Phillip Meintzer
@phillipmeintzer.bsky.social
Settler on Treaty 7 Land
Trying to build a future that's worth living. 🌿
https://phillipmeintzer.medium.com/
Trying to build a future that's worth living. 🌿
https://phillipmeintzer.medium.com/
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An Alberta Energy Regulator’s Close Ties to Danielle Smith | The Tyee
David Yager calls himself the premier’s ‘special adviser.’ He also serves as board director for the supposedly arm’s-length AER.
thetyee.ca
A new story from @thetyee.ca shows that David Yager, the man responsible for Alberta’s new "mature" oil well cleanup scam, has deep connections to Premier Danielle Smith and a legacy of conflicts of interest - red flags everywhere. thetyee.ca/News/2025/05... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG
Great coverage of Alberta's unpaid oil & gas liability problem and the Mature Asset Strategy on today's Real Talk episode - “Big” Oil Betrays Landowners and Taxpayers www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u2s... @ryanjespersen.bsky.social @drewanderson.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG
“Big” Oil Betrays Landowners and Taxpayers
YouTube video by Real Talk Ryan Jespersen
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November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Great coverage of Alberta's unpaid oil & gas liability problem and the Mature Asset Strategy on today's Real Talk episode - “Big” Oil Betrays Landowners and Taxpayers www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u2s... @ryanjespersen.bsky.social @drewanderson.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG
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In 2021 I asked the Canadian government how much it was spending fighting First Nations in court - one access-to-info request specifying four cases. Today they got back to me.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In 2021 I asked the Canadian government how much it was spending fighting First Nations in court - one access-to-info request specifying four cases. Today they got back to me.
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I am currently writing a comedy TV pilot inspired by Pierre Poilievre's election loss and subsequent Alberta by-election, and when I came up with this idea I truly didn't think about the fact that doing so would mean having to watch a lot of his interviews. Please send help, I never wanted this
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I am currently writing a comedy TV pilot inspired by Pierre Poilievre's election loss and subsequent Alberta by-election, and when I came up with this idea I truly didn't think about the fact that doing so would mean having to watch a lot of his interviews. Please send help, I never wanted this
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The UCP's "Mature Asset Strategy" will make Alberta taxpayers, rather than polluters, foot the $60,000,000,000 bill for cleaning up toxic orphan wells. Unacceptable! #ableg #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The UCP's "Mature Asset Strategy" will make Alberta taxpayers, rather than polluters, foot the $60,000,000,000 bill for cleaning up toxic orphan wells. Unacceptable! #ableg #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social
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Cutting methane will make us healthier, create more than 34,000 jobs, and start healing our climate. Canadians need @mark-carney.bsky.social and Tim Hodgson to pass STRONG methane regulations now. Take action at: www.forourkids.ca/support_stro... @heathermcpherson.bsky.social #cdnpoli #methane
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Cutting methane will make us healthier, create more than 34,000 jobs, and start healing our climate. Canadians need @mark-carney.bsky.social and Tim Hodgson to pass STRONG methane regulations now. Take action at: www.forourkids.ca/support_stro... @heathermcpherson.bsky.social #cdnpoli #methane
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So much. Holy Hell. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Here's what each federal department plans to cut under Budget 2025 | CBC News
Tuesday's federal budget offers a glimpse into how dozens of government departments plan to rein in spending following this summer's comprehensive expenditure review. Here's a department-by-departmen...
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
So much. Holy Hell. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The group collecting petition signatures for a citizen's initiative to defund private schools in Alberta seem well organized. They have a website with a professionally shot video that seeks to highlight the disparity between public and private school funding.
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
Alberta Funds Public Schools
A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.
abfundspublicschools.ca
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The group collecting petition signatures for a citizen's initiative to defund private schools in Alberta seem well organized. They have a website with a professionally shot video that seeks to highlight the disparity between public and private school funding.
