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Tag Archives: Bill 9
About Those Ear Plugs…
Sigh. I expected to spend the next four years writing letters to my MLA, Doug Schweitzer, but I didn’t think the first one would be about ear plugs. But we play the cards we’re dealt so here goes. Dear Hon. … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta Health Care, Crime and Justice, Employment, Politics and Government
Tagged Bill 9, Civility, Doug Schweitzer, Ear Plugs, Jason Kenney
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Mr Kenney Runs Away
The last two weeks have been particularly tiring for Mr Kenney, the leader of the UCP, he spent most of it running away. Mr Kenney hightailed it out of the Legislature, not once but six times, to avoid debating Bill … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Government
Tagged Bill 24, Bill 9, Grassroots Guarantee, Jason Kenney, Lake of Fire, UCP Convention 2018
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The UCP Runs Away from the Bubble Zone
Last week the NDP government introduced Bill 9 which will create a 50-metre bubble zone of safety and privacy for women accessing healthcare, including abortions and other reproductive health services,* in Calgary and Edmonton. Jason Kenney and the UCP caucus … Continue reading