Lise Gotell
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Professor, UAlberta. Phd Canadian Politics. Political junkie. I write about sexual assault law & women's equality. I block bots.
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When I started my job at UofA as a single parent, my
#childcare
costs = 1/3 of my monthly pay. I took on debt just to meet living costs. Took years to climb out of that hole. Publicly-funded childcare is essential for women's economic participation & for economic growth.
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I am almost 60 and have paid into CPP since I was 18. Vote the right way Alberta! I don't want to lose my stable, well-managed, national pension.
#Ableg
#FireTheUCP
#WomenAgainstUCP
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My kid is all grown, and I paid for his
#childcare
myself...I am happy to use my tax dollars so that other women don't have to go through the same struggle.
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I'll say it again: making people anxiously wait for bad news is a classic tactic of coercive control.
#ableg
#FireKenney
#covid19AB
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Hey
#ableg
media. Someone needs to ask
@CMOH_Alberta
why second dose rollout is on pause while thousands appointments are going unfilled.
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Bernier just arrived to speak to a packed house at a church in Spruce Grove, Alberta.
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Who joins me in asking that the Vice-Chair of the Safe Consumption Site Review Panel who charged $3500 in mileage for a single un-receipted trip from BC to Calgary be asked to repay this claim?
#ableg
@jkenney
@jasonluan88
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Got blocked by my Premier today.
@ABDanielleSmith
.
Didn't she say only a few days ago that she only blocks accounts that are abusive?
How exactly have I been abusive? Political critique is not abuse. This violates my Charter expression rights. 1/4
#ableg
#CdnPoli
#lawtwitter
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Ron Orr, who believes
@jkenney
is a leader "raised up by God," now Minister of Culture responsible for the Status of Women.
#UnderHisEye
#ableg
#CdnPoli
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So
@jkenney
held a press conference at a bar (bad enough!) that used to be the Huskey House restaurant where
#ResignSeanChu
picked up and fondled a 16-year-old girl. WTAF!
#misogyny
#SexualViolence
#AbLeg
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#HappyDominionDay
is Canada’s version of raising the Confederate Flag. It hearkens back to a colonial version of Canadian identity based on Britishness. It is anti-Indigenous, anti-Quebec and anti-multicultural.
#HappyCanadaDay
#cdnpoli
@ableg
Happy Dominion Day! I'll be missing the parades that I usually go to, but still proudly celebrating this great country.
#CanadaDay2020
#shpk
#fortsask
#cdnpoli
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Until
#ResignSeanChu
happens, I plan to make it my personal mission to ensure that this hashtag continues to trend. He should not be sworn in to
#yyccc
. Thank you
@JyotiGondek
.
#ableg
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For those not from Alberta commenting on
@jkenney
, Albertans will not forget their "St. Tropez" Premier jetting off to Europe and leaving no one in charge while Albertans died.
#BestSummerEver
#ableg
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This circus is happening in Edmonton, where we have just learned that hospitals do not have the resources to properly feed and care for pre-term infants in NICU.
#shame
#UCP
#ableg
Can't wait to host over 1300 people tonight at our second annual Edmonton Leader's Dinner with
@abdaniellesmith
! Grateful for the outpouring of support. Looking forward to seeing everyone!
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Since I’m doing the dry(ish) 2022 thing, I’ve been embracing the British hot dink before bed thing. Tonight Ovaltine. Very pleasant.
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Hey,
@jkenney
, roll out those boosters and release the rapid tests. The Omicron wave is coming.
#AbLeg
#Covid19Ab
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My lovely father Elwood died last Friday, while I was away in Italy. Just got home last night after 22 hours of travelling. I am completely exhausted.
To Elwood. May he rest in peace now.
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If I sexually assaulted a minor (aka "foreplay" at gunpoint), I think I'd accept that a future career in electoral politics was pretty much unavailable.
