Lou Arab

I served 21 years in Parliament but in the last caucus I gave up even trying to offer advice because I could never pass the increasingly rigid purity tests.
Thank you @heathermcpherson.bsky.social for reminding us that social democracy needs to be social and democratic.

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The lawn sign for my school trustee candidate showed up today. And it has the most adorable little knitted “hat.”

#edmonton #epsb

By giving in on the Digital tax, we screwed our European allies and made a global response much harder. #cdnpoli

Well, that’s a convincing argument. I must concede your point.

By giving in on the Digital tax, we screwed our European allies, and made a global response much harder.

#cdnpoli

YouTube video by BBC Newsnight "We're going to stand up to a bully" | Mark Carney on President Trump’s Canada trade tariffs

“President Trump thinks we are probably going to cave in. We are going to stand up to a bully. We will not back down.”

Mark Carney, when he was campaigning for votes four months ago.

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Trump doesn’t negotiate, he bullies. The only way to negotiate with a bully is to stand up to him. Caving on the digital tax sends a signal that Canada will continually roll over.

#cdnpoli

So we backed down once in the 1950s and it worked, so we should back down again. I guess we should have voted for Poillevre who wanted to follow this 1950s example from the start?

Good news. I’ve been assured by Liberal supporters that this is exactly what we voted for. #elbowsDown #cdnpoli

Elbows Down?

#cdnpoli

A tale of two provinces. #abpoli #alberta #ableg

Alberta as we know it today simply would not exist without the millions of immigrants and refugees who built it, who loved it, and who were proud to call it home - including my grandparents and my mum. This bitter xenophobia is as unAlbertan as it’s possible to be. I’m ashamed. I’m disgusted.

This thread literally started because a Liberal (not a socialist or conservative) called out Carney for breaking promises.

"This guy" is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs in a Liberal government and President of the University of Winnipeg.

I suspect that this guy wants Carney to stop acting like Poillevre won the election. That's not what Canadians voted for.

Lloyd Axeworthy calls out the Carney government for doing the opposite of what they promised a couple months ago. #cdnpoli #elbowsup

Measles 'out of control,' experts warn, as Alberta case counts surpass 1,000 | CBC News Alberta's measles outbreaks have now eclipsed the 1,000 case milestone and infectious diseases specialists are warning the virus is likely "impossible to contain," given the current level of transmiss...

Does anyone know anything that could prevent this?

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What's next for Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives Podcast Episode · West of Centre · 2025-06-20 · 50m

Interesting to listen to Conservative strategists discuss the main problem facing their party at the moment: how to confront a Carney Liberal government that has taken on all of Poilievre’s policies.

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They had a right to a hearing, but some opted to not take advantage of that right. Now they lose that option. No more due process.

YouTube video by Canadaland Podcasts Is Carney's Bill C-2 "Much Worse Than Trump"? | Canadaland Politics

Bill C-2 allows the government to deny & deport refugee claimants without a hearing.

This is a bill presented by Mark Carney's Liberals, who promised to be different from Conservatives.

This is why it's important to have a lot of NDP MPs in parliament.

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Yesterday’s front page story was “Smith and Moe renew calls for Ottawa to allow more resource development.”

Alberta releases its pension survey results, 63% opposed to leaving CPP After a more than 21-month wait, the Alberta government has released to Postmedia the results of its 2023 provincial pension plan survey.

The Edmonton Journal did actual journalism, broke a story after months of effort, and then waited two days to put it in their dead tree edition. 🤦‍♂️

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COVID booster shots to cost patients $110.

#alberta #ableg #abpoli

The UCP candidate in Edmonton Strathcona hasn’t knocked on any doors in my neighborhood. Go figure. 🤷‍♂️

#ableg #abpoli

Adriana LaGrange is the Minister of Primary and “Preventative” Health Services. She announced yesterday that Albertans will now have to pay $110 for COVID vaccines.

Make it make sense.

#ableg #abpoli

Insane.

Making people pay for vaccines, while measles rates skyrocket, may be the most bananas thing Danielle Smith has ever done. And that’s a high bar. #ableg #abpoli #alberta

I didn’t realize we’d elected the Conservatives. #cndpoli

I love Neil!

This pisses me off.

#cdnpoli