John Q Public
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Anti-fascist. ABC. ACAB. Ram Rancher. Electoral Reform. Police Reform. Energy Reform. Slava Ukraïne!
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Dani is the biggest traitor in Canadian history. I hope Alberta eats her alive.
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#cdnpoli
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The Fig Economy
about 24 hours ago
Nobody has a lower opinion of non-voters than would be revolutionaries who think they’re all on the same side.
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Angry
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Republicans are attacking the administration’s awful Iran deal. The administration is attacking Israel. Israel is attacking the administrations awful Iran deal. The reflecting pool has leprosy. I was told there would be winning.
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅
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>renames it to the Department of War >names himself the Secretary of War >fights one war >loses
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Shed a tear for our poor sport handgun owners.
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Competitive handgun shooters feel targeted by federal gun ban | CBC News
The International Practical Shooting Confederation has about 6,000 Canadian members — but with no way for most people to legally acquire handguns, competitive shooters fear their sport’s days are numb...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/northern-alberta-handgun-ban-shooting-sports-9.7232210
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk
8 days ago
Alberta, what do you get out of the $91,000,000, yes, $91 million referendum? Nothing. This $91 million could have been spent on building 3 schools, or 4 senior homes, or emergency rooms, hiring doctors or nurses. Instead, you get nothing.
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Nanjing Narg
8 days ago
There was the one time where they gave each side a piece of paper that said the other side surrendered and they agreed before realizing it was a scam
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Jason Markusoff
8 days ago
A top organizer for Centurion Project, a separatist group under investigation for misuse of Alberta’s 2.9M-person voter list, served on UCP’s fundraising committee until this week. That’s when CBC News asked about his presence on that committee.
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Behind federalist Danielle Smith, many of her party's senior organizers back separatism | CBC Accessibility
Several UCP board members attended a fall separation rally, while other officials campaign for independence.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/behind-federalist-danielle-smith-many-of-her-party-s-senior-organizers-back-separatism-9.7231537
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Charlie Angus
11 days ago
I will be hosting a press conference this morning in Ottawa calling for an investigation into foreign interference driving the Alberta separatist bid. We are witnessing the Donbas and Brexit playbook.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism | CBC Music
A CBC News investigation found a number of Facebook accounts run by people overseas impersonating real Albertan separatists.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/facebook-overseas-alberta-separtism-9.7223966
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JeffTrnka
8 days ago
Get fucked Squeaky Pete. "U.S. ambassador pitches Trump's CUSMA threats as opportunity to 'make us an offer'." "'A strong Canada across the board is good for the United States,' Pete Hoekstra says."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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U.S. ambassador pitches Trump's CUSMA threats as opportunity to 'make us an offer' | CBC News
A day after U.S. President Donald Trump said his country doesn't need anything Canada has, U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra said America actually has a "tremendous" need for things outside its borders — ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hoekstra-eurasia-summit-trade-trump-wiseman-9.7231509
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Imagine how popular taxpayer money for private pipelines is in the rest of Canada. We’ve already provided over $85 BILLION in direct federal subsidies to profitable oil companies since 2020.
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#ableg
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Shufflepants
10 days ago
No, see, they rigged it by having more voters. That's against the rules of authoritarianism.
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Chad Loder
10 days ago
He literally lives in fucking Budapest
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Friends of Medicare
10 days ago
“Alberta has ORs sitting empty & unused every single day because this government would rather pursue convoluted schemes to subsidize private profits, even while their failed privatization strategy has already reduced public capacity," said FOM's Chris Gallaway.
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New surgical funding model begins at 12 hospitals amid privatization criticism
A new surgical funding model is now in place at 12 Alberta hospitals, tying funding for selected procedures to the number of patients treated and the complexity of care provided, while Friends of Medi...
https://cochranenow.com/articles/new-surgical-funding-model-begins-at-12-hospitals-amid-privatization-criticism
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Wake Up Alberta! You’re being played by foreigners. They don’t care about you, they just want your tar sands. If it happening on Facebook, it’s happening all over social media. Watch for and expose manipulation from grifters outside of Canada.
