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"When we see a policy designed to achieve some social or ecological goal it's instantly offset by all of the things working against it. We're always just banging our head against the wall. We need to look to the common denominator or the root cause of our problems and how they intersect."

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"There's a window of opportunity here. We're in a pretty bad way & people are feeling that. We're living it. We need to do something differently & I think there's a visceral sense of that. People are suffering. People are struggling. People are having trouble seeing the future. We need real change."

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"The #WellbeingEconomy is an umbrella term for an alternative to #neoliberal capitalism. It's not just one thing.At its core, a wellbeing economy is an economy that explicitly places all people, all living things and our planet at the centre rather than the other way around."

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"Our 'rich get richer' economic system concentrates wealth & power to a massive extent. We're NOT all in this together. One class of people can buy their way out of anything. You can barely imagine a more toxic thing to do to community solidarity & democracy but that's exactly what we've done."

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" #TaxCuts for very rich people leads to less revenue then cuts to the public sector. This is presented as being 'inevitable' but it's a choice which leads to a decline in quality & accessibility of public services. Then governments swoop in to offer #privatization as a viable alternative."

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In the hot minute I've been taking a social media hiatus plenty has happened. Including Alberta's provincial government meddling in municipal affairs. Again.

🚴 Bike lanes hate this time.

Not a cent of provincial money went to building Edmonton's bike lanes, Dreeshan is still upset about them because the province "provides funding for other municipal roads".

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thecanadianpressnews.caAlberta transportation minister wants bike lanes gone, critics say stay in your laneEDMONTON - Alberta's transportation minister is calling on the province's two major cities to remove bike lanes from key roadways, prompting critics to say the government is overstepping and making
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Signs can be picked up the CCH Office (223 12th Ave SW) on Mondays from 12-5pm. Alternatively, reach out to email admin@calgaryclimatehub.ca to arrange something that works for you! #yyc

"Deregulation of the industries is what allows #OilAndGas companies to do pretty much whatever they want, take the profits & leave a mess behind without any real consequences. Political parties often campaign on #TaxCuts but what they usually mean is tax cuts for very rich people."

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"Capitalism's defining feature is that most economic activity (meaning production, consumption & distribution) takes place in the private sector with the goal of accumulating private profit. The goal isn't to support human or planetary well-being. It's to accumulate private profit"

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