#abpoli

[allthecanadianpolitics]

To quote the article, "Alberta intends to opt out, and instead intends to obtain a full per capita share of the funding," and the health minister's office said that Albertans already have access to pharmacare through health insurance plans with their employers or the government. As if everyone has a job with benefits or can afford Blue Cross... 🙄

#submission #alberta #alberta politics #pharmacare #canada #canadian politics #abpoli #canpoli #i'm submitting via the app so i'm sorry for any weird formatting or missing tags #cdnpoli #canadian news #canadian

[ceasarslegion]

I know everyones talking about desantis and the 2024 american election coming up, and i dont blame anybody for not being perfectly in tune with the entire world so im not gonna guilt trip anybody about that, its fine. But i do wanna say that Alberta's general election is in a few days and with the ways the polls are swinging, there is hope for an NDP victory, but only if every single progressive Albertan actually shows up and casts their vote.

The UCP are inching closer and closer to fascism by the day, and people like me really can't afford for them to win just because folks are refusing to budge for anything less than perfection from the alternative. In a battle between center-left and reactionary alternative right, you are dooming your community by sticking your feet in the dirt and whining about how the most realistic option isn't progressive enough.

And I don't wanna see any shit about how the NDP and UCP are the same, because they aren't. One party will protect my human rights while the other compared the children in my community to excrement, just for starters.

We can kick the UCP out, but we need every single voter to show up. Because we know the tories will cast their ballots, so it's down to us

#some thoughts #abpoli #alberta

[enddaysengine]

Alberta's Transphobic Government

I try really really hard to keep this blog about RPGs and writing. I really do. But when someone comes for my students, fists gets thrown.

We've seen the rise of transphobic legislation in various US states, as well as in Saskatchwan and New Brunswick. Now Alberta has joined the party. Despite the premier pointing out that there are trans youth in her extended family (I don't know how close the relation is, but somewhere in her close family) and swearing to not marginalize trans youth in the last election.

And ohhhh boy oh boy, my home province is once again aiming to hit the bottom of the barrel

Here's the tl;dr (quoted from the article):

Top and bottom surgeries will be banned for minors aged 17 and under. Doctors say bottom surgeries aren't performed on youth and top surgeries are rare.

Puberty blockers and hormone therapies for gender affirmation will not be permitted for children aged 15 and under.

Youths aged 16 and 17 will be permitted to start hormone therapies for gender affirmation "as long as they are deemed mature enough" and have parental, physician and psychologist approval.

Parental notification and consent will be required for a school to alter the name or pronouns of any child under age 15. Students who are 16 or 17 won't need permission but schools will need to let their parents know first.

Parents will have to "opt-in" their children every time a teacher plans to teach about gender identity, sexual orientation or sexuality. Alberta law currently requires parental notification and gives them the option to opt students out.

All third-party teaching materials on gender identity, sexual orientation or sexuality will need to be approved in advance by the education ministry.

Transgender women will be banned from competing in women's sports leagues. Smith said the government will work with leagues to set up coed or gender-neutral divisions for sports.

This goes well beyond what SK and NB have passed. It violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but Smith doesn't care and will likely use the Notwithstanding Clause to bypass it. Parents, medical professionals, and educators have all reacted with justified outrage. It is clear to those of us who care about youth that these policies will kill.

There is flattly no way in hell I will be deadnaming my students. For a government that says they want to remove red tape and bureaucracy, making parents opt-in to every single lesson involving anything other than heteronormativity sure seems like trying to use red tap to make teaching anything other than their ideology impossible.

What can you do to help?

If you are in Alberta, raise holy hell. Call your MLA, show up at the protests, add your voice to the chorus screaming that we don't want this.

If you are in Canada, there are also demonstrations in support of trans youth going on across the country. Let your MP know as well.

If you aren't from Canada, solidarity and visibility help! We've all seen how this shit has gone down in Florida and elsewhere. We need to stand together to stop this tide.

If you have business ties to Alberta and are able to divist them, please let the Alberta government know you are planning to do so if these proposals become law

Donate to 2SLGBTQ+ organizations in Alberta.

This is not the content I want to go viral from me... but if I have to choose one, make it this one. Please help us proect our kids.

