Phillip Meintzer

Anyone know if the UCP's 2026 budget still has a line item for paying the municipal taxes for delinquent oil and gas companies because I know what I'd rather my tax money paid for than corporate dividends.
#AbLeg

Oil is booming, but Alberta is a have not province. Things gotta fall apart purely to service reactionary conservative ideology it sucks so much

Preach

more people should be reading Paul Sweezy he's very good

$40 billion in debt because our government refuses to touch royalties while oil & gas production (and profits) are at record highs. Austerity isn't a necessity, it's a choice based on who this government puts first - ordinary people or corporate interests. #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

Who pays to clean up aging oil and gas infrastructure? Nothing in this world is certain but death, taxes, and the decommissioning of aging oil and gas infrastructure. An accelerated energy transition will accelerate asset retirements, but field decline is...

Alberta has roughly 240,000 unplugged wells and more than 80% of them are either “marginal” wells or do not produce oil or gas at all. What’s needed is financial assurance–mechanisms that ensure decommissioning will be funded when the bill comes due. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260... #ABLeg #ABPoli

Goals

But think of the shareholders!!! But in all seriousness, I agree to an extent. I don't think higher taxes would "solve" the problems, but it would certainly alleviate some of the impacts/symptoms.

Reminder: The Alberta govt's "Mature Asset Strategy" proposes using AI data centres as a way to burn more natural gas, which would cause natural gas prices to rise, as a way to keep companies profitable (at our expense). The rest of us would be stuck paying higher natural gas prices. #ABLeg #ABPoli

Canada’s largest AI data centre proposed in rural Alberta | The Narwhal Proponents of the $10-billion project plan to build an AI data centre that would consume as much power as the city of Edmonton

The project, if built, would include the second-largest power plant in Alberta and consume as much electricity as the city of Edmonton - Residents are concerned about emissions, water contamination and more. thenarwhal.ca/olds-alberta... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

Let’s tax billionaires first. Worry about migrant workers “abusing the system” later, shall we?

🚨 Don't forget. Smith's proposed "Mature Asset Strategy" threatens to shift BILLIONS in unpaid oil & gas cleanup costs onto Alberta taxpayers. Rather than holding O&G companies accountable, this govt wants Albertans to pay their bills with money that should fund OUR public services. #ABLeg #ABPoli

"Study after study from very credible organizations say oil demand in #China is going to fall from roughly 17 million barrels a day to either between 5 or 7 million barrels by 2050, so Canada would be building a 1 million barrel a day pipeline to a market that is basically going to disappear."

Alberta to hold referendum on ‘out-of-control’ immigration amid strain on social services, budget: Smith The Alberta government intends to hold a referendum on immigrants’ status, their access to social services and federal influence over provincial laws and services in October this year.

The only real "strain" on our social services is this govt's infinite handouts to oil & gas companies and it's refusal to touch royalties. Corporations profit off AB's workers & resources while the govt scapegoats immigrants for why we have "no money." 🖕 www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art... #ABLeg #ABPoli

First Nations ask federal court to weigh in on MOU carbon capture project | CBC News Several First Nations are asking a federal court to weigh in on whether a deal struck on a carbon capture project was unconstitutional and violated Canada’s duty to consult.

“Carbon capture has never been done at this scale before and we don’t know what kind of impacts it will have.” - Several First Nations say they weren't adequately consulted on a plan to build one of the largest CCUS projects in the world on their territory. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ABLeg #ABPoli

Absolutely awful news. That team was so talented and seemed to work on banger after banger. We interviewed some of them for our Demon's Souls remake doc. I was so excited to see what they brought to life next.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCBJ...

Why is it necessary to spend public money on weapons manufacturing when we could spend it on public services that actually benefit everyday working Canadians?

Alberta oil and gas companies lobby for tax break Tourmaline Oil Corp., Enbridge lobby Alberta over municipal taxes

Oil & gas companies already owe rural municipalities >$150 million in unpaid taxes. Now Enbridge & Tourmaline are lobbying the Alberta govt to avoid paying taxes - taxes which are NEEDED to fund crucial public services and infrastructure. Scumbag behaviour. theijf.org/brief/albert... #ABLeg #ABPoli

“This is simply appeasement dressed up as diplomacy. While statements are issued, the systems that produce these horrors remain untouched, leaving ordinary people, Palestinians, Venezuelans, Iranians, and now Cubans, to bear the consequences.”

🎯🎯🎯 @codepink.bsky.social #CDNPoli

From Gaza to Cuba: How Canada Remains the World’s Most Tactful Bystander From Gaza to Cuba: How Canada Remains the World’s Most Tactful Bystander

"Ottawa has deliberately hidden behind bureaucratic loopholes while allowing Canadian-made weapons components and ammunition to move through U.S. supply chains and into Israel, insulating itself from accountability while profiting from the machinery of war." www.codepink.org/from_gaza_to... #CDNPoli

Carney promises billions for Canada military gear in pivot from U.S. Mark Carney said Canada will invest hundreds of billions of dollars in defence over the next decade as it diverts away from the US. Read on.

No money for healthcare, education, public transit, green transition / renewables, food security, public services or any other basic needs, but an unlimited budget for the military-industrial complex, war and imperialism. Carney the warmonger. financialpost.com/news/economy... #CDNPoli

A twitter post by Bruce McAllister, referencing a post about immigration statistics from David Coletto. " @McAllisterBruce The people orchestrating this reckless, unsustainable mass immigration into Canada fill me with profound disgust. To deliberately engineer and champion such explosive, unmanageable population growth in your own nation? That's the height of civic irresponsibility. Was it fueled by greed? Did they line their pockets while irrevocably straining our healthcare, education, and social safety nets? Or does their contempt for Canada's core values and traditions drive them to flood our borders with millions from societies not built on the same foundations that have made us thrive? Why import from nations with failed systems when our Judeo-Christian heritage and principles have worked so well here? It almost feels like these elites are ashamed of what built this great country. This is a stark reminder of why Albertans, and indeed countless Canadians, harbor deep mistrust toward the Laurentian elite in Ottawa. They seem all too eager to prioritize their agendas over the well-being of the True North strong and free."

Commenting on Canada's latest federal immigration numbers, executive director in the Premier's office Bruce McAllister gets real blood-and-soil with it.

"Why import from nations with failed systems when our Judeo-Christian heritage has worked so well here?"

Another Conservative crosses the floor. Here’s what that means Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux will join the Liberals, he says, giving the governing party more power in the House and representation in deep-blue Alberta.

This is what happens when all our political parties represent the same interests. We have two conservative parties and MPs can just cross the floor at will to ram through harmful legislation that puts corporate profits over the interests of ordinary Canadians. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art... #CDNPoli

Same thing here in Canada as well. BUT, we live in a global economy that prioritizes profits above everything else (including social needs). If we want governments to stop doing this, we have to end capitalism plain and simple (not saying it's easy, but that's the ONLY solution). #CDNPoli #ABLeg

Alberta was a leader in renewable energy until the UCP banned it. They want Alberta to fail because that keeps people angry and they excel at farming anger.

"We inherited a situation where our budget is over reliant on resource revenues."

The UCP has been in power since 2019. At some point you're going to have to take responsibility for the decisions your party has made.

Capitalism, Coercion, and the Myth of “Voluntary” Work Capitalism is not freedom

I wrote a thing.

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Behold, the consequences of our choices.