The French Wong
@thefrenchwong.bsky.social
~ Préconisant pour mes peuples, ma province & mon pays. ~ Advocating for my people, my province & my country. ~
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Political scientists like to talk about dialogue between legislatures and courts. This is more of a shouting match.
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Judge says proposed referendum on Alberta independence would be unconstitutional | CBC News
An Alberta judge says a referendum proposal on Alberta separating from Canada goes against Charter and and Treaty rights, in a decision given less than 24 hours after the provincial government introdu...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Political scientists like to talk about dialogue between legislatures and courts. This is more of a shouting match.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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WOW!!!
Not only have the courts ruled that the separatists referendum is unconstitutional and that separatism would require the consent of First Nations...
A SCATHING epilogue directly called out Alberta trying to legislate away the courts ability to issue a decision!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Not only have the courts ruled that the separatists referendum is unconstitutional and that separatism would require the consent of First Nations...
A SCATHING epilogue directly called out Alberta trying to legislate away the courts ability to issue a decision!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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“The authority disclosed its investigation into Mr. Mraiche this summer when it asked a provincial court to find him in contempt for failing to participate in an interview.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Sam Mraiche was investigated by Elections Alberta over alleged illegal political donations
Regulator says Mraiche was being investigated this year in connection to an alleged straw donor scheme
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December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“The authority disclosed its investigation into Mr. Mraiche this summer when it asked a provincial court to find him in contempt for failing to participate in an interview.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Feels like a good time to re-up this: lisayoung.substack.com/p/help-wanted
Help Wanted
With the daily bombshells landing, it’s going to be tricky to find someone willing to take the job of AHS CEO.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Feels like a good time to re-up this: lisayoung.substack.com/p/help-wanted
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Danielle Smith was going to fix the health care system in 90 days which seemed plausible at the time as there wasn't a lot to fix but now in pursuit of privatization she has completely shattered a system that others were once trying to model it was working so well. We warned you Alberta voters!
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Danielle Smith was going to fix the health care system in 90 days which seemed plausible at the time as there wasn't a lot to fix but now in pursuit of privatization she has completely shattered a system that others were once trying to model it was working so well. We warned you Alberta voters!
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Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
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A clear synopsis of the new Alberta-Ottawa MOU from a rare kind of guy who knows both the policy and the politics.
Read the latest from @maxfawcett.bsky.social.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Read the latest from @maxfawcett.bsky.social.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
A clear synopsis of the new Alberta-Ottawa MOU from a rare kind of guy who knows both the policy and the politics.
Read the latest from @maxfawcett.bsky.social.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Read the latest from @maxfawcett.bsky.social.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
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"With $6 of every $10 in profits crossing the border, never to return, Canadian oil sands majors produced $12.3 billion worth of capital flight per year."
#cdnpoli #ableg #ElbowsUp
/more
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#cdnpoli #ableg #ElbowsUp
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U.S.-Owned Oil Sands Giants Send Profits Out of Canada Despite Public Support for Resource Sovereignty
Canada’s biggest oil sands producers are sending a large share of their profits out of the country to their shareholders in the United States, the CEO of the Trottier Family Foundation warns in an opi...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
"With $6 of every $10 in profits crossing the border, never to return, Canadian oil sands majors produced $12.3 billion worth of capital flight per year."
#cdnpoli #ableg #ElbowsUp
/more
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#cdnpoli #ableg #ElbowsUp
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That's not how confederation is supposed to work. The feds and one provincial government don't get to trample on the rights of another and First Nations.
This whole thing seems purely political.
#cdnpoli
This whole thing seems purely political.
#cdnpoli
"Carney says B.C. 'has to agree' on pipeline plan from Alberta"
However, "Hodgson's office told The Canadian Press that the government wouldn't give B.C. a veto over a pipeline project."
So which is it? Only one of these statements can be true.
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #BCPoli #NoPipelines
However, "Hodgson's office told The Canadian Press that the government wouldn't give B.C. a veto over a pipeline project."
So which is it? Only one of these statements can be true.
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #BCPoli #NoPipelines
Carney says B.C. 'has to agree' on pipeline plan from Alberta
OTTAWA - British Columbia "has to agree" on any pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific coast, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday, as his government edges closer to unveiling the
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November 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
That's not how confederation is supposed to work. The feds and one provincial government don't get to trample on the rights of another and First Nations.
This whole thing seems purely political.
#cdnpoli
This whole thing seems purely political.
#cdnpoli
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How would an MLA know which constituents vote in a provincial elections? This information is privileged only to Elections Alberta.
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
How would an MLA know which constituents vote in a provincial elections? This information is privileged only to Elections Alberta.
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
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The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model?
