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David Blain
@beachmagoo.bsky.social
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Retired Financial Officer in Calgary AB.
Proportional representation is better democracy.
Political Progressive.
Travels to Australia 🇦🇺
I am in a committed relationship

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David Blain @beachmagoo.bsky.social · Jul 23
#ProportionalRepresentation is an Antidote for National Disunity.

epaper.calgaryherald.com/article/2816...
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jennyyeremiy.bsky.social
Here are some local leaders right here 👏🏻 both within Bow and outside Bow. Thank you, @keiragunn.bsky.social for your guidance today! 😍
Door knocking crew in Cougar Ridge today.
November 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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jennyyeremiy.bsky.social
📣 Support the pitt-recall.ca

Stand up for your community, stop the misinformation and misrepresent TODAY.

#LaterIsTooLate #abpoli #RecallThemAll operationtotalrecall.ca
Angela Pitt should be recalled from her position as MLA due to repeated social media posts that are positioned with unfounded claims and divisive rhetoric, raising concerns about her ability to effectively represent and serve our riding. Her actions have eroded public trust and suggest she prioritizes personal agendas over the needs of constituents. In conversation with many constituents, they have found Ms. Pitt lacking availability for and open engagement with many issues faced in our area. For our community to thrive, we need a representative committed to constructive dialogue and responsible governance.
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
beachmagoo.bsky.social
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says

Thanks Alberta

www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country’s public health agency said on Monday, a loss that also results i...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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andrew.sharpe.scot
Cutting taxes doesn't grow the economy. Richard explains this myth, that right wing parties including Labour continue to perpetuate.
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
beachmagoo.bsky.social
Democracy
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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solarab.bsky.social
Lethbridge MLA Neudorf says a recall petition in his riding would likely be successful, so the UCP plan to get rid of recall legislation #yql #yyc #yeg #abpoli
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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fairvote.ca
Reform UK could win a majority government with only 30 percent of the vote.

That is how distorted UK democracy has become under first past the post. Canada should take note.

Proportional representation means real majority rule. It is time to demand change
Bar chart comparing vote percentage and seat percentage projections in the UK election. Reform UK’s seat share towers over its vote share, showing how first past the post gives majority power from only 30 percent of votes. Text calls for proportional representation and democratic reform.
October 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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jennyyeremiy.bsky.social
📣 New signage in the field 👏

I’m just behind Co-Op until 5 pm at least.

Across from West Ridge School
A red sign that reads recallnicolaides.ca Reclaim Public Education Recall Nicolaides A blue sign that reads recallnicolaides.ca Reclaim Public Education Recall Nicolaides
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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lacompa.bsky.social
Recall UCP MLAs
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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lacompa.bsky.social
Teachers are getting their rights stripped. When will yours?
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
beachmagoo.bsky.social
Large class sizes remain unresolved.

#ableg

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Large class sizes remain unresolved in Alberta — and that's just where the issue begins | CBC News
Ballooning class sizes aren’t just a top concern for Alberta’s striking teachers, who are being legislated back to work. It's also an issue raised by Ontario elementary teachers preparing to start new...
www.cbc.ca
October 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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profsmithsask.bsky.social
Public support leans toward teachers, with six in 10 Albertans backing the strike and 41 per cent saying they are strongly supportive.
Article content

“I’d say the teachers’ strike has had a negative impact on the impressions of government and the party in power,” Enns said.
'Reputational challenges': New poll shows public support for Smith, UCP has dipped amid teachers' strike
Response to teachers' strike appeared to sour some Albertans' opinions of Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP, suggests new survey from Leger
calgaryherald.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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sachadylan.bsky.social
NZ educators are not having it.
'Just absolutely ridiculous' - new school curriculum unpopular with principals
The draft curriculum documents are old fashioned, sideline Māori knowledge, and appear to be written by foreign contractors, say critics.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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duanebratt.bsky.social
Danielle Smith makes some really good arguments in this video.
disorderedyyc.bsky.social disordered @disorderedyyc.bsky.social · 19d
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
October 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
beachmagoo.bsky.social
Elections Alberta working to verify overwhelming support for anti-separatist petition

#ableg
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Elections Alberta working to verify overwhelming support for anti-separatist petition
A citizen-led petition that opposes the idea of Alberta separating from Canada is now being reviewed by Elections Alberta and, if verified, will be handed over to the province in 2026.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
beachmagoo.bsky.social
Labour relations expert weighs in on Alberta’s use of notwithstanding clause

“Alberta’s back to work legislation makes a mockery of collective bargaining.”

#ableg
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Labour relations expert weighs in on Alberta’s use of notwithstanding clause
An Alberta labour relations expert says Alberta’s use of the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back to work marks one of the most aggressive labour moves in Canadian history.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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tinkiegurl.bsky.social
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N.B. business in trademark tangle with Alberta government over licence plates | CBC News
Part of the Canadian national anthem is turning out to be a possible legal headache for the Alberta government.
www.cbc.ca
October 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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feistywaters.com
I don’t know the exact number of people that attended the last Alberta separatist rally, but it was fewer than the 456, 365 people who signed the Forever Canadian petition.
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
beachmagoo.bsky.social
Great game Blue Jays.
October 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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kikkiplanet.bsky.social
Troy Pavlek on the UCP government’s use of the notwithstanding clause to violate the Charter Rights of Alberta’s teachers, and why this is an especially dangerous precedent.

#ableg #cdnpoli
October 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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jennyyeremiy.bsky.social
📣 Support bold action on methane reduction. The urgent climate billion unspoken about.

Send a letter to the Feds today, thanks to @forourkidscanada.bsky.social

#methane #reduction #today #cdnpoli #polluterpay #OOTT

www.forourkids.ca/methane_poll...
Support Bold Action on Methane Pollution
www.forourkids.ca
October 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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lisa1111can.bsky.social
#RecallTheUCP
One By One
RecallNicolades.ca
October 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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jennyyeremiy.bsky.social
Check out today's signing locations 👇 and spread the word please! #Reclaim #Public #Education #abpoli
From Empty Promises to Under-Funded Classrooms. Recall Nicolaides. Reclaim Public Education. Future Proof Education Recall Nicolaides Reclaim Public Education
October 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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jennyyeremiy.bsky.social
Question 🙋‍♀️: is this an appropriate use of Ministerial Order letterhead? For a man who wants us to forget he runs a ministry, he may simultaneously be misusing that seal here. 🤨

📣Calgary-Bow! Sign up today to have your canvass credentials by Halloween night 🎃 recallnicolaides.ca/canvasser-re...
Recall Nicolaides Reclaim Public Education
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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jennyyeremiy.bsky.social
What a start! Thank you @pialberta.bsky.social for your solidarity! Over 100 people showed up between Calgary and Edmonton to paint Calgary-Bow yellow!
#WearRedForEd #Reclaim #PublicEd
youtube.com/shorts/X3V6w...
Public Interest Alberta Paints Calgary-Bow Yellow
YouTube video by Recall Nicolaides
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October 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM