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Chasha

@blueskytrekker.bsky.social
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Unapologetic Canadian Social Democrat. LGTBQ2 and Indigenous ally and community organizer. Retired senior bureaucrat, political advisor. Advocate for democracy, people with mental health and addiction challenges.

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 10h
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Alberta Companies Owe Millions in Unpaid Land Rent | The Tyee
Taxpayers covered lease payments for hundreds of oil and gas companies in 2025.
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Lyle Wade @wade1904.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
On Oct. 17, Albertans are uniting against the separatists and extremists trying to sell off our province. Find an action near you. Alberta belongs to all of us — not to separatists, extremists or politicians gambling with our future. fightbacknow.civicdeeds.com/october
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Find the protest nearest you — Fight Back Now!
Provincewide Day of Protest, Saturday October 17, and the Unity Rally at the Legislature, Sunday October 18. Find the protest nearest you.
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Chasha @blueskytrekker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Danielle Smith is offering Trump and his MAGAts Alberta land and water. It’s not hers to give. Canada must act together quickly and decisively against this treason. youtube.com/shorts/ClAgi...
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MAGA PLAN TO DESTROY CANADA !!!
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Forbes: Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Use Of White Male Actor As Welfare Recipient Sparks Hard-Right Firestorm I'm glad my Antifa dues went for something constructive.😅 #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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Pete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"UCP gov contracts awarded to Sam Mraiche’s companies for things like Turkish Tylenol (which was never used) & substandard medical masks, & UCP’s efforts to cover this up, are, by far, the biggest procurement & corruption scandal in Canadian history" #ableg #cdnpoli thewalrus.ca/alberta-sepa...
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Alberta Separatism Is Built on a Big Lie | The Walrus
Danielle Smith has turned western grievance into a national unity crisis
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Senile Satan has no problem calling Democrats communists, then he throws out American media and literally only allows communist Chinese state media. Who’s the commie now, Donny?
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Ann Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The UCP sent the referendum ballots to the US and let Americans assemble and mail the ballot packages to Albertans? Excuse me, wtf? #ableg #abpoli
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Cory and King @kingonesock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There’s something seriously wrong with our government if you will meet with oil and gas 200 times a year but you won’t hear what these seniors have to say #cdnpoli democracy is dying in this country
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Chasha @blueskytrekker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Are you kidding me? Looks like the referendum will be predetermined by traitor Smith’s fascist friends. She will claim victory even when she loses. She’s probably studying the January 6th playbook as we speak. Where are the feds and the RCMP on this? #Alberta #never51 #UCP #MarkCarney
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sobeys, Loblaws, Metro: All caught by the CBC mislabelling American food as Canadian. #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBaa...
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Sobeys, Loblaws, Metro: All caught by the CBC mislabelling American food as Canadian
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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Ann Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The UCP is planning to cheat on Oct 19th. They are setting up the means by which they can manipulate the referendum. We all knew they would. #ableg #abpoli As divisive separation vote nears, UCP suddenly changes voter list rules, hampering scrutineers albertapolitics.substack.com/p/as-divisiv...
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As divisive separation vote nears, UCP suddenly changes voter list rules, hampering scrutineers
Opposition NDP accuses government of trying ‘to help their separatist friends’
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Blackfoot Niitsítapi🪶🇨🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙🌎🌲🌳🔥🐾🐾🐝🦋🦅🦬🦫🐋🦆🦉🐧🐦‍⬛🐻🦊 @thoughtsnations.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
She should be in prison! I loathe this bitch! 🪶😡🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #MAGAMaples www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Judge denies Tamara Lich's request to travel under house arrest | CBC News
A judge has denied Tamara Lich's request to travel internationally while she serves a house arrest sentence, including going on a Caribbean cruise and to visit the White House.
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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Amanda's waited for YEARS for an orphan well on her land to be cleaned up. Meanwhile, she can't build on that land or use it for livestock, and she fears the safety consequences of having a largely unmonitored well on her land. And the worst part? Amanda is far from the only one. #alberta #abpoli
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Congratulations to Kyle Campbell & the NDP for winning Calgary-Shaw Awesome news There's a lesson to learn here- There are 42,312 eligible electors in Calgary-Shaw Only 16,002 voted Kyle won by 582 votes It was close The winners are decided by the people who bother to vote #ableg #abpoli
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Rave Dobinson @ravedobinson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
One more time since people are sharing it without crediting Ximena thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Does Alberta Provide $10 in Services for Every $1 of ‘Guest Worker’ Taxes? | The Tyee
Ahead of a divisive referendum question, we fact checked Danielle Smith’s claims.
