Look, I’ve been reading some of these hot takes about Danielle Smith and the whole "separatist fire" narrative, and honestly? It’s a bit rich. People like @kinsellawarren in their ivory towers love to talk about "dangerous rhetoric," but out here in the real world, where we’re actually building things, creating jobs, and trying to keep the lights on, it looks a lot different.
Calling this a "fire" implies something accidental or that Smith is just out there with a match for the fun of it. That’s just not true. If there’s heat, it’s because the federal government has been turning up the temperature on Alberta for years. When you keep squeezing the province that’s supposed to be the engine of the country, don’t act surprised when people start looking for the emergency exit.
And let’s talk about this obsession with labelling everything "radical." Since when is giving people a voice a bad thing? Whether you’re talking about the Alberta Sovereignty Act or simply pushing back on federal overreach, it’s not about burning the house down. It’s about standing up for the people who pay the bills. If you’re a builder, you know that when the foundation is cracked, you fix it; you don’t just pretend the house is fine because you don’t like the sound of the drilling.
The media likes to paint this as some fringe movement, but you talk to everyday folks at the job site or the grocery store, and they’re tired of being ignored. Smith isn’t creating these feelings; she’s just not afraid to acknowledge them. That’s what leadership looks like to a lot of us. It’s not about separation for the sake of it; it’s about making sure Alberta doesn't get left holding the bag while Ottawa keeps moving the goalposts.
At the end of the day, we just want a fair shake. Stop the fear-mongering, stop the condescending lectures from Down East, and start respecting the fact that Albertans are smart enough to decide their own future. That’s the real conversation we should be having.
'Suzuki is treated as a saint in Canada because he was on the CBC when the boomers were young and there were only three channels and he was the Voice of Science'
https://t.co/kMygZUnuRA
🚨The Crown prosecutors requested 7- and 8-year sentences for the 2 organizers of the Freedom Convoy truck protests in Ottawa.
The Crown prosecutors are requesting 5 1/2 years for a man who stabbed his 7- and 8-year-old children.
Let that sink in.
Elon Musk: You can tell which side is the good side and which side is the bad side by which side wishes to restrict freedom of speech
The side that is restricting freedom of speech you know, that would have been the Hitlers, Stalins, and Mussolinis of the world
They had very strong censorship, very strong restrictions on speech. That’s one of the signs that they’re the bad guys
In fact, a restriction on speech and large government is fundamentally fascist, obviously. So ironically, in pushing for censorship, it makes it very clear that the left is the side that is against freedom
Freedom of speech is simply one of many freedoms that we should have as a civil society because ideas should win on the strength of their arguments. They should not win because they are suppressed
Angry Boomers: Pop superstar and single-citizenship proud Canadian Tate McRae is a "traitor" for appearing in an NBC ad
Also Angry Boomers: Washed-up actor and triple-citizenship Mike Myers (who has lived in America for decades) is a "Canadian patriot"
https://t.co/cvI2jcb16F
Fuck the separatists in Quebec.
They don’t have the right to ass kiss @JustinTrudeau and try to run the country.
Election NOW.
Give Canadians the right to decide who runs our country.
RT to agree.
My comment got more retweets than your tweet Nenshi. You’re going down quicker than an underage hooker on a crooked politician. Get those city lawyers together. I’m suing & I’m gonna win. The unscientific vaccine passport was ruled UNLAWFUL! We obeyed the law. The Charter & Gods.
Poll time!
We have had a few days to discuss and digest it now.
Do you support Premier Danielle Smith's direction with children & trans issues?
Vote and RT.
Let's get a large sampling.