Bergen Road

They call me Bergen Road, or Twp 320 when the mood strikes. I’m not just a line of asphalt across Alberta’s backcountry.

[Bergen Road @BergenRoad]

@BonnieMeikle1 @johnrbolton01 Who told you that? Not what the town is saying.

[CTV News Calgary @CTVCalgary]

Poaching suspect sought after grizzly bear found shot dead near Sundre https://t.co/unF5IH7AUN

[The Albertan @TheAlbertan_]

NEWS: Sundre Pro Rodeo cancels annual community parade over proposed separatist float https://t.co/H2upjbQajF

[Bergen Road @BergenRoad]

@BonnieMeikle1 @johnrbolton01 Nope. The Town isn't. Some dudes from outta town are organizing some sort of slow role convey.

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Tweet of the day!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[Bergen Road @BergenRoad]

@CoryBMorgan Cool convoy, bro. More like Grifters from across Alberta descend on Sundre to 'show support' by blocking traffic and ensuring nobody can get to a local business. Nothing says 'community' like people from outta town making sure the community can't function

[Bergen Road @BergenRoad]

@JasonLavigneAB Let's be real — this is a convoy, not a parade.

[Ken Boessenkool @KenBoessenkool]

A very powerful piece by three people I’m privileged to call friends from across the broad spectrum of the Alberta political right.

Lead. Not Leave.

https://t.co/lHYZtIqZHY

[Bergen Road @BergenRoad]

#sundre #ableg

[Forward Canada @fwd_canada]

This week on 'Whatever This Is': we are watching political gravity finally catch up to Danielle Smith. #ableg #canpoli #abpoli

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

THE VIBES IN TORONTO RIGHT NOW 🇨🇦⚽️🇨🇦⚽️

[🇨🇦Wayne🇨🇦 @Reil76]

The Carney government just dropped a $3.2 billion food security strategy and it’s worth understanding what it actually does.

Right now, only 11 cents of every dollar you spend on groceries reaches the farmer who grew it. Five companies control 80% of the grocery market. And Canada exports billions in agricultural products while turning around and importing processed versions of the same food from the US at a markup.

This plan attacks that problem structurally. $1 billion goes toward food terminals and distribution hubs so independent grocers can buy directly from Canadian farmers, cutting out the middleman. The Competition Bureau gets a funding boost to go after the property control tricks big grocers use to block competitors from moving in nearby. And Farm Credit Canada gets $1 billion for domestic food processing so we stop exporting raw product and importing it back as something more expensive.

The targets are concrete: expand the Ontario Food Terminal by end of year, open two new food terminals and 10 regional food hubs by 2028.

This isn’t a handout to Loblaws. It’s infrastructure to break their stranglehold on the supply chain.

Will it fix your grocery bill overnight? No. But building real competition into the system is how you get lasting price relief, not a rebate that disappears after one quarter.

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Read this.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[Courtney Theriault @cspotweet]

'During the 2023 Alberta provincial general election, Elections Alberta hired 13,095 election workers, with the total cost for the election coming to approximately $37 million.'

Elections Alberta launches largest recruitment drive in provincial history looking to 60k workers

https://t.co/JW36nQzffL

[Danielle Smith @ABDanielleSmith]

One Card. That’s it.

Starting July 2, Albertans can get a new driver’s licence or ID card that includes their healthcare number and proof of citizenship, all on one secure card at no additional cost.

No more flimsy paper cards. No more carrying multiple pieces of ID. Just a common-sense change that makes life easier.

[Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 @jkenney]

💯

Separatists are *shocked* by my suggestion that Canada could revoke Canadian citizenship from Albertans following a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI.)

They believe that Alberta would get to determine how Canada would respond to a UDI, and that Albertans would have a right to hold and transmit Canadian citizenship to the nth generation.

But at the same time, they would not grant Alberta citizenship to the ~50% or Albertans born outside the province, i.e. people who are Albertans by choice, not chance.

So half the Alberta population (myself included) would be ineligible for Alberta citizenship, but the separatists would get to keep their Canadian passport to travel and work in the rest of Canada visa-free.

How crazy is that?

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Wab Kinew on fact-checking Danielle Smith: "Somebody's got to stick up for Canada. And I love this country so much ... if there is going to be a referendum, I don't want fake news to be framing it up."

[Ken Boessenkool @KenBoessenkool]

This morning @TravisToewsAB @jfdinning @PGarritty @trevortombe @andrew_leach @jengerson @DrJaredWesley and I launched Lead not Leave.

Read our joint statement here.
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https://t.co/UcRFqTljmr