NigelBankes
@nigelb.bsky.social
Retired law prof ucalgary law; I principally post on energy, resources and climate change issues; committed to intergenerational equity; grateful settler on Treaty 7 lands.
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The Dutch understand gratitude and appreciation for sacrifice, even if the Trump administration does not. #LestWeForget
1/ Eleven Dutch parties across the political spectrum from socialist to conservative have issued a joint appeal to a provincial government to build a memorial to Black American soldiers who died in World War II, to replace one removed from the Netherlands American Cemetery. ⬇️
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The Dutch understand gratitude and appreciation for sacrifice, even if the Trump administration does not. #LestWeForget
Hubris: definition, exaggerated pride & dangerous over-confidence.
Example: the UCP/GoA decision last week to deem the Upper Smoky (part of the Peace Basin) to be part of the South Saskatchewan for land use planning (LUP) purposes.
Incredibly arrogant and offensive.
#ableg #abpoli @albertandp.ca
Example: the UCP/GoA decision last week to deem the Upper Smoky (part of the Peace Basin) to be part of the South Saskatchewan for land use planning (LUP) purposes.
Incredibly arrogant and offensive.
#ableg #abpoli @albertandp.ca
www.alberta.ca
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Hubris: definition, exaggerated pride & dangerous over-confidence.
Example: the UCP/GoA decision last week to deem the Upper Smoky (part of the Peace Basin) to be part of the South Saskatchewan for land use planning (LUP) purposes.
Incredibly arrogant and offensive.
#ableg #abpoli @albertandp.ca
Example: the UCP/GoA decision last week to deem the Upper Smoky (part of the Peace Basin) to be part of the South Saskatchewan for land use planning (LUP) purposes.
Incredibly arrogant and offensive.
#ableg #abpoli @albertandp.ca
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Have you signed the Alberta Funds Public Schools Petition yet?
More signing locations up all the time at abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#ableg #abpoli
More signing locations up all the time at abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#ableg #abpoli
Alberta Funds Public Schools
A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.
abfundspublicschools.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Have you signed the Alberta Funds Public Schools Petition yet?
More signing locations up all the time at abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#ableg #abpoli
More signing locations up all the time at abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#ableg #abpoli
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Congrats Alberta! We helped Canada win this prestigious distinction.
Our Prov. govt has single handedly ushered this in... and yet we now have our own Health Minstry for Primary and Preventative Health Services...
How's that working out AB?
Congrats Alberta! We helped Canada win this prestigious distinction.
Our Prov. govt has single handedly ushered this in... and yet we now have our own Health Minstry for Primary and Preventative Health Services...
How's that working out AB?
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Congrats Alberta! We helped Canada win this prestigious distinction.
Our Prov. govt has single handedly ushered this in... and yet we now have our own Health Minstry for Primary and Preventative Health Services...
How's that working out AB?
Congrats Alberta! We helped Canada win this prestigious distinction.
Our Prov. govt has single handedly ushered this in... and yet we now have our own Health Minstry for Primary and Preventative Health Services...
How's that working out AB?
From the man who gets paid to golf and who sleeps while on duty.
President Trump threatened to dock the pay of unpaid air traffic controllers who missed work during the shutdown—a move that aviation experts say will only make matters worse.
Trump To Unpaid Air Traffic Controllers: ‘Get Back To Work ‘NOW!!!’ Or Leave Profession
President Trump threatened to dock the pay of unpaid air traffic controllers who missed work during the shutdown—a move that aviation experts say will only make matters worse.
www.forbes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
From the man who gets paid to golf and who sleeps while on duty.