#CanPoli #AbPoli #Alberta #Transphobia #Transphobes

[myalgias]

#cdnpoli #transphobia #trans youth #trans rights #abpoli #alberta #canada

[united-federation-of-trek]

hahahahahaha I hate it here.

Danielle Smith: I don’t want young kids to permanently change their bodies!

Danielle Smith: So they won’t be allowed to use puberty blockers, the effects of which are basically entirely reversible, until they’re fifteen, which is well into puberty and often towards the end of puberty for AFAB kids!

Danielle Smith: this makes sense and I am so smart! This will not have the effect of making trans youth even more vulnerable than they already are and that definitely wasn’t my intention.

#I like that we think alienating young trans kids from supportive teachers #who have the potential to be life changing and life saving #is a good way of going about this #i never thought i would say this but fucking hell i miss jason kenney #at least that man didn’t spend every second of his day wondering how he could beat capter to the furthest right individuals in the province #which seems like what danielle smith is doing #imagine if she focused her energy on something useful like housing #or the opioid epidemic #instead she focuses 100% of her time and effort on two (2) things #1- catering to the far right usually by fucking with queer people #2- hating the federal government and calling the liberals mean names #abpoli #cdnpoli #alberta #trans rights problems

[veradune]

#abpoli #alberta #yyc #i love how the cons are allegedly all about freedom while actively repressing anyone that doesn't fit into their narrow limited worldview #transphobia #allthecanadianpolitics #she was also platforming and fangirling tucker fucking carlson last week #definitely wasting our fucking money in doing so #fuck danielle smith #and on that note i'm out

[sparksinthenight]

“This is making people sick, so our governments can and should require these companies to use some of their record-breaking profits to clean up the mess they’ve made.”

#alberta #abpoli #canada #cdnpoli #albertan #canadian #climate news #climate change #climate crisis #climate catastrophe #climate emergency #environmentalism #fossil fuels #health #pollution #toxins

[abpoli]

A 60-year-old woman who relies on provincial and federal disability benefits says she and other Albertans like her are ineligible for the federal government’s one-time rent top-up payment.

Kaeleigh Kaufman has had to rely on Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) and CPP-D since June 2011, when she says she became chronically ill.

She receives $20,325 a year — monthly CPP-D payments federally topped up to a cap limit by AISH provincially.

But that means her 2021 net income surpasses the rent top-up criteria by $325 annually.

“Which amounts to $27 a month… That’s two jugs of milk, a loaf of bread and some sandwich meat,” Kaufman said.

The government of Canada opened applications Monday for the one-time top-up as part of the Canada Housing Benefit (CHB) program — an initiative that would put $500 in the pockets of low-income renters as rent costs soar across the country.

To qualify, renting families must have a net income of less than $35,000 a year, or renting individuals must make less than $20,000, according to a government statement on the website.

Continue reading

#ab news #abpoli #cdnpoli #disability rights #rent top up #aish

[bigbagofgabriel]

Me watching an unpopular, untrustworthy, and unlikable far-right convervative get elected to office while millions watch on in either sick elation or abject horror: Fuck, this is just like Succession season 4 episode 8 America Decides

#they said “we're calling it” and the dread was the same but worse #i am truly in shock that that just happened #i cannot fucking believe she got in #no space for fear or disappointment just like. gobsmacked. #SHE GOT BOOED OFF STAGE AT AN EVENT I WAS AT HOW DID SHE GET ELECTED #WOOF WOOF BARK BARK BARK #abpoli #op #succession spoilers #succession #alberta election 2023

[vuutarros]

@crechum and I were at this rally today. My girlfriend and I had to drive past in our attempt to find parking, and I was shocked at the turnout. (I don't do very well with large crowds and wasn't sure I'd be able to be there after that, but I managed to stay through the whole thing with Val's help.)

It was amazing to see so many people out in support of trans youth. They had elders from the local 2 Spirit groups out to speak, as well as politicians from the provincial and national levels, local queer groups, and even the ATA.

I cried during the St Albert OutLoud leader's speech on queer joy, on the queer joy of the kids and teens they get to see in their programs. It was so amazing to hear, I love that these kids get to have these experiences and hate that hatemongers like Smith want to take that away.

There's another rally tomorrow (Sunday Feb 4) at the legislature grounds from 12-2, but unfortunately can't make it to that one. I encourage any who can to do so.

