🇨🇦 MaggieMay54
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Always a proud Canadian and an avid reader.
Always a proud Canadian and an avid reader.
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“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
Thursday's letters: UCP hiding from accountability
Edmonton Journal readers speak out on on Alberta invoking the notwithstanding clause and CFL rule changes.
edmontonjournal.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
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I feel like most car companies pretty much have the doors down cold
Tesla Sued Over Another Fatal Crash in Growing Scrutiny of Doors
Tesla Inc. was sued over a fiery crash in Washington state that left one person dead and another seriously injured after rescuers allegedly struggled to open the vehicle’s doors, the latest in a growi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I feel like most car companies pretty much have the doors down cold
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Tillis said, "'[T]here’s a $300 billion shortfall in our mutual defense,'"
No, stupid. The 2% of GDP that NATO member nations agreed to spend is on each of our OWN countries' defence.
It's not money that Canada owes to the US or to NATO. Don't try to extort 🇨🇦 for $300B, fucking MAGA GOP gangsters.
No, stupid. The 2% of GDP that NATO member nations agreed to spend is on each of our OWN countries' defence.
It's not money that Canada owes to the US or to NATO. Don't try to extort 🇨🇦 for $300B, fucking MAGA GOP gangsters.
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Tillis said, "'[T]here’s a $300 billion shortfall in our mutual defense,'"
No, stupid. The 2% of GDP that NATO member nations agreed to spend is on each of our OWN countries' defence.
It's not money that Canada owes to the US or to NATO. Don't try to extort 🇨🇦 for $300B, fucking MAGA GOP gangsters.
No, stupid. The 2% of GDP that NATO member nations agreed to spend is on each of our OWN countries' defence.
It's not money that Canada owes to the US or to NATO. Don't try to extort 🇨🇦 for $300B, fucking MAGA GOP gangsters.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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My sentiments exactly. They wonder why we are boycotting all thing US?
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
My sentiments exactly. They wonder why we are boycotting all thing US?
Going out to sign this petition. I hope more will do the same. Public money for public schools!
abfundspublicschools.ca
abfundspublicschools.ca
Alberta Funds Public Schools
A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.
abfundspublicschools.ca
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Going out to sign this petition. I hope more will do the same. Public money for public schools!
abfundspublicschools.ca
abfundspublicschools.ca
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NO EXCUSES. THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. YOUR RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY ***RIGHT NOW*** BY THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT. IT'S TIME TO TAKE A STAND.
McDougall Centre from 5-7 pm. it's time to STAND UP or get rolled over
#NotwithstandingClause #CharterRightsAndFreedoms #yyc #abpoli #ableg
McDougall Centre from 5-7 pm. it's time to STAND UP or get rolled over
#NotwithstandingClause #CharterRightsAndFreedoms #yyc #abpoli #ableg
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
NO EXCUSES. THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. YOUR RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY ***RIGHT NOW*** BY THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT. IT'S TIME TO TAKE A STAND.
McDougall Centre from 5-7 pm. it's time to STAND UP or get rolled over
#NotwithstandingClause #CharterRightsAndFreedoms #yyc #abpoli #ableg
McDougall Centre from 5-7 pm. it's time to STAND UP or get rolled over
#NotwithstandingClause #CharterRightsAndFreedoms #yyc #abpoli #ableg
Corruption is all they know.
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Corruption is all they know.
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“The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) strongly condemns the Alberta government’s introduction of legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to shield three laws that directly threaten the rights of trans and gender-diverse people in the province.”
ccla.org/press-releas...
ccla.org/press-releas...
CCLA Condemns Alberta’s Use of the Notwithstanding Clause to Undermine Rights of Trans and Gender Diverse Youth - CCLA
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) strongly condemns the Alberta government’s introduction of legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to shield three laws that directly threaten t...
ccla.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) strongly condemns the Alberta government’s introduction of legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to shield three laws that directly threaten the rights of trans and gender-diverse people in the province.”
ccla.org/press-releas...
ccla.org/press-releas...
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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Danielle Smith has a plan: Alberta will destroy health care in order to save it! albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/dani... #ableg #abpoli #HumanRights
Danielle Smith has a plan: Alberta will destroy health care in order to save it! - Alberta Politics
Apparently, Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party have decided they’re going to have to destroy health care in order to save it. That’s about the most positive spin that can be put on Ms. ...
albertapolitics.ca
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Danielle Smith has a plan: Alberta will destroy health care in order to save it! albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/dani... #ableg #abpoli #HumanRights
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“My own experience prescribing puberty blockers has demonstrated enormous psycho-social benefits in youth who feel a quiet desperation watching their bodies change in ways they can’t control […] A puberty blocker provides them with a pause […] with no effects on fertility, and is 100% reversible.”
