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geneanderson.bsky.social
If you’re looking to support public education in Alberta and want to end private charter schools getting public $, the petition is available to sign in many places today. For #StAlbert folks, head over to the city public library entrance btwn 11:00-1:00pm today (Sunday).
#abpoli
#ableg
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November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
speytside.bsky.social
Red Deer - you can sign the petition to tell Dani to stop putting public dollars into private school at Red Hart Brewery November 18th between 4-6pm. #abpoli
Poster advertising that Red Hart Brewery located at 112-488 McCoy Drive Red Deer County will have a petition you can sign if you want the Government of Alberta to stop allocating public funds to private schools.
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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somehowever.bsky.social
Have you signed the Alberta Funds Public Schools Petition yet?

More signing locations up all the time at abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...

#ableg #abpoli
Alberta Funds Public Schools
A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.
abfundspublicschools.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
speytside.bsky.social
Thanks Holly - it's helpful to have your letter as a starting point for writing my own.
hollyhoye.bsky.social Holly Hoye 🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 21d
I slept on it and miraculously produced a letter with no swears. Please consider doing the same if you haven't already. We need to raise our voices. The future of our province depends on it.
I have a successful life by any measure, and many things have helped me along the way. There were elements that were out of my control like the year I was born, the family I was surrounded by, and the passport I held as I travelled and worked around the world. But no opportunity played a greater role in my success than my education. All of it was earned within the borders of this province. My public education in a small town set me up for post-secondary experiences and for life. I earned degrees from both of Alberta's preeminent universities. That education helped shape the values I hold today and prepared me for a career in business and science. It helped me find opportunities that took me to Alberta's rural energy fields and to work sites around the world. It helped me to build community wherever I went, and I was once proud to tell people I met that I was from Alberta. No more. Your harmful policies have wiped away that pride. The disrespect your government has shown to teachers and to the public education system in this province is shameful. You are systematically dismantling a world-class system that builds our future. Show Albertans that you care about our future by negotiating with teachers (and all public sector workers) in good faith, and by funding an education system that will ensure the success of every child within our borders. Every year more people come to our province for an education, for work opportunities and for a good life. Instead of blaming them for your inability to meet their needs, it's time to step up. Your job is to allocate resources to grow our opportunities. You are earning a failing grade. Sincerely, Holly Hoye
October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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leslie-anne.bsky.social
youtube.com/live/xVpwbMl... good for May for speaking up. I vehemently disagree with her assessment of JWR, but nonetheless, glad she spoke up.
Elizabeth May responds to Pierre Poilievre’s comments on RCMP and Justin Trudeau – October 20, 2025
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October 24, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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spicyerin.bsky.social
I sent feedback, please do as well.
brandywithawhy.bsky.social Brandy with a why? 🍁 @brandywithawhy.bsky.social · 26d
HEY ALBERTA!!!!

Time to contact Premier Smith and let her know that forcing teachers back to work is NOT an option.
Call, write, email, fill in the contact form, do it all.
Make some damn noise, and put some support behind our teachers.
They need it.
Contact the Premier
Send a message to the Premier.
www.alberta.ca
October 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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orlaghokelly.bsky.social
Civil society united when they wanted a coal mine polluting water flowing in south; can we get this for the water, already polluted flowing north?

@naheednenshi.bsky.social @albertawilderness.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca @corblund.bsky.social @serenamah.bsky.social @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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mikemontreal.bsky.social
Let’s never forget that Question Period in the HoC has gone from asking intelligent pressing questions to the government to just trying to provide sound bites and bloodsport for memes and clips.

This is a social media phenomenon that cheapens the value of QP and democracy overall.
#cdnpoli
October 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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sailorgirl2017.bsky.social
Thanks to @techcafe.bsky.social for sharing this we now may know who is funding these protesters.

A must-read backstory about the Ostrich farm for those of you who have sympathetically supported them.

www.pauljhenderson.com/ostrich-farm...
Ostrich farm owners connected to ‘particularly abusive’ investment scheme that bilked $20 million from widows & seniors
Even some ‘freedom fighters’ first hooked in by Universal Ostrich Farms’ public calls for support are finding out the truth about the Bilinskis’ ‘speculative, illiquid and highly risky’ securities sla...
www.pauljhenderson.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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naheednenshi.bsky.social
They cut off his mic.
We’re giving him the floor.

Join Evan Li and me for a conversation tonight!