#ResignSeanChu
#ableg
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Can someone explain how this is not discriminatory on the basis age and family status? I mean, if alleviating affordability crisis is the purpose, why does it matter whether someone has children or is over 65?
#ableg
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My 26-year-old son just got hit with an Epcor bill 3X the amount he normally pays. I gave him a little political education about why this happened.
#ableg
#firetheUCP
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Workers in homeless shelters = not critical workers, ineligible for benefit. Workers in car dealerships (big
#UCP
donors in last election) = critical workers.
#UCPCorruption
#ableg
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I've spent much of my entire career researching and engaging in activism on
#violenceagainstwomen
. This is just laughable. Where are those with actual frontline and lived experience on this task force?
#ableg
Alberta should be a place where people can live safely, free from exploitation and coercion. Sadly, human trafficking exists in our province, and it is our duty to bring these human rights violations to light and do more to protect those at risk.
#ableg
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#ableg
@JustinTrudeau
@AdrianaLaGrange
just confirmed that federal COVID funding will be funnelled to charter and private schools.
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@TracyAllardAB
's press conference in a nutshell -- "I am sorry you FEEL that I have betrayed your trust, but we go to Hawaii every year."
#ableg
#alohagate
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Alberta's rate of gun related homicide is the highest by far of any province. In 2020, it was 1.69 per 100,000, almost three times that of Ontario. Being a pro-gun province is great, isn’t it?
#ableg
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If Alberta were Ontario, we'd be reporting more than 8000 new cases today with a 12% positivity rate. SOS! We have no government.
#FireKenney
#ableg
#Covid19AB
#onpoli
#cdnpoli
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@AB_MD_WarRoom
@muffins135
Why should I be compelled to wear glasses when I drive? It's my medical choice to see the world the way I want to see it.
#antiglasses
#ableg
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Something I used to admire about
#Cdnpoli
-- we were respectful about politicians private lives.
Example -- critics & media stayed out of former Premier Jason Kenney's private life.
#ableg
Let's extend the same respect to
@JustinTrudeau
during a difficult time for his family.
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When my kid was in school, he got bullied because he had two moms.
Under Premier Dani's new policies, the principal would have had to have parents "opt in" to having their children to being told not to bully kids based upon the sexual orientation of their parents.
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"The Alberta government is looking to contract out medical procedures such as MASTECTOMIES, hernia repair and some GYNAECOLOGICAL procedures to private providers with the aim of lowering wait times." Another move that unfairly targets women and gender minorities.
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There is no way the UCP should be taking credit for the $10 a childcare program.
Alberta women have been left poorer and less equal by the UCP.
From my recent chapter in Anger and Angst:
#WomenAgainstUCP
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Even the Matts are strangely silent. Is the rumour about an outbreak in
@jkenney
’s office true?
#WhereisKenney
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Hey Siri, show me an international embarrassment.
#ableg
Premier cites feds in explanation for moratorium on new wind and solar projects
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Rich folks who paid $500 a plate for dinner cheering the clearing of encampments. Neoliberalism in a soundbite.
#ableg
#UCP
EXCLUSIVE: The Progress Report has obtained audio of Premier Smith's address to the Ranchmen's Club at an exclusive black-tie event held on Feb. 15. The assembled Calgary business elite applaud Smith as she brags abouts about tearing down encampments in inner city Edmonton.
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#ableg
Just received an email from the Deputy Minister of Justice rescinding my appointment to the Provincial Court Nominating Committee. It seems to have been a mass email and was not even personalized. How classy Minister Schweitzer
@doug_schweitzer
!
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Remember how our fiscally responsible
#UCP
government spent $50m on fake Dr. Oz Tylenol to own the Trudeau Liberals? Vote wisely
#ableg
My 4-year-old is in the hospital tonight. She has a fever and is in pain. The nurse tried to give her Tylenol. She couldn’t tolerate it. They said it’s the Tylenol from Turkey and “it disgusting” and kids aren’t tolerating it. I was then told to go pick up my own Tylenol….
