"The Alberta Medical Association (AMA), the CPS [Canadian Paediatric Society] and the Social Workers Association of Alberta have all come out against Smith's proposed policies."

Alberta doctors criticize UCP gender policies as creating 'culture of fear'
https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/doctors-call-out-contradictions-in-ucp-gender-policies-say-policies-create-culture-of-fear-1.6762043

Doctors call out contradictions in UCP gender policies, say policies create 'culture of fear'

An Alberta doctor says Premier Danielle Smith will struggle to attract trans specialists to the province if her other policies restricting health-care options for trans youth are made law.

Edmonton

Oh, but "The Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy" gets play in Postmedia with stuff like this. Gee, between the AMA and CPS vs The Aristotle Foundation, I wonder who's more trustworthy on this issue πŸ™„

They know Aristotle regarded democracy as a degraded polis dominated by the profligate pursuit of uncontrolled personal appetites under the guise of freedom, right?

Opinion: Alberta is right: Children should be protected from transgender procedures https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-alberta-is-right-children-should-be-protected-from-transgender-procedures

| Calgary Herald

Canadians who reflexively see gender transition as an extension of previous advocacy for gay civil rights should know that it’s not.

Calgary Herald
@dyckron i assume this practicing endocrinologist also opposes puberty blockers for children with precoscious puberty, given how dangerous he thinks they are
@dyckron also, for an editorial ostensibly about evidence, sure would be nice if it provided any evidence for this claim
@dyckron Aristotle Foundation? Led by Mark Milke, Looks like yet another Atlas Network "fountain of ignorance" Looking at Milke's past experience, Second Street, Fraser Institute, Frontier Institute, Taxpayers Fed ... All Atlas Network orgs, working to benefit the suffering American billionaire https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-milke-ph-d-26419036/details/experience/
Atlas stopped publicly acknowledging their puppets in 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20210729032136/https://www.atlasnetwork.org/partners/global-directory/canada
@dyckron D. Climenhaga documented the flimsy "logic" Atlas orgs have on the transparency of their funding sources and the lame dismissal of political interference, just lame enough for the willfully ignorant to ignore, but the rest of us? https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-politics/us-based-atlas-network-which-has-reshaped-political-power/
Canadian Taxpayers Federation a 'partner' of right-wing U.S.-based Atlas Network

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation, a self-described non-partisan tax watchdog and taxpayer advocacy group once headed by Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney, has always been tight-lipped about the sources of its own funding and support. This may be mildly ironic, given its vocal demands for transparency in government policy, but as a private organization that aggressively fundraises […]

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@pinhman @dyckron I stopped watching their live podcast because I was getting that vibe. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
@dyckron 3 of the 5 staff at Aristotle worked for Taxpayers, those that didn't worked for Conservatve party of Canada, or Canadian Energy Centre. No bias here ? https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-aristotle-foundation/people/
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Time for #DavidParker's #TBA cult to double down on their nonsense.

I wonder what they are distracting Albertans from this time?

#Alberta #ableg #abpoli #UCPSuckers