#ucpe

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A right-wing media personality from Alberta went viral this weekend for all the wrong reasons after posting a video on social media from inside a public washroom at the Ottawa International Airport.

Derek Fildebrandt, the Publisher of the right-wing Western Standard media outlet, recorded himself exploring a public washroom before boarding a flight home to Calgary after this weekend’s conservative Canada Strong and Free Network conference.

Six different people are visible in the background of the video — half of whose faces are identifiable — while Fildebrandt criticizes the presence of a menstrual product dispenser in a men’s washroom.

At one point, one washroom user can also briefly be seen using a urinal. [...]

Fildebrandt, a former MLA with Alberta’s United Conservative Party, says he has no regrets despite creating obvious privacy issues for other washroom users. [...]

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Tagging: @newsfromstolenland, @abpoli, @vague-humanoid

[smokeweedeattherich]

I saw this going around on reddit but not tumblr so I figured I'd share it here.

The image was posted by Danielle herself and can be seen here. This symbol is associated with Liberty Fund, a far right American think tank that credits themselves as partially responsible for Ronald Reagans presidential campaign.

Danielle has claimed that it's not related and is the cuneiform symbols for "freedom" and "liberty", but ask yourself, do you really trust her to tell the truth? She's revised her campaign promises multiple times, continues to condone private healthcare despite signing a measure to protect public healthcare. I'm just saying it wouldn't be a stretch to guess she might be funded by them, afterall she has some pretty damn uncanadian ideas that parallel those across the border.

[lizbean99]

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.

[fireladybuckley]

I don’t usually get too political on this blog, but…

If you’re from Alberta, for the love of all that is good in humanity, please go and VOTE.

Danielle Smith wants to privatize healthcare, remove funding from programs that actively help people, blames late stage cancer diagnosis patients for not noticing their condition sooner, among numerous other terrible things. And true to the usual UCP bull, she cares more about money and oil and trades more than the actual people of the province.

She is a huge admirer of Ron DeSantis and thinks he’s doing a great job, which I’m sure anyone from the US and especially Florida can tell you is NOT a good thing!!

Please… if you want a premier that at least cares about people and not just money, vote NDP.

Rachel Notley is far from perfect, but she is a hell of a lot better than the alternative. She at least actually cares about people, and cares about the marginalized in our society. She may not balance the budget, but she will fund education, healthcare and other important things, rather than funnelling everything into a dying economy and ignoring the citizens struggling.

If you don’t want hate and cold disregard to rule our province for the next 4 years, vote NDP. Liberal, Green and any other party don’t stand a chance. This is UCP vs NDP, period.

Vote orange if you care about the people around you.

Thanks for listening. Let’s all cross our fingers that tonight’s vote isn’t the start of rights being taken away. 🤞🏻🤞🏻

[sleepis4theweak]

This is bean my bitty/mini me. she has a gift for you :3

Thank you for letting us live in your walls :3❤️

btw the mug is for size comparison lol

[vuutarros]

@crechum and I were at this rally today. My girlfriend and I had to drive past in our attempt to find parking, and I was shocked at the turnout. (I don't do very well with large crowds and wasn't sure I'd be able to be there after that, but I managed to stay through the whole thing with Val's help.)

It was amazing to see so many people out in support of trans youth. They had elders from the local 2 Spirit groups out to speak, as well as politicians from the provincial and national levels, local queer groups, and even the ATA.

I cried during the St Albert OutLoud leader's speech on queer joy, on the queer joy of the kids and teens they get to see in their programs. It was so amazing to hear, I love that these kids get to have these experiences and hate that hatemongers like Smith want to take that away.

There's another rally tomorrow (Sunday Feb 4) at the legislature grounds from 12-2, but unfortunately can't make it to that one. I encourage any who can to do so.

Some people were surprised to see a policy like this coming out, but I'm a bit of a pessimist and am only surprised it took this long, I've been expecting this the New Brunswick bill back in June.

There's a federal petition that's been put out in support of trans rights below.

And trans.rights.yeg on Instagram has a letter writing campaign for Albertans below.

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[matchestopetrol]

So my province has decided to go full anti- trans and it’s complete bullshit.

The premiere is a fucking liar and instead of actually focusing on things that will make Albertans lives better she has decided to target the most vulnerable.

Never mind that we’re headed to drought and a massive fire season and that Albertans are having troubles finding places to live and struggling to feed ourselves.

This bigotry needs to be rejected at every step and my fellow Canadians need to be vigilant, we cannot allow our fellow Canadians to lose their ability to feel safe.

Fuck Danielle smith and fuck the UCP

Oh and here’s a bigots are conference that she attended

[fairandfatalasfair]

source

The condescending weaseling-around here is fucking infuriating. "We're requiring schools to out trans kids to their parents, but no worries! we have a child welfare system to deal with the inevitable resulting abuse!"

"Sure it might seem inappropriate for me to dictate to doctors what medical care they can provide but I'm just not personally comfortable with it! and isn't my comfort what matters?!"

Fuck this woman and the horse she rode in on.

[the-quotable-alberta-hansard]

April 8, 2024

Mr. Horner: The federal carbon tax is a punitive tax, as the member said. It is trying to incentivize a change in behaviour. They want you to drive less.

[lesbiansagainsttheatre]

my stomach is turning at the ucp lead right now i really thought more albertans had realized how bad danielle smith is i’m so on edge tonight

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A Plains Cree physician who practices family medicine in Alberta says it’s shameful that Conservative Premier Danielle Smith is playing politics with transgender issues.

“It’s really important to know that people don’t do this [gender affirmation] lightly,” said Dr. James Makokis, who identifies as Two-Spirit and works directly with trans patients. “It is something that they’ve known their entire life.

“And clinicians do thorough assessments of ensuring that people when they say they’re trans, they’re trans and we just ensure that there’s not medical contra-indications to doing so and there is a thorough assessment process of that.”

On Wednesday, Smith announced a number of policy changes on social media that will restrict medical access to those seeking gender affirmation therapy – especially transgender youth.

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[dwelling-on-downtowns]

[canadianabroadvery]

A new bill would give the Alberta government more power over municipalities, including granting cabinet the power to remove councillors from office, and forcing councils to repeal bylaws the province doesn't like. 

Bill 20, the Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment, was tabled in the legislature Thursday afternoon. 

[alienscumbag]

That being said SHOUT OUT TO EDMONTON for having completely NDP elected ridings!

[mistress-of-words]

[vuutarros]

Fantastic

A little bit ago, we all just got emergency alerts that there may be rolling blackouts in Alberta due to the the cold weather and the high electricity demand that comes with it.

Too bad we never got those natural gas power stations that Danielle Smith closed all the green energy projects in protest for. Or ya know, those green energy projects that got shuttered

@abpoli @allthecanadianpolitics