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Insufficient disclosure obscuring billions in Alberta oil sands liabilities, advocates say Shareholders of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies could face a shortfall of tens of billions of dollars tied to spent wells, oil sands mines

Jeff Jones continuing to do yeoman’s work bringing the O&G closure liability fiasco to #ableg and #cdnpoli.

Willful ignorance at the top — among the c-suite, auditors and investors — will keep pushing this bill down onto taxpayers’ lap.

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UCP fumbling primed Albertans to support the teachers’ strike Danielle Smith left for Saudi Arabia before invoking Notwithstanding Clause

The UCP spent the past year doing things that ensured public opinion was primed to support the striking teachers regardless of the government’s advertising campaigns or talking points.

Recall efforts targeting UCP MLAs gain momentum after use of notwithstanding clause Efforts to recall UCP MLAs gaining traction following government invoking the notwithstanding clause to force striking teachers back to work

“To me that was completely trampling over democracy in any right,” Craig said. “To see her stand up and vote for it . . . I know that this is not in the best interest of the constituents in this riding.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Recall efforts targeting UCP MLAs gain momentum after use of notwithstanding clause Efforts to recall UCP MLAs gaining traction following government invoking the notwithstanding clause to force striking teachers back to work

if there be a causal connection betwn the use of the NWC & recalls then we have an imp citizen-led brake on the routine use of NWC when a govt seeks a quick win. The fear of success may be enough.
I'm no fan of recall legislation but I'll shed no tears about this exercise.
#abpoli #ableg

'Back to basics': Alberta to limit municipal property tax increases, eliminate conflicts Premier Danielle Smith has tasked her municipal affairs minister with eliminating municipal conflicts, and limiting property tax increases.

Premier who took free NHL playoffs hockey tickets and was found to have attempted to politically interfere in the administration of justice tells minister who guzzled a beer in the legislature to set conduct standards for municipal politicians.

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'We have to play the process out': Premier Smith weighs in on looming teachers' strike Premier suggests that the province's school boards may need to explain how education dollars are being spent

@ABDanielleSmith said "People can do the math on it themselves." edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n... They did. And it turns out not $16K/student as per her math, but less than $11K/student, the lowest in 🇨🇦. @www.thegravitywell.net @abresistance.bsky.social @amandachapman.bsky.social #yyccc #ableg

A few thoughts on Danielle Smith’s plan to put citizenship status on driver’s licenses and the UCP’s continuing rhetoric targeting newcomers.

You deserve better and better is possible. 1/2 #abpoli

Putting citizenship on a drivers license solves no problems but sure will make more problems and fuel more division. #ABpoli #ABleg

Let me know if you are expecting to get raptured so I can feed your cats.

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

YouTube video by MeidasTouch Trump’s DARK PAST Surfaces as PROSECUTOR FOLDS Under Oath

Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s dark past resurfacing as finally the creepy prosecutor and Trump close friend Alex Acosta who entered into the sweetheart deal with Jeffrey Epstein was questioned under oath by Congress as Democrats forced the deposition.

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entire press has gotten bullied into treating charlie kirk as if he was one of the most important americans alive and not a modestly popular podcaster

I hate that Brigitte Macron feels compelled to prove she’s a woman, but I get it: shut that lie down. The right thrives on ruining lives with made-up trash.

Maybe Candace Owens should have to prove she’s human.

So, no, the Court didn't invent a right. It decided that, following the evolution of jurisprudence and better understanding of Charter rights that has arisen over the years, and because of where medicine and society is at, that its previous decision in Rodriguez was no longer justified.

Of course, the state cannot effectively criminalize suicide (attempted suicide used to be a crime, but not for a long time). The Carter decision was about whether the state could prevent others, namely physicians, from assisting an individual's desire to die on that individual's own terms.

Hence, any restriction on an individual's right to die on that individual's own terms is an infringement of that individual's rights, namely the right to security of person.

Ultimately, though, the question is one as to who has the right to determine how much pain and suffering an individual should endure; who should decide if someone's life is still worth living.

In my view, the only correct answer is the individual in question is the only one with that right.

MAiD is certainly a controversial subject. I, personally, hope to never be in a position where I have to make that choice. For moral reasons, I would likely refuse it. Fortunately, my right to do so remains protected and guaranteed.

Tweet by @sean_speer on Twitter made 4:06 pm eastern time on 19 September 2025 (https://x.com/Sean_Speer/status/1969131080134639638) relating to the federal government's intervention to the Supreme Court of Canada on the use of the notwithstanding clause.

I don't have an opinion here as to the merits, legal or political, of the federal government's intervention in the upcoming Supreme Court of Canada hearing as to whether or not there should be constraints on a legislature's ability to invoke s. 33 (the notwithstanding clause) of the Charter. But...

The reaction to the Carter and subsequent decisions relating to MAiD seem to entirely, in my view, miscromprehend the nature of guaranteed freedoms and the role of the courts in protecting same. The courts are not engaging in judicial activism and inventing rights. They are doing what they should.

Straw Man:

Q: Are you using the not withstanding clause to prevent girls playing sports and outlaw life saving puberty blockers?

Smith: We should use it to prevent kids being sterilized.

But since no one is doing that or arguing for it, do you think it’s right to use it in this case? #AbLeg

Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms Province's new requirements are already having impacts on girls' sports in junior high

Fewer girls are playing sports after govt erected barriers for girls to play sports.
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Alberta set to launch ad campaign against teachers as threat of strike escalates | CBC News The standoff between the Alberta government and its 51,000 teachers — with each side accusing the other of lying — is set to turn into an all-out advertising war.

The UCP government is so desperate to get into a big nasty fight with the Alberta Teachers Association that it will eagerly spend money on an ad campaign attacking teachers before it spends money improving classroom conditions for kids.

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The Canada Strong and Free Network believes in “free speech, open debate, and real journalism”

They also believe in crushing the lying mainstream media for failing to advance narratives that align with their political views

#BREAKING | The European Commission has proposed suspending parts of the EU-Israel Association Agreement (i.e., freezing preferential trade for ~€5.8bn of Israeli exports)

This is huge

This is such a 180 from Kenney, who saw the Conservative parties as the natural party of immigrants and actively sought to include them.

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Every pundit article: BLUESKY IS A HOTBED OF RADICALIZATION

Majority of posts in my feed: Check out this cool bug/bird/random historical personage I found!

Small but vivid minority of posts: Do you think Gritty and Alf are in a polycule or nah?