Reposted by Cathy Ostapowicz
The UCP’s excuses for using the notwithstanding clause — “because we can,” “because we have to,” and “because we say so” — do not meet Lougheed's standards.
My latest.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
My latest.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Defying the Lougheed Doctrine
The UCP's repeated use of the notwithstanding is fundamentally unconservative (and un-Albertan).
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The UCP’s excuses for using the notwithstanding clause — “because we can,” “because we have to,” and “because we say so” — do not meet Lougheed's standards.
My latest.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
My latest.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Reposted by Cathy Ostapowicz
Up to now, the Notwithstanding Clause has been used to:
- Oppress LGBTQ2S+ people
- Oppress members of the Muslim, Sikh, & Jewish faiths
- Oppress language minorities
- Override the right to collective bargaining in the single-employer public sector
Think of a Trump-like figure with this power.
- Oppress LGBTQ2S+ people
- Oppress members of the Muslim, Sikh, & Jewish faiths
- Oppress language minorities
- Override the right to collective bargaining in the single-employer public sector
Think of a Trump-like figure with this power.
Alberta's government invoked the Notwithstanding Clause this week to force teachers back to work and reportedly plans to use it again against trans kids in the coming days.
When governments can override rights with one vote, no one is safe. Sign the petition to defend the Charter.
savethecharter.ca
When governments can override rights with one vote, no one is safe. Sign the petition to defend the Charter.
savethecharter.ca
October 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Up to now, the Notwithstanding Clause has been used to:
- Oppress LGBTQ2S+ people
- Oppress members of the Muslim, Sikh, & Jewish faiths
- Oppress language minorities
- Override the right to collective bargaining in the single-employer public sector
Think of a Trump-like figure with this power.
- Oppress LGBTQ2S+ people
- Oppress members of the Muslim, Sikh, & Jewish faiths
- Oppress language minorities
- Override the right to collective bargaining in the single-employer public sector
Think of a Trump-like figure with this power.
Reposted by Cathy Ostapowicz
Alberta’s teachers are on strike. Each passing day is another day the government refuses to fund classrooms properly.
October 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Alberta’s teachers are on strike. Each passing day is another day the government refuses to fund classrooms properly.
Reposted by Cathy Ostapowicz
Billonaires paying the salaries of the troops.
Nothing could possibly go wrong with this idea at. all.
Nothing could possibly go wrong with this idea at. all.
October 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Billonaires paying the salaries of the troops.
Nothing could possibly go wrong with this idea at. all.
Nothing could possibly go wrong with this idea at. all.
Reposted by Cathy Ostapowicz
Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.
October 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.
Reposted by Cathy Ostapowicz
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
October 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
Reposted by Cathy Ostapowicz
The UN Independent International Commission has found Israel has committed genocide.
“It is clear there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
“It is clear there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
September 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The UN Independent International Commission has found Israel has committed genocide.
“It is clear there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
“It is clear there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
Reposted by Cathy Ostapowicz
This is quickly mushrooming into a real international incident
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
September 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is quickly mushrooming into a real international incident
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
This is the story for September 10, 2025 and a child who should never be forgotten. www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...
1 week from her due date, Palestinian mother, father killed in Israeli strike. But baby is saved | CBC News
After their three children were killed in an Israeli strike on their home in Gaza City last year, Diana and Omar Al-Rubai were just days away from the expected arrival of their baby when they were kil...
www.cbc.ca
September 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is the story for September 10, 2025 and a child who should never be forgotten. www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...
Reposted by Cathy Ostapowicz
This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman remembered as funny, savvy and 'a true leader'
Friends and colleagues remembered her as grounded, kind and compassionate.
www.pbs.org
September 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
Reposted by Cathy Ostapowicz
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
September 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
August 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Reposted by Cathy Ostapowicz
Texas’ Republican-controlled House approves new maps to create more winnable GOP congressional seats
Texas’ Republican-controlled House approves new maps to create more winnable GOP congressional seats
The Texas House on Wednesday approved redrawn congressional maps that would give Republicans a bigger edge in 2026, muscling through a partisan gerrymander that launched weeks of protests by Democrats and a widening national battle over redistricting.
www.ctvnews.ca
August 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Texas’ Republican-controlled House approves new maps to create more winnable GOP congressional seats
Starmer’s British government is forcing King Charles to have another state dinner for this man. Disgusting.
Mass protests against an international criminal and Epstein associated rapist travelling to Scotland.
July 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Starmer’s British government is forcing King Charles to have another state dinner for this man. Disgusting.
What I want to know is who is golfing at the Trump golf course in Scotland?
Endless grift with a side of cruelty @jojofromjerz.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
What I want to know is who is golfing at the Trump golf course in Scotland?
Reposted by Cathy Ostapowicz
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based on how many people are housed and clothed and fed? https://youtu.be/tFjoDq0HfFw?si=vtbE2QNmXskvutjF
The Biggest Economic Lies We’re Told | Robert Reich
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just a thought: what if we stopped measuring the economy by the state of the stock market and started measuring it based on how many people are housed and clothed and fed? https://youtu.be/tFjoDq0HfFw?si=vtbE2QNmXskvutjF
Listen to the interview with Hunter Biden in full. I’m one hour in and he is honest, intelligent and bravely discussing the reality of addiction. Don’t be fooled by the short clips with the f-bombs. Those by the way are accurate as well
youtu.be/XBbkt2vYC4M?...
youtu.be/XBbkt2vYC4M?...
Hunter Biden Interview
YouTube video by Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan
youtu.be
July 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Listen to the interview with Hunter Biden in full. I’m one hour in and he is honest, intelligent and bravely discussing the reality of addiction. Don’t be fooled by the short clips with the f-bombs. Those by the way are accurate as well
youtu.be/XBbkt2vYC4M?...
youtu.be/XBbkt2vYC4M?...
This is why the World Cup should not be held in the US at this time. @fifaclubworldcup.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is why the World Cup should not be held in the US at this time. @fifaclubworldcup.bsky.social
WATCH: “Can you imagine if my dad did any of those things? Where the f*ck is @jaketapper.bsky.social ?”
Hunter Biden points to a few of the constant drumbeat of Trump gaffes that would’ve been treated as massive scandals had President Biden done them.
Hunter Biden points to a few of the constant drumbeat of Trump gaffes that would’ve been treated as massive scandals had President Biden done them.
July 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Breaking News: The Israeli military raided a UN aid facility, part of an expanded offensive in an area of central Gaza that had remained relatively unscathed during the war with Hamas.
Israel Expands Attacks in Central Gaza City and Raids W.H.O. Offices
Strikes in the central part of the territory targeted a city, Deir al-Balah, that had largely been spared and that had become an informal refuge for Palestinians fleeing other areas.
trib.al
July 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Reposted by Cathy Ostapowicz
Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump.
Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump.
The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’
on.wsj.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump.
Reposted by Cathy Ostapowicz
Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
July 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
Reposted by Cathy Ostapowicz
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
July 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?