Safety in Sport Act was allegedly about protecting girls from transgender girls in contact sports and so that girls could prosper in elite (or elite pathway) sports. None of that applies in this case. The purpose is hate against transgender people.

So Danielle Smith wants to take over policing in Alberta because she needs the police to get to Albertans on time... But she can't even manage making sure that POLICE get an AMBULANCE on time with the EMS service she already runs?!? This is horrifying. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

I wonder how many other national sport organizations will follow Skate Canada's lead. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

This is, by far, the best, most accurate and extremely well argued analysis of the power of Danielle Smith's communications style that I have read. This deserves to be widely distributed and as Markham notes, the Alberta NDP should take note.

Stormy Canola Field… a quintessential prairie scene. Wet felting fibre art… a sloppy but satisfying process #artadventcalendar #fibreart #wetfelting #wool

Today, on International Human Rights Day, Albertans woke up in a province where the rights of one of our most vulnerable minorities have been overridden by a government whose only concern is its own ideological base. 1/2 nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/10/a...

Albertans deserve to know the cumulative total of severance costs AHS had to pay out when the government continually dismissed those with knowledge of CorruptCare. How much was wasted covering up this scandal? #abpoli #ableg #CorruptCare

It's grading season. Like most polisci profs, I'm inundated with essays on the state of democracy. Here is a transcript of Danielle Smith's remarks on her radio show yesterday. Let's break down her comments to see just how problematic and uninformed they are.

This is among the most democratically dangerous things Danielle Smith has said. She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people." We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.

Minister LaGrange has blood on her hands. Seems a suitable justification for the current effort to have her recalled. Actually, this might be the clearest case for recall, next to the one for the Premier and Minister Nicolaides.

CONDOLANCES to my colleagues and the patients in the Edmonton Area. They seem to be breaking overcrowding records everyday in Edmonton. Last night the RAH ED had over 100 (ONE HUNDRED!) pts waiting in its waiting room. Just try to imagine that... 1/6

CONGRATULATIONS #ForeverCanadian volunteers! Elections Alberta just informed me that our Forever Canadian petition is approved! Your hard work and love for Canada paid off! Now, the Premier must do the right thing and call for a vote in the Legislature. www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...

How many years ago was it that the Edmonton Police were trying to bust Diotte in an undercover drunk driving sting? Now they're posing for photos with him. But he was a Sun journalist back then, writing negative columns about photo radar. Now he's pro law and order so he gets an EPS photo op.

www.theglobeandmail.... This highlights what so many HCWs have been worrired about: the UCP government cannot be trusted with the operation, the funding, or the integrity of our health system. 1/11

Shut This Shit Down 🤬 Not in our country, don’t go bringing hate into Canada, these people are domestic terrorists! These groups are on the terror watch lists. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"When procurement and governance and accountability breaks down, it's always Albertans who pay the price." Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

Let’s stop calling it the ‘notwithstanding clause’. In practice, it’s actually the neofascist proviso. 🤷🙄🤷

So is Mark Carney going to go along with the suspension of human rights by MAGA government in Alberta? You cant' do nation-building by allowing an autocratic government to suspend the charter rights of citizens. Just say no Mark. it's pretty straightforward. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

With this leaked document it will be difficult for the UCP to deny their endgame is to privatize healthcare in Alberta. As is the case with the dismantling of AHS, there is no evidence to support this. To the contrary, both will further weaken the public healthcare system.

Artists & Art lovers! Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky! Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24

My latest investigation for @thetyee.ca details what the UCP government doesn't want the public to know about their private surgery push. Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

When the UCP uses the notwithstanding clause tomorrow, watch defenders say, "it's totally legal" or "we had no choice." They're deflecting. The UCP wants to exact as much harm on transgender folks as possible. And they know their actions are not justifiable in a democratic society. Who's next?

So... The final ASIRT report on the alleged illegal surveillance of former Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips by the Lethbridge Police Service is out... And this is a WILD ride with a Spotify ending you aren't going to want to miss! /1

Decoration Day, Armistice Day and Remembrance Day have all been days to honour Canada's veterans. For a time, our day of remembrance fell on the same day as Thanksgiving. But Remembrance Day as we know it has been celebrated 1931. This is the story. 🧵 1/9

Never forget the original anti-fascists…

From the DM's... Just in case Smith's bafflegab wasn't clear... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵

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...

1/12 🇨🇦 CRACKS FORM FOR ALBERTA'S UCP 🇨🇦 In a sharp new column, Don Braid argues that "knobs are starting to fall off" the #UCP government. He details a series of escalating "incidents and irritants" that suggest, halfway through its second term, the government's lustre is fading. #AbLeg #AbPoli

One can be sad and proud at the same time… well done #bluejays. You rallied a country and gave us something to cheer for.

Poilievre says he’d invoke notwithstanding clause to overturn ruling on child porn sentences. This asshole would run the whole damn govt on the notwithstanding clause. Trampling our rights and bypassing courts and the rule of law for his MAGA agenda. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

NEW POST: No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/no-the-sup...

Dear Alberta, We have a serious problem with this government, who claimed it’d fix health care in 90 days. Seems pretty clear to me they meant “start dismantling it in 90 days,” because it has only gotten worse. And now stories like this are coming out. #ABleg globalnews.ca/news/1150372...

Fundamental rights? Forget about ’em! Danielle Smith brings down the hammer on Alberta’s striking teachers. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/fund... #ableg #abpoli #TeachersStrike

Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights? An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote. I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.

The legislation is supposed to embargoed until tabled, but if this is accurate… Smith is invoking the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back to work. Which is an admission that she is violating charter rights. It is a dark day in Alberta. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Wow… if only folks put as much energy into voting as they do getting to a Blue Jays game… anyways Go Jays!! 💙

Today the Government of Alberta announced the end of remote/hybrid work, ordering all government employees back to the office five days a week beginning in February. We wrote about why this is a mistake, and how it will disproportionately harm women.

Let's run through just ONE example of what will enfold with govt's new TESTING PRIVITIZATION PLAN Simplifying in broadstrokes a common example: Take a 35yo female with heavy pelvic bleeding and irregular menses, who has no FM doc. 🧵 1/10 buff.ly/wf7leEA

Some excellent shots here from the teachers' rally at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton today. #ableg #abpoli #yeg

Albertans are witnessing the deathblow to fair and equitable HC access right here, and all without even a discussion to see if there is a mandate for govt to do this. This is not hyperbole or fearmongering. Let's pick 10 quick highlights🧵: 1/15 buff.ly/dzaXRPF

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.

It's municipal election day in Alberta. It's also COVID-booking-opens-to-the-general public day. Both processes are operating under new rules imposed by the provincial government. Neither is going smoothly.

Those of you standing in long lines for municipal elections in Alberta today: 1) stay in line; your voice matters 2) the long lines are a direct consequence of the conspiracy-driven policy changes brought forward by the UCP government (and not your beleaguered election workers); be kind

As forewarned, unnecessary changes to municipal voting ID requirements made by Ric McIver to appease the UCP's far-right fringe are causing major delays in voting. Watch for McIver to accuse municipalities of not being properly prepared. 1

Got off the plane and walked into a drug store in Ottawa and got my COVID vaccine in under 5 minutes. No line up. No appointment. No cost. Was even asked if I wanted Moderna or Pfizer. It’s unconscionable that we can’t get this same level of service in Alberta.

Sigh… here’s where to go… bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...

The ATA refused to engage in talks where pupil-teacher ratios were off the table. And the premier said to expect back-to-work legislation if there's no deal by the last week of October. What would such legislation mean for teachers and classroom conditions? #AbLeg #AbEd

While Danielle Smith is trying to present the Wyant Report as a win... Rakhi Pancholi is making it clear that the way that Smith is spinning it is incredibly dishonest. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli