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Retired RCEME. Loves history and books.

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Neil Before Zod @waytowichneil.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is about time that the Canadian government ends subsidies for foreign owned news organizations in Canada and exclusion from the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit, Canadian Periodical Fund, Digital News Subscription Tax Credit, and the Canada Media Fund. Keep Canadian media Canadian.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 21/09/2026
What's happening in Alberta is even more batshit than I ever thought. Danielle Smith is a dangerous psychopath, and the AB separatist movement largely exists because COVID broke far-right brains, and is led by Christo-fascist religious white nationalists, relying on dark money. 2/n
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
RED ALERT ALBERTANS! While UCP govt focus = dismantling and privatizing HC, safe and timely care may not be there for you or your loved ones in their time of need. NO matter how rich you might be, no amount of wealth will help you if you need to access emergency services! 1/9
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
YES to Canada 🇨🇦, reason, and compassion❗ NO to the 9❗ As the (ridiculous) Alberta referendum nears, let's keep the message simple. VOTE❗ Much of the motivation for referendum based on xenophobic and regressive BS. My take 👉 thewalrus.ca/albertas-sep... cc @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
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Alberta’s Separatists Are Chasing a Total Cowboy Fantasy | The Walrus
The province they describe—rural, homogeneous, under siege—bears little resemblance to reality
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I have NO regrets about leaving Musk’s site. But I wish I could extend my reach here, with Alberta’s referendum hard upon us. Don’t be shy. Please follow. Please recommend me to your friends. I post about Canadian politics, Alberta, Edmonton, and an absurd array of other topics! #cdnpoli
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Jay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This is utterly abhorrent. @athabascau.bsky.social better get this resolved ASAP. Disgusting behaviour. aufa.ca/blog/2026/7/...
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AU professor forced to choose between job and her child's legs — AUFA
Dr. Sabine Graf has been stripped of her faculty association membership and told she must abandon her family, relocate her child to Canada where his legs will be amputated, or lose her job.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 07/07/2026
NEW POST: Mark Carney returns to grubby patronage and damages the renewed Senate emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/mark-carne...
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Mark Carney returns to grubby patronage and damages the renewed Senate
In the Golden Age of Twitter, before it was bought up by a white supremacist oligarch and transformed into a wasteland of disinformation and hate, the Canadian politics nerds used to half-joke about h...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The absolutely ridiculous number of sports betting commercials shown on every commercial break during the #WorldCup, and during any sporting event these days for that matter, are irresponsible and disgusting.
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
It seems pretty straightforward: we should expel any country’s ambassador who amplifies calls to annex our country.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
How MAGA and regressive is Alberta? This...👇 Alberta’s most banned books of 2026: theijf.org/article/albe... via @theijf.org Banned: - 1984 - Watchmen - The Handmaid’s Tale - Flamer - V for Vendetta - Blankets Dark Age 2.0
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Alberta’s most banned books of 2026
These titles have been removed from libraries in 5 or more school divisions this year
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 16/05/2026
If Premier Smith forges ahead with both a separation referendum and pipeline consultations this summer, the latter is almost certainly doomed to failure. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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Pipeline or referendum: she can't have both
Danielle Smith's dreams of tidewater access and a separation vote cannot both come true.
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Jack G. @jack1973.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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Aaron Paquette 🇨🇦 @apaquette.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
This is absolute corruption, in case anyone was wondering. At no point should elected officials be involved designing their own electoral boundaries. Especially in their own favour. Win by doing a good job, not by stealing the voices of the electorate.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
There are many things I’m very proud of as a Canadian. MANY things. But every time I watch another media story about another ambitious push in renewable energy from China, I’m embarrassed that Canada isn’t aggressively working to quickly become a true global powerhouse in renewable energy.
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Alberta Does Not Have Grievances. It Has Issues That Need Better Managing Danielle Smith is the worst premier in the history of Canada. Not just Alberta. Canada. She's also a sh!itty politician. Grievances? LOL #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/markhamh...
