former journalist. now fighting for a better Alberta & Canada. proud Indigenous canadian. ballpark traveller.
Edmonton, Alberta
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Sean Amato retweeted
Far right populists in Alberta have given up on winning elections. If they can't compete, they have decided to cheat.
They are gerrymandering maps and trying to break up the federation instead of doing the hard work of building broad and durable coalitions.
Lazy losers.
It’s not a tax break. Danielle Smith is extending her property tax hike to 2030.
Or as @DonBraid put it:
“Fiscal abuse…(The UCP) believe they can bang taxpayers over the head for years, and then make it all better with an ice pack.” #ableg #cdnpoli
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Sean Amato retweeted
For immediate release:
"For months, the Alberta NDP Caucus has been warning against UCP attempts to violate the democratic rights of Albertans and bring in election maps only meant to deliver a win for the UCP in the next election no matter what voters want.
"Elections Alberta warned Danielle Smith months ago that they need 12 to 18 months to implement new maps under perfect conditions. Instead, the UCP repeatedly changed the law to help themselves, denied Elections Alberta the resources it requested, and put all Albertans through a wasteful and incredibly costly referendum. Now Elections Alberta says they just don’t have enough time to implement the UCP’s rigged map in time for the October 27 fixed election date — a date already extended by Danielle Smith to give herself six more months in power.
"Danielle Smith and the UCP should have implemented the independent commission’s report six months ago and they could still do it now. Albertans deserve to vote in free, fair and timely elections. The UCP should stop cheating and do the right thing."
Albertans voted on this.
In a UCP referendum.
That we all paid for.
Albertans said no.
The UCP is doing it anyway.
Danielle Smith doesn’t care about democracy, only power. And she will waste so much of our money in a desperate attempt to hold onto it.
#ableg #cdnpoli
Sean Amato retweeted
We’ve been demanding a public inquiry for over a year. Danielle Smith and the UCP keep refusing. Why? What are they afraid a public inquiry might uncover?
Sean Amato retweeted
Public inquiry. Now.
SCOOP: The RCMP is investigating fraud, breach of trust, and money laundering in connection with Alberta's health care procurement controversy, according to a letter filed in court
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Sean Amato retweeted
So that’s why she’s not actually helping Alberta families with health care, affordability, education or creating good jobs...
Danielle Smith is wasting our time and money on the wrong priorities.
Sean Amato retweeted
Greg MacEachern on Danielle Smith: "It's kind of shameful how expensive it was in order for her to run a referendum to decide whether or not she has the power and strength to say to separatists, 'Get out of my party.'"
The UCP’s dictatorial flag decree can be found here. It’s another major UCP insult to First Nations, Métis and Inuit people. And anyone who values grassroots decision making.
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Sean Amato retweeted
Albertans are dying because they can't get timely care in emergency rooms.
And how has Danielle Smith responded? She's done nothing but waste all of our time and $200 million on a separation referendum we all knew would fail.
Albertans deserve a government that will make life better for them.
cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/…
Albertans aren’t fooled — Canadians aren’t fooled.
The $200M separation vote is the fault of Danielle Smith and the UCP.
She changed the laws to ensure a referendum, she’s fighting First Nations in court, she wrote the question & signed the order. #ableg #cdnpoli
RT @albertaNDP: Danielle Smith spent even more of Albertan's money on a TV address last night.
We noticed she left out a lot of things tha…
Sean Amato retweeted
Naheed Nenshi on Indigenous turnout in the Alberta referendum: "The very people who've been hurt more by the mistakes of Canada than anybody else, stood up as the proudest champions of Canada."
So, the premier blew $200M of our money on her separatist friends & a propaganda-driven push poll...
Now she's blowing more tax dollars on a paid TV address so she doesn't have to answer to any pesky reporters. Danielle Smith: Picking fights & wasting money. #ableg #cdnpoli
Albertans picked up a pencil yesterday and answered ten hard questions about our future.
That is democracy at its finest and tonight we talk about what comes next.
Join me live on CTV, Global, CityNews, Facebook, X or YouTube at 6:45pm— as we go through the referendum results, what they mean for this province, and what comes next.
Sean Amato retweeted
We are sending our deepest condolences to the families of the four people killed and dozens more injured at CFB Wainwright.
We mourn with the Canadian Armed Forces on this exceptionally sad day, and we honour your service every day.
We are so grateful for all of the first responders who are working tirelessly to help. That includes medical staff in Wainwright, Red Deer, Edmonton, Calgary, and air ambulance crews from STARS.
All Albertans and all Canadians stand with the families and loved ones impacted by this devastating incident.
Sean Amato retweeted
We are deeply saddened by reports of the incident at CFB Wainwright.
Our thoughts are with the brave Canadian Armed Forces members affected, their families loved ones and the broader military community. We are grateful to the emergency personnel responding and supporting those involved.
We will continue to monitor the situation closely and provide updates as appropriate.