Chris Andrew

@LisaSansterre @SOSAlberta The curriculum is a document that the government approved. To blame schools that they are indoctrinating students is a bit unfair.

@SOSAlberta Parents want choice for their kids, they don’t want indoctrination

New OpEd from us: “No public money should build private schools” Using a very real crisis to usher in privatization is straight from playbook. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/column…

@EnoughisenoughY @nenshi Then the government sells the hospital to a private provider that does have doctors and then we pay them to use our facilities.

@nenshi What happens when Covenant (or whomever) also can’t keep those facilities open? The actual problem is the loss of h/c workers from illness/burnout/ leaving their jobs for good because they feel disrespected & undervalued by our govt. Nothing here fixes that! #abhealth

Did you hear Danielle Smith wants to privatize your local hospital? She wants to take hospitals away from AHS and hand them over to other people to run. Maybe Covenant Health, maybe someone else. Nobody knows. Remember, the UCP privatized lab services in 2020 and it was a disaster. Endless waits to get an appointment, even longer waits to get results, and doctors sounding the alarm about mistakes in tests. Eventually the UCP had to reverse the whole thing at a massive cost. It was a dangerous and expensive failure, and that’s what Smith wants to try with hospitals. Let me tell you why I'm concerned. The Premier doesn’t understand healthcare, hospitals, or how competition works. She’s barely said a word about her plans for AHS since announcing that she's going to break it up. Instead, we hear these drips and drabs at members-only meetings in the lead-up to Smith’s UCP leadership review. Second, she said she wants a health care system that is ruled by “competition and fear.” This is bizarre, and it’s not going to work. Systems that are based on fear will inevitably collapse and those incentives don’t work in public service delivery. The folks at Covenant Health do amazing work right across the province every day, but we must recognize that Covenant facilities do not offer the full range of healthcare that Albertans expect, particularly in reproductive health and end of life issues. And despite what the Premier said, Covenant has been forced to shutter some of their emergency rooms, just as AHS has, because they have the same problem – a UCP government that is hostile to healthcare professionals. Changing the sign outside doesn’t create new doctors. Even if Tyler Shandro is on the board. Maybe Smith is just musing and saying the first thing that she thinks will please the person she’s talking to. Again. The problem is when you’re Premier, people work to turn your musings into reality. I’m concerned Smith is taking us down a path she hasn’t thought through at all. We need a government that is competent. That is not ideological, that does not make up its plans on the fly to save itself. We need better, and that’s what Alberta’s New Democrats promise.

@jwildthingy @JasonPYYC That is Act I. Act II is/will be Education.

@JasonPYYC “Because if our operator isn't performing the services we need them to we're going to take (the hospital) back,” Smith said. So Smith hamstrings and undermines public health care, then uses performance as a excuse to hand the hospitals to private operators.

Well done you fucking idiot UCP voters. airdriecityview.com/local-news/alb…

@BurchatLouella @JasonPYYC And how long before a bear eats one of those cows? And then the province authorizes a bear hunt.

@JasonPYYC I don't think folks want to come to a park to see herds of cattle & hear the sounds of saws & equipment ripping down trees, wasn't she just saying it wasn't her jurisdiction? but now let's graze cattle & log the trees, Whiplash Dani is on the job, was this the plan all along?

I half joked she’d sell Jasper after the fire but by god she’s going to do it.

@albertateachers @YourAlberta If the testing is to discover areas where children universally have needs, great. Testing with no stated purpose just to test makes everyone speculate and leaves students out of the focus of the discussion as shown by many comments on this feed.

@albertateachers @YourAlberta Two questions… Where and Why? Where was the consultation? Why should we do this? If the point of testing is to find areas of concern in curriculum and then craft supports to make it better… great.

On the first Friday of summer break, @YourAlberta quietly announced that all schools must administer numeracy & literacy tests to Gr. 1-3 up to 3 times per year. For the first time, Kindergarten students will also face standardized testing: bit.ly/3Wtunm9 #abed #ableg

@EstherReed19 @CoryBMorgan Esther, thinking people know what teaching is like because they went to school is like thinking you could be a stand up comedian after going to a comedy club.

@CoryBMorgan People who’ve never taught have no idea of the challenges or how much extra unpaid work is done outside of the work day on a regular basis. Perpetuating anti-teacher sentiments like I see in many of the responses to this post helps no one.

