Alberta Views Magazine

Laurence Decore and Yolande Gagnon visiting the University of Calgary to meet with the Calgary alliance of students, including a young Naheed Nenshi.

I keep expecting mayors to scream bloody murder—to organize massive public outcries against each incremental assault—but instead the reaction I most often see is disappointingly tepid, far too cautious. I believe our leaders are fearful of Smith’s retribution.
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The campaign has until October 28 to collect signatures. Its goal is for the petition question—"Do You Agree That Alberta Should Remain In Canada?”—to be called in the legislature and for MLAs to vote on it.

Today In Alberta - October 3: Former Alberta deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk announces that his "Forever Canadian” petition has obtained about 80 per cent of the 294,000 signatures it requires.

Today in Alberta October 2: Alberta’s first measles death of 2025 is reported. A baby born prematurely after the mother contracted the disease died shortly after birth. The province has had 1,914 confirmed measles cases since March.

BC premier Dave Eby responds by saying “Smith continues to advance a project that is entirely taxpayer funded, has no private-sector proponent, is not a real project and is incredibly alarming to British Columbians, including First Nations along the coast..."

Wednesday, October 1: The Alberta government says it will submit a proposal to the federal Major Projects Office for a new pipeline to the BC coast, a project that according to premier Danielle Smith is "undeniably in the national interest."

Alberta Views October 2025 Municipal Elections, Parties Over People. Danielle Smith imposes partisanship on municipal politics. Two people in business suits holding blue and red circles over their faces.

Check out the October issue of Alberta Views online!

In this issue:
Parties Over People
Should We have Food Banks?
Exclusion by Design
Where are the Fearless Mayors?

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Today in Alberta - September 30: Members of the Alberta Teachers’ Association have voted against the latest proposed deal, with 89.5% opposing it. Unless a new deal is struck, a province-wide teachers’ strike will begin on October 6.

@albertaviews.bsky.social read my speech at the awards - posting it here:

“Thank you to the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association for recognizing this work, which belongs to people criminalized for drug use across Alberta & whose experiences of state violence guide my investigative reporting…

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.

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Today in AB - Sep 24: The interim report for judge Raymond Wyant’s investigation into allegations of impropriety in procurement at AHS, due today after an initial four-month delay, was delayed again. The final report, originally to have been published on June 30, will now be released on October 15.

Today in Alberta -September 24: Finance minister Nate Horner announces that a tentative agreement has been reached between the Alberta Teachers’ Association and government negotiators. If the deal is ratified, a strike currently scheduled for October 6 will be averted.
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Assault Weapons Ban? - We Could Prevent A Mass Shooting - Alberta Views the UCP government has continued to oppose federal efforts to ban assault weapons—which Kenney called “legally purchased inanimate objects.”

For nearly 50 years advocacy groups and police in Canada have been calling for a ban. As far back as 1977 the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police had argued “semi-automatic firearms... have no sporting use either in the cultural or the recreational sense.”

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“This confiscation scheme is not about public safety.…they are only keeping this program to satisfy Liberal voters in Quebec.”

Today in Alberta - September 23: The federal government announces the launch of its "assault-style" gun buyback pilot project, initially promised in 2020. Alberta’s minister of justice, Mickey Amery, and minister of public safety and emergency services, Mike Ellis, respond by saying...

Alberta Views June 2025 Cover: An illustration of a statue of Danielle Smith that has been defaced with Blue and Pink paint evoking a trans flag.

Danielle Smith alluded that the medical establishment couldn’t be trusted on gender issues and snapped back when Kim referred to the new policies as “anti-trans.”
“She did not come to listen. She did not care."
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Stripping Away Rights Using the Notwithstanding Clause. - Alberta Views After a week of rancorous debate, Klein announced he would not invoke the notwithstanding clause on the landmark gay rights decision...

The first time an Alberta government invoked the notwithstanding clause, public outrage forced a reversal in less than 24 hours. I wish to God Albertans would show the same moral fury now, when school children are outed & bullied by the government that is supposed to protect them. #ableg #abpoli

Laws affect the names or pronouns students can use in schools, restrict transgender girls' participation in amateur sports and set limits on gender-affirming healthcare. The notwithstanding clause allows the province to override sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms for up to five years.

Today in Alberta - Sept 18: A government memo leaked to The Canadian Press shows that premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender youth
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Parkland Institute is thrilled to be co-hosting this event, which will feature co-editor Rob Kristofferson, and contributors Don Bouzek, Donna Coombs-Montrose, and Maria Dunn.

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Danielle Smith imposes partisanship on municipal politics

Today in Alberta - September 15: The UCP government announces that drivers licenses and ID cards, starting in 2026, will include the holder’s citizenship status. Alberta is the first province to mandate such "citizenship markers."
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Today in Alberta - Sept 10: The Health Sciences Association of Alberta, a union representing 29,000 paramedical technical, professional and support employees, votes to reject a tentative agreement with Alberta Health Services. Of the HSAA membership, 78% voted, with 59.4% opposing ratification.

Today in Alberta - September 10: The Alberta Teachers' Association announces that its members will go on strike on Monday, October 6, if a deal is not reached with the province in the interim.
#union #strike #teachers #ABleg #ABpoli

Today in Alberta - September 8: The Alberta government releases its updated standards for books in school libraries. The updated restrictions now focus entirely on "visual depiction of sexual acts.” School boards must remove such books by January 5, 2026.
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Of the 23,000 employees represented by the union, 71 per cent voted and 63 per cent were in favour of the agreement.

Today in Alberta - Sept 4: Finance minister Nate Horner announces that members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) have voted to accept a mediator’s recommendation for a four-year agreement that includes a 12 per cent wage increase.

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