New 113 ST protected #yegbike lane is amazing! Straight run for the most part, just one intersection at 106 Ave with a forced stop to wait if there’s east/west traffic.

I break down the saga of separatists, voter list abuse and an ever-spiralling mess that's emerged on today's Front Burner pod. The FB team NAILED the episode's title. www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

We have a huge data breach scandal that just keeps getting bigger/weirder in Alberta. Here's the homepage of the biggest newspaper in Calgary. #cdnpoli #abpoli

Let me say, it is one of my political ambitions never to have Jeremy Appel and Jen Gerson investigating me at the same time. #abpoli @readtheorchard.org

familiar roller coaster of emotions for an oilers fan

After the World Trade Center was attacked (just four miles from Trump Tower), more than 40,000 Canadians in uniform fought alongside their U.S. allies in Afghanistan. More than 2,000 Canadians were wounded. These 158 didn't make it home. And now this guy is giving lectures on gratitude.

Let tonight be a lesson to all of us: Make sure you have established your own, and are aware of your loved ones', advance directives. Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.

The arrest of Mark Carney will bring peace, prosperity, and freedom to North America Morning File by me

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.

No one watches supplementary budget committee meetings, but with no due respect whatsoever, that was an extremely unfair and uncalled for statement by MLA Cyr denigrating the auditor general. #ableg #abpoli

ALBERTA: Bill 11 raises healthcare costs for everyone ⚠️. Families pay more out of pocket. Public wait times grow. Doctors move to private clinics. The public system gets weaker. Watch our 3 minute video below on what Bill 11 means for you and why we need to push back. Learn more: notwotier.ca

But we know the rot goes to the roots. An investigation by the Info & Privacy Commissioner found the UCP had created system-wide policies designed to deny public record requests. And it seems they’re still at it. A gov’t so drunk on power they don’t think they have to answer to anyone. #abpoli

In the House today, Minister Ellis claimed this was just “human error,” blaming of one of his senior staff. Human error. Twice. Weeks apart. The fact is the UCP have a record of intentionally bending & breaking access to info laws. It’s a pattern. They can’t be trusted. #abpoli

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 🧵

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

Sometimes questions are more revealing than answers. The interview yesterday by Vassy Kapelos with Demetrios Nicolaides is one of those times. Please enjoy these highlights.

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.

At 2 a.m., the Alberta legislature passed a bill that will force 51,000 teachers back to work, impose a four-year contract and use the notwithstanding clause to stave off a legal challenge and suspend teacher bargaining at the local level. It includes fines for Ts and the ATA if they defy it. #AbLeg

Tonight's moves by the UCP are part of a trend: shifting Alberta away from liberal democracy toward illiberalism. "Populists like Smith often invoke freedom, but their concept of it is tied to loyalty to the dominant group rather than universal liberties.+ open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

There are just three election workers with computers processing the crowd and handing out ballots. That better improve later or I can only imagine what the lines are going to be tonight. People will turn around and go watch the Blue Jays. #yeg #yegvote #yegelxn

SCOOP 🧵 Two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for "image recognition" software that scours photos and videos for individuals. 1/ drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

Hi, yes, g'morning. This is awkward. But targeting a reporter - hi! - with surreptitiously obtained photos and details of her tooling around town is an attack on the public's right to know. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

New Post: The Information Commissioner’s Report on the Government of Alberta’s War on the Public’s Right to Access Information ablawg.ca/?p=14544&p...

Breakenridge: Government secrecy taking hold in Alberta

🧵 This is a big story and I’m not seeing it get around so take a sec with me here. Clearview AI is a big deal if cops can use it. Basically lets them figure out who anyone anywhere is based on social media and internet facial recognition scraping. Protests, you name it. 1/

More excellent reporting from Jack re: Alberta’s privacy legislation

News from me today: Alberta's personal information protection law ruled partly unconstitutional Even so, Alberta judge upholding an order from privacy commissioners to stop US company from scraping pics for facial recognition database www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...

Alberta is violating its own freedom of information laws by using illegitimate reasons to withhold records, watchdog finds www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and @robyndoolittle.bsky.social

Excellent reporting from Jack here

From me today: Investigation finds Alberta government not complying with freedom of information laws www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...

So... that's two independent officers of our legislature who have been compelled to remind the Smith government of some basic -- but also bedrock -- constitutional principles and democratic norms. Bad news bears, #ableg. www.ethicscommissioner.ab.ca/media/3124/a... oipc.ab.ca/information-...

The Alberta government of Premier Danielle Smith breached the provincial Freedom of Information Act, says a provincial watchdog in response to 34 complaints filed by me. The finding was also in response to some articles published by a national newspaper — the Globe — following my own complaints.

Alberta government failed to follow access to information rules: "Accountability is the cornerstone of the exercise of good governance," Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod noted in her report released earlier today edmontonjournal.com/news/politic... #ableg

Oh wow, Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner has issued a report finding the Alberta government is broadly not complying with freedom of information laws

This is a significant finding from Alberta’s privacy and information commissioner and confirms what many FOIP users have long suspected.

Alberta MLA Peter Guthrie, representing Airdrie-Cochrane, has been removed from the United Conservative Party caucus by those MLAs. This is days after he voted in favour of an NDP motion in the legislature supporting a public inquiry into procurement and contracting allegations. #AbLeg

Danielle Smith - "We don't need a public inquiry into "Corrupt Care"! I promise maximum transparency! The Auditor General will get access to everything! No secrets!" Also Smith - "Absolutely no one is to speak to the Auditor General" #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

The picture comes into focus AB gov took ownership of public hospitals from AHS so these public assets can be used by private surgeons’ corporations under new funding model Public assets in the service of private profits This will only destabilize hospitals further www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

NEW: CTV cancelled a fact-checking segment in response to political pressure from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives

I’m devastated, but I’m also angry. I’m angry because this is an attack on press freedom. If opportunities can be stripped from journalists simply because enough people repeat the same bad-faith narrative, how can anyone withstand the career impact of doing work that matters?

Well that was a lot of work. #yegwx #yeg #abstorm

Danielle Smith & LaGrange say if there was anything amiss about health procurement, it was all internal to Alberta Health Services. Here's a long look at the UCP government's many interventions into contracting at AHS: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I posted in the CAJ Slack asking them about the fact that they legitimized a right-wing rag that has harassed other journalists. The CAJ did not reply. Instead, the CAJ deactivated my access to the Slack channel, despite an ongoing conversation with other members. I'm really disgusted.

One of the key competencies in our government is the ability to build structural graft. If you can't do that, then you're not our kind of competent. #AbLeg globalnews.ca/news/1108121...

Govt statement of defence is out. x.com/mickeyamery/...

Statement from Athana Mentzelopoulos, former AHS CEO.