Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 20h"Everything about this referendum on separation and the other nine questions on the ballot – among other things they attempt to scapegoat immigrants for many of the province’s problems – is contemptible. It’s a phony, illegitimate exercise Ms. Smith has lent credibility to in order to save her job."theglobeandmail.comOpinion: The ugly reckoning coming for Danielle SmithThe referendum, including the nine non-secession questions, is contemptible 611138
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Add them to the terrorist watch list 1716569
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 28/09/2026More than 38,000 residential school survivors testified to the abuse they experienced as children. Next September, Canada plans to destroy their records.thenarwhal.caCanada plans to destroy thousands of residential school testimonies. These women are trying to save themThe 38,000 testimonies are the largest body of evidence about children’s experiences in these institutions. Journalist Connie Walker and lawyer Kimberly Murray say losing it would mean losing history — both painful and illuminating 12350263
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026REcommendation: AB’s health + OHS must adopt the precautionary principle when responding to new respiratory illnesses. It should require employers to provide the strongest possible safeguards for employee health until there is greater certainty about the transmission of a new respiratory virus. 46017
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“This pandemic of disinformation and dishonesty, through the conduit of the Alberta separatist movement, is testing not our hospitals but our political institutions and our belief that Canada is worth fighting for.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thewalrus.ca/alberta-sepa...thewalrus.caAlberta Separatism Is Built on a Big Lie | The WalrusDanielle Smith has turned western grievance into a national unity crisis 5224105
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/w... If you have 30 minutes to spare, this is the full transcript of Carney's interview with the NY Times.nytimes.comA Transcript From The Times Interview with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada (Gift Article)New York Times journalists pressed the Canadian prime minister about a range of topics in an hourlong interview last week. Here’s a transcript of their conversation. 43315
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is where we’re at. Divided. Worried. Uncertain of the future. Please, choose option 1 on question 10. Let’s focus on building our communities, our province and our Canada. #ForeverCanadian #ableg #cdnpoli 925789
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There has been a lot of angst in Canada, and dismay in US, over Carney's comments about a possibility of a US military invasion of Canada. Here is the entire very short exchange. 156123
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Smith is being hurt by the separation referendum (federalists think she is a separatist, and separatists think she is a federalist). Both the UCP and NDP are at 41% support, a 10 point drop for the UCP since Spring. Smith is also more unpopular than Nenshi. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caDanielle Smith’s popularity dips as her party now tied with NDP in support: poll | CBC NewsThe Janet Brown Opinion Research Poll for CBC News suggests 41 per cent of respondents would vote for the UCP if an election were held today, while 41 per cent would vote for the NDP. 2314742
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Dr. Tanya Lentz, R.Psych. @pednpsy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...theglobeandmail.comSeniors arrested during climate protest on Parliament HillSeveral members of a self-described ‘climate caravan’ were charged with trespassing 083
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Conspiracy Believers Often Hold Two Beliefs That Can’t Both Be True studyfinds.com/conspiracy-b... From study: "...the strongest conspiracy believers showing a 91% probability of being incoherent" (by @lewan.uk et al.)studyfinds.comConspiracy Believers Are 91% Likely To Hold Incoherent Beliefs, Study FindsA new study finds people at the extreme end of conspiracy thinking have a 91% predicted chance of holding incompatible beliefs. 56567189
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This column by @althiaraj.bsky.social is a good summation of the red flags around this bill. And I say that as someone who has been raising alarms about our particular moment in history for a while. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comAlthia Raj: Whatever good is in Mark Carney’s Building Canada Strong Act is poisoned by the toxic restThe Mark Carney government frames this law as part of its “Canada Strong” plan — and frankly, some parts are good — but toxic with good is still bad. 714074
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If you think that this billboard is paid for by separatists - you’re wrong. This billboard is paid for by you - Alberta taxpayers. This is how Danielle Smith supports Canadian unity. #ableg #cdnpoli 25315161
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Rachel @slightlycaustic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sorry we can’t afford to battle climate change, we’re quite busy causing it at the moment. *Governments everywhere 25214
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 06/09/2026Since some of you have asked, here are links to the Canadian projects we've launched: 👩🏻⚕️ National Healthcare Infusion Movement 🧳 Tourism Infusion Handbook 🛒 Main Street Canada 🔌 Unplug America 💪🏻 Canada Is Not Broken ▶️ Videos about Cdn identity 🍫 Canadian snacks See them all ▶️ projects.todmaffin.com 2219101
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 19/09/2026We researched and added six more services to the Unplug America directory this week. Replace your US tech with Canadian alternatives now at unplug.todmaffin.com 518494
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Russia is escalating across Europe, Poland is warning of possible Russian strikes on NATO countries, and Lithuania is preparing evacuation routes in the event of a military attack. You wouldn’t know it from our media olgalautman.substack.com/p/lithuania-... #cdnpoliolgalautman.substack.comLithuania Prepares Evacuation Route to Poland in Case of Russian AttackWith warnings growing that Russia could launch a military attack against NATO countries, Lithuania and Poland are getting ready. 715174
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026this is chilling. From Univ of Calgary prof Barry Cooper 1612977
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026by Myself and Dr. Roberta Lexier "We call on Premier Smith to do the right thing: Cancel the referendum until we fully understand the accusations surrounding EA. Start an investigation into what happened. And fully resource the organization entrusted with ensuring Alberta’s democracy."edmontonjournal.comOpinion: Cancel referendum in light of Elections Alberta controversyWe call on Premier Smith to do the right thing: Cancel the referendum until we fully understand the accusations surrounding EA. 214057
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We can't afford this woman. #abpoli She spends like a drunken sailor on all the wrong things. 23715
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026plennox.substack.com/p/the-chief-...plennox.substack.comThe Chief Electoral Officer Must Postpone the Alberta ReferendumElections Alberta is in over its head 518086
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“CBC News' request for comment from the premier's office was directed to the Ministry of Justice. A spokesperson for the justice minister directed questions about Elections Alberta to the agency.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caFormer Elections Alberta staff raise ‘mismanagement’ concerns about 'Water Not Coal' petition verification | CBC NewsFive former Elections Alberta employees are raising “mismanagement” concerns about how Corb Lund's citizen initiative petition was validated, alleging procedures changed and that there was a lack of t... 11191104
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Rachel @slightlycaustic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Alberta deserves better than the UCP and their grifting and thieving. Vote Yes to Canada 🍁 and no to the Nine. 2207
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How did those things work out? #cdnpoli 1227
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says she wants Canada to become the bloc's 1st associate member. PM Carney due to address European Parliament on Thursday. www.cbc.ca/news/world/e...cbc.caEU chief Ursula von der Leyen says she wants Canada to become the bloc's 1st associate member | CBC NewsEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed opening a path for Canada to become the European Union's first associate member, a striking overture as U.S. President Donald T... 1239
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Some of you need a refresher course: #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015...thetyee.caHarper, Serial Abuser of Power: The Evidence Compiled | The TyeeThe Tyee's full, updated list of 70 Harper government assaults on democracy and the law. 14422
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦debatepolicy.bsky.social @debatepolicy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Fake AI content in #Alberta referendum. Over 23 web sites influencing AI searches. #calgary #edmontonyoutu.beWho’s behind fake sites sending Alta. separatism disinformation to AI chatbots? | Deception DecodedYouTube video by CTV News 022
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026As I watch the results of the Calgary Shaw by-election trickle in, I suspect, and perhaps more importantly, I hope that several political parties will be holding strategy meetings first thing tomorrow morning and taking a hard look at their respective choices of party leaders. 716926
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦True Oak @trueoak.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Heard a UCP referendum radio ad about immigration. It was blatantly false. Is there a way to sue the UCP government for false advertising? #ABpoli #ABlegcbc.caAlberta government launches ad campaign on referendum questions | CBC NewsThe Alberta government has launched a $4-million advertising campaign outlining its position on the 10 questions in the Oct. 19 referendum. 33015
Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦 @indo1908.bsky.social · 15/09/2026>60, 000 www.change.org/p/edmonton-o...change.orgSign the PetitionEdmonton Oilers Reverse The Signing of Alex Formenton 030
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is very well done. #abpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ymi...youtube.com5X for Canada: Stop Separation. Crush the 9 Questions. Defeat Danielle Smith.YouTube video by 5X for Canada 419790
