#UCP

[warruins]

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A proposal to stop labelling carbon dioxide as a pollutant and instead celebrate it as a "foundational nutrient for all life on Earth" will be up for debate at the United Conservative Party's (UCP) annual general meeting(opens in a new tab) in November. The resolution, which includes abandoning Alberta’s net-zero targets, flies in the face of the scientific consensus(opens in a new tab) that carbon dioxide emissions created by humans burning fossil fuels is one of the primary drivers of global warming.  The increased temperatures, in turn, cause more frequent and extreme weather(opens in a new tab) like wildfires, floods, heat waves, storms and droughts.  A study published in Nature (opens in a new tab)found the deadly 2021 heat dome in BC that killed more than 619 people was amplified by climate change, and that other events like the fires that tore through Jasper this summer are made more likely and exacerbated by climate change.  The policy resolution put forward by the Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock and Red Deer South constituency associations says the carbon cycle is a biological necessity and "The earth needs more CO2 to support life and to increase plant yields, both of which will contribute to the health and prosperity of all Albertans."

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[genzmilf]

PROTECT TRANS KIDS

I live in Alberta, Canada, which you may have heard is the latest province to introduce their version of "parental rights" legislation.

Here are some of the things our premier, Danielle Smith, promised to do on Wednesday;

mandate teachers report to parents (and ask permission if the child is younger than 16) if a child wants to use a different name/different pronouns in class

mandate permission forms anytime a teacher wants to mention gender or sexual orientation

ban children under the age of 16 from accessing hormones or puberty blockers

ban top & bottom surgery for anyone under the age of 18 (bottom, surgery is already illegal for anyone under 18 in Canada)

ban transgender women from competing in womens sports

These laws have been called "draconian" and were not drafted with consideration from medical, pediatric, or LGBT organizations. Danielle Smith is pandering to the social conservative wing of her party and putting queer kids in danger because of it.

"Parental Rights" are a sham that ignores the lived reality of queer kids.

I've spent the past few days feeling angry and heartbroken, and I wanted to spread awareness and share with my American followers because I haven't seen many news outlets outside of Canada covering this.

[jiminiminycrickerrttt]

The UCP is destroying a beautiful province with beautiful people. Danielle Smith’s rhetoric has been consistently discredited and debunked by experts and educators in almost every field imaginable, saying that her policies will actively cause harm to Albertans, but she does not care.

I hope selling out and tabling all those bills that significantly restrict our rights and freedoms was worth it for that 91.5% approval rating from her party.

But premiers don’t only make policies for their parties. Or even for the people that voted for them. They make decisions for every single person in Alberta, whether they voted, whether they couldn’t vote, literally everybody. Why can’t anyone seem to grasp that?

anyways I’m sad at the direction this province is going in. There are lovely people here, people who don’t spew hateful rhetoric, people just trying to take care of their friends and families. Division is a poison, don’t let politics make you forgo your humanity.

AND PROTECT TRANS KIDS

[ryandjaxon]

If Hydro-Québec is like building your own lemonade stand, Alaska’s fund is like saving your allowance to share with everyone each year. Smart, simple, and fair! #abpoli #alberta #calgary #edmonton #ucp #daniellesmith

[yegactivist]

Pink Slip for Danielle Smith by Paula Kirman

[panicinthestudio]

"Doctors are pushing back against Alberta's COVID-19 task force report. Here's why", Canada Tonight, January 28, 2025

Alberta doctors are pushing back against a report published by the task force created by Alberta's UCP government to review the province's pandemic response, saying it contains misinformation and poses a threat to public health. Canada Tonight medical contributor Dr. Samir Gupta breaks down the implications of this report. CBC News

The UCP using its position to generate medical dis- and misinformation about vaccination and public health measures that slowed the spread of COVID, is not as surprising as it is galling. Not only are they misrepresenting the existing science and data, but also promoting debunked therapies like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine on the public dime. Now they're making recommendations for future policy that deny masks help prevent spread either in the public or in health care settings, and especially for children. The latter is the most troubling because the authors are explicitly pushing back that children were a transmission risk, that they also experience severe outcomes, or that long-term effects of contracting COVID for children and adults alike are still in question.

