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Janet French@jantafrench.bsky.social |
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Provincial affairs reporter, CBC Edmonton
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Back to Courtney Gore in Texas:
"She feels that she was unwittingly part of a statewide effort to weaken local support of public schools and lay the groundwork for a voucher system.
And she said that unless she and others sound the alarm, residents won’t realize what is happening ..." #ableg #abed
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Every Alberta school board election I've covered has had candidates pledging to "take back" schools from perceived progressive ideals. Several groups have been running training sessions for potential trustee candidates in Alberta's 2025 civic elections. #ableg #abed thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023...
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The phenomenon of political candidates tethering their campaigns to allegations of school indoctrination is not isolated to Texas. #ableg #abed
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Trustee Courtney Gore then spoke out against the hard-liners that had worked to get her elected, saying their campaigns were based on fear, not facts. Now, security has to escort her to and from her car at school board meetings because of the blowback.
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A Texas candidate ran for school board on a far-right platform insisting children were being indoctrinated in public schools. After she was elected, she looked at the curriculum and policies and found . . . none of the threats she had campaigned on. #abed #ableg www.texastribune.org/2024/05/15/t...
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Calgary is about to unveil a new monument to Sir Winston Churchill. Why there, and why now? I try to answer: #AbLeg #AbPoli
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Kris Sims of the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation says the sunshine list should include individuals' pay because if workers are working excessive overtime, we should know that. Under questioning from the NDP, Sims says the employee's name isn't necessary - just individual salaries.
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Jason Foster of the Parkland Institute told the all-party committee unionized members like nurses should be excluded because the public can see their compensation framework in the collective agreement. #ableg
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You might remember the list of 2022 earnings showed a few Alberta nurses earning surprisingly high salaries and OT: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbLeg #AbHealth
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An Alberta legislative committee this morning is reviewing the Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act - which includes the "Sunshine list" disclosing public sector salaries: assemblyonline.assembly.ab.ca/Harmony/en/P...
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Updated: Premier Danielle Smith said on Power & Politics today the Alberta government plans to review post-secondary funding agreements for "balance" in perspectives: #abpse #ableg
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Academics and other critics are decrying an Alberta government bill that would give the provincial government vetting power over federal funding for research and programs. #AbLeg #AbPoli #abpse
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Alberta’s utilities minister signals he’s considering conventional nuclear power plants as an option www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ableg #abpoli
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An update to the school space crunch in Edmonton - the public school board released new data and predictions on Tuesday that show the city's rapidly filling schools will be crammed even faster than first thought. Aaron Souza was there: #yeg #abed #ableg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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*grates, chops and squeezes to make marinade* *realizes it’s day 9 of COVID and 80%+ of taste is gone* *mirthless laughter*
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What do new rules on renewable power generation mean in Alberta? Lots to unpack, as they say www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ableg
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Among those now heading into bargaining: Unionized health-care workers, teachers, other school employees, college and university staff, and provincial government workers. Most contracts expire March 31, 2024, and education workers' deal ends Aug. 31. Binding arbitration an unlikely outcome for any.
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"It's not going to be pretty." - That's what one labour relations prof says about the unrest that awaits in Alberta in 2024, as nearly 248,000 public sector workers' contracts expire. The AFL prez says government is "sleepwalking into a massive strike" #Ableg #CanLab www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This information comes as the Alberta government is encouraging patients to go to Shoppers for primary care to take pressure off family doctors www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #Ableg #abhealth
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Former Shoppers’ Drug Mart employees said they were pressured to cold-call customers to check their medications so they could bill the Ontario government www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta nurses are asking for a one-year, 25 per cent raise to try to stem the exodus from their profession www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #Ableg #AbHealth
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Here’s some background specifically about the proposed changes to accessing sexual health education in Alberta schools www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ableg #abed
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The Edmonton public school board has written to the premier, expressing concern about proposed gender identity and sex education policy changes, saying they would add red tape while giving parents no more control or input www.epsb.ca/media/epsb/o... #abed #ableg
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No time to read that much about Edmonton's school space crunch? Here's the critical points in about 3 1/2 minutes: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #yeg #abed #ableg
65 schools are already at or over capacity. High schools are particularly jammed.
