In today’s feature, writer David Berry interviewed Corb Lund, who makes serious allegations about his dealings with Danielle Smith and Elections Alberta, and explains why he's more frustrated than ever with the province's political system. forwardweekly.ca/corb-lund-re... #ableg #canpoli #abpoli

“It’s like they throw this shit together because it’s flopped and changed and morphed and loopholed so many times. I don't know how much of this is on purpose — some diabolical intention — and how much of it is just incompetence.”

In today’s feature, writer David Berry interviewed Corb Lund, who makes serious allegations about his dealings with Danielle Smith and Elections Alberta, and explains why he's more frustrated than ever with the province's political system. forwardweekly.ca/corb-lund-re... #ableg #canpoli #abpoli

CANADA DAY READ: In a piece that harkens back to her days as the Edmonton Journal’s star columnist, Senator Paula Simons has penned a complicated love letter that wrestles with how Alberta’s best instincts have been swallowed up by grievance politics. forwardweekly.ca/alberta-i-kn... #ableg #canpoli

CANADA DAY READ: In a piece that harkens back to her days as the Edmonton Journal’s star columnist, Senator Paula Simons has penned a complicated love letter that wrestles with how Alberta’s best instincts have been swallowed up by grievance politics. forwardweekly.ca/alberta-i-kn... #ableg #canpoli

This morning, the CBC’s morning radio show, The Calgary Eyeopener, had me on to talk about my Canada Day essay. A possibly provocative conversation! #yyc #Calgary #yeg #abpoli #cdnpoli

ICYMI: Senator Paula Simons penned a complicated love letter that wrestles with how Alberta’s best instincts have been swallowed up by grievance politics. forwardweekly.ca/alberta-i-kn...

My love letter to Alberta - a province I proudly call home. I’ve had huge response to this essay - mostly positive, but some very negative indeed. Some have questioned whether a Senator should even weigh into this debate. I’d argue it’s not just my right - but my duty. What say you?

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Here, here! Positive on Alberta. Positive on Canada!

ICYMI: Senator Paula Simons penned a complicated love letter that wrestles with how Alberta’s best instincts have been swallowed up by grievance politics. forwardweekly.ca/alberta-i-kn...

Paula Simons always nails it...

Senator Simons nails it, as usual. “Canada needs Alberta’s brand of courage. Sadly, the hostile, xenophobic discourse emanating from this place has turned many Canadians against us. They see only the worst shadow side of Alberta, the public performance of its ugliest stereotypes.”

Brilliantly solid piece from @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social on what it feels like to be a lifelong Albertan right now.

Well worth the read. Senator Paula Simons is a treasure. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #canpoli

Such an important letter. This speaks to and speaks for, so many Albertans feeling the same way. Thank you Senator Simons

"The Alberta I love wasn’t such a cramped, selfish place. It opened its doors, welcomed the world, gave a new home to refugees, recruited the best and brightest, to build an economy and culture the world could envy."

In a piece that harkens back to her days as the Edmonton Journal’s star columnist, Senator Paula Simons has penned a complicated love letter that wrestles with how Alberta’s best instincts have been swallowed up by grievance politics forwardweekly.ca/alberta-i-kn... #ableg #abpoli #canpoli

"Our culture of hope and generosity feels subsumed by a culture of grievance and persecution." The brilliant Paula Simons reminds us of an Alberta legacy to be proud of. It’s time to start feeding the right wolf in the fight. #abpoli #canpoli

In a piece that harkens back to her days as the Edmonton Journal’s star columnist, Senator Paula Simons has penned a complicated love letter that wrestles with how Alberta’s best instincts have been swallowed up by grievance politics forwardweekly.ca/alberta-i-kn... #ableg #abpoli #canpoli

This week’s feature is a thoughtful essay by Leif Gregersen, a longtime disability advocate, on what the UCP's transition away from AISH could mean for the people who rely on it. forwardweekly.ca/aish-helped-... #ableg #canpoli #abpoli

This week’s feature is a thoughtful essay by Leif Gregersen, a longtime disability advocate, on what the UCP's transition away from AISH could mean for the people who rely on it. forwardweekly.ca/aish-helped-... #ableg #canpoli #abpoli

In this week’s Forward Weekly feature, designer and data journalist Brnesh Berhe looked at the available numbers for an infographic that compares the wild promises of separatists with what economists and history actually tell us. Read more & subscribe: ForwardWeekly.ca #ableg #abpoli #canpoli (1/8)

This week on 'Whatever This Is': we are watching political gravity finally catch up to Danielle Smith. #ableg #canpoli #abpoli

