Alison Creekside
@alisoncreekside.bsky.social
Settler on the Salish Sea
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Purolator 91% owned by Canada Post made $300mn in profit in 2024, none of which counts on Canposts books while poaching profitable parcel delivery.
February 8, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Purolator 91% owned by Canada Post made $300mn in profit in 2024, none of which counts on Canposts books while poaching profitable parcel delivery.
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Harper-Carney’s Job Cuts Undermine Canada’s Position Against Trump
Austerity undermines the foundation for a fairer economy that is less dependent on the United States.
www.readthemaple.com/carneys-job-...
Austerity undermines the foundation for a fairer economy that is less dependent on the United States.
www.readthemaple.com/carneys-job-...
Carney’s Job Cuts Undermine Canada’s Position Against Trump
Austerity undermines the foundation for a fairer economy that is less dependent on the United States.
www.readthemaple.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Harper-Carney’s Job Cuts Undermine Canada’s Position Against Trump
Austerity undermines the foundation for a fairer economy that is less dependent on the United States.
www.readthemaple.com/carneys-job-...
Austerity undermines the foundation for a fairer economy that is less dependent on the United States.
www.readthemaple.com/carneys-job-...
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Petition calls for federal party leaders to get top-secret security clearance #Canada
Link for petition in thread below, please sign if you haven’t yet signed.
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www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Link for petition in thread below, please sign if you haven’t yet signed.
/1 thread
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Petition calls for federal party leaders to get top-secret security clearance
An electronic petition on the parliament website calls on the House of Commons to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top-secret security clearance.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 8, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Petition calls for federal party leaders to get top-secret security clearance #Canada
Link for petition in thread below, please sign if you haven’t yet signed.
/1 thread
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Link for petition in thread below, please sign if you haven’t yet signed.
/1 thread
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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Please share and donate today. Don’t skip.
February 8, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Please share and donate today. Don’t skip.
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According to the Alberta separatists' website, there are 18 sitting MLAs of Danielle Smith's UCP government who support Alberta separating from Canada. Here are their names: albertarepublicans.com/actionhub/ml... #cdnpoli #ableg
MLA Independence Scorecard | Republican Party of Alberta
MLAs SUPPORTING INDEPENDENCE Find the name and image of every MLA currently elected and where they stand. Contact your MLA today and encourage them to support
albertarepublicans.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:40 PM
According to the Alberta separatists' website, there are 18 sitting MLAs of Danielle Smith's UCP government who support Alberta separating from Canada. Here are their names: albertarepublicans.com/actionhub/ml... #cdnpoli #ableg
Why don't they just give it to Christy Clark?
Former BC Liberal premier Christy Clark joined the federal CPC party from June 2022 to June 2023 and then worked really hard to get her former BC Lib MLA colleagues to ditch the BC Liberal/United Party to join the BC Cons in the last prov. election.
Former BC Liberal premier Christy Clark joined the federal CPC party from June 2022 to June 2023 and then worked really hard to get her former BC Lib MLA colleagues to ditch the BC Liberal/United Party to join the BC Cons in the last prov. election.
Guess who's back? John Rustad eyeing a run for B.C. Conservative leader | CBC News
John Rustad resigned as B.C. Conservative party leader after month of internal party chaos. But he may be trying to get his old job back. Sources tell CBC News he's requested a leadership nomination p...
www.cbc.ca
February 7, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Why don't they just give it to Christy Clark?
Former BC Liberal premier Christy Clark joined the federal CPC party from June 2022 to June 2023 and then worked really hard to get her former BC Lib MLA colleagues to ditch the BC Liberal/United Party to join the BC Cons in the last prov. election.
Former BC Liberal premier Christy Clark joined the federal CPC party from June 2022 to June 2023 and then worked really hard to get her former BC Lib MLA colleagues to ditch the BC Liberal/United Party to join the BC Cons in the last prov. election.
