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responsibleone.bsky.social
If the $238 million (and possibly more) lawsuit payout of taxpayers money over the idiotic coal mining policy flip flop of this government isn’t enough

Jason Kenney works for the law firm involved…

thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

#Alberta #ABLeg #ABPoli #FireTheUCP #YEG #YYC #RedForED #CDNPoli
Alberta’s Big Payouts to Spurned Australian Coal Miners | The Tyee
Two firms that invested far less are getting $238 million. Taxpayers face more such hits.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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djclimenhaga.bsky.social
Brouhaha over N.S. MP’s floor crossing descends into he-said/they-said story … whom to believe? albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/brou... #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
Brouhaha over N.S. MP’s floor crossing descends into he-said/they-said story … whom to believe? - Alberta Politics
The brouhaha over the departure of Acadie-Annapolis MP Chris d’Entremont from the Opposition benches in the House of Commons to the government side has now descended into a he-said/they-said story. Mr...
albertapolitics.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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robsonfletcher.com
General bookings for COVID-19 vaccines opened — in theory — three weeks ago in Alberta.

I still haven't been able to book any for my children.

Just tried again this morning and got hung up on again by Alberta's 811 HealthLink, with an automated message blaming "higher than expected call volume."
robsonfletcher.com Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 18d
The only way to book COVID vaccines for young children in Alberta is by calling 811 / HealthLink.

Bookings opened Monday.

It’s now Friday and the system is still saying call volumes are too high and auto-hanging-up on callers. 🙃

(They also cost $100 a pop, if you can ever get through.)
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
WOW!

#YYC firefighters are calling out Smith over her use of the notwithstanding clause.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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canadianinalberta.bsky.social
IMO
Danielle Smith's power comes from convincing Albertans that they have an enemy in Ottawa
If she didn't distract Albertans with her Ottawa-is-to-blame schtick she'd actually have to fix our problems
& fixing our problems would get in the way of her corruption
#ableg #abpoli
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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jamieb1000.bsky.social
An immediate public inquiry needs to be held Danielle Smith and the UCP were not cleared in the last report by retired judge Wyant. In fact he states there is a need for a full public inquiry in his report!

#abpoli #ableg #alberta #FireTheUCP #FireSmith #Alberta #Canada #CorruptCare #health
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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jamieb1000.bsky.social
calgaryherald.com/news/premier...

Premier Danielle Smith says courts should be more 'constrained' in making decisions Law professor questions Smith's view of democracy

This is the same garbage Trump says a page right from his book

#abpoli #ableg #alberta #FireTheUCP #FireSmith #Alberta #Canada
Premier Danielle Smith says courts should be more 'constrained' in making decisions
Alberta premier Danielle Smith commented on the justice systems involvement in deciding matters like the use of the not withstanding clause.
calgaryherald.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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mondoab.bsky.social
#ABLeg

Coal settlements.
geneanderson.bsky.social Gene Anderson @geneanderson.bsky.social · 3d
Going to court would have likely resulted in disclosure of comms and informal agreements that would (allegedly) implicate UCP cabinet members. So settle out of court to avoid the criminal investigation. Allegedly…
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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jantafrench.bsky.social
There were many numbers shared during the Alberta teacher strike about the cost of contract proposals. But harder to find how much the govt planned to spend hiring new teachers and EAs.

The education minister says some of the $ to hire 3000 new Ts is money already in the 2025 budget #AbLeg #AbEd
Alberta government committee has $400M over 3 years to resolve class size and complexity problems | CBC News
The Alberta government plans to use $400 million over the next three years — plus spending already earmarked in its existing budget documents — to pay for more teachers, educational assistants and bet...
www.cbc.ca
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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hab3261.bsky.social
🏹 The Recall Games Hungar Games are accelerating! The roster grew to 24 UCP MLAs .The reckoning is coming! Bow over hald the #UCP MLAs are in the game. #TotalRecallAlberta #ABleg #Abpoli #RecallThemAll
A political satire-style infographic titled “Recall Them All Alberta” dated November 7, 2025, at 15:51, from “operationtotalrecall.ca.” The image lists multiple Alberta Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and their recall petition status using three color-coded symbols: green for “Gathering Signatures,” blue for “Initial Paperwork Submitted,” and red for “Targeted.” Each person’s name is inside a rectangular label beneath a headshot or silhouette. Top row: Demetrios Nicolaides, Angela D. Pitt, Dale Nally, R.J. Sigurdson, Nolan B. Dyck, and Muhammad Yaseen — all shown with headshots and labeled as either green or blue status (actively being recalled). Second row: Ric McIver, Rajan Sawhney, Myles McDougall, and Jacqueline Lovely — also shown with blue recall status; followed by red silhouettes labeled Nathan T. Neudorf and Mickey K. Amery, indicating they are targeted. Third row: Red silhouettes for Peter Singh, Nate Glubish, Tanya Fir, Rebecca Schulz, Jason Stephan, and Brandon G. Lunty — all marked as “Targeted.” Fourth row: Red silhouettes for Searle Turton, Adriana LaGrange, Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk, Danielle Smith, Chantelle De Jonge, and Glenn Van Dijken — also “Targeted.” At the top right corner, a small legend explains the three recall stages with corresponding icons. The note “This meme is political satire style” appears above the legend, indicating that the image is intended humorously or critically, not as an official government communication. The background is white with faint horizontal lines resembling a mugshot wall, reinforcing the parody tone.
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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chad.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
The corruption just doesn't stop.