⏰ 8 PM
📺 YouTube Live: youtube.com/@naheednensh...
September 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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hollyhoye.bsky.social
MLA @marlinschmidt.bsky.social sums up the Alberta covid booster shitshow perfectly:
September 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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cricketmh.bsky.social
ABR Resistor Update
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ABR Resistor Update
September 26, 2025
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September 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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notquietmodemd.bsky.social
Trump is so fucking dumb, he thinks the difference between Dubai & Abu Dhabi is that Dubai doesn’t have the Flintstones, but AbuDhabiDoo!!!
Thanks, I’ll throw myself out 😂
September 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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cyn1422.bsky.social
This is Timothy Snyder's exact advice this week.

If you don't know him yet, find him & read/watch everything he says. He's an American historian & knows.
He has given us a road map of how to navigate our country in a tyrannical crisis.
September 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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spicyerin.bsky.social
Please sign! Enough is enough.
mondoab.bsky.social MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · Sep 18
Sign the Petition

"It is thus nothing short of a Charter override.

The rights subject to the Charter override are far from trivial. Sections 2 and 7 through 15 of the Charter include many of the most basic, essential principles needed for a free and democratic society."

ccla.org/major-cases-...
Notwithstanding Clause: Save Our Charter - CCLA
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects key rights and freedoms of everyone in Canada. These rights are essential to preserving Canada as a democratic society where we can live our lives freely.
ccla.org
September 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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mikemontreal.bsky.social
If you’ve not made a respectful and firm call or email to your local MP about a sitting MP placing a citizen in danger, you should. This can’t be allowed from any MP. We’re not the USA.
This must be addressed. Stat.
Democracy takes work between elections too.
#cdnpoli #beBetter
September 14, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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mikemontreal.bsky.social
I called the ethics commissioner for the HoC to encourage them to look into the actions taken by the MP, Andrew Scheer in pushing a misrepresentation that has placed at least one Canadian citizen in danger. I encourage you to do the same. See my timeline for what I complained about.
#cdnpoli
September 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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mikemontreal.bsky.social
I called Andrew Scheer’s Parliamentary Office. It went to VM. I left a very firm yet respectful voicemail pointing out what he’s done being wrong and should any harm come to her….its on him and he needs to fix this.
#cdnpoli #beBetter
September 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
speytside.bsky.social
Something to be excited about in April 2026! Looking forward to reading this @matthewremski.bsky.social
matthewremski.bsky.social Matthew Remski @matthewremski.bsky.social · Sep 6
Antifascist Dad: Urgent Conversations with Young People in Chaotic Times.

📕 Out April 26, 2025 with North Atlantic Books. Preorder link in bio.

💬 Naomi Klein: “A skillful, urgent and loving intervention.”
September 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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hollyhoye.bsky.social
I think we all know who the ‘stupid babies’ are. Members of an immature government who can’t take feedback, have to have their own way, can’t be trusted with money, and won’t take responsibility for anything they do.
colbecky.bsky.social Ubiquitous B🇨🇦 @colbecky.bsky.social · Aug 31
Margaret Atwood is 🔥 #abpoli #Alberta
August 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
speytside.bsky.social
I called the Premier's office - this is terrifying behavior from our government. Book banning is a big deal and a bad sign
nptwrites.bsky.social N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · Aug 29
Pay attention, Canada. If Alberta is successful in this book banning, this will spread. Look around you, b/c this is how it starts. We're on the same ledge the US was on. And we either start fighting this right-wing rise now, or we follow the Americans over the edge.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News
A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...
www.cbc.ca
August 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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jlisayoung.bsky.social
Alberta is banning The Handmaid’s Tale in schools.
bridgetstirling.bsky.social Bridget Stirling @bridgetstirling.bsky.social · Aug 28
Well, the list of books being banned from EPSB is appalling. And it's very likely that an author on this list will get their other works pulled too, especially in the absence of teacher librarians.

There are books on this list that changed my life. This is what the UCP is taking away from kids.
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August 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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katyet.bsky.social
Let’s. Do. This.
August 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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katyet.bsky.social
Oh Canada…
August 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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maplemama20.bsky.social
@mark-carney.bsky.social Canadas PM
Stopped by the Ottawa Humane Society in Nepean to meet some of the newest staff.

They’re working here because of the Canada Summer Jobs program — a great initiative that connects hardworking young people with opportunities in their community.
#CanadaStrong
August 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM