Jared Wesley
@jaredwesley.ca
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Jared Wesley
@jaredwesley.ca
· Nov 15
Jared Wesley
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Politics & policy.
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Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
Not a historian but like to research. The AI might summarize what I'm looking for, but it doesn't find what I'm *not* looking for. The book on the shelf next to the one I wanted. The insight in chapter 6 based on the quote I needed from chapter 4.
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
Unless I missed it somewhere, I don't see any details about the Alberta Next survey methodology.
This leaves me with a lot of questions.
This leaves me with a lot of questions.
I started reviewing the Alberta Next report by looking at their polling results.
The numbers in the sample table don't add up.
Can anyone make it make sense?
If not, I'm not sure how we take the analysis seriously.
🔗 open.alberta.ca/dataset/2919...
The numbers in the sample table don't add up.
Can anyone make it make sense?
If not, I'm not sure how we take the analysis seriously.
🔗 open.alberta.ca/dataset/2919...
December 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Unless I missed it somewhere, I don't see any details about the Alberta Next survey methodology.
This leaves me with a lot of questions.
This leaves me with a lot of questions.
I started reviewing the Alberta Next report by looking at their polling results.
The numbers in the sample table don't add up.
Can anyone make it make sense?
If not, I'm not sure how we take the analysis seriously.
🔗 open.alberta.ca/dataset/2919...
The numbers in the sample table don't add up.
Can anyone make it make sense?
If not, I'm not sure how we take the analysis seriously.
🔗 open.alberta.ca/dataset/2919...
December 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I started reviewing the Alberta Next report by looking at their polling results.
The numbers in the sample table don't add up.
Can anyone make it make sense?
If not, I'm not sure how we take the analysis seriously.
🔗 open.alberta.ca/dataset/2919...
The numbers in the sample table don't add up.
Can anyone make it make sense?
If not, I'm not sure how we take the analysis seriously.
🔗 open.alberta.ca/dataset/2919...
I wouldn't call it a great debate, necessarily.
But only because @trevortombe.bsky.social 's contribution was so overpowering.
One of the best economic defenses of equalization I've read. 👏
albertaviews.ca/equalization...
But only because @trevortombe.bsky.social 's contribution was so overpowering.
One of the best economic defenses of equalization I've read. 👏
albertaviews.ca/equalization...
Is Equalization Unfair to Alberta? - Alberta Views
The equalization payment reflects a core value: ensuring all Canadians can receive normal public services without paying abnormally high taxes
albertaviews.ca
December 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I wouldn't call it a great debate, necessarily.
But only because @trevortombe.bsky.social 's contribution was so overpowering.
One of the best economic defenses of equalization I've read. 👏
albertaviews.ca/equalization...
But only because @trevortombe.bsky.social 's contribution was so overpowering.
One of the best economic defenses of equalization I've read. 👏
albertaviews.ca/equalization...
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For the Friday crowd, my latest episode where @jaredwesley.ca and I talk about Alberta and Danielle Smith's populism #cdnpoli
Danielle Smith's Populist Excesses
YouTube video by Dale Smith
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
For the Friday crowd, my latest episode where @jaredwesley.ca and I talk about Alberta and Danielle Smith's populism #cdnpoli
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For the late/west coast crowd, my latest episode where @jaredwesley.ca and I talk about Danielle Smith's populist excesses #cdnpoli #ableg
Danielle Smith's Populist Excesses
YouTube video by Dale Smith
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
For the late/west coast crowd, my latest episode where @jaredwesley.ca and I talk about Danielle Smith's populist excesses #cdnpoli #ableg
Just making things up as they go along.
If this were continuous improvement, we'd say they were building an airplane while flying it.
This populist policymaking is more like like removiny the bolts mid-flight and replacing them with duct tape, ideology, and wishful thinking.
If this were continuous improvement, we'd say they were building an airplane while flying it.
This populist policymaking is more like like removiny the bolts mid-flight and replacing them with duct tape, ideology, and wishful thinking.
December 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Just making things up as they go along.
If this were continuous improvement, we'd say they were building an airplane while flying it.
This populist policymaking is more like like removiny the bolts mid-flight and replacing them with duct tape, ideology, and wishful thinking.
If this were continuous improvement, we'd say they were building an airplane while flying it.
This populist policymaking is more like like removiny the bolts mid-flight and replacing them with duct tape, ideology, and wishful thinking.
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Now in wide release, my latest YouTube episode where @jaredwesley.ca and I talk about what's going on in Alberta with Danielle Smith attacking the rule of law #cdnpoli
Danielle Smith's Populist Excesses
YouTube video by Dale Smith
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Now in wide release, my latest YouTube episode where @jaredwesley.ca and I talk about what's going on in Alberta with Danielle Smith attacking the rule of law #cdnpoli
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Alberta quietly stopped public reporting of COVID-19 outbreaks in acute care centres. Find out why critics say the lack of transparency creates public health risks.
zurl.co/mRJY6
zurl.co/mRJY6
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Alberta quietly stopped public reporting of COVID-19 outbreaks in acute care centres. Find out why critics say the lack of transparency creates public health risks.
zurl.co/mRJY6
zurl.co/mRJY6
@davidcoletto.bsky.social with a master class on political marketing + public opinion.
open.substack.com/pub/davidcol...
open.substack.com/pub/davidcol...
Politics Is a Market, Not a Mood
Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre are selling different products to different Canadians and right now one market appears larger than the other
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
@davidcoletto.bsky.social with a master class on political marketing + public opinion.
open.substack.com/pub/davidcol...
open.substack.com/pub/davidcol...
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This fall, our @cgroundpolitics.bsky.social team investigated the power of humour in forging better democratic discourse.
Here's what we've learned so far.
open.substack.com/pub/cground/...
Here's what we've learned so far.
open.substack.com/pub/cground/...
December 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This fall, our @cgroundpolitics.bsky.social team investigated the power of humour in forging better democratic discourse.
Here's what we've learned so far.
open.substack.com/pub/cground/...
Here's what we've learned so far.
open.substack.com/pub/cground/...
Can comfirm. Since we started surveying Albertans in 2019, this is the *only* policy reform that's received majority support in the province.
You don’t say. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Most Albertans would vote to end public funding of private schools, poll suggests | CBC News
More than half of Alberta adults say they would support eliminating provincial funding for private schools if the issue went to a referendum, a recent survey suggests.
www.cbc.ca
December 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Can comfirm. Since we started surveying Albertans in 2019, this is the *only* policy reform that's received majority support in the province.
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“Mostly, however, it’s concerning that they aren’t listening to people who should be able to get through to them; their voters and supporters in rural Alberta.
If they don’t have any sway with the UCP, then I think it’s important to ask who does.”
#ableg #abpoli
open.substack.com/pub/womenofa...
If they don’t have any sway with the UCP, then I think it’s important to ask who does.”
#ableg #abpoli
open.substack.com/pub/womenofa...
Are Danielle Smith and the UCP even listening to Albertans?
A lot of things don't add up with this government and I think it's time to ask some hard questions.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Mostly, however, it’s concerning that they aren’t listening to people who should be able to get through to them; their voters and supporters in rural Alberta.
If they don’t have any sway with the UCP, then I think it’s important to ask who does.”
#ableg #abpoli
open.substack.com/pub/womenofa...
If they don’t have any sway with the UCP, then I think it’s important to ask who does.”
#ableg #abpoli
open.substack.com/pub/womenofa...
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Canada's premiers keep attacking the courts. It might be good short-term politics for them, but it's doing long-term damage to institutions our democracy and freedoms depend on. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/16/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/16/o...
Canada’s premiers need to stop attacking the courts
From Alberta and Ontario to Quebec and British Columbia, Canada's premiers have been ratcheting up their anti-judge rhetoric. It won't lead us anywhere good.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Canada's premiers keep attacking the courts. It might be good short-term politics for them, but it's doing long-term damage to institutions our democracy and freedoms depend on. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/16/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/16/o...
This fall, our @cgroundpolitics.bsky.social team investigated the power of humour in forging better democratic discourse.
Here's what we've learned so far.
open.substack.com/pub/cground/...
Here's what we've learned so far.
open.substack.com/pub/cground/...
December 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This fall, our @cgroundpolitics.bsky.social team investigated the power of humour in forging better democratic discourse.
Here's what we've learned so far.
open.substack.com/pub/cground/...
Here's what we've learned so far.
open.substack.com/pub/cground/...
Big thanks to Vinesh Pratap for having me on this morning to talk PartyLoyalty.ca.
December 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Big thanks to Vinesh Pratap for having me on this morning to talk PartyLoyalty.ca.
"I hate it here!"
"I'm moving!"
"There's no hope!"
Lots of Albertans are feeding the very toxicity they're fed up with right now.
There are better ways to channel your frustration. 10, in fact.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
"I'm moving!"
"There's no hope!"
Lots of Albertans are feeding the very toxicity they're fed up with right now.
There are better ways to channel your frustration. 10, in fact.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
December 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"I hate it here!"
"I'm moving!"
"There's no hope!"
Lots of Albertans are feeding the very toxicity they're fed up with right now.
There are better ways to channel your frustration. 10, in fact.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
"I'm moving!"
"There's no hope!"
Lots of Albertans are feeding the very toxicity they're fed up with right now.
There are better ways to channel your frustration. 10, in fact.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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Dr. Jared Wesley appeared on The Jim Toth show on December 12. Hear his interview (4:00 to 12:00), which includes bonus insights on the Jets and Oilers. 🎧 megaphone.link/CORU2712396246
December 12, 2025 by The Jim Toth Show
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December 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Dr. Jared Wesley appeared on The Jim Toth show on December 12. Hear his interview (4:00 to 12:00), which includes bonus insights on the Jets and Oilers. 🎧 megaphone.link/CORU2712396246
“You and I have talked about it more than I think that they have in the premier's office. Populists … are all about ends. They don't care at all about means, and they're hoping that nobody else does.”
www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
Politicians continue to target the courts irresponsibly
‘In a free society, it is emphatically not the courts' role to simply get out of the government's way’
www.nationalmagazine.ca
December 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“You and I have talked about it more than I think that they have in the premier's office. Populists … are all about ends. They don't care at all about means, and they're hoping that nobody else does.”
www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
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This is what I've been sharing with folks who come to me privately & ask me to "do something" about the Alberta government. I respond to them and say "it needs to be your voice, not mine". I'm already out there doing all of @jaredwesley.ca's 10 points. Be brave, do just 2 steps for your own future.
The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is what I've been sharing with folks who come to me privately & ask me to "do something" about the Alberta government. I respond to them and say "it needs to be your voice, not mine". I'm already out there doing all of @jaredwesley.ca's 10 points. Be brave, do just 2 steps for your own future.
The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
No one:
Smith: The 1930s were a glorious time for education and healthcare in Alberta. Let's return to that.
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This isn't a conservative vision.
It's radical and retrogressive.
Smith: The 1930s were a glorious time for education and healthcare in Alberta. Let's return to that.
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This isn't a conservative vision.
It's radical and retrogressive.
December 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
No one:
Smith: The 1930s were a glorious time for education and healthcare in Alberta. Let's return to that.
---
This isn't a conservative vision.
It's radical and retrogressive.
Smith: The 1930s were a glorious time for education and healthcare in Alberta. Let's return to that.
---
This isn't a conservative vision.
It's radical and retrogressive.
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Hot on the heels of @markhamhislop.bsky.social’s explanation of why Smith is doing what she’s doing comes this piece from @jaredwesley.ca on what we can do to stop it.
It’s actually an uplifting read that brings hope.
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It’s actually an uplifting read that brings hope.
👇🏻
@jaredwesley provides info on how to counter the Alberta UCP government's growing authoritarianism.
What Can We Do?
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Hot on the heels of @markhamhislop.bsky.social’s explanation of why Smith is doing what she’s doing comes this piece from @jaredwesley.ca on what we can do to stop it.
It’s actually an uplifting read that brings hope.
👇🏻
It’s actually an uplifting read that brings hope.
👇🏻