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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 14/10/2026

Took 23 minutes to vote with six people ahead of me in line. Between checking ID, pulling 10 ballots, folding 10 ballots, initialing 10 ballots, then explaining what to do, some officials were around 2 mins. Voting was easy. Stay in Canada. No to the Nine. #ableg #abpoli

Stay in Canada,
(Maple leaf)
No to the Nine.
Authorized by Alberta’s Voice

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 22/05/2026

Actually— I’m not positive now. I can’t seem to find any source on it other than this G&M article that doesn’t say where the info came from. Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/8c224ca...

Excerpt from article:
The muddy wording means voters will choose a preferred option rather than vote yes or no. The second option – which would spur the provincial government to do the legal legwork necessary to hold a second, binding independence referendum – would not provide immediate relief for separatists itching for Alberta to leave the Canadian fold.

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 22/05/2026

Danielle Smith: since we're going to ignore the courts, we thought why not ignore the clarity act, too? the fuck lol #ableg #abpoli

Should Alberta remain a province of Canada or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?

stunned cunt.

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 01/05/2026

Monkey see monkey do. Bill 31 page 26. docs.assembly.ab.ca/LADDAR_files...

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 14/04/2026

I hadn't done the actual turnout math-- this low turnout for the CPC flies in the face of "cancelled" votes. 75% of CPC voters didn't care to try and change the outcome. That's a statement.

Screenshot of j.bjr on threads
Conservative votes University Rosedale:
2025- 14,624
2026- 3,555

Scarborough Southwest
2025- 16,652
2026- 5,300

Terrebonne
2025- 10,961
2026- 1,478

Total votes
2025- 42,237
2026- 10,333

(-75%)

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 09/04/2026

Fun new scam out there. I have, let’s say, a *history* with accruing parking tickets, so at first, I believed it. Then I remembered that my vehicle isn’t registered under my name. (Which also means I hear about it every year when spouse renews registration.. 😇) #ableg #abpoli

$Scam text: “Government of Alberta - Official Registry Communication: Notice of Parking Penalty: Our records show an outstanding vehicle infraction occurring on April 2, 2026. This penalty must be addressed immediately. Mandatory Final Action: Please choose from the resolution options by April 10, 2026. Without action, the file will be escalated for legal processing. Link to Resolve Now: https://edmonton.org-flx.cc/ca-redelivery-authentication?var=UpLOcAjkKm Unpaid parking violations incur further fees and referral to the Alberta Ministry of Transportation for plate denial. No registry services for plates or permits will be provided until the balance is resolved.”$

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 17/03/2026

Also, it’s the 9 year anniversary since the PCs dug their own grave.

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 16/03/2026

Bored. Taking a break during a puffball. Also, disturbed by Dreeshen's new glasses.

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 16/03/2026

Nenshi: change the question or allow an unconstitutional question? Smith: no gatekeeping. No clue if this is difficult for Albertans or businesses. Doe eyed and dimwitted. womenofabpoli.substack.com/p/danielle-s...

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 11/03/2026

And they’re using a thumbnail of the U.S. flag over our entire country. Yeah, the US **totally** supports an “independent” Berta. Full credit to the UCP for making this a possibility. #ableg #abpoli

Screenshot from Polymarket on X

BREAKING: The probability that a Canadian province will schedule a referendum to leave Canada by the end of the year continues to rise, as the independence movement in Alberta gains momentum.

Graph shows 55% chance

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 01/03/2026

Now there’s a statement I don’t see near often enough outside of my own posts. “In effect, Reform merged with— or rather, took over— the Conservatives and gave themselves a new identity.” #cdnpoli

It’s a photo of an article that spans at least half a full-length newspaper page that I clipped from someone on X. The headline reads: Still hoping to be PM, the Canadian who united the right (and lost his seat). I apologize but I am not rewriting it in its entirety.

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 28/02/2026

“Some criticize Carney's lack of opposition to the US attack on Iran by asking ‘is this the world we want to live in?’ The problem is that this is the world we live in. You can lament it as much as you want but Canada can't do much about it. It can only adapt.”

Juneau continued:

“Some criticize Carney's lack of opposition to the US attack on Iran by asking "is this the world we want to live in?". The problem is that this is the world we live in. You can lament it as much as you want but Canada can't do much about it. It can only adapt

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 28/02/2026

“You misunderstood parts of Carney's Davos speech. It was a call to realism and to put Canada's more narrowly defined interests ahead of universalist principles (which we have too often failed to do in the past). Deal with the world as it is, not as you wished it were.” ~ Juneau #cdnpoli

From Thomas Juneau; UOttawa Prof GSIA, Middle East (Iran, Yemen), security and defence, former dept of national defence analyst:

“You misunderstood parts of Carney's Davos speech. It was a call to realism and to put Canada's more narrowly defined interests ahead of universalist principles (which we have too often failed to do in the past). Deal with the world as it is, not as you wished it were.”

