Proud father of three. President of the Alberta Federation of Labour. My job is to stand up for Alberta workers. RESIST! afl.org/action-pages/resist/
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May 22
The headline news from Smith’s address is that she’s going to keep the separatist dream alive. But the equally important subplot is that she revealed her long-term goal. She wants “provincial rights” so she can make Alberta look less like Canada and more like Trump’s America.
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A Death Knell for the West Coast Pipeline
...and Premier Danielle Smith's fantasy of doubling Alberta's oil production.
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Danielle Smith said that if Albertans collected enough signatures, she would allow a referendum on coal mining in the Rockies. Now that Albertans have collected more than that number, it looks like she’s reneging on that promise. She’ll help the separatists, but obstruct others.
Danielle Smith almost 1 year ago committed to having a referendum on coal mining if the signatures were collected…
We’re betting somewhere a comms person is wordsmithing a “yeah, but she didn’t say when” response…
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Also, this notion that she has no choice but to allow the mines to proceed because we’d have to pay out billions to compensate coal companies if we blocked it is pure bs. Canadian governments have well established rights to expropriate private property.
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Smith, herself, used those rights to extinguish the claims of 400,000 Alberta pensioners when they wanted to sue AIMco for losing $2.1 billion of their savings in the VOLTS debacle. Smith could use the same powers to extinguish the coal company claims. She just chooses not to.
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How much of Musk’s wealth comes from government help? Virtually all of it ctvnews.ca/world/article/how…
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Jun 12
Cardinal Zuppi read the names of every child who passed away in Gaza. It took him 7 hours.
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UCP’s ‘independent advisory panel’ on Alberta secession costs is likely to defend Canada on separatist terms. albertapolitics.ca/2026/06/u… #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Excessively concentrated wealth leads to a small number of individuals having outsized power over the rest of us.
It is a dangerous externality, and taxing dangerous externalities is basic economics.
Jun 12
Those who celebrate @elonmusk's $1 trillion fortune need to be reminded of a simple and vital truth:
That there is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy.
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Jun 12
Sheila Copps: Danielle Smith will have a tough time convincing Albertans that she believes in Canada, since she has been the main proponent of her party’s path to departure.
By @Sheila_Copps #cdnpoli
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Jun 12
An Alberta man… appears to have died by suicide after sending a lengthy message to government officials, media and advocates criticizing the transition from AISH to a new disability program.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/m…
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Israel has continued to attack Lebanon, despite Iran saying it was included in a potential memorandum of understanding with the US. Fresh forced displacement orders were issued on Saturday, following Israeli bombardment throughout Friday night on towns and villages in the south.
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Jun 13
Israel is blowing up entire villages in Lebanon, killing 200 to 300 civilians every 48-96 hours, calling it a ceasefire, with absolutely no consequences.
Israel is killing so many Lebanese so regularly that the world has lost interest. Just like has lost interest in Gaza.
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Jun 12
The UCP have put together the "Alberta Panel Super Group™️" to find the cost of separation!
The heavy hitters are back, including Ted Morton who once said "If you just isolate the economics, a separate Alberta would be financially better off.""
Fun!
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Jun 13
Danielle Smith appointed Jack Mintz to a panel making the economic case to remain in Canada. The same Jack Mintz who said Alberta has more reason to Albexit than Britain did for Brexit.
It’s just another example of Danielle Smith emboldening and empowering the very people who want to tear our country apart.
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Jun 12
You can’t make this stuff up. Danielle Smith has appointed right-wing academic Jack Mintz to chair a panel that will look into the pros and cons of separatism. Mintz has previously argued that “Albexit” makes sense. And, Smith wants us to believe she’s opposed to separation. 😡
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Here are a few excerpts from a column Mintz wrote about Alberta leaving Canada. He hates many of the things Canada stands for (eg. public health care). The arsonists want us to believe they’re the ones we should trust to put out the fire they started.
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Jun 12
Here's Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, in 2018, writing about work on 'Albexit' by Jack Mintz. Smith just appointed Mintz to head a provincial panel detailing the economic case to *remain* in Canada.
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Those who celebrate @elonmusk's $1 trillion fortune need to be reminded of a simple and vital truth:
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