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If you wanted to save money, would you cut the Legislative Library or the useless $30m War Room?
#ableg
#UCPincompetence
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Breaking:
@jkenney
refuses PMJT's help with
#covid19ab
crisis but accepts Sophie Gregoire's offer of a yoga class for stressed out
#ucp
caucus.
#abeg
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IFR mask contract is the
#UCP
#We
. It is a
#conflictofinterest
to award $2m+ sole source contract to a donor.
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Having essentially no plan for a safe return for school,
@AdrianaLaGrange
was finally embarrassed into buying some PPE for schools. The sanitizer purchased has been recalled by Health Canada because it contains tech grade ethanal & is DANGEROUS FOR CHILDREN.
#ableg
#abed
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If you love books so much, why are you shutting down the Alberta Government Library?
#ableg
Today is
#WorldBookandCopyrightDay
, a day to celebrate books and reading. Promoting literacy has always been a passion of mine & I have enjoyed sharing my love for books and reading during my time as a
@CalgaryReads
volunteer. The power of books is truly remarkable
#abpoli
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#ableg
@doug_schweitzer
"purged the entire committee that vets potential provincial court judges and recruited new members through a closed process that experts say is outdated and increases the chance of partisan appointments to the court."
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Leaving $1b of federal funds on table for $10 a day
#childcare
hurts Alberta families and our economy. Hard working Albertans will leave the province, and the rest of us will be paying for affordable childcare programs in other provinces through our fed taxes.
#ableg
#cdnpoli
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Explain to working families why the
#UCP
are leaving billions of federal funding on the table for $10 per day daycare and why Albertans will be paying taxes to fund affordable childcare in other provinces.
#ableg
Access to child care is essential for our economic recovery. That’s why
@YourAlberta
is investing in high quality child care that meets the needs of Alberta’s parents.
Read more here:
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This is the tweet that got me blocked by our Minister of Justice on
#InternationalWomensDay
. Hey Tyler baby, politicians need to expect political disagreement. This is not a reason to block someone on social media.
#WomenAgainstUCP
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Hey Siri, what is the definition of tone deaf?
#ableg
I was honoured to tap the keg this weekend at the ‘Oldstoberfest’ in Olds. What a wonderful celebration of merging Bavarian 🇩🇪 🥨 and Western 🤠 🍻 culture! I hope everyone is having a wonderful time.
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The evidence is clear
@jkenney
. The best way to promote economic growth is to invest in affordable, accessible
#childcare
for Alberta women and families.
#ableg
#cdnpoli
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We live in a Christo-fascist province that opposes publicly-funded contraception.
#ableg
#CdnPoli
#UCP
Without even knowing the specifics, the UCP have already decided they’ll opt out of the pharmacare program that includes coverage for contraceptives and diabetes medication.
Imagine being so ideological that you’d choose owning the Libs over the healthcare of your citizens.
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#RecallKenney
By the time 2023 comes around, Alberta is going to be worse off than during the depression. We need to stop the
#UCP
assault on health care, education and postsecondary education.
#ableg
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This guy would happily force a woman to carry a fetus against her will but is apoplectic about the federal government acting in its own area of jurisdiction.
#ableg
The federal government has no right to trespass on private land.
We need strong leadership in this province.
As Premier, I will ensure Alberta landowners are protected and our laws are enforced.
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@ABDanielleSmith
@calgarysun
You obviously never took a course in fiscal federalism in your Econ degree. If you want to be treated like Quebec, you’re going to have to increase taxation rates in Alberta to fund much more generous social service system.
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@demetriosnAB
With bigots spewing hatred towards the LGBTQ community today, this is NOT the message you should be issuing. I am a proud LGBTQ Albertan. I have a 28-year old son. Not all families are heterosexual.
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I'll say it again: making someone wait on pins and needles is a classic tactic of coercive control.
#ableg
#Covid19ab
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