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Oatmeal Woman!

Bet he’s glad he cut all that red tape standing between voters and recall rules.

Smith will chair yet another task force.

No topic is beyond her reach and expertise.

No minister is worth her trust.

We had a marvellous time…

Pop-up Clinic Uterine Health for Trans Folks. Wednesday November 19 by appointment only. Services offered: Pap Testing, IUD for reducing or stopping periods, STI Testing, HIV and STI prevention medications, STI-to-Go Kits, HPV vaccination, Free birth control and emergency contraception, Pregnancy testing, and more. 4:30pm to 7:15pm at the Sheldon Chumir Health Centre 1213 4th Street on the 5th floor, enter at Urgent Care on the west side of the building.

POP-UP CLINIC: Uterine Health for Trans Folks
Wed, Nov 19 | 4:30pm-7:15pm
Sheldon Chumir Health Centre
Registration required

Created in partnership with AHS Sexual & Reproductive Health, these events are exclusively for Two-Spirit, trans, & gender diverse folks.

www.skippingstone.ca/uterinehealth

Can we add interference with the AER to that list? www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...

Mine 14: It’s Worse Than We Thought By: Nigel Bankes Matter Commented On: Responsive Records to Access to Information Requests re Mine 14 Decision-Making PDF Version: Mine 14: It’s Worse Than We Thought An earlier ABlawg post describ…

And here it is. When the first instinct of a so-called independent regulator is to call the Minister’s office for their “input” you don’t have an independent regulator
#abpoli #ableg

Teachers challenge Alberta law using notwithstanding clause to end strike - Alberta News Alberta teachers say they are taking Premier Danielle Smith’s government to court for overriding their Charter rights to end their strike while some members of her caucus say public outrage toward the...

Two things can be true:

1️⃣ Threats have no place in politics.

2️⃣ People are angry about their rights being taken away.

They are calling their MLAs.

And their MLAs are taking note of the opposition.

www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Alberta...

As we ready for the UCP's 2nd pre-emptice use of the notwithstanding clause in as many weeks, let's clarify what this means.

1️⃣ The move is constitutional. They *can* invoke it.
2️⃣ The UCP is not *required* to do this. There are other means to pass the law.
3️⃣ They should not use it, in my view.🧵

I know I shouldn't have but I clicked on it
- women in the workplace are bad because they care about people and make things woke
- date rape shouldn't be considered rape if the men are just awkward (this is an insult to all awkward men out there who manage just fine to not rape women)
then I stopped

Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles

Alberta is calling!
"So far this year, Alberta has recorded nearly 2,000 cases...and the United States nearly 1,700.
Canada is set to be the first Western country since the coronavirus pandemic to lose its elimination status, according to W.H.O. data."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...

Hey Dani, since we know you’re watching, we have four words for you: TURN THE VOLUME UP!

What will it take for UCP back benchers to show some spine and stop following their Imperial edict?
Let this man do his job.
#abpoli #cdnpol #ableg

Don't forget the renewable energy moratorium, interference in the independence of the AESO, the 53 cancelled projects, the ~$33 billion in squandered investment in renewable energy, and the ~$91 million in potential tax revenue for the communities that would have hosted the generation projects. 🔌⚡️

Stunning!

In the coming hours, everyday Albertans must decide if removing Charter rights in the dead of the night by bypassing the legislature and the courts is "the Alberta way."

Conservatives & libertarians in the UCP caucus must decide if this is the direction they want to take their party and movement.

Like most far right populists today, Smith places more emphasis on outcomes (ends) than processes (means). Policy is legitimate, in her eyes, if it conforms to her worldview (which is, again, the embodiment of "the people"). Institutions that put brakes on her power must be removed or sidestepped.

A lot of questions today about how Danielle Smith -- the "libertarian" and "conservative" -- could use closure & the notwithstanding clause to remove Albertans' Charter rights.

The answer: she's neither libertarian nor conservative.

Is the province or her party, though? We'll soon find out.+

CP NewsAlert: ‘Forever Canadian’ petition surpasses goal, collects 456K signatures The petition asks: “Do you agree that Alberta should remain within Canada?”

CP NewsAlert: ‘Forever Canadian’ petition surpasses goal, collects 456K signatures

NDP leader Naheed Nenshi pulled few punches today…

Not only did he condemn Smith’s claim Peter Lougheed would support her attack on human rights…

He called her and the entire UCP caucus cowards.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Holy forking shirtballs.

My favourite is her promising to “depoliticize the classroom”.

She also avoids Nenshi confronting her directly. She has done everything she can to delay his being seated in the Legislature. She us a coward.

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.

open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

It's good to see the focus on the UCP's use of the notwithstanding clause in Bill 2 to Charter rights.
But they also apply it to AB'sBill of Rights & Human Rights Act. Their own UCP legislation.
So why didn't they legislate away the "property" claims of Aussie coal mining companies?
#abpoli

The first (and until today only) time Alberta invoked the notwithstanding clause - in 1998
- the public outcry was so great that Premier Ralph Klein reversed his decision in less than 24 hours. FWIW.

Back to work legislation has been used by many federal and provincial governments over the last 40 years. It did not require the notwithstanding clause.

If she chooses this path, the premier will have taken it upon herself to decide which Albertans deserve which rights, removing all checks and balances in place to safeguard the freedoms embedded in the Charter.

I hope she doesn't.+