https://calgarysun.com/opinion/columnists/bell-alberta-independence-vote-ucp-insider-says-people-want-say?tbref=hp
“The chattering classes, the know-it-alls, the look-down-their-noses self-styled smart set will slime anyone thinking about Alberta independence or even wanting to chew over the issue.
Schow is not impressed.
“I’m trying to find a word stronger than disrespectful but it is so disrespectful,” says Schow.
“This isn’t one small ideological group that feels alienated by Ottawa.
“These are doctors, these are dentists, these are pharmacy owners, these are farmers, these are teachers and they all feel very strongly about the way they’ve been treated by Ottawa.”
“There are very level-headed smart people I know who have strong opinions about this.
“For journalists in Ottawa or politicians in Ottawa to write op-eds about this group of people they think are uneducated or lack any couth, they fail to understand just because you’re in Ottawa and part of the Laurentian elite doesn’t mean you know everything.”
Schow talks about those coming home from work, turning on the TV and listening to talking heads and they’re talking about you as some kind of backyard country hillbilly.
“It couldn’t be more offensive.”
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https://x.com/Martyupnorth/status/2039344819299070401
A B.C. senior is speaking out after a simple trip to an emergency department last year, she says, took an unsettling turn.
For 83-year-old Miriam Lancaster, the experience started as she was getting out of bed one morning.
“I put my foot on the floor and had such excruciating and unusual pain that I called out,” said Lancaster.
Paramedics rushed Lancaster to Vancouver General Hospital, but when she arrived, she claims the initial treatment offered to her by a young doctor came as a shock.
“The admitting staff in the ER had whistled me into a bed, and she was the first medical person questioning me, and that’s where it all started,” said Lancaster.
She says the doctor began asking about medical assistance in dying (MAID).
“And I thought MAID? Good heavens, surely not MAID. And I wouldn’t take MAID under any circumstances.”
Lancaster’s daughter, Jordan Weaver, says her mother did not have a terminal condition.
“My mum is in wonderful health; we just wanted ...