Julie Charchun

The AB Budget is surprising because the Premier last week (and the Minister today) signaled that they want to get off the resource rollercoaster. But Budget 2024 ratchets up that dependence further. From $68/bbl last year req'd to balance, up to $73/bbl this year. #ableg

Under-the-radar bit about last night: Toronto just elected a mayor without a driver's license. In a city that's had its past decade shaped by driver culture, that elected Rob Ford based off his moaning about the "war on cars", this is a truly seismic shift.

Message of the year: How do you spot an idiot? Look for the person who is cruel. The kindest person in the room is often the smartest. 🏆 @GovPritzker

Basically a post doc

If we win this election, we will expand affordable childcare to include before- and after-school care—and we will accelerate $10/day childcare for all Albertans. We need affordable childcare that works for working parents. 🧵 1/6

NEW: the president of Federation of Canadian Municipalities, @TaneenRudyk, has stepped down and declared she'll run for Alberta NDP in Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville, a riding outside Edmonton they held in 2015.

Nominee for employee of the year #culturalcommitment #yegcc #leadershipcompetencies

Female co-host on AM radio show

Matthew was living rough in Edmonton, he didn’t know where he’d be sleeping. He moved into Prairie Manor a couple months ago and says he is blessed. Not only was he given a warm and safe place to be, they gave him art supplies so he could paint. @GlobalEdmonton #yeg

The shattering, absolutely shattering decisions Alberta Health Services is making in the face of a surge in child hospital patients. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

@peachpear Considering you only have so much energy to allot in any given day, thank you for giving your energy to these gifts for our neighborhood!

I finished my pumpkins with hours to spare! RIP to two greats lost this past year: Robbie Coltrane and Betty White.

To fight climate change, we need to use every tool in the toolbox - including #Nuclear. That’s why it was a pleasure to announce support for the Darlington Station #SMR this morning - the first grid-scale SMR among G7 nations. Learn More ➡️ newswire.ca/news-releases/…

Canadian deputy PM Chystia Freeland giving a speech in Washington at Brookings on the destabilized global order. Says democracies need to shape what's coming next and proposes 3 paths.

Thx to @KeillConsulting for hosting such a powerhouse table of #yeg women at today’s @EdmontonChamber “State of the Region” event. We also celebrated the launch of their new exciting project The Broad View. More info ➡️: keill.ca/the-broad-view/ #abbiz #yegbiz

With #GoC, we’re excited to announce a $25.6M investment through @GreenMuniFund’s Community Efficiency Financing (CEF) initiative, the first of its kind in Canada, to help implement 4 new home energy retrofit financing programs in Alberta.

Fun fact: my 1st job in govt was as a Scheduling Asst to a Cabinet Minister. Lots of ppl assumed, and treated me as if I knew nothing. Maybe true for policy matters, but everything else? I knew it all. #GR101: be nice to the schedulers!

Survey after survey (including by the Fair Deal Panel) shows this is unpopular. Municipalities don't want it. But the Kenney govt, in its last two months, is pursuing it.

As it stands, Alberta is the only province where parents cannot book COVID vaccine appointments for children under 5.

Dear #IndigenousPeoples of #Canada, I have come to your native lands to tell you in person of my sorrow, to implore God’s forgiveness, healing and reconciliation, to express my closeness and to pray with you and for you.