I’ve been trying books lately. Listen to tomorrow’s @balanceofpowerpod.ca for @annaliseak.bsky.social and my Q1 update on…books.

A good time to remind Cdns @liberalca.bsky.social slashed agriculture/food research agencies across Canada - agencies which delivered key research in maintaining food security through climate change, extreme weather & droughts. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

This is a Ukraine🧵but the immediate future of Ukraine, and the EU, + European security, rests on what happens in Hungary's election And while I was compiling the Hungary mini-thread, Bloomberg published a transcript of a private call with Putin where Orbán prostituted himself, quoting Aesop's fable

Avi Lewis’ victory has many implications — why did @canadianlabour.bsky.social unions not show up — what does it mean to #cdnpoli that the NDP will now champion public ownership in industries? + more NDPers @sphillipsab.bsky.social + Keith McLaughlin break it down on latest MBP Intel #cdnpoli

Comparing Easter messages

To "gerrymander" means "to manipulate seat distribution to your advantage." Your political stripe doesn't matter if you truly believe in fair, competitive elections. Write your MLA! #ABuseOfPower #ABPoli #ABLeg #Discusting

The UCP would win re-election today under the current existing boundaries that were drawn in 2017 and the majority report’s map, but the minority report’s map would make it basically impossible for the NDP to ever win in enough ridings to form a majority government — and that’s the point.

“I worry the exercise has already emboldened Alberta’s worst people — our separatist-coddling premier chief among them.” Me too.

Rosa Parks gets the boot from Alberta’s education system.

Worth a read, Albertans, if you’re someone who plans to live here and access health care at any point in your life.

Also, my kids went to the Francophone school. The Francophone flag is an official symbol of Alberta And they can’t fly the flag? WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE

My kid, in Grade 11, has told me he wants to be first in line for University-level science courses next year. I should not need the government getting in the way of my choices as a parent, if my kid wants to take university courses early. GET THE MEDDLING GOVT OUT OF MY LIFE

The UCP is opening the door to election rigging, and Albertans should be outraged. Effective representation is a constitutional right. Anything short of implementing the majority report in its entirety is election rigging. We won't let them cheat to win.

Stephen Lewis was an incredible human. As an NDP leader, as a global advocate to fight HIV and AIDS, and as Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Stephen always put people first. His wife Michele and his whole family are in my thoughts today.

There’s got to be a way to get out of these cul-de-sacs. Is the way *more* public consultation - or is it less? Of a different type? Or will we always be on the NIMBY merry go round and we just have to accept that as the cost of trying to do things? This is a genuine question I’m asking.

The economic message is his strongest, and is the most reliable weapon against Conservatives and Liberals alike, in the seats where it can damage them both the most. The test of Mr. Lewis’ leadership will be whether he has the discipline to talk about what unites the party, not what divides it.

Official sad news. White-nose syndrome infected bats have been found in our mountain hibernation sites. It's unclear what the mortality rate will look like by the time bats emerge in spring. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I do love all the folks with no roots in the CCF-NDP explaining the role of the CCF-NDP on Bluesky. As if it’s one thing. As if southern Ontario perceptions of the CCF-NDP explain *the* CCF-NDP. You’re all doing great.

I read this and I don't regret it

Today, the federal New Democratic Party selected its new leader. It is clear that the direction of the federal party under this new leader, someone who openly cheered for the defeat of the Alberta NDP government, is not in the interests of Alberta. /1

Jared is a reasonable person. Some self-reflection by Canada’s left is in order here.

So true. And in Alberta, this policing has led to young women refusing to confirm their "biological sex" as a precondition to playing sports. Which has led to - guess what? Decreased participation of girls in sport, completely undermining the purported objective of the UCP. #abpoli

Some excellent thoughts for the next NDP leader from @jenniferhoward.bsky.social

Hope to hear the Ottawa pundit corps comment on this in light of the “new tone” they all assured us was being set in that Rogan interview

(Emphasis added) "ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME GUELPH?"

Industrial carbon pricing costs consumers next to nothing and helps maintain economic competitiveness—all while making big cuts to carbon pollution. Get the facts on industrial carbon pricing ⬇️ climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...

If they know what's going on but they are afraid to speak out publicly, THEY ARE NOT REALLY GOOD PEOPLE.

not only are they not good people, this performative courting of nonexistent integrity is a bizarre waste of everybody's time

Quote: "The spying actually started earlier, with what Mounties called in their internal history document the "radical ferment of the late 1960s," when the RCMP created a "racial intelligence section" to monitor Black and Indigenous activists." This *is* the police. www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

Eat shit, lol, and long live The Onion.

My alabaster milk child Teuton keeps asking for ranch dressing at the caviar factory, it is most epic. The fishmongers despise him.

This was a high quality segment. @sphillipsab.bsky.social deserves so much more respect for the work she did as environment minister in Alberta.

It felt pretty weird, Rachel!!!

It is important to periodically yell this basic fact in to the void, so as to maintain overall sanity

“Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she travelled on a private plane on behalf of the Saudi government”

My day got eaten by bullshit politics, though my intention when I opened social media this AM was to post about #LongCovidAwarenessDay. If you are struggling, I want to share with you what has helped me over the past year (I lived with it for 2 years before I realized how much I was deteriorating)

Why I voted for @heathermcpherson.bsky.social for leader. Avi just isn’t serious about prairie politics

Here is a clip of @avilewis.ca and @naomiaklein.bsky.social being gleeful that the Alberta NDP only had one term in govt. Sure, I get it. They think my record as Environment Minister is something to be ashamed of. Coal phase-out, renewables, indigenous equity, energy efficiency etc…

Maybe the real World Cup was all the sucking up to Trump they did along the way…

Anyone can nominate a fellow Canadian for the Order of Canada. There is an online form and an independent panel that decides who deserves one. It isn't up to the Prime Minister or some petition. This is just divisive political grandstanding. #cdnpoli toronto.citynews.ca/2026/03/14/p...

A fantastic episode.

And this, my friends, is why Press Progress is invaluable in Canada’s media ecosystem. Keeps folks honest. Good job @lukelebrun.ca

Pretty tough stuff here for Poilievre and co.

And there it is, folks! Question 5, about 8 minutes in to Question Period, we have our first instance of Danielle Smith using the federal campaign as a cudgel against the ANDP.

“It’s not me, it’s you” - The Pope, probably

This book is trash. Don’t waste your time, listen to this 2-part podcast instead. Princeton beclowns itself with this clickbait masquerading as a “book.” podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...

Evan Soloman ( @evansolomon.bsky.social the Federal Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation) needs to respond to this.

THIS

The UCP has been in power for 51 of the last 55 years but according to Danielle Smith it's the family who arrived six months ago that is wrecking the province.