Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦
@sphillipsab.bsky.social
Current: Founding Partner, Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips Policy Advisors
Www.mbpolicy.com
Adjunct, University of Lethbridge
Practitioner-in-Residence Fellow, University of Victoria
Former: AB NDP MLA & Minister of Environment, Parks & Climate Change
Www.mbpolicy.com
Adjunct, University of Lethbridge
Practitioner-in-Residence Fellow, University of Victoria
Former: AB NDP MLA & Minister of Environment, Parks & Climate Change
Great job, Calgary! Giving people who don’t want to live next to “renters” because Renters Don’t Care About The Neighborhood (verbatim argument) the policy pen at Council is going very well.
Congratulations to everyone involved in this royal cock-up
Congratulations to everyone involved in this royal cock-up
Today in Alberta - February 6: A risk analysis from City of Calgary administration finds that if council repeals citywide rezoning, $861-million in federal funding could be impacted.
February 7, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Great job, Calgary! Giving people who don’t want to live next to “renters” because Renters Don’t Care About The Neighborhood (verbatim argument) the policy pen at Council is going very well.
Congratulations to everyone involved in this royal cock-up
Congratulations to everyone involved in this royal cock-up
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Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
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Alberta is calling
When it’s EVs:
“The grid will collapse from EV electricity demand!!”
When it’s data centers:
“We need to build nuclear plants and gas fired plants to meet demand!”
“The grid will collapse from EV electricity demand!!”
When it’s data centers:
“We need to build nuclear plants and gas fired plants to meet demand!”
February 4, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Alberta is calling
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The most ridiculous over reach in international diplomacy since Rudolf Hess crashed his plane in Scotland.
This numptie needs a handler.
This numptie needs a handler.
February 4, 2026 at 12:38 AM
The most ridiculous over reach in international diplomacy since Rudolf Hess crashed his plane in Scotland.
This numptie needs a handler.
This numptie needs a handler.
More of this please
My apologies to France, I was not familiar with your game.
February 4, 2026 at 12:07 AM
More of this please
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I don't want any of this. I just want to be able to turn up and order a coffee from a person who is in a union and getting paid enough to live when I am out and about and want a coffee.
“The company is trialling an AI-powered chatbot, which can help match drinks with customer moods, and is introducing the ability to schedule orders in a bid to reduce customer waits.”
Starbucks bets on robots to brew a turnaround and win customers
Chief executive Brian Niccol explains why he thinks AI will help the coffee giant regain its buzz.
www.bbc.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I don't want any of this. I just want to be able to turn up and order a coffee from a person who is in a union and getting paid enough to live when I am out and about and want a coffee.
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As I tell my students on a near daily basis, the most important terms in politics are inevitably contested, and finding the most useful definition depends on purpose and context.
Article quoting @stewartprest.ca & myself discussing whether or not what is happening in Alberta constitutes "treason". I am coming from a very legal/natsec understanding of the term & Stewart is talking about the need for clear language in this fragile political moment - which is absolutely fair.
Experts say treason definition depends if you’re holding Criminal Code or dictionary
B.C. Premier David Eby made headlines Thursday by saying Alberta separatists reportedly meeting with U.S. officials are committing treason — but experts say the word means different things in differen...
www.ctvnews.ca
January 30, 2026 at 2:42 PM
As I tell my students on a near daily basis, the most important terms in politics are inevitably contested, and finding the most useful definition depends on purpose and context.
Endless supply of care and feeding for traitors.
"Danielle Smith declined to denounce her province’s separatist movement just hours after B.C. Premier David Eby accused of treason those Albertans who claim to have travelled to Washington to seek political and financial backing for an independent Alberta."
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Smith declines to 'demonize' separatists despite Eby's 'treason' remarks
Premier Danielle Smith declined to denounce her province's separatist movement just hours after B.C. Premier David Eby accused of treason.
edmontonjournal.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Endless supply of care and feeding for traitors.
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There are better names you could draw just from the Epstein files.
We’re excited to announce that David Brooks is joining The Atlantic as a staff writer. The Atlantic will be the home for all of his writing, and he will also host a new weekly video podcast that will launch later this spring. www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...
The Atlantic hires David Brooks as a staff writer
New home for his writing, and to launch a video podcast
www.theatlantic.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:05 PM
There are better names you could draw just from the Epstein files.
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Just say the government is lying. The goal of journalism should be to inform, not gaslight.
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
Federal and local leaders are sharply divided over what happened and who is to blame.
dlvr.it
January 26, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Just say the government is lying. The goal of journalism should be to inform, not gaslight.
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"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
This seems even more scary on a day that was maximum scary.
We knew the second Trump presidency would likely mean the end of the Republic but it was so difficult to imagine the future. Now we are in it.
What will real resistance look like?
That, too, I am having a hard time imagining.
We knew the second Trump presidency would likely mean the end of the Republic but it was so difficult to imagine the future. Now we are in it.
What will real resistance look like?
That, too, I am having a hard time imagining.
January 25, 2026 at 4:22 AM
This seems even more scary on a day that was maximum scary.
We knew the second Trump presidency would likely mean the end of the Republic but it was so difficult to imagine the future. Now we are in it.
What will real resistance look like?
That, too, I am having a hard time imagining.
We knew the second Trump presidency would likely mean the end of the Republic but it was so difficult to imagine the future. Now we are in it.
What will real resistance look like?
That, too, I am having a hard time imagining.
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If the Democrats were serious about meeting the moment every Senator and House leader would be in Minnesota this afternoon.
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
Breaking News: Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, state and local officials said. Follow live updates.
January 24, 2026 at 8:04 PM
If the Democrats were serious about meeting the moment every Senator and House leader would be in Minnesota this afternoon.
It is time for Canadian citizens of good conscience to start talking about divestment from a murderous regime.
The reasons are obvious.
Solidarity with Minneapolis.
Respect for ourselves.
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The reasons are obvious.
Solidarity with Minneapolis.
Respect for ourselves.
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Over the past 12 months, Canadian governments, investors, pension funds, corporations, etc. have increased US bond holdings by 27%, or 100B USD.
Why are we increasing our financing of US government debt at a time when the US government is so antagonistic towards Canada?
Why are we increasing our financing of US government debt at a time when the US government is so antagonistic towards Canada?
January 24, 2026 at 10:59 PM
It is time for Canadian citizens of good conscience to start talking about divestment from a murderous regime.
The reasons are obvious.
Solidarity with Minneapolis.
Respect for ourselves.
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The reasons are obvious.
Solidarity with Minneapolis.
Respect for ourselves.
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“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
The doddering old fool is just threatening us with a good time.
A 100% tariff on our oil, potash and so many other goods and commodities tanks the American economy pretty well overnight.
A 100% tariff on our oil, potash and so many other goods and commodities tanks the American economy pretty well overnight.
Trump: “If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken … If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products”
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The doddering old fool is just threatening us with a good time.
A 100% tariff on our oil, potash and so many other goods and commodities tanks the American economy pretty well overnight.
A 100% tariff on our oil, potash and so many other goods and commodities tanks the American economy pretty well overnight.
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Number of COVID-19 Shots Delivered in Alberta Drops By Half, Following $100 Fee and Other Restrictions
“What we've heard over the last few months is extreme frustration from Albertans who were trying to use the booking system to get the vaccine.”
pressprogress.ca/number-of-co...
“What we've heard over the last few months is extreme frustration from Albertans who were trying to use the booking system to get the vaccine.”
pressprogress.ca/number-of-co...
Number of COVID-19 Shots Delivered in Alberta Drops By Half, Following $100 Fee and Other Restrictions
“What we've heard over the last few months is extreme frustration from Albertans who were trying to use the booking system to get the vaccine.”
pressprogress.ca
January 24, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Number of COVID-19 Shots Delivered in Alberta Drops By Half, Following $100 Fee and Other Restrictions
“What we've heard over the last few months is extreme frustration from Albertans who were trying to use the booking system to get the vaccine.”
pressprogress.ca/number-of-co...
“What we've heard over the last few months is extreme frustration from Albertans who were trying to use the booking system to get the vaccine.”
pressprogress.ca/number-of-co...
In my view it is not responsible for the left - in pursuit of attention at all cost - to do as algo-drunk conservatives do and promise things that are impossible/unconstitutional.
