ICYMI "#DanielleSmith is working hand-in-glove with private insurers to push #health #privatization in #Alberta—and it could spread across #Canada." https://breachmedia.ca/pandoras-box-danielle-smith-and-insurance-giants-unleash-attack-on-healthcare/

#abpoli #cdnpoli #healthCare #corporateCapture

Do you remember your first protest? For many of these youth, their first protest ever was against AI.

Are they worried about their future? You bet they are.

See photos and an interview with the 15-year-old lead organizer from Calgary.

https://open.substack.com/pub/jodymacpherson/p/deeply-concerning-youth-organize?r=b0efu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #AIDataCentres #water

Tragic optimism - fitting for these times.

"Excessive optimism and delusion, at root, deny that anything is wrong; and if nothing is wrong, there is nothing to worry about and nothing to change. Extreme pessimism and despair are so grim they essentially say that any action would be pointless. Between these two poles exists a third way: committing to wise hope and wise action.

Wise hope and wise action ask us to accept a situation and see it clearly for what it is, and then muster the strength, courage and resolve to focus on what we can control. We remind ourselves that we have faced challenges before. We continue because to stand still is not an option."

How Not to Fall Into Despair (Brad Stulberg) - New York Times

It's behind a paywall BUUUUT... If you have a library card, you might be able to access New York Times as part of your library membership. Worth checking out.

#MentalHealth #TragicOptimism #Alberta #ABPoli #Despair #Wisdom

> In Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith is charging forward with reforms to dismantle single-payer public health care.

Documents and lobbying records reviewed for The Breach reveal how insurance giants are working hand-in-glove with the Smith government to implement the plan.

Together, they intend to create a private, for-profit fast lane for what should be publicly insured care—and a slower, deteriorating public lane for those who can’t afford to pay. https://breachmedia.ca/pandoras-box-danielle-smith-and-insurance-giants-unleash-attack-on-healthcare/

#AbPoli #HealthCareForAll

"#Albertans are being asked to accept permanent #environmental damage, long‑term #publicliability and #water risks that cannot be engineered away, all to support an industry in structural decline that contributes little in royalties and is largely owned by foreign investors." The corrupt #UCP is hell bent on killing people and the province. https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-facts-dispute-industry-claims-on-coal-mining

#abpoli #cdnpoli #extractiveInductries #WaterisLife

5 alarm emergency. Imagine Canada doing deals with Hitler's IBM...

#Canada #CdnPoli #AbPoli

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@JEmphatically/116426991448848981

Would YOU be comfortable drinking just one teaspoon of pipeline fluid? How about four?

That's how much was in this SINGLE SPILL, per Canadian.

That's 2/3 cup of pipeline fluid per Albertan. Imagine slugging that back!

#CDNPoli #Canada #fossilFuels #Alberta #ABPoli

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:juxszadcuf2kddb6fjthsu2g/post/3mjpyhzlmf22k

#abpoli