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Hey Canada. #ElbowsUp.
Keep your voices heard.

Rogers deal with Starlink is an affront to every ounce of effort, time & sacrifice Canadians have spent to #BuyCanadian.

Just spoke to Rogers's Office of the President. They're listening.
CALL! WRITE!

F**k Elon.

#cdnpoli
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Listen to people when they tell you this — the United States Government under Trump isn’t “becoming fascist, authoritarian and corrupt.” It’s already those things. The Trump Government is fascist, authoritarian and corrupt. The fact that it’s going to keep getting worse doesn’t mean that isn’t true.

Feel like Canada's negotiating team is forfeiting selective human rights in the trade conversation & current economic trade war.

The USA is meant to be the land of the free & the home of the brave. This move isn't brave. What do they fear from the 2SLGBTQIA+ community? Authenticity? Glitter? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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TW - Suicide / Suicide Ideation / Mental Health
If you've followed me long enough (Twitter), you know I haven't hidden my mental health battles.. It's been rough.. It's been a ride.. But this week.. I don't know if I'd rather go back to Bull Riding/Saddlebronc Riding or deal with this shit.. /1

Want to sign up to collect #ForeverCanadian petition signatures?

Want to sign the petition?

Join us this morning, starting at 9 am, by the Strathcona Farmers’ Market at the Gazebo Park.

We need your help!!!

#Yeg #ableg #cdnpoli

Hey tweeps!

Can we ask a quick favour?

Can you just confirm that the website on the bottom of this is working properly?

Thanks!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

If you’re looking for a place to sign the #ForeverCanadian referendum petition, they’ll be at the Strathcona Farmers market tomorrow (Saturday) at 10 AM!

Sounds like @lukaszukab.bsky.social is looking for canvassers as well!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

UPDATE:
Join us tomorrow, on Saturday, near Edmonton’s Strathcona Farmers’ Market, at the Gazebo Park, starting at 10am, and register as a signature collector. Also, sign the #ForeverCanadian petition.

You can register to collect signatures at Forever-Canadian.ca

#Yeg

It’s wild watching those climbing over each other to defend someone whose own ministry partners accused of…

Moral/Ethical Misconduct, Abuse of Power and more…

By those who worked with him.

It’s almost as if it’s not about real Christianity at all…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

About Danielle Smith's Provincial Police Force... One of the biggest justifications that Danielle Smith, Mike Ellis and the UCP have consistently used to justify the need for a provincial police force is the number of vacancies that exist within the ...

Scoop!

As the UCP uses the RCMP's "hard" vacancy rate (7%) as justification for an Alberta Provincial Police Force...

We took a look at the Alberta Sherrifs.

And not only are their hard vacancy rates higher, the highway patrol is at 22.5%!

#abpoli

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Alberta once again makes international news for all the wrong reasons. Where is your leadership, Premier Smith? And where are your health ministers? Don’t you have four of them now?

This is incredibly serious, and more than ever, you need to step up and treat this like the health emergency it is.

If only we could get Tyler Shandro and Stephen Lecce to engage each other in conversation; the uroboros exchange might never end!

to be fair, you 𝘥𝘪𝘥 gently troll him which 𝔗𝔥𝔢 ℜ𝔲𝔩𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔍𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔪 (3rd ed.) says is not allowed under any circumstances and consequently permits him to rain upon you a scathing meltdown of twitterly proportions which you are bound by ethics to accept meekly

Alberta premier’s request for separation referendum question approval rebuffed Alberta’s chief electoral officer is rebuffing calls from Premier Danielle Smith and her justice minister to reverse course and sign off on a proposed referendum question on separation.

Alberta premier’s request for separation referendum question approval rebuffed
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Amery is in so far over his head that the only thing keeping him from drowning is his inflated ego.

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Getting dangerously close to “I am the law”…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

@mickeyamery Statement: Response to Citizen Initiative process The recently passed amendments to the Citizen Initiative Act are intended to be broadly permissive and to allow Albertans the opportunity to launch a referendum petition without needless bureaucratic red tape or court applications slowing the process. As it is the Government of Alberta that ultimately decides how or if to implement any referendum result, those government decisions will ultimately be subject to constitutional scrutiny. We encourage Elections Alberta to withdraw its court reference and permit Albertans their democratic right to participate in the citizen initiative process.