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 28/02/2026

From a UOttawa prof on Canada’s likely response (he was right):

From Thomas Juneau, professor at University of Ottawa Graduate Studies in International Affairs, focus on Middle East (Iran, Yemen), security and defence. Former dept national defence analyst:

“US allies - Europe, Canada, Australia, others - are in a difficult position:
-all of them oppose the Islamic Republic
-of course there is no legal justification for this war, and they fear the instability that will inevitably come
-all of them will take positions primarily based on the management of their difficult relations with Trump - much more than based on Iran. This is the calculus that matters.
-what they fear more is angering Trump, and damaging already embattled relations with the US, and this is what matters at this point.
-so expect broad support for the war, somewhere betweeen vague word salad and somewhat assertive, more overt support. But no opposition.”

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 24/02/2026

PUFFBALL Pitt: how is everything Trudeau's fault? Amery: 600,000 people flooded Alberta.

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 18/02/2026

Banger of a response from a former CPC MP to Pierre Poilievre who had to run in AB after losing his seat in Carleton, ON, a riding he represented for 20 years. #cdnpoli

Tweet from Pierre Poilievre, who is now the MP for Battle River-Crowfoot in Alberta after he lost his seat in Carleton (ON) after representing the riding for 20 years:

“Mark Carney is trying to seize a costly Liberal majority government that Canadians voted against in the last election through dirty backroom deals.

Matt Jeneroux has betrayed the people of Edmonton Riverbend who voted for affordable food and homes, safe streets, and a strong resource sector.

Conservatives will continue our fight for a Canada that's affordable, safe, and self-reliant.”

Response from Rick Perkins, former CPC MP who lost his seat in 2025:
“I am sure he consulted his constituents in Edmonton widely from his home in Victoria. Formally I think MPs should at least live in the province if not the community they represent.”
🤣

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 16/02/2026

Kids are amazing. And weird. And they do some incredible things. And also other things.

A photo of a “brick” of flour, wrapped in plastic and tape, on a cutting board with a knife, after it’s been sliced open.

The caption reads:

Making dinner tonight:
Me: oh, are we out of flour?
14: how much do you need?
Me: huh? Like a handful...
14: I could probably spare that.
Me: why are you stockpiling flour?!
14:

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 15/02/2026

More like 150,000 between them. The close races were only in Calgary proper. NDP ran Edmonton and UCP trounced in rural.

2023 election totals; NDP @ 777,404 v UCP 928, 905

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 24/01/2026

Last year however, Rath claimed statehood absolutely was on the table. www.foxnews.com/media/canadi...

Screenshot from Rob Breakenridge on X
“Convenient pivot from Mr. Rath:
"....To explore the benefits of either Alberta becoming an independent sovereign nation with economic union to the United States, becoming a U.S. territory, or pursuing full statehood."

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 29/12/2025

TLDR: Teachers wouldn’t accept our offer to do nothing so we ordered them back to work and through our UCP task force that omitted teacher input, found out they wanted us to do something, which is why we couldn’t get to an agreement. ~Danielle Smith #ableg #abpoli #abed

That's why we started our complexity task force. When we got the task force results back, we realized that there were certain decisions that you just couldn't make at the bargaining table.

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 26/12/2025

It’s a very sad day for the person who didn’t receive an Ultimate Family calendar! (Seriously— highly recommended for people who have multiple events to manage in a single day).

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 19/12/2025

I understand the misconception quite well, that’s why I wrote it. However, the opposition was led by their bias, fuelled by the UCP to be sure, but bias nonetheless. I recommend reading it. Also, links are provided within.

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 19/12/2025

Corb Lund reaching to the man himself: Peter Lougheed. #ableg #abpoli

I've been deeply involved in this issue for almost 6 years now. I know it intimately and I've heard all the arguments. I'm convinced it's a corrupt and crooked deal that will adversely affect our water, economically makes zero sense and is going to leave a billion dollar mess for the taxpayer to clean up once the foreign companies go home.
Once the first couple mines go in, it'll expand from there and we'll never be rid of them. This is the goal line stand. We need to stop Grassy Mountain. Do it for Lougheed.
We want to greatly exceed the 178,000 signatures we need for this so we can send the government a strong message. For that we're need TONS of canvassers. Go to
CoalPetition.ca give us your email and tell 50 friends to do the same. When approved we'll give you info on how to sign the petition, how to get officially signed up as a canvasser and how to donate to help pay for this thing.
Feels good to finally have something concrete to say when people ask me how they can help since writing your MLA obviously doesn't help much.
Thanks for the massive outpouring of support so far in these early stages. We're gonna kill this thing but we need everyone's help. Now's the time. Do it for Lougheed.
www.CoalPetition.ca

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 15/12/2025

The only thing "uniting" this govt is their determination to lie to us for as long as they can. Unless you can prove that's what they're doing and then they'll cost us hundreds of millions in cancelled contracts because they got busted. #ableg #abpoli thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stal...