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
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Proud of the work the Coalition 4 Responsible Energy (C4RE) is doing to highlight this issue. We need an energy regulator that works for Albertans not for fossil fuel CEOs. For Our Kids Alberta was in the house! #yyc #cleanupyourmess #forourkids
@drluannemetz.bsky.social @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
@drluannemetz.bsky.social @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Proud of the work the Coalition 4 Responsible Energy (C4RE) is doing to highlight this issue. We need an energy regulator that works for Albertans not for fossil fuel CEOs. For Our Kids Alberta was in the house! #yyc #cleanupyourmess #forourkids
@drluannemetz.bsky.social @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
@drluannemetz.bsky.social @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
In BOTH cases, the government of Alberta is choosing to put the profit margins of fossil energy companies before the interests of Albertans, and the land, air, water, (and public money) we rely on. #ABLeg #ABPoli
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Feeling tired & so so (SO!!!) inspired by the 185 Albertans who showed up last night to reject the Alberta govt's plans to reopen coal mining in the Rockies and push oil & gas cleanup costs onto taxpayers (while saying they don't have $$$ for teachers). Change starts with us! ✊ #ABLeg #ABPoli #YYC
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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So heartened ♥️♥️♥️ to hear that almost 200 people gathered in Calgary last night to take action against the Alberta government's plans to allow coal mining in the Rockies and have taxpayers, rather than polluters, pay to clean up toxic wells. #ableg #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
Nearly 200(!!!) Albertans gathered at a town hall Wednesday in Calgary demanding changes from the provincial government including calling to scrap two controversial plans including one that could reopen parts of the Rockies to coal mining. calgary.citynews.ca/video/2025/1... #ABLeg #ABPoli
Albertans gather in Calgary for 'Crisis Town Hall' challenging provincial government
Albertans gathered at a town hall Wednesday in Calgary demanding changes from the provincial government including calling to scrap two controversial plans including one that could reopen parts of the ...
calgary.citynews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
So heartened ♥️♥️♥️ to hear that almost 200 people gathered in Calgary last night to take action against the Alberta government's plans to allow coal mining in the Rockies and have taxpayers, rather than polluters, pay to clean up toxic wells. #ableg #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
“We want to draw this line and show people that the provincial government is choosing to put energy companies above the interests of Albertans,” said Phillip Meinzter with the Coalition for Responsible Energy. www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #CleanUpYourMess
Environment group holds Calgary rally to push for more protections in Alberta
Dozens of Calgarians gathered Wednesday to call on the province to step up environmental protections and take proper action to address the growing costs of abandoned oil and gas wells.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“We want to draw this line and show people that the provincial government is choosing to put energy companies above the interests of Albertans,” said Phillip Meinzter with the Coalition for Responsible Energy. www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #CleanUpYourMess
Nearly 200(!!!) Albertans gathered at a town hall Wednesday in Calgary demanding changes from the provincial government including calling to scrap two controversial plans including one that could reopen parts of the Rockies to coal mining. calgary.citynews.ca/video/2025/1... #ABLeg #ABPoli
Albertans gather in Calgary for 'Crisis Town Hall' challenging provincial government
Albertans gathered at a town hall Wednesday in Calgary demanding changes from the provincial government including calling to scrap two controversial plans including one that could reopen parts of the ...
calgary.citynews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Nearly 200(!!!) Albertans gathered at a town hall Wednesday in Calgary demanding changes from the provincial government including calling to scrap two controversial plans including one that could reopen parts of the Rockies to coal mining. calgary.citynews.ca/video/2025/1... #ABLeg #ABPoli
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Rent is high. Groceries are impossible. But instead of taxing billionaires, the govt is pushing Bill C-12 to deport workers.
Syed Hussan explains how migrant blaming is a strategy to distract us.
Stop Bill C-12. Stop the scapegoating:
migrantrights.ca/StopC12
#StatusForAll
Syed Hussan explains how migrant blaming is a strategy to distract us.
Stop Bill C-12. Stop the scapegoating:
migrantrights.ca/StopC12
#StatusForAll
October 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Rent is high. Groceries are impossible. But instead of taxing billionaires, the govt is pushing Bill C-12 to deport workers.
Syed Hussan explains how migrant blaming is a strategy to distract us.
Stop Bill C-12. Stop the scapegoating:
migrantrights.ca/StopC12
#StatusForAll
Syed Hussan explains how migrant blaming is a strategy to distract us.
Stop Bill C-12. Stop the scapegoating:
migrantrights.ca/StopC12
#StatusForAll
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Can't stop thinking about the fact that the government is literally slashing public service jobs while bringing in AI for use in the public service.
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Can't stop thinking about the fact that the government is literally slashing public service jobs while bringing in AI for use in the public service.
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
“I think the only way that we can, let’s say, discourage the Government of Alberta from pushing some of this stuff through, is if those who are directly impacted speak up in unison and do it loudly.” thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land... @thenarwhal.ca #ABLeg #ABPoli
Rural Albertans face growing problems with oil and gas wells | The Narwhal
The Alberta government is pushing a new plan to deal with years of regulatory failure. Alberta landowners aren’t convinced
thenarwhal.ca
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“I think the only way that we can, let’s say, discourage the Government of Alberta from pushing some of this stuff through, is if those who are directly impacted speak up in unison and do it loudly.” thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land... @thenarwhal.ca #ABLeg #ABPoli
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The Liberals' budget -- it mostly helps upper income people, it mostly helps men, it mostly helps war, oil and gas.
