Lover of travel, supporter of education and healthcare, and frequent consumer of coffee, all while living with metastatic lobular breast cancer #GoodTwitter
Calgary, Alberta
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If @cantaskforce guidelines were based on research and not a faulty study, my #breastcancer might have been caught before it spread. Asking @JasonCoppingAB to please give screening access to anyone age 40+ and help save lives (and health care costs)! #CancerScreening #abhealth
Calls grow for younger Alta. women to have access to mammograms @CTVchrisepp reports: #yyc calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?cli…
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Urgent care centres do not improve access to decent primary care.
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The Premier and her Health Ministers keep telling Albertans that their plans are "not American-style health care."
Yet behind closed doors, they are developing billing codes in partnership with the American Medical Association.
If this government claims its plans are not moving toward an American-style health care, but its actions are.
Albertans deserve transparency!
Danielle Smith and the UCP are pushing Alberta further toward two-tier, American-style healthcare. They're now looking at a U.S. billing system that would be a disaster for Albertans and our healthcare workers.
Today, NDP MLA Sarah Hoffman will speak on her private member’s Bill 214, which aims to reverse the UCP’s damaging changes and protect public healthcare for all Albertans.
Watch live on the Alberta NDP Caucus YouTube channel at 12:15 p.m.
thetyee.ca/News/2026/11/09/A…
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Christmas came early for CEOs thanks to this Liberal government.
Hundreds of billions of dollars in corporate handouts, excessive military spending and oil pipelines the private sector won't touch, but not one extra dime for pharma care, dental care or child care. (1/2)
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$15M every month.
That is what this govt is pulling in every month, by stealing the $200 federal disability benefit from AISH clients.
Then they cut funding life saving cancer drugs.
Yet we have MLAs travelling all over the world, and don’t forget $5400 Booze Cruise.
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I’m so fucking tired of the Alberta UCP and their American conservative playbook. We can say no and they’ll do it anyway. thetyee.ca/News/2026/11/09/A…
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The Prime Minister is pushing massive expansion of AI, but data centres come at a cost to our environment, our communities, and our electrical grid. When I ask how the government will protect Canadians, the answer is always, "Don't worry about it!"
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How much did the Mraiche/Marshall network steal from us?
"While authorities have not yet declared a specific, finalized dollar figure for the exact net profit pocketed by the network, forensic tracking by the Auditor General and the RCMP centers around hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds distributed through highly inflated, non-competitive pipelines.
The specific contract values and individual profit margins currently under audit by authorities provide a clear roadmap of the massive financial scale:
The Total Public Contract Value under Probe:
Sworn evidence from Athana Mentzelopoulos's wrongful dismissal lawsuit reveals that the public health authority routed over $614 million in total supply, PPE, and service agreements to corporate entities owned by Sam Mraiche, including MHCare Medical and Carver PA Corp.
Investigators are currently auditing what percentage of this $614-million pool constituted illegitimate or artificially inflated margins.
The Outsized Surgical Multipliers: ASG Heritage Valley
Internal AHS cost logs obtained by investigators show that ASG Heritage Valley was billing the government $8,300 per hip replacement procedure, while the baseline public hospital cost for the identical surgery sits at just over $4,000.
Authorities believe that these double-rate contract structures allowed the private clinic to clear millions in excessive, taxpayer-funded profits per surgical block.
The Turkish Pain Medication Margin:
The Auditor General's review into the $70-million emergency contract for Turkish children's acetaminophen discovered a catastrophic loss of value:
The province paid out tens of millions of dollars upfront.
Out of the initial shipment, only a small fraction was safe or clinically viable for use.
The vast majority of the medication sat completely unused and had to be incinerated as hazardous waste, meaning the contractor's massive payout yielded virtually zero public benefit.
The 12-Week Land Flip Profit:
A separate probe by the Auditor General focuses on direct real estate exploitation.
Land titles show a numbered company controlled by Mraiche purchased an Edmonton commercial property for $1.7 million in mid-2024.
Exactly 12 weeks later, the company flipped the same property to Alberta Infrastructure for $2 million, walking away with a swift $300,000 taxpayer-funded profit without conducting any upgrades or structural changes.
Private Recovery Centre Lease-Back Pipelines:
Authorities are tracking a network of decentralized addiction-recovery facilities, spearheaded by Marshall and funded under Minister Williams' multi-million dollar budget.
These buildings were purchased by Mraiche-linked companies, like Melewka Homes Ltd, and leased back into the provincial network for as much as $480,000 per year per facility.
This structure created a permanent, highly lucrative private rental income pipeline.
Because the specialized RCMP anti-corruption unit has escalated its probe into potential money laundering and fraud, forensic accounting teams are actively mapping out shell company bank registries to determine exactly how many millions were siphoned out of these health contracts into the hands of private stakeholders...1/
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If you have not been following Crystal, you have some catching up to do.
Must read.
This is not governance. Absolutely taking Albertans to the cleaners.
