I served 21 years in Parliament but in the last caucus I gave up even trying to offer advice because I could never pass the increasingly rigid purity tests. Thank you @heathermcpherson.bsky.social for reminding us that social democracy needs to be social and democratic. www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...

The lawn sign for my school trustee candidate showed up today. And it has the most adorable little knitted “hat.” #edmonton #epsb

By giving in on the Digital tax, we screwed our European allies and made a global response much harder. #cdnpoli

By giving in on the Digital tax, we screwed our European allies, and made a global response much harder. #cdnpoli

“President Trump thinks we are probably going to cave in. We are going to stand up to a bully. We will not back down.” Mark Carney, when he was campaigning for votes four months ago. youtu.be/yV101ei8mu8?... #cdnpoli

Trump doesn’t negotiate, he bullies. The only way to negotiate with a bully is to stand up to him. Caving on the digital tax sends a signal that Canada will continually roll over. #cdnpoli

Good news. I’ve been assured by Liberal supporters that this is exactly what we voted for. #elbowsDown #cdnpoli

Elbows Down? #cdnpoli

A tale of two provinces. #abpoli #alberta #ableg

Alberta as we know it today simply would not exist without the millions of immigrants and refugees who built it, who loved it, and who were proud to call it home - including my grandparents and my mum. This bitter xenophobia is as unAlbertan as it’s possible to be. I’m ashamed. I’m disgusted.

Lloyd Axeworthy calls out the Carney government for doing the opposite of what they promised a couple months ago. #cdnpoli #elbowsup

Does anyone know anything that could prevent this? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #alberta #abpoli #ableg

Interesting to listen to Conservative strategists discuss the main problem facing their party at the moment: how to confront a Carney Liberal government that has taken on all of Poilievre’s policies. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... #cdnpoli

Bill C-2 allows the government to deny & deport refugee claimants without a hearing. This is a bill presented by Mark Carney's Liberals, who promised to be different from Conservatives. This is why it's important to have a lot of NDP MPs in parliament. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOLl... #cdnpoli

The Edmonton Journal did actual journalism, broke a story after months of effort, and then waited two days to put it in their dead tree edition. 🤦‍♂️ edmontonjournal.com/news/politic... #ableg #abpoli #yeg

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COVID booster shots to cost patients $110. #alberta #ableg #abpoli

The UCP candidate in Edmonton Strathcona hasn’t knocked on any doors in my neighborhood. Go figure. 🤷‍♂️ #ableg #abpoli

Adriana LaGrange is the Minister of Primary and “Preventative” Health Services. She announced yesterday that Albertans will now have to pay $110 for COVID vaccines. Make it make sense. #ableg #abpoli

Making people pay for vaccines, while measles rates skyrocket, may be the most bananas thing Danielle Smith has ever done. And that’s a high bar. #ableg #abpoli #alberta

I didn’t realize we’d elected the Conservatives. #cndpoli

This pisses me off. #cdnpoli

A healthy way to respond to the CBC poll showing the UCP in the lead would be to engage with swing voters (probably not on line). An unhealthy response would be to lash out at the pollster, the CBC, or Albertans generally. The former might move the needle, the latter will not. #ableg #abpoli

Maybe it’s the algorithm, but I get (far) more updates about the wildfire situation from Sask opposition leader Carla Beck than I do from Danielle Smith or any government officials in Alberta. #abpoli #skpoli #ableg

I’ve not seen any UCP signs in Edmonton Strathcona yet, but I have seen two signs for the previous federal conservative candidate and one sign for the Republican Party. #ableg #abpoli #yeg #alberta

Embrace the things in this world that bring us joy. #ableg #abpoli

Please, please, please! #oilers

In Quebec, separatist parties are honest about their intentions. #ableg #abpoli #alberta

"Separatism is dividing Alberta" is a phenomenon almost entirely contained within the ranks of Danielle Smith's party supporters. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"The UCP is good for business." #ableg #abpoli #alberta

It’s worth a reminder that the same people who claim schools have sexually explicit books in their libraries once told us the same schools have litter boxes for kids who “identify as cats.” These people lie. A lot. #ableg #abpoli

#ableg #abpoli

The Oilers’ defence man who had the stick stuck in his skate should get an assist on McDavid’s goal! #oilers

I know I’m the last person on the planet to note this, but I love that when the Edmonton Oilers’ shift ends it’s called an “oil change.”

This list of UCP MLAs who support separation has been out for a week or so. Which MLAs have made public statements in support of staying in Canada? Anyone? Bueller? #ableg #abpoli #alberta

Today, Duolingo tried to teach me that “dancer” is “to dance” in French. Thanks Duo, but being Gen X, I already knew. youtu.be/0QDKLglEP5Y?...

Congrats to Marlin Schmidt for being the most ungovernable NDP MLA. BUT (continued..) edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

According to the separatist Alberta Republican Party's website, there are 18 sitting UCP MLAs who support leaving Canada. albertarepublicans.com/actio…#ablege#abpolili

I can't even fix my TV remote.

Ok Premier. You now have candidates in all three vacant seats. Call the damn by-elections and let us be represented. #ableg #abpoli #alberta

There's a lot to celebrate in this court decision. I'm gonna be petty and focus on the fact that all three of Trump's appointments ruled against him. Delicious.

Trump says Springsteen's skin is atrophied. Huh.

The dogs were good again this week.

A perfect chance to call three by-elections. Just saying. #ableg #abpoli

“She has been adamant in her opposition to forest fires. “They’re dangerous,” she says, as she gingerly places a pack of matches on a pile of dry leaves. “Now, no one touch these.”” 🎁

“It would be more costly to taxpayers to move the family out and then right back into the residence later this summer.” How about Poilievre pay his own damn moving expenses? #stornowaysquatter

#ableg #abpoli #alberta #cdnpoli

Today in the Alberta Legislature, MLA Peter Guthrie claimed that when he was in cabinet, he was pressured by Premier Smith's husband to take meetings with rail lobbyists. As the husband of a former Premier, this interests me…