Electricity is provincial jurisdiction. So is land use, with a few exceptions.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Electricity is provincial jurisdiction. So is land use, with a few exceptions.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis calls for a pause on data centre construction | CBC News
NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis is calling for a moratorium on data centres along with other measures in a bid to rein in emerging generative artificial intelligence (AI) companies that he says are...
www.cbc.ca
January 24, 2026 at 1:44 AM
In my view it is not responsible for the left - in pursuit of attention at all cost - to do as algo-drunk conservatives do and promise things that are impossible/unconstitutional.
Electricity is provincial jurisdiction. So is land use, with a few exceptions.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Electricity is provincial jurisdiction. So is land use, with a few exceptions.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Make no mistake, America is coming for Alberta. This requires a response at the federal, provincial, and community level. Federally, the government must summon the ambassador for an explanation and, absent a complete retraction and apology, expel him.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Bessent pans Carney, cheers on Albertan separatism amid growing US-Canada rift
“People are talking,” Bessent said. “People want sovereignty. They want what the U.S. has got.”
www.politico.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Make no mistake, America is coming for Alberta. This requires a response at the federal, provincial, and community level. Federally, the government must summon the ambassador for an explanation and, absent a complete retraction and apology, expel him.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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I hope it's not lost on anyone that the exact same motherfuckers on the Canadian right who spent decades wielding the idea of Canadian Patriotism like a cudgel, talking about "real Canadians", accusing every opponent of "hating Canada", are now pivoting to a platform of literal treason
January 23, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I hope it's not lost on anyone that the exact same motherfuckers on the Canadian right who spent decades wielding the idea of Canadian Patriotism like a cudgel, talking about "real Canadians", accusing every opponent of "hating Canada", are now pivoting to a platform of literal treason
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Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
January 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
It is who you are.
ICE finally let her go after several days.We can’t let America become a country that lets agents arbitrarily take people into custody for days with no recourse, no contact with family. That’s not who we are. Those aren’t our values.
January 21, 2026 at 11:57 PM
It is who you are.
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Yesterday, @mark-carney.bsky.social may have given the most important speech of our era.
Whether it proves to be so, however, depends on what happens next. If Canada is serious about charting a third way, it must act—notably in deploying to Greenland, and saying no to the "Board of Peace."
Whether it proves to be so, however, depends on what happens next. If Canada is serious about charting a third way, it must act—notably in deploying to Greenland, and saying no to the "Board of Peace."
January 21, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Yesterday, @mark-carney.bsky.social may have given the most important speech of our era.
Whether it proves to be so, however, depends on what happens next. If Canada is serious about charting a third way, it must act—notably in deploying to Greenland, and saying no to the "Board of Peace."
Whether it proves to be so, however, depends on what happens next. If Canada is serious about charting a third way, it must act—notably in deploying to Greenland, and saying no to the "Board of Peace."
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NEW EP 1903: The New World Order Starts Without Washington
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips dive into Carney’s China deal and a world where Washington can’t be trusted. What does it mean for auto workers, NATO, and sovereignty? Zain Velji hosts.
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Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips dive into Carney’s China deal and a world where Washington can’t be trusted. What does it mean for auto workers, NATO, and sovereignty? Zain Velji hosts.
🎧https://apple.co/4ol8kJD
#CdnPoli #ableg
The Strategists
Politics Podcast · Updated Weekly · Professional unprofessional strategists Stephen Carter, Corey Hogan and Zain Velji dissect the news of the day, pass judgment on strategy choices and lift back the curtain on how decisions are made. D…
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January 19, 2026 at 9:19 PM
NEW EP 1903: The New World Order Starts Without Washington
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips dive into Carney’s China deal and a world where Washington can’t be trusted. What does it mean for auto workers, NATO, and sovereignty? Zain Velji hosts.
🎧https://apple.co/4ol8kJD
#CdnPoli #ableg
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips dive into Carney’s China deal and a world where Washington can’t be trusted. What does it mean for auto workers, NATO, and sovereignty? Zain Velji hosts.
🎧https://apple.co/4ol8kJD
#CdnPoli #ableg