Eric Dyck

*Nelson laugh*

Whoa! Congratulations, @wardjenkins.bsky.social !

What a cool spin-off concept.

If I've got this right, #yyc has got some water restrictions coming up on March 9. Planned restrictions, which means we have time to prepare! So pretty soon we're going to start seeing some messaging from @calgary.ca to help citizens get ready, right? @jeromyyyc.bsky.social @daorcey.bsky.social

I feel like none of this nonsense would be happening if we’d just have let Joan Rivers keep the Tonight Show.

Eric’s map of choice cuts of Alberta map. Northern bit is chuck & brisket. Central Alberta is the loin and Rockies/foothills are the flank. I live in the rump!

Thank you, kindly! Greetings from the rump!

Eric’s cartoon Panel 1 Prime Minister Carney, prancing up the steps to the podium with a big smile and noodle arms, with the words noodley noodley trailing behind him. Panel 2 Prime Minister, Kearney, at the podium, very serious face. “To name reality to build our strength at home to act together That is Canada‘s path. Our elbows are up. Our elbows are strong.” Panel 3 Prime Minister Carney, prancing down the steps from the podium with a big smile and noodle arms, with the words noodley noodley trailing behind him.

Noodley noodley

“No concern about Iran being attacked by the US while pursuing diplomacy—as Canada embarks on existential USMCA talks.”

Just…wow.

Arlo, née Neil Sedaka, a red & white retired greyhound on his fuzzy bed with his four legs perplexingly entwined.

Arlo, née Neil Sedaka, a red & white retired greyhound in sphinx-pose on his brown & red crocheted afghan, looking at the camera indignantly.

Arlo, née Neil Sedaka, a red & white retired greyhound wearing his winter boots in the snow.

Weird emotions today as we learn that Neil Sedaka has passed away.

This is Arlo, our retired greyhound. “Arlo”, of course, isn’t his original name. According to his paperwork, his racing name was “Neil Sedaka”. RIP human Neil Sedaka.

Edit: TO CLARIFY OUR DOG IS FINE

Checks for 4K remaster of McTrowe catalog. “Dang.”

I was Spike in the game and the backyard.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces fall referendum on immigration, constitutional questions | CBC News Premier Danielle Smith wants to hold a referendum in October on measures to limit immigration to Alberta and changes she believes would give the province more rights under the Constitution.

Danielle Smith confirms that if Alberta separatism petition drive succeeds, the independence referendum will be on October 19 ballot too. So expect (at least) 10 ballot measures coming this fall.
YOU LIKE DEMOCRACY? WHY DON'T YOU TRY SMOKING AN ENTIRE PACK OF DEMOCRACY?

Eric’s design for a Put On Your Best Jean Jacket pin-button yellow text on blue denim texture.

@sphillipsab.bsky.social Time to make some buttons for @zainvelji.bsky.social?

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but all permanent residents and temporary workers in Canada pay both federal and provincial taxes.

Hey it’s me, a racialized person born in Alberta to an immigrant parent, with trans and queer friends, saying that the UCP does not get to determine who belongs here. All of us, and the Albertans yet to come, deserve to be here. And we must stand with Indigenous people to honour treaty promises.

Danielle Smith is no separatist; she's much, much worse In a televised address last night Danielle Smith launched a xenophobic assault on immigration and proposed a set of referendum questions for next Fall advocating a constitutional agenda that would red...

A must read here for all Canadians, but especially Albertans via @emmettmacfarlane.com

emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/danielle-s...

"“Alberta’s” taxpayers are like every other taxpayers in the country: they pay provincial taxes, and they pay federal taxes. Within Alberta, the provincial government redistributes that money, literally “subsidizing” rural areas, people who need healthcare, etc. The money we all pay into the federal level does the same thing.

On equalization, he makes this point:

Alberta health authority destroys remaining pediatric drugs imported during 2022 shortage Pediatric medicine was due to expire soon, prompting authority to abandon donation plans

3 theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-health-services-pediatric-drugs-shortage/

Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy A Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny

2 theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-health-care-procurement-controversy-sam-mraiche-mhcare/

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces fall referendum on immigration, constitutional questions | CBC News Premier Danielle Smith wants to hold a referendum in October on measures to limit immigration to Alberta and changes she believes would give the province more rights under the Constitution.

1 cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-danielle-smith-fall-referendum-9.7098568

Obviously I drew this before I’d seen the creepy principal’s desk she did the speech behind.

Eric’s black and white one panel cartoon. Daniel Smith, wearing a Team USA hockey jersey with the number 5, is at a podium with a handful of notes. Podium says Neighbour Schmeighbour. Header says: Premier Smith lays out the case for her new racist nonsense. Smith, looking over her reading glasses:” if you need proof that immigrants are all sleazy and scheming opportunists, you need only look at this (Smith deliberately mispronounces Sam Mraiche’s name phonetically) guy I just learned about! Do you have any idea how much it cost to dispose of all that bleeping Tylenol??

Smith is at it again.

Eric’s black and white one panel cartoon. Daniel Smith, wearing a Team USA hockey jersey with the number 5, is at a podium with a handful of notes. Podium says Neighbour Schmeighbour. Header says: Premier Smith lays out the case for her new racist nonsense. Smith, looking over her reading glasses:” if you need proof that immigrants are all sleazy and scheming opportunists, you need only look at this (Smith deliberately mispronounces Sam Mraiche’s name phonetically) guy I just learned about! Do you have any idea how much it cost to dispose of all that bleeping Tylenol??

Smith is at it again.

And thanks to @duanebratt.bsky.social for weighing in on the part here that i found most interesting, after months of speculation about a referendum in Alberta... but a referendum on separatism.

There is so much to unpack from Smith's TV address. It was a firehose of information. But one thing I need to emphasize. A referendum question to introduce an Alberta head tax on immigration!

I’ll admit, at first glance, I read this as: “86% of southern Albertans have same family doctor”.

To prebunk what we can expect to hear tomorrow:
🔴 Immigrants pay provincial taxes.
🔴 Many non-immigrants don't.

Cutting off immigrants' access to public services isn't about protecting taxpayers.

It's about picking and choosing who is worthy of healthcare and education.

The Tory's fake media scandal Conservatives are attacking journalism by pretending not to understand the difference between film producers and reporters

My latest: on the Tory's fake media scandal

Conservatives are attacking journalism by pretending not to understand the difference between film producers and reporters
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Get a little Alberta Comics Love in your life. It is a bestseller after all.

If we all go follow @bellhasabat.bsky.social maybe they’ll post more slides from their Emily Carr talk!

Bell says “Our most important advice: If you have never finished a comic before: Make a comic less than 30 pages before starting a large one. I literally cannot stress this enough.”

@bellhasabat.bsky.social says: Our most important advice: If you have never finished a comic before: Make a comic less than 30 pages before starting a large one. I literally cannot stress this enough.