR:
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Alberta Healthcare In Crisis
docs.google.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
16/16 Report on the crisis in Alberta's Healthcare System by RichardJR:
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
1/15
⚠️ DEFEND ALBERTA'S EASTERN SLOPES ⚠️
RichardJR makes a case against lifting the coal moratorium on Alberta's pristine Eastern Slopes. This watershed provides drinking water for 1.8M Albertans sustaining critical ecosystems threatened by proposed mining projects.
#SaveAlbertaWater #NoCoalMining
⚠️ DEFEND ALBERTA'S EASTERN SLOPES ⚠️
RichardJR makes a case against lifting the coal moratorium on Alberta's pristine Eastern Slopes. This watershed provides drinking water for 1.8M Albertans sustaining critical ecosystems threatened by proposed mining projects.
#SaveAlbertaWater #NoCoalMining
May 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
1/15
⚠️ DEFEND ALBERTA'S EASTERN SLOPES ⚠️
RichardJR makes a case against lifting the coal moratorium on Alberta's pristine Eastern Slopes. This watershed provides drinking water for 1.8M Albertans sustaining critical ecosystems threatened by proposed mining projects.
#SaveAlbertaWater #NoCoalMining
⚠️ DEFEND ALBERTA'S EASTERN SLOPES ⚠️
RichardJR makes a case against lifting the coal moratorium on Alberta's pristine Eastern Slopes. This watershed provides drinking water for 1.8M Albertans sustaining critical ecosystems threatened by proposed mining projects.
#SaveAlbertaWater #NoCoalMining
RichardJR, I really appreciate all these. 🩵
February 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
RichardJR, I really appreciate all these. 🩵
1/31 🚨 TAXPAYER ALERT: WE COULD SOON FACE A FINANCIAL PIPELINE DISASTER 🚨
$1.3B LOST on Keystone XL. $34B on Trans Mountain with $5-18B taxpayer losses projected.
This isn't bad luck. It's systematic failure.
Alberta wants more pipelines 🧐
Analysis by RichardJR.
#TaxpayerRisk #Pipelines #ABppli
$1.3B LOST on Keystone XL. $34B on Trans Mountain with $5-18B taxpayer losses projected.
This isn't bad luck. It's systematic failure.
Alberta wants more pipelines 🧐
Analysis by RichardJR.
#TaxpayerRisk #Pipelines #ABppli
July 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
1/31 🚨 TAXPAYER ALERT: WE COULD SOON FACE A FINANCIAL PIPELINE DISASTER 🚨
$1.3B LOST on Keystone XL. $34B on Trans Mountain with $5-18B taxpayer losses projected.
This isn't bad luck. It's systematic failure.
Alberta wants more pipelines 🧐
Analysis by RichardJR.
#TaxpayerRisk #Pipelines #ABppli
$1.3B LOST on Keystone XL. $34B on Trans Mountain with $5-18B taxpayer losses projected.
This isn't bad luck. It's systematic failure.
Alberta wants more pipelines 🧐
Analysis by RichardJR.
#TaxpayerRisk #Pipelines #ABppli
Another great piece from RichardJR.
1/19 🇮🇷 HISTORY LESSONS -- THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ 🇮🇷
For centuries, the Strait of Hormuz has been a macroeconomic weapon.
Now, Iran has pulled the trigger on an ancient geographic trap.
Source: The Globe And Mail
#WorldPolitics #NatSecSky #MENASky #Hormuz #Oil #FossilFuels
For centuries, the Strait of Hormuz has been a macroeconomic weapon.
Now, Iran has pulled the trigger on an ancient geographic trap.
Source: The Globe And Mail
#WorldPolitics #NatSecSky #MENASky #Hormuz #Oil #FossilFuels
March 31, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Another great piece from RichardJR.
31/31 This preventable crisis shows how quickly decades of public health progress can be undone when governance fails and ideology triumphs over evidence.
Alberta's story is a cautionary tale for democracies everywhere.
By RichardJR
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Alberta's story is a cautionary tale for democracies everywhere.
By RichardJR
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Alberta Measles Outbreak Inquiry
docs.google.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
31/31 This preventable crisis shows how quickly decades of public health progress can be undone when governance fails and ideology triumphs over evidence.
Alberta's story is a cautionary tale for democracies everywhere.
By RichardJR
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Alberta's story is a cautionary tale for democracies everywhere.
By RichardJR
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
10/10 Democratic accountability demands transparency. When governments hide public opinion data, they're serving themselves, not Albertans.
RichardJR: Danielle Smith CAN'T BE TRUSTED -- She keeps HIDING our PUBLIC OPINION data. SHAME!
