Enjoyed hanging out and canvassing with this guy for @waternotcoalab.bsky.social down in sunny Kensington #yyc outside the Plaza/Pages for a few hours this afternoon.
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And here's the Alberta press release
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
There a lot to worry about here, but one clause really sticks in my craw:
"AND WHEREAS Alberta ....views UNDRIP as non-binding"
Those parts of UNDRIP that represent customary int'l law are bindng on Alberta.
#ableg #abpoli
Alberta and the feds have just issued press releases on a proposed agreement to allow Alberta to take over impact assessments in the province. A 21 day comment period.
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
That's a different point. The CBC is saying here that EA doesn't really have any powers. That's nonsense. As the no-coal folks down in the Crowsnest Pass learned to their cost during the 2024 coal referendum, EA has lots of inquisitorial powers & in that case it was trigger happy to use them.
This is irresponsible reporting from the CBC. I don't see how anybody cd read Part 6 of the CIA canlii.ca/t/56n83 & conclude that Elections Alberta didn't have enforcement powers in relation to the separation initiative petition.
Whether it has the will & resources to use them is another Q.
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There's a statement from elections alberta (EA) in this CBC post to the effect that EA has ltd enforcement powers.
Not so. EA has significant enforcement powers under the Citizen Initiative Act (see Part 6) in relation to initiative votes.
It needs to use them.
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
If true, strange but increasingly familiar bedfellows.
Canada refused to give support to an illegal war in 2003. We faced enormous pressure to go along with the USA.
What we see today is a totally illegal war launched by two dangerous criminal leaders.
There is no NATO mission here. This is Operation Epstein.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/iran-...
War is just a game for this psychopath.
It's hard to find words for this level of hypocrisy Premier Smith.
#cdnpoli #abpoli
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Pete Hegseth's crazed celebration of violence makes him look increasingly like the autocratic religious leaders he seeks to demonize.
It can only bring shame to the country he represents and what a truly awful amoral role model for young Americans.
Generational damage.
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No fucking way!!!
This whole thing is egregious!
4/5 The Premier's office dismissed the planned action, calling previous efforts a "colossal failure" and mocking McGowan's strategy.
But the seasoned organizer remains undeterred by the bravado, warning that pride comes before the fall.
"First they mock us... and then we win."
The province of Alberta's approach to the polluter pays principle; give the polluters public money (our money) to help them do what they are already legally obliged to do.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Too bad I can't sign; Mickey Amery is a Minister of Justice who doesn't understand (or doesn't care) that he also has distinct responsibilities as the province's Attorney General.
As Tony Benn says - doesn't bombing strengthen the determination? and, I would add, the determination to resist, to harbour resentment, to retaliate?
What future does the US and the State of Israel hope to build?
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Methinks that Robin Hood, like EP Thompson, would have had PP and his party firmly in the camp of the sherrif of nottingham.
In new comments, Mark Carney misled and lied about Iran’s nuclear program and the history of negotiations — blaming failures on Iran, rather than Trump’s withdrawal.
He condemned Iran for its retaliatory strikes, but not the US and Israel for their initial attacks in violation of international law.
Excellent piece. As Duane reminds us the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between the US and Iran (and other world powers) that Obama negotiated in 2015 was working until Trump # 1 tore it up.
The suffering & misery which this man is personally responsible for is immense.
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For over 28 months since the start of the Israeli genocide, the Israeli military has not only killed Palestinians en masse, and systematically destroyed and restricted access to their homes, to clean water, food, medical care, schools, internet, fuel, and electricity.
Canadian media has warned Iran is weeks, months or years away from obtaining nukes for at least 25 years, writes @davide.readthemaple.com #cdnpoli www.readthemaple.com/documenting-...
Yes; I didn't comment on it but the tone is vile and arrogant in the extreme.
What he actually means is that the US values allies that, like the US itself, subscribe to the "might is right" approach and don't care about the rules of international law.
Thank you.
My former colleague Monique Passelac-Ross died last year. A leading authority on forestry law & Indigenous water rights. Above all Monique was a kind, compassionate & empathetic colleague, Two words come to mind when I think of Monique, dignity and kindness. Details of celebration of life below.
Danielle Smith called for the feds to send more people to Alberta.
She invited people from across Canada to come & paid them $5000 each.
Now she wants to blame immigrants for her failure to plan, wild spending & attacks on public services.
But the only one to blame is Danielle Smith. #abpoli
Canada's former foreign minister Lloyd Axworthy: "We invoke international law and the 'rules based order' when adversaries engage in unlawful actions, but abandon those same rules entirely when it's the Americans — whose gov't 60% of Canadians see as a threat"
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Sometimes the sound archives are wonderful - and tragic.
To answer the Q in the abstract:
A colony, as a matter of law, will always be subject to the superior authority of the imperial power.
On the other hand, genuflection by state A to state B on a particular issue does not make state A a colony of state B.
UN Charter, Article 2(4): "All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.."
= the US and Israel are violating the most fundamental rule of the global order.