Barner, Guthrie and Jenkins
"While the primary operational, political, and commercial nodes of this multi-million dollar network are well-documented, a forensic accounting of this scale means there are additional institutional players whose administrative, regulatory, and corporate actions directly intersect with the fallout.
Here are the remaining figures who have been officially drawn into the investigation:
1. The Shared Directorate Link:
Aaron Barner
Who He Is:
A prominent figure within regional Indigenous and Métis organizational leadership.
The Involvement:
Corporate registries unmasked him as a co-director alongside Sam Mraiche in the Métis Strategic Service Corporation.
Investigative audits by the opposition and independent journalists are tracking this exact shared directorate to evaluate how Mraiche's real estate firms smoothly secured the $480,000-per-year commercial leasing arrangements for decentralized recovery buildings like the Larga property.
2. The Fired Dissident:
Peter Guthrie
Who He Is:
The former UCP Minister of Infrastructure.
The Involvement:
Guthrie became the first major internal cabinet whistleblower to break ranks with Premier Danielle Smith over the contracting pipeline.
Guthrie leaked internal cabinet meeting minutes proving that the Premier and Health Minister Adriana LaGrange had ACTIVELY MISLED their own cabinet members regarding the choice of builders.
His disclosure exposed that the Alberta government had EXPLICITLY RECOMMENDED Mraiche-linked Melewka Homes to build the $35-million treatment centers while telling the public they had no involvement, leading to his immediate removal and dismissal from the UCP caucus.
3. The Public Voice of the Ministry:
Heather Jenkins
Who She Is:
The senior Press Secretary for Justice Minister Mickey Amery.
The Involvement:
As the primary operational gatekeeper for the Ministry of Justice, her office has been responsible for handling the intense fallout regarding retroactive legislative changes and independent judicial appointments.
Her communications metadata are under review to trace how ministerial defenses were structured during the peak of the Elections Alberta donor tracking interference...1/
Colleen Packer retweeted
If you want to understand just how systemic the corruption is in the govt, I highly recommend following this account!
Mraiche family affair:
"Investigative reporting, judicial reviews, and court filings indicate that at least seven immediate and extended family members of Sam Mraiche are woven directly into this procurement, staffing, and corporate network.
Watchdogs frequently point to this multi-generational involvement to demonstrate how deeply the private contractor's family has penetrated provincial operations.
The specific breakdown of the family members involved includes:
1. The Direct Descendant: 1 Relative
Khalil Mraiche (Son):
Corporate registries unmasked him as the sole shareholder of a private numbered company where senior AHS procurement chiefs, Prasad and Iskiw, quietly served as directors.
Immediately following this arrangement, Marshall hired Khalil directly into the Premier’s Office as a UCP government political and policy staffer.
• tors. Immediately following this arrangement, Marshall Smith hired Khalil directly into the Premier’s Office as a UCP government political and policy staffer.
2. The Siblings & In-Laws: 2 Relatives
Dr. Fatima Mraiche (Sister):
The corporate owner behind the numbered shell company that purchased the $1.6-million luxury Edmonton property where former Chief of Staff Marshall lived while actively overseeing provincial healthcare asset routing.
Mohamed "Mike" Eldassouki (Brother-in-Law):
A senior executive at MHCare Medical and the principal owner of the construction management company involved in the $100-million Indigenous recovery centre contracts.
He is currently the central figure in the $30-million extortion and corporate forgery court battle against Melewka Homes.
• Mohamed "Mike" Eldassouki (Brother-in-Law): A senior executive at MHCare Medical and the principal owner of the construction management company involved in the $100-million Indigenous recovery centre contracts. He is currently the central figure in the $30-million extortion and corporate forgery court battle against Melewka Homes.
3. The Extended Network: 4 Relatives
Ahmad Jebara (Nephew):
Formally hired as a UCP government policy advisor.
Whistleblower timelines revealed his employment contract was finalized on the exact same day that Fatima Mraiche closed the deal on the luxury home for the Premier's Chief of Staff.
Mahmoud Jebara (Nephew):
Hired into a second governmental policy advisor role.
Freedom of Information (FOIP) requests later revealed that the Alberta government possesses zero emails, briefing notes, or written policy work written by either nephew during their collective years on the public payroll.
Hussein Moussa (Nephew):
Directly placed inside the healthcare apparatus, serving as a procurement officer for AHS, the exact agency routing the multi-million dollar supply contracts.
Ahmed Eldassouki (Nephew):
Embedded into the political staffing infrastructure, serving as a ministerial intern within the UCP government.
The Marital Connection:
Justice Minister Mickey Amery:
While not a blood relative, public records and legislative debates have highlighted that Alberta’s Minister of Justice is a close personal friend who is related to Mraiche by marriage.
Amery faced intense criticism for introducing retroactive legislation that shortened investigative timelines right as Elections Alberta was actively probing Mraiche's campaign donation networks...1/
Colleen Packer retweeted
Mraiche family affair:
"Investigative reporting, judicial reviews, and court filings indicate that at least seven immediate and extended family members of Sam Mraiche are woven directly into this procurement, staffing, and corporate network.
