Well internet, we have a winner! The perfect referendum question.

Never forget, the “Alberta Separatist Movement” is a relatively small number of unhinged conspiracy nuts being fed a steady diet of Russian and US-made disinformation, normalized by media mostly following the wrong story, and boosted by political opportunists who think (wrongly) they can control it.

Quote: "The more likely outcome is that Albertans will be the ones who pay the tab [Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is] running up here, one that's measured in jobs lost, relationships broken, and other forms of long-term damage to the province..." The damage is done, well before the October vote.

As MAGA Alberta Premier pushes an independence vote, important to remember: Alberta separatist movement largely based on lies, conspiracy theories, intolerance, and myths of a magical past... My take: thewalrus.ca/albertas-sep... cc @jaredwesley.ca @ryanjespersen.bsky.social

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The claim that AI will be used to boost productivity and improve everyone's lives would have just a little bit more credibility if the big tech companies weren't already using AI exactly as every knows they will, which is to fire people and extract more work from those remaining.

lol my buddy in the UK woke up and read the news he's never even been to Canada

I’ve got $50 riding on my belief that the question is unnecessarily convoluted because they asked ChatGPT to write it. #ableg

Wild story.. I signed up for the website of the US Republican group 10XVotes on Monday to test how it works. What I found was a search tool packed exclusively with the names and addresses of Albertans. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/20/i...

The Premier of Alberta intervened to lower the threshold for getting a separatist question on the ballot. She then intervened to eliminate a review requiring the question be constitutional. She intervenes again tonight after yet another court has told the separatists to slow down & follow the law. 🧵

AHEM

"The Government of Alberta cannot simply ignore the Constitution, ignore Treaty rights, and ignore the courts because it finds those obligations inconvenient. Cabinet is not above the law." #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Jen Gerson: "The UCP has become a party of snivelling, weak little thieves who operate by night."

Edmonton mayor Andrew Knack has issued a statement on the referendum referendum (no, that's not a typo), calling it "reckless" by the provincial government. Excerpt: "Premier Smith and the UCP Government's separatist agenda is catastrophic for Edmontonians, Albertans, and all Canadians... " #AbLeg

If Smith doesn't want us to pick on the separatists maybe she should have made sure they faced consequences for stealing Albertans' data & Maybe she should've condemned them for taking money from the Trump regime for tearing Canada apart You reap what you sow #ableg #abpoli

So, it would be prudent for investors, including the federal government to refrain from making commitments to invest in Alberta until the results of this vote. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Now, all Albertans know what we have always known: you can't trust Danielle Smith. She's a traitor and a separatist.” Mikisew Cree First Nation responds. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Prediction: Someone in Alberta will organize a petition to have a referendum about whether or not we want to have any more referenda.

So, say the referendum on possibly holding a referendum at an unspecified future referendum time gets 20% of voters to say yes, then what? What about 50%? What about 75%? What about 5%? It means less than diddly shit.

“Albertans are now seeing Danielle Smith's government for what it is: undemocratic, authoritarian, and willing to bend to the whims of a loud, angry minority.” Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation would also like a word. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Fact check of para 1 of Ms Smith's address to Albertans 1. The petition was that of an individual, Mitch Sylvestre, not a group 2. Whlle the Court held that Alberta failed to consult it also held that the UCP's amendments to the Act failed to revive Sylvestre's petition Gaslighting #abpoli #cdnpoli

So a radio host turned Premier who once suggested we feed recalled tainted meat to the unhoused and said that hydroxychloroquine could cure Covid is claiming she knows more than a judge about the law. You call bullshit. Don’t forget she once rolled this out as her campaign bus.

My completely unfounded theory is if Poilievre declared he’ll be actively campaigning on the pro Canada side of the referendum that the UCP is pushing, the shady money behind Conservative politics at all levels in Canada have made their choice and it’s the beginning of the end for Premier Smith.

