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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦

@sphillipsab.bsky.social
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Current: Founding Partner, Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips Policy Advisors Www.mbpolicy.com Adjunct, University of Lethbridge Former: AB NDP MLA & Minister of Environment, Parks & Climate Change

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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 5h
Yes - talked about this in this week’s @balanceofpowerpod.ca - an initiative of the Strategists Media Corp!
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 7h
Here’s a gift link to the Globe and Mail investigation about American interference in the Alberta referendum, and the separatist operatives (one of whom is a UCP President) who went to the United States to offer them our water and oil. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/64d9ad7...
theglobeandmail.com
The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s the overwhelming consensus of those who study human biology that Standard Time better aligns with our circadian rhythm. This issue drives me crazy.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.healthline.com/health-news/...
healthline.com
Daylight Saving Time: Switching the Clocks Is Harmful to Health
New research suggests the twice-yearly practice of changing the clocks is hazardous to health. Predictive models indicate that a permanent switch to either standard time or daylight time would lead to...
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There’s a mountain of evidence that Standard Time better aligns with circadian rhythm. It’s not even close, and it’s not new evidence, either. It’s just that dingdongs like Danielle Smith think they know better than the overwhelming scientific consensus. sleepeducation.org/resources/da...
sleepeducation.org
Daylight Saving Time - Sleep Education
The AASM is calling for an end to seasonal time changes in favor of year-round standard time. Learn more about daylight saving time here.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The time change option chosen unilaterally by Danielle Smith, in the face of overwhelming evidence supporting Standard Time, will cause health harms for those in northern AB, specifically. Imagine being a parent in Peace River with a sunrise closer to 10am. Mental/physical health harms, etc.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New ads just dropped - There’s a poll out tomorrow via CBC that apparently shows the UCP down. That’s because Danielle Smith’s catering to separatists is unpopular, and the closer we get to Oct 19, the more people are (rightfully) blaming her for this debacle. No to the Nine.
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 24/09/2026
NDP's David Eby says some Opposition want the province as 'American protectorate' nationalnewswatch.com/2026/09/24/n...
nationalnewswatch.com
NDP's David Eby says some Opposition want the province as 'American…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just over here grateful we aren’t having a referendum about accommodation
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Monday, September 21st. A month till Albertans vote on a multiple choice separation ballot AND nine other racist/useless questions. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at fighting the noxious nine, with @carterab.bsky.social, @jaredwesley.ca & Avnish Nanda of @ouralbertadvantage.bsky.social. #cdnpoli
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Saying No to the Nine
Podcast Episode · Alberta Unbound · September 18 · 39m
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Forward Canada @forwardcanada.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In her second satirical Public Service Announcement for Forward Weekly, The Beaverton's @clareblackwood.bsky.social answers the questions Premier Danielle Smith doesn't want to deal with. From this week's issue of Forward Weekly. Read it here: archive.forwardweekly.ca?issue=24 #ableg #canpoli
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I cannot fathom why we wouldn’t want to preserve this piece of Canadian history.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is a great idea!
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 15/09/2026
Jim Stanford: “This claim of interprovincial subsidization is completely false. Alberta pays no money to Quebec, or to any other province. The Alberta government, like other provinces, receives huge transfers from Ottawa to help pay for health care and other programs.” thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
thetyee.ca
No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee
The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I do not! I work in other areas now!
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Sean Fitzpatrick @sean-fitz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Getting really sick of this shit
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Menopause symptoms aren’t just disruptive, they’re costly. The financial toll on womens’ careers, wages and finances is often preventable, by Mariya Postelnyak www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe... via @theglobeandmail.com
theglobeandmail.com
Menopause symptoms aren’t just disruptive, they’re costly
The financial toll on womens’ careers, wages and finances is often preventable
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is a very insightful analysis.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 06/09/2026
“The 23 [AI-generated] websites are designed to influence the answers that AI chatbots give to voters in Alberta, targeting farmers, young people, veterans, mothers and oil industry workers.”
nationalobserver.com
A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots
The websites present crude, AI-generated slop disguised as the voice of real Albertans. But they're made in Florida — and they're not even targeting Albertans directly.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Unbelievable, yet entirely believable. Monstrous.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thanks for this, Andre. Lots of suffering out there, I’m one of them.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
a lot of people want to believe that right-wing beliefs are rooted in some legitimate material grievance. that makes it easier to imagine that if we simply solved the material problem, they’d deradicalize. but they won’t, because they aren’t disillusioned, they’re just morons.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Oh, this is extremely interesting and helpful…
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It is objectively bananas that we as citizens have to consult a power markets expert for what we should do with our bills (fixed? Floating?) And I’m pretty sure most people aren’t like me, and know to go find @blakeshaffer.bsky.social’s advice whenever I wonder what I should do. Anyway, advice 👇
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A strong majority of Albertans support export taxes on oil, gas and potash. Danielle Smith is offside 2/3 Albertans.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Seems problematic for Canadians… 🇨🇦
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Taylor Nichols, MD MS @tnicholsmd.com · 23/08/2026
I so appreciated @angierasmussen.bsky.social in this discussion, particularly her pointing out that the disinformation about science and the propaganda designed to break trust in institutions is specifically a threat to democracy - something I have been saying since 2021. youtu.be/3W4pJJ3SVis?...
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Did COVID Actually Come From a LAB?
YouTube video by Zeteo
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I look forward to October 20, when the Government of Canada is past the separatist referendum and discovers two things: 1. the “rule of law” means upholding and enforcing the Canada Health Act, and 2. Canadians support Medicare as part of our national identity.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It’s very gross when a premier whose province has been minimally affected by tariffs, because of the nature of its industries rather than its political leadership, takes shots at other provinces that are feeling more pain.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
You got a unicorn!
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH WE DESERVE A HOT POTUS
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Dipshit 1 was crazyyyy
Joe Rogan: I was at the White House, so was Shane.

Shane Gillis: Let's stop bringing that up. Back then, when I was taking that picture, I was like, this guy's gonna release the Epstein Files, and no more wars. I like that. Also, I still didn't vote for him.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Incredible energy for the Stay in Canada campaign. In all 4 corners of the province. Good momentum going in to the fall campaign.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Excellent reading @jlisayoung.bsky.social
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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
@jlisayoung.bsky.social has written the most sobering essay yet regarding Alberta separation. It's raw--a slap-in-the-face that's overdue. lisayoung.substack.com/p/a-day-in-t...
lisayoung.substack.com
A day in the life of the Governor
Editor’s Note: The following is a work of speculative fiction.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
So well written
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Canada Child Benefit kept 580,000 Canadian children out of poverty in 2023, the last year for which I can find full figures. The CCB now functions as a de facto Universal Basic Income for people with children. It’s an extraordinary achievement that should make us proud. More to do!
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/08/2026
Not to beat up on Douthat even more, but I'll just say: it has never, in all of post-war American history, been more crystal clear exactly who your enemy should be. Never. If it's not obvious to you, you are morally & intellectually defective.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
4-630 at scenic drive dog park, Lethbridge!
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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Quote: "Second Sons' leaders have welcomed neo-Nazis into their ranks, called for mass deportations "at gunpoint" of non-white people from Canada and said Canadian politicians should be executed as traitors." It's nothing, just a nice men's fellowship gathering, right Alberta RCMP & Minister Ellis?
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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This post by @dshepyeg.bsky.social is brilliant, although I'm annoyed he had to do it to address the ongoing absurdity of the Alberta government. Article from the @edmontonjournal.com: edmontonjournal.com/news/politic... Please report hate crimes & hate incidents to the police and #StopHateAB. ✊🏾
edmontonjournal.com
Premier Danielle Smith criticizes Edmonton police for video on hate reporting
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says police should be focused on addressing violent crime not policing free speech.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
When there’s a natural disaster, the Govt of AB can issue pre-loaded debit cards within about 72 hours. They should fix the disability payment system with the same alacrity. #cdnpoli
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I actually put most of the blame on the right wing information ecosystem (including postmedia and the algorithm), and the credulous mainstream media for allowing conservative lies to proliferate about climate change and what to do about it. Progressives aren’t the only ones with agency here
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
epic
A screencap of a Blue Sky Interaction. Lydia Polygreen posts a screencap of the London Review of Books website showing a "not currently accessible" message and asks "Uh, did Emily Wilson's Odyssey takedown crash the @lrb.co.uk website?" and the London Review of Books account responds "Short answer: yes."
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Why would employers put up with it?!?
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
My hot take is Putin is out of money and alla sudden Tim Poole and all these others who were verifiably on the Kremlin’s payroll are now…probably on Ukraine’s payroll?
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A highway of sapphire and smoke
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Big if true
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Yes, numerous businesses told us that affiliating themselves with Forever Canadian was a good experience for them.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Trump is mocked by his own attendees, look at that guy in the background dressed in suit and tie. 😂
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