This thread. #cdnpoli

The Upper Smoky basin that's part of the Peace River basin, which is part of the Mackenzie River basin system that drains into the Arctic Ocean? That Upper Smoky basin? It's in the regional plan for the South Saskatchewan River? 🤯 Did someone dig a ditch or what?

While the motion to expedite the leave application was granted, the UR Pride case will be heard separately from English Montreal School Board v AG Quebec. Seems a little surprising given the similarity of the S 33 issue, but the Bill 21 case must march on I guess decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-...

When the first instinct of a so-called independent regulator is to call the Minister’s office for their “input” you don’t have an independent regulator

if there be a causal connection betwn the use of the NWC & recalls then we have an imp citizen-led brake on the routine use of NWC when a govt seeks a quick win. The fear of success may be enough. I'm no fan of recall legislation but I'll shed no tears about this exercise. #abpoli #ableg

This is a really helpful post that puts the UCP’s use of the NWS clause in context and makes the case for the ongoing justiciability of Bill 2’s constitutionality. Someone on here was looking for a primer on Bill 2 and s 33 the other day and this is it! And one more thing:

In a decision yesterday, the ABCA stated that "academic freedom exists to protect all scholarship, including that which may be unpopular or politically targeted." So-called 'activism' is still "research" + "teaching" exempted from FOIP applications. See 2025 ABCA 350, canlii.ca/t/kg5f3 at [40-42].

A brave and incredibly important and valuable report from the Jewish Faculty Network. #cdnpoli www.jewishfaculty.ca/cija-report

Another Australian coal company has announced that it has reached a settlement ($95 million)with the GoA over its compensation claims due to Alberta's coal policy flip flops. Once again this info comes to AB taxpayers from the company website. No disclosure from the GoA. #abpoli #cdnpoli

Helpful post on the ABCA’s discussion of the rules governing use of AI in court documents by @roberthamilton.bsky.social. And on the consequences for not following those rules.

Bit of a deeper dive on the growing push back to #Ableg’s so-called Mature Asset Strategy: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Interesting (and not too technical) on the application of Borys v CPR and Imperial Oil Ltd, 1952 CanLII 337 (AB CA), aff’d 1953 CanLII 414 (UK JCPC) and how petroleum may be produced.

"While Canadians fear the hypothetical threat of becoming the 51st state, Indigenous Peoples in Canada have lived through generations of sustained assault on their sovereignty."

The last time Alberta proposed to subsidize O&G’s closure liabilities, ScotiaBank warned that it flew in the face of “the core capitalist principle that private cos shld take full responsibility for the liabilities they willingly accept”. Indeed. Yet it’s the same in O&G jurisdictions everywhere.🤔

Actually if the Panel accepts that the Charter applies to universities, they might also have noted that it guarantees *substantive* equality and protects affirmative action programs in S 15(2).

Congrats on selling out this event! It's good to see the interest In closure liabilities.

A fascinating (in the details) & depressing post about just how ineffective & captured-by-industry the Alberta Energy Regulator is. Another overwhelming pattern of regulatory failure in the oil & gas sector revealed, failure that Albertans will pay for with their wallets & health for generations.

Solidarity from law profs down highway 2. That this reprehensible and dangerous action by U of A was apparently triggered by conservative media is appalling. The “protection” rationale trotted out by U of A (see also: forceful takedown of campus protests) is baseless and must be challenged.

And not only this. Anyone who saw the Premier try to defend the ban on trans health care the other day heard her say “babies” over and over, as if creating more Albertans should be every youth’s life goal and purpose. The Handmaids Tale was not just a banned book, it’s our reality here now. #abpoli

Hands up to colleagues at UVic and UBC, taking on this troubling narrative. vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

This is the 4th and final post in our series on the Dickson case; this one examines the dissent on ss 25 and 15 of the Charter. While it appears to flow from concerns about gender equality, @roberthamilton.bsky.social, @jwatsonhamilton.bsky.social and I are critical of the dissent's approach.

The AB gov’t appealed the injunction against trans health care bans, but is now bypassing its opportunity to argue the reasonableness of *all* its anti-trans laws via the notwithstanding clause. This reveals a lack of confidence in its claim that it is “protecting” trans and gender diverse youth.

@mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social #cdnpoli See esp at para 246 - 250 - obligations of 3rd states incl Canada

Glad to see this up on what seems like a fully functional ABlawg site. This post shd be of wide interest since it deals with how an Australian coal mining company was able to manipulate AER decision-making to shield the company’s expansion project from public review. #abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg

So apparently one can walk to a restaurant safely now in DC, but not to one's own kitchen, but the latter doesn't matter because it's just a made up crime anyway. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I post a lot on ABlawg. Some of it pretty dry & arcane oil & gas law But this is far more imp & shd be of wider interest. It deals with how an Aussie coal mining company was able to manipulate AER decision-making to shield the company’s project from public review. #abpoli ablawg.ca/wp-content/u...

Makes you wonder who would have an interest in shutting @ablawg.bsky.social down, even temporarily.