Some people were surprised to see a policy like this coming out, but I'm a bit of a pessimist and am only surprised it took this long, I've been expecting this the New Brunswick bill back in June.

There's a federal petition that's been put out in support of trans rights below.

And trans.rights.yeg on Instagram has a letter writing campaign for Albertans below.

@allthecanadianpolitics @abpoli @politicsofcanada @hrefnatheravenqueen

#abpoli #fuck the ucp #trans rights #protect trans kids #Instagram

[intothestacks]

If you're a tabletop game nerd (especially if in Alberta, Canada)...

...Consider supporting Pe Metawe Games, an independent and Indigenous-owned analog game store.

Their game selection includes popular titles as well as games designed by Indigenous creators that challenge the colonialist bias in the analog gaming industry (well, in the gaming industry at large, really).

If you're in Alberta and want to visit in person (they have bookable game rooms!) they're located in northern Edmonton.

#board games #card games #rpg game #roleplaying games #canada #alberta #cndpoli #abpoli #libraryland #librarylife

[paddysnuffles]

I love that my province's driver's license design features a dinosaur in it.

My inner eight-year-old always smiles when I see it.

Alberta may be a trashcan on fire about to explode right now but I at least have my Albertosaurus.

#abpoli #cndpoli #the real life of me

[atheostic]

But in Canada, it is.

#cndpoli #abpoli #religion #christianity #atheism #abrahamic religions #did you know #canadian politics #canada #government job

[jelibaen]

This is Alberta, Canada. This is my province right now (May 7, 2023, 11:00pm MST). There are 105 active wildfires, 25 of which are in my local forest area. Six of those, including the one by my house, are out of control. Almost 30,000 people have been evacuated from their homes due to wildfires this year. This is a wildfire season that started early and exploded, spreading faster than the province can respond. Resources are thin, people are scared, and the weather is against us.

I am currently an evacuee. I was evacuated at 4:00pm on Friday due to a wildfire that started less than a mile from my home at 10:30am. Since Friday, it has grown from the 3 hectares it was when we evacuated to around 1700 hectares. I know personally two people that have completely lost their homes, and the wind is supposed to turn around tomorrow, which means there is a not-so-small chance I may lose mine.

Seven years ago, virtually to the day, I was the one inviting people into my home for shelter after the fire in Fort McMurray began. Now I am on the other side of that door, not knowing whether I will have a home to go back to. Waiting for reassurance from a government that... oh right, demolished our ability to fight wildfires.

Alberta is burning. Lets hope it doesnt burn to the ground.

#alberta #ab politics #abpoli #wildfire #canada #alberta wildfires

[united-federation-of-trek]

there’s a certain dystopian aspect of getting an emergency alert about potential rolling black-outs asking people to conserve energy and then driving down through the city and seeing hundreds of billboards and bright signs, including for stores that are closed

rolling black-outs in -40C weather is dangerous, that can very easily have a death toll. we should turn off lights we aren’t using, put on another layer instead of turning up the heat, cook with our microwaves instead of the stove or oven, but most importantly, we need to continue advertising.

#that way when people stop being able to heat their homes #they can still find the canadian tire that is closed the entire night! #you know all those buildings will be heated to 22C all night too #i’m not saying businesses should turn off their heat entirely over night #but maybe if nobody’s there maybe it could be turned down y’know? #alberta #abpoli #cdnpoli #i hate it here

[stevemaclellan]

Instead, a total of 3,452 jobs with oil sands majors were lost to automation and consolidation since 2019, concludes the report from the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute. “Meanwhile, those same companies added millions of dollars to the compensation of their CEOs and rewarded their shareholders with generous dividends,” the institute says.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party (UCP) government said 55,000 new jobs would be created, offsetting a projected $2.4-billion loss in revenue, from its plan to cut the corporate tax rate from 12% in 2019 to 8% by 2022. But three years later, and with the 8% tax cut delivered two years ahead of schedule via Alberta’s Recovery Plan, Parkland says that the boon to the corporate sector enriched the coffers of the oil sands “Big Four,” even as provincial revenues tanked by twice the projected amount. And 3,452 oil sands workers have been given pink slips.

#politics #abpoli #jobs #tax cuts