Life post stroke. Animals: 3 cats and 2 kids. Obsessions: Too many to list and the British ones are taking over. Any comments only reflect the views of myself.
I am pinning this string of tweets of mine because again I see people mischaracterizing why the coal plants were shut down and I am tired of retyping the information.
@ConradMaki@CupeAB Here we go again. TransAlta was shutting down the coal burning plants anyway. I worked for them during that period. It's for two reasons - the old coal burning plants were not 'nimble' smaller new plants can respond to demand. Where as the old plants in Wabamun/Keephills have...
The thing that is so distasteful about Smith not including the #waternotcoal question in the big referendumalooza is how bare an exercise in raw political power it is.
She will support her supporters, at the risk of the country, but screw you if you disagree with her.
"A veteran Ontario-based prosecutor is now involved in the criminal probe of alleged procurement irregularities at Alberta’s health authority."
"He has prosecuted cases involving the Hells Angels, drugs, conspiracy and criminal organizations"
#abpoli https://t.co/zSGjWIDgOg
Danielle Smith is trying to buy us off with $100, the equivalent of a tank of gas while starving public healthcare, public education and social services. She is cruel and absolutely incompetent.
#ableg
Indigenous peoples in Alberta have Treaty Rights & a constitutional Duty to be Consulted
Opposing separation isn’t them failing to ‘check themselves.’
It’s exercising rights that predate this province and this premier
They don’t need to check themselves.
Danielle does.
“So let’s call a spade a spade, Danielle Smith. This is what’s actually going on here. The chiefs see it. We all see it. I watch this closely, & I’m telling you the truth: you are the one who needs to check yourself.”
@Songstress28 holding nothing back on her former boss!
While Smith is delaying the "Water Not Coal" petition for at least a year and up to 4...
Today, Nenshi called for Smith to use her powers as premier to put the question on the ballot as written.
#abpoli#ableg#cdnpoli
In response to the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs demanding that the RCMP investigate Smith for Treason...
Smith called for Chiefs to "show as much respect for my government as we have shown for them".
#abpoli#ableg#cdnpoli
SCOOP: Alberta Health Services received a court order to hand over documents to law enforcement, according to an exec at the agency. https://t.co/nIgKp5uIUI w @tom_cardoso
WOW. Big news.
The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs just dropped a bomb on Danielle Smith.
Treaty 6, 7 & 8. United. Unanimously calling for an RCMP and Auditor General investigation into whether the Premier and her UCP government committed TREASON under Section 46 of the Criminal Code of Canada.
The Chiefs met on Treaty 7 territory in Calgary on June 16 and voted as one — pushing a separation referendum that puts Canada’s sovereignty at risk, trampling the Treaty relationship, ignoring privacy violations affecting millions, and opening the door to foreign interference. That’s the case they’re laying out.
And they’re going back to the source. When Treaty was signed, the Northwest Mounted Police — now the RCMP — made a promise: protect First Nations, protect these Territories. The Crown guaranteed peace and goodwill in exchange for sharing this land.
The Chiefs are saying: eff around and find out.
#TreatyRights #Treaty6 #Treaty7 #Treaty8 #AlbertaSeparation
Every time I bring up a Universal Basic Income, people lose their minds and say, "I don't want my taxes paying for it."
Here's my question:
How much are your taxes already paying for poverty?
How much are we spending on homelessness, emergency rooms, shelters, policing, courts, jails, child welfare, lost productivity, and food insecurity?
Poverty isn't free. In fact, poverty costs society a fortune.
The real debate shouldn't be whether we can afford to reduce poverty, it should be whether we can afford not to!
@ABDanielleSmith In the first quarter of 2026, Alberta experienced an outflow of 355 registered physicians, 339 new physicians were registered, resulting in a net decrease of 16 registered doctors for the quarter.