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“In fact, it appears Tanya Fir, my Alberta MLA for Calgary-Peigan and minister of Arts, Culture and Status of Women, was in a state of shellshock from abusive calls she had been fielding when she uttered my name as the next “motherf___r” she would be calling back.”

Wherein Tanya Fir refers to the next caller on her “callback list” as the “next motherfucker"... Not knowing that next person was a journalist. After she failed to hang up the phone properly. Just the most competent government ever. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

“Whether that makes them lazy, impatient, or vengeful, the result is the same. Pre-emptively using Section 33 doesn’t just allow the government to do an endrun around the courts. It removes their obligation to defend their laws as being necessary and justified in a democratic society.”

What Khashoggi killing? www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/p...

"The deference and servility to Ms Maxwell have reached such preposterous levels that one of the top officials at the facility has complained that he is ‘sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch’,” Raskin also said. #EpsteinTrumpFiles www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Mr. Carney told reporters in B.C. Thursday,... he’s been experiencing a “meeting of the minds” with the premier. Frightening. #abpoli #cdnpoli

#LIAR #abpoli

"He said border agents told him they needed to determine whether he & his wife were a national security threat to Canada." Outrageous embarrassment to Canada. @MarkJCarney must explain & apologize & @CBSANOR must be held accountable. #cdnpoli #FreedomOfSpeech www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"For lawyers, the more Charter litigation, the better. It both empowers and enriches." An irresponsible, slanderous & ignorant claim, especially about "enriches", which is laughable. #UCP #Lawyers #RuleOfLaw #CivilRights #HumanRights calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Not really a First World democracy anymore when it comes to justice and law enforcement matters.

International condemnation is one thing, action is another. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

"Tessler says the case underscores how there's still a segment of police culture that will stay silent about officers involved in criminal activities." The Police Code of Silence exists in all police services. Effort to root it out must be constant. #police www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I suggest this be used with prejudice by criminal defence & prison lawyers dealings with CSC & Canada. Also, in relation to sentencing when Crown argues conditions are hunky-dory. A very sad state of affairs. #Prison #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #CriminalLaw www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

“People don’t think about it,” one participant, credited as Eli, tells the camera. “Because if you do think about it, you’ll want to kill yourself." #WarCrimes #genocide www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

Figures. He and CPC leadership are incapable of self-reflection and change. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

What is the great peacemaker, Trump, doing about this? www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Strategically timed media release by Edmonton Police on the day before a holiday about an October 27 incident. "The Major Collision Investigations Section is investigating. Police will not be sharing further details." And they never will. #Police www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art....

“Look, I have no credibility or expertise on any of these issues, but what if I subtly imply any kind of public health reporting is a result of a conspiracy involving big pharma…” No wonder Dani made “Spanky” the executive director of her Southern office. #abpoli #cdnpoli

"The sweeps aren't going to fix anything,” Dan Jones said. “They're gonna make people feel better for a minute, and then these folks are gonna be back right where they started without proper resources in place." #homelessness www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Congratulations to the UCP and Danielle Smith and their antivax, conspiracy theorist supporters on this achievement. #abpoli #antivax www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Brouhaha over N.S. MP’s floor crossing descends into he-said/they-said story … whom to believe? albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/brou... #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg

What an affront to the memory of those who fought in WW2. #NAZI #Facists www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

10 years after request by Criminal Trial Lawyers’ Association, success! Now we will find out what Alberta Corrections canteen & phone contractors paid to govt from funds from prisoners, their families, & supporters. This is a national issue. #Prison acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

#police globalnews.ca/news/1151750...

“I think he would have,” Danielle Smith told reporters on Friday morning. Dead wrong. Imagine what Lougheed would think of this UCP government, in general. #abpoli www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

By using the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively - which, again, they *can* but *need not* do - the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights and bypassing the courts. They are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a free and democratic society.

Using the Lougheed Doctrine, governments should only invoke the Notwithstanding clause if they have exhausted all other options. This includes a full-throated, public defense of their law as placing "reasonable limits... as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society" (s1).

After mostly eliminating red light and speeding cameras in cities, Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen is now considering raising speed limits on rural highways to 120 km/hr. www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...

Brilliant reporting and writing here. An absolute pleasure to read.

And that's a wrap. We had a sold out fundraiser! Many volunteers behind the event, including 3 bands. We had some great silent auction items. All-in-all a great success. Thank you everybody for believing in the work I and the @coalition4jhr do!

"This increase corresponds with growth in the number of people living unsheltered or in temporary shelters in our city, which reached 2,468 in 2024, & an increase in enforcement [by Edmonton Police Service & City] against homeless encampments." #yegcc edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

The Ostrich cull reminded me of this: "Alberta premier Ralph Klein, said, any "self-respecting rancher would have shot, shovelled & shut up." Many farmers and ranchers cheered Klein's grassroots "common sense" back then, but it's no longer 2003. www.realagriculture.com/2015/02/time...

Law Union of Ontario Policing Subcommittee PRESS RELEASE October 30, 2025 The Law Union of Ontario strongly condemns the Carney government’s proposed bail reforms as being harsh, punitive, counterproductive and unsupported by the evidence. acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

"The three men were never charged, however, because provincial Crown prosecutors decided no charges should be laid." AGAIN! #Police #PoliceAccountability www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#Police edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

The larger issue here is that, according to credible public health experts, the UCP govt is imposing an ideological, anti-vax agenda that will undermine public health for many years. A baby needlessly died of measles in Alberta because its mother was unvaccinated. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Hooray! www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...

"The last few days — oh, and Manitoba’s premier — have made it clear that the facts don’t matter, however. Blind rage is far easier than careful consideration." #RuleOfLaw www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion

Premier Kinew: “You’ve got to find a way to communicate that makes people pay attention". Advocating that prison staff arrange for prisoners to murder other prisoners did get attention. "He said Manitobans agree with his perspective." #RuleOfLaw www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

#Police #PoliceAccountability

“This first use of the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in an act of the Alberta legislature is a stain upon your record & undercuts the credibility of the many calls you have made for all levels of government to respect the rights of citizens.” ATA to Smith today. #abpoli

"Justice Sotomayor raised the issue of the Ontario govt’s anti-tariff ad featuring former president Reagan’s words. The ad angered Trump so much that he broke off trade talks with Canada & threatened to slap on another 10% tariff." So it was a good idea! www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...

"while also trying to connect people to supports." Which, in all likelihood, aren't available. #Police calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...

The Tales of Patrick - Episode 1 youtu.be/4FazZ5k8Dhw?...

Via @jlisayoung.bsky.social does not mince words about the UCP's authoritarian dumping of Auditor General Doug Wylie. Fall Fashion Update: Alberta open.substack.com/pub/lisayoun...