I’m not a fan of politicians trying to make people angry for votes by claiming there actually IS a “war on cars” (there isn’t — if anything there’s been a war on every OTHER way of getting around since the 1960s). A politician just made the claim on LinkedIn. Here’s the reply I posted. #UrbanTruth

Premier Danielle Smith claimed Ontario doesn't offer health coverage to temporary foreign workers' families. But that province does, under several conditions. Watch this fact check. #AbLeg www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

"She’s courting separatists & anti-vaxxers to win the leadership race & won’t take a damn position."— Dr. Raj Sherman calls Danielle Smith “incompetent” on healthcare as she announces new funding. He warns blaming immigrants for the crisis is "race baiting". podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/u...

“Premier Smith please justify how 2 years ago you asked Trudeau to send more immigrants and you spent tens of millions advertising around world… and now that they’ve come to Alberta and are working hard you say all the problems are their fault!” 🇨🇦 youtu.be/wUnjnIcnDLY?si…#Ablege#Cndpolil#Albertata

Alberta immigration trends and Danielle Smith's rhetoric: a visual timeline.

Evan Solomon’s useless statement on OpenAI not alerting police about the Tumbler Ridge shooter. What an absolute waste of space at the Cabinet table.

Premier Danielle Smith said she doesn't know how much newcomers cost Alberta’s health care and education systems, despite scheduling a referendum to ask whether social services to those residents shd be limited b/c of cost www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @mattscace.bsky.social and friend

Absolutely wild. WSJ reporting that some OpenAI staffers thought the Tumbler Ridge shooter's use of ChatGPT raised the potential of real world violence but leadership decided not to alert RCMP. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

However - this sure does raise questions about the regulation of not just AI, but all online spaces, especially given the entire - and very disturbing - picture of Van Rootselaar's online footprint. www.thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

Alberta's NDP slam Premier Danielle Smith's planned referendum on limiting access to education and health care for some immigrants www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @mattscace.bsky.social and friend

The pressure Alberta's population boom put on the province is no surprise. Here's what I wrote in Sept. 2024, when Alberta's first-quarter update was littered with red flags: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Hey now why is it that Albertans are suddenly clicking on this story from October 2023? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"The level of racism and hate that has been expressed has risen undoubtedly, and it is aligned with this premier's... attempt to pin all of her failings on newcomers to this province." ABNDP's Rakhi Pancholi argues Premier Smith's referendums are designed to anger and distract.

Enough is enough, Premier. Albertans see right through these distractions. Cut the bullshit. Call the election. youtube.com/shorts/RnRaw...

WOW! Rakhi Pancholi pulled zero punches in her response to Smith’s address last night! “Cut the bullshit and call an election!” (That’s a real quote) #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

So Alberta is holding an anti-immigrant referendum to help create an excuse for why Danielle Smith is running multibillion dollar deficits? “Smith’s address comes one week before Finance Minister Nate Horner tables the 2026 provincial budget which is expected to have a multibillion-dollar deficit”

There’s a lot to unpack in Danielle Smith’s TV address last night, and I’ll have a column out on that soon, but I couldn’t help but be reminded of the very first column I published on the Daveberta substack back in September 2022. daveberta.substack.com/p/danielle-s...

It’s time to face facts, Alberta. If you have ever looked south and thought “whew, I’m glad that’s not us,” think again. Our gov’t has stomped on Trans rights, banned books, attacked the judiciary and the press, taken away the right to strike, and blames immigrants at every turn. 1/

SCOOP: Alberta Health Services destroyed roughly half of the children's medication imported from Turkey, paying $718,000 to dispose of the hazardous waste. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Huge irony in the medication being destroyed at the Swan Hills Waste Treatment Plant. It's a Klein-era white elephant that has cost Alberta taxpayers at least $1.6B and counting. Yet, many Albertas continue to believe conservative govts are better financial managers than any alternative party

I'm not a big brained political strategist like Jamil Jivani, which is probably why I don't understand why he'd go on Breitbart's podcast and criticize Canadian attitudes towards the US

"To go to a foreign country and to ask for assistance in breaking up Canada, there's an old-fashioned word for that, and that word is treason" 🟢 Agree: 71% ⚫️ Disagree: 29% Read it for free here: open.substack.com/pub/canadian...