Alberta teachers make an average of $82,000 per year plus generous benefits while working 195 days per year. The average Alberta salary for working 245 days per year is around $70,000. Despite this, teachers got quite upset at the suggestion they have their convention during days when school is already out thus not displacing student learning time. Would working 197 days per year kill them? It would still offer them nearly 50 more days off than the average Joe.

@DetroitRedWings Veleno

1️⃣ hour 'til puck drop! Reply with who you think gets our first goal tonight using #drwfirstgoal & #contest for a chance to win a signed puck! Rules: redwn.gs/firstgoal_2324

@goicehogs @KaleHowarth15 Great story…. Ya, he’d do that and I sort of wished I did that too! Lol

🚨The Hog Talk episode you've been waiting for🚨 @KaleHowarth15 joins the show to talk about literally everything...including how his dad made sure he quit playing goalie😂 🟪:podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/hog… 📺:youtu.be/g_Gf2YDbKKg

@SJHSBallAcademy @MCCBaseba11 @CorbinLochhead @rdcrs @PBR_Alberta This is awesome Corbin. Congratulations, really happy for you and your parents. All the best the rest of the year and next year too!

Congratulations to Corbin Lochhead and his family on his commitment to @MCCBaseba11 . McCook is a member of the extremely competitive Region lX conference. We are very excited to follow your college career!! @CorbinLochhead @rdcrs @PBR_Alberta

@SylvanLakegulls @JoshuaMTucker Okotoks are leading 4-0 against Ft. Mac

T3 | Line out. Ground out. Strike out. Three scoreless innings from Josh Tucker, with 5 K’s Gulls 2 Bulls 0 #LakeBoys🤙🏻 || @JoshuaMTucker

@HUSE59 @HockeyAlberta @reddeerhockey Awesome news. All the best in the future.

This was pretty cool to receive! Huge thanks to @HockeyAlberta for the honour. Hard to put into words how much joy coaching brings to my life! Hockey is the greatest game in the world & getting to share it with others is so awesome! @reddeerhockey

@NHLJake That in March of 2020, Detroit was guaranteed the top pick.

I predicted this. Next run is at teacher certification!

@DetroitRedWings 17

Since The Cat isn’t Abel to wear No. 12, we’ll send a few lucky fans a signed sweater if you can guess which number he’ll be! 😺 Ready, GO!

@CateSask @DanaWolff4 All these things about this judge were true about him before and now being made public because one side doesn’t like the outcome.

@DanaWolff4 Doesn’t change the fact ya’ll fell for a tweet and ran with it without fact checking. For the “I do my own research” crowd, you sure don’t do your research

I honestly don’t know if it’s funny or sad watching all the convoy folks fall for one unverified tweet stating the Judge who presided in the inquiry is related to Trudeau… umm I hate to be the one to tell you guys this but…

@Fergus_MacLoud @RachelNotley Sylvan is $.07 less than RD too. I guess I should have kept driving. 😂

@RachelNotley How about we explain how red deer is 20 cents above Rocky Mountain House... it all comes in the same tanker from the same place.

Gas stations hiked prices right before the fuel tax came off. This means Albertans aren’t saving a dime and the government is foregoing revenue for no reason that could be reinvested to help families. Your move, Danielle Smith… #ableg #yyc #yeg

@Buzios16 @RachelNotley In Red Deer, the price on December 30th was $123.9. On January 1st the $.13 tax was dropped but the price rose to $1.30. The price should’ve been $1.10. Who is profitting from the $.13 decrease? Not the province? Yes, compared to other provinces, the consumer. Who?

@RachelNotley You are misinformed. Gas prices in Calgary range from $1.03 - $1.20. Here in Regina it's $1.39 - $1.48. Albertans are getting a relative bargain compared to us.

@CliffCopeland5 @RachelNotley Just so you are aware, the direction of Education is still the same as it was under Premier Jason Kenney. It’s too early to call it an improvement. A rally held In October suggested it is not working that well.

@RachelNotley Premier Smiths moves have already many multiple insightful moves that will ensure a solid education system, a timely medical system, a viable financial budget and a feeling of well being among Albertans. Thank God we have Smith as our leader and not notley. “Not Notley”.

@GiftedTawk Where in anyone’s reality does either of these scenarios happen?

Would you rather have a class of 30 students who are all engaged and motivated to learn, or a class of 15 students who are more challenging to teach but ultimately make significant progress by the end of the year?