"Simply put, Premier Danielle Smith and her party are beholden to the separatists who put them in power. Everything they do is subservient to that debt" The Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 First Nations condemns the plan of Premier Smith’s UCP government to move ahead with a separation referendum.

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The levels of corruption in Alberta are teetering on the precipice of abject insanity. #AbLeg #AbPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli

I've got some more results to share with you from my latest survey of Albertans with Probe Research. This set of questions focused on electoral boundary changes. In short: This issue is NOT flying under the radar. 🧵

Solar Panels can be Strategically placed, I am not sure how useful data centers will be…. I find it odd that the same people who complained about solar panels being a waste of land have no issue with opening data centers 3x the size.

A new finance minister, and 3 of Alberta's 4 health ministers are reassigned. The cabinet Danielle Smith will bring into the looming separation referendum saga. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by me

Local woman trapped in unmapped minefield she built in her backyard.

Well does O&G not have a plan? "Tailings are the waste left over from the mining process that separates oil from sand and clay..The province says there are more than 1.5 trillion litres of fluid tailings and 380 billion litres of mine water in the oilsands region." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

If the Canada-supporting UCP MLAs had any balls they would stop supporting Smith, become independents and force her to go to an election But they have no balls or moral compass or compassion or any redeeming qualities #ableg #abpoli

You better think about the legacy That you want to leave behind It's all getting burnt-out, used-up Bought and sold to the bottom line That ain't the way it's gotta be You can leave a better world than you find You can look down, turn aside, run away But you can't put it out of your mind

Danielle Smith and the Separatists is the '80s new wave band no one needed to hear.

While @pancholirakhi.bsky.social & I sat in Committee debating next steps on the Forever Canada Petition, the UCP released a media statement quoting the Chair of the Committee, MLA Brandon Lunty presupposing the results of the debate & officially recommending a separatist referendum #ableg #abpoli

Here's the thing about Alberta politics: *seven hours of coherent screaming*

I’m watching the meeting live. This government is so shady and incompetent it’s mind boggling!

Ok so the committee meeting for the Forever Canada petition has taken a surprise turn. After hearing from proponent Thomas Lukaszuk, Minister Nate Glubish made a motion to recommend the legislature send the petition and committee report to the lt-gov for the purpose of calling a referendum Oct 19

LAKE TAHOE?!?!?!??! Oh, it's starting.

They are such assholes. They just create whatever reason they to justify their shitty agenda.

“Global EV sales are expected to accelerate to around 23 million units, accounting for close to 30% of all cars sold worldwide this year, as motorists respond to the ‘largest oil supply shock in history,’” according to the @iea.org: www.businessgreen.com/news/4529970... via @stuartstone.bsky.social

You bet your boots we won the Lethbridge West seat by 11 points If the UCP get away with the gerrymander, Albertans will have a separatist government for a generation and absolutely no choice in the matter.

Alberta’s AI data centre boom: big promises, bigger risks. Communities like Olds are raising alarms over health, water, & energy impacts. CAPE AB volunteers including Dr. @juliasawatzky.bsky.social joined a town hall last month to speak about the health concerns surrounding gas-powered data centres.

Our A.I. world! 👇 More books, more scientific papers, more music... all created by A.I. Much of this is slop, polluting & confusing our information environment and making it more difficult to find quality content. wapo.st/4dncIVu via @washingtonpost.com

The UCP has ragged the puck on Lukaszuk’s question for half a year and now they are trying to play gotcha with him at committee. www.assembly.ab.ca/assembly-bus...

Worth noting as we see both Nate Horner and Matt Jones resign their cabinet positions. Both were asked two weeks ago if they support the Premier calling a separation referendum on her own. Horner said she shouldn't while Jones said UCP should push harder to stay in Canada.

Ok but why tho? Why spend $3.5 million for signs? Just because? Can I just not wait hours in the ER or maybe drop my kids classrooms down from like 30 students.