Living on Treaty 6 land / putting her LEGO design aspirations on hold / Alberta legislature reporter for @CdnPressNews / DMs open
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Lisa Johnson retweeted
Alberta’s got big high-speed rail dreams — and needs three decades to follow through on em.
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Lisa Johnson retweeted
Alberta's Smith says law will be enforced if separation vote spurs civil disobedience nationalnewswatch.com/2026/0…
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For. The. Love. Of. Large language models. It is not in any way optional.
Jun 4
Lest some Albertans take this statement from the premier's office to mean it's optional rather than mandatory... Dear reader, it is not. thecanadianpressnews.ca/prai…
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Lest some Albertans take this statement from the premier's office to mean it's optional rather than mandatory... Dear reader, it is not. thecanadianpressnews.ca/prai…
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Lisa Johnson retweeted
May 22
A referendum on whether we should have a referendum
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May 22
NewsAlert: Premier Danielle Smith says Albertans will be going to the polls in October to cast their vote on separation – but they won’t actually be voting on whether to separate. By @reportrix.
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Lisa Johnson retweeted
Was this the plan all along?
If @ABDanielleSmith puts Lukaszuk’s question on the ballot, the separatists will take her out as @Alberta_UCP leader by the end of summer, if not sooner.
Now she can do whatever she wants.
May 20
And that means the committee did ** not ** recommend cabinet add the secession question to the referendum ballot.
They ran out of time. No motion.
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May 21
"This is spitting in the face of democracy," NDP member Christina Gray said. From the retracted UCP release: "Albertans will be informed once Cabinet has decided whether a question will proceed to a referendum and what that question will be." Meeting tomorrow at 2. Buckle up.
May 20
Alberta committee vote on separation hits bizarre roadblock nationalnewswatch.com/2026/0…
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Lisa Johnson retweeted
Alberta's finance, hospital ministers stepping down, won't seek re-election
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May 19
Must listen - big ups to @_jack_farrell who brings important context and facts to the discussion on the #ableg separatism court decision:
West of Centre with Kathleen Petty - The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat
With @_jack_farrell Trevor Harrison Lori Williams
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Lisa Johnson retweeted
If you somehow didn’t get your political news fill this week in Alberta, you can listen to Kathleen, myself, Lori Williams and Trevor Harrison chat about Justice Leonard’s decision, what Smith is doing about it and yesterday’s MOU update on West of Centre.
#abpoli
West of Centre with Kathleen Petty - The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat
With @_jack_farrell Trevor Harrison Lori Williams
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May 14
Smith: "We think that this decision is incorrect in law and anti-democratic, and we will be appealing it." Nenshi on the possibility of Smith calling a referendum on her own: "They cannot do it without defying the law: From @_jack_farrell: timescolonist.com/alberta-ne…
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May 14
Two reporters accessed the public database the same day the court ordered it be taken down and elections officials and RCMP announced investigations.
One of the two reporters did not receive a cease-and-desist letter and last week informed Elections Alberta of the discrepancy.
This is obviously being overshadowed, but Elections Alberta confirmed today it actually thinks thousands of people accessed the leaked voter list, not just the 566 it sent cease-and-desist letters too last week.
From me & @reportrix:
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Lisa Johnson retweeted
Late night statement hit the inbox from a lawyer for @david_parker asserting Elections Alberta is pushing a false narrative about his participation in the Alberta voter list leak investigation.
Here’s statement in full:
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Lisa Johnson retweeted
May 12
NEW: David Parker is refusing to co-operate with Elections Alberta's cease-and-desist order related to his group's alleged misuse of private information belonging to 2.9 million Albertans. //with pal @CarrieTait #ableg #abpoli
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Lisa Johnson retweeted
Shortly before this story went to bed, a spokesman told me Sylvestre did not literally mean much of what he said. I sent his team almost 30 fact checking questions and in at least 11, the spokesman said Sylvestre was speaking rhetorically, not literally.
I went home recently to write about Alberta’s separatists. What I found was a movement dangerously, wildly disconnected from what is real.
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May 8
Also also today: “He once told the house health care in his constituency was at "rock bottom" while Smith played "musical chairs" with the system.
He accused Smith of transforming the UCP from a mainstream coalition into a "separatist party."
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May 8
Also today
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith granted security clearance for CSIS briefings
Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis says he’s in the queue now too, and the legislature now has a “safe room” for briefings.
From me today:
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This was today:
Elections Alberta says over 550 people accessed the database with leaked personal info of nearly 3 million people, and the provincial privacy watchdog announced Thursday she’ll be doing her own investigation now too.
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ICYMI: This was yesterday. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is criticizing the Opposition NDP for not telling her about a massive privacy breach involving a website after the site was demonstrated during a meeting attended by one of her caucus staffers.
Alberta's Smith says Opposition should have warned her of voter list privacy breach
From @reportrix and me today:
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