By Matthew Black, Postmedia
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
RichardJR: Danielle Smith CAN'T BE TRUSTED -- She keeps HIDING our PUBLIC OPINION data. SHAME!
By Matthew Black, Postmedia
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Three reviews underway after province refuses to release early Alberta Next survey results
The provincial government refused Postmedia access to hundreds of pages of records containing early results to Alberta Next survey questions
edmontonjournal.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
10/10 Democratic accountability demands transparency. When governments hide public opinion data, they're serving themselves, not Albertans.
RichardJR: Danielle Smith CAN'T BE TRUSTED -- She keeps HIDING our PUBLIC OPINION data. SHAME!
By Matthew Black, Postmedia
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
RichardJR: Danielle Smith CAN'T BE TRUSTED -- She keeps HIDING our PUBLIC OPINION data. SHAME!
By Matthew Black, Postmedia
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
2/9 With youth unemployment at 14.5%, the Conservative leader argues foreign workers are driving down wages and shutting out young people.
But immigration experts say he's targeting the wrong program entirely.
RichardJR: Does Poilievre like 'alternative facts'?
#Poilievre #AlternativeFacts
But immigration experts say he's targeting the wrong program entirely.
RichardJR: Does Poilievre like 'alternative facts'?
#Poilievre #AlternativeFacts
September 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
2/9 With youth unemployment at 14.5%, the Conservative leader argues foreign workers are driving down wages and shutting out young people.
But immigration experts say he's targeting the wrong program entirely.
RichardJR: Does Poilievre like 'alternative facts'?
#Poilievre #AlternativeFacts
But immigration experts say he's targeting the wrong program entirely.
RichardJR: Does Poilievre like 'alternative facts'?
#Poilievre #AlternativeFacts
1/31 🇨🇦 AN ANALYSIS OF BILL C-5, FEDERAL AUSTERITY, AND THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTHCARE IN CANADA 🇨🇦
A comprehensive investigation into the Carney government's contradictory promises using publicly available sources.
Research by RichardJR.
#BillC5 #PublicHealthcare #CDNpoli #FederalAusterity
A comprehensive investigation into the Carney government's contradictory promises using publicly available sources.
Research by RichardJR.
#BillC5 #PublicHealthcare #CDNpoli #FederalAusterity
July 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
1/31 🇨🇦 AN ANALYSIS OF BILL C-5, FEDERAL AUSTERITY, AND THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTHCARE IN CANADA 🇨🇦
A comprehensive investigation into the Carney government's contradictory promises using publicly available sources.
Research by RichardJR.
#BillC5 #PublicHealthcare #CDNpoli #FederalAusterity
A comprehensive investigation into the Carney government's contradictory promises using publicly available sources.
Research by RichardJR.
#BillC5 #PublicHealthcare #CDNpoli #FederalAusterity
6/15 The public mandate against Eastern Slopes mining couldn't be clearer: over 90% of Albertans rejected these projects in 2021 consultations. RichardJR calls the lifting of protections without proper consultation a betrayal of public trust.
#DemocracyMatters #PublicConsultation
#DemocracyMatters #PublicConsultation
May 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
6/15 The public mandate against Eastern Slopes mining couldn't be clearer: over 90% of Albertans rejected these projects in 2021 consultations. RichardJR calls the lifting of protections without proper consultation a betrayal of public trust.
#DemocracyMatters #PublicConsultation
#DemocracyMatters #PublicConsultation
31/31 CONCLUSION: This exhaustive analysis proves Alberta's laws are "not a good-faith effort to protect children but an ideologically motivated campaign" inflicting measurable harm on vulnerable youth.
By RichardJR: "Legislating Harm" Analysis
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
By RichardJR: "Legislating Harm" Analysis
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Legislating Harm: An Analysis of the Impact of Alberta's Gender-Related Policies on Transgender Youth and Society
docs.google.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
31/31 CONCLUSION: This exhaustive analysis proves Alberta's laws are "not a good-faith effort to protect children but an ideologically motivated campaign" inflicting measurable harm on vulnerable youth.
By RichardJR: "Legislating Harm" Analysis
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
By RichardJR: "Legislating Harm" Analysis
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
5/15 RichardJR highlights how Alberta's agricultural sector stands directly in mining's destructive path. Farmers & ranchers rely on clean water for irrigation and livestock. Contamination threatens not just livelihoods but provincial food security & export markets.