Excerpt from the article:
He said senior officials should be asking themselves, “What is worse, the public learning how badly coal mining in Alberta has been harming downstream water quality and aquatic ecosystems, or the public learning how badly coal mining in Alberta has been harming downstream water quality and aquatic ecosystems and that we’ve returned to muzzling our scientists in an attempt to cover it up while the government tries to convince Albertans that coal mining is environmentally benign?”

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 11/12/2025

My stats and criminology prof, Dr. Bill Stuebing, passed away yesterday. He wasn’t just a prof, he was a teacher. He taught us to question what we read and what we knew. He was more than a teacher; he was a mentor and a champion of knowledge. RIP ❤️

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 09/12/2025

News: Notice tabled: the Honourable member from Airdrie-Cochrane has given notice that he has joined the Alberta Party and a letter from the Alberta Party has been received to confirm. #ableg #abpoli

Button that says “I ❤️ THE P IN PC Alberta” along side an Alberta Party pin.

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 08/12/2025

Same — but that’s just any day after October 1 😏

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 05/12/2025

The math on that suggests they got a raise, too. $8500 per surgery. The grift keeps on giving. #ableg #abpoli

Copy of ASG contract from the Breakdown in February.

The group used to get $27,000,000 per year.

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 05/12/2025

Nah. The only people capable of lying their faces off about everything are now in govt; there’s no one to work into a froth over imaginary slights and edge out their support.

From the 2025 Throne Speech:

The U.S. worldwide imposition of tariffs, world conflicts and intentional increases in OPEC production have significantly depressed the price of oil, resulting in a loss of billions in royalty revenues and a significant budget deficit after several years of large surpluses.
Albertans are well aware of the effects of both high and low oil prices and inherently understand there is no need to panic or overreact. This isn’t Alberta’s first oil price rollercoaster, after all.
The vast majority of Albertans do not want deep and disruptive cuts. Nor do they want declarations of economic emergency used as a pretext for a proliferation of government programs and spending.
They want calm, steady and smart fiscal leadership until the dip in energy prices inevitably passes, as it always does.

Continued from first photo:

They expect this government to continue to hold spending increases to below inflation plus population growth, to find and eliminate government waste and inefficiencies and to invest wisely in priorities such as health, education, roads, policing and other core social services.
And that is exactly how this government will manage Alberta’s current challenging economic situation.

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 27/11/2025

UCP: public health guarantee! Reality: if you can afford it #ableg #abpoli

Text from my daughter
“So doctor recommended I get the RSV vaccine to protect the babies since they’ll likely come early and it’s not covered by Alberta Health

Which is crazy, it’s $240”

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 27/11/2025

Alberta municipalities missing out on millions from green energy projects. #ableg #abpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Screencap of excerpt:

Our analysis of the AESO project queue shows that 21 counties could potentially gain more than $76 million annually from projects currently in development — if they proceed. Seven of those counties would host renewable projects for the first time, opening entirely new revenue streams for them.

The $70 million that municipalities are collecting this year? That represents decisions made five, six and seven years ago. The decisions being made today — or, more accurately, not being made — will determine whether rural Alberta municipalities collect $70 million five years from now or $150 million.

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 19/11/2025

Eremenko: payments reduce access. Will minister admit to the real cost? LaGrange: we commit to having more doctors than ever before; so many new doctors taking new patients in Alberta now. That's out record. PUFFBALL! vanDijken: so many votes for licence plates; showing how proud they are

Alberta licence plate mock up: TRANSKIDSMATTER

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 04/11/2025

Brar: minimum wage workers are struggling; when will govt stop throwing crumbs and start paying fair wages? Neudorf: 95% of people in AB make more than minimum wage. In 2019, minimum wage earners were as high as 11%

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 29/10/2025

That made me laugh out loud. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Excerpt that made me lol
“Mr. Ford said the Prime Minister “text messaged me a few things” since Monday. Asked whether Mr. Carney is happy with him, Mr. Ford said, “He’s happy. Why wouldn’t he be happy? We’re his closest friend and ally, just like the U.S.”

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