Calgary's Flag Policy means any country recognized by Canada may have their flag flown at City Hall on their national day. But national flag-raisings are now creating division. Next week, we’ll move to end national flag-raisings at City Hall to keep this a safe, welcoming space for all. #yyccc

“disinformation and misinformation has ramped up on social media and beyond, created by nefarious actors for the sole purpose of slowing the transition to a climate-safe economy. We need the public and politicians to support decisions based on truth, not misleading posts on the internet.”

The Ministr of Municipal Affairs needs a lesson in public finance because there are 0 reasons why the province should be using property taxes to fund education in Alberta given that education is not funded locally and hasn’t been for many decades www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Remember in Sept 2025 when RFK Jr promised "radical transparency"? www.hhs.gov/press-room/w... Interesting that this week's MAHA Summit isn't allowing the press OR livestreaming. 🤔 BUT there WILL be plenty of quacks present like Food Boob, David Asprey, Gary Brecka 🦆🦆🦆

Looking for another reason to donate to the Hub for our fundraising drive? Who else do you know that got trees into the ground in Calgary in 2023, 2024, 2025 with yet more planned for 2026? Give us a hand. We do GOOD things DONATIONS: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser #yyc #ClimateChange

The congresswoman declared that Democrats can't "enable" the GOP's "cruelty with our cowardice."

A dirty deal's being cooked up between the Alberta government & #BigOil so they can stick their MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR cleanup tab on YOU the taxpayer while a grotesquely complicit #AER watches & shrugs. Here's some of the people saying HELL NO #abpoli #PolluterPays www.podcastics.com/episode/3890...

UCP MLA under a recall cloud has issued a statement… - Blaming teachers for her recall - defending the use of the notwithstanding clause as being “necessary” (it wasn’t) - suggesting that the organizer is abusing his position. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Documents related to Summit coal decision raise more questions about Alberta Energy Regulator’s independence. By Emma Graney. "The e-mails were uncovered by a freedom of information request by two environmental groups ..." theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... #cdnfoi #altafoi #altapoli

The Democratic lawmaker, who is a U.S. citizen, had a searing one-sentence comeback to the president.

1/2 Leading up to this remembrance day I've worn a poppy in honour of these 4 veterans in remembrance of: the post traumatic stress that Papa got while setting the airplane radios & not all pilates & planes returned & what was happening around him;

Tonight was a very bad night.

Premier Smith is lying that she was not aware what theTrudeau government’s plan were on immigration and was surprised by the numbers because here is a letter she wrote to the PM asking to increase Alberta’s allocation of immigrants in 2024. www.alberta.ca/system/files...

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

$40B of your money to this guy, so he can dance at CPAC at Mar-a-Lago while Americans wait for their paychecks, hoping the money actually comes.

Well here we go...Policy Resolution No 19. "Pause the use of mRNA vaccines in AB until safety is independently verified" WHAT THE HELL?? #abpoli

And merger with NWT too. Proposed, but did not make it to the AGM.

The back of the OIA conference gala ticket! 😆

Take the survey regarding what you will do to stand up for Alberta's democracy. #AbLeg #AbPoli

Happy to be on my way to Toronto for a conference co-hosted by the Osteopathic International Alliance (OIA) & the Ontario Association of Osteopathic Manual Practitioners (OAO). Happy to represent the Alberta Association of Osteopathic Manual Therapists. Happy for a fitted N95 #Osteopathy #Wellness

Interesting. I think the Liberal caucus is genuinely happy. They've been unsure if their budget would pass, & this is a step closer and happy to be chosen by him. It's interesting to see how open & spontaneous a culture that they seem to have. #CndPoli

The screen does not have rainbow 🌈 colours. It's kind of neat that my cell camera decided that that was fitting. 😊😎

AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."

1 thing that I meant to share related to Calgary City council was that it was really great to see the closed captioning voice to text under 2 screens to include deaf and hard of hearing & online regarding Calgary council chamber wheel chair accessible messaging. &lots of fresh air #YycCc #EDI #JEDIB

1/ After having most of my political volunteering been in provincial and federal politics the past eight months have been filled with a lot of time spent on municipal politics so I thought that it would be nice to further it by watching Calgary council in action & electing councilors to committees.

I think the most revealing moment is when the former UCP press secretary admits that the UCP would rather throw Lukaszuk’s question to the people and risk their economy and Alberta’s place in Canada than their political careers. #ableg #abpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...

This is extremely troubling. The UCP are becoming increasingly authoritarian. They are dumping Doug Wylie, likely because he intervened, in the public interest, in the AHS CEO lawsuit. edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

NDP MLA David Shepherd held very little back as the UCP effectively fired the Auditor General in committee today… Including highlighting that for a government under suspicion of covering up massive scandals, this only makes things look worse. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Cuts to SNAP have been a mask-off moment for some religious people in my extended network. People I thought shared a common belief about serving the poor without judgement even if our how-to ideas differed. I'm supposed to be cynical and cranky at 50 but cannot stomach some of their words this week.

The UCP govt has created a fifth health agency to provide IT, HR, data services etc to the other four, with a fifth CEO, Maureen Towle.

I love these words of Prime Minister Mark Carney: "Distance is not the way to solve problems, not the way to serve our people... pragmatic and constructive engagement is." 💜 #Leadership #Community #Service

Incredible story about the complete corruption of a state chief justice. Canadians who think judges should be elected should read this a cautionary tale. www.propublica.org/article/paul...

Jeff Jones continuing to do yeoman’s work bringing the O&G closure liability fiasco to #ableg and #cdnpoli. Willful ignorance at the top — among the c-suite, auditors and investors — will keep pushing this bill down onto taxpayers’ lap. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Hm. Just got robocalled by Ekos with a (pre) federal election poll. (Scarier than any Hallowe’en ghoul or ghost!) #cdnpoli #pleaseno

An Air Canada flight right now

I love these words of Prime Minister Mark Carney: "Distance is not the way to solve problems, not the way to serve our people... pragmatic and constructive engagement is." 💜 #Leadership #Community #Service

For our German-speaking #ForeverCanadian supporters:

After hearing from more than 50 witnesses, the Senate Standing Committee on Indigenous Peoples is preparing to go further than the government ever intended in restoring legal recognition to “non-status Indians.” That's on Nation to Nation.

Ooooo! Danielle Smith just issued a new set of rules for staff accepting gifts! (Even though there’s questions about the last rules being followed) And it has… A notwithstanding clause! Because UCP! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

I just finished watching the first part of the first #YycCc meeting. @jeromyyyc.bsky.social you led the meeting and spoke an amazing vision and mission absolutely fantastically!! Thanks for doing that so inclusively & wisely.

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

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

Thinking about this survey tonight, via @albertateachers.bsky.social: "Teaching on empty: Alberta teachers among the world’s most stressed and overextended, OECD report": teachers.ab.ca/news/teachin... #abed #ableg

Lots of updates to share today as Bill 2, the Back to School Act, is now law in Alberta. Plenty of criticism of the government for stripping teachers of their charter rights. And pledges from govt to improve school conditions. #AbLeg #AbEd www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

1/2 I encourage @jeromyyyc.bsky.social to demonstrate your listening first commitment to start with a meeting w Sonya Sharp. To find 2+ of her ideas for investigation and/or implementation. #YycCc www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I'll cover the Back to School Act debate; I believe it's a maximum of three hours allotted (three motions, each with one hour). They're taking roll call on who agrees to and disagrees at the moment. #ableg #abpoli

I am not sure why the government would preemptively invoke the notwithstanding clause (if this report is correct). It is not automatically the case that legislating back-to-work would violate the Charter. In any event, it would be months before courts would rule on the constitutionality. 1/