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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Another decision involving Jeff Rath in which the court repeatedly criticizes Rath for his failure to disclose details of his financial dealings. Meneen v Jeffrey R.W. Rath Professional Corporation, 2026 ABKB 685 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/knh8m> #abpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I am incensed by this taxpayer-funded UCP propaganda from beginning to end - from its dishonest title (how does imposing fees on immigrants make AB stronger?) to its slanted commentary (eg federal firearms laws are now "federal meddling" at 10 that needs to be trumped). 1/ #abpoli #ableg

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ballot received and registered by Elections Alberta

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Starting to read Derek Burney's "Getting it Done" memoir. Its preface contains this quip from Regan, "hard work never killed anyone" but "why take the chance". President Trump in spades. #cdnpoli #abpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Mailed the ballots yesterday. I'll report when received. #abpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I am re-reading the Quebec Secession Reference and I am struck, as was the Court, by the comments of the AG Sask on the nature of the nation-building exercise. Reference re Secession of Quebec, 1998 CanLII 793 (SCC) at para 96 #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The proposed amendment will remove the following designations

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Interesting to read this statement from the State Department on Iceland's EU referendum last week. "Strong and valuable NATO ally". If only the same could be said of the US. #abpoli #cdnpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This speaks volumes to me. The image the GoA has selected for its new "conservation" licence plate is that of an artificial reservoir built to generate hydro power, a diversion that decimated the Spray river cutthroat trout population. @joeldryden.bsky.social #abpoli www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In adoration of leeks (and others) #yycc

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Alberta's new "conservation" licence plate features an image of the Spray Lakes Reservoir, a reservoir that, according to Dave Schindler (RIP), destroyed the westslope cutthroat trout fishery in the Spray River. What we conserve reveals what we value. ablawg.ca/2010/12/20/u... #abpoli #ableg

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

And we rode. My guesstimate would be 350+. Catch you at the end of September. Resist the hegemony of the car/truck culture. And ride. #abpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Dear Alberta caribou, we're coming for you (in order to satisfy our insatiable appetite for more hydrocarbons). signed Brian Jean #cdnpoli #abpoli @cpawsnab.bsky.social @albertawilderness.bsky.social kings-printer.alberta.ca/Documents/Mi...

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The AUC rejects Syanpse's Olds power plant operation for the second time. It's good that power plants are regulated by the AUC and not the AER! Can you imagine the noise & air pollution of 600 diesel back-up units? The decision is here: prd-api-efiling20.auc.ab.ca/Anonymous/Do... #abpoli #cdnpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Best of all, ODL elected to heavily redact the PSA making it impossible for SLCN and the court to identify the real nature of ODL’s interest – O’Leary hoist on his own petard. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Calgary #yyc NW esp Briar Hill, looking for homes for large(ish) zucchini. DM if intersted in picking up.

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Utility regulation is a complex area of the law. The ABCA has reminded the regulator, the Utilities Commission, that it writes not only for the regulated utilities but also for those who consume the services of those utilities. Fortis v AUC, 2026 ABCA 258 (CanLII), canlii.ca/t/kmcld

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Looking at the bolted lettuce in behind the green onions and leeks and reminding (and chiding) myself that I didn't give away enough of the early bounty in #yyc before the bolt started. Mea culpa. #abpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The Elders. #cdnpoli theelders.org/news/palesti...

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in the King sentencing matter is available here. coadecisions.ontariocourts.ca/coa/coa/en/i... #cdnpoli #abpoli I particularly appreciate this paragraph.

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Hard to imagine a more "both sides" comment from Ms Yedlin

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Currently reading Bill Graham’s political memoir, The Call of the World (2016). Graham was Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs when the US/UK invaded Iraq (2003) and Canada (Chretien) declined to join the “coalition of the willing”. 1/ #cdnpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Application to stay granted in part: #ableg #abpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I anticipate that this will be Justice Woolley's decision on the province's application to stay Justice Leonard's decision quashing the separatist petition pending the appeal decision on the merits of Leonard's decision. Stay tuned - 10.30 Monday! #abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Meanwhile, new remuneration rates for AER hearing commissioners who seem to have increasingly less to do. Looks like a good gig. @markdorin.bsky.social #abpoli #ableg

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Rob Morgan, the AER's CEO, quoted in today's Daily Oil Bulletin saying people file statements of concern for "nefarious purposes" (I think he means for public interest reasons). #ableg #abpoli @cpawsnab.bsky.social @albertawilderness.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

This from Kevin Van Tighem. One of the best descriptions of Premier Smith's character and motivations I have read. #abpoli #cdnpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

There is another solution. Commit to passing (and actually pass) An Act to Prohibit Cola Mining on the Eastern Slopes.