This week on 'Whatever This Is': we are watching political gravity finally catch up to Danielle Smith. #ableg #canpoli #abpoli

In this week’s Forward Weekly feature, designer and data journalist Brnesh Berhe looked at the available numbers for an infographic that compares the wild promises of separatists with what economists and history actually tell us. Read more & subscribe: ForwardWeekly.ca #ableg #abpoli #canpoli (1/8)

Drawing on more than a decade of frontline experience in Alberta’s inner-city social services sector, James Hardwick traces how Alberta’s law-enforcement agencies have quietly drifted back toward criminalizing extreme poverty and addiction. #ableg #abpoli #canpoli forwardweekly.ca/alberta-retu...

Drawing on more than a decade of frontline experience in Alberta’s inner-city social services sector, James Hardwick traces how Alberta’s law-enforcement agencies have quietly drifted back toward criminalizing extreme poverty and addiction. #ableg #abpoli #canpoli forwardweekly.ca/alberta-retu...

Danielle Smith is pushing a separatism vote to save herself, and we’re the ones who pay for it. And here’s the trap: we could win the argument and still let her walk away without consequences. #ableg #canpoli #abpoli

From this week's issue of Forward Weekly: an exclusive political cartoon from @ericdyck.bsky.social. Subscribe for free at forwardweekly.ca

The Fight Back Now protests, organized by @abfedlabour.bsky.social, marked one of the largest coordinated demonstrations of public dissent we’ve seen in years. And that’s the focus of this week’s feature by photographer Zachary Ayotte. forwardweekly.ca/temperatures... #ableg #abpoli #canpoli

From this week's issue of Forward Weekly: an exclusive political cartoon from @ericdyck.bsky.social. Subscribe for free at forwardweekly.ca

The Fight Back Now protests, organized by @abfedlabour.bsky.social, marked one of the largest coordinated demonstrations of public dissent we’ve seen in years. And that’s the focus of this week’s feature by photographer Zachary Ayotte. forwardweekly.ca/temperatures... #ableg #abpoli #canpoli

Exactly what she is banking on.

Danielle Smith is pushing a separatism vote to save herself, and we’re the ones who pay for it. And here’s the trap: we could win the argument and still let her walk away without consequences. #ableg #canpoli #abpoli

Still scratching your head about what just happened? Here’s part 2 of my explainer on the Alberta separation saga (which had to be rewritten twice thanks to Danielle Smith’s latest shenanigans). 🗞️ @forwardcanada.bsky.social

NEW: This week’s feature is part two of our referendum explainer and, like the referendum question itself, it’s not the draft we expected to publish. #abpoli #ableg #canpoli forwardweekly.ca/alberta-sepa...

#ableg #abpoli #canpoli

NEW: This week’s feature is part two of our referendum explainer and, like the referendum question itself, it’s not the draft we expected to publish. #abpoli #ableg #canpoli forwardweekly.ca/alberta-sepa...

The Alberta separatist movement, propped up and emboldened by Danielle Smith and the UCP, is steering the province towards a dangerous political crisis. Here’s part 1 of my explainer on the separatist drive for a referendum. 🗞️ @forwardcanada.bsky.social

This week on Whatever This Is, we are calling out the great healthcare con. Danielle Smith is selling us on shorter wait times, but she forgets to mention the catch: crippling medical debt. #ableg #abpoli #canpoli

This week’s feature story is an explainer that no normal province should ever need, but here we are. forwardweekly.ca/alberta-sepa... #abpoli #ableg #canpoli

While the government claims private options will fix the system, they are actually just handing universal public healthcare over to a U.S.-style private insurance system. #ableg #abpoli #canpoli notwotier.ca

This week’s feature story is an explainer that no normal province should ever need, but here we are. forwardweekly.ca/alberta-sepa... #abpoli #ableg #canpoli

This week on Whatever This Is, we are calling out the great healthcare con. Danielle Smith is selling us on shorter wait times, but she forgets to mention the catch: crippling medical debt. #ableg #abpoli #canpoli

In this week's Forward Weekly feature, David Berry offers an unsparing commentary on the psychology of grievance politics in Alberta — and how personal frustration, left unchecked, can metastasize into something much more destructive. forwardweekly.ca/Separatism-F... #ableg #abpoli #canpoli

"It behooves us to fully digest the fact that we are currently engaged in a rational debate about our future with the sort of people whose capacity for self-reflection is exhausted when the Tim Hortons drive-thru menu switches screens."

This is a “must-read.” #ElbowsUp #AlbertaIsCanada

He wants that sub so bad.