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Bill Simpson

@simpsonbill11.bsky.social

Educator, musician, traveler. Resident of Treaty 6 territory. Posts are my own. Resistance is not futile.

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February 20, 2026
YouTube video by Alberta's New Democrat Caucus February 20, 2026

Enough is enough, Premier.

Albertans see right through these distractions.

Cut the bullshit. Call the election.

youtube.com/shorts/RnRaw...

20.02.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 10
ALBERTA FARMERS' SEPARATIST MOVEMENT

Edmonton, Thursday -- At a meeting here to-day of the Convention of United Farmers of Alberta, a resolution was proposed declaring for the separation of the Prairie Provinces from the Dominion Federation, with a view "to setting up a British colony independent of the Eastern Provinces." The motion was supported by only five or six delegates.
--Liverpool Daily Post, 18 Jan 1924

ALBERTA FARMERS' SEPARATIST MOVEMENT Edmonton, Thursday -- At a meeting here to-day of the Convention of United Farmers of Alberta, a resolution was proposed declaring for the separation of the Prairie Provinces from the Dominion Federation, with a view "to setting up a British colony independent of the Eastern Provinces." The motion was supported by only five or six delegates. --Liverpool Daily Post, 18 Jan 1924

A motion supporting separation from Canada was put forward at the party convention of the governing party of Alberta.

In 1924.

(It failed badly.)

12.02.2026 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Parents can now see medical records of Alberta teens, sparking worry among doctors | CBC News Some Alberta doctors are warning a move by the provincial government to increase the access parents have to the medical records of teenagers could put some patients at risk.

β€œUntil this week, parents and guardians could only access the online personal health information of children under the age of 12.

The Alberta government has now extended that access up until a teenager turns 18.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

08.02.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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Danielle Smith’s $30-Million AHS Firing Spree | The Tyee That’s the hit to Albertans for severance payments to top health officials since 2019, finds a Tyee analysis.

Danielle Smith's $30-Million AHS Firing Spree via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

03.02.2026 05:55 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 11
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The Media Malpractice That Sent America Tumbling Into Trumpism Political journalists need to stop pretending they don’t know what Republicans are going to do.

β€œAnd then there are the journalists who covered the 2024 campaign, who are now looking back at their own work with what might charitably be called discomfort.”

As they should because the game they played in this has caused much harm. #MSMFailsAgain

newrepublic.com/article/2059...

02.02.2026 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alberta separatist says members of Smith's caucus have signed referendum petition EDMONTON – A leader of Alberta’s separatist movement says some members of Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party caucus have signed the petition looking to force a vote on the province quitting Canada.

EDMONTON – A leader of Alberta’s separatist movement says some members of Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party caucus have signed the petition looking to force a vote on the province quitting Canada.

30.01.2026 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

If this is this is the kind of stuff they think they'll get away with doing in public and in broad daylight, just imagine what they're doing behind closed doors.

26.01.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

Let's be clear about all this.

They are Brownshirts.

They are trying to provoke a violent reaction from the public.

They want to impose the Insurrection Act.

They want martial law.

They will cancel elections.

Fascists never leave power willingly.....

24.01.2026 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alberta Funds Public Schools A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.

With 26 days left, the β€œAlberta Funds Public Schools” petition is only a quarter of the way to their goal….

Here’s where you can sign.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...

15.01.2026 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

They're still trying to provoke a reaction so that they'd have an excuse to impose martial law and suspend elections

11.01.2026 05:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And there would be no midterm elections...

11.01.2026 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's been the plan the entire time - he'd love nothing better than to have an excuse to impose martial law

11.01.2026 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Andor really was a warning of what can happen under a tyrant

10.01.2026 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 416    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 3
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The Province quietly released their report on the results for testing for literacy and numeracy.

The results?

It's a waste of time and energy and takes away from teaching time.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

09.01.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 130    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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Podcaster accused of harassing former AHS board member says he was hired by Edmonton lawyer, court records show Legal documents identify Bryan Ward, who has acted for Sam Mraiche on multiple occasions, as the lawyer

NEW: A podcaster accused of harassing a former AHS director said he was hired by an Edmonton lawyer, court docs show. That lawyer has ties to Sam Mraiche, who owns companies at the centre of Alberta's procurement controversy.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tuthanhha.bsky.social

06.01.2026 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 13
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Alberta Funds Public Schools A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.

The citizen's initiative petition campaign demanding that public funds not be diverted to private schools continues, with 37 days remaining.

The organizers are maintaining this website which lists when and where you can signβ€”or even sign up to volunteer:

05.01.2026 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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Trump-loving Alberta Conservatives take note. US access to Venezuelan oil will kill your industry with raw product cheaper to transport and no technical processing changes. #cdnpoli #ableg

04.01.2026 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4

This isn't much different than the current UCP - some things never change in Alberta

30.12.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exposing a masked β€˜nationalist’ club: β€˜The race war is here’ YouTube video by CBC News

CBC has put together an impressive collection of clips exposing Diagolon and Second Sons in their own words. These are white nationalists and neo-Nazis who want an ethnic cleansing and believe "violence is the answer." Largest group of its kind in Canadian history. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

20.12.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 258    πŸ” 181    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 13

Every day, I get letters demanding that the federal govt or the GG or the LG β€œdo something” to change or save Alberta. But the only people who can β€œfix” Alberta are Albertans. There is no magic constitutional genie. The responsibility is on all of us.

13.12.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 215    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3

An important read

14.12.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We ever going to wake up in this province?

13.12.2025 05:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is among the most democratically dangerous things Danielle Smith has said.

She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."

We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.

07.12.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 395    πŸ” 221    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 15
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Nicolaides doubled down on the reason for using the notwithstanding clause today...

"Look, if we had let someone come in and objectively look at how underfunded education is in Alberta, it could have cost the government BILLIONS!"

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

03.12.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2
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Reporter - If you used the notwithstanding clause top avoid increasing funding, aren't you admitting education is underfunded?

Nicolaides - Whoawhoawhoa, I only brought 1 talking point today...uh... we're awesome and the NDP suck! Woooo!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

03.12.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 126    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2

BREAKING: Matt Jones, one of Alberta's health ministers, just said the private surgical facilities for Red Deer and Lethbridge have been cancelled. Those two projects are owned in part by Sam Mraiche.

02.12.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 14

UCP MLA saying the quiet part out loud, admitting they are underfunding education by hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars - how excruciatingly on brand for our fascist government

02.12.2025 06:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Frankenparty stitched together by Jason Kenney spawns a separatist monster in its ranks - Alberta Politics The Frankenparty stitched together in 2017 by Jason Kenney from the Wildrose Party and the Progressive Conservatives has spawned a monster.Β  Hard-line Alberta separatists who were tolerated by Mr. Ken...

The Frankenparty stitched together by Jason Kenney spawns a separatist monster in its ranks. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/the-...

30.11.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy A Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny

On Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Sam Mraiche
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social

29.11.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 167    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 16
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The method to Mark Carney’s madness The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer

A clear synopsis of the new Alberta-Ottawa MOU from a rare kind of guy who knows both the policy and the politics.

Read the latest from @maxfawcett.bsky.social.

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...

28.11.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 123    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5

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