#Rally on Thursday, the 20th - Trans Day of Remembrance - at McDougall Centre in #Calgary 🏳️‍⚧️ Get LOUD and say #NoToBill9! No to the use of the #Notwithstanding Clause and No to the UCP❕#ABpoli #ABleg #ProtectTransKids #TransRightsAreHumanRights #YYC #FireTheUCP #Alberta #StandUp #ProtectTransYouth

“When a government grants itself license to override physician judgment and patient consent, who - at any stage of life — will be next?” The AMA raising very serious concerns about the UCP’s invocation of the notwithstanding clause. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

“Ours is the final voice on the matter” are the words of authoritarians. They do not want to govern in our name. They want to rule over us. They must be defeated at the polls.

“I hope that either all of us, or none of us, are judged by the actions of our weakest moments, but rather by the strength we show when and if we’re given a second chance.” - Ted Lasso

Alberta’ conservative governments have always suffered an acute Edifice Complex. This is no different. When they can’t manage a system to keep EDs open across the province, no-one should trust their judgment on this.

It takes some chutzpah to talk about “breaching public trust” the same week your own government has tried to defang the public official leading the investigation into a massive corruption scandal. But for the UCP it’s just Thursday.

Is the UCP losing Gunter? Who’s next? Staples? Bell?

These guys are looking just as corrupt as the federal Liberals did in the #adscam scandal. The truth is likely that it’s worse. Which is why they’re trying so hard to hide it.

Who else thought of #tedlasso after the Jays loss last night? youtu.be/HA3HWP1OcL4?...

Finally got to booking our Covid shots. 1 will be given in Innisfail, the other 3 in 2 weeks in Drumheller. There were no appointments in Calgary, for as long as the calendar ran. None. Zero. And for this privilege we will pay $400.

Hey @naheednenshi.bsky.social here’s a nice short speech that could be quoted in the Leg.

I’d really love it if folks would think through what this suggestion would mean: You’re asking the APPOINTED representative of a HEREDITARY monarch to intervene directly to overturn the will of the ELECTED legislature. Few things are worse than the UCP invoking the NWC. This is one of them.

Yup.

“It ain’t what you do know that gets you into trouble - it’s what you know that ain’t so.” - Josh Billings Reagan’s voice might be welcome for its value trolling the Orange Menace. But his economics are how we got into this mess. open.substack.com/pub/dougaldl...

A day late. Hope you enjoyed St Crispin’s Day! youtu.be/A-yZNMWFqvM?...

2025 GOP doesn’t want to be reminded of 1987 GOP policies. You know what to do.

91,065 votes. Not great, but not terrible. #yyc #yyccc #calgaryvotes

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

I can’t give enough praise or thanks to Jeremy Klaszus and his team at @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social for their thorough election coverage. I don’t remember the Herald or the Sun ever providing this much information. Bravo!!! www.sprawlcalgary.com/a-big-win-fo...

Hey @calgaryherald.com…your headline is false, so I fixed it for you.

This again? Is it too much to ask a Minister of the Crown in Alberta to know who the Sovereign is, in whose name he serves, and to whom he has sworn allegiance? For those in the back: He’s the King of Canada. #ableg #abpoli

Am I the only one thinking Sonya Sharp & Communities First want to have it both ways on rezoning? Or, as with the billion dollar arena deal, are they just hoping nobody will notice? #yyc #yyccc #calgaryelection #calgaryvotes

Excellent reporting here on what SHOULD be a key electoral issue. IMO, everyone who was part of the 2023 deal has some ‘splainin’ to do!

Inside Danielle Smith’s Baffling Oil Agenda I can't say this strongly enough, @ABDanielleSmith's mandate letter to @brianjean is batsh*t crazy. *2x oil production *5 pipelines *Regulatory reform to make it all happen And that'snot even all of it! #ableg youtu.be/OPhkiy8GXds

The next time Danielle #Smithnwesson claims she’s just trying to protect vulnerable kids, remember this: She exploited a child She exploited a family She did not retract a false story until media got involved She did not apologize She will do or say anything that serves her political goals.

Signed. transactionalberta.ca

Hello, @albertandp.ca! If you want to win over rural AB, here’s your issue.

Why? Because "we're all in it together" -- or more precisely, "we all must join in and sacrifice some of our immediate individual interests in the name of long-term collective welfare" -- is diametrically opposed to hierarchy & domination, which are the fundamentals of authoritarian psychology.

Danielle Smith wants you to think she’s protecting children, but invoking the notwithstanding clause is a confession: that was always a lie. She’s using the power of the government to suspend the rights of children.

Priceless. youtube.com/shorts/RhWGV...

But, rather than say this TO me, and engage in discussion, you blocked me. It’s your account, and you have every right to block folks. But I would have thought you’d reserve that for people being abusive, not just those who have a different perspective. Again, disappointing.

So I’m not the only one who noticed. Was the Army trolling Trump? Cause if they weren’t, it was a horrifyingly bad presentation.

Slapping labels on people is so tiresome.

US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

Growing up in Calgary of the 70s, it was highly unusual for anyone to have air conditioning at home. For 10 really hot days you just waited for the cool evening air to bring relief. Last year we got air conditioning. Because the cool evening air is increasingly unbreathable.

A helpful contribution to the discussion of Alberta alienation. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ecd195a...

Don’t tell me he’s governing like a Conservative. youtu.be/tBWAIULf_lI?...

Is somebody gonna tell the US Ambassador? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/w...

Alright, now we’re going BACK TO SCHOOL!!!

Oh my sweet summer child. Rule 1 of international affairs: Nations don’t have friends. They have interests. The US would only “help” a sovereign AB if it’s in their interest to do so: - by weakening Canada - and by AB becoming a vassal of the US.

I'm back and I'm already VERY INCENSED about something from the National Post. This piece, with its shitty clickbait headline attacking the Canadian government's tiny pushback amid an ongoing genocide, is written by the National Post's EDITOR IN CHIEF!!! He rarely writes articles... (cont)

What she says.

🛎️🛎️🛎️🛎️🛎️

3/ TIER has been a bipartisan policy initiated by Stelmach’s conservatives and has survived six premiers (Stelmach, Redford, Hancock, Prentice, Notley, and Kenney). TIER has driven innovation, emission reduction, and investment in Alberta.

Paddington Bear might be up there. Though he keeps a sandwich in case of hunger.