#AgricultureMatters #FarmersFirst
#AgricultureMatters #FarmersFirst
May 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
5/15 RichardJR highlights how Alberta's agricultural sector stands directly in mining's destructive path. Farmers & ranchers rely on clean water for irrigation and livestock. Contamination threatens not just livelihoods but provincial food security & export markets.
#AgricultureMatters #FarmersFirst
#AgricultureMatters #FarmersFirst
1/23 ⚡ CARBON CAPTURE: FROM RIDICULE TO REALITY? ⚡
The technology once mocked as fossil fuel industry fig leaf now sees unprecedented global momentum.
👉 628 projects
👉416 million tonnes capacity
The question: Can it finally deliver?
By RichardJR
#CarbonCapture
The technology once mocked as fossil fuel industry fig leaf now sees unprecedented global momentum.
👉 628 projects
👉416 million tonnes capacity
The question: Can it finally deliver?
By RichardJR
#CarbonCapture
July 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
1/23 ⚡ CARBON CAPTURE: FROM RIDICULE TO REALITY? ⚡
The technology once mocked as fossil fuel industry fig leaf now sees unprecedented global momentum.
👉 628 projects
👉416 million tonnes capacity
The question: Can it finally deliver?
By RichardJR
#CarbonCapture
The technology once mocked as fossil fuel industry fig leaf now sees unprecedented global momentum.
👉 628 projects
👉416 million tonnes capacity
The question: Can it finally deliver?
By RichardJR
#CarbonCapture
5/5 The policy shift represents a significant change in how Alberta manages its oilsands environmental legacy.
RichardJR: I have grave concern that the UCP government will bungle this, and great harm will befall our environment, wildlife, & public.
By The Canadian Press
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
RichardJR: I have grave concern that the UCP government will bungle this, and great harm will befall our environment, wildlife, & public.
By The Canadian Press
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government creating standards for releasing oil tailings into environment | CBC News
The Alberta government says it will begin creating standards for releasing treated oil tailings into the environment.
www.cbc.ca
September 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
5/5 The policy shift represents a significant change in how Alberta manages its oilsands environmental legacy.
RichardJR: I have grave concern that the UCP government will bungle this, and great harm will befall our environment, wildlife, & public.
By The Canadian Press
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
RichardJR: I have grave concern that the UCP government will bungle this, and great harm will befall our environment, wildlife, & public.
By The Canadian Press
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
If you want the full story read the thread below, #RichardJr. does good research... #GlobalBloc
1/11 🇨🇦 CANADA & NORDICS FORGE NEW GLOBAL BLOC 🇨🇦
PM Mark Carney and five Nordic leaders are uniting to project "middle power" strength as instability and war violently fracture the global order.
Source: The Globe And Mail
#WorldPolitics #CdnPoli #NatSecSky #Arctic #War
PM Mark Carney and five Nordic leaders are uniting to project "middle power" strength as instability and war violently fracture the global order.
Source: The Globe And Mail
#WorldPolitics #CdnPoli #NatSecSky #Arctic #War
March 15, 2026 at 11:13 PM
If you want the full story read the thread below, #RichardJr. does good research... #GlobalBloc
5/5
With the deadline weeks away and approximately 5,000 volunteers gathering signatures, the pro-Canada petition appears on track to succeed.
RichardJR:
👉 Albertans, spread the word and let's secure all the signatures we need! 👈
CBC News
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
With the deadline weeks away and approximately 5,000 volunteers gathering signatures, the pro-Canada petition appears on track to succeed.
RichardJR:
👉 Albertans, spread the word and let's secure all the signatures we need! 👈
CBC News
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Alberta Forever Canada' petition has nearly 80% of required signatures, organizer says | CBC News
Thomas Lukaszuk, the former Progressive Conservative deputy premier in Alberta who submitted the petition in June, said the “Alberta Forever Canada” petition has approximately 230,000 signatures so fa...
www.cbc.ca
October 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
5/5
With the deadline weeks away and approximately 5,000 volunteers gathering signatures, the pro-Canada petition appears on track to succeed.
RichardJR:
👉 Albertans, spread the word and let's secure all the signatures we need! 👈
CBC News
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
With the deadline weeks away and approximately 5,000 volunteers gathering signatures, the pro-Canada petition appears on track to succeed.
RichardJR:
👉 Albertans, spread the word and let's secure all the signatures we need! 👈
CBC News
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
6/6 The labour federation is urging Albertans to sign up and "be part of the 3.5 per cent solution!"
"Let’s get ready to resist!"
RichardJR -- Albertans please join the AFL's "Ready To Resist" campaign. We must stand up against the UCP assault!
Alberta Federation of Labour afl.org/action-pages...