My read of ASIRT's report confirms a clear breach of the duties associated with public office - see 18 -23
The report's conclusions are unsustainable. A witness is allowed to say (at 12) I do not recall the exact reason I searched Philip’s name but it wd have only been done for a lawful purpose. LOL
The report's conclusions are unsustainable. A witness is allowed to say (at 12) I do not recall the exact reason I searched Philip’s name but it wd have only been done for a lawful purpose. LOL
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
My read of ASIRT's report confirms a clear breach of the duties associated with public office - see 18 -23
The report's conclusions are unsustainable. A witness is allowed to say (at 12) I do not recall the exact reason I searched Philip’s name but it wd have only been done for a lawful purpose. LOL
The report's conclusions are unsustainable. A witness is allowed to say (at 12) I do not recall the exact reason I searched Philip’s name but it wd have only been done for a lawful purpose. LOL
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The news that Lethbridge police got away with stalking, harassing and threatening Phillips because the chance of conviction was too low is an indictment of the entire justice system in Alberta.
More needs to be said about the strength and bravery of @sphillipsab.bsky.social to have gone through this for 8 years.
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Lethbridge officer searched ex-Alberta MLA on database after overhearing 'tail end' of conversation: report | CBC News
After "completely unsatisfying" investigation outcome and no criminal charges, Shannon Phillips plans to continue with lawsuit against her city's police.
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The news that Lethbridge police got away with stalking, harassing and threatening Phillips because the chance of conviction was too low is an indictment of the entire justice system in Alberta.
Hooray! The Aussie Juice Media comes to Canada!
Whether you're already familiar with their wonderful satirical takes or not, you shd take a look at this if you have Qs about the claimed benefits of LNG exports from the west coast, or, more generally, build-baby-build legislation.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
Whether you're already familiar with their wonderful satirical takes or not, you shd take a look at this if you have Qs about the claimed benefits of LNG exports from the west coast, or, more generally, build-baby-build legislation.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
Wonderful concert with Jim Byrnes at Fish Creek Concerts in #YYC tonight. What a great performer, wonderful patter and a band that was loving every minute. jimbyrnes.ca
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Wonderful concert with Jim Byrnes at Fish Creek Concerts in #YYC tonight. What a great performer, wonderful patter and a band that was loving every minute. jimbyrnes.ca
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Working alongside #Albertans is truly fulfilling as we heed the call to action in Alberta. The recall process empowers us to hold our government accountable. Stay engaged with #OperationTotalRecall. operationtotalrecall.ca
"Words can bring #Hope, but it takes #Action to drive real Change!" #abpoli
"Words can bring #Hope, but it takes #Action to drive real Change!" #abpoli
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Working alongside #Albertans is truly fulfilling as we heed the call to action in Alberta. The recall process empowers us to hold our government accountable. Stay engaged with #OperationTotalRecall. operationtotalrecall.ca
"Words can bring #Hope, but it takes #Action to drive real Change!" #abpoli
"Words can bring #Hope, but it takes #Action to drive real Change!" #abpoli
This thread.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
Akbar Shahid Ahmed with the first report to confirm that former Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the time of his tenure was asking State Department officials whether or not Israel's actions constituted ethnic cleansing.
NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
November 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This thread.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
Anything on West Fraser should be of interest to us on the east side of the Rockies given the huge tracts of land West Fraser has under forest tenure from the Government of Alberta in our headwaters - including lands in the Highwood drainage.
#ableg #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social
#ableg #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Anything on West Fraser should be of interest to us on the east side of the Rockies given the huge tracts of land West Fraser has under forest tenure from the Government of Alberta in our headwaters - including lands in the Highwood drainage.
#ableg #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social
#ableg #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social
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Did you know 80-90% of Canadians support a wealth tax on the rich, yet this budget just CUT taxes for middle- and upper-income earners.
40,000 job cuts, gutting Indigenous services, and cuts to environmental programs doesn't really scream Canada strong... 🤔
@climatekeith.bsky.social
40,000 job cuts, gutting Indigenous services, and cuts to environmental programs doesn't really scream Canada strong... 🤔
@climatekeith.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Did you know 80-90% of Canadians support a wealth tax on the rich, yet this budget just CUT taxes for middle- and upper-income earners.
