Edward Kallio

Energy economist, LLB, Dipl. Hom. “To know who controls you, see who you may not criticize.” (Tacitus). 🇨🇦🇫🇮

[Edward Kallio @OnceFast]

I asked Grok how Swiss style direct democracy could be adapted to an independent and sovereign Alberta.

(Representative democracy is clearly flawed, and vulnerable to powerful lobbies and corruption.)

Here is the answer:

https://t.co/QUctoW028i

[Valerie Anne Smith @ValerieAnne1970]

Ex-YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki admits to deleting over 1 million COVID videos to silence anti vaxxers.

People died because of this evil woman's censorship.

[John F Kennedy Jr @John_F_kJr]

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Switzerland Becomes the FIRST Country to BAN Mammography — A GLOBAL Medical Scandal Exposed! VIDEO

🚨 Breaking news: Switzerland becomes the first country to BAN #mammography, exposing the shocking truth behind the medical industry’s biggest scam. Discover how mammograms harm women, with up to 60% false positives, cancer risks, and a profit-driven system exploiting millions. It’s time for safer, non-invasive alternatives!

🚨 Mammography: A SYSTEMATIC ASSAULT ON WOMEN’S HEALTH

FOLLOW ME, THE NEXT DROP WILL BE SHOCKING.

[Edward Kallio @OnceFast]

@cbcwatcher @DennisKalma @ikwilson

[Edward Kallio @OnceFast]

@mackay_lloyd @cbcwatcher Hi Lloyd, unfortunately TC Energy withdrew their Energy East Project after the federal government imposed new rules requiring upstream and downstream emissions accounting, among other things. This pipeline would have brought Alberta crude to tidewater in NB.

[dejanira @dejanirasilveir]

🚨💥La FDA perdió la demanda por Ivermectina y se vio obligada a eliminar todas las publicaciones en redes sociales que la criminalizaban como que es una "droga para caballos"

Reconocidos doctores, Dr. Paul Marik y Dr. Pierre Kory, ASEGURAN:

«Este es el medicamento más seguro que los científicos han producido jamás. Y funciona». Refiriéndose a la terapia contra el cáncer. 👇

La VERDAD está saliendo a la Luz, deben pagar por todo el DAÑO, que han causado a la Humanidad 🔥

[Greg Sampson @pdxsampson]

The fact that this won a World Championship and put two players on their backsides qualifies it as one of the best GWGs of this millennium.

[Edward Kallio @OnceFast]

@cbcwatcher Thanks for posting.

[Edward Kallio @OnceFast]

Yours truly with my views on an Alberta to BC Pipeline route.

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

Edward Kallio, Executive advisor for Incorrys on the pipeline and routing considerations "I like the northern routes the best."

" I kind of like the one that begins at Fort McMurray... I think it's a good idea to have some diversification in terms of where the exports egress on the Pacific coast... Vancouver cannot accept those big VLCCs, the very large crude carriers."

"...And it would be a corridor of, say, we'll just call it a kilometer wide or half a kilometer or even less enough to accommodate pipeline and potentially any other infrastructure that might come forward. You know, electrical transmission, natural gas, etc. So you've got that set aside and you've basically de risked that route.

And the pipeline companies are just gun shy. They need to see that there's political will to get a major infrastructure project like this done."

"And don't forget that the, you know, even though the Trans mountain expansion cost $34 billion, which was a significant increase from the 7 billion as filed, a lot of that $6 billion in contracts went to indigenous companies along the way." @OnceFast

[Edward Kallio @OnceFast]

Representative democracy in the west is completely corrupt and corruptible.

Give the people themselves, - the vote and the power….

[GREGORY Simon @DirectDemToday]

Switzerland's High Ranking

Why does Switzerland consistently rank at or near the top of global indices — whether in healthcare, prosperity, innovation, low crime, quality of life, social trust, or government effectiveness?

At the foundation of Switzerland’s success are three deeply connected principles:

🗳️Direct Democracy

Definition:
A political system in which citizens vote directly on major laws, constitutional changes, and national decisions through referendums and popular initiatives. The Swiss people vote for times a year on multiple issues during each voting session, on issues that are national, regional and local.

Why Direct Democracy matters:

👍Government remains accountable because citizens have the final say.
👍Policies gain legitimacy and public trust.
👍People feel ownership over decisions instead of alienation from politics.
👍Long-term stability increases because changes require broad public support.

In Switzerland, government is not something “above” the people — it is continuously corrected and guided by the people.

👊Subsidiarity

Definition:
The principle that decisions should be made at the lowest competent level possible — locally before regionally, regionally before nationally.

Why it matters:

👍Communities solve problems closest to where they occur. Locals are in charge of what happens in the locality.
👍Local diversity is respected instead of suppressed.
👍Cantons and municipalities compete and innovate. They vie for citizens to live in their canton, so they continuously improve things.
👍Power is decentralized, preventing overconcentration and bureaucracy.

This creates a system where citizens remain close to decision-making and institutions remain responsive and human-scale.

🧑‍💼Optimal Manageability

Definition:
A condition in which political, administrative, and social structures are kept at a size and complexity that people can realistically understand, influence, and manage effectively.

Why it matters:

👍Institutions stay transparent and efficient.
Citizens can meaningfully participate in governance.
👍Trust remains high because systems are understandable.
👍Problems are solved faster and more pragmatically.

Switzerland avoids becoming overly centralized or excessively large in governance structure. Responsibilities are distributed in manageable layers.

How These Three Principles Work Together
1⃣ Direct Democracy ensures that citizens retain ultimate authority.
2⃣ Subsidiarity ensures decisions are made close to the people affected by them.
3⃣ Optimal Manageability ensures the entire system remains understandable, efficient, and trusted.

Together, they create:

♦️High social trust
♦️Strong civic responsibility
♦️Stable institutions
♦️Low corruption
♦️Efficient public services
♦️Economic resilience
♦️Innovation through local experimentation
♦️High quality of life

The Core Logic

A population that:

🇨🇭has real political power,
🇨🇭governs locally whenever possible,
🇨🇭and operates within manageable institutions

is far more likely to develop:

♦️trust,
♦️responsibility,
♦️cooperation,
♦️stability,
♦️and long-term prosperity.

That is why Switzerland consistently performs exceptionally well across so many global measures.

Could other countries benefit from this model, of #DirectDemocracy, Subsidiarity, leading to Optimal Manageability?

Read the chart 👇
@SeanBFlanagan @JamesMelville @GEStevens67

[Electroverse @Electroversenet]

In 2016, the Netherlands Meteorological Institute adjusted temperatures at De Bilt, the country's main climate station. Daily maximums from 1901 to 1950 were lowered by up to 1.9C, which removed 16 of 23 heatwaves from the record.

The altered data were then used to claim modern heatwaves were unprecedented.

Four researchers challenged the changes, but the institute dismissed the criticism, so the analysis went to peer review. In 2021, it was published, conclusively demonstrating the method systematically erased historical heat extremes.

Today, the Meteorological Institute has quietly changed its approach, and as a result, seven erased heatwaves have been restored, including the extreme summer of 1947.

Here again, we have a government agency caught rewriting climate history. The Netherlands Meteorological Institute erased heatwaves of the past, ignored critics, and reinstated the truth only