J Briggs 🇨🇦🍁
@j-briggs.bsky.social
Happily retired, avid reader, amateur painter, poor golfer. Proud wife, mom and grandma. Canadian first 🇨🇦. Small “l” liberal.
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Get ready - UCP is about to pass a law saying who's allowed to run in elections next time. Only the "serious" need apply. Is this partisan? No answer to that. Column.
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Braid: UCP will decide who can run for office next time; only the "serious" allowed
UCP plans new rules to limit who can run in provincial and civic elections. There's a bill coming soon.
calgaryherald.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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I've been hesitant to write something like this because I didn't want to give oxygen to Alberta separatists. The conversation alone is dangerous.
But with the threshold to a separation referendum lowered so dramatically, we can't let myths out there go unchecked. www.coreyhogan.ca/p/three-albe...
But with the threshold to a separation referendum lowered so dramatically, we can't let myths out there go unchecked. www.coreyhogan.ca/p/three-albe...
Three Alberta separatism myths
No, we wouldn’t be able to force the rest of Canada to build pipelines.
www.coreyhogan.ca
May 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I've been hesitant to write something like this because I didn't want to give oxygen to Alberta separatists. The conversation alone is dangerous.
But with the threshold to a separation referendum lowered so dramatically, we can't let myths out there go unchecked. www.coreyhogan.ca/p/three-albe...
But with the threshold to a separation referendum lowered so dramatically, we can't let myths out there go unchecked. www.coreyhogan.ca/p/three-albe...
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The UCP is facing 8 investigations into corruption, plus no fewer than 3 major public sector union strikes (all of their own making).
The affordability crisis looms, as does a trade war with the US.
Wildfires & measles are raging.
And the premier chose now to clear a path for a separation vote.
The affordability crisis looms, as does a trade war with the US.
Wildfires & measles are raging.
And the premier chose now to clear a path for a separation vote.
May 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The UCP is facing 8 investigations into corruption, plus no fewer than 3 major public sector union strikes (all of their own making).
The affordability crisis looms, as does a trade war with the US.
Wildfires & measles are raging.
And the premier chose now to clear a path for a separation vote.
The affordability crisis looms, as does a trade war with the US.
Wildfires & measles are raging.
And the premier chose now to clear a path for a separation vote.
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Scoop from Carrie Tait: Alberta’s Justice Minister is a long-time friend and related through marriage to a man whose company’s business dealings with the province’s health authority are now part of multiple investigations. #ableg #abpoli #cdpoli #Alberta
Scoop from Carrie Tait: Alberta’s Justice Minister is a long-time friend and related through marriage to a man whose company’s business dealings with the province’s health authority are now part of multiple investigations. #ableg #abpoli #cdpoli #Alberta
Alberta Justice Minister has personal relationship with man whose businesses are tied to AHS investigation
Mickey Amery told The Globe and Mail that he is a long-time friend of Sam Mraiche and ‘loosely related’ to him through marriage
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Scoop from Carrie Tait: Alberta’s Justice Minister is a long-time friend and related through marriage to a man whose company’s business dealings with the province’s health authority are now part of multiple investigations. #ableg #abpoli #cdpoli #Alberta
Scoop from Carrie Tait: Alberta’s Justice Minister is a long-time friend and related through marriage to a man whose company’s business dealings with the province’s health authority are now part of multiple investigations. #ableg #abpoli #cdpoli #Alberta
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Totally legit for transparent, above board governance. No chance of corruption, grift, or cover-ups here! /s
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
NEW: At Alberta Health Services, the one-man board (Andre Tremblay) changes bylaws so that only the health deputy minister (Tremblay) can be interim CEO (currently Tremblay).
Then Min LaGrange ordered rule changed again when Smith moved him (Tremblay) out as health DM... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Then Min LaGrange ordered rule changed again when Smith moved him (Tremblay) out as health DM... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
LaGrange orders rule change to lock in Andre Tremblay as AHS interim CEO | CBC News
Andre Tremblay, the one-man board of directors at AHS, amended policies to effectively ensure that he'd be the only leader of AHS until agency restructuring is complete.
www.cbc.ca
February 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Am I getting this right? His Outie changed the bylaws so only his Innie could be CEO?
NEW: At Alberta Health Services, the one-man board (Andre Tremblay) changes bylaws so that only the health deputy minister (Tremblay) can be interim CEO (currently Tremblay).
Then Min LaGrange ordered rule changed again when Smith moved him (Tremblay) out as health DM... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Then Min LaGrange ordered rule changed again when Smith moved him (Tremblay) out as health DM... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
LaGrange orders rule change to lock in Andre Tremblay as AHS interim CEO | CBC News
Andre Tremblay, the one-man board of directors at AHS, amended policies to effectively ensure that he'd be the only leader of AHS until agency restructuring is complete.
www.cbc.ca
February 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Am I getting this right? His Outie changed the bylaws so only his Innie could be CEO?
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If these numbers aren't enough to make EVERY ALBERTAN pause, look them over, and immediately say we need a PUBLIC INQUIRY to understand what's going on here, I don't know what will.
Some points to consider a 🧵 :
1/7
Some points to consider a 🧵 :
1/7
February 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If these numbers aren't enough to make EVERY ALBERTAN pause, look them over, and immediately say we need a PUBLIC INQUIRY to understand what's going on here, I don't know what will.
Some points to consider a 🧵 :
1/7
Some points to consider a 🧵 :
1/7
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The multimillionaire under scrutiny for lucrative Alberta Health Services dealings made $300,000 on land he owned just three months.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02... #Alberta #abpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02... #Alberta #abpoli
Mraiche Profited from Quick Sale of Property to UCP Government | The Tyee
The multimillionaire under scrutiny for lucrative Alberta Health Services dealings made $300,000 on land he owned just three months.
thetyee.ca
February 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The multimillionaire under scrutiny for lucrative Alberta Health Services dealings made $300,000 on land he owned just three months.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02... #Alberta #abpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02... #Alberta #abpoli
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AHS made $28-million prepayment for imported drugs two weeks after telling hospitals not to use them edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
AHS made $28-million prepayment for imported drugs two weeks after telling hospitals not to use them
AHS issued a prepayment in July of 2023 that was in part for Parol imported from Turkey that it told hospitals not to use over safety issues
edmontonjournal.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
AHS made $28-million prepayment for imported drugs two weeks after telling hospitals not to use them edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
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Sign this petition and call for the Premier to fire the Health Minister and launch a public inquiry.
#ableg #abpoli
#ableg #abpoli
SIGN OUR PETITION ✍️ ⬇️
Danielle Smith needs to fire Adriana LaGrange NOW.
www.albertasfuture.ca/take-action/...
Danielle Smith needs to fire Adriana LaGrange NOW.
www.albertasfuture.ca/take-action/...
February 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The news coverage of this story on CTV Calgary this morning was pathetic. @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social
January 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The news coverage of this story on CTV Calgary this morning was pathetic. @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social
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“‘are they prepared to sacrifice a multi-billion-dollar food industry for a coal mine?’”
With southern Alberta known as the province’s heart of agriculture, roughly $14 billion in products are exported every year”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/leth...
With southern Alberta known as the province’s heart of agriculture, roughly $14 billion in products are exported every year”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/leth...
‘It’s a catastrophe’: Southern Alberta’s ag industry concerned over potential coal mining pollution
Pushback continues to mount over possible coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, with the latest being a letter penned to the provincial government over the impact coal mining could...
www.ctvnews.ca
January 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“‘are they prepared to sacrifice a multi-billion-dollar food industry for a coal mine?’”
With southern Alberta known as the province’s heart of agriculture, roughly $14 billion in products are exported every year”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/leth...
With southern Alberta known as the province’s heart of agriculture, roughly $14 billion in products are exported every year”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/leth...
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This column on why I think Smith should have signed the premiers' agreement now has more than 1,000 comments. High emotion as tariff day nears.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #trump #yyc #yeg #tariffs
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #trump #yyc #yeg #tariffs
Braid: Smith should have grabbed the pen and signed. She leaves Alberta vulnerable
Premier Danielle Smith should have grabbed pen and signed that premiers' agreement. Her refusal leaves Albert open to blame from Trudeau.
calgaryherald.com
January 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Sometimes in leadership you have to decide which side you are on. Smith has done this clearly.
In a choice between Canadians and Trump, she chooses Trump.
This hasn’t gotten Alberta ahead or helped anyone, it’s just who she is. #AbLeg
In a choice between Canadians and Trump, she chooses Trump.
This hasn’t gotten Alberta ahead or helped anyone, it’s just who she is. #AbLeg
January 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Sometimes in leadership you have to decide which side you are on. Smith has done this clearly.
In a choice between Canadians and Trump, she chooses Trump.
This hasn’t gotten Alberta ahead or helped anyone, it’s just who she is. #AbLeg
In a choice between Canadians and Trump, she chooses Trump.
This hasn’t gotten Alberta ahead or helped anyone, it’s just who she is. #AbLeg
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I joined the NDP, not the Liberals, back in the late 90s/early 2000s. So i was never much of a Chretien Liberal in those days. But here we have a clear message standing up for our country. Worth your time.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Jean Chrétien: Canadians will never give up the best country in the world to join the U.S.
The former prime minister says it’s time to enact a Plan B to handle Donald Trump’s outrageous threats
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I joined the NDP, not the Liberals, back in the late 90s/early 2000s. So i was never much of a Chretien Liberal in those days. But here we have a clear message standing up for our country. Worth your time.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Don’t know if I’ve ever seen a Canadian government steadily relax and ease accountability/transparency laws like Danielle Smith and UCP have. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | New leaders often toughen ethics, transparency rules. Danielle Smith and UCP take different approach | CBC News
The UCP has created a more generous gift policy and limited freedom of information access. On the horizon: relaxed rules for political aides.
www.cbc.ca
December 20, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Don’t know if I’ve ever seen a Canadian government steadily relax and ease accountability/transparency laws like Danielle Smith and UCP have. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The Rocky Mountains are by far Canada's most awesome natural wonder, according to Alberta singer-songwriter Corb Lund. Yet when trying to convince the government not to allow open pit coal mining in the eastern slopes, he's had "little to no success." #ableg #cdnpoli
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Musician Corb Lund on Alberta coal mines | The Narwhal
‘They’re going to ruin our ground water’ the singer-songwriter says of the corporations that want to mine his beloved Rocky Mountains
thenarwhal.ca
December 14, 2024 at 7:28 PM
The Rocky Mountains are by far Canada's most awesome natural wonder, according to Alberta singer-songwriter Corb Lund. Yet when trying to convince the government not to allow open pit coal mining in the eastern slopes, he's had "little to no success." #ableg #cdnpoli
thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...
thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...
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“UCP legislature committee members voted Wednesday to recommend the government exempt most political staffers from being bound by conflict of interest rules.”
Now they can accept as many skybox Edmonton Oilers playoff tickets as they want?
#ableg #abpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Now they can accept as many skybox Edmonton Oilers playoff tickets as they want?
#ableg #abpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
UCP committee to recommend exemption from conflict of interest rules for most political staffers | CBC News
Alberta's Opposition NDP says the province would become the most corrupt and secretive government in Canada if potential ethics rule changes become law.
www.cbc.ca
December 12, 2024 at 3:34 AM
“UCP legislature committee members voted Wednesday to recommend the government exempt most political staffers from being bound by conflict of interest rules.”
Now they can accept as many skybox Edmonton Oilers playoff tickets as they want?
#ableg #abpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Now they can accept as many skybox Edmonton Oilers playoff tickets as they want?
#ableg #abpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Lisa Young: I’ve been developing a theory about decision-making in the premier’s office.
There’s a big wheel over on one wall, like on “The Price Is Right.”
When a minister comes with a problem, they’re invited to spin the wheel. #abpoli
There’s a big wheel over on one wall, like on “The Price Is Right.”
When a minister comes with a problem, they’re invited to spin the wheel. #abpoli
Danielle Smith’s Game Show Approach to Fixing Things | The Tyee
She keeps vowing to solve problems. But every spin seems to land on ways to centralize her control.
thetyee.ca
November 25, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Lisa Young: I’ve been developing a theory about decision-making in the premier’s office.
There’s a big wheel over on one wall, like on “The Price Is Right.”
When a minister comes with a problem, they’re invited to spin the wheel. #abpoli
There’s a big wheel over on one wall, like on “The Price Is Right.”
When a minister comes with a problem, they’re invited to spin the wheel. #abpoli