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Premier Smith's Chief of Staff, Rob Anderson, would be OUTRAGED teachers were stripped of their freedom of expression... if he wasn't a huge hypocrite.

"How dare we think we can do that? What kind of society do we think we live in?"

#ableg #abpoli

By using s33 pre-emptively, the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights. (Governments have done that before.)

By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society.

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Reminds me of the line from the movie The Dark Knight:
"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain"

I posted this on twitter in response to a post by Rob, thought I'd share the video here as well.

The post on twitter:
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Here's Rob Anderson, Premier Smith's Chief of Staff, in 2013 (before the 2015 Supreme Court decision):

"That to me impinges upon their freedom of assembly, I would think, and their right to organize & so forth, which is a protected right under our Charter of Rights and Freedoms"

#ableg #abpoli

Danielle Smith once claimed her "mission in public life" was to defend the fundamental rights and freedoms, and that they "cannot be taken away from us by government".

But now she's the one who has taken away fundamental rights and freedoms from Albertans.

#ableg #abpoli

Premier Smith should heed Danielle Smith's advice.

"By attacking the legal rights of unions in this way, the Premier is only deepening the rift between the government and its workers, and it’s driving that crucial relationship right off the rails..."

#ableg #abpoli

$70B Wonder Valley Project Still A Mirage as O’Leary’s AI Dream Stalls in Alberta Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary’s much-hyped plan to build the largest AI data centre park on Earth has yet to move forward in northern Alberta, even though the provincial government said the televis...

Kevin O’Leary promised he would raise $2B for a huge job-creating AI data centre in northern Alberta. By the end of the next quarter. That was in March.
/more

www.theenergymix.com/70b-wonder-v...

Province misses OIPC deadline to release Alberta Next survey results The government has refused to release results of the surveys following multiple access to information requests from Postmedia.

Latest from @matthewblack.ca — The Alberta government has missed a deadline from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) to release access to information requests that include the results of the province’s Alberta Next surveys.

#ableg
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The hypocrisy of Premier Smith's current Chief of Staff, Rob Anderson:

The government is acting like a "dictator" by ripping away legal rights to impose a settlement.

"That's wrong. That's not the Alberta way. That's not what we do here."

#ableg #abpoli

I see the problem, Alberta teachers didn't have a "DONT TREAD ON ME" Gadsden flag in their classrooms like Premier Danielle Smith does. /s

Hypocrite.

#ableg #abpoli

Braid: An appalling, unjust law drives Alberta teachers back to work Alberta teacher are going back to work, but the law that drives them lingers as a dangerous attack on rights

An appalling, unjust, law drives teachers back to work. The most dangerous precedent Alberta has seen In many years. Column.
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Remember when Danielle Smith condemned the "arrogance" of a government for passing laws in a matter of days?

Now she's rammed through a law stripping teachers' charter rights in a single day.

Seems the "democratic process" no longer matters to her now that she's in power.

#ableg #abpoli

Demetrios Nicolaides: Recalls should not be about government policy and priorities!

Danielle Smith: If you're angry about municipal government policy prioritizing bike lanes, you should recall your councillor!

UCP are hypocrites.

#ableg #abpoli

Wildrose Danielle Smith explains what is fundamentally wrong with her UCP government.

#ableg #abpoli

Premier Prentice:
"Albertans have spoken very clearly that the priorities they have identified are health, education, taking care of seniors, infrastructure, and changing the design of Alberta's licence plates is not amongst those priorities"

#ableg #abpoli

The report commissioned by the Alberta government into allegations of corruption in the health system is out and everyone should read the caveats spelled out by the retired judge at the outset to understand what's in there, and more importantly, what's not. #ableg

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This is blatant politicizing of Alberta licence plates by Danielle Smith.

#ableg #abpoli

Alberta cougar hunting increases ‘not based on science’: docs | The Narwhal A controversial decision to increase cougar hunting in Alberta was ‘based on direction from [the] minister last year and input from stakeholders’

"That directly contradicts heated denials by Forestry & Parks Minister Todd Loewen, who lashed out at his Opposition critic in the legislature earlier this year when she suggested he was not taking science and data into account."

Todd Loewen lied.
#ableg #abpoli

Danielle Smith claimed affordability for seniors was a "number one" priority.

"When I was door knocking down in Brooks-Medicine Hat, every time you met a senior, they were concerned about the costs of groceries, home heating, electricity and their PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS"

Liar.
#ableg #abpoli

Beyond Local: Alberta Prosperity Project: What comes after separation? The Alberta Prosperity Project made stops in Jarvie and Boyle to spell out their plans for the future of Alberta if a referendum on separation passes.

www.stalbertgazette.com/beyond-local... A sovereign Alberta would use the US$ as its currency. Because nothing screams sovereignty like using another country's currency.

Old Coal Mines Near Crowsnest Pass Are Still Killing Fish | The Tyee A new study warns against new mines in the area, finding toxic selenium pollution persists for decades.

Mountain top removal coal mines in the historic Crowsnest Pass present a clear and present danger to downstream fish populations even decades after their closure, according to a new scientific paper funded by the government of Alberta.

Andrew Nikiforuk writes.

Alberta’s Regulator Met with Northback Before Reversal. Why? | The Tyee The Tyee learned of the meeting and contacted AER, who refused to answer key questions.

The Alberta Energy Regulator refused to answer questions about a meeting between its senior execs and reps of Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart’s Northback Holdings Corp. held less than a month before the regulator granted permission to do work on the controversial Grassy Mountain project.

Earlier on May 26, the Government of Alberta identified four books as being age inappropriate and graphic.

Those books were Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel, Blankets by Craig Thompson, and Flamer, by Mike Curato.

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Former chief of staff to Alberta Premier lived in home owned by Sam Mraiche’s sister Businessman’s dealings with the provincial health authority are subject to multiple investigations

SCOOP: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's fmr chief of staff lived in a home owned by a sister of Sam Mraiche, a businessman whose dealings w Alberta Health Services are subject to multiple investigations.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w @tomcardoso.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social

Hell hath froze the eff over when I’m sharing a clip of former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, sounding off on the stupidity of the separatist movement.

YUP - JK got it right. 🤷‍♀️

#ableg #cdnpoli

Former UCP MLA Peter Guthrie:
"The Premier, well, I'm not going to sugarcoat it, she got caught lying in the house, plain and simple"

Danielle Smith lies.

#ableg #abpoli

Alberta chief electoral officer warns UCP proposed bill will hurt investigations | Globalnews.ca Alberta's chief electoral officer said a controversial new bill, tabled by the UCP last month, will impair his ability to investigate allegations of election rule breaking.

"Under one of the bill’s proposed changes, none of the significant investigations undertaken by the election commissioner in the last five years would have happened and some current investigations would need to be abandoned."
#ableg #abpoli

Alberta Measles May 5 update:
55 new cases over the weekend!
Total cases jumps from 210 to 265.

Guess that's why they finally decided to do a press conference this morning.
#abhealth