Notice how the UCP equates constitutionality with necessity & merit? Re: the notwithstanding clause... "Just because something is possible doesn’t mean we have to do it, and just because we do it doesn’t make it a good idea." 🔗https://drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/can-they-must-they-should-they

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Not my best work, but had a lot of trick-or-treaters (and parents) super excited about my pumpkin tonight! LET’S GO BLUE JAYS!!! #WantItALL #bluejays #halloween #jackolantern #pumpkin #photography #spooktober #baseball #worldseries #eastcoastkin

If you’re in Canada, I just recorded a segment for The National on CBC about Trump’s boat strikes. Not sure if it will air tonight or the following episode (depends how much crazy news there is today).

How can the NDP reconnect with voters? Scrap the focus-tested messaging. Communicate directly with passion and substance. And start advocating for solutions as big as the crises we face in ways people can understand. #cdnpoli

This is our country, and we decide what happens next.   Watch the full video: youtu.be/wV-G1haFMMw

10/ Let’s nix the “no choice” narrative. The UCP had options. Citizens deserve to hear why. Unfortunately, by curtailing debate and doing an endrun around the legislature through closure, the UCP robbed Albertans of that, too. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

1/ 🧵 Contrary to the UCP, Alberta didn’t have to use the notwithstanding clause to legislate the teachers back to work. The “no choice” take doesn’t hold up. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

Free flu and COVID-19 vaccines now available across #Ontario RSV immunization free for vulnerable populations, including everyone over 75 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Canadian Bar Association, the voice of Canada’s legal profession, says that by invoking the Notwithstanding Clause, Danielle Smith and her UCP government are “seeking to remove the judicial branch from the democratic law-making process.” cba-alberta.org/news/cba-alb... #abpoli #ableg #Alberta

Does the Minister of Hospitals agree with his colleague that medical professionals' experience and expertise must be central to public health decisions? He didn’t answer. 👀 Watch to the end for the Minister of Children’s letter.

11,706. The number of people who signed Petition e-6489, calling on the leaders of all parties to undergo security vetting, which was proudly presented by Liberal Member of Parliament, Robert Morrissey, today in the House of Commons. #cdnpoli

"[T]he UCP motion to limit debate on Bill 2 and pass the Back to School Act in one day is corrosive to democratic accountability in Alberta." #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

New Post: Back to School Notwithstanding the Charter ablawg.ca/2025/10/30...…ding-the-charter/

From the Canadian Bar Association, Alberta branch cba-alberta.org/news/cba-alb... #Alberta #ableg #cdnpoli #Canada

"The preemptive use of the notwithstanding clause cannot be allowed to normalize. Neither should the curtailment of legislative debate become routine...We cannot take the Rule of Law for granted; if we do, it may not be there to protect our rights when we most need it." #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

Vaccines save lives. I got my flu shot to help protect myself and the people around me. It’s a simple choice that makes a real difference. Book your appointment online today: myhealth.alberta.ca/topic/immuni...

Congratulations ⁦Thomas Lukaszuk! Absolutely amazing work on the Forever Canadian petition!

This is only the beginning of the movement! Time to fire the UCP! afl.org/action-pages... #ABPoli #ABLeg #CDNPoli #FireTheUCP

It took me 3 evening trips, 3 different pharmacies, whom all differed in person and on the phone in terms of their supply, just to get my kids COVID and flu shots. It shouldn’t be this hard Premier Ford. I wish true government incompetence was treated like the scandal it really is. #onpoli #cdnpoli

It’s common sense, but not part of any government platform. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. #Health #Wellness #PreventativeMedicine #CdnPoli #Affordability thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Watching Nicholaides get DESTROYED by Vassy Kapelos is the highlight of my day. "Who would want to work for your now after you have done this?" #ableg #abpoli #abed www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaqG...

Danielle Smith is using the notwithstanding clause to protect herself while crushing individuals' Charter rights. That’s not freedom, that’s cowardice. And Albertans won’t stand for it.

