Iโm not here much. But am still an opinionated Canadian, living in Alberta. Committed to family, faith, inclusion and integrity.
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While I commend this decision, I fear it leaves the position open to a person with less integrity, who is beholden to the UCP.
It looks like no judges are willing to destroy their reputations by involving themselves in the UCP's illegitimate gerrymandering scheme.
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The problem is, this Premier sheaths petards by legislating her government out of pickles. Itโs going to take decades to return our Province to a democracy.
May 16
Sheโs in a political pickle hoisted on her own referendum petard.
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โI can confirm David Parker is not cooperating with the investigation and has refused to sign a statutory declaration confirming he will comply with my direction to cease and desist with respect to the list of electors,โ Gordon McClure, Albertaโs chief electoral officer.โ Classy.
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Random Hansard tidbit.
Even if you heard or saw Premier Smith encouraging Mr. Nenshi to go to the AI Academy (Regarding Electoral Boundaries) in the official Legislature recording, you wonโt find it in Hansard, because it was considered sarcastic or insubstantial.
Apr 23
Hansard, the official record of what is said in the legislature confirms...
Danielle Smith said:
"weโre very, very hopeful that more women will take us up on paying for this option because early diagnosis means early treatment."
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Jennifer Diakiw ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Conservatives ๐ต: you guys arenโt doing anything!
Liberals ๐ด: hereโs the twenty new trade and security deals weโve signed.
๐ต: just paper, where are the results?
๐ด: the share of exports heading to non-U.S. markets has increased by about 40%.
๐ต: means nothing if it doesnโt help people.
๐ด: agree, and in the past year wages have grown faster than inflation every month.
๐ต: not everyone is seeing that wage growth.
๐ด: it's true - which is why weโve introduced targeted support such as the groceries and essentials benefit while the growth spreads more broadly.
๐ต: we canโt afford those programs.
๐ด: theyโre temporary, and the IMF just said Canada has the best fiscal position in the G7.
๐ด: there's lots more work to do, no-one is spiking the ball, and not everything is going or will go perfectly - but we're going to keep building a strong Canada for all.
๐ต: [slinks off to cherry-pick data and complain about the last PM]
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Refuting misinformation is tiresome.
Apr 20
Clip of Carney saying he would use emergency powers against Alberta separatists is doctored nationalnewswatch.com/2026/0โฆ #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch
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Apr 19
So true.
We have a h/c crisis because we don't have enough MD's. It takes 5-10 years to train one.
Rather than trying to turn all of us into MD's and make diag companies rich we should invest in training/supporting more MD's.
Apr 19
If the AB government is offering Bill 29 so that people who don't have primary care should be able to order their own medical tests, I have a better idea. FIX THE PRIMARY CARE GAP IN AB. Other provinces like Ontario and BC are doing it.
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Jennifer Diakiw ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
This child needs to be removed from politics because they need to learn to self regulate, let's do that too. You can earn your way into inclusion, but you can earn your way out of it too..."
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Another first for Alberta. So proud.
Apr 19
This isn't complicated.
The independent process that every province (including AB) always uses drew a map, after extensive consultation.
Smith is tossing that map out and will ask her own party's MLAs to draw a new one, without any public consultation.
It's gerrymandering.
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Premier - if you insist on quoting Premier Lougheed โ donโt just cherry pick phrases to support your position. It reminds me of people who quote partial passages of the Bible to support their transgressions.
Three more things Peter Lougheed said about using the notwithstanding clause:
1โฃ "A simple majority does not appear adequate."
2โฃ "In my mind, [pre-empting judicial review] is undemocratic."
3โฃ โI would hope that the notwithstanding clause would be used very, very rarely.โ
Unfortunately, the Alberta government invoked the notwithstanding clause four times in the last year, each time pre-emptively, and each time with a simple majority, rather than the higher 60% threshold Lougheed preferred.
Nobody is suggesting removing the notwithstanding clause. There are complicated constitutional issues at play but it is inaccurate and misleading to imply Peter Lougheed would support its use in a way he explicitly said he opposed.
The courts are the appropriate place for these arguments.
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The UCPโs blatant disregard for legislative institutions and the voice of a majority of Albertans is incredulous.
It is not the increase from 89 to 91 that is problematic. It is this part of the motion. Throwing out the Electoral Boundaries Commission (and all of their work) and instead creating a new committee of MLAs with a new advisory panel.
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Not just a friend, but a relative.
โAlberta Justice Minister set new limits for election regulator when his friend, Sam Mraiche, was under investigationโ
And, then he granted himself immunity from the Law Societyโs oversight.
We need a full public inquiry into this matter.
#AbLeg
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The article also mentions the Minister is related to Mr. Mraiche.
Apr 7
SCOOP: Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery curtailed Elections Alberta's power to penalize when Sam Mraiche was under investigation.
theglobeandmail.com/appview/โฆ w @tom_cardoso
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The reports are on-line. I found it encouraging that the Chair of the commission wrote a response to the minority report in his report. It can be the resource for your letters to the Premier. ๐
Apr 6
The whole editorial boundaries commission might seem like an extremely boring technical nothingburger...
But as we heard from Political Scientist Dr Duane Bratt on our latest episode...
The stakes are about as high as they've ever been for democracy in Alberta.
#abpoli #ableg
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Just a few articles worth reading in the G&M
โข Alberta construction company alleges Sam Mraiche played hidden role in building of addiction sitesโจโข Police search offices of Sam Mraiche-owned firm โจโข Accounting firm owned by Smith government appointee searched by RCMP โจ. . .
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Danielle Smith seeking national-security clearance from Canadaโs spy service
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Nenshi's got some game on this one
Mar 19
Why is Danielle Smith accepting private jets and luxury hotel stays worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from a foreign government?
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"Choosing to divert money to independent school capital projects at a time the government is facing a deficit budget is baffling, said Wing Li, communications director for Support Our Students (SOS) Alberta, a public education advocacy organization."
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The math doesn't lie.
Danielle Smith spent $17 million on "Alberta is Calling" to recruit new residents. But spent $0 on the infrastructure to support them.
Now that the bills are due and the services are failing, sheโs pointing the finger at the very people she invited. #ableg
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