#Ableg News 🧵 14. Former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge attempted to convince Smith her flagship bill will chase away investment. Dodge echoed numerous business advocacy groups, First Nation chiefs, and legal scholars who expressed concern about the bill.
#Ableg News 🧵 15. Smith refused to admit she made a mistake when she snuck a provision that gave her cabinet sweeping power to rewrite laws outside the legislature process. Smith backtracked after first rejecting accusations her bill gave her those powers, but reversed course
#Anleg News 🧵 16. After Notley called Smtih’s Act “groundwork for eventual separation” Smith rejected accusations the bill is a separatist Trojan Horse, saying its intent is in the title. “The name of the bill is Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act” But wait…
#Ableg 17. Barry Cooper. Danielle Smith’s chief architect for her Sovereignty Act said “Canada's Constitution is not a legitimate document”, and “has not safeguarded Alberta's interests within federation” “I want the Constitution to be changed, or we'll have another referendum”
#Ableg News 🧵 19. Alberta makes INTERNATIONAL news again!!! “The Guardian” discussed how Smith’s sovereignty act allows Alberta to ignore federal laws, how Smith faced criticism from within her own party, and conservatives worry will scare off investors and businesses!
#Ableg News 🧵 20. The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations called for Smith’s Sovereignty Act to be withdrawn Chiefs connected with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, Treaty 6 & 7 say the act “infringes on treaty rights” & “amendments aren’t enough”
#Ableg News 🧵 21. Women's shelters turned away 11,546 women & seniors and 6,241 children, because they were full. After Shelters asked for 20% more funds to build spaces; UCP MLA Nixon said he’d instead look at a small salary increase for staff. The UCP froze salaries in 2019
#Anleg News 🧵 22. According to a new report, Smiths re-indexing benefits and a small 6% increase to social assistance DOES NOT cover the 3-years the UCP went without indexation A single parent with 1 child has 25% less purchasing power after paying for rent and food since 2020
#Ableg News 🧵 23. Smith no-showed for the unveiling of Notley’s official portrait for her time as premier Premiers ALWAYS pay respect to past premiers. Notley did it 3x as premier, unveiling portraits of former PC premiers Redford, Hancock & Prentice Smith said she had plans
#Ableg News 🧵 24. Alberta School staff are working triple duty AFTER the UCP created a new regulation forcing school boards to ensure all students have access to in-person learning, no matter how high absences get! LaGrange claimed her decision was based on parental feedback.
#Ableg News 🧵 25. Alberta teachers are seeing an increase in class sizes with greater levels of complexity and diversity of student needs, according to a new survey. 64% of teachers saw an increase in classroom size, while 36% have 30 to 40 students, or more, in their classes