Onthesidelines5 🇨🇦 (she/her)
@onthesidelines5.bsky.social
🇨🇦 mom, 2SLGBTQ supporter. Canadian living in Alberta, 💙📚 & 💡💙📚, coffee, music and kindness please. #TeamCarney
Grew up in Tommy Douglas Saskatchewan, not a Scott Moe one
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Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
Grew up in Tommy Douglas Saskatchewan, not a Scott Moe one
DMs without asking first = 🚫
Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
Pinned
Anyone else have Mr Blue Sky going through their head every day?
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By using the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively - which, again, they *can* but *need not* do - the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights and bypassing the courts.
They are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a free and democratic society.
They are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a free and democratic society.
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
By using the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively - which, again, they *can* but *need not* do - the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights and bypassing the courts.
They are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a free and democratic society.
They are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a free and democratic society.
@mark-carney.bsky.social are you ever going to stand up for Canadians? Your book and your claim of 'values' was hogwash.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social are you ever going to stand up for Canadians? Your book and your claim of 'values' was hogwash.
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Just heard someone on CBC quote someone saying this budget 'choked the woke weeds' out of Lib policy. So the LPC & Carney have no conscience & don't care about Canadians. Carney is still better than PP but barely 😡
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Just heard someone on CBC quote someone saying this budget 'choked the woke weeds' out of Lib policy. So the LPC & Carney have no conscience & don't care about Canadians. Carney is still better than PP but barely 😡
Dani's Brown shirts..another waste of taxpayer money
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Alberta proposes next step toward hiring new provincial police officers | CBC News
Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis said there will be more legislation coming geared toward establishing the Alberta Sheriffs Police Service, and there isn’t a firm timeline yet for when officers will ...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Dani's Brown shirts..another waste of taxpayer money
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Let’s this sink in. Bill 2 overrides:
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
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• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
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Braid: An appalling, unjust law drives Alberta teachers back to work
Alberta teachers are going back to work, but the law that drives them lingers as a dangerous attack on rights, writes columnist Don Braid.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Let’s this sink in. Bill 2 overrides:
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
“Let’s just list some. A Westminster system of government. A Crown. Single-payer public health-care system, a managerial state and Aboriginal rights, you have to get rid of all of these things. And of all those things, perhaps the elephant in the room is Aboriginal rights.” 😡
Wholly unsurprising, as this has been a talking point among the Canadian right for decades. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Alberta Separatist Pushes for End of Indigenous Rights at ‘Unity’ Conference | The Tyee
But even a leading fellow separatist rejects the view, saying it would ‘fly in the face of 150 years of history.’
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October 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“Let’s just list some. A Westminster system of government. A Crown. Single-payer public health-care system, a managerial state and Aboriginal rights, you have to get rid of all of these things. And of all those things, perhaps the elephant in the room is Aboriginal rights.” 😡
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Yup. That’s how bad things have become here because of the UCP government. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Amnesty International Canada condemns Alberta government’s use of notwithstanding clause in Bill 2
Alberta's use of the notwithstanding clause in Bill 2 means that courts won’t be able to strike down the law even if it violates the Charter.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Yup. That’s how bad things have become here because of the UCP government. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Far too many Canadians think the federal government controls everything. All while ignoring the decades-long sabotage of 🇨🇦 by powerful provincial gov’ts that control healthcare, education, minimum wage, rent controls, infrastructure & so many other aspects of gov’t that impact daily life. #cdnpoli
October 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Far too many Canadians think the federal government controls everything. All while ignoring the decades-long sabotage of 🇨🇦 by powerful provincial gov’ts that control healthcare, education, minimum wage, rent controls, infrastructure & so many other aspects of gov’t that impact daily life. #cdnpoli
Watching Global News and I'm furious that they interviewed the Fraser Institute and referred to our Health Care System as the 'public' system; its the Canadian system!
#AbPoli
#AbPoli
October 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Watching Global News and I'm furious that they interviewed the Fraser Institute and referred to our Health Care System as the 'public' system; its the Canadian system!
#AbPoli
#AbPoli
I want to express 1 hope & 1 fear
I hope when the pendulum swings back to democracy & caring for each other, RW ideology is turned to dust
I fear that if @mark-carney.bsky.social doesn't speak out against the AB throne speech, specifically private HC, that we will be seeing this nationally
I hope when the pendulum swings back to democracy & caring for each other, RW ideology is turned to dust
I fear that if @mark-carney.bsky.social doesn't speak out against the AB throne speech, specifically private HC, that we will be seeing this nationally
October 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I want to express 1 hope & 1 fear
I hope when the pendulum swings back to democracy & caring for each other, RW ideology is turned to dust
I fear that if @mark-carney.bsky.social doesn't speak out against the AB throne speech, specifically private HC, that we will be seeing this nationally
I hope when the pendulum swings back to democracy & caring for each other, RW ideology is turned to dust
I fear that if @mark-carney.bsky.social doesn't speak out against the AB throne speech, specifically private HC, that we will be seeing this nationally
I feel hopeless.
Listening to the throne speech. We are fucked. Privatized healthcare. Oil. Oil. Privatized healthcare. Private police. Private. Private. Private. Public money going to make their cronies richer. 😭
Guess it's time to start downsizing and looking at real estate out of the province. #abpoli
Guess it's time to start downsizing and looking at real estate out of the province. #abpoli
October 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I feel hopeless.
Anyone listening to the Alberta Throne Speech? I feel like I'm living in a different reality from whomever wrote this.