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Sit with that a minute. Multiple members of the Toronto Police Service have been accused of running what amounts to a matchmaking service for violent criminals. We send you the place. You commit the crime. Everybody gets paid.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Richard Warnica: How deep does the rot go in the Toronto police?
Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw says the allegations against the eight officers are not representative of the forces more than 8,000 members. The onus is on the police to prove
www.thestar.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Sit with that a minute. Multiple members of the Toronto Police Service have been accused of running what amounts to a matchmaking service for violent criminals. We send you the place. You commit the crime. Everybody gets paid.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
This is from nearly a year ago on FB.
Don't let them pretend they haven't been taking steps toward US statehood for a year.
Jeffrey Rath, Mar 6, 2025 "There's a group of us that are working together right now to go to Washington to talk to the Trump admin about Alberta positioning for US statehood"
Don't let them pretend they haven't been taking steps toward US statehood for a year.
Jeffrey Rath, Mar 6, 2025 "There's a group of us that are working together right now to go to Washington to talk to the Trump admin about Alberta positioning for US statehood"
February 5, 2026 at 12:58 PM
This is from nearly a year ago on FB.
Don't let them pretend they haven't been taking steps toward US statehood for a year.
Jeffrey Rath, Mar 6, 2025 "There's a group of us that are working together right now to go to Washington to talk to the Trump admin about Alberta positioning for US statehood"
Don't let them pretend they haven't been taking steps toward US statehood for a year.
Jeffrey Rath, Mar 6, 2025 "There's a group of us that are working together right now to go to Washington to talk to the Trump admin about Alberta positioning for US statehood"
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Our nation surely owes Jamil an eternal debt of gratitude
February 5, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Our nation surely owes Jamil an eternal debt of gratitude
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"[This will create] Canada’s first private health-care insurance market for medically necessary physician + hospital services already covered under the Canada Health Act." The risk is that then US investor interest will take over in Canada. @alonghurst.bsky.social medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
Dual practice means two-tier health: critics - Medicine Hat News
zmason@medicinehatnews.com Experts say Bill 11, the Health Statutes Amendments Act, represents the foundations for the first two-tier health-care system in Canada. Although the province says it is dra...
medicinehatnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
"[This will create] Canada’s first private health-care insurance market for medically necessary physician + hospital services already covered under the Canada Health Act." The risk is that then US investor interest will take over in Canada. @alonghurst.bsky.social medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
For a moment there I thought this was a NaPo column about how CBC doesn't use words like genocide or Palestine and announces more dead Gazans as if it's a complete mystery how they died ...
but no, it's just another column from Honest Reporting Canada complaining that CBC is biased against Israel.
but no, it's just another column from Honest Reporting Canada complaining that CBC is biased against Israel.
February 2, 2026 at 11:01 PM
For a moment there I thought this was a NaPo column about how CBC doesn't use words like genocide or Palestine and announces more dead Gazans as if it's a complete mystery how they died ...
but no, it's just another column from Honest Reporting Canada complaining that CBC is biased against Israel.
but no, it's just another column from Honest Reporting Canada complaining that CBC is biased against Israel.
Let's also recall that from the safety of the immunity provided by the HoC, Poilievre cast vague smirky aspersions as to why PM Trudeau left his teaching job and accused the Liberal government of starting wildfires. What an embarrassment.
Thread on Polièvre's habit of political lying: “Pierre Poilievre’s post about my client was false. It reached half a million people.” “...senior Conservative politicians took complex, legally constrained realities & recast them as scandal, grievance & institutional failure.
For Today’s Conservatives, Misinformation Is the Norm | The Tyee
Pierre Poilievre’s post about my client was false. It reached half a million people.
thetyee.ca
February 2, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Let's also recall that from the safety of the immunity provided by the HoC, Poilievre cast vague smirky aspersions as to why PM Trudeau left his teaching job and accused the Liberal government of starting wildfires. What an embarrassment.
Minister of AI meeting with Israel's Ambassador as part of ongoing engagement on technology and AI.
