Alberta conservative govt: *austerity for public services*
Alberta ER doctors: *here: have a list of six deaths that were preventable and many more close calls*
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/emergency-doctors-alberta-deaths-patients-9.7052132
Alberta emergency room doctors have counted what they say are six potentially preventable deaths as well as numerous close calls for patients who they say waited too long for care in emergency rooms across the province.
Holy shit, the cuts are horrendous. Read the PDF 👀.
Cutting the most vulnerable people from all aid, and cutting others aid by around half, and freezing the amount for 5 years.
It's some DOGE logic, the way to fix government funding is to tax the rich. Cutting programs kills people, makes you a monster, and doesn't even achieve the stated goals.
https://climatejustice.social/@PabloMartini/114747605014044687
Just take five minutes to read this. Labour’s new disability benefits Bill doesn’t just threaten support — it revives the logic of “chequebook euthanasia”. This is the same thinking Binding & Hoche used to justify Aktion T4 in 1930s Germany. The idea? That disabled people are just a cost. A burden. A line in a budget. Clause 5 brings that logic back to life — and back to law. Read the full analysis and share it before history repeats itself. #CutsKill #Labour #DisabilityRights #WelfareReform #PIP #UniversalCredit #AktionT4 #VoxPolitical #SocialJustice https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=98702
UK Government faces pressure over #CoastGuard helicopter response times
Isles MP demanded the transport secretary make a statement on the move, which could increase the maximum response time for helicopter #rescue from 15 minutes to an hour; a 4-fold increase
https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2023/10/20/government-faces-pressure-over-helicopter-response-times
#UnitedKingdomPLC #privatization #PrivatizationFails #Shetland #Orkney #Isles #CoastGuard #ToryDictatorship #ToryCronies #ToryCorruption #austerity #AusterityKills #PeopleNotProfits #SearchRescue #SearchAndRescue
Together, we call for a new party of the left
With Labour dead as a vehicle for progressive change, it’s time to regroup.
Let’s come together to offer a politics of hope in a time of crisis. We can do this!
#UnitedKingdom #ToryFascistDictatorship #ToryCorruption #ToryEnergyCrisis #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateEmergency #politics #Tory #Labour #AusterityKills #poverty #hunger #CorporateTerrorism
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