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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 07/08/2026
Fuuuuuck this capitulating, weak-ass, Neville Chamberlain-level bullshit. Our line should be either Trump drops ALL of his tariffs and his attacks on Canada's sovereignty or we start banning even more American shit. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canada prepared to halt booze bans, meet other U.S. demands in exchange for tariff relief: sources | CBC News
The Canadian government is preparing to meet some U.S. demands — including ending bans on American alcohol sales — as trade talks heat up ahead of the latest tariff deadline, according to sources.
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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I spoke to CBC Edmonton AM about the Alberta govt bringing in two-tier diagnostic testing The evidence is clear: it will increase wait times for those in medical need while allowing the wealthy to get their treatment first. Albertans stand to lose #abpoli www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"Logan"
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 22/06/2026
New inflation data out today and wow what can you say about these Alberta car insurance rates other than ... wow. 😳
Car insurance prices in Alberta have far outpaced every other province

Alberta is now at an index value of more than 400. No other province is above 250.

An index value of 100 is equal to the average price for insurance in Canada over all 12 months of 2002.

Source: Statistics Canada Table 18-10-0004-01
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It’s almost as if the “legitimate grievances” of the AB separatist crowd weren’t 1) legitimate Or 2) actual grievances At all?
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I miss the Santa suits.
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DT Cochrane @dtcochrane.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Carney’s AI strategy mentions commercializing of our medical data TWICE.
Screenshot of highlighted text that reads: “A universal public system generates clinical and administrative data at scale, and mobilizing it responsibly can reduce wait times, enable personalized medicine, support more equitable access to care, and create commercialization opportunities”
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Aaron Paquette 🇨🇦 @apaquette.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Now take a referendum, and wrap it in ANOTHER referendum!
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DuckDuckGo @duckduckgo.com · 29/05/2026
Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 28/05/2026
“The more Russia participates in active influence campaigns all over the world, the stronger the image of a global Russian power." www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
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Leaked Documents Reveal Russian ‘Cognitive Strikes’ Against the West — Including Islamophobic ‘Pig Head’ Attacks in Paris
Leaked chats and documents showcase the Russian presidential administration’s role in false-flag vandalism attacks and election interference campaigns in Europe and beyond.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/05/2026
The entire reactionary machine is built to validate the *feelings* of privileged white people, and so to that extent, it is based on truth -- they really do feel this way! The fact that the feelings do not correlate with objective reality is not disqualifying, not even really an impediment.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 28/05/2026
It won't be soon, but one day public opinion will catch on to just how many horrible decisions Mark Carney's government is making.
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 27/05/2026
Good to see. It's an affront to democratic governance.
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Water Cooler Dictator @dadloop.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This is unbelievable. Why haven't these morons been charged?
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Will they be releasing the results of the vote tonight, or will they wait until closer to referendum day?
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Carney the Union buster: Carney government eying curbs on right to strike www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
It says it is looking at changes that could include new mandatory collective bargaining timelines, new designations of essential services including by sector or by geographical location, and could allow earlier intervention by the federal government to mediate or order binding arbitration in order to stabilize labour conflicts.
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 20/05/2026
I invite everyone to imagine the federal government behaving this way towards other provinces. "Today, Mark Carney and Doug Ford signed an MOU concerning a vital new energy project in Quebec. The Quebec premier was not in attendance."
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edmontomb.bsky.social @edmontomb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This man should be in prison
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
SCOOP: Premier Danielle Smith appointee to Invest Alberta's board is not an accredited accountant, despite claiming so for more than a decade: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and friend
theglobeandmail.com
Invest Alberta’s Sam Jaber called himself a CPA despite lacking accreditation
A Globe review of 26 publicly available financial statements found he had used the title for more than a decade
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/05/2026
I appreciate some people might not understand the implications of Mark Carney’s Bill C-22 But Carney supporters arguing we should aspire to emulate how electronic communications are regulated in *squints* the United Arab Emirates, Cuba, Oman, Qatar, Venezuela, Iran, China and Russia..?
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Supriya Dwivedi @supriya.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
an editor at the star called to tell me they’re pulling my column this week on SSW bc star QP bureau did not like me pointing out that their reporting on the story referred to below was objectively wrong (which star obv conceded to given they issued a major correction) Rachel gets into it here
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Supriya Dwivedi @supriya.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
here’s my latest on bill c-22 (lawful access act): “The Carney government is about to take a massive step towards violating the privacy rights of every single Canadian.” www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/14/o...
nationalobserver.com
Kiss your online privacy goodbye with Bill C-22, Canada
Civil liberties groups, legal experts and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce have been sounding the alarm for months on the privacy and cybersecurity issues contained in the Carney government’s Lawful A...
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 13/05/2026
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The good news is that Alberta's Chief Justices refuse to provide any judicial sanction to Premier Smith's efforts to undermine the ordinary process for the review of electoral boundaries. This is now way too political for any judge, sitting or retired, to accept such an appointment. #ableg #abpoli
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 08/05/2026
Why do we need a public inquiry into the voters list scandal? Because none of the ongoing investigations offer the level of public accountability required. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This is more than enough justification to hold a public inquiry.
March 5, 2026 X post by David Parker in which he says; "Nothing is more laughable to me than the idea that Canadians think we are going to wait for them to tell us whether independence is 'legal' or now. We have American backing us, you fools."
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 07/05/2026
Why, it's almost as if arbitrarily closing supervised consumption sites violate users' section 7 rights under the Charter!
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 05/05/2026
Members of the UCP attended the meeting where the personal information of nearly 3 million Albertans was being shared. None of them reported it.
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Ben Atkinson, PhD @benatkinsonphd.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Jen Gerson: “If she doesn’t, well, then, what we have here is a woman who is willing to put her personal ambitions and her party ahead of the safeguarding of the nation, and the rest of Canada ought to know how to regard her.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Danielle Smith should use Alberta’s data breach to put an end to secession talk
The scandal has broken the trust of Albertans, and there are several actions that need to be taken
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 23/04/2026
Holy shit. "critical of cowardly westerners who have abandoned their sense of self-preservation for fear of being called racist. It mocks the leftist who foolishly welcomes hordes of disordered behaviour into his homeland; the feminist who naïvely assumes that her new compatriots won’t rape her;"
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 23/04/2026
A very important clarification about the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission report. The recommendation to consider increasing the number of seats was not a majority proposal. It was the Chair's.
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Martin Grasdal 🍁 @mgrasdal.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
It's a sad day when we have to hope that the courts will protect us against our governments using the powers granted to them by voters to take away our Charter rights.
“The existence of parliamentary consensus, such as a unanimous vote on any measure, cannot serve as justification for a violation of a Charter right,” the appeal court said in a summary of its decision.

Three conservative-led provinces, Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, supported Quebec in court. The provinces all argued that the Supreme Court should defer to legislatures on questions of voters’ effective representation.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association was an intervener at the Supreme Court. Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, a director at the association, said that while the Quebec situation isn’t gerrymandering, elected officials drawing electoral maps is a clear sign of apparent bias.
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Aaron Paquette 🇨🇦 @apaquette.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
No politician in good conscience could ever truthfully defend such crass and disturbing ambition.
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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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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Alberta's 17th Premier @rachelnotley.bsky.social published an excellent op-ed in the Globe and Mail about how the UCP is putting democracy at risk with their attempt to rig the election. It is well worth the read: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Possible changes to Alberta’s electoral map put democracy at risk
If the UCP fiddles with the map, it could guarantee a conservative supermajority for a generation
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David Shepherd @dshepyeg.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
A powerful piece from Rachel Notley on the UCP’s plans to rig the map for our next election. “It has to stop here. If we allow politicians to rig elections, then we will be giving them carte blanche to do anything they want. No politician should ever hold that power.” 1/2 #abpoli
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 20/04/2026
“The process should include public consultations, be transparent from beginning to end, and elected officials should respect its outcome.” “The government’s proposed approach misses the mark on several points, which casts a doubt over the equity and fairness of Alberta’s electoral process.”
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CCLA Sounds the Alarm Over the Politicization of Alberta’s Electoral Map - CCLA
With Bill C-25, the government once again fails to protect privacy in federal political campaigning, leaving voters in Canada unprotected.
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 17/04/2026
The black line marks city boundaries. The red lines show how the UCP aims to weaken your vote by gerrymandering Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, and Red Deer into pieces to rig the election. We can't let Danielle Smith get away with it.
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Politicians should never draw election maps. We cannot allow a government to choose their voters instead of voters choosing their government. Here's why this matters ⬇️ youtu.be/uoLrjF4yvFE
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Rigging an Election 101: The UCP Government's Guide to Stealing Your Vote
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 18/04/2026
"Alberta’s Premier is facing allegations of gerrymandering and election rigging after Thursday's announcement to change the electoral boundaries drawn by an independent commission." calgary.citynews.ca/video/2026/04/1…
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Alberta UCP facing gerrymandering allegations over election maps
Alberta’s premier faced allegations of gerrymandering and election rigging Thursday over a decision to change the electoral boundaries drawn by an independent commission. As Sean Amato reports, court ...
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 18/04/2026
“If the govt were looking to... gerrymander districts... this new, hastily designed process undercuts [public consultation] and puts the decisions in the hands of partisan appointees in a way that we have not seen in Canada since the 1940s.” www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/17/n...
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UCP move reveals potential for a Smith-friendly electoral map
Danielle Smith has said she will appoint a UCP-led committee to redraw election boundaries. The move could lead to partisan gerrymandering — and a proposal by two UCP MLAs provides a roadmap for a par...
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edmontomb.bsky.social @edmontomb.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Yes, Doug, it is
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
For generations across all Canadian jurisdictions, independent bodies have done the essential work of reviewing and updating electoral maps to ensure ridings deliver fair representation and are deliberately set up to be independent to prevent political interference /3
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 16/04/2026
If the UCP goes forward with this plan to gerrymander Alberta's electoral boundaries, Albertans of all partisan persuasions will be called upon to push back. And hard. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/drawing-th...
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Drawing the Line Against Gerrymandering
Why the Alberta Government Should Reject the "Minority Report"
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edmontomb.bsky.social @edmontomb.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I regret to report that this headline is not in any way hyperbole. The UCP is throwing out independent boundaries and making it so they can draw their own maps. No public input. No independent commission. Just politicians picking their voters.
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*that* Heather Hudson (but spooky) @artofheatherhudson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
What’s impressive is not that your brain stops working under the influence of AI, but how quickly.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 13/04/2026
Read this whole thread. We basically elected Stephen Harper as Prime Minister again.
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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Jordan Leichnitz: "It's clear that the Liberals under Carney are building a big tent, and apparently it's such a big tent you can drive a trucker convoy through it"
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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Edmonton Mayor Andrew Knack announced that Blake Desjarlais will become his new chief of staff next week. Desjarlais was the NDP MP for Edmonton Griesbach from 2021 to 2025. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
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Edmonton mayor hires former NDP MP as chief of staff
Andrew Knack announced on Thursday Blake Desjarlais will become his new chief of staff next week.
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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Fact check: Alberta’s new two-tier system is not “European” health care www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #abpoli #cdnpoli
policyalternatives.ca
Fact check: Alberta’s new two-tier system is not “European” health care - CCPA
The Alberta government is engaged in the most significant challenge to single-payer health care in Canada since the creation of public medicare
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