A fact that sounds like bullshit but is actually true: There is more square footage of parking *per car* in the US than there is square footage of housing *per person.*

These are not smart people. 1) Independence makes you *more* dependent on federal policy, since they get to decide whether or not you can access TMX. Forget about ever building another pipeline west. 2) You need the goods (food, etc.) that cross "our land". Blocking their passage is self-injury.

New Alberta petition just dropped, concerning coal and sponsored by country musician Corb Lund. (Either this is a typo or Corb is short for Corby, who knew.)

A new poll from Angus Reid finds 29% of Albertans would vote for separation or are leaning towards it- although just 8% say they are locked in to leave. angusreid.org/alberta-unit...

“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”

"Alberta is now an outlier among western provinces. British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba all confirmed to CBC News that Type 58 visa holders are eligible for public health coverage in their provinces." And the limiting health care begins. #abpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Sorry, Conservatives: as much as you love pretending otherwise, Justin Trudeau never killed the oil and gas industry. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/06/o...

Interesting new poll via Leger on Alberta. 71% of Albertans say they want to remain in Canada, with 23% in favour of leaving. leger360.com/in-the-news-al…

It’s both.

She keeps getting chances to show some loyalty to Canada -- and keeps turning them away in order to defend Alberta separatists and their cause. It's who she is. It's time we all started saying it. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...

"Except in Manitoba the question is going to be 'do you want to stay a part of Canada?' and the two choices are going to be yeah and heck yeah." Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew weighs in on the conversations around Alberta's potential referndum on sovereignty.

Scott Moe is not attending the Conservative leadership review this weekend This may be why:

Alberta's economy-first government strikes again.

Anyone who doubts an Alberta Police Force would be closer to ICE than the RCMP needs to pay closer attention to detail. And motive.

This headline should read “Canadian taxpayers no longer required to pay Trump’s $1 billion mob protection payment.” www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

How is Trump’s “Board of Peace” not just a billion dollar protection racket for countries to avoid being invaded by Trump?

My latest: Mark Carney just delivered the most important speech in recent Canadian history. Now, we wait for the fallout. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/20/o...

NEWS: the entire staff of the Alberta Law Foundation has resigned in the wake of Bill 14, which gives the justice minister more say in how the independent org operates. This is according to a board member who says she was ousted by the law society for speaking out edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/a...

“Survey after survey has shown that business owners overestimate how many customers drive to their stores vs walking or biking. In a 2012 Los Angeles study, more than half of the store owners on the bike-laned part of the boulevard thought most of their customers drove. The actual number was 15%.”

”Take your life as it exists today. Now imagine no Canadian passport. Imagine border checks to visit family in B.C. or Manitoba. Imagine your pension, healthcare, trade agreements, currency, and mobility all thrown into uncertainty, overnight.” open.substack.com/pub/colenotc... #ableg

“So Albertans who don’t want to see their country destroyed, their pensions looted, their streets flooded with firearms and their province eventually absorbed by the shit show to the south had better wake up and smell the coffee.” #ForeverCanadian #AbLeg www.thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party

The UCP’s new law says they’re the only provincial party that can call themselves “conservative.” I guess they have to legislate it, because they sure haven’t earned it. Alberta deserves better than a gov’t of unprincipled populists cosplaying as conservatives. And better is possible. #ableg

I tallied the number of court cases or legal challenges Alberta’s government has recently stepped in to block or pre-empt. Was surprised how long the exercise took - they’re at like a one-per-week clip: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Judge says proposed referendum on Alberta independence would be unconstitutional, calls proposed UCP legislation to override decision antithetical to the rule of law and democracy. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...