Sandy and Nora Talk Politics -- Budget 2025 - Liberal Carnage
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Sandy and Nora Talk Politics -- Budget 2025 - Liberal Carnage
sandyandnora.com/episode-348-...
Episode 348 – 2025 Budget; Liberal Carnage
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the 2025 Liberal budget — Mark Carney’s first — and how he blurs the line between Liberals and Tories like never before.
sandyandnora.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Liberals' budget -- it mostly helps upper income people, it mostly helps men, it mostly helps war, oil and gas.
Sandy and Nora Talk Politics -- Budget 2025 - Liberal Carnage
sandyandnora.com/episode-348-...
Sandy and Nora Talk Politics -- Budget 2025 - Liberal Carnage
sandyandnora.com/episode-348-...
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Cool cool we missed out on the bank failures in 2008 but we still have time cool cool cool
"Budget 2025 proposes to catalyse investment by insurers and financial institutions by repealing the limits on borrowing and portfolio investments in the financial institutions statutes and replacing them with more flexible
guidance from the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions"
guidance from the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions"
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Cool cool we missed out on the bank failures in 2008 but we still have time cool cool cool
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Budget 2025 features the deepest cuts in over a decade, with tens of thousands of jobs and funding for vital programs on the chopping block.
cupe.ca/carneys-firs...
cupe.ca/carneys-firs...
Carney's first budget gives corporations a free ride and leaves working Canadians behind
CUPE, Canada's largest union, says Mark Carney's first federal budget gives corporations a free ride while leaving working Canadians behind with major austerity and cuts to programs and services.
cupe.ca
November 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Budget 2025 features the deepest cuts in over a decade, with tens of thousands of jobs and funding for vital programs on the chopping block.
cupe.ca/carneys-firs...
cupe.ca/carneys-firs...
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At the end of the day I'm not sure how much difference it makes. But it is striking to put out a budget that axes a luxury tax on yachts and adds a co-pay for refugee claimants accessing drugs and dental care.
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
At the end of the day I'm not sure how much difference it makes. But it is striking to put out a budget that axes a luxury tax on yachts and adds a co-pay for refugee claimants accessing drugs and dental care.
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#Budget2025 analysis from @policyalternatives.ca: Major military spending will come at a huge cost to vital public programs and services. Which parties will support the minority government on this one? By @davidmaccdn.bsky.social @hadrianmk.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Post-election budget could plunge Canada into another federal election - CCPA
With so much on the line, the newly elected federal government has tabled a budget that, in many ways, could pass as a Conservative budget.
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#Budget2025 analysis from @policyalternatives.ca: Major military spending will come at a huge cost to vital public programs and services. Which parties will support the minority government on this one? By @davidmaccdn.bsky.social @hadrianmk.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget. By senior @policyalternatives.ca researcher @hadrianmk.bsky.social #budget2025 #cdnpoli #ClimateCrisis www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...
Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget
The budget makes clear that fossil fuel production for export is a central pillar of this government’s economic strategy — and that it won’t let climate measures get in the way.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget. By senior @policyalternatives.ca researcher @hadrianmk.bsky.social #budget2025 #cdnpoli #ClimateCrisis www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...
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You gotta give the Liberals credit, they just passed a budget that more or less transported Canada back to the 1950s. Cuts to the public service, weakening public services, and a whole wack of public money to spur private investment, oh and the military! To heck with the welfare state!
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
You gotta give the Liberals credit, they just passed a budget that more or less transported Canada back to the 1950s. Cuts to the public service, weakening public services, and a whole wack of public money to spur private investment, oh and the military! To heck with the welfare state!
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The massive cuts - $57 billion - is 40 per cent more than proposed in Carney's platform
It translates into 40,000 job losses and cuts to public transit, international assistance and energy efficiency
It translates into 40,000 job losses and cuts to public transit, international assistance and energy efficiency
There’s no olive branch for the NDP in today’s federal budget--might Canada be plunged into another election? Full CCPA analysis of the budget is now live: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Post-election budget could plunge Canada into another federal election - CCPA
With so much on the line, the newly elected federal government has tabled a budget that, in many ways, could pass as a Conservative budget.
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The massive cuts - $57 billion - is 40 per cent more than proposed in Carney's platform
It translates into 40,000 job losses and cuts to public transit, international assistance and energy efficiency
It translates into 40,000 job losses and cuts to public transit, international assistance and energy efficiency