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ICYMI: Some parents say it's a crisis. School division leaders say Edmonton schools are fuller than they've ever been, and enrolment just keeps growing. While students wait for the govt to fund new schools, advocates say choice and quality diminish. #ableg #abed #yeg
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Link for you non-Apple people — This is Edmonton www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
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Feel like the debate over “parental rights” and Alberta’s proposed new trans and sex education policies are lacking some nuance? You should listen to Clare Bonnyman’s latest episode of This is Edmonton podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... #ableg #abed
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An Alberta govt disciplinary committee found a former Red Deer superintendent snooped on and photocopied diploma exams and changed student final grades without reason www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbEd #AbLeg
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Sources tell CBC Rachel Notley has told the Alberta NDP caucus she is stepping down as party leader. #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli
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There was a major problem with English 30 diploma exams this week for students who used a new digital platform. And it wasn’t the first time the new system had snafus. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I’m looking to talk to parents of affected teens: Janet.french@cbc.ca
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Also interested to hear your diploma exam stories here. My school wasn’t semestered, and I wrote 8 of them in under two weeks 🤯- back when they were worth 50 of the final grade #Abed #ableg
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Are Alberta’s high school diploma exams still serving the purpose they were intended for? School trustees want the government to review the program to answer that, and other questions www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abed #ableg
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Yes.
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Uggghh typos. Long day.
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Bill 9 (miscellaneous statutes) passes third reading without debate. Cooper thanks legislative assembly staff for their work. There’s a storm warning - maybe don’t drive in it, Cooper says. Schow wishes everyone happy holidays. Moves to adjourn fall sitting. Adjourned until 2024.
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Speaker Cooper says he needs to ask to review the audio and ask parliamentary council for that. He’s not sure the speaker wants to deal with this after midnight. And he’s not sure when the next sitting day. Cooper says it cannot be fairly dealt with this week evening. #ableg
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Gray said the exchange happened tonight just after 9 p.m. she reviewed the video footage and wants Speaker Nathan Cooper to also review the video. A point of privilege is a serious matter, Gray says, and the Speaker agrees it is serious. #ableg
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The NDP is now raising a point of privilege - Opposition House leader Christina Gray says Govt House Leader Joseph Schow heckled an NDP MLA by saying “control her,” and then “deal with her or I will deal with her.” NDP MLA Rakhi Pancholi viewed the comment as a threat, she said. #Ableg #Abpoli
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At, 12:02 am the Alberta legislature passed Bill 2, the Alberta Pension Protection Act. 45 in favour, 32 opposed. The gov’t invoked time allocation today to limit debate to one hour in both committee of the whole and third reading. Background: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #Ableg #AbPoli #CPP
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If the federal carbon tax was eliminated, how would it affect your household finances? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@robsonfletcher.bsky.social finds out #AbLeg #CdnPoli
TLDR: eliminating it would hurt lower-income earners the most.
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Alberta’s premier is putting her sovereignty act to the test with a motion pushing back against federal clean electricity regulations www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - more on CBC TV in #yeg and #yyc at 6 pm today. #Ableg #AbPoli
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Sources say the Alberta government is poised to table its first Sovereignty Act motion next week, in an attempt to push back on the federal draft Clean Energy Regulations www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli by @markusoff.bsky.social
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The Alberta government is actively discussing whether the province should have a policy on how schools respond when a student wants to change their name or pronouns in school.
Critics say the safety of 2SLGBTQ students shouldn't be up for discussion. #AbLeg #AbEd #AbPoli
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The NDP wants the Alberta government to restore public reporting on class sizes, and gather more info about class complexity.
Nuggets:
- Edmonton public schools tracking shows complexity is rising
- Nearly 40% of Edm Catholic schools are over capacity
#AbEd #AbLeg
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CPC leader Pierre Poilievre says Alberta should stay in the CPP; polling suggests 52 per cent of Albertans think withdrawal is a "bad" or "very bad idea." www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #ableg #cdnpoli
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Seniors and their families in Alberta have previously flagged concerns about life lease financing #ableg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta has scant regulation of life leases. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally is now holding roundtables with people waiting for their life lease payouts to examine whether more regulation is needed. It's unclear if this would help people whose money is being withheld now. #ableg
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As @meksmith.bsky.social explains, withholding the money is legal, according to the lease contracts. But it means hundreds of thousands of dollars of seniors' life savings is being withheld when seniors die or move out, with no timeline provided for repayment. #ableg #yeg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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More than 100 families are waiting to recoup seniors' "life leases" from the Christenson Group of Companies -- a major retirement housing provider in Alberta. As the company withholds millions, some families can't settle their deceased parents' estates. #ableg #yeg
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In 2003 (Oof! 20 years ago) the Alberta Commission on Learning devised these recommended class sizes for different grade groups. Hitting these targets has been tricky. #abed #ableg
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