Sums it up.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

JFC. They really stent good at hiding the corruption.

An extremely handsome black and white and silver bird with a dramatic black eye mask and black bill with a hook at the tip. It is perched at the tip of a branch over a shrub. The background is out of focus grass and fencepost.

Let me tell you about this scene. First, the bird. It's a prairie loggerhead shrike - a #grasslands species whose population is in steep decline #birds (1/5)

Howdy folks! Friendly reminder that copies of my acclaimed photo book, Four Years - A Journey, are available on my Etsy.

#books #photography #Newfoundland

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Brace yourselves Alberta!

While Danielle Smith is trying to distract everyone from…

(Looks around)

All the things, Alberta teachers just overwhelmingly voted to REJECT the mediator’s recommendations for a new provincial contract t!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

What's "woke"? Poilievre's vague promise leaves us guessing about his agenda.

What do the Poilievre Conservatives mean when they say they want to push back on "woke ideology"? That's a very good question with no answers from them.

If Trump and Smith offer any lessons, here's what we can expect from an anti-woke agenda in Canada.

drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/whats-woke

Opinion: Politics at play in chief medical officer's departure? Health experts fear he was silenced from urging measles vaccination

“Dr. Mark Joffe held the top public health position in Alberta since late 2022. He resigned April 15.”

So this wasn’t just a routine end of contract as it was initially spun.

Not hard to imagine this resignation was a result of being silenced.

#abpoli

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

🤣🤣

Premier Smith continues to attack AHS

But her claims aren’t supported by the available public data which show it’s for-profit medicine failing to deliver

My op-ed in Saturday’s @edmontonjournal.com

Opinion: Attack on AHS reveals the failings of surgery privatization While politically convenient to blame AHS, responsibility for surgical wait times sits squarely with the government.

New Edmonton Journal op-ed

“Analysis of publicly available data, found no evidence to support Premier Smith’s claim. In fact, the research shows the opposite to be true.

Someone has been receiving more funding & not delivering results—just not AHS.”

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Private surgical contracts increasing costs, wait times: report Read the full story and comment on stalbertgazette.com

Private surgical contracts increasing costs, wait times: report

www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/p...

Does the airdrie health foundation support this? Might affect my support for their current fund raiser

Chart showing tax savings of $0 on income up to $16,129 (the basic personal amount below which you pay no tax federally) then rising linearly to $412.46 under the Liberal plan and $928.04 under the Conservative plan at an income of $57,375 (the cutoff of the current 15% tax bracket.) Savings are flat beyond that but the horizontal axis only goes to $100,000 in income. The fine print at the bottom reads: "Calculations assumes individual has no other tax credits. It's not pictured on this chart but the savings will also increase — slightly — under both plans for higher incomes, starting above $177,882 (because the basic personal amount starts declining beyond that.) At incomes of $253,414 and above (where the decline in basic personal amount stops), the Conservative savings max out at $963.83 and the Liberal savings max out at $428.37."

The lowest federal income-tax bracket is currently 15%.

The Liberals have promised to cut it to 14%.

The Conservatives have promised to cut it to 12.75%.

Here's a chart depicting how much less tax that would mean for you, depending on your income.

(Earn more than $177,882? Read the fine print!)

Total travel boycott to the U.S. is in order

Anticipatory Obedience and Essential Infrastructure at the Alberta-US Border By: Shaun Fluker Legislation commented on: Order in Council 008/2025  (January 29, 2025) amending the Critical Infrastructure Defence Regulation, Alta Reg 169/2021 PDF Version: Anticipatory Obedien…

From my colleague Saun Fluker on @ablawg.bsky.social
"It is truly shocking how quickly the UCP cabinet gave away Alberta’s portion of the world’s longest undefended border, and created a quasi-military area now referred to as the red zone." #ableg #abpoli #canpoli

Introducing: The Musk Watch DOGE Tracker New tool reveals Musk has overstated verified DOGE savings by at least 92%

According to the new Musk Watch by @juddlegum.bsky.social, DOGE's reported "savings" of $105 billion only actually amounts to $8.6 billion in verified canceled funding.

www.muskwatch.com/p/introducin...

a woman is sitting at a table with a glass of beer and says aren 't you forgetting something ? ALT: a woman is sitting at a table with a glass of beer and says aren 't you forgetting something ?

Alberta’s Premier is already howling at Carney to call an immediate election.

Feel free to remind Danielle Smith that she was sworn in as Premier on October 22, 2022, but chose not to call an election until May 1 of 2023 - nearly 7 mos after being sworn in as an “unelected Premier”.

#ableg

Just a reminder. This year's snow pack is behind last year's. We barely had enough water in our watersheds to service Southern Alberta's needs last year. The only reason we had a crop was because of some timely rains. We're dry now, we need some moisture soon. #drought25 #waterislife

YouTube video by CTV News How a new U.S. travel rule will force Canadian snowbirds to register as 'alien' visitors

Another reason not to travel south of the border. He will start putting Canadians in camps or prisons. Stay away from that shithole country.

On April 1st the price of wine in Alberta is going up. The more expensive the wine, the more it'll be. These new taxes were in the UCP 2025 budget. 🥂

aglc.ca/liquor/about...

Here's a snapshot of what the Alberta liquor markup rates previously looked like: web.archive.org/web/20250121...

#Alberta

Dear 🇨🇦 shoppers! Learn the difference. You want to buy “Product of #Canada!” NOT “Made in Canada.”🪶🇨🇦👇🏽

Was this in election promises and I missed it

Opinion: It may provoke Trump, but Canada should cancel the purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the U.S. The problem is that Canada will never have full control over the heavily computerized planes

He’s got me convinced. Plus, Canada is currently buying 88 F-35s for $74 billion. At $85 million apiece, we could buy 400 Swedish Gripen fighters for $34 billion, which would be built here, and save $40 billion that we could use to support Canadians affected by Trump’s tariff war.

YouTube video by Average Joes We are Canadian.

Jeff Douglas has updated the "I am Canadian" ad, and it hits hard.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lzh...

Understand your enemy!

Well I want to drink there!

NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.

Here is the ministerial order
www.alberta.ca/system/files...
As you can see, it is NOT a public inquiry.
While there is a line about any elected official, member of a minister's staff, any member of the Alberta Public Service, it seems framed around Alberta Health and AHS.

Seems pretty odd to me to appoint this "third party" review under the Govt Organization Act when a govt of the same political stripe appointed the Allen Inquiry on the alleged "foreign funding of anti-Alberta energy campaigns" under the Inquiries Act.
www.alberta.ca/public-inqui...
#ableg #abpoli

What supermarket