40,000 job cuts, gutting Indigenous services, and cuts to environmental programs doesn't really scream Canada strong... 🤔
@climatekeith.bsky.social
40,000 job cuts, gutting Indigenous services, and cuts to environmental programs doesn't really scream Canada strong... 🤔
@climatekeith.bsky.social
When the first instinct of a so-called independent regulator is to call the Minister’s office for their “input” you don’t have an independent regulator
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
When the first instinct of a so-called independent regulator is to call the Minister’s office for their “input” you don’t have an independent regulator
I used to think that a watershed was a fairly immutable physical concept but yesterday the GoA passed an order in council including the Upper Smoky basin within the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan. Bizarre.
BTW the plan will "provide continued opportunities for coal development."
#ableg #abpoli
BTW the plan will "provide continued opportunities for coal development."
#ableg #abpoli
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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oh boy.
Not only did the AER's CEO unlawfully interfere with the hearing process for Summit's Mine 14, he called the Minister's office for "input" pretty much as soon as the application for reconsideration came in. That's a foul.
#abpoli #ableg @cpawsnab.bsky.social
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#abpoli #ableg @cpawsnab.bsky.social
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Documents related to Summit coal decision raise more questions about Alberta Energy Regulator’s independence
Regulator’s CEO sought ‘input’ from Energy Minister’s chief of staff on a motion to cancel hearings about a proposed mine
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
oh boy.
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👀👀 “Documents related to Summit coal decision raise more questions about Alberta Energy Regulator’s independence”: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... #ableg h/t @nigelb.bsky.social
Documents related to Summit coal decision raise more questions about Alberta Energy Regulator’s independence
Regulator’s CEO sought ‘input’ from Energy Minister’s chief of staff on a motion to cancel hearings about a proposed mine
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
👀👀 “Documents related to Summit coal decision raise more questions about Alberta Energy Regulator’s independence”: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... #ableg h/t @nigelb.bsky.social
Not only did the AER's CEO unlawfully interfere with the hearing process for Summit's Mine 14, he called the Minister's office for "input" pretty much as soon as the application for reconsideration came in. That's a foul.
#abpoli #ableg @cpawsnab.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
#abpoli #ableg @cpawsnab.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Documents related to Summit coal decision raise more questions about Alberta Energy Regulator’s independence
Regulator’s CEO sought ‘input’ from Energy Minister’s chief of staff on a motion to cancel hearings about a proposed mine
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Not only did the AER's CEO unlawfully interfere with the hearing process for Summit's Mine 14, he called the Minister's office for "input" pretty much as soon as the application for reconsideration came in. That's a foul.
#abpoli #ableg @cpawsnab.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
#abpoli #ableg @cpawsnab.bsky.social
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Sounds as if the UCP will soon pull the plug on its recall election, now that government MLAs are on the receiving end. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/soun... #ableg #abpoli
Sounds as if the UCP will soon pull the plug on its recall election, now that government MLAs are on the receiving end - Alberta Politics
It sure sounds as if Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party will soon rip a page from the Book of Depression era Social Credit premier William Aberhart and repeal the province’s recall legislation...
albertapolitics.ca
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Sounds as if the UCP will soon pull the plug on its recall election, now that government MLAs are on the receiving end. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/soun... #ableg #abpoli
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Looks like once again, someone saved the DETAILS for their BOOK. To sell their BOOK.
www.inquisitr.com/doj-official...
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DOJ Official Confesses Donald Trump Should be in Jail - "If It Was Anyone Else, We’d Arrest Him Tomorrow”
The DOJ's internal conflicts reveal a troubling double standard in the treatment of political figures as Donald Trump walked free after sensitive documents were found from his residence.
www.inquisitr.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Looks like once again, someone saved the DETAILS for their BOOK. To sell their BOOK.
www.inquisitr.com/doj-official...
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It's brilliant and exciting to see Zohran Mamdani elected.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
It's brilliant and exciting to see Zohran Mamdani elected.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Well now fellow #Alberta ns, with our own despotic government that fires an auditor general seeking to publish his findings on the Heath Authority scandal, fraud and preferable contracts what say you about how Alberta is doing? Acquiesce or act to create the future you envision.
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Well now fellow #Alberta ns, with our own despotic government that fires an auditor general seeking to publish his findings on the Heath Authority scandal, fraud and preferable contracts what say you about how Alberta is doing? Acquiesce or act to create the future you envision.