Globe and Mail exposes collusion with Australian coal grubbers by Alberta Energy Regulator CEO Rob Morgan | Crowsnest Headwaters

#ableg #abpoli #ClimateChange #albertaenergyregulator

https://www.crowsnestheadwaters.ca/p/globe-and-mail-exposes-collusion
Globe and Mail exposes collusion with Australian coal grubbers by Alberta Energy Regulator CEO Rob Morgan
AER chief executive plotted by email with Valory Resources executives to suppress public hearing over Grand Cache coal mine
www.crowsnestheadwaters.ca
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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crankyoldlady.bsky.social
Danielle Smith is an O&G lobbyist, a private healthcare lobbyist and now a coal lobbyist with a side hustle as premier.
#DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead #DanielleSmithIsLyingToYou #AdrianaLaGrangeIsIncompetent #EndUCPCorruption #CorruptCare #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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jaredwesley.ca
Smith will chair yet another task force.

No topic is beyond her reach and expertise.

No minister is worth her trust.
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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inthewoodshop.bsky.social
👇🏽#ElbowsUp #RESIGNSMITH #NeverUCP #NeverSmith #DanielleSmithlsUnfitToLead #Ableg #Abpoli #Cdnpoli #ABResistance #UCPfail
jaredwesley.ca Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 5d
By using the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively - which, again, they *can* but *need not* do - the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights and bypassing the courts.

They are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a free and democratic society.
November 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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solarab.bsky.social
Alberta allows a financially struggling company to acquire 170 wells #abpoli #yyc #yeg #yql #ableg thenarwhal.ca/maga-energy-...
Alberta allowed cash-strapped MAGA Energy to acquire 170 wells | The Narwhal
The Alberta Energy Regulator approved MAGA Energy, already in financial distress, to acquire 170 oil and gas wells. Unpaid bills will likely fall on taxpayers
thenarwhal.ca
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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charlesrusnell.bsky.social
The group collecting petition signatures for a citizen's initiative to defund private schools in Alberta seem well organized. They have a website with a professionally shot video that seeks to highlight the disparity between public and private school funding.
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
Alberta Funds Public Schools
A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.
abfundspublicschools.ca
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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charlesrusnell.bsky.social
The larger issue here is that, according to credible public health experts, the UCP govt is imposing an ideological, anti-vax agenda that will undermine public health for many years. A baby needlessly died of measles in Alberta because its mother was unvaccinated. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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charlesrusnell.bsky.social
The landowners don't like the fact that their tax dollars and the dollars of other taxpayers are subsidizing deadbeat oil and gas companies
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
Wait…

So just before the AER squashed public hearings on coal mines…

(Which was unprecedented and resulted in huge outcry)

The company that wanted the hearings squashed consulted with the chief of staff to Brian Jean?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Documents related to Summit coal decision raise more questions about Alberta Energy Regulator’s independence
Regulator’s CEO sought ‘input’ from Energy Minister’s chief of staff on a motion to cancel hearings about a proposed mine
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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liseabetta.bsky.social
#Cdnpoli #Abpoli #Ableg #Alberta
markdorin.bsky.social Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 4d
If high level Alberta Dept. of Energy and Minerals officials have intervened in one quasi-judicial case (they have see attached), it means they can do it to any landowner for example.

Heads must roll. We can’t have this. Full stop.

#AERReform

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Documents related to Summit coal decision raise more questions about Alberta Energy Regulator’s independence
Regulator’s CEO sought ‘input’ from Energy Minister’s chief of staff on a motion to cancel hearings about a proposed mine
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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notabot1.bsky.social
The New York Times eviscerates Danielle Smith.
#measles #alberta #UCP #ableg #canada #democide
andiewinnipeg.bsky.social Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 5d
Today, The New York Times has published a story eviscerating Danielle Smith and her provincial government's response to the measles crisis in Alberta.

Interestingly, Deena Hinshaw is interviewed for what appears to be the first time since she was fired.
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
WHOAH!

There is so much to unpack in this clip!

- Nenshi claims no Tylenot was shipped to Ukraine?!?
- Smith still believes acetaminophen can replace opioids?!? (It can't)
- Smith says that she might try to get the money back for the 1st time?!?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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jamieb1000.bsky.social
globalnews.ca/news/1151475...

Alberta Teachers’ Association challenging law that used notwithstanding clause to end strike

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #teachers #ATA #StandWithABTeachers
#FireTheUCP #FireSmith #politics
#NotWithstanding #UCPCorruption
Alberta Teachers’ Association challenging law that used notwithstanding clause to end strike | Globalnews.ca
The Alberta Teachers Association says it has filed an application asking for a judge to immediately pause the law until a full constitutional challenge is heard.
globalnews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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kathleenganley.bsky.social
Today, when asked about increased crime and social disorder on our streets, Minister Nixon called it a “fake crisis” and sort of implied the NDP are making it up. Are these guys even living in our province? #ableg
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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jantafrench.bsky.social
A UCP-majority committee refused to give Alberta’s chief electoral officer the funding he says he needs to administer recall and citizen petition applications.

Campaigners say it’s a political move to thwart their efforts to hold the government accountable. #AbLeg
Recall organizers say UCP MLAs limiting Elections Alberta funding thwarts their efforts | CBC News
The organizers of some grassroots campaigns to recall United Conservative Party MLAs say a refusal to properly fund Elections Alberta is interfering with democratic rights.
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM