@ryanjespersen.bsky.social
Host of #RealTalkRJ. Emcee. Keynote speaker. ryanjespersen.com
"I don't know if Mark Carney and Danielle Smith appreciate the scale of opposition here. Carney's threading a really crazy tightrope." @arnokopecky.bsky.social says a new pipeline is far from guaranteed. Thoughts?
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"We have politicians making medical decisions with no medical training. It's horrifying." Dr. Glynnis Lieb and @theannamurphy.bsky.social sound the alarm as the Alberta government invokes the notwithstanding clause to protect its transgender bills.
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Nobody (including Pierre Poilievre) wants an election. @maxfawcett.bsky.social explains why Monday's budget vote wasn't exactly a "nailbiter". Were you hoping for another election this winter?
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"(Gretzky) still doesn't get it. If he and Trump are friends, just say that. Stop giving these weaselly answers. Just own it."
Do you agree with @supriya.bsky.social?
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Donald Trump is sewering his biggest (former) fan - Marjorie "Traitor" Greene - as she continues to push for the release of the Epstein files. @supriya.bsky.social says MTG's evolution is a good thing. Do you buy it?
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Albertans are getting screwed.
A quarter-billion in unpaid property taxes. Countless billions more in environmental liabilities. And an energy regulator that can't be trusted.
@thenarwhal.ca's @drewanderson.bsky.social tells us what he's dug up...
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Great coverage of Alberta's unpaid oil & gas liability problem and the Mature Asset Strategy on today's Real Talk episode - “Big” Oil Betrays Landowners and Taxpayers www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u2s... @ryanjespersen.bsky.social @drewanderson.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG
14.11.2025 17:34 — 👍 17 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0
Chatting oil and gas issues in Alberta on Real Talk with @ryanjespersen.bsky.social today — regulatory failings, unpaid taxes and leases, and more. A long one, but not nearly long enough to do it all justice. #ableg #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u2s...
14.11.2025 21:05 — 👍 22 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 0
Highly informed @drewanderson.bsky.social of the @narwhal.bsky.social was on RealTalk hosted by @ryanjespersen.bsky.social this morning. Discussed are news stories by Drew on the current sad state of conventional oil and gas in Alberta
Must watch interview!
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.@naheednenshi.bsky.social says Premier Danielle Smith is "failing" & "up for a coup".
The @albertandp.ca leader tells #RealTalkRJ why his party is gearing up for an election that's not yet been announced.
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Do minimum wage earners in Alberta deserve a raise? @albertandp.ca leader @naheednenshi.bsky.social says a bump up to $18/hour is long overdue. Do you agree or disagree?
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"I don't blame them for saying, 'Why would I do that?' They need to learn from history. If we don't do it...who's going to?"
Lt.-Col. (Ret.) Laurie Hawn on Canadian Forces recruitment woes...
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Canada's military has long been neglected.
Lt.-Col. (Ret.) & former MP Laurie Hawn digs into defence spending in #Budget2025, the Trump factor, and #mentalhealth supports...
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Lest we forget. At 99 years of age, D-Day veteran Marty Jones remembers...
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Mark Carney calls pipeline talk "so boring" in front of a Toronto audience, triggering most of Alberta. @supriya.bsky.social says there's a different (and positive) way to interpret the PM's comment. What do you make of it?
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Could he get any cooler? (He's a mountaineer, too.)
08.11.2025 21:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
YOUCAN Youth Services is doing such important work helping young people out of harm's way and onto paths of economic independence. I'm honoured to host their annual Celebration of Success.
Please support YOUCAN's capital campaign to raise $2.5M to transform their new #yegdt location: youcan.ca #yeg
Cheers pal!
08.11.2025 21:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"By continuing to live their lives, it's a resistance to what's being carried out."
Alberta's Dr. Ian MacNairn checks in with #RealTalkRJ from the ER at Al-Aqsa Hospital in #Gaza.
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WHISKY LOVERS: pick up a bottle of limited edition Whisky Rose to help raise $25,000 for YWCA Edmonton's Rose Campaign! $100/bottle at Hansen Distillery -- 17412 111 Avenue in #yeg. 100% of proceeds go to the YWCA!
#RealTalkRJ is proud to support this campaign: ywcaofedmonton.org/events/rose-... 🥃🌹
Free transit. A rent freeze. Universal child care. City-owned grocery stores. Zain Velji and and Puneeta McBryan on the strategy behind Zohran Mamdani's historic rise as NYC's next mayor, and whether or not it would work in Canada...
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I appreciate YOU!
05.11.2025 22:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0How did "the banker" do on his first federal budget? @edmontonchamber.bsky.social's Heather Thomson, BILD Edmonton Metro's Kalen Anderson, and Qualico's Mike Saunders dig into the details on #RealTalkRJ.
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"If they put me on a stretching rack, I wouldn't apologize." Ontario Premier Doug Ford and PM Mark Carney don't exactly see eye to eye on dealing with POTUS...
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Physicist & engineer @davidkeith.bsky.social heard CCS Knowledge Centre's James Fann was joining us on the next episode of #RealTalkRJ, so he preloaded a question on carbon capture & storage.
Thoughts?
KEITH: rtrj.info/103125RTRT
FANN: rtrj.info/110325CCS
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Canada needs to catch up! @energyvsclimate.bsky.social hosts @davidkeith.bsky.social, @shastingssimon.bsky.social, & Ed Whittingham lay out how we're lagging behind in matters of energy, environment, and the economy...
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Will opposition parties force a Christmas election, or will PM Mark Carney's minority government garner enough budget support to survive? @supriya.bsky.social and I discuss...
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A "tough" interview is subjective. He didn't enjoy a cakewalk. Perhaps you would have been more combative. That's totally fine. Appreciate you checking out the show, and sincere thanks for your work in healthcare.
31.10.2025 17:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Does Premier Danielle Smith plan on normalizing use of the notwithstanding clause in Alberta? Strategist Sharan Kaur gets into the "grey areas" of strikes and suspending rights...
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"There's no prosthetic for an amputated spirit." Hundreds of teachers, principals, students, and parents poured out their hearts to talk@ryanjespersen.com throughout the teachers' strike. Where's your head at today?
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