#ableg
#abpoli
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Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism | CBC Music
A CBC News investigation found a number of Facebook accounts run by people overseas impersonating real Albertan separatists.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/facebook-overseas-alberta-separtism-9.7223966
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The Tennessee Holler
11 days ago
Reminder: Trump was president during the election he says was rigged, and when Dems were in charge he won — which means either they really suck at rigging elections or he is full of shit. (Hint: it’s the latter)
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Poilievre has no mandate, Canadians did not elect him to make any policy changes. Alberta separatism is polling at 21%, this is shakedown federalism that should be rejected. If Poilievre wants to change federal policy, he should figure out how to form a government.
#cdnpoli
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Poilievre expected to call on Albertans to band with provinces, demand federal policy changes | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to call on Alberta to join forces with other provinces to demand Ottawa change policies he argues holds them back — a move that is "the practical, real...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-alberta-referendum-carney-federal-government-ottawa-9.7226704
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Jeff Lazarus
14 days ago
Periodic reminder that Teapot Dome, the worst scandal in American history prior to Watergate, involved $9 million changing hands. That’s adjusted for inflation. This story by itself is 55500% bigger than Teapot Dome. That’s not a typo.
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No! Have fun applying for US citizenship, Seppies.
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Passport, please: Would Albertans keep Canadian citizenship in a hypothetical independent state? | CBC News
As questions around the logistics of separation loom ahead of the Oct. 19 Alberta referendum on whether or not to kickstart the legal process of exiting Canada, the question of citizenship remains a m...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-separation-passports-canadian-citizenship-9.7220110
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15 days ago
Why does a president need immunity from committing TAX FRAUD unless he is and has been committing tax fraud?
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Kasey Gifford
16 days ago
I WANT TO OWN MY MEDIA FUCKING TIRED OF RENTING BRAH
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Penny Daflos
19 days ago
The BC NDP are happy campers tonight With the right flank of the centre-right party beating out the centrists and moderates, voters will have two very different paths to choose come the next election
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Former MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay elected leader of B.C. Conservatives
Former MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay has been elected as the leader of the B.C. Conservatives by a slim margin in the fourth round of voting.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/watch-live-former-mp-kerry-lynne-findlay-elected-leader-of-bc-conservatives/
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Jeff's Fact Checker
19 days ago
Fled own press conference B.C. Conservative leadership candidate Kerry-Lynne Findlay called a press conference in front of the legislature on Monday to address allegations of election malfeasance during her last federal campaign — only to refuse all… Entire video:
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Alberta NDP
23 days ago
First, she blamed Ottawa. Then, it was 700,000 Albertans. Now, she's pointing fingers at the Premier of B.C. Danielle Smith will blame anyone but herself for this reckless referendum. We know better. We deserve better.
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Alberta Premier Smith blames B.C. for stoking separatist flames
Premiers Eby and Smith are duking it out over proposed pipelines, the economy, and Alberta's referendum on a referendum to potentially leave Canada.
https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/05/26/albertas-premier-blames-bc-for-wanting-to-separate/
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23 days ago
Crazy bitch needs to go away.
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Canada chooses planes designed in Canada, made by Canadian union labour.
#cdnpoli
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Canada chooses Sweden's Saab in defence deal over US rivals
Carney says Canada's historically close relationship with the United States has been permanently altered and Ottawa needs to diversify its economic and security relationships. #EuropeNews
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/27/canada-chooses-swedens-saab-in-defence-deal-over-us-rivals-pm-mark-carney-says
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Max Fawcett
24 days ago
Alberta’s grievances with Ottawa are mostly manufactured, always exaggerated and, often, completely illusory. Now it's time for the people who spent the last decade amplifying and weaponizing them to put out the fire they helped create.
#cdnpoli
#abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/26/o...
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Albertans are addicted to their grievances. It’s time to break the cycle
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/26/opinion/alberta-grievance-politics-conservatives
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Alisha Grauso (She/Her)
23 days ago
Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price.
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JeffTrnka
23 days ago
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Wab Kinew is chef’s kiss 💋 #wabkinew #daniellesmith #separation #alberta #politics #canada
YouTube video by Lisab0923
https://youtu.be/47s5dhTCxao?si=hzB5POtLhzUtPZTr
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Fantastic overview of the Canadian military aircraft purchase.
