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If you read nothing else I write, read this.
Canadians outside Alberta, pay particular attention. If Smith succeeds, she will infect other provinces with "ungoverning."
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
Canadians outside Alberta, pay particular attention. If Smith succeeds, she will infect other provinces with "ungoverning."
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
Danielle Smith is "Ungoverning" Alberta
And trying to break the very idea of Canada
markhamhislop.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
If you read nothing else I write, read this.
Canadians outside Alberta, pay particular attention. If Smith succeeds, she will infect other provinces with "ungoverning."
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
Canadians outside Alberta, pay particular attention. If Smith succeeds, she will infect other provinces with "ungoverning."
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
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Send this piece of shit home.
US Ambassador to Canada: But let me tell you, I go around the country and people will say, “Pete, you just don’t understand why we’re so mad about the 51st state.” And it’s kind of like, “Yeah, you’re right. I don’t.
December 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Send this piece of shit home.
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What do you call a group that demands total freedom, but panics the moment anyone demands theirs?
It’s a purity cult. If they override you, it’s stability. If you assert yourself, it’s chaos. They want to control who has a voice.
#ForeverCanadian upset that order, so they want to change the law.
It’s a purity cult. If they override you, it’s stability. If you assert yourself, it’s chaos. They want to control who has a voice.
#ForeverCanadian upset that order, so they want to change the law.
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What do you call a group that demands total freedom, but panics the moment anyone demands theirs?
It’s a purity cult. If they override you, it’s stability. If you assert yourself, it’s chaos. They want to control who has a voice.
#ForeverCanadian upset that order, so they want to change the law.
It’s a purity cult. If they override you, it’s stability. If you assert yourself, it’s chaos. They want to control who has a voice.
#ForeverCanadian upset that order, so they want to change the law.
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Shareholders of an epically overvalued company that’s epically taxpayer-subsidized overpay an epically overrated & unengaged CEO who epically underpays taxes while the U.S. faces an epic economic disparity, affordability & hunger crisis fuelled by that CEO’s epically evil actions.
“USA, USA, USA…”
“USA, USA, USA…”
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Shareholders of an epically overvalued company that’s epically taxpayer-subsidized overpay an epically overrated & unengaged CEO who epically underpays taxes while the U.S. faces an epic economic disparity, affordability & hunger crisis fuelled by that CEO’s epically evil actions.
“USA, USA, USA…”
“USA, USA, USA…”
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“0% Travel to USA” is a Smart Response to Trump's 10% Tariff
A further 10%? Really? Fine.
Fellow Canucks, let's make Vegas fail. Florida dry up and fall into the sea.
No travel to Trumpland. Zero. Nada. Zippo
Let's see who hurts whom the most
#elbowsup
youtu.be/vjrV4Rm-YEA
A further 10%? Really? Fine.
Fellow Canucks, let's make Vegas fail. Florida dry up and fall into the sea.
No travel to Trumpland. Zero. Nada. Zippo
Let's see who hurts whom the most
#elbowsup
youtu.be/vjrV4Rm-YEA
“0% Travel to USA” is a Smart Response to Trump's 10% Tariff
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“0% Travel to USA” is a Smart Response to Trump's 10% Tariff
A further 10%? Really? Fine.
Fellow Canucks, let's make Vegas fail. Florida dry up and fall into the sea.
No travel to Trumpland. Zero. Nada. Zippo
Let's see who hurts whom the most
#elbowsup
youtu.be/vjrV4Rm-YEA
A further 10%? Really? Fine.
Fellow Canucks, let's make Vegas fail. Florida dry up and fall into the sea.
No travel to Trumpland. Zero. Nada. Zippo
Let's see who hurts whom the most
#elbowsup
youtu.be/vjrV4Rm-YEA
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October 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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In which I debunk some very common (and popular) myths about renewable energy and the energy transition.
Warning: It's long, pedantic, and full of charts.
open.substack.com/pub/maxfawce...
Warning: It's long, pedantic, and full of charts.
open.substack.com/pub/maxfawce...
When "blindingly obvious" facts about the energy transition are anything but
Debunking Don Wright's well-meaning interventions on the subject
open.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In which I debunk some very common (and popular) myths about renewable energy and the energy transition.
Warning: It's long, pedantic, and full of charts.
open.substack.com/pub/maxfawce...
Warning: It's long, pedantic, and full of charts.
open.substack.com/pub/maxfawce...
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We are soooo fucked. Canadian media is no better equipped to deal with fascism and hate than their American counterparts.
I understand CNN and ABC providing live coverage of the Kirk memorial but I don’t understand why the CBC is providing it in Canada
September 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We are soooo fucked. Canadian media is no better equipped to deal with fascism and hate than their American counterparts.
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Wait for it….
Wait for it….