We were a hotspot in multiple waves because people refused to follow health measures like social distancing and proper masking. Every time they eased early, the explosion of cases put us back where we were with supply and bed shortages. This was further diluted by the UCP's own rush to dismantle testing as soon as it was convenient in the interest of the economy; narrowing the population able to get mRNA boosters despite availability and proven safety; undermining the Alberta Health Service and their own medical experts, including selling off and being forced to buy back public lab services in a span of a year during the pandemic, with existing plans to lean more on private providers and facilities, and worsen existing staffing shortages; and finally courting anti-vaccine, reactionary, and medical science skeptics for political gain. It hasn't even been a full five years, and we are already actively trying to forget the panic for basic supplies, let alone the scramble for respirators and PPE.

This report is ultimately revisionism and denial of the pandemic that many people didn't make it out of, and an insult to all those that tried their best to keep the rest of us healthy at the expense of their own safety. The general public was not asked to do much more than anyone else: keeping distance, observe basic hygiene, mask in public and socially, while avoiding situations and gatherings where transmission is likely. Yes, it changed and disrupted lives but using the pretext of a official report to erase the lessons that were learned the hard way is not a solution, if not dangerous.

[ppcbug]

Due to concerns over Alberta's healthcare protocols and practices for the province's trans youth, Premier Danielle Smith has announced expansive changes that will safeguard and provide clarity to trans and gender diverse youths.

These proposed changes will:

Safeguard children's ability to give informed consent by allowing them to reach adulthood first before accessing gender affirming care.

Providing better collaboration between youth, parents, and medical professionals about receiving gender affirming treatments.

Creating clear guidelines on how teachers are to respectfully acknowledge trans students' identities while also keeping their parents up to date.

Being flexible by allowing parents to opt in or out on school lessons about sensitive topics such as gender identity or human sexuality.

Ensuring inclusive and fair athletic opportunities by creating guidelines on who athletes can compete against.

It's great to see policies that have gone through a consultation process like this one. Regardless of what form these policies will come in, these policies will do wonders in supporting and providing clarity for Alberta's trans and LGBTQ2S+ kids.

As healthcare and education are within provincial jurisdiction I hope the federal government does not mettle or try to put pressure on the provincial government to weaken their stance on these issues that trans children have nothing but to gain from. The People's Party of Canada would respect provincial jurisdiction.

[masonjarhead]

In January 2007, President Bush would announce the deployment of five additional brigades to Iraq, particularly around Baghdad, to help combat a rise in Insurgents. Most of these forces would deploy with the new (at the time) ACU pattern uniforms printed in, the one and only, infamous, beautiful(?), Universal Camoflage Pattern, or UCP. The main focus of the surge was to help establish a democratic government in Iraq that could sustain itself after we left, with a secondary objective of fighting the growing insurgent threat.

[havok777]

Listen/purchase: Shitegeist by Massesect

[allthecanadianpolitics]

According to a new study by EKOS, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre is projected to lose his seat in Parliament in Canada’s next federal election. Poilievre currently represents the Ottawa riding of Carleton. The study finds the Liberals polling at 50%, followed by the Conservatives at 35% and the NDP at 7%. The Liberals are projected to win 251 seats, followed by the Conservatives with 90 seats. According to 338Canada, the odds of a Liberal victory in the coming election are 97%.

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[the-quotable-alberta-hansard]

May 6, 2025

Mr. Hunter: If the federal Liberals shut down our ability to be the economic engine of Canada, how will we maintain our Alberta advantage? We won’t, and perhaps that’s why the Liberals are doing it. There’s a term for that kind of behaviour. It’s called having a bad case of the Oedipus complex.