#AbPoli #ThroneSpeech #Alberta
#AbPoli #ThroneSpeech #Alberta
October 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Anyone listening to the Alberta Throne Speech? I feel like I'm living in a different reality from whomever wrote this.
#AbPoli #ThroneSpeech #Alberta
#AbPoli #ThroneSpeech #Alberta
She really should have just over to the US and been involved in a MLM. #Smith #AbPoli
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Alberta advanced education minister to assess need for new protections for free speech, academic freedom | CBC News
Advanced Education Minister Myles McDougall has been tapped to look into possible legislation around free speech and academic freedom, in his recent mandate later from the premier.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
She really should have just over to the US and been involved in a MLM. #Smith #AbPoli
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Just watched the latest episode of #BrilliantMinds The prayer circle, lies from head nurse, 'God' references & lack of challenge to the cruel, superstitious mother were really gross. I suspect this is pandering to the current US admin but I hope this is a one off from a show I usually enjoy.
October 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Just watched the latest episode of #BrilliantMinds The prayer circle, lies from head nurse, 'God' references & lack of challenge to the cruel, superstitious mother were really gross. I suspect this is pandering to the current US admin but I hope this is a one off from a show I usually enjoy.
#AbPoli
Don't forget, workers get paid a lump sum for their time regardless of how long after 8 the line of voters finishes or how long the count takes
Don't forget, workers get paid a lump sum for their time regardless of how long after 8 the line of voters finishes or how long the count takes
I think the first sentence in this article is poorly written; my polling station closed precisely at 8.00 pm.
There were many issues with the process, granted, but I don't blame the lack of tabulators.
The computers were slow, some workers just didn't show. We all worked very hard
#AbPoli
There were many issues with the process, granted, but I don't blame the lack of tabulators.
The computers were slow, some workers just didn't show. We all worked very hard
#AbPoli
October 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#AbPoli
Don't forget, workers get paid a lump sum for their time regardless of how long after 8 the line of voters finishes or how long the count takes
Don't forget, workers get paid a lump sum for their time regardless of how long after 8 the line of voters finishes or how long the count takes
I think the first sentence in this article is poorly written; my polling station closed precisely at 8.00 pm.
There were many issues with the process, granted, but I don't blame the lack of tabulators.
The computers were slow, some workers just didn't show. We all worked very hard
#AbPoli
There were many issues with the process, granted, but I don't blame the lack of tabulators.
The computers were slow, some workers just didn't show. We all worked very hard
#AbPoli
October 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I think the first sentence in this article is poorly written; my polling station closed precisely at 8.00 pm.
There were many issues with the process, granted, but I don't blame the lack of tabulators.
The computers were slow, some workers just didn't show. We all worked very hard
#AbPoli
There were many issues with the process, granted, but I don't blame the lack of tabulators.
The computers were slow, some workers just didn't show. We all worked very hard
#AbPoli
I really thought this was fake until I looked it up
October 21, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I really thought this was fake until I looked it up
I don't like sharing a Rick Bell column, but here's Dani making it easier for the rest of the country to know whose an asshole.
If anything happens to my Wild Rose plate, I will get an Oilers one simply to save the embarrassment
#AbPoli
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If anything happens to my Wild Rose plate, I will get an Oilers one simply to save the embarrassment
#AbPoli
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Bell: Danielle Smith set to roll out a new Strong and Free Alberta licence plate
Alberta gets a new licence plate with the Strong and Free brand, Premier Danielle Smith will roll out eight designs and Albertans will vote
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October 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I don't like sharing a Rick Bell column, but here's Dani making it easier for the rest of the country to know whose an asshole.
If anything happens to my Wild Rose plate, I will get an Oilers one simply to save the embarrassment
#AbPoli
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If anything happens to my Wild Rose plate, I will get an Oilers one simply to save the embarrassment
#AbPoli
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Why? Why? As Albertans suffer, as Americans suffer...Why don't people learn from our mistake? #Canada
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ANALYSIS | After big win, big challenges await N.L. premier-designate Tony Wakeham | CBC News
For the Progressive Conservatives, the 2025 election campaign was about the cost of living, health care, and crime. But mostly, it was about change.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Why? Why? As Albertans suffer, as Americans suffer...Why don't people learn from our mistake? #Canada
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This and next week, the #ForeverCanadian Unity Bus and I will be in:
Mundare
Vegreville
Vermillion
Wainwright
Viking
Camrose
Stettler
Strathmore
Brooks
Medicina Hat
Lethbridge
High River
Calgary
Canmore
Banff
I look forward to meeting with proud Canadians everywhere.
#cdnpoli
Mundare
Vegreville
Vermillion
Wainwright
Viking
Camrose
Stettler
Strathmore
Brooks
Medicina Hat
Lethbridge
High River
Calgary
Canmore
Banff
I look forward to meeting with proud Canadians everywhere.
#cdnpoli
October 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This and next week, the #ForeverCanadian Unity Bus and I will be in:
Mundare
Vegreville
Vermillion
Wainwright
Viking
Camrose
Stettler
Strathmore
Brooks
Medicina Hat
Lethbridge
High River
Calgary
Canmore
Banff
I look forward to meeting with proud Canadians everywhere.
#cdnpoli
Mundare
Vegreville
Vermillion
Wainwright
Viking
Camrose
Stettler
Strathmore
Brooks
Medicina Hat
Lethbridge
High River
Calgary
Canmore
Banff
I look forward to meeting with proud Canadians everywhere.
#cdnpoli