danielduke

From restricting MAID rights to mandating books/flags/anthems in schools to taking control of municipal codes of conduct… The UCP continues to grab power for the office of the premier and her ministers. Kinda surprised Albertans, esp. “freedom” conservatives, are so quiet.

@Drew__Barnes @JeromyYYC Looks like his budget is well in order with 1.8% increase.

@JeromyYYC get your budget in order. #yyc we need all govts to spend less so they can tax less

Imagine if Justin Trudeau ordered Danielle Smith to collect a big federal tax increase through the Alberta tax bill. She’d be furious. That's what's happening with the UCP ordering Calgary to collect the biggest provincial property tax hike in history. calgaryherald.com/opinion/column…

And so it was in 2026 that the UCP literally rewrote the law to ensure that schools were no longer - welcoming - create a sense of belonging - respectful of diversity Berta. 2026. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

The UCP MLAs gave themselves a raise today…another one.

@peteremcc Oh is that what is happening in classrooms…pal I will let teachers teach, I am involved in my kids learning, and if I have concern I step in; as every parent should. But by all means keep being scared of all the evil teachers. Do you even have kids?

@danield75442562 Better than teachers teaching kids that words are violence, free speech is a hate crime, and that all diversity is good, except diversity of thought, which must be crushed.

The perfect headline.

"We can't take care of sick people or kids because we'd rather use the money on war" is a hell of a midterms pitch

🚨Trump today: “We can’t take care of daycare. We’re a big country. We’re fighting wars. It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.” The United States has spent: $21 billion on the Iran war in 30 days. $100 million on Trump’s golf tab this term. $200 billion requested for Pentagon weapons. $8 trillion on wars since September 11th. But daycare is not possible. Medicare is not possible. Medicaid — which covers 72 million Americans including children, seniors, and people with disabilities — is not possible.

@JeffreyRWRath I thought the target was 1 million???

WE ARE WINNING!

"Teachers are professionals,” he said. “They already teach the prescribed curriculum in a balanced, thoughtful and age-appropriate way. "Any suggestion otherwise is unfair and quite frankly offensive to the profession." #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

The UCP just said the quiet part out loud. No, Minister… MLAs don’t draw election maps. Independent commissions do. We already have a citizen process. And the people have spoken. Albertans deserve fair maps!

The one thing is….military protection?

@edmontonjournal This sounds like some extreme woke shit.

"There's an expectation that our classrooms are free from politics and ideology, and we have to ensure, especially with a lot of the complex challenges that we have today in our classrooms," Nicolaides said edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…

@edmontonjournal With a couple hundred thousand signatures as your foundation???? Don’t hold your breath.

Bell: Alberta separatists are on the move and they're aiming to win in October edmontonjournal.com/opinion/column…

"If we're going to rail against equalization at the federal level, then we can't keep doing the same thing to our municipalities." Last night, Council approved our property tax bylaw, complying with the UCP government's order to issue their largest property tax hike in our city's history. Despite our Council team approving only a 1.2% tax increase for city services like police and fire, Calgarians will see an increase nearly ten times that. **You need to know that nearly half of your property tax bill goes to the province, in an equalization formula described here by the Premier.** The UCP has hiked property taxes by 57% in four years. Their latest 21% increase represents about $339 more per household. Chestermere and Airdrie will pay even more than that. By contrast, Edmonton homeowners will only pay $154 more. Our Council team cares about affordability. We will continue to push for responsible spending while investing in core services like safety and infrastructure. Let's work together for a fair deal for municipalities and deliver transparency for where property tax dollars actually go.

#ableg. Albertans never asked politicians to micromanage classrooms They asked for funding, smaller class sizes and support for students Instead we get Bill 25? This isn’t about “removing politics” from schools: It’s about UCP politicians controlling them, Big Brother style

The UCP promised they wouldn’t raise taxes but their new budget does. So you pay more while the UCP enjoys higher salaries, more & for their rent & trips around the world. All because they blew through near-record resource revenues. They wasted a boom during a boom. #ableg

Nicolaides says schools should teach students “how to think not what to think”. He’s delivering this speech like he’s addressing a room of elementary schools. This is weird. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Didn’t they say they were going to have the capability in a few weeks?