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'Whatever This Is' is back, and we're starting with a doozy. We unpack Canada's fast lane to authoritarianism—The Notwithstanding Clause.

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Anytime anyone claims that Smith used the Notwithstanding clause in a way that Peter Lougheed would have approved of…

Feel free to share this from his 1998 paper that makes it clear that absolutely isn’t the case.

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Canadians don’t actually have rights when premiers can use the notwithstanding clause at will to revoke them. This is a giant problem.

Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding The UCP's Bill 2 skirts the legislature and the courts, leaving it up to the public to push back swiftly

The UCP government has invoked time allocation and on a bill removing Albertans' Charter rights.

And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.

Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.

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She needs to be stopped.

🧵So, here's the rough timeline for new school construction in Alberta (I took a recently constructed high school as a template):

Year 1: Capital Plan
Years 2 and 3: Design phase
Year 3: Approved for construction
Years 4-6: Construction phase
Year 7: Operational
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Perhaps not academic performance, however, it does have a significant impact on teacher workload and burnout.

Skinner's 2025 playoff stats so far.

Crazy that Skinner has 2 SO and is has that low of a sv%. Show how bad he was in the earlier games.

Hopefully this is the start of one of his hot streaks which is a hell of a good time to start.

I'm doing the EXACT the same thing! With my boys' hockey done, it's the first free Saturday in months. I'm on the fence about trying to squeeze in some final four, but I haven't been following it much so I might not bother. Enjoy and go Jacobs!

good line of questioning here from Heinrich underlining how despite Trump's rhetoric, Canada isn't mentioned a single time in the intelligence community's threats assessment

Elbows up, Canada.

Ukrainian flag with the words “share if you stand with Ukraine”

if you're looking for five things to do, i subscribed the email to five different newsletters, and there's a lot more newsletters

MSM is now onto the Mraiche trail. It must run deeper. Who else besides Sam is lining their pockets? A public inwuyand RCMP investigation is a must. Who would have thought privatization of health care would have lead to something like this? 🤷

Sam Mraiche - The Hidden Connections in the Skybox Photo - Alberta Views So Mraiche Holding Corp. was charging 70 per cent more for a lesser quality product, and Albertan taxpayers covered that cost.

Read and share, Albertans! #abpoli #ableg

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Lol, I agree with you about the Starwars franchise! However, and I just learned this yesterday, Skywalker app is a Bluesky API Client that wont lose your place on your feed every time you close it.

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Thought of you, good luck this(?) week!

I just downloaded the Skywalker when it went down and thought something with my account screwed up. I'm relieved and Skywalker looks good!

Clearly tired...Once again, reiterating my call for Jean Charest to join Bluesky. His comments are spot on 👇

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Take the fall. Act hurt. Get indignant.

I know that he missed a bit of time, but c'mon. #letsgooilers

Why the hell is the ref camped in the corner? Of course he couldn't see the puck! Such BS. #letsgooilers

How has McDavid not gotten a call tonight? Slash, hook, interference. Is he starting to get the Lemieux treatment? #letsgooilers

Love these!

Holloway and Broberg

Haven't figured it out if it is possible!

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This is amazing!

Noooooog!

Although for very different reasons!