SCOOP: I went through Elections Alberta disclosures and it turns out that seven out of 11 members of the public appointed to the Alberta Next panel have contributed a combined $40K to the UCP since 2017.
This means that three quarters of the panelists are UCP MLAs and donors.
New Alberta polling out today. 58% disapprove of Smith’s performance, including 46% who strongly disapprove. Albertans are starting to tire of Smith and the UCP's political games. October gives us another chance to tell them how unhappy we are with the politics of division.
Danielle Smith's approval rating has reached an all-time career low, dropping to 38% according to the latest public opinion data.
Recent tracking indicates that a majority of Albertans now disapprove of her job performance over her handling of healthcare, affordability, and an upcoming referendum dealing with Alberta separation.
56% of Albertans disapprove of her.
43% indicating strong disapproval.
The highest level of strong disapproval recorded for any premier in Canada.
#Alberta
https://t.co/wAkzDdWm0l
Promising in advance of issuing permits must be in law an abuse of public office. It is prejudging the outcome of the established process without examining the evidence. "Red tape" on projects is there for a reason.
Looks like Trump and the GOP will defer to King Charles to be the grown up in this time of crisis, and convene US companies:
"the king will convene leaders from companies including Nvidia, Google, DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as government officials and others, “to discuss how A.I. can be developed and deployed in ways that benefit society.”"
https://t.co/W8Gt2f8dPJ
Here’s the UCP’s campaign manager for Calgary-Shaw putting up unofficial “Don’t split the vote” signs right beside ours.
It’s cynical politics: asking people to vote out of fear rather than for something they believe in.
Don’t reward this behaviour. Vote for integrity, accountability and responsible government.
Vote Tory.
#calgary #yyc #calgaryshaw #abpoli #ableg #abtory #alberta #ucp
We all need to wake up to the existence of a new right wing alliance, clearly called for in the US National Security Strategy issued in December 2025, which will include the German AFD, the Rassemblement National in France, Nigel Farage’s party and those even further to the right in the UK. Their political advance will be led, supported, fuelled and financed by Trump, the TechBros, Putin, and whatever other sources can be found around the world. They are actively interfering in the Alberta referendum, and will fund whatever racist and separatist groups they can find around the world. Failure to understand this, and to fight it, will put our own democratic lives at risk.
Dear humans around the world:
That thunderclap you just heard came from Gander, Newfoundland.
At 92 years old, Jean Chretien just gave the speech of his life.
With the most memorable, important words of his life.
Because he speaks for what most Canadians are feeling in our stomachs and hearts today, better than anyone else could.
God bless him. God bless Canada.
#911Remembrance