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Fascism was first called corporatism, the merger of corporations and the state. How much power over governance will these "investors" demand in exchange for buying parts of Canada? Fascism is not a destination, it's a spectrum, and we are on it.
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Carney to showcase Canada's capital agenda at first-ever investment summit
Carney has set what experts consider a lofty goal of “catalyzing” $1 trillion in investments in Canada over five years.
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
You know what else pisses me off - Albertans who justify voting conservative because the left wastes money but haven't said a peep about how Smith is throwing away Albertans' money on her donors, while we get nothing #ableg #abpoli
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Really good journalism here by @ximenaka.bsky.social, who took the premier's claim and put it to the test. Surprise: it didn't hold up and was filled with half-truths and deliberate blind spots. #abpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Does Alberta Provide $10 in Services for Every $1 of ‘Guest Worker’ Taxes? | The Tyee
Ahead of a divisive referendum question, we fact checked Danielle Smith’s claims.
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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Alberta peeps, please share with friends & family in Ab, this excellent episode of @markhamhislop.bsky.social’s Energi Media podcast, with @jimstanford.bsky.social. Economist, Jim Stanford, debunks the con job & barrage of lies being spread by Alberta separatists #Ableg #Abpoli #AlbertaSeparation
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The Economics of Separation Suck for Alberta
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🚨👇🏽 THIS. THIS. THIS. 👇🏽🚨 The “Alberta subsidizes Canada” narrative is getting old. The U.S. uses the same tired rhetoric about Canada. Who paid for Trans Mountain? 🇨🇦 The federal government — Canadian taxpayers. It’s always “Alberta’s money” going out, never Canada’s money coming in. TM. 🇨🇦
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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
An independent Alberta would have absolutely no money to begin with & its architects have been begging Donald Trump for financial help. Let's play that out: legally, a separation referendum can't be held within 12 months of a provincial election. That pushes it to 2028. Trump will be gone #abpoli
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The next 2 days you will hear the government spin. Tonight in Gibbons and Thursday in Redwater. Debrief time Saturday.
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Chasha @blueskytrekker.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
People in the US are aghast that Natalie Harp has worked in the White House for a year without a security clearance. In Canada we have tolerated the leader of the Conservatives not having one for his entire political career and we pay for his home and staff. WTF?? Wake up Canada.
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It is long past time for the federal government to act. Carney must enforce the Canada Health Act and protect public health care in Alberta and across Canada. Healthcare should be based on need, not the size of your wallet. I will keep fighting to protect it. (3/3) www.thestar.com/politics/hea...
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Health minister warns Alberta’s plan to expand private care may violate federal law
Alberta’s controversial Bill 11 allows some physicians to provide publicly covered care while offering some privately paid services.
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Chasha @blueskytrekker.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Canada should continue to diversify its trade and relationships with countries other than the US. The current Administration changes its policies, promises and agreements on a whim. So, capitulating to US tariff threats or trying to improve our relationship are both futile. They can’t be trusted.
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
National day of Action! #abpoli www.friendsofmedicare.org/sasno2tier?r...
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DAY OF ACTION: No Two Tier Health Care!
Don't let the Alberta government destroy Canadian public health care! Join the National Day of Action in ST. ALBERT on Tuesday, September 1 to demand urgent federal action:
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CatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Third Way are CEOs, billionaire mega donors, etc who are disguised as centrists DINO. When the co-chairs are Manchin & Sinema who sabotaged Biden’s progressive agenda, including the VRA. Voters want people in power who are going to fight for them, not the wealthy &big corps who serve themselves.
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The Moronic Bullshit of the "Third Way"
There's no "middle" between neofascist corporatism and democracy
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This should be getting FAR more attention. An American oil company with ties to Trump’s orbit is moving forward with plans to drill for oil in Greenland. Some drilling-related equipment has already been brought ashore even though Greenland says the necessary approvals have NOT been granted.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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'Massive operation': Canadian driller, shipper enlisted to help tap Greenland oil
The promotional video shows a small creek trickling through a mossy patch in an otherwise brown, barren landscape, icebergs looming just offshore.
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tyrannusrexbook.bsky.social @tyrannusrexbook.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
They Survived the Asteroid. Deep-Sea Mining May Kill Them Trump regime looking at sea mining. "Deep-sea mining will cause more direct damage to the oceans than climate change, pollution, ocean acidification, global warming and oil spills combined...." NB: War on Expertise thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
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They Survived the Asteroid. Deep-Sea Mining May Kill Them | The Tyee
Planned projects would devastate ocean life, DFO scientist warns.
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Chasha @blueskytrekker.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Canadians, especially those of us concerned about the integrity of American owned platforms and data storage and those serious about boycotting US products this is an eye opening article. canadianshieldinstitute.ca/updates/a-da...