"Let’s get ready to resist!"
RichardJR -- Albertans please join the AFL's "Ready To Resist" campaign. We must stand up against the UCP assault!
Alberta Federation of Labour afl.org/action-pages...
Ready to Resist
If Danielle Smith and her UCP government strip teachers of their constitutionally protected right to strike and bargain collectively, it will be the last straw. This is a government that is: This is…
afl.org
October 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
6/6 The labour federation is urging Albertans to sign up and "be part of the 3.5 per cent solution!"
"Let’s get ready to resist!"
RichardJR -- Albertans please join the AFL's "Ready To Resist" campaign. We must stand up against the UCP assault!
Alberta Federation of Labour afl.org/action-pages...
"Let’s get ready to resist!"
RichardJR -- Albertans please join the AFL's "Ready To Resist" campaign. We must stand up against the UCP assault!
Alberta Federation of Labour afl.org/action-pages...
19/20 "The time to act decisively in defense of our Eastern Slopes is now."
Choose the mountains, choose the water, choose the future over short-sighted destruction.
Sincerely, RichardJR
#TimeToAct #EasternSlopes
Choose the mountains, choose the water, choose the future over short-sighted destruction.
Sincerely, RichardJR
#TimeToAct #EasternSlopes
June 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
19/20 "The time to act decisively in defense of our Eastern Slopes is now."
Choose the mountains, choose the water, choose the future over short-sighted destruction.
Sincerely, RichardJR
#TimeToAct #EasternSlopes
Choose the mountains, choose the water, choose the future over short-sighted destruction.
Sincerely, RichardJR
#TimeToAct #EasternSlopes
2/15 The threat isn't hypothetical—RichardJR points to B.C.'s Elk Valley as a cautionary tale where selenium contamination from coal mining has created an environmental disaster. This toxic legacy persists for centuries, with cleanup costs falling on taxpayers.
#EnvironmentalProtection #WaterQuality
#EnvironmentalProtection #WaterQuality
May 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
2/15 The threat isn't hypothetical—RichardJR points to B.C.'s Elk Valley as a cautionary tale where selenium contamination from coal mining has created an environmental disaster. This toxic legacy persists for centuries, with cleanup costs falling on taxpayers.
#EnvironmentalProtection #WaterQuality
#EnvironmentalProtection #WaterQuality
11/11 The 2021 equalization referendum showed most Albertans didn't understand what they were voting on.
Wesley: If Alberta's serious about asking what to do next, it should be "grounded in reality."
RichardJR: Tell Smith we object to and see through her propaganda!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Wesley: If Alberta's serious about asking what to do next, it should be "grounded in reality."
RichardJR: Tell Smith we object to and see through her propaganda!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Which 'next' is Danielle Smith's Ottawa-affairs panel steering Alberta toward? | CBC News
New provincial surveys propose either massively expensive Alberta agencies, or huge reforms that impact federal government and other provinces.
www.cbc.ca
June 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
11/11 The 2021 equalization referendum showed most Albertans didn't understand what they were voting on.
Wesley: If Alberta's serious about asking what to do next, it should be "grounded in reality."
RichardJR: Tell Smith we object to and see through her propaganda!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Wesley: If Alberta's serious about asking what to do next, it should be "grounded in reality."
RichardJR: Tell Smith we object to and see through her propaganda!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
THIS! Thanks again, RichardJR.
1/8 🩺 CANADA'S ER CRISIS IS A LETHAL SYSTEM FAILURE 🩺
Patients are dying in waiting rooms while politicians blame the public.
The real problem isn't minor ailments; it's a profoundly gridlocked system.
Source: The Globe And Mail
#MedSky #CdnPoli #PublicHealth #ERWaits #EDCrisis
Patients are dying in waiting rooms while politicians blame the public.
The real problem isn't minor ailments; it's a profoundly gridlocked system.
Source: The Globe And Mail
#MedSky #CdnPoli #PublicHealth #ERWaits #EDCrisis
June 30, 2026 at 7:32 PM
THIS! Thanks again, RichardJR.
13/15 RichardJR frames the choice facing Minister Brian Jean as one between stewardship and exploitation, preservation and destruction. The true path to provincial resilience lies in protecting natural capital while fostering sustainable economic opportunities.
#EnvironmentalStewardship
#EnvironmentalStewardship
May 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
13/15 RichardJR frames the choice facing Minister Brian Jean as one between stewardship and exploitation, preservation and destruction. The true path to provincial resilience lies in protecting natural capital while fostering sustainable economic opportunities.
#EnvironmentalStewardship
#EnvironmentalStewardship