Watchdogs frequently point to this multi-generational involvement to demonstrate how deeply the private contractor's family has penetrated provincial operations.
The specific breakdown of the family members involved includes:
1. The Direct Descendant: 1 Relative
Khalil Mraiche (Son):
Corporate registries unmasked him as the sole shareholder of a private numbered company where senior AHS procurement chiefs, Prasad and Iskiw, quietly served as directors.
Immediately following this arrangement, Marshall hired Khalil directly into the Premier’s Office as a UCP government political and policy staffer.
• tors. Immediately following this arrangement, Marshall Smith hired Khalil directly into the Premier’s Office as a UCP government political and policy staffer.
2. The Siblings & In-Laws: 2 Relatives
Dr. Fatima Mraiche (Sister):
The corporate owner behind the numbered shell company that purchased the $1.6-million luxury Edmonton property where former Chief of Staff Marshall lived while actively overseeing provincial healthcare asset routing.
Mohamed "Mike" Eldassouki (Brother-in-Law):
A senior executive at MHCare Medical and the principal owner of the construction management company involved in the $100-million Indigenous recovery centre contracts.
He is currently the central figure in the $30-million extortion and corporate forgery court battle against Melewka Homes.
• Mohamed "Mike" Eldassouki (Brother-in-Law): A senior executive at MHCare Medical and the principal owner of the construction management company involved in the $100-million Indigenous recovery centre contracts. He is currently the central figure in the $30-million extortion and corporate forgery court battle against Melewka Homes.
3. The Extended Network: 4 Relatives
Ahmad Jebara (Nephew):
Formally hired as a UCP government policy advisor.
Whistleblower timelines revealed his employment contract was finalized on the exact same day that Fatima Mraiche closed the deal on the luxury home for the Premier's Chief of Staff.
Mahmoud Jebara (Nephew):
Hired into a second governmental policy advisor role.
Freedom of Information (FOIP) requests later revealed that the Alberta government possesses zero emails, briefing notes, or written policy work written by either nephew during their collective years on the public payroll.
Hussein Moussa (Nephew):
Directly placed inside the healthcare apparatus, serving as a procurement officer for AHS, the exact agency routing the multi-million dollar supply contracts.
Ahmed Eldassouki (Nephew):
Embedded into the political staffing infrastructure, serving as a ministerial intern within the UCP government.
The Marital Connection:
Justice Minister Mickey Amery:
While not a blood relative, public records and legislative debates have highlighted that Alberta’s Minister of Justice is a close personal friend who is related to Mraiche by marriage.
Amery faced intense criticism for introducing retroactive legislation that shortened investigative timelines right as Elections Alberta was actively probing Mraiche's campaign donation networks...1/
Colleen Packer retweeted
Avi Lewis defends a wealth tax: "This is an idea that addresses the fundamental inequality and the danger of inequality in our society because if we don't do something, people are going to believe in this country that the economy just doesn't work for them."
Colleen Packer retweeted
Page 54 of the report. The @Alberta_UCP is counting on no one actually reading it, so they can spew their lies. They’re losing Calgary, so they’ll lie to Albertans. It’s all about holding on to power. @UCPCaucus Right?
UCP MLAs & staffers crawling over themselves to post about Nenshi, like every post is an entry into a draw.
What’s the prize? Oilers tickets? A booze cruise? Get to bring Dani’s gold cat home for the weekend?
#FireTheUCP #Ableg #CorruptCare
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“Unfortunately, it appears the majority of Alberta’s new boundaries panel didn’t give much consideration to public input when drawing the latest boundaries.”
- Greg Clark, former Electoral Boundaries Commissioner
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
Colleen Packer retweeted
It's embarrassing that in Danielle Smith's UCP Alberta, the richest province in the country, we can't even take care of 22 injured Canadian Armed Forces members without help from the government of Canada. That's how badly Smith has broken healthcare in Alberta. We deserve better.
Colleen Packer retweeted
Why are we doing homelessness policy without specific supports for Indigenous people and LGBTQ youth?
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Massive cuts at Parks Canada.
Meanwhile, surviving staff will have to deal with big demand since Carney renewed the pass to make these Parks free!!
Such a classic CEO-style move to think workers will just ~figure it out~ as you actively make their job WAY harder to save a buck
Colleen Packer retweeted
The $1.2 million, taxpayer report clearly stated it was decades of management failure-no fault to individual councillor or mayors! Do better! UCP needs to to stop focusing on your base! Stop with the culture wars and work on improving public healthcare/education/affordability!
Colleen Packer retweeted
When you see the speed the UCP acted on the water main investigation versus how little they've done on the MHCare procurement scandal while continually avoid the subject, it sure makes you wonder what a public inquiry would find 🤔 #ableg
Colleen Packer retweeted
The UCP government tweeting attack ads and they don't have the balls to call an election.