A great post of the damage to Canadian privacy in Bill C-2. I would add a smaller complaint: part 15 of Bill C-2 misappropriates the phrase 'Access to Information' in the new 'Supporting Authorized Access to Information Act'. (1/4)

I urge you to listen to this. It is disturbing but it is necessary. Testimony to the Gaza Tribunal from Dr Nick Maynard. The attacks of the state of Israel on health facilities in Gaza are not self defence but they are evidence of genocide. Starts at 25.10. #cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social

This is awful. Shame on them! Note that the engagement period for ADAP is still open. The survey is here: your.alberta.ca/adap/surveys... Tell them how disgusting this is. #abpoli #abgov

via reddit.... If you are in front of politician ask them to complete this sentence: "Trans rights are..." #abpoli #cdnpoli

No one could have predicted this. Actually, my colleague Shaun Fluker did: ablawg.ca/2025/07/15/n... #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

One point to note as we are working on a post about the dissent on the ss 25 & 15 issues: the majority's recognition of the overriding role of gender-based equality in ss 28 &35(4) sharply contrasts with the dissent's reluctance to discuss any role for either, notwithstanding their text & history.

This is the 3rd in a series of blog posts on Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, including a look at how the SCC majority judgment on ss 25 & 15 of the Charter is being applied by lower courts. Great working with @jwatsonhamilton.bsky.social and @roberthamilton.bsky.social on this one!

Alberta makes the international news again for another harmful attack on its citizens. Action4Canada & Parents for Choice in Education (PCE), take credit for precipitating the UCP’s book ban, a ban based on the idea that "our kids are our property." #ableg www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

When will the global community of states (incl Canada) stand up to the State of Israel & fulfil their obligations under Article I of the Genocide Convention. That obligation is a duty "to PREVENT and to punish" the crime of genocide. Let's focus on PREVENTION for now. @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social

Only a few days left to take this questionnaire and write in your own answers to let this Liberal government know that you don't actually want them to be a conservative government.

Gobsmacked by a decision (August 21) of the new CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator to overrule a hearing panel's decision on a matter under the panel's active consideration. I have news for Mr Morgan. He is not god and he does not have the "absolute discretion" he claims to have. #ableg #abpoli

The Alberta government doesn't have money to help support people with disabilities, meanwhile they're proposing to give BILLIONS in taxpayer money to delinquent oil & gas companies to let them dodge their cleanup obligations. #ABLeg #ABPoli

A Criminal Law Quarterly 4-page editorial that needs a wider audience and continued pressure on all levels of government to do something different to eliminate the deaths of Indigenous people at the hands of the police. ssrn.com/abstract=537...

This blog, in an easy to understand way, sets out the current state & foreseeable future of Alberta's orphan oil & gas site disaster. Because Alberta's regulations & regulator failed to make oil & gas companies clean up after themselves, we have a record # of sites to decommission / reclaim. #ableg

Interesting to see Conservative Kyle Seeback say the Liberals are "no friend to workers" and would "rather reward [their] corporate buddies" than support flight attendants’ fight for fair wages. Does he really think we believe a Conservative government would do otherwise? apple.news/Av12fOVTfRJm...

Re-upping this thread from earlier today dealing with Justice Feasby's decision in the Separation Referendum matter: Chief Electoral Officer of Alberta v Sylvestre, 2025 ABKB 476. Not yet available on CanLII.

On review, that is what the MAS says: "Nearly 275,000 marginal, inactive, or decommissioned but unreclaimed assets can be classified as mature." (at 18). That is a bizarre and misleading use of the word 'asset'. (3/2 - sorry)

51 whats? Also, good thing nothing lives in creeks, I guess. The AER compliance dashboard is a joke.

I care, that's why I call it out and ask @albertandp.ca to ensure your colleagues below care as well. Please use descriptive #AltText for your Bluesky post photos, copy and paste or read in the text from letters, posts and article screenshots. Keep Bluesky & Alberta accessible and inclusive.

Fascinating but also disconcerting stuff here. Land-use planning is baked into the North and the modern land claim agreements made with Indigenous peoples there. It was *supposed to be* different from the conventional (unsustainable) approach to land-use south of 60. #cdnpoli

Alberta's covid vaccine debacle I'm a senior but I want to talk generically about a person (X) for whom my wife is the executor X is in their early 90s X, is on a fixed income and let's assume with no access to a vehicle X has a good relationship with a local, easily accessible pharmacist #abpoli 1/

Let's parse this G&M editorial. Israel's move to occupy Gaza is not provocative it is illegal. History shows that facts on the grounds are never temporary. Why wd anybody believe that Israel's occupation of Gaza wd facilitate aid delivery? The G&M is simply a mouthpiece for zionism. #cdnpoli

A very important decision, and not just for the rights of two-spirit, trans, and non-binary youth. The SKCA has ruled that courts have jurisdiction to declare that laws unreasonably limit Charter rights and freedoms even after the government invokes the s 33 notwithstanding clause.