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A Day in the Life Without American Tech | Canadian Shield Institute
What would happen if overnight we suddenly lost all access to American tech? Nobody is saying that we’d ever wake up one morning and find all...
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is exactly the type of coal mine expansion that the @waternotcoalab.bsky.social petition aimed to prohibit. This government doesn't govern for the people or the land, only the corporations. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Plans for sprawling coal mine expansion forge ahead in Alberta despite opposition | CBC News
A sprawling expansion of a massive thermal coal mine near Hinton, Alta., has been approved by Alberta’s provincial regulator, clearing the way for the operator to extend the life of the project well i...
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
@ProudSocialist "This is barbaric. New video released of ICE agents kidnapping a teenage boy in Glendale, CA. The teen can be heard crying out for help and crying for his mother as ICE takes him away. 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗜𝗖𝗘. @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"The protest against the data centre will be held Sunday, Aug. 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of Sturgeon County Centre at 9613 100 Street in Morinville." In case you can attend #Ableg #abpoli #Alberta www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/s...
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Protest organized against 'devastating' data centre in Sturgeon County
Read the full story and comment on stalbertgazette.com
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
If healthcare in the province has the capacity to run more tests, then why aren't they doing so now? Why are people waiting? Plus, our taxes have already paid for this Universal healthcare is not free healthcare. We pay for it with our taxes #ableg #abpoli #Alberta www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Albertans can pay for MRIs and other tests without a doctor's referral, as of Friday | CBC News
The new system, which has already sparked concern among doctors and some health care advocacy groups, has been in the works for months. It allows Albertans to self-refer and pay for MRIs, CT scans, ul...
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Ann Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This is the reality of US healthcare and Alberta is wilfully pushing this on us to benefit their cronies in the insurance industry. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Lindsay Brambles🇨🇦 @linzi-the-artist.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The #UnitedStates blames #Canada for wildfires in the vast, (largely) uninhabited northern forests of the country. CO2 is the major contributor to climate change triggering these fires. Since 1850 the US has been (by a long shot) the major source of CO2. Canada isn't even in the top ten. #cdnpoli
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Supriya Dwivedi @supriya.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
here’s my latest for TVO: “…foreign interference in the Alberta referendum is already taking place and Canadians should be very worried about hostile state actors like Russia as well as previously assumed to be friendly state actors like the United States.” www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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ANALYSIS: Is Alberta separatism entirely made in Canada? | TVO Today
Albertans get to discuss their future. We should be very worried If the U.S. is joining in.
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Chasha @blueskytrekker.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
America, your ambassador to Canada is a disgrace to you and a danger to Canada and any country with ties to the US. “Lying Pete", It’s Time To Debate Your Lies open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
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"Lying Pete", It’s Time To Debate Your Lies
Meidas Canada issues challenge to Ambassador Pete Hoekstra.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Appears that hiring Kristi Noem for a CANADIAN company wasn't a good idea. Looks good on them! #cdnpoli
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The Feydakin @bodhissatva89.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Please read and use. Important. Please share.
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Chasha @blueskytrekker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
That even a small percentage of Albertans want to leave Canada or join the US is unfathomable given what Americans are suffering at the hands of Trump every day. I’m so grateful to be Canadian! www.facebook.com/share/p/1Fre5A4JQQ…
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I get the feeling, I'm sure some of you do too, that even if Albertans vote overwhelmingly to stay in Canada Smith will keep this issue alive Because she needs this to distract us from the fact that she's selling Alberta off to her donor buddies We need a provincial election #ableg #abpoli
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Chasha @blueskytrekker.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Thank you Charlie Angus for keeping Canadians apprised of so many things legacy media does not and for working harder for us than many of our elected officials! open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
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Kristie Noem Is a Threat to Canada
We must have a full investigation into Ms. Noem’s role in Canada’s copper mining sector.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Today I held a press conference calling for an investigation into the role of Kristi Noem in NovaRed Mining Company's venture in Canada. Her toxic attitude to Canada is well-established. She isTrump's envoy on the shield of the Americans. Canadians deserve answers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct4H...
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Mining company faces questions over hiring Kristi Noem | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"As a result of the associated complexities" of the healthcare restricting, Alberta's annual fiscal reports have been delayed from the summer to the fall. Always the sign of a successful restructuring when you need more time than before to track the money... #abpoli #ableg
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This should be front page news Albertans are being put a through a hellish referendum because Smith & the UCP want a certain outcome And they are manipulating the questions to get what they want IMO, this should also be criminal #ableg #abpoli #Alberta
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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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