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Two Planes and One Question
Sovereign Doctrine, the Northern Pack, and the AIG Layer That Decides
https://substack.com/home/post/p-196276924
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Dub K 604
24 days ago
A lot of you live in Unceded Traditional Territory in British Columbia, and Danielle Smith thinks token and irrelevant support from Treaty FNs in Alberta constitutes
#Indigenous
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The Strategists
23 days ago
Danielle Smith may have finally found the issue she can’t spin away. The Strategists break down the growing backlash to Alberta separatism, the fight for “Team Canada,” and why the UCP suddenly looks a lot shakier than it did a month ago.
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Episode 4033: That Thing That Breaks the Camel
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips dive into the rapidly escalating Alberta separatism fight, the growing fractures inside the UCP, and whether Danielle Smi...
https://youtu.be/DBKO3Ne5dQ0
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White Rose Resistance
23 days ago
Danielle Smith tries to disingenuously downplay the duty to consult, but Wab Kinew is having none of it.
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Scott Robertson
24 days ago
Canada needs more Wab Kinew and less Danielle Smith.
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WAB 4 PM !!! Dani thinks a so-called “Citizen Referendum” can override the treaty rights that existed before Alberta became a province.
#mbpoli
#abpoli
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Kinew, Smith spar over treaty rights and separatism as premiers' conference concludes | CBC News
Premier Danielle Smith and her Manitoba counterpart Wab Kinew got into a spat over separation and treaty rights Tuesday at the conclusion of the Western Premiers’ Conference in Kananaskis, Alta.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/smith-kinew-disagreement-9.7213018
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Court Ellingson
24 days ago
Fact: Danielle Smith & the UCP passed legislation which: - lowered the signature threshold for separatists to reach their referendum - changed legislation to allow unconstitutional questions in a referendum - limited Elections Alberta’s mandate to begin investigations
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@KatyET www.abresistance.ca
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Jen St. Denis
25 days ago
Today I have an update about the influencers connected with the alleged Russia-backed Tenet Media. They’re more powerful than ever, and two in particular now frequently speak in support of Alberta separatism.
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The Canadians Tied to a Russian Influence Scandal Are Back | The Tyee
Figures accused of taking shady money to produce content here and in the US are more powerful than ever.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/05/25/Canadians-Russian-Influence-Scandal-Back/
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Parksy
25 days ago
A prediction: ABs will be able to watch the referendum results from their phones in our overcrowded hospital hallways, and ED WRs, as they wait hours upon hours for their sick and dying loved ones to get ACCESS to any semblance of care. 9/9
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦
25 days ago
The Far Right led by Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson promised a better economic future if the UK split from the EU. I'm sure we will see the same from
#Alberta
separatists. But we do know what happened with Brexit: the promises were empty and hurt the UK.
#CanadaStrong
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Brent Toderian
26 days ago
Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car. In fact, it was 4%. And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%. Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via
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Jared Wesley
26 days ago
You can tell things are going really well when you draw comparisons to David Cameron.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Echoes of Brexit as Alberta blunders towards vote on separation from Canada
Like David Cameron in 2016, premier Danielle Smith is facing a mutinous party and has called a referendum about a referendum while vowing a ‘no’ vote
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/24/alberta-separation-referendum-canada#Echobox=1779632128
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Scott Robertson
26 days ago
Danielle Smith is so unbelievably full of shit
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Adam Serwer
over 1 year ago
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Fnarf
26 days ago
You can save a fortune eating all your chicken raw.
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Linotype Pilgrim
26 days ago
this is how you know somebody just got divorced
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JeffTrnka
27 days ago
Oil, profits, and exploitation. Nothing else concerns these fuckers.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions
27 days ago
Local woman says letting cats vote the key to herding them.
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ANALYSIS | Danielle Smith's wishful thinking: her separation vote loses, and that's the end of it | CBC News
Alberta premier and others believe the independence movement might wither after a defeat. That hasn't happened in other separatist movements.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/analysis-danielle-smith-separation-vote-strategic-thinking-9.7209635
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Avalonne
28 days ago
For the last time, NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, not the Middle-East Clusterfuck Help Hotline!
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Lorigold
28 days ago
We’re having referendums on having referendums. By this time next year, discourse will reach 100% referendum saturation. No one will even remember our government is supposed to deliver healthcare and education
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