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Janice Mackinnon’s op-ed for the Calgary Herald is full of illogical statements and innuendo designed to support Premier Smith’s goal of revisiting the constitutional protections accorded to existing Indigenous and treaty rights in Canada in 1982. Here are some examples. 1/ #ableg #abpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Alberta Energy Regulator Makes Rule Changes Aimed At Gutting Participation by ENGOs #ableg #abpoli open.substack.com/pub/nigelban...

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Here's the retired judge appointed to serve as chair of the UCP's gerrymander committee. Thanks @daveberta.bsky.social #ableg #abpoli open.substack.com/pub/davebert...

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

So a former judge of the Court of Appeal has accepted an appointment as Chair of Alberta's Select Special Committee on Electoral Boundaries. That's a shame. #ableg #abpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The OiC as you will know inferentially indicates that: (1) this is a non-constitutional referendum, and (2) that it was made on the recommendation of the AG. Can an OIC deem smthg to be constitutional or non-constitutional, or is that a Q of law (for the courts to decide)?

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

This what the Premier said in her address. It wd seem to follow from this that Mr Stephan is no longer a member of caucus. #abpoli #cdnpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Another random fact check on the Premier's address & her claim that the feds only have authority over int'l affairs & defence. In fact the Constitution gives the feds exclusive powers to make laws over some 30 heads of power + an overarching residual power. Gaslighting. #abpoli #cdnpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

This is the ultimate ambiguous (two part) question. If you say "yes" which part are you saying yes to? If you say "no" which part are you saying no to? This, like the committee hearing yesterday, is total SNAFU. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Am I the only one who finds this wording bizarre? I (the Premier) will be requesting our (my) government .... Why not just "I am adding ...". But I guess that that wd be personal responsibility. #abpoli #cdnpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Fact check of paras 5, 6 & 7. Madam Premier. There are 3 branches of government. You may represent 1 (the executive) & control the other (the legislature as so clearly demonstrated in committee today & yesterday) but you do not control judicial branch (however much you might like to). Gaslighting.

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Fact check para 4. The entire goal of Lucazsuk's petition under the Act as it stood at the time was to prevent the secessionist petition from being filed. It was not a petition in favour of a referendum. Gaslighting.

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Fact check para 3. The Court did not interfere with the democratic rights of Albertans. The Court did its duty under the constitution and upheld the rule of law.

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Fact check para 2. Several membesr of caucus signed Sylvestre's petition. Why should we believe any other part of this para? Gaslighting

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Fact check of para 1 of Ms Smith's address to Albertans 1. The petition was that of an individual, Mitch Sylvestre, not a group 2. Whlle the Court held that Alberta failed to consult it also held that the UCP's amendments to the Act failed to revive Sylvestre's petition Gaslighting #abpoli #cdnpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

This post examines Justice Leonard’s ACFN decision quashing Sylvestre’s petition for a secession referendum. Meanwhile we wait to hear what the master puppeteer herself will have to say about a secession referendum this evening following yesterday’s SNAFU committee meeting. #abpoli #cdnpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Heartened to see Canada voting in favour of the UNGA resolution endorsing the ICJ's AO on Climate Change but how we reconcile this with last week's Canada/Alberta agreement diluting our commitment to escalating the price of carbon? #cdnpoli #abpoli www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/...

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Given the current Committee SNAFU in Alberta I thought it wd be useful to post s 15 of the CIA which should inform the options available to the committee. What I don't know is whether the Committee can report out if the the Leg is not sitting. Thoughts on that? #abpoil #cdnpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Dismal news. No longer a welcome to wildrose country. And BTW when did we establish "border entry points" with our neighbouring provinces and territories? Or is this just in anticipation of secession? #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The asparagus in #yyc loves this snow, but the anticipated two degrees of frost tonight, not so much.

Images of green asparagus against a snowy background.

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I've posted this before, but separatists and their fellow travellers (looking at you Ms Smith) might take a look at Justice Leonard's bio before doubting her independence or her commitmemt to democracy. #abpoli #cdnpoli Source: www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

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