Jared Wesley
@jaredwesley.ca
#UAlberta political scientist | Black Faculty Collective | Lead: Common Ground (@cgroundpolitics.bsky.social) | jaredwesley.ca | drjaredwesley.substack.com | co-author: partyloyalty.ca
Funny you should ask, @aaronwherry.bsky.social.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Funny you should ask, @aaronwherry.bsky.social.
Check out our brand new book on the topic: partyloyalty.ca
Check out our brand new book on the topic: partyloyalty.ca
By using s33 pre-emptively, the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights. (Governments have done that before.)
By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
By using s33 pre-emptively, the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights. (Governments have done that before.)
By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Like me, many Albertans are caught in the middle between those who defend and oppose the government at all costs.
Fortunately, Peter Lougheed provided us with guidelines for how to approach these issues.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Fortunately, Peter Lougheed provided us with guidelines for how to approach these issues.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Like me, many Albertans are caught in the middle between those who defend and oppose the government at all costs.
Fortunately, Peter Lougheed provided us with guidelines for how to approach these issues.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Fortunately, Peter Lougheed provided us with guidelines for how to approach these issues.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
We studied over 300 party defections in Canada since 1980 for our new book (partyloyalty.ca).
I reviewed a lot of resignation letters.
Between the lines, a few read a lot like this one.
I reviewed a lot of resignation letters.
Between the lines, a few read a lot like this one.
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
We studied over 300 party defections in Canada since 1980 for our new book (partyloyalty.ca).
I reviewed a lot of resignation letters.
Between the lines, a few read a lot like this one.
I reviewed a lot of resignation letters.
Between the lines, a few read a lot like this one.
Here's the proof i was here, by the way.
November 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Here's the proof i was here, by the way.
I'm in Burlington, Ontario, today.
Popped by a neighborhood Shopper's to get my COVID-19 shot.
Administered by an Ontarian. Paid for by the Alberta government.
In Edmonton, the shot would have cost me $100 and I'd have had to wait weeks.
Make this make sense.
Popped by a neighborhood Shopper's to get my COVID-19 shot.
Administered by an Ontarian. Paid for by the Alberta government.
In Edmonton, the shot would have cost me $100 and I'd have had to wait weeks.
Make this make sense.
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I'm in Burlington, Ontario, today.
Popped by a neighborhood Shopper's to get my COVID-19 shot.
Administered by an Ontarian. Paid for by the Alberta government.
In Edmonton, the shot would have cost me $100 and I'd have had to wait weeks.
Make this make sense.
Popped by a neighborhood Shopper's to get my COVID-19 shot.
Administered by an Ontarian. Paid for by the Alberta government.
In Edmonton, the shot would have cost me $100 and I'd have had to wait weeks.
Make this make sense.
A reminder that this outcome was designed and predictable.
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 AM
A reminder that this outcome was designed and predictable.
The battle over Bill 2 has only solidified my view.
On the populist side, the premier and her hangers-on.
On the pluralist side, a cross-spectrum group of libertarians, tories, comservatives, moderates, centrists, and progressives. Among them, both Nenshi and Guthrie (strange bedfellows).+
On the populist side, the premier and her hangers-on.
On the pluralist side, a cross-spectrum group of libertarians, tories, comservatives, moderates, centrists, and progressives. Among them, both Nenshi and Guthrie (strange bedfellows).+
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The battle over Bill 2 has only solidified my view.
On the populist side, the premier and her hangers-on.
On the pluralist side, a cross-spectrum group of libertarians, tories, comservatives, moderates, centrists, and progressives. Among them, both Nenshi and Guthrie (strange bedfellows).+
On the populist side, the premier and her hangers-on.
On the pluralist side, a cross-spectrum group of libertarians, tories, comservatives, moderates, centrists, and progressives. Among them, both Nenshi and Guthrie (strange bedfellows).+
To all the tories and progressive conservatives denouncing Bill 2, I see you. This is an important moment for conservatism in Alberta.
November 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
To all the tories and progressive conservatives denouncing Bill 2, I see you. This is an important moment for conservatism in Alberta.
Notice how the UCP equates constitutionality with necessity & merit?
Re: the notwithstanding clause...
"Just because something is possible doesn’t mean we have to do it, and just because we do it doesn’t make it a good idea."
🔗https://drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/can-they-must-they-should-they
Re: the notwithstanding clause...
"Just because something is possible doesn’t mean we have to do it, and just because we do it doesn’t make it a good idea."
🔗https://drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/can-they-must-they-should-they
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Notice how the UCP equates constitutionality with necessity & merit?
Re: the notwithstanding clause...
"Just because something is possible doesn’t mean we have to do it, and just because we do it doesn’t make it a good idea."
🔗https://drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/can-they-must-they-should-they
Re: the notwithstanding clause...
"Just because something is possible doesn’t mean we have to do it, and just because we do it doesn’t make it a good idea."
🔗https://drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/can-they-must-they-should-they
Here is a full-length debate about the issue, from our last edition of Inside Canadian Politics.
November 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Here is a full-length debate about the issue, from our last edition of Inside Canadian Politics.
I'm getting tired of waiting.
You?
(Source: Jason Kenney's acceptance speech.)
You?
(Source: Jason Kenney's acceptance speech.)
October 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I'm getting tired of waiting.
You?
(Source: Jason Kenney's acceptance speech.)
You?
(Source: Jason Kenney's acceptance speech.)
The UCP uses closure more than any other party in Alberta history.
It's easy to blame the leadership for curtailing debate.
But UCP backbenchers have willingly handed over their authority by supporting these motions.
Our new book explores this element of hyperpartisanship: partyloyalty.ca.
It's easy to blame the leadership for curtailing debate.
But UCP backbenchers have willingly handed over their authority by supporting these motions.
Our new book explores this element of hyperpartisanship: partyloyalty.ca.
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The UCP uses closure more than any other party in Alberta history.
It's easy to blame the leadership for curtailing debate.
But UCP backbenchers have willingly handed over their authority by supporting these motions.
Our new book explores this element of hyperpartisanship: partyloyalty.ca.
It's easy to blame the leadership for curtailing debate.
But UCP backbenchers have willingly handed over their authority by supporting these motions.
Our new book explores this element of hyperpartisanship: partyloyalty.ca.
Sky Palace
Sky Box
Sky Lounge
Sky Box
Sky Lounge
October 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Sky Palace
Sky Box
Sky Lounge
Sky Box
Sky Lounge
Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights?
An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.
I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.
An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.
I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.
October 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights?
An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.
I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.
An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.
I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.
What's the hurry?
In just 6 years, the UCP has been responsible for nearly half of all time allocation motions in Alberta history.
They're promising to do it again today, this time ramming through a bill that removes Charter rights in a matter of hours.
In just 6 years, the UCP has been responsible for nearly half of all time allocation motions in Alberta history.
They're promising to do it again today, this time ramming through a bill that removes Charter rights in a matter of hours.
October 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What's the hurry?
In just 6 years, the UCP has been responsible for nearly half of all time allocation motions in Alberta history.
They're promising to do it again today, this time ramming through a bill that removes Charter rights in a matter of hours.
In just 6 years, the UCP has been responsible for nearly half of all time allocation motions in Alberta history.
They're promising to do it again today, this time ramming through a bill that removes Charter rights in a matter of hours.
I think you'd enjoy the interview snippets. A lot of Alberta content, too.
October 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think you'd enjoy the interview snippets. A lot of Alberta content, too.
FWIW, the notwithstanding clause says that legislatures are empowered to breach certain rights and freedoms.
Not premiers.
Time allocation removes the ability of MLAs to fulfill their constitutional responsibility to Albertans.
Perhaps that's the point.
Not premiers.
Time allocation removes the ability of MLAs to fulfill their constitutional responsibility to Albertans.
Perhaps that's the point.
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
FWIW, the notwithstanding clause says that legislatures are empowered to breach certain rights and freedoms.
Not premiers.
Time allocation removes the ability of MLAs to fulfill their constitutional responsibility to Albertans.
Perhaps that's the point.
Not premiers.
Time allocation removes the ability of MLAs to fulfill their constitutional responsibility to Albertans.
Perhaps that's the point.
At the Alberta Independence rally today.
Crowd size estimate: 1700.
A lot more flags and better merch than earlier this year.
Crowd size estimate: 1700.
A lot more flags and better merch than earlier this year.
October 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
At the Alberta Independence rally today.
Crowd size estimate: 1700.
A lot more flags and better merch than earlier this year.
Crowd size estimate: 1700.
A lot more flags and better merch than earlier this year.
October 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Tonight, we did something rare for a university. We celebrated the grand opening of a space dedicated to Black-led research excellence.
Stay tuned to our website for photos and future plans: uab.ca/BRNI
Stay tuned to our website for photos and future plans: uab.ca/BRNI
October 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Tonight, we did something rare for a university. We celebrated the grand opening of a space dedicated to Black-led research excellence.
Stay tuned to our website for photos and future plans: uab.ca/BRNI
Stay tuned to our website for photos and future plans: uab.ca/BRNI
The UCP wants to replace "Wild Rose Country" with "Strong and Free" on provincial license plates.
The minister responsible said caucus, alone, decided on the change. And that the move was "clearly non-partisan".
Here's the official party logo.
You be the judge.
The minister responsible said caucus, alone, decided on the change. And that the move was "clearly non-partisan".
Here's the official party logo.
You be the judge.
October 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The UCP wants to replace "Wild Rose Country" with "Strong and Free" on provincial license plates.
The minister responsible said caucus, alone, decided on the change. And that the move was "clearly non-partisan".
Here's the official party logo.
You be the judge.
The minister responsible said caucus, alone, decided on the change. And that the move was "clearly non-partisan".
Here's the official party logo.
You be the judge.
At #PPSA today, @galapalavicini.bsky.social shared new results from our party defection study. Building on No I in Team (with Alex Marland & Mireille Lalancette): most defections are about conviction, not ambition—they feel unheard and seek better ways to serve constituents. More: partyloyalty.ca
September 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
At #PPSA today, @galapalavicini.bsky.social shared new results from our party defection study. Building on No I in Team (with Alex Marland & Mireille Lalancette): most defections are about conviction, not ambition—they feel unheard and seek better ways to serve constituents. More: partyloyalty.ca