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While Albertans were focused on last week’s referendum, the UCP government quietly released its long-overdue year-end financial reports — more than 100 days after the June 30 statutory deadline.
The timing deserves scrutiny. So does the delay.
These reports are not optional reading. They are essential public accountability documents that tell Albertans how their money has been managed, where it has been spent, and whether the government has met its financial obligations.
Why were these reports delayed, and why has there been so little public discussion about it?
Albertans deserve transparency from their government, not just when it is convenient, but especially when it isn’t.
Read the reports yourself and draw your own conclusions:
alberta.ca/government-and-mi…
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It's official.
More votes were counted in Alberta's referendum than in any other vote in Canadian history, including all federal elections.
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Danielle Smith will do and say anything to preserve her job and retain power.
Truth and integrity are as foreign to her as loyalty.
Danielle knows that #ForeverCanadian 500,000 petition signatories didn’t want a referendum and all questions on it were designed by her.
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I don’t believe ABs support denying a kid education because of their families immigration or economic status
Just visiting my Lethbridge emerg colleagues. They have five new emerg docs who have immigrated from other countries… I guess their kids don’t deserve an education???
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According to CTV, Elections Alberta has agreed with @LukaszukAB. Premier @ABDanielleSmith tried to blame Thomas but Elections Alberta has verified that the #ForeverCanadian Petition was submitted as a policy proposal #abpoli
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“I show up for a shift and I try not to look at all the pain and suffering around me,” he said. “Because it is unmanageable.”
100s of my Emerg docs across the province feel the same way...
Our govt refuses to declare the ED crisis or to act!
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Graham Thomson: "Smith is saying 700k Albertans signed different petitions to get this referendum going. No, the Forever Canadian petition, in other words, let's stay in Canada, got more than 400k people, but they wanted a vote in the legislature. Not a referendum."
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Another critical point.
We've had innumerable reviews. Mostly ignored. Used for political purposes: "We're doing something...."
What we're lacking, is a way of holding governments accountable for delivery and access.
Could the feds demand this as part of $ transfer?
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Thirsk said if “disaster” is defined as health care needs outstripping the available resources, “the patients in our waiting rooms are facing a disaster in our emergency departments every day.”
Superb reporting on this. Kudos to Warren Thirsk for telling it like it is. "There is no more low hanging fruit."
We need to double medical/nursing enrolment yesterday. We need new hospitals.
No more obfuscation.
Edmonton Journal edmontonjournal.com/news/loc… via @edmontonjournal
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No rest for weary democrats in Alberta this week. Next up: pushing back against gerrymandering. Here's my latest on what it is, why we should care, and what we can do about it.
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p…
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Live results at 7:26 - 7:27PM tonight
Getting closer to election call or resignation !
UCP have NO mandate on any of 9 questions that they decided and put out propaganda to vote yes on.
This is a huge defeat for Smith & UCP !
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said candidates, MLAs, prov and local board reps and candidates, must be on board with federalism.
But Smith, when pressed, wouldn't say whether she would disqualify people or kick them out.
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The UCP is a "grassroots" party. Leader isn't all powerful.
According to UCP Membership rules, only the Executive Director may suspend/revoke memberships. The leader can only do so during an election campaign. Decisions are subject to review by the Code of Conduct Committee.
#BREAKING: Alberta's Danielle Smith tells UCP members to get on Team Canada or find new party ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
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She could have done this six months ago and spared us the referendum, which taught us nothing that we didn’t know before.
Smith takes her stand - bans separatist candidates, UCP officials, ministers. Column.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/co… #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli #abreferendum #abgov
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I am still seeing pundits openly saying Danielle Smith “won” all 9 of her referendum questions. Maybe if you stopped looking at the final ballot counting.
She’s actually now losing the 4 constitutional Qs. And will suffrageapp.ca/abref26/#q=7
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This is the UCP's handiwork.
Billions for chartered surgical facilities.
Canceling new hospitals, like the one that Edmonton was going to get, first one since 1988 while population has more than doubled.
New from me: A doctor testifying at an inquiry into the death of a man in an Edmonton emergency room says stories like Prashant Sreekumar’s are more common than the public is aware of amid a rolling “disaster” in emergency medicine. edmontonjournal.com/news/loc…
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Such a good metaphor.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith fed a stray cat, in hopes that it would go away. But stray cats don’t do that. Now she's in a world of trouble theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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Coming out of the referendum and Danielle Smith somehow floor crossing inside of her own party…
The NDP are re-upping calls for a public inquiry into the “CorruptCare” scandal.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