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Back in school, I wrote an essay about how two-tier healthcare would improve access for everyone.
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
Picard’s point on AB’s new “dual practice” plan: evidence shows letting surgeons bill public & private won’t fix wait times, it likely lengthens them, drains staff from public hospitals, adds red tape, and undermines access.
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model?
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
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Students protest Bill 9. Then, at least 1,000 activists, advocates and supporters rally downtown
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November 21, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Students protest Bill 9. Then, at least 1,000 activists, advocates and supporters rally downtown
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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Who honestly thinks that schools are full of teenage boys who want to dress up as girls just so they can infiltrate girls’ sports teams? Or bathrooms? In our homophobic misogynist culture, do you think school boys would don drag just to get a competitive edge? That is…just not a thing.
November 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Who honestly thinks that schools are full of teenage boys who want to dress up as girls just so they can infiltrate girls’ sports teams? Or bathrooms? In our homophobic misogynist culture, do you think school boys would don drag just to get a competitive edge? That is…just not a thing.
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I hope Albertans will remember that trans kids and teens are living breathing humans who just want to be themselves, without fear of hate and discrimination. Demonizing kids merely to score political points in some weird culture war is craven and cruel.
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I hope Albertans will remember that trans kids and teens are living breathing humans who just want to be themselves, without fear of hate and discrimination. Demonizing kids merely to score political points in some weird culture war is craven and cruel.
This is what community looks like.
“The first step in making society better is caring about things that don’t impact you directly.”
“The first step in making society better is caring about things that don’t impact you directly.”
When Border Patrol showed up across Charlotte, parents and neighbors rushed to Berryhill to meet kids at the bus stop. They stood watch, linked arms, and made one thing clear: if the city gets targeted, its children will not face it alone.
This is what community looks like.💙
This is what community looks like.💙
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
This is what community looks like.
“The first step in making society better is caring about things that don’t impact you directly.”
“The first step in making society better is caring about things that don’t impact you directly.”
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The UCP could have ended the teachers' strike using s1. Other govts have.
Not Bill 9. The UCP has no evidence to support a s1 claim that their removal of parental & child rights is proportional or justifiable in a free and democratic society. Only vengeance.
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Not Bill 9. The UCP has no evidence to support a s1 claim that their removal of parental & child rights is proportional or justifiable in a free and democratic society. Only vengeance.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The UCP could have ended the teachers' strike using s1. Other govts have.
Not Bill 9. The UCP has no evidence to support a s1 claim that their removal of parental & child rights is proportional or justifiable in a free and democratic society. Only vengeance.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Not Bill 9. The UCP has no evidence to support a s1 claim that their removal of parental & child rights is proportional or justifiable in a free and democratic society. Only vengeance.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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#alberta doctors forced to participate in surgeries in #private facilities. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#alberta doctors forced to participate in surgeries in #private facilities. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Alberta is a fascist province.
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Alberta is a fascist province.
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To protect Alberta children, the UCP is removing their human rights and the ability of their parents, teachers, and physicians to protect them.
The UCP knows best.
This is a classic populist trope.
The UCP knows best.
This is a classic populist trope.
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
To protect Alberta children, the UCP is removing their human rights and the ability of their parents, teachers, and physicians to protect them.
The UCP knows best.
This is a classic populist trope.
The UCP knows best.
This is a classic populist trope.
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Too late - the votes are in!
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Too late - the votes are in!
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The use of the Notwithstanding clause not only sweeps away the rights of citizens, but also bypasses parliament and legislatures. This action must have an immediate accounting, and the most appropriate accounting would be an election. This ought to be customary, no exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The use of the Notwithstanding clause not only sweeps away the rights of citizens, but also bypasses parliament and legislatures. This action must have an immediate accounting, and the most appropriate accounting would be an election. This ought to be customary, no exceptions.
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These days seems like everybody's trying to TURN DOWN the conversation on #ClimateChange.
WE'RE TURNING IT UP & we could use your help to do it.
Consider donating to the Calgary Climate Hub's annual fundraiser today.
You'll be glad you did!
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
WE'RE TURNING IT UP & we could use your help to do it.
Consider donating to the Calgary Climate Hub's annual fundraiser today.
You'll be glad you did!
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
These days seems like everybody's trying to TURN DOWN the conversation on #ClimateChange.
WE'RE TURNING IT UP & we could use your help to do it.
Consider donating to the Calgary Climate Hub's annual fundraiser today.
You'll be glad you did!
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser
WE'RE TURNING IT UP & we could use your help to do it.
Consider donating to the Calgary Climate Hub's annual fundraiser today.
You'll be glad you did!
CROWDFUNDER: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/2025fundraiser