Can we stop saying, "Real conservatives do x,y, or z like decent people do"? Conservatives have always been selfish, throw anyone under a semi for a buck, cut any corner, cruelty is the point people. Always. Only difference between before and now is before, it didn't affect you. #cdnpoli #abpoli

Political scientists like to talk about dialogue between legislatures and courts. This is more of a shouting match. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

WOW!!! Not only have the courts ruled that the separatists referendum is unconstitutional and that separatism would require the consent of First Nations... A SCATHING epilogue directly called out Alberta trying to legislate away the courts ability to issue a decision! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

“The authority disclosed its investigation into Mr. Mraiche this summer when it asked a provincial court to find him in contempt for failing to participate in an interview.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Feels like a good time to re-up this: lisayoung.substack.com/p/help-wanted

Danielle Smith was going to fix the health care system in 90 days which seemed plausible at the time as there wasn't a lot to fix but now in pursuit of privatization she has completely shattered a system that others were once trying to model it was working so well. We warned you Alberta voters!

Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built. Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...

A clear synopsis of the new Alberta-Ottawa MOU from a rare kind of guy who knows both the policy and the politics. Read the latest from @maxfawcett.bsky.social. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...

From the DM’s… A very reliable source tells us that Danielle Smith with be recalling recall with new legislation early next week. Right after the UCP AGM. Another Smith bait and switch. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

"With $6 of every $10 in profits crossing the border, never to return, Canadian oil sands majors produced $12.3 billion worth of capital flight per year." #cdnpoli #ableg #ElbowsUp /more www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...

That's not how confederation is supposed to work. The feds and one provincial government don't get to trample on the rights of another and First Nations. This whole thing seems purely political. #cdnpoli

How would an MLA know which constituents vote in a provincial elections? This information is privileged only to Elections Alberta. Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law. #ableg

The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model? Think about a double double. If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.

Students protest Bill 9. Then, at least 1,000 activists, advocates and supporters rally downtown www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Who honestly thinks that schools are full of teenage boys who want to dress up as girls just so they can infiltrate girls’ sports teams? Or bathrooms? In our homophobic misogynist culture, do you think school boys would don drag just to get a competitive edge? That is…just not a thing.

On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I hope Albertans will remember that trans kids and teens are living breathing humans who just want to be themselves, without fear of hate and discrimination. Demonizing kids merely to score political points in some weird culture war is craven and cruel.

This is what community looks like. “The first step in making society better is caring about things that don’t impact you directly.”

The UCP could have ended the teachers' strike using s1. Other govts have. Not Bill 9. The UCP has no evidence to support a s1 claim that their removal of parental & child rights is proportional or justifiable in a free and democratic society. Only vengeance. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

#alberta doctors forced to participate in surgeries in #private facilities. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

Alberta is a fascist province.

To protect Alberta children, the UCP is removing their human rights and the ability of their parents, teachers, and physicians to protect them. The UCP knows best. This is a classic populist trope.

Too late - the votes are in!

The use of the Notwithstanding clause not only sweeps away the rights of citizens, but also bypasses parliament and legislatures. This action must have an immediate accounting, and the most appropriate accounting would be an election. This ought to be customary, no exceptions.

Anyways… This UCP Chief of Staff seems to believe that Canadian money shouldn’t be spent in the US… (It’s not like the NDP spent taxpayers dollars instead of paying with party money) Whoah! Where’d that second pic from from?!? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

These days seems like everybody's trying to TURN DOWN the conversation on #ClimateChange. WE'RE TURNING IT UP & we could use your help to do it. Consider donating to the Calgary Climate Hub's annual fundraiser today. You'll be glad you did! CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser

Fact-check: true 😕

Thank you CH4 for being one of the rare outlets covering this. Israeli settlers staged at least 264 attacks on Palestinians in October alone according to the UN, the highest total since they began collecting data in 2006.

We’ve served our country in uniform. Now we are stepping up to serve again. We are The Hell Cats — four female veterans that are going to flip the House in 2026. Join the mission → www.hellcats.us/

Teachers and unions were first (Bill 2). Trans Albertans are next (Bill 9). The UCP's 2025 AGM Resolutions reveal a much longer list of folks whose rights are at risk from the party's use of the notwithstanding clause.

Oh good, more bureaucracy. #AbEd #AbPoli #AbLeg

PUBLIC 👏 SERVICES 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 MEANT 👏 TO 👏 TURN 👏 A 👏 PROFIT

New Leger poll! And it turns out the biggest loser in the teachers strike is the UCP! What are the big takeaways? - 47% of Albertans opposed the government tabling legislation to force teachers back to work, of that 35% strongly opposed it. /1 #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

“Obstetrical services are "temporarily" unavailable in Cold Lake, due to a OB/GYN shortage at the Cold Lake Healthcare Centre. This shortage will be ongoing until Jan. 5, 2026.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.lakelandtoday.ca/cold-lake-ne...

WOW! #YYC firefighters are calling out Smith over her use of the notwithstanding clause. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

By using s33 pre-emptively, the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights. (Governments have done that before.) By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

I know some people in Vancouver that would love this LOL 😂 ;)

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...

The @mark-carney.bsky.social budget allocates $20 million/yr for a Youth Climate Corps and $800 million/yr in tax credits for the Pathways Alliance CCS pipeline. The first is 2% of the amt needed to seriously tackle youth unemployment. The latter locks Canada in to expanding oil & gas extraction.

"When those who created the problem control the data, the timeline, & the interpretation, the public isn't being informed -- it's being managed." ~ Mike Woolley, one of thousands of concerned & angry Albertans #AbEd #AbLeg #AbPoli #FireTheUCP #FightForPublicEducation #SupportOurStudents

Trust me, it’s not how I want to spend my Saturday, but “what you are not changing, you are choosing” (Dr. Laura Buchanan). All of this (*gestures at everything*) is too important & too serious to just accept. Democracy is action. ✊ #AbLeg #AbPoli #FireTheUCP #ProtectOurProvince #EnoughIsEnough

Not only did the AER's CEO unlawfully interfere with the hearing process for Summit's Mine 14, he called the Minister's office for "input" pretty much as soon as the application for reconsideration came in. That's a foul. #abpoli #ableg @cpawsnab.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

NEW SERIES: POWER OVER PRINCIPLE. Are democratic guardrails collapsing in Alberta? We break down 6 categories of UCP actions—from undermining the Rule of Law to silencing independent voices. #ABpoli #Alberta #UCP #GiveVoiceAB #ABleg #PowerOverPrinciple

The UCP government pretty clearly tried to artificially suppress demand for COVID-19 vaccines by forcing people to pay out of pocket for them. It didn't work. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Yes!!! 👏 Working with teachers is such a rewarding feeling. Alberta is RE-calling, indeed! 💪 Recall legislation is OUR right to oust this government, once and for all! #abpoli #ableg #end #corruption #crimesagainsthumanity #injustice #RecallThemAll

Democratic guardrails erode by accumulation — one “exception” at a time. None of this alone ends liberal democracy. Together, it corrodes it. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpolitics

Keeping up with the UCP government's democratic transgressions can be difficult. But not impossible. Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇

“the screening program places a great deal of unnecessary stress on students and has little to no value for student learning” The ATA has weighed in on Nicolaides new testing criteria… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

Today in committee… UCP MLA Scott Cyr tried to justify the committees decision on not re-upping the auditor generals contract to allow him time to finish alleged corruption allegations… David Shepherd wasn’t having it. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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