Opinion: As a physician, I see how gender-affirming care benefits youth
Alberta’s moves to restrict treatment are based in ignorance and misinformation
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“My own experience prescribing puberty blockers has demonstrated enormous psycho-social benefits in youth who feel a quiet desperation watching their bodies change in ways they can’t control […] A puberty blocker provides them with a pause […] with no effects on fertility, and is 100% reversible.”
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“it “begs the question of whether the terminations were for legitimate performance reasons or if this is political interference in the prosecutorial function.”
On the same day that Smith overrides the courts, concerns are again raised about interference.
edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/q...
On the same day that Smith overrides the courts, concerns are again raised about interference.
edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/q...
Questions swirl as Edmonton chief prosecutor and deputy out of jobs
Edmonton's top Crown prosecutor and a deputy are out of their jobs, with little explanation being offered either publicly or to their former colleagues.
edmontonjournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“it “begs the question of whether the terminations were for legitimate performance reasons or if this is political interference in the prosecutorial function.”
On the same day that Smith overrides the courts, concerns are again raised about interference.
edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/q...
On the same day that Smith overrides the courts, concerns are again raised about interference.
edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/q...
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Alberta is stripping away the rights of transgender people. What can you do to stop it??
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Alberta is stripping away the rights of transgender people. What can you do to stop it??
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UCP introduces Bill 9; Protecting Alberta's Children (from accessing healthcare) Act
Notwithstanding rights afforded to them by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; notwithstanding rights protected in the UCPs "Alberta Bill of Rights"; notwithstanding Human Rights.
#ableg #abpoli
Notwithstanding rights afforded to them by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; notwithstanding rights protected in the UCPs "Alberta Bill of Rights"; notwithstanding Human Rights.
#ableg #abpoli
a girl with pink hair is sitting in a chair holding a key and says your rights have been revoked .
ALT: a girl with pink hair is sitting in a chair holding a key and says your rights have been revoked .
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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“the expansion of private surgery had siphoned funding & a scarce pool of critical staff, including anesthesiologists and operating room nurses, from the public system, increasing wait times for cancer and other priority surgeries”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
“the expansion of private surgery had siphoned funding & a scarce pool of critical staff, including anesthesiologists and operating room nurses, from the public system, increasing wait times for cancer and other priority surgeries”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Psssssst: Here’s the theater finder page for Wake Up Dead Man! Showtimes begin 11/26, and more theaters will be popping up throughout the week. www.wakeupdeadmanfilm.com
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Official Website | November 27 2025
Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on the official site. In theaters November 27 2025 brought to you by Netflix. Directed by: Rian Johnson. St...
www.wakeupdeadmanfilm.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Psssssst: Here’s the theater finder page for Wake Up Dead Man! Showtimes begin 11/26, and more theaters will be popping up throughout the week. www.wakeupdeadmanfilm.com
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WATCH: Jeffrey Epstein survivors release PSA calling on Congress to release the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
WATCH: Jeffrey Epstein survivors release PSA calling on Congress to release the Epstein files
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These days seems like everybody's trying to TURN DOWN the conversation on #ClimateChange.
WE'RE TURNING IT UP & we could use your help to do it.
Consider donating to the Calgary Climate Hub's annual fundraiser today.
You'll be glad you did!
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
WE'RE TURNING IT UP & we could use your help to do it.
Consider donating to the Calgary Climate Hub's annual fundraiser today.
You'll be glad you did!
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
These days seems like everybody's trying to TURN DOWN the conversation on #ClimateChange.
WE'RE TURNING IT UP & we could use your help to do it.
Consider donating to the Calgary Climate Hub's annual fundraiser today.
You'll be glad you did!
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
WE'RE TURNING IT UP & we could use your help to do it.
Consider donating to the Calgary Climate Hub's annual fundraiser today.
You'll be glad you did!
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
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So…. yeah… this is what happens when you don’t cull flocks with H5N1 and migratory birds haul it around.
#cdnpoli
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
So…. yeah… this is what happens when you don’t cull flocks with H5N1 and migratory birds haul it around.
#cdnpoli
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic
Study estimates 53,000 females have died on South Georgia since 2023, with ‘dramatic impact’ on future of the species
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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So…. yeah… this is what happens when you don’t cull flocks with H5N1 and migratory birds haul it around.
#cdnpoli
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
So…. yeah… this is what happens when you don’t cull flocks with H5N1 and migratory birds haul it around.
#cdnpoli
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Dani the deflector.
Every problem created by the UCP is blamed on the Fed, the ABNDP, or unions. Not once have they admitted to their screw ups.
Every problem created by the UCP is blamed on the Fed, the ABNDP, or unions. Not once have they admitted to their screw ups.
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Dani the deflector.
Every problem created by the UCP is blamed on the Fed, the ABNDP, or unions. Not once have they admitted to their screw ups.
Every problem created by the UCP is blamed on the Fed, the ABNDP, or unions. Not once have they admitted to their screw ups.