The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 6hEvan Romanow, who allegedly had inside knowledge of the “CorruptCare” scandal… Has just been appointed to Deputy Minister of Hospital and Surgical Health Services. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 95935
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 12hIt’s a little hard to buy the premise of yet another of the referendum questions… When Mickey Amery’s Deputy Minister and rumored architect of the Notwithstanding Clause usage… Just gets appointed to the Court of Kings Bench by the feds. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 73617
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 13hNenshi had strong words today about Danielle Smith sending MLA's & Ministers on luxurious trips and vacations on the taxpayers dime while the province heads into a referendum. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 820074
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 13hSturgeon Lake Cree Nation is calling out Smith’s claims she had no idea separatists were meeting with the US State Department… While pointing out they raised the alarm on this months ago. With receipts. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 17624288
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 14hToday Smith was asked to define what percentage of the vote would give her the "strong mandate" on her racist and unconstitutional questions... Her ultimate answer? 50% + 1 #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 184621
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 14hQ - Municipal governments have had control over land use without interference for over 100 years. Why step in now when there was just an election on this? Smith - People came and expressed their concerns to me and theres been some reporting... Reporting! #abpoli #ableg 124614
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 14h"Today is not about writing or dictating EXACTLY what municipalities in the province of Alberta's residential zoning bylaw should say" - Dan Williams So... Municipalities can still choose the font of the new rules the province is mandating? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 2235
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 14h"Today is not about writing or dictating EXACTLY what municipalities in the province of Alberta's residential zoning bylaw should say" - Dan Williams So... Municipalities can still choose the font of the new rules the province is mandating? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 3247
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 14hDanielle Smith confirming the rumors... She has stepped in to override elected councillors and the voters who elected them. But at least there's a small group of carefully assembled people off to the side to give her the adulation she needs. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 126622
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 14hThe NDP are calling out the UCP using the taxpayers purse to travel the globe... Including to promote gambling... In Las Vegas. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 516468
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 15h"Two American litigation funders allege... Jeffrey Rath and his firm made “false, inaccurate, and misleading” representations to keep receiving millions of dollars to finance two First Nations lawsuits against Ottawa – even after his firm had been fired and replaced." globalnews.ca/news/1209127...globalnews.caU.S. lenders sue Jeff Rath for $112M, allege he concealed First Nation firing | Globalnews.caTwo American litigation funders allege the Alberta separatist leader misled them into financing First Nations lawsuits even after his firm had been fired. 67024
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“healthy debate should never become the vilification of an entire faith community or the portrayal of its members as dangerous or disloyal.” This. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 815372
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There it is. Elon Musk now advocating for Alberta separation. That should perhaps be one of the biggest reasons to vote to stay. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 62637250
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“The premier needs to allow emergency physicians to participate in her capitalist panacea. I’m sure she won’t want to deny emergency patients the right to buy their way out of the chaos.” Brilliant satire from Dr Paul Parks! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...calgaryherald.comOpinion: What if ER docs joined the province's private-pay plan?Tongue-in-cheek column shows folly of double billing and how allowing people to pay privately for health it doesn't solve long wait lists. 517189
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026*hosted/moderated by the local UCP Constituency Association president… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 73019
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We’ve reached the “Jesus would want separation” phase of desperation apparently… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 6927297
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Keith Wil… No, sorry! “Rise of Alberta” Yeah! That’s it! Anyways, they’re claiming that it’s not 50% of UCP members who are separatists… It’s 70%. The UCP is a separatist party. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 811052
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“47 per cent of Albertans remain on the brink of insolvency, meaning they are $200 or less away from not being able to cover their monthly bills, the highest proportion in the country.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caAlmost half of Albertans turning to side hustles amid financial, AI job concerns: MNP report | CBC NewsA report from consumer insolvency firm MNP Ltd. digs into the financial insecurities of Albertans and finds concerns ranging from the impact of AI on the job market to a lack of savings in case of an ... 2916596
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is enraging, heartbreaking and wholly unnecessary. It’s also healthcare under Danielle Smith’s “refocusing”. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.facebook.com/share/v/1Dkc...facebook.com 98051
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“Blackett’s statement declined to answer questions put to him on what, if anything, Smith will do about Mitch Sylvestre’s presence at the meeting” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/10/05/a...edmonton.citynews.caAlberta premier unaware of reported separatist meetings with U.S. strategistsAlberta Premier Danielle Smith’s office is distancing itself from one of her party presidents who met in Calgary with U.S. Republican strategists looking to assist the province’s separation movement. ... 2510657
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“A judge has ordered the Alberta government and Alberta Health Services (AHS) to disclose records they had sought to keep private, or claimed did not exist, to the agency’s former chief executive officer Athana Mentzelopoulos” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...edmontonjournal.com'Gaps and deficiencies': Government and AHS ordered to disclose records in Mentzelopoulos lawsuitAlberta gvernment and AHS records including meeting minutes and email attachments must be disclosed to the former AHS CEO, a judge ruled 7281129
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 04/10/20262) This is recent history, so when Danielle Smith claims that she wants unprecedented powers over immigration, what kind of powers is she actually pursuing with the incredibly vague wording in question 1? /fin 65713
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There appear to be two big takeaways from this... 1) The UCP inherited a program that the NDP put into place that allowed for the limitation of temporary workers, they extended it past its two year pilot and it worked for them. They kept it going until 2022. /8 13111
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026And then Minister of Labour and Immigration, Kaycee Madu answered, saying that the UCP had it under control and that the UCP had it under control and would "effectively achieve the same result in a different way". /7 2165
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Because at that meeting, Christina Gray, who brought in the program under the NDP, asked why it was quietly ending... /6 1166
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In the transitional space between Kenney's leadership review in 2022, the pilot quietly came to an end. But there were questions about why... Which brings us to the March 10, 2022 Standing Committee On Alberta's Future Meeting... /5 1185
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The program was supposed to expire in 2019. It didn't. In fact, as part of Alberta's economic recovery plan in October 2020, Jason Kenney used it to blacklist an additional 475 occupations. /4 1258
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The most important part of that announcement is here... Alberta was able to submit "refusal to process lists" to the Feds with the Feds then not approving temporary workers in those fields. /3 1216
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The core of question 1 is based on the idea that Alberta has no mechanisms and never has to control or limit what kind of temporary workers come into Alberta... But that's not at all true. Because in 2017, the NDP negotiated a pilot program that did exactly that. /2 13212
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026On today's episode of "Danielle Smith sure seems to retcon history a lot". Can we talk about "Question 1" for a sec? Because Danielle Smith says she's asking for a mandate for an unprecedented policy shift. But what does she really want? /1 139553
Reposted by The Breakdown ABOrlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Exactly, as did the Alberta prosperity project, in now disabled links on their website. I am sure Wilson’s Rise of Alberta did too. 45018
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Oh fun! Larry wants us all to play Geoguesser! Rage farming is an all season form of agriculture that apparently… Crosses borders. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 89926
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Catholic Bishops of Alberta have written an open letter calling on Catholic Albertans to remember the tenets of their faith, particularly loving ones neighbour, respecting human dignity, and the commitment to the common good. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 1123374
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“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.” Modry and Rath, again. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...theglobeandmail.comThe elephant in the roomAlberta 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 34229133
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026About "Rise of Alberta"... Back in January, "Rise of Alberta" co-opted an opinion piece written by a First Nations man from Ontario... The overlap between Rise of Alberta and Keith Wilson was undeniable, even back then. (From our Jan 18th episode) #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 27333
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026From the DM’s… Allegedly at least 1 UCP MLA is touring seniors homes with this simplified “guide” to the referendum. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 2212093
Reposted by The Breakdown ABJason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Stephen Harper has, as we've long awaited, weighed in against Alberta separatism. But man oh man, do I have to strongly quibble with him claiming sentiment was zero when he was PM. Here's a 2014 poll putting belief in separation at 23%, which is where it sits now. nationalpost.com/opinion/step... 35359142
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Nenshi ended his comments at today's presser with a call for Albertans to not only vote themselves, but to make sure that all Albertans who can vote, do. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 415047
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Mr Lewis has his job to do, I'm not a member of that party, many provincial NDP members are not members of that party, we've cut that tie with the federal NDP" Nenshi today on the federal NDP stance on pipelines. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 195516
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"What an intensely weak leader she has been, both in her caucus and in her now separatist party, and for the province of Alberta" Nenshi on Smith's refusal to address MLA's who are public separatists. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 1020371
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"She won't tell you to vote for Canada, it's your taxpayer money doing that" #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 211141
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today, Alberta NDP leader Nenshi called out the flyer sent by the UCP telling Albertans how to vote on the upcoming referendum (except the separatist question) as "propaganda" and "garbage". #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 1624397
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Danielle Smith's first priority has always been Danielle Smith" While raising the alarm on the slow motion separatism of Smith's 9 questions and her expected gerrymandering, Nenshi pulled few punches today. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 513956
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Under no circumstance do I support separation of this province from Canada,” he said. “So, we just decided we’re not going to do this.” Separatist event in Banff organized by UCP CA president gets cancelled by owners of venue. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.rmoutlook.com/canmore/canm...rmoutlook.comCanmore resort pulls venue for Alberta referendum event with separatist tiesReferendum town hall, Q&A cancelled by Stone Creek Resorts CEO, who says he will not support an event linked to Alberta separation 2327797
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Alberta’s top court has upheld the convictions of two leaders of the COVID-19 border blockade at Coutts” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...ctvnews.caAlberta’s top court upholds convictions of two leaders of COVID-19 border blockadeAlberta’s top court has upheld the convictions of two leaders of the COVID-19 border blockade at Coutts, Alta. 21439100
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026From the DM’s… Allegedly these illegal door hangers are now showing up across Alberta… Without identifying who is distributing them. Sure would be a shame if someone had some doorbell footage… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 22190121
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“It is clear that the Alberta government is not going to change course and, therefore, we strongly request that you and the federal government step in and defend the principles of the Canada Health Act” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...theglobeandmail.comFormer deans of medicine call on Ottawa to intervene in Alberta’s dual-practice health care modelLetter to Carney argues public-private model violates federal law 14261103
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Direct democracy is the ultimate form of democracy,” asserts Smith with the self-assurance of a second-year seminar student. Respectfully, we disagree.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thewalrus.ca/albertas-ref...thewalrus.caAlberta’s Referendum Fails Every Democratic Test We Have | The WalrusDanielle Smith’s ten-question ballot doesn’t just measure discontent with Canada. It helps manufacture it 1012558
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026THANK YOU! Our Red Deer show this weekend is officially SOLD OUT! You are amazing!!! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 06911
The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026UCP MLA Jason Stephan is now joining the “leverage” game and tacitly endorsing the separatist choice. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 178144