Statement re: Citizen Initiative Application Update July 29, 2025 Media inquiries The Chief Electoral Officer is an independent, non-partisan Officer of the Legislature. The Citizen Initiative Act permits important questions that have constitutional implications to be put to a referendum. The constitutional referendum question proposed is: Do you agree that the Province of Alberta shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province in Canada? This is a serious and significant question, with the potential to have profound impact on all Albertans. The Chief Electoral Officer has responsibility under the Citizen Initiative Act to determine if the requirements of s.2 of that Act have been met. One of those requirements set out in section 2(4) of the Act is that “An initiative petition proposal must not contravene sections 1 to 35.1 of the Constitution Act, 1982”. Given the potential implications of the constitutional referendum proposal and given the Legislature has expressly authorized the Chief Electoral Officer to state a question seeking the opinion of the Court, the Chief Electoral Officer has referred a question to the Court for its opinion. The Chief Electoral Officer has requested the Court provide an opinion on the following question: Does the following proposal contravene section 2(4) of the Citizen Initiative Act, in that it contravenes any or all of sections 1 through 35.1 of the Constitution Act, 1982: “Do you agree that the Province of Alberta shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province in Canada?” Without limiting the scope of the question posed, does the proposal contravene any of the following sections? Section 1 – The guarantee of the rights contained in the Charter Section 3 – Democratic rights of citizens Section 6 – Mobility rights Section 7 – Right to life, liberty and security of the person Section 15 – Equality before and under law and equal protection and benefit of law Section 24 – E…

This morning Alberta's justice minister said "we encourage" Elections Alberta to stop seeking guidance from the courts on a proposed referendum on separation.

This afternoon Elections Alberta issued a public statement reminding everyone it is "an independent, non-partisan office."

Some guy from Calgary suggests I should get my teeth kicked in for speaking up about the genocide.
This is the face of the right wing in 2025. They are a tiny fringe of white male haters who are profoundly anti-democratic.
They rely on threats and intimidations.
Canadians are better than this.

Said it before and I'll say it again. Amery was the third best lawyer they had in cabinet (which isn't saying much considering the scandalous conduct of the other two) and is only in his current role by default.

“Once again, the Premier is improperly attempting to apply political pressure on an independent decision-maker and interfere with the rule of law"

Alberta NDP raise concerns after Justice Minister Micky Amery suggests Elections Alberta withdraw court action on separation qustion

The Tyee didn't out her, NP was running a story terming her a lesbian in the beginning of July. Like NP did, @thetyee.ca should probably amend "gay" to "queer", unless of course she specifically described herself as such to them.

Oil Sands Expansion Hasn’t Brought the Prosperity Alberta's Leaders Promised Premier Danielle Smith has thrown around some vastly inflated figures. Global energy forecasters aren’t buying it.

"Ten years ago, Alberta’s debt was $37 billion. It has since almost tripled to $101 billion. Automation eliminated over 25,000 oil and gas sector jobs between 2014 and 2021. Those job losses are projected to accelerate, wiping out about 30 percent ..."

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Braid: Separatism debate heats up as referendum question goes to court Alberta Braid: Separatism debate heats up as referendum question goes to court. Pro-Canada question rolls on.

“The pro-Canada leader of this campaign is former PC Deputy Premier Thomas Lukaszuk.

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He’s now branded “Tommy the Commie” by separatists who seem deeply annoyed that he got the jump on them. He sure did.”

#ForeverCanadian

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Canada's Conservatives seem to be going all-in on defending a MAGA preacher who has brought his Christian nationalism and corny-ass music to Canada.

These politicians say it's about free speech. But that doesn't pass the sniff test.

With the help of @katerqburns.bsky.social, let's dig in:

So who will be providing his "security" in Edmonton? Bring pots and pans, clang him down.

Pro-Trump Christian musician to play Alberta legislature grounds in Edmonton Sean Feucht, who has faced cancellations of his East Coast events, is to play at an event on the Alberta legislature grounds on Aug 22.

Postmedia's un-bylined article about Feucht last week does not mention the Proud Boys incident

Hate watch groups voice alarm about Sean Feucht's Portland security volunteers (RNS) — ‘If you mess with them or our 1st amendment right to worship God - you’ll meet Jesus one way or another,’ Feucht said when he tweeted a photo of his security team.

More from another angle—here's coverage from Alejandra Molina mentioning the Pawlowski connection

Christian Worship Event Held on Portland Waterfront Didn’t Receive Permit From The City

Feucht's event there, which the Weekly says violated city permits, was a co-production with another character Albertans may be aware of—anti-vax street preacher Artur Pawlowski