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Lisa Johnson

@reportrix.bsky.social
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Alberta provincial affairs reporter for The Canadian Press

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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
There is no expiration date on the Alberta paper health card. As per the one health ministry that rules them all, you can use that paper puppy for a while. If you want/need a new/renewed ID card/drivers licence, that’s when your “strong and free” status becomes NOT optional, with the fee.
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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Lest some Albertans take this statement from the premier's office to mean it's optional ... Dear reader, it is mandatory. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Been covering #ableg just 'bout 7 years now and I've never seen any caucus release a statement announcing a decision before the vote. UCP caucus then said: "We would like to clarify that the previous statement was inadvertently distributed in eror (sic). Please disregard the earlier communication."
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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This is the scrum with Brandon Lunty and reporters today in the Alberta legislature. He’s the UCP MLA tasked with overseeing the Alberta government’s re-do of the Electoral Boundaries commission report, with the help of a new panel.
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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Some interesting commentary here - great story from @meksmith.bsky.social today www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Reposting with addendum from the former head of the Alberta Medical Association, who flatly calls out the premier's chief of staff for spreading misinformation (Rob's not lying about the polling numbers. There is a similar spread on more than one poll):
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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Here's what the Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod said today in response to Premier Danielle Smith's announcement yesterday that she's making citizenship markers mandatory for driver's licenses. Statement from McLeod in full: #ableg
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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Critics are questioning what problem adding mandatory citizenship markers to provincial identification aims to solve, and say it opens the door to potential privacy breaches and discrimination. Bonus sarcastic late night ad hominem attack from Alberta PO: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Just to recap: Alberta Premier Smith says she's not banning books. But she's protecting kids from stuff in books and "drawing a line." www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Watching Premier Danielle Smith and Official NDP Opposition Leader Christina Gray jointly drag McIver to the Speaker’s chair was a nice timeline cleanse. Jack gives a really good explanation of why this became a thing well before the need for an #ableg timeline cleanse became a thing.
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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Relevant to this now and arguably more relevant tomorrow is this response from Alberta Premier Smith’s chief of staff on X today. It’s re: blog post arguing against separatism written by one of two Liberal MPs elected in Alberta. I’m not making a cabinet bet. It’s relevant either way because Rob
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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I was kinda expecting a Fair Deal Panel 2.0 announcement today after the UCP Caucus meeting. (Sorry. Not fair deal. The What’s Next panel). We didn’t get that today. We did get this release
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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
ICYMI, here's Premier Smith's post-election statement, posted to X first thing in the morning.
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