We do not take the privilege of serving in this House for granted. You have my word: Alberta’s New Democrats will never use the notwithstanding clause to violate your rights or abuse the power of the Premier’s office. youtu.be/-7KOGnd8drI

RECALL THEM ALL #abpoli #ableg #abed #cdnpoli

Teachers are demoralized right now, but I can’t help but feel like Smith poked a hornets nest. The #UCP has managed to galvanize social mobilization, from students + parents all the way up to major unions. Petitions to end public funding for private ed & more. A luta continua! #abed #abpoli

Premier Danielle Smith goes with the nuclear option in ending Alberta's teachers' strike. Political scientist Dr. @duanebratt.bsky.social says teachers are under attack, and the worst could be yet to come... 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/102825Bratt 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/102825 #ableg #abed #RealTalkRJ

An appalling, unjust, law drives teachers back to work. The most dangerous precedent Alberta has seen In many years. Column. calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a... #abed #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli

Amnesty International Canada condemns Alberta government’s use of notwithstanding clause in Bill 2 #ableg #abpoli #canpoli #cdnpoli https://amnesty.ca/press-releases/alberta-notwithstanding-clause-bill-2/

6 months ago today, Canadians chose a bold new plan to build our country.   This year has tested Canadians, though it has also revealed a nation that is more determined, compassionate, and ambitious than any other. Together, let’s keep building Canada strong.

Today, I submitted 456,365 Albertans’ signatures to Elections Alberta, petitioning the Premier to do the right thing, avoid a divisive and economically harmful referendum, and allow MLAs to vote and reaffirm that Alberta’s future is in Canada.🇨🇦 Alberta is #ForeverCanadian

Every Albertan should be outraged. Our govt just rammed thru a full on attack on our constitutional rights. If they’ll do this to our teachers, nobody’s constitutional rights will be safe. This cannot be allowed to stand.

The days ahead will be crucial. Not just in terms of public opinion, but in terms of political culture. Champions of human rights and the constitution must not only outnumber the premier's supporters. They must persuade Albertans that these positions are dominant, piercing the populist bubble.

"Bill 2 is perfectly legal." "The kids need to go back to class." I agree. That doesn't mean the premier should've done an endrun around the legislature and the courts. If the back-to-work law was defensible, why didn't she defend it before leaving the country? open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

Don't forget that every single UCP MLA voted for this as well. They're all as complicit in eroding our rights as Smith is. #yyc #yeg #abpoli #cdnpoli

Nenshi: that he had to decline. Peter Lougheed. There are times when it should not be used. First: preemptively. A simple majority should not be enough, it should be 60%. It should only be used after the court examines its effects. #ableg #abpoli www.constitutionalstudies.ca/wp-content/u...

Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights? An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote. I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.

#PremierSmith chooses not to be in the Legislature on this critical night; she chooses not to hear the arguments and evidence of the Opposition. What kind of Premier does that? #abpoli #ABEd

Now we'll see if teachers go back to work, and whether other unions join in. Tension rises as UCP finally tables Bill 2 with notwithstanding clause, against heavy NDP opposition. Column. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abed #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg

Let's be clear about what happened today. Premier Smith introduced a bill to strip Albertans of Charter rights, denied MLAs the opportunity to debate it and the courts the ability to scrutinize it, and did all of this from her seat on a jet to Saudi Arabia.

It’s confirmed: Danielle Smith will force teachers back to work, using the notwithstanding clause against workers for the first time in Alberta’s history. TUNE IN NOW as Alberta’s New Democrats respond to the UCP’s unprecedented abuse of power: youtube.com/live/8BJkmSA...

It appears that Danielle Smith herself is hiding as the UCP force through Bill 2. Also, where is Minister Glubish? #ableg #abpoli #abed

Medicine Hat emergency room physician Dr. Paul Parks is warning the public about what he asserts is a looming crisis in Alberta’s health-care system that will overwhelm the province’s already over-capacity and understaffed hospitals and lead to unnecessary deaths. #abpoli

All Canadians deserve access to healthcare regardless of where they live. That's why we have the Canada Health Act. Albertans being forced to pay for COVID vaccines is wrong and the Federal Government should step in every time a Conservative Premier undermines our public healthcare system.

Southeast Asia is a rapidly growing, $5 trillion economy. Canada is working to finalise a new Canada-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement — a partnership that would create huge opportunities for workers and businesses on both sides of the Pacific.

Canada and the Philippines have a close relationship — a bond that is strengthened by the one million-strong Filipino-Canadian community. President Marcos Jr. and I are focused on negotiating free trade agreements and strengthening defence cooperation between our nations.

ICYMI: new from me. This feels extra pertinent today after the extra 10 percent in love that his tangerine majesty showered on Canada yesterday.

Colleen Shogan served for years as Archivist of the United States. Then she was fired from that job by President Donald Trump earlier this year. Colleen will be a keynote speaker at an event in Springfield later this week. She joins us on today's show.

Canadians care about the world and we care about each other. So we’re going to fight climate change and build a stronger, more competitive economy – together.