By "ongoing engagement", I'm guessing you mean Harper's company Awz $1.6B investment in November alongside all the other facial-recognition and surveillance apps
www.timesofisrael.com/specialized-...
By "ongoing engagement", I'm guessing you mean Harper's company Awz $1.6B investment in November alongside all the other facial-recognition and surveillance apps
www.timesofisrael.com/specialized-...
January 31, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Minister of AI meeting with Israel's Ambassador as part of ongoing engagement on technology and AI.
By "ongoing engagement", I'm guessing you mean Harper's company Awz $1.6B investment in November alongside all the other facial-recognition and surveillance apps
www.timesofisrael.com/specialized-...
By "ongoing engagement", I'm guessing you mean Harper's company Awz $1.6B investment in November alongside all the other facial-recognition and surveillance apps
www.timesofisrael.com/specialized-...
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There are two-year-olds in prison cells, Amy. FOCUS 😡
Trump's reckless tariffs have driven up coffee prices by nearly 15% since last summer.
Your morning cup shouldn't cost more because of the administration's trade policies.
www.nerdwallet.com/finance/lear...
Your morning cup shouldn't cost more because of the administration's trade policies.
www.nerdwallet.com/finance/lear...
Tariffs Are a Buzzkill for the Coffee Biz - NerdWallet
Tariffs on coffee-producing countries — including a 50% levy on Brazil — are likely to raise prices for America’s millions of coffee drinkers.
www.nerdwallet.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:33 PM
There are two-year-olds in prison cells, Amy. FOCUS 😡
NonUSA: An app that allows users to scan product barcodes to identify their country of origin and suggest local alternatives.
It's big in Denmark. Could we get something like that for Canada?
It's big in Denmark. Could we get something like that for Canada?
January 31, 2026 at 9:35 PM
NonUSA: An app that allows users to scan product barcodes to identify their country of origin and suggest local alternatives.
It's big in Denmark. Could we get something like that for Canada?
It's big in Denmark. Could we get something like that for Canada?
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January 31, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Factchecking Alberta separatist grievances...
👉"Alberta is the sole pillar holding up the rest of Canada"
👍 Net federal tax (thousands of dollars) by province or territory in all tax brackets for the 2023 tax year, as per StatsCan
👉"Alberta is the sole pillar holding up the rest of Canada"
👍 Net federal tax (thousands of dollars) by province or territory in all tax brackets for the 2023 tax year, as per StatsCan
January 31, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Factchecking Alberta separatist grievances...
👉"Alberta is the sole pillar holding up the rest of Canada"
👍 Net federal tax (thousands of dollars) by province or territory in all tax brackets for the 2023 tax year, as per StatsCan
👉"Alberta is the sole pillar holding up the rest of Canada"
👍 Net federal tax (thousands of dollars) by province or territory in all tax brackets for the 2023 tax year, as per StatsCan
A poll is only a poll ...
but it's kind of incredible that half of Canadian conservatives still support Trump:
but it's kind of incredible that half of Canadian conservatives still support Trump:
January 30, 2026 at 9:03 PM
A poll is only a poll ...
but it's kind of incredible that half of Canadian conservatives still support Trump:
but it's kind of incredible that half of Canadian conservatives still support Trump:
“So part of when I decided I wanted to run, I knew how important it was to make sure that we addressed the issues of autonomy,” Smith said at the Alberta Prosperity Project and Ezra Levant’s Rebel News event.
“And I talked to Dr. Modry as one of my first steps. I said, ‘let’s try this together.’”
“And I talked to Dr. Modry as one of my first steps. I said, ‘let’s try this together.’”
Premier Backs Alberta Separatists Calling UNDRIP a ‘Marxist Agenda’
As concerns grow that a proposed Alberta “Sovereignty Act” could undermine Indigenous rights, Premier Danielle Smith has sought to assure First Nations leaders that they have nothing to worry about. ...
www.desmog.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 PM
“So part of when I decided I wanted to run, I knew how important it was to make sure that we addressed the issues of autonomy,” Smith said at the Alberta Prosperity Project and Ezra Levant’s Rebel News event.
