Calgary’s 2025 election pushed party labels onto a traditionally nonpartisan ballot. Voters pushed back, penalizing partisan candidates. The backlash was strongest among anti-partisan voters and critics of the UCP government that imposed the change.
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Looks like we’ve reached the “Danielle Smith was sent by god” part of Alberta politics…
Our only question is who is so breathlessly telling the crowd that Smith is “the greatest premier this nation has ever known”…
And to which nation they refer.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
NEW from me: Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Chief Sheldon Sunshine has penned a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney calling the recent federal-provincial co-operation agreement a “dangerous mistake.”
www.albertanativenews.com/chief-sunshi...
Heeeeeeeeyyyy, guess who wants to regulate This Fucking Guy™️ into oblivion, maybe tell your friends in California’s 72nd district to get involved in my race
www.kluweoc.com
New from me at @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social: New lawful access bill still lacking #cdnpoli
Another word you might use for it is "looting".
"This appears to be the first administration to take such widespread advantage of taxpayer-funded military housing to accommodate political appointees who do not have a direct connection to the military..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...
For the late/west coast crowd, my @xtramagazine.com column on why banning social media for minors is just age verification by stealth, which will infect the entire internet #cdnpoli
A striking feature of Trump and his team is: they somehow imagine a world in which they are the only actors, only ones with power, and whether it's Tehran or Minneapolis are surprised when it turns out others do. There are many kinds of power and many nations with power.
And then, of course, the greatest example is the money printing. It’s the most complicated one for anyone to understand. I don’t think there are 10 Members of Parliament who even understand how government is creating inflation by printing money. But the reality is, we’ve been creating cash about seven times faster than we build homes. So the result is that housing costs continually inflate.
Just complete fabrications from Poilievre, and nobody challenges him on it. Too many people believe that he knows what he's talking about, and it's all just bullshit.
(This from the interview he did with Wells).
paulwells.substack.com/p/the-q-and-...
Uh huh
With debate on C-12 behind us, we now move on to debate on another VERY problematic bill, C-14, which will make it far harder to get bail, and lead to even more Canadians being remanded for months (and years) before trial. I spoke to the bill last night: #cdnpoli #yeg #SenateofCanada #bail
Agree with this. A social media “ban” for youth will probably not work (they will get around it), lets platforms off the hook with regards to countering online harms, and will likely require intrusive verification systems.
New column from me at @xtramagazine.com : Banning social media for minors would hurt everyone—adults included #canqueer #cdnpoli
Oh fun!
We’ve reached the “thinly veiled threats to judges” part of the process!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Like everything else in our timeline, our version of "callow young white boys blithely fuck everything up, never appreciate the damage they did, and face zero accountability" is just so f'ing ham-handed & over-the-top. Not believable. Terrible writing.
“The veiled threat ...comes dangerously close, & may cross the line, into an attempt to wilfully obstruct, pervert, or defeat the course of justice in a judicial proceeding [a criminal offence].”
EPS Chief Driechel must resign or be fired by the EPC.
#police
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CJFE condemns the public intimidation of journalist Rachel Gilmore following her reporting on white nationalist activity in a Montreal gym.
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In an interview with Postmedia, Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said the new Independent Schools Capital Program is being allotted $90 million from Budget 2026 over the next three years. #ableg #abpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
We need both a full coroner's inquest and Health Canada investigation
A coroner's inquest has the power to reveal issues that Health Canada is not going to want to touch
#cdnpoli #MBpoli
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
“It was a significant meeting, as Treaty partners and equals," said Grand Chief Pete in a statement.
King expresses 'concern' over Alberta separatists in meeting with First Nations chiefs
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Of course, Canada is intent on making it easier for Canadian authorities to access Canadians' data - and evolving agreements would allow Canadian authorities to share that data with the U.S.
The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) on Wednesday issued an open letter to the Edmonton Police Commission demanding answers over Chief Warren Driechel’s February visit to the country.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
"existing US legislation allows American authorities to reach Canadian-held data through US-controlled platforms in ways that would be unconstitutional if conducted by Canadian authorities ... We’re already digital serfs, and it sucks" @vassb.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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IDF soldiers anally raped the Palestinian man with a knife and were caught on camera. They also severely beat him. The victim required surgery for a perforated rectum.
The IDF is now dropping charges because of the outcry from the Israeli public IN SUPPORT OF THE RAPISTS.
A Canadian journalist documents a group of white nationalists who’ve been meeting at a gym in Montréal, unbeknownst to the owner of the business.
What happens after the story comes out? thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Aaron Gunn: If the federal government truly believes in the private property rights of Canadians, they should probably stop opening every public meeting by proclaiming the gathering on the “unceded territory” of this or that First Nation. Doing so reinforces the radical and dangerous legal concept that most Canadians live on “stolen land”. This is Canada. One country. For all Canadians.
𝗠𝗣 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙣: “𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙭, 𝙗𝙪𝙙.” March 11, 2026 Chiefs from four First Nations communities are urging the public to please approach Aaron Gunn with no caution whatsoever. He is completely harmless, though momentarily unsettled by the alarming possibility that someone might acknowledge the land before a meeting. Yesterday on social media, the MP appeared to crash out and demand to speak to the manager of land acknowledgements, a position that observers confirm does not exist. Chiefs whose territories make up the riding had two words for the MP - Chillax, Bud. Land acknowledgements have never seized private property, cancelled a mortgage, repossessed a pickup truck, or altered a single title deed anywhere in Canada. They are simply people recognizing the history of the place where they are standing. No one is going anywhere. Canada will survive the brief moment of honesty. Until then, Chiefs across the region continue to reassure the public that land acknowledgements have not, to date, resulted in any land back. Hegus John Hackett, Tla’amin Nation Chief Darren Blaney, Homalco Nation Chief Nicole Rempel, K'ómoks Nation Chief Kevin Peacey, Klahoose Nation
Conservative MP for Powell River–North Island, Aaron Gunn, is, uh, well he’s being trolled a bit for his condemnation of land acknowledgements yesterday. Message from K’omoks, Klahoose, Homalco & Tla’amin Nations: “Chillax, bud.” #bcpoli
It’s not a seamless analogy but what huge portion of North American holidays are essentially visits to walkable urbanism? Europe, Disney parks, even package resorts and cruises are all enticing because there’s no commuter hassle and there are lots of good public spaces to gather in
Smith is MAGA part 3.
I usually prepare and practice my Senate speeches with care, in advance. THIS time, I spoke without notes, unprepared and impromptu, driven by a mix of passion and patriotism. The subject of debate was an amendment to Bill C-12. But I put it in a troubling Alberta context. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Excellent reporting here by Justin Brake. A must read for Canadian journalists.