It's seven years since we posted on Twitter about how kids kept coming into the library asking if we had any books about FORTNITE. We didn't back then, and we'd never heard of it so we tried asking what it was.
September 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Wait for it….
Wait for it….
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A new work written especially for Danielle Smith and the UCP.
A true reflection of how Alberta is turning into an autocracy more and more each day.
A true reflection of how Alberta is turning into an autocracy more and more each day.
August 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A new work written especially for Danielle Smith and the UCP.
A true reflection of how Alberta is turning into an autocracy more and more each day.
A true reflection of how Alberta is turning into an autocracy more and more each day.
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“It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that if you take part of that constituency and weld it onto Spruce Grove, the result is likely to change in the UCP’s favour.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Keith Gerein: Forget Texas, Alberta has its own gerrymandering effort underway against urban centres
Two UCP cabinet ministers want to create hybrid, rural-urban provincial ridings in Alberta in that may favour the party's political interests.
edmontonjournal.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that if you take part of that constituency and weld it onto Spruce Grove, the result is likely to change in the UCP’s favour.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Albertans have good reason to be angry: their real wages are down 10%, their minimum wage is frozen, their inflation is worst in Canada, their health care's at risk. None of that was caused by the rest of Canada. My take in today's @TorontoStar: www.thestar.com/business/opi.... #cdnecon
Jim Stanford: Let’s drop the phoney Alberta versus Canada nonsense. The province has met the enemy — and it is them
During the so-called decade of federal 'attacks on oil,' Alberta oil giants set records for production and profits, writes Jim Stanford. So why is the average Albertan not getting their
www.thestar.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Albertans have good reason to be angry: their real wages are down 10%, their minimum wage is frozen, their inflation is worst in Canada, their health care's at risk. None of that was caused by the rest of Canada. My take in today's @TorontoStar: www.thestar.com/business/opi.... #cdnecon
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I’ve just finished reading Justices Yungwirth’s & Fagnan’s decisions related to the matters laid out in this article.
Let’s get into it, shall we, #ableg?
(This is gonna be a long 🧵, Settle in. I’ll link the decisions at the end).
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Let’s get into it, shall we, #ableg?
(This is gonna be a long 🧵, Settle in. I’ll link the decisions at the end).
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“The Auditor General of Alberta has been approved as an intervenor in the lawsuit against Alberta Health Services (AHS) brought by former CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta Auditor General will participate in lawsuit against AHS
The Auditor General of Alberta has been approved as an intervenor in the lawsuit against Alberta Health Services (AHS) brought by former CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos.
www.ctvnews.ca
May 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I’ve just finished reading Justices Yungwirth’s & Fagnan’s decisions related to the matters laid out in this article.
Let’s get into it, shall we, #ableg?
(This is gonna be a long 🧵, Settle in. I’ll link the decisions at the end).
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Let’s get into it, shall we, #ableg?
(This is gonna be a long 🧵, Settle in. I’ll link the decisions at the end).
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Really heartened today to see so many prominent Alberta Conservatives and business leaders speaking out to denounce separatist politics. We need people all across the political spectrum, and all across the province, to stand up and push back against this divisive campaign. #abpoli #ableg
May 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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1. Danielle Smith etc ask Trump to tone it down on the Canada attacks until after the Canadian election, because it’s hurting the chance for Trump to end up with a like-minded ally in Poilievre.
2. Trump gets quiet on Canada for a while.
3. Poilievre closes the polling gap.
See what’s happening?
2. Trump gets quiet on Canada for a while.
3. Poilievre closes the polling gap.
See what’s happening?
So am I understanding this right? Alberta Premier Danielle Smith asked the Trump/MAGA regime (who are currently attacking Canada) to time their attacks in order to influence the Canadian Federal Election and benefit Pierre Poilievre and the Conservative Party?
In an economic and sovereignty crisis?
In an economic and sovereignty crisis?
‘Let’s just put things on pause': Alberta premier under fire for Breitbart interview
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is under fire for an interview she did Mar. 8 with Breitbart in the U.S. over controversial remarks that appear to suggest she asked the Trump administration to lay off ...
www.ctvnews.ca
April 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
1. Danielle Smith etc ask Trump to tone it down on the Canada attacks until after the Canadian election, because it’s hurting the chance for Trump to end up with a like-minded ally in Poilievre.
2. Trump gets quiet on Canada for a while.
3. Poilievre closes the polling gap.
See what’s happening?
2. Trump gets quiet on Canada for a while.
3. Poilievre closes the polling gap.
See what’s happening?
