Prairie Halibut
@prairie-halibut.bsky.social
12th generation Canadian. 5th generation Albertan. Proud Métis. Lefty. Social Democrat. Fly fisher. Traveller. Concerned about the planet. Fan of all things 1990’s. Science, truth and fact-based. Politico. Happy Edmontonian. Canada is not for sale!
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Only Donald Trump could think it makes sense to punish Mexico and Canada more than China.
Although keep in mind, the real punishment is for Americans. This is a direct Trump tax on us, consumers, that we will pay.
Although keep in mind, the real punishment is for Americans. This is a direct Trump tax on us, consumers, that we will pay.
Leavitt: "The president will be implementing tomorrow 25 percent tariffs on Mexico, 25 percent on Canada, and a 10 percent tariff on China."
February 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Only Donald Trump could think it makes sense to punish Mexico and Canada more than China.
Although keep in mind, the real punishment is for Americans. This is a direct Trump tax on us, consumers, that we will pay.
Although keep in mind, the real punishment is for Americans. This is a direct Trump tax on us, consumers, that we will pay.
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🇨🇦 PLEDGE FOR CANADA
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February 1, 2025 at 5:47 AM
🇨🇦 PLEDGE FOR CANADA
Will you join me and take action? Click here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...
Will you join me and take action? Click here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...
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Raj Pannu, gentlemanly and scholarly leader of Alberta’s NDP from 2000 to 2004, is fondly remembered. albertapolitics.ca/2025/01/raj-...
Raj Pannu, gentlemanly and scholarly leader of Alberta’s NDP from 2000 to 2004, is fondly remembered - Alberta Politics
When Raj Pannu first won Edmonton-Strathcona riding for the Alberta NDP in 1997, he took the riding by 58 votes. In those days, Edmonton-Strathcona was not the NDP bastion it is today. It could as ea...
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January 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Raj Pannu, gentlemanly and scholarly leader of Alberta’s NDP from 2000 to 2004, is fondly remembered. albertapolitics.ca/2025/01/raj-...
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Childcare subsidy: cut.
Funding for disability support groups: cut.
Eye exam coverage: cut.
That’s just what the UCP have cut this month.
Meanwhile, the Alberta NDP? We cut child poverty in half.
Governing is about choices.
The UCP aren’t choosing you.
Funding for disability support groups: cut.
Eye exam coverage: cut.
That’s just what the UCP have cut this month.
Meanwhile, the Alberta NDP? We cut child poverty in half.
Governing is about choices.
The UCP aren’t choosing you.
January 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Childcare subsidy: cut.
Funding for disability support groups: cut.
Eye exam coverage: cut.
That’s just what the UCP have cut this month.
Meanwhile, the Alberta NDP? We cut child poverty in half.
Governing is about choices.
The UCP aren’t choosing you.
Funding for disability support groups: cut.
Eye exam coverage: cut.
That’s just what the UCP have cut this month.
Meanwhile, the Alberta NDP? We cut child poverty in half.
Governing is about choices.
The UCP aren’t choosing you.
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MAGA is out there pushing a fake story that the helicopter pilot in the horrible DCA crash is a trans woman. Because blaming minority groups when bad things happen is Chapter 1 of the authoritarian playbook.
January 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
MAGA is out there pushing a fake story that the helicopter pilot in the horrible DCA crash is a trans woman. Because blaming minority groups when bad things happen is Chapter 1 of the authoritarian playbook.
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We have a reality tv game show host for a “president” and reality tv star for a “transportation secretary” and a morning tv “news” anchor for a “defense secretary”.
So things are going about as well as expected.
So things are going about as well as expected.
January 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We have a reality tv game show host for a “president” and reality tv star for a “transportation secretary” and a morning tv “news” anchor for a “defense secretary”.
So things are going about as well as expected.
So things are going about as well as expected.
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Danielle Smith's UCP gov't, guided by Take Back Alberta far-right Christian fundamentalists, has spent the last two weeks betraying Canada to Donald Trump (and being called out on it by nearly every other Premier) and publishing a fairy tale report on covid-19.
Can't wait for the coming election.
Can't wait for the coming election.
SCOOP: John Conly, a Calgary physician, said he was not on the task force that advised govt to halt COVID vaccines, even though the report listed him as a contributor. Doctors across the country are calling the report bunk.
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Alberta physician listed on provincial COVID report says he doesn’t agree with findings, demands his name be removed
The Canadian Medical Association and the Alberta Medical Association have issued separate statements dismissing the $2-million project as ‘misinformation’
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January 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Danielle Smith's UCP gov't, guided by Take Back Alberta far-right Christian fundamentalists, has spent the last two weeks betraying Canada to Donald Trump (and being called out on it by nearly every other Premier) and publishing a fairy tale report on covid-19.
Can't wait for the coming election.
Can't wait for the coming election.
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If Danielle Smith is so hell-bent on listening to contrarian opinions for covid management, she should be 100% willing to listen to climate activist opinions on oil sands and coal mining, right?
Right?
Right?
January 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
If Danielle Smith is so hell-bent on listening to contrarian opinions for covid management, she should be 100% willing to listen to climate activist opinions on oil sands and coal mining, right?
Right?
Right?
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Danielle Smith, defiant and unrepentant, blows off criticism of her government’s dubious COVID-19 report. albertapolitics.ca/2025/01/dani...
Danielle Smith, defiant and unrepentant, blows off criticism of her government’s dubious COVID-19 report - Alberta Politics
Alberta premier Danielle Smith, defiant and unrepentant, continues to slough off criticism of the report on Alberta’s COVID-19 response produced by her government’s a handpicked panel of vaccine skept...
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January 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Danielle Smith, defiant and unrepentant, blows off criticism of her government’s dubious COVID-19 report. albertapolitics.ca/2025/01/dani...
Just re-read @lindamcquaig.bsky.social and Neil Brooks, “The Trouble with Billionaires”. It’s a great and fairly quick read and very relevant to what we see happening in North America.
January 31, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Just re-read @lindamcquaig.bsky.social and Neil Brooks, “The Trouble with Billionaires”. It’s a great and fairly quick read and very relevant to what we see happening in North America.