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Alberta Does Not Have Grievances. It Has Issues
Alberta doesn’t need a new constitutional deal or separation. It needs competent politicians.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
1. Here’s a thread on #NIMBY (“not in my backyard”) and the challenges of change in cities: First off, although it might feel that way, NIMBY isn’t unique to your city, and it’s (probably) not worse in your city than anywhere else. It’s also not surprising, since it’s largely about human nature.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 18/03/2026
"I think that we're failing in our duty to give people hope," Smith told reporters. --- It is unclear how removing medical options gives anyone hope. Quite the opposite. This law makes the Christian right feel better. As will new restrictions on abortion. They eliminate hope for everyone else.
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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
New piece at the Hub! I drill into the numbers to show that GDP per capita is overstating Canada's quality of life, and a variety of other indicators show that we're falling behind our global peers... fast. We're too complacent, and it's costing us.
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Canada’s global performance rankings are in freefall
Is Canada actually doing better than Alabama? That’s the wrong question
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 20/02/2026
NEW POST: Danielle Smith is no separatist; she's much, much worse emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
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Danielle Smith is no separatist; she's much, much worse
In a televised address last night Danielle Smith launched a xenophobic assault on immigration and proposed a set of referendum questions for next Fall advocating a constitutional agenda that would red...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Once again, for the hundredth time: Alberta could solve this with a simple PST. You'd be able to balance the budget *and* save non-renewable resource royalties for the future. But, of course, the self-appointed "fiscal conservatives" won't entertain the idea. #abpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Danielle Smith says 'significant' deficits to come, rules out tax hikes and big cuts | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says "significant" deficits are in store for the province as her government tries to grapple with low oil prices.
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
.@ABDanielleSmith and @jkenney pass themselves off as conservatives. In fact, they are "authoritarian libertarians," Smith more so than Kenney. Does this not sound EXACTLY like Smith's UCP govt?
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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
🧵“How do seemingly ordinary people become agents of state murder?” This is one of the guiding questions I ask students in my graduate class on genocide/state violence. With recent events, it is a question many Americans are asking. I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
If you read nothing else I write, read this. Canadians outside Alberta, pay particular attention. If Smith succeeds, she will infect other provinces with "ungoverning." markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
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Danielle Smith is "Ungoverning" Alberta
And trying to break the very idea of Canada
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 01/12/2025
Send this piece of shit home.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
What do you call a group that demands total freedom, but panics the moment anyone demands theirs? It’s a purity cult. If they override you, it’s stability. If you assert yourself, it’s chaos. They want to control who has a voice. #ForeverCanadian upset that order, so they want to change the law.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Shareholders of an epically overvalued company that’s epically taxpayer-subsidized overpay an epically overrated & unengaged CEO who epically underpays taxes while the U.S. faces an epic economic disparity, affordability & hunger crisis fuelled by that CEO’s epically evil actions. “USA, USA, USA…”
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
“0% Travel to USA” is a Smart Response to Trump's 10% Tariff A further 10%? Really? Fine. Fellow Canucks, let's make Vegas fail. Florida dry up and fall into the sea. No travel to Trumpland. Zero. Nada. Zippo Let's see who hurts whom the most #elbowsup youtu.be/vjrV4Rm-YEA
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“0% Travel to USA” is a Smart Response to Trump's 10% Tariff
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
From the DM’s… The graphic ain’t wrong. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
In which I debunk some very common (and popular) myths about renewable energy and the energy transition. Warning: It's long, pedantic, and full of charts. open.substack.com/pub/maxfawce...
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When "blindingly obvious" facts about the energy transition are anything but
Debunking Don Wright's well-meaning interventions on the subject
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/09/2025
We are soooo fucked. Canadian media is no better equipped to deal with fascism and hate than their American counterparts.
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Jay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
👇 Wait for it….
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
From FB... This is the real consequence of a government that can't think past their first reaction. The UCP's book ban was poorly thought out, written & executed with unintended consequences that are disastrous. Everyone saw this coming but them. #abpoli #abed #cdnpoli
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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
A new work written especially for Danielle Smith and the UCP. A true reflection of how Alberta is turning into an autocracy more and more each day.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
“It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that if you take part of that constituency and weld it onto Spruce Grove, the result is likely to change in the UCP’s favour.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Keith Gerein: Forget Texas, Alberta has its own gerrymandering effort underway against urban centres
Two UCP cabinet ministers want to create hybrid, rural-urban provincial ridings in Alberta in that may favour the party's political interests.
