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Big time!
From someone who clamours a lot about governments staying in their own lane, this is equivalent to jumping the middle meridian on the highway: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... #ableg #cdnpoli
Smith demands more say in Alberta judicial appointments
Premier threatens to withhold funding, says the appointment process needs reform
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Big time!
Well said.
Trump threatens other countries with tariffs that hurt American consumers.
Smith threatens ottawa with defunding judges that ensure Albertans' access to justice.
Far Right Populism 101: it's all about the leader, not about the people.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Smith threatens ottawa with defunding judges that ensure Albertans' access to justice.
Far Right Populism 101: it's all about the leader, not about the people.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta premier says province will withhold funding for judges without more input on selection | CBC News
Premier Danielle Smith says her government will withhold funding to support new judicial appointments in Alberta if the federal government doesn't give the province more input on who is picked.
www.cbc.ca
February 4, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Well said.
Let's all remember that chaos follows Smith in all situations. Anyone else remember her toxic role as a school trustee with Calgary Board of Education?
Better yet, we could have an election and demand that Ottawa appoint our ‘Supreme Court Justice Elect’ to the bench, or else!
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
Smith says Alberta will withhold funding for judges without more input on selection
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith says her government will withhold funding to support new judicial appointments in Alberta if the federal government doesn't give the province a say on who
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
February 4, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Let's all remember that chaos follows Smith in all situations. Anyone else remember her toxic role as a school trustee with Calgary Board of Education?
And what do her words "Alberta's distinct legal traditions" even mean?
She has already questioned the impartiality of current judges in AB.
Typical behaviour on Smith's part - I imagine she stomped her feet several times while writing the letter.
She remembers that she still can't pardon criminals?
She has already questioned the impartiality of current judges in AB.
Typical behaviour on Smith's part - I imagine she stomped her feet several times while writing the letter.
She remembers that she still can't pardon criminals?
No clue who she thinks she's hurting with this threat, but it amounts to a direct attack on Albertans' access to justice.
If Premier Smith wants to choose senior judges, she should run for prime minister.
globalnews.ca/news/1165081...
If Premier Smith wants to choose senior judges, she should run for prime minister.
globalnews.ca/news/1165081...
Danielle Smith says Alberta will withhold funding for judges without more input on selection | Globalnews.ca
Premier Danielle Smith said her government will withhold funds for new judicial appointments in Alberta if the federal government doesn't give the province a say on who is picked.
globalnews.ca
February 4, 2026 at 1:08 AM
And what do her words "Alberta's distinct legal traditions" even mean?
She has already questioned the impartiality of current judges in AB.
Typical behaviour on Smith's part - I imagine she stomped her feet several times while writing the letter.
She remembers that she still can't pardon criminals?
She has already questioned the impartiality of current judges in AB.
Typical behaviour on Smith's part - I imagine she stomped her feet several times while writing the letter.
She remembers that she still can't pardon criminals?
Which MLAs have the integrity to tell their constituents and all Albertans their position on AB separating from Canada?
The albertawatch.ca site was doing this...Source: DiscoverAirdrie share.google/VwanihazWyYE...
Is My MLA a Separatist? | Alberta Watch
albertawatch.ca
February 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Which MLAs have the integrity to tell their constituents and all Albertans their position on AB separating from Canada?
And let's push their riding associations to get each of their MLAs on record if they have signed the separatist petition and if no, then will they be signing it.
All constituents have a right to know where their MLA stands on this critical issue.
All constituents have a right to know where their MLA stands on this critical issue.
It's a big ask but I am hoping that @djclimenhaga.bsky.social (or perhaps there are already others in the game?) will be starting a tab on all UCP MLAs to record if they have signed up for the secession petition or if they undertake not to.
We need to know.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
We need to know.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
February 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
And let's push their riding associations to get each of their MLAs on record if they have signed the separatist petition and if no, then will they be signing it.
All constituents have a right to know where their MLA stands on this critical issue.
All constituents have a right to know where their MLA stands on this critical issue.
Agree, 💯.
She keeps getting chances to show some loyalty to Canada -- and keeps turning them away in order to defend Alberta separatists and their cause.
It's who she is. It's time we all started saying it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...
It's who she is. It's time we all started saying it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...
Yes, Danielle Smith is a separatist
Alberta's premier says she supports "a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada." Her actions tell a much different story — one that makes her position on the issue impossible to ignore.
www.nationalobserver.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Agree, 💯.
Every time Trump goes off the deep end I always cross my fingers that he won't resurface.
February 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Every time Trump goes off the deep end I always cross my fingers that he won't resurface.
For the past two years oil & gas companies have made billions of dollars in profit. Not a single one announced that monies would diverted to reclaiming abandoned/orphaned wells.
Zero talk about the plan to clean up the massive tailing ponds - incredible.
No pristine landscape issues for them.
Zero talk about the plan to clean up the massive tailing ponds - incredible.
No pristine landscape issues for them.
Canada's oil and gas industry is a fiscal time bomb due to oil well cleanup liabilities that have been kept off the books. @chrishatch.bsky.social writes www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/30/o...
The multi-billion problem Canada’s oilpatch doesn’t want to disclose
Canada's oil and gas industry is a fiscal time bomb due to oil well cleanup liabilities that have been kept off the books.
www.nationalobserver.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:12 PM
For the past two years oil & gas companies have made billions of dollars in profit. Not a single one announced that monies would diverted to reclaiming abandoned/orphaned wells.
Zero talk about the plan to clean up the massive tailing ponds - incredible.
No pristine landscape issues for them.
Zero talk about the plan to clean up the massive tailing ponds - incredible.
No pristine landscape issues for them.
Silence makes most people very uncomfortable - it's a very powerful tool.
Go for it journalists!
Go for it journalists!
February 1, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Silence makes most people very uncomfortable - it's a very powerful tool.
Go for it journalists!
Go for it journalists!
And all Homan has to do is remove Proud Boys dressed as ICE agents and Eve will return to normal.
Homan can deploy them in Texas and Florida.
Homan can deploy them in Texas and Florida.
It’s always the biggest losers who have to talk tough like winners.
February 1, 2026 at 5:57 PM
And all Homan has to do is remove Proud Boys dressed as ICE agents and Eve will return to normal.
Homan can deploy them in Texas and Florida.
Homan can deploy them in Texas and Florida.
My wife and I do this on a regular basis. The fresh air is an effective simple 'pick me up' moment.
"House burping" is trending. Open your windows for a few minutes each day to ventilate the house, like a full-body cleanse for your indoor air. Pollutants from cooking and product use build up indoors, so it's good to flush if outdoor air quality is good.
www.outsideonline.com/health/welln...
www.outsideonline.com/health/welln...
House Burping Sounds Gross But It May Boost Your Wellbeing
The centuries-old German practice is trending on TikTok, and for good reason.
www.outsideonline.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:12 PM
My wife and I do this on a regular basis. The fresh air is an effective simple 'pick me up' moment.
Different day, same overused boring whine by Smith.
This from a lacklustre leader of a province.
This from a lacklustre leader of a province.
I wondered how Danielle Smith in her speech at CPC convention would handle her chumminess and accord with Mark Carney.
Simple. Don’t mention him, talk about Trudeau and Guilbeault, the historical villains.
And the crowd loved it. Repeated standing ovations.
Simple. Don’t mention him, talk about Trudeau and Guilbeault, the historical villains.
And the crowd loved it. Repeated standing ovations.
January 31, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Different day, same overused boring whine by Smith.
This from a lacklustre leader of a province.
This from a lacklustre leader of a province.
At least he lies consistently.
January 31, 2026 at 5:19 PM
At least he lies consistently.
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Just to be super clear. Postmedia is owned by Chatham a New York hedge fund with strong links to Donald Trump. they push pro conservative message in their newspapers, both in editorial and in their news coverage.
No wonder Pierre Poilievre want the CBC defunded. Canada would never see the truth again. Why is CANADA allowing this?
January 30, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Just to be super clear. Postmedia is owned by Chatham a New York hedge fund with strong links to Donald Trump. they push pro conservative message in their newspapers, both in editorial and in their news coverage.
UK now the outsider in light of recent EU - India trade deal.
Same will happen should AB separate one day. Will any foreign country be negotiate in good faith with AB? I anticipate more of a 'take it or leave' tactic.
Same will happen should AB separate one day. Will any foreign country be negotiate in good faith with AB? I anticipate more of a 'take it or leave' tactic.
Thank you Max for raising this obvious fact
January 31, 2026 at 12:49 AM
UK now the outsider in light of recent EU - India trade deal.
Same will happen should AB separate one day. Will any foreign country be negotiate in good faith with AB? I anticipate more of a 'take it or leave' tactic.
Same will happen should AB separate one day. Will any foreign country be negotiate in good faith with AB? I anticipate more of a 'take it or leave' tactic.
Smith's new strategy: if she and her posse don't talk about it then it doesn't exist.
Pathetic leadership all around.
Pathetic leadership all around.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmon...
More Albertans MUST tell their stories!
Cancelled due to HCW shortages... TWICE... But the Premier thinks everything is fine.
She's getting very bad advice from consultants who don't work on the frontlines or in HC at all...