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026'Buy Canadian': Meet the Consumers Boycotting American Products as Trade Rift Widens Canadian consumers have responded en masse to the call. A Build #Canada poll conducted Aug. 31-Sept. 4 found that many are already making sacrifices at the tills, as 69% of /1 thread time.com/article/2026...time.com'Buy Canadian': Meet the Consumers Boycotting American Products as Trade Rift WidensCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has championed the "Buy Canadian" movement, saying the power lies in "decisions taken at the kitchen table, not the boardroom table." Canadians are responding en ma... 671258353
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 13/09/2026“Bruh, these bike lanes are social engineering.“ - I know. 821123
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Its criminal that our own tax money is used this way. #abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg #NoToTheNine paidpitch.capaidpitch.capaidpitch.caA referendum is supposed to measure public opinion. So why are Albertans paying again to be sold the government's preferred answers? 77050
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦jeannettebusque.bsky.social @jeannettebusque.bsky.social · 13/09/2026www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...thetimes.comMargaret Atwood: ‘God made the middle finger for a reason’The Handmaid’s Tale author at 86 on gender wars, trade wars, assisted dying and the power of not playing nice 042
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"At the peak of oil and gas activity up to around '14, 55% of Vulcan's county’s tax assessment base came from FF extraction. “Now in '26, you see a complete shift, with 55% of every dollar we spend coming from wind and solar,”nationalobserver.comA county caught between oil debts and Alberta's war on renewablesJason Schneider watched his county's tax base flip from oil and gas to wind and solar in a decade. Now Alberta is reining in renewables, just as unpaid oil and gas taxes leave many counties with a bud... 26637
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“the pre-emptive disarmament that Smith keeps pressing for is already hurting people in BC, Ontario, Quebec & the Maritimes — all places that an Alberta premier intent on changing the constitution and seeing more pipelines built needs” #abpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/11/o...nationalobserver.comDanielle Smith still doesn't get itAlberta's premier might be the most Trump-friendly politician in Canada, but she still hasn't figured out what makes him tick — or why he's a far bigger threat to her province's oil and gas industry t... 79447
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"These really contentious plans will give free rein to large polluters, put nature and species at risk, limit public participation and keep Canadians in the dark about the impacts to their health and safety. It's a huge abdication of responsibility from the feds."nationalobserver.comFeds quietly exempt oilsands and gas power plants from environmental impact assessmentsThe change comes as part of a suite of amendments to Canada's impact assessment laws passed by the Carney government early Wednesday morning. 10223139
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 10/09/2026No shit! Exports are a fraction of our GDP, exports to US are a fraction of that, the tariffs apply only to a fraction of that, and only end up 'blocking' a small fraction of THAT. Our provinces have unilaterally done more damage to the university sector than Trump is doing to the Canadian economy. 112541
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Kudos to Freeland 22302113
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 10/09/2026For crying out loud Pierre - you've been MIA from the get go. You let Jamil Jivani undermine us and run interference. But Canadians have this. We are hunkering down to defend our nation - solid and determined. The last thing we need is you making a nuisance in MAGALand. Buzz off. 133854197
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Danielle Smith and the UCP haven’t delivered a single triage physician in seven months. Another promise broken. Instead of fixing our overcrowded emergency rooms, Danielle Smith is focused on separatism and funneling more money into private health care. 13472190
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026BREAKING! "Saddle Lake Cree Nation is asserting its Treaty rights and jurisdiction to provide safe refuge for those seeking and providing gender-affirming care. Any Albertan will be able to access gender-affirming care on Saddle Lake Cree Nation reserved lands and territories" 5456291779
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Landowners Sue Alberta Regulator Over Dirty Oil Wells Lawyer Susanne Calabrese on landowner lawsuit re inadequate orphan well clean up. #ableg #abpoli youtu.be/n-O5WLCh4u0youtu.beLandowners Sue Alberta Regulator Over Dirty Oil WellsYouTube video by Energi Media 35824
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You agree? 5024865
Reposted by Dr. Ali Ibu RPsych 🇨🇦Mark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026⏰ Last call: Have your say on Budget 2026! September 8 is the deadline to share your priorities and ideas to help inform Budget 2026. Take a moment to make your voice heard and help shape the decisions that matter to Canadians. 🇨🇦 🔗 Participate here: Canada.ca/yourbudget 125434