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There's been lots of talk lately about the "lost decade" in Canada under the Liberal government. It revolves around this chart:
Let's dig into it with a quick thread. 🧵
Let's dig into it with a quick thread. 🧵
April 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
There's been lots of talk lately about the "lost decade" in Canada under the Liberal government. It revolves around this chart:
Let's dig into it with a quick thread. 🧵
Let's dig into it with a quick thread. 🧵
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For more on my thinking, and what we need to do to push back, see my full essay here. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Western Alienation 2.0
This is not your grandparents' populism
open.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
For more on my thinking, and what we need to do to push back, see my full essay here. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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And so tariffs on now back on.
Because you can never trust a deal you made with Trump. And because if you agree to blackmail, you'll be be blackmailed forever.
But you know, at this point I say do it.
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Because you can never trust a deal you made with Trump. And because if you agree to blackmail, you'll be be blackmailed forever.
But you know, at this point I say do it.
1/
February 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
And so tariffs on now back on.
Because you can never trust a deal you made with Trump. And because if you agree to blackmail, you'll be be blackmailed forever.
But you know, at this point I say do it.
1/
Because you can never trust a deal you made with Trump. And because if you agree to blackmail, you'll be be blackmailed forever.
But you know, at this point I say do it.
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Let me decode Postmedia's mission statement:
”Free enterprise“ = pro-business
”Celebrate our history“ = rant about people who talk about colonialism
”High standards in ... health care“ = privatize healthcare
”Building great towns (and) cities“ = our company owns most of Canada's local newspapers
”Free enterprise“ = pro-business
”Celebrate our history“ = rant about people who talk about colonialism
”High standards in ... health care“ = privatize healthcare
”Building great towns (and) cities“ = our company owns most of Canada's local newspapers
February 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Let me decode Postmedia's mission statement:
”Free enterprise“ = pro-business
”Celebrate our history“ = rant about people who talk about colonialism
”High standards in ... health care“ = privatize healthcare
”Building great towns (and) cities“ = our company owns most of Canada's local newspapers
”Free enterprise“ = pro-business
”Celebrate our history“ = rant about people who talk about colonialism
”High standards in ... health care“ = privatize healthcare
”Building great towns (and) cities“ = our company owns most of Canada's local newspapers
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What the actual? This isn’t a Fox headline. It’s from PBS - apparently morphing from a respected public broadcaster to an organ of the Trump White House. If this is the kind of media that public television audiences are now consuming, and believing, we are in even more trouble than we thought.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state as he proposes to erase the 5,525-mile-long border that separates the two countries.
Here’s what it would take to transform Canada from a nation to a state.
Here’s what it would take to transform Canada from a nation to a state.
Trump’s remarks on Canada becoming the 51st state raise a lot of questions
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state, effectively erasing the massive border the two nations share.
buff.ly
February 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
What the actual? This isn’t a Fox headline. It’s from PBS - apparently morphing from a respected public broadcaster to an organ of the Trump White House. If this is the kind of media that public television audiences are now consuming, and believing, we are in even more trouble than we thought.
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1) Adopt a war-effort approach to reorienting our economy away from the US. Treat this as the existential emergency it is, with the federal gov't invoking POGG powers if necessary. 2) Call on our NATO & other allies to condemn Trump's threats against us, and to affirm their Article 5 commitment. 1/n
February 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
1) Adopt a war-effort approach to reorienting our economy away from the US. Treat this as the existential emergency it is, with the federal gov't invoking POGG powers if necessary. 2) Call on our NATO & other allies to condemn Trump's threats against us, and to affirm their Article 5 commitment. 1/n
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Sickening. Surreal. Heartbreaking.
The worst person on planet for this job, got the job.
Dark Age 2.0.
RFK Jr. confirmed, elevating anti-vaccine activist to nation’s top health post wapo.st/3QgnosB
The worst person on planet for this job, got the job.
Dark Age 2.0.
RFK Jr. confirmed, elevating anti-vaccine activist to nation’s top health post wapo.st/3QgnosB
RFK Jr. confirmed, elevating anti-vaccine activist to nation’s top health post
The Senate held a final vote on whether to approve Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services secretary after a three-month confirmation fight.
wapo.st
February 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Sickening. Surreal. Heartbreaking.
The worst person on planet for this job, got the job.
Dark Age 2.0.
RFK Jr. confirmed, elevating anti-vaccine activist to nation’s top health post wapo.st/3QgnosB
The worst person on planet for this job, got the job.
Dark Age 2.0.
RFK Jr. confirmed, elevating anti-vaccine activist to nation’s top health post wapo.st/3QgnosB
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Academic freedom is threatened by populist governments and parties the world over.
Getting the public to understand and care is a big challenge.
Here's how I explain it.
Getting the public to understand and care is a big challenge.
Here's how I explain it.
February 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Academic freedom is threatened by populist governments and parties the world over.
Getting the public to understand and care is a big challenge.
Here's how I explain it.
Getting the public to understand and care is a big challenge.
Here's how I explain it.