An Alberta judge has rejected a bid by teachers to suspend the provincial government's back-to-work legislation
"Suspending the Back to School Act will almost certainly create chaos and uncertainty for parties, parents and students,
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Even if you ignore personal ethics, wouldn't this be a violation of a faculty code of conduct? Do we want a world, where students submit AI papers, profs use AI to grade them, profs submit AI papers, and profs use AI to review them?
Furious First Nations chiefs cross the sea to meet a friendly king. They've had it with UCP ducking and weaving over separatism. Column.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yeg #yyc
At least 16 oil tankers and cargo ships have been attacked in the Persian Gulf since the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran began nearly two weeks ago, a New York Times analysis shows. Iran has claimed responsibility for several of the attacks.
"Do Municipal Voters Punish Partisan Candidates?" New working paper with Mike McGregor, @fsnagovsky.bsky.social , and @jaredwesley.ca. We study Calgary's election after AB imposed parties in a longtime nonpartisan city. Do voters punish candidates who run with parties?
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The penalty isn't uniform. Using causal forests, we find it's concentrated among (1) citizens with strong anti-partisan attitudes and (2) those hostile to the UCP — the provincial government that introduced the reform. Anti-partisan sentiment is the stronger of the two channels.
Short answer: yes. In two conjoint experiments fielded before and during the election, partisan candidates faced a meaningful penalty — and the penalty *grew* as the election approached. No sign that voters got used to parties over time.
It was great to go on @ryanjespersen.bsky.social to talk about the war in Iran: will the regime collapse (not likely, for now at least); what are the consequences if it survives (it will be weaker but nastier) or if it eventually collapses (chaos is likely); making sense of Canada's position.
I was quoting a video clip. The user deleted it.
Why does Ottawa engage with Québec on judicial appointments but brush off Alberta?
It's not just about sovereignty threats. It's about strategy.
New piece by @cbreton.bsky.social (@irpp.org)
policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/03/judicial-appointments-provinces/
"We’re killing all the right people and cutting your taxes." The Republican Party's campaign slogan.
My “Looking at the Straits very strongly” t-shirt is raising questions answered by this explosion.
Duckworth: "The Trump administration is hiding behind the valor of our men and women in orders. The problem is who is giving those orders. Donald Trump has not done his job."
"There is no meaningful MAGA split on Iran...The war in Iran is unpopular, but that is the case because of opposition from a supermajority of Democrats, a majority of Independents, and a sliver of Republicans...A group that is 'split' approximately 85%-5% isn’t really split at all."
Exclusive: The Defense Department has barred photojournalists from briefings on the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran after they published photos of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed “unflattering,” according to two people familiar.
Q: Are you encouraging oil company CEOs to use the Strait or Hormuz?
TRUMP: Yeah, I think they should. I think they should. I think they should use the Strait. Look, we took out just about all of their mine ships.
This is hilarious.
Also, completely enraging.
"We've had conversations about what we can do, both large and small, in Nunavut—large projects, but also helping everyone get ahead," says Prime Minister Mark Carney as he welcomes former NDP MP for Nunavut, Lori Idlout, to the Liberal caucus.
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War on Truth…
Can't make it to tonight's public lecture featuring distinguished speaker Justin Ling, investigative journalist and columnist for The Toronto Star?
Justin's lecture, “Telling the Truth in Hyperreality: Journalism in a Time of Lies,” will be livestreamed here: https://bit.ly/4uii7Up
Don't miss it!
Jim Cramer suggests on CNBC that Trump could “bomb Tehran into the Stone Age” until Iran reopens the strait, citing U.S. bombings of North Vietnam in the 1970s. Carl Quintanilla points out to him that Hanoi won that war.
Carney government one step closer to a majority government. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Are immigrants really to blame for Alberta's healthcare, education, and unemployment woes?
Five of Alberta's nine referendum questions focus on immigration. We ask political scientist Dr. @duanebratt.bsky.social why that might be...
👀 FULL: rtrj.info/031026Bratt
🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/031026 #abpoli
Unlike Past U.S. Conflicts, Iran Attack Is Opposed by Most Americans www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...
Wow!
A question from the Western Standard backfired yesterday when they tried to ask Chiefs if the Chiefs had engaged with separatists to hear their concerns…
And ended with UCP MLA Scott Cyr being named directly as an alleged separatist!
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This is a meme circulating among the Alberta separatists. This is not about equalization or pipelines. It is a desire to create some sort of (dis)utopia based on conspiracy theories.
Federal spending power is opposed by provincial govts. But it is not opposed by the people living in those provinces.
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