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Albertans have good reason to be angry: their real wages are down 10%, their minimum wage is frozen, their inflation is worst in Canada, their health care's at risk. None of that was caused by the rest of Canada. My take in today's @TorontoStar: www.thestar.com/business/opi.... #cdnecon
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Jim Stanford: Let’s drop the phoney Alberta versus Canada nonsense. The province has met the enemy — and it is them
During the so-called decade of federal 'attacks on oil,' Alberta oil giants set records for production and profits, writes Jim Stanford. So why is the average Albertan not getting their
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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
I’ve just finished reading Justices Yungwirth’s & Fagnan’s decisions related to the matters laid out in this article. Let’s get into it, shall we, #ableg? (This is gonna be a long 🧵, Settle in. I’ll link the decisions at the end). 1/ 🧵
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Really heartened today to see so many prominent Alberta Conservatives and business leaders speaking out to denounce separatist politics. We need people all across the political spectrum, and all across the province, to stand up and push back against this divisive campaign. #abpoli #ableg
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Lisa @lisab0923.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Thank you #canada #primeminister #neverpoilievre
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
1. Danielle Smith etc ask Trump to tone it down on the Canada attacks until after the Canadian election, because it’s hurting the chance for Trump to end up with a like-minded ally in Poilievre. 2. Trump gets quiet on Canada for a while. 3. Poilievre closes the polling gap. See what’s happening?
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
There's been lots of talk lately about the "lost decade" in Canada under the Liberal government. It revolves around this chart: Let's dig into it with a quick thread. 🧵
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 16/03/2025
For more on my thinking, and what we need to do to push back, see my full essay here. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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Western Alienation 2.0
This is not your grandparents' populism
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 21/02/2025
Let me decode Postmedia's mission statement: ”Free enterprise“ = pro-business ”Celebrate our history“ = rant about people who talk about colonialism ”High standards in ... health care“ = privatize healthcare ”Building great towns (and) cities“ = our company owns most of Canada's local newspapers
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
What the actual? This isn’t a Fox headline. It’s from PBS - apparently morphing from a respected public broadcaster to an organ of the Trump White House. If this is the kind of media that public television audiences are now consuming, and believing, we are in even more trouble than we thought.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 13/02/2025
1) Adopt a war-effort approach to reorienting our economy away from the US. Treat this as the existential emergency it is, with the federal gov't invoking POGG powers if necessary. 2) Call on our NATO & other allies to condemn Trump's threats against us, and to affirm their Article 5 commitment. 1/n
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Sickening. Surreal. Heartbreaking. The worst person on planet for this job, got the job. Dark Age 2.0. RFK Jr. confirmed, elevating anti-vaccine activist to nation’s top health post wapo.st/3QgnosB
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RFK Jr. confirmed, elevating anti-vaccine activist to nation’s top health post
The Senate held a final vote on whether to approve Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services secretary after a three-month confirmation fight.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 09/02/2025
Academic freedom is threatened by populist governments and parties the world over. Getting the public to understand and care is a big challenge. Here's how I explain it.
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Four days it took her to say anything. And then she says … she will do nothing.  Not good enough. Her own office is implicated. The investigation can’t be delivered to the people being investigated. How dumb does she think Albertans are? /1
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 07/02/2025
Allegedly, Smith's staff pressured health officials to approve over half a billion dollars in private health care contracts to a businessman who bought them seats in NHL luxury boxes in return for the favour. Then Smith fired a CEO who tried to investigate.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Donald Trump's threats have served one useful purpose for Canada: exposing the traitors in our midst. They're exactly who you'd expect, too. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/10/o...
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Trump’s threats expose the traitors in our midst
Among Canadians, nobody is more enthusiastic about abandoning their country to the United States than Conservative Albertans: a recent poll from Pallas Data found that 30 per cent of Conservative Part...
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