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More Albertans MUST tell their stories!
Cancelled due to HCW shortages... TWICE... But the Premier thinks everything is fine.
She's getting very bad advice from consultants who don't work on the frontlines or in HC at all...
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Edmonton man has heart surgery rescheduled twice amid hospital capacity issues
Kimon Pierson thought he would have his heart surgery done in early December and be well on his way to recovery by now, but it’ll be another two weeks until his rescheduled surgery date – at least that’s what he hopes.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 30, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Smith's new strategy: if she and her posse don't talk about it then it doesn't exist.
Pathetic leadership all around.
Pathetic leadership all around.
This is so terrible on many levels. I'm happy to learn that you're okay and hope that the rest of your recovery is problem free.
Here is mine: bilateral mastectomy as day surgery, 2pm I was tachycardic in recovery rm, discharged at 6:30pm, collapsed at home and taken back to the ER, blood pressure recorded at 55/32 in the ER 🫠.
(I dont blame the Drs but I firmly believe if hospitals weren't so crowded I would have been kept)
(I dont blame the Drs but I firmly believe if hospitals weren't so crowded I would have been kept)
January 30, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is so terrible on many levels. I'm happy to learn that you're okay and hope that the rest of your recovery is problem free.
I would say for the past 4 months or so Smith has chosen a new strategy to deal with difficult issues: if she doesn't talk about it then it doesn't exist.
Yet another example of pathetic leadership.
Yet another example of pathetic leadership.
In case you wondered who’s on whose side.
“Eby accuses Alberta separatists of ‘treason’ for meeting with U.S. officials”
“Alberta Premier Danielle Smith did not stop to speak with reporters Thursday on her way into the meeting.”
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
“Eby accuses Alberta separatists of ‘treason’ for meeting with U.S. officials”
“Alberta Premier Danielle Smith did not stop to speak with reporters Thursday on her way into the meeting.”
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Eby accuses Alberta separatists of ‘treason’ for meeting with U.S. officials
B.C. Premier says he plans to raise the issue when he meets with Carney and his provincial counterparts
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I would say for the past 4 months or so Smith has chosen a new strategy to deal with difficult issues: if she doesn't talk about it then it doesn't exist.
Yet another example of pathetic leadership.
Yet another example of pathetic leadership.
Ask Bessent about the companies he owns in Argentina.
Determined to prove Carney right over and over again.
Bessent: "I'd encourage Carney to do what he thinks is best for Canadians, not his own virtue signaling. We do have a USMCA negotiation coming up. He rose to power on an anti-American, anti-Trump message. That's not a great place to be when you're negotiating w/ an economy multiples larger than you"
January 28, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Ask Bessent about the companies he owns in Argentina.
Simple minded people use other simple minded people's rhetoric.
Y’all ever miss co-existing in a shared reality
MAGA is totally convinced Ilhan Omar ‘staged’ spray attack: ‘Somali False Flag Scam’
‘It's all fake. Even if it wasn't staged (though it may have been), it's still fake,’ ultraconservative Daily Wire host Matt Walsh tweeted about the attack.
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Simple minded people use other simple minded people's rhetoric.
I second that. The 'grey and grumpy' club has far too many members.
My one rule as I grow older is to NEVER become that grumpy old man.
January 27, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I second that. The 'grey and grumpy' club has far too many members.
The EU and India have just announced a game changing trade agreement. And guess who is in the outside? The UK.
Take note AB separatists: a separate AB will in turn be on the outside of all agreements between other Canada and other nations. Who will buy your canola, beef, pork, etc.? At what price?
Take note AB separatists: a separate AB will in turn be on the outside of all agreements between other Canada and other nations. Who will buy your canola, beef, pork, etc.? At what price?
“Canadian lawyer leads movement to have Alberta join the U.S.”
Here, in Alberta, they want you to believe that it’s about independence, not about becoming the 51’st state.
In the USA, on Fox News, they tell the truth.
Register at Forever-Canadian.ca to stop this treason.
Here, in Alberta, they want you to believe that it’s about independence, not about becoming the 51’st state.
In the USA, on Fox News, they tell the truth.
Register at Forever-Canadian.ca to stop this treason.
January 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The EU and India have just announced a game changing trade agreement. And guess who is in the outside? The UK.
Take note AB separatists: a separate AB will in turn be on the outside of all agreements between other Canada and other nations. Who will buy your canola, beef, pork, etc.? At what price?
Take note AB separatists: a separate AB will in turn be on the outside of all agreements between other Canada and other nations. Who will buy your canola, beef, pork, etc.? At what price?
Truly a head scratcher. 🤔
January 27, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Truly a head scratcher. 🤔