“And I talked to Dr. Modry as one of my first steps. I said, ‘let’s try this together.’”
“And I talked to Dr. Modry as one of my first steps. I said, ‘let’s try this together.’”
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Explanation of first-past-the-post electoral system. I took for granted, most of my life, that it was fair. It isn’t. We can and will change it. ricochet.media/politics/you...
You can’t beat Canada's far-right with a broken electoral system
Learn why electoral reform is crucial for Canada, as leaders like Avi Lewis prioritize proportional representation in politics.
ricochet.media
January 30, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Explanation of first-past-the-post electoral system. I took for granted, most of my life, that it was fair. It isn’t. We can and will change it. ricochet.media/politics/you...
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When I buy anything from the grocery store, I look for Product of Canada, this means it is entirely, or almost entirely, Canadian content (98% or more). I also buy locally made products, products from the UK, Australia, Scotland etc. #Canada
Read the labels carefully.
www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...
Read the labels carefully.
www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...
Think you're buying Canadian? That grocery item may actually be from the U.S. | CBC News
The push to buy Canadian is loud and clear, but are those local-looking products the real deal? CBC Marketplace exposes how some popular foods that seem Canadian are actually made in the U.S. Experts ...
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 12:12 PM
When I buy anything from the grocery store, I look for Product of Canada, this means it is entirely, or almost entirely, Canadian content (98% or more). I also buy locally made products, products from the UK, Australia, Scotland etc. #Canada
Read the labels carefully.
www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...
Read the labels carefully.
www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...
I'm not sure why Alberta Wexiteers wanting US help to join the US is suddenly a big treason story 11 months after Jeffrey Rath went on Fox&Friends to announce it and DeSmog wrote about it.
Except that Eby only just read about the separatists ask for $500bn in US credit in the Financial Times.
Except that Eby only just read about the separatists ask for $500bn in US credit in the Financial Times.
Meet the Calgary Lawyer Pitching Alberta to the U.S. as the 51st State
Jeffrey Rath recently went on Fox & Friends to discuss the oil-rich province "becoming a U.S. territory."
www.desmog.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I'm not sure why Alberta Wexiteers wanting US help to join the US is suddenly a big treason story 11 months after Jeffrey Rath went on Fox&Friends to announce it and DeSmog wrote about it.
Except that Eby only just read about the separatists ask for $500bn in US credit in the Financial Times.
Except that Eby only just read about the separatists ask for $500bn in US credit in the Financial Times.
Today is the last day to sign up to be an NDP member so you can vote in the NDP leadership in March.
January 29, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Today is the last day to sign up to be an NDP member so you can vote in the NDP leadership in March.
Harry Burton for The Irish Examiner:
January 28, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Harry Burton for The Irish Examiner:
You can do that?
France will replace the US Microsoft platforms with its own domestically developed video conferencing platform for all gov departments by 2027 as part of a strategy to stop using US software vendors & regain control over critical digital infrastructure. (h/t @davidakin.bsky.social)
France will replace the US Microsoft platforms with its own domestically developed video conferencing platform for all gov departments by 2027 as part of a strategy to stop using US software vendors & regain control over critical digital infrastructure. (h/t @davidakin.bsky.social)
French government to ditch US's Teams and Zoom for 'sovereign control'
France announced that it will roll out the Visio platform across all government departments by 2027.
www.euronews.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:38 PM
You can do that?
France will replace the US Microsoft platforms with its own domestically developed video conferencing platform for all gov departments by 2027 as part of a strategy to stop using US software vendors & regain control over critical digital infrastructure. (h/t @davidakin.bsky.social)
France will replace the US Microsoft platforms with its own domestically developed video conferencing platform for all gov departments by 2027 as part of a strategy to stop using US software vendors & regain control over critical digital infrastructure. (h/t @davidakin.bsky.social)