[genzmilf]

"Puberty blockers can't be started at 18 when youth have already developed: experts"

YEAH NO SHIT

THEYRE PUBERTY BLOCKERS, NOT ADULTHOOD BLOCKERS

[kaedyn--mac]

It's true.

[pachamama-radio]

Crece preocupación: Millonaria inversión del PIA Juliaca en riesgo denuncia dirigente

El Proyecto Integral de Agua y Alcantarillado (PIA) en Juliaca enfrenta graves irregularidades que podrían resultar en la pérdida de más de 1,706 millones de soles. Iniciado el 16 de abril de 2024, el proyecto, financiado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), debería concluir en 2029. Sin embargo, errores críticos cometidos por la Unidad Coordinadora de Proyecto (UCP) han puesto en riesgo su ejecución.

La primera fase del proyecto, con una inversión de 5 millones de soles iniciada en septiembre de 2024, debería haber concluido el 22 de enero de 2025. No obstante, solo registra un avance del 63.80%, requiriendo una ampliación de plazo hasta el 20 de abril de 2025. Esta demora incumple la programación original, lo que podría llevar a una nueva solicitud de ampliación.

Eusebio Chunga Cabrera, presidente de la Central de Barrios de Juliaca, expresó su preocupación: «Estamos muy preocupados por el tema de agua y desagüe en Juliaca». Señaló que el incumplimiento de los compromisos del gobierno central afecta el desarrollo integral de la ciudad, especialmente en las 217 urbanizaciones que deberían beneficiarse del proyecto.

Chunga Cabrera destacó que los compromisos adoptados el 30 y 31 de marzo de 2023, incluyendo un préstamo de 700 millones de dólares para el PIA, el drenaje pluvial y el PTAR, están siendo retrasados. «Todos estos proyectos hasta este momento están siendo retrasados de la programación que nos han dado», afirmó, señalando una responsabilidad compartida entre las autoridades y la UCP.

El retraso en la ejecución del proyecto supera ya más de un año. Según Chunga Cabrera, «ya ha debido estar ejecutando la segunda, tercera y cuarta etapa». La licitación, que debería haberse realizado el año anterior, aún no se ha concretado, lo que evidencia una grave falla en la gestión de la UCP.

La UCP ha sido señalada por no cumplir con su responsabilidad de formar una entidad de asesoramiento técnico y normativo, así como por no conformar la PMO, unidad encargada de la licitación de las etapas del proyecto. «La UCP está haciendo esa licitación en forma directa, cosa que no le corresponde directamente a ellos», denunció Chunga Cabrera.

Estas irregularidades podrían resultar en la intervención de la Contraloría, el Ministerio Público y el Órgano de Control Institucional (OCI), lo que podría llevar a la suspensión o paralización del proyecto. «Si hay una intervención de la Contraloría, corremos el riesgo de que se suspenda o se paralice y se revise todo esto», advirtió Chunga Cabrera.

El proyecto, considerado el más grande en la historia del saneamiento en Perú, beneficiaría a más de 370 mil personas en la provincia de San Román. Sin embargo, la falta de transparencia y las irregularidades en la gestión de la UCP han generado desconfianza entre los dirigentes y la población.

Chunga Cabrera también denunció la falta de información y la posible confabulación entre los dirigentes y los funcionarios de la UCP. «No nos dan información. Hay información de que los miembros de este UCP, a lo menos el 50%, no cumplen con el perfil», afirmó, señalando que los dirigentes han denunciado oportunamente estas irregularidades.

El Ministerio de Vivienda, Construcción y Saneamiento (MVCS) ha iniciado el proceso de licitación pública internacional para las Etapas II, III y IV del PIA. Sin embargo, la falta de transparencia y las irregularidades en la gestión de la UCP podrían poner en riesgo la ejecución de este proyecto crucial para el desarrollo de Juliaca.

Juliaca

via https://pachamamaradio.org/crece-preocupacion-millonaria-inversion-del-pia-juliaca-en-riesgo-denuncia-dirigente/

[yegactivist]

Stop the UCP by Paula Kirman