In addition to all the anti-2SLGBTQIA and anti-Indigenous stances others have been pointing out, Action4Canada was heavily involved in the convoy occupation of Ottawa, and Parents for Choice in Education is an Astroturf organization originally formed to lobby for an American-style school voucher system.
These are not grassroots parents groups in the community.
On a similar note - on Friday, I toured the Vancouver harbour, with staff from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. These photos show the terminus of the TMX pipeline - where Alberta oil is loaded onto ships headed to Asia. Another reminder of how our provincial economies are deeply interconnected - and why Alberta is dependent on other Canadian provinces to succeed. #Vancouver #TMX #Alberta #ableg #cdnpoli #TRCM
I'm fully unlocking this post since this is in the news again!
A large portion of the Mature Assets Strategy is absorbed with the many ways to keep those assets producing in support of Smith’s emphasis on “doubling oil and gas production.” Rather than a strategy to deal with the actual problem of these wells, pipelines and other infrastructure, it seems more like a not-so-clever rebranding of an actual problem into something to be exploited.
"The AER’s credibility as the impartial regulator in charge of preventing destructive projects has been compromised." #Indigenous nations have been saying this for years. It is past time to dismantle this corporate lap dog. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/27/Alberta-Regulator-Met-Northback-Before-Reversal/
June 6: Save the date! That is the deadline for the Alberta government to file its response to the Onion Lake Cree Nation challenge to the Sovereignty Act.
We're going to need a special court watch newsletter to keep track of all the Alberta government lawsuits.
Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel, is a brilliant, poignant queer coming-of-age story, a literary classic that was later turned into a Tony-Award-winning musical. It's a graphic - only in the sense that it's a graphic novel, or rather, a memoir. But it's not porn. It's not titillating. Moral panics like this make us look absurd. https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/extremely-graphic-sexual-content-found-in-books-at-k-9-schools-province-says #abed #abpoli #ableg #Alberta #yeg #yyc
…anyone planning to take to the streets yet or are we still sitting on our hands shaking our heads?
From “Alberta paid more than six times usual price for pain medications in $70-million import deal, according to government briefing note”, by Carrie Tait and Alanna Smith, Netizens learn that Alberta had options to order less of the infamous Tylenot.
To recap, Post 114 to 115 reveal that Alberta has stored the unwanted Tylenot and PPE to the tune of over $5 Million. At some point, Danielle Smith abjectly tried to offer the unwanted material to Ukraine. Albertans are also aware that Premier Smith’s government deposited $49 million dollars into an MHCare account, and the money’s been sitting there for over a year.
Albertans now find that Premier Smith maximized the boondoggle by choice. Worse, Danielle Smith has tried to change the focus off from her Corrupt Care scandals by giving Alberta Separatists a platform.
From JasonontheDrums, there’s a review of what Alberta may have been able to invest with the money squandered by Premier Smith in favour of MHCare and Mraiche.
#CompassionateCareAct #InvoluntaryTreatment #ForcedTreatment #CorruptCare #HealthCare #Corruption #Alberta #AlbertaSeparation #RailMasterPlan
#EthicalFading
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-turkish-pain-medication-deal-prices/
https://archive.ph/fJ2d4#selection-2381.0-2381.131
https://bird.makeup/users/jasononthedrums/statuses/1926370546964484331
Must read.
Let's drop the phoney Alberta versus Canada nonsense. The province has met the enemy — and it is them www.thestar.com/business/opi... #Cdnpoli #Ableg
Jim Stanford: Let’s drop the p...
Netizens following the Corrupt Care scandals will already be aware of Marshall Smith’s lawsuit against Mentzelopoulos, the Globe and Mail, Carrie Tait, and an unnamed party. For many, Smith’s lawsuit appears to be a SLAPP or Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation.
Now, “Former chief of staff to Alberta Premier lived in home owned by Sam Mraiche’s sister”, by Carrie Tait, appears to raise further issues of Smith’s relationship with Sam Mraiche. Also, two other political staffers may have stayed at the same property:
>Mr. Smith lived at the property with at least two other people.
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>Ethan Lecavalier-Kidney told The Globe he lived at the property under a sublease agreement from August, 2023 to April, 2024. He said he paid $1,118 a month, plus utilities. He did not answer questions about who collected his rent.
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>Eric Engler also confirmed he resided at the property but did not provide details about when he lived there or the amount of rent he paid.
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>Both said they were unaware of who owned the property. The two men worked in government as political staff.
Albertans will need real answers to what’s going on with Danielle Smith and the UCP. How deeply integrated is the UCP with Mraiche?
Netizens know that the UCP have not volunteered this information to the public. Albertans have little reason to believe any of the measures taken by Danielle Smith’s UCP are intended to address the corruption scandals in good faith.
Alberta must have a full Judicial Inquiry.
#CompassionateCareAct #InvoluntaryTreatment #ForcedTreatment #CorruptCare #HealthCare #Corruption #Alberta #AlbertaSeparation #RailMasterPlan
#EthicalFading
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/marshall-smith-defamation-lawsuit-ahs-globe-1.7537552
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-ahs-investigations-danielle-smith-marshall-smith-home-sam-mraiche/
https://archive.ph/5dQBK
I had the pleasure of recording a rally on the steps of the Alberta Legislature.
It was held by advocates, challenging provincial leaders to move forward on accessibility legislation and pushing back against the claw-backs to disability benefits. #ableg #BarrierFreeAB #AccessibleCA #cdnpoli #Disability
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Seriously, what’s happening with abandoned and orphan well clean up across Alberta is not getting the attention it deserves. Danielle Smith and the UCP are throwing money at fossil fuel companies to win their favour, endangering the whole principle of “polluter pay.”
Know what most Canadian media has NOT been doing? Scrutinizing the proposals of Albertan separatists, considering the costs and likely outcomes, and whether independence really would be the utopia promised.
More like this, please. #ableg #abpoli
Alberta’s Fantasy Separatist Movement Promises a Trumpian Future | The Tyee
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/05/21/Alberta-Fantasy-Separatist-Movement/
So delighted to introduce the “very special” 5th anniversary episode of Alberta Unbound - in which three smart savvy political insiders - Anne McLellan, Shannon Phillips and Ken Boessenkool dissect the meaning of the federal election, what it means for Alberta, Carney’s cabinet, the seeming rise in separatist sentiment, and what it means for Pierre Poilievre to run in a byelection in rural Alberta. #AlbertaUnbound #ableg #cdnpoli #abpoli #MarkCarney
Five years ago this month, I launched Alberta Unbound, a podcast to interrogate Alberta identity and explore the diversity of Alberta perspectives. My guests have been poets and politicians, academics and agriculturalists, jurists and journalists, singers and scientists and social activists. After 55 episodes and 50K downloads, we’re celebrating! #AlbertaUnbound #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli
"Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s former chief of staff lived in a $1.6-million Edmonton home owned by the sister of Sam Mraiche, a businessman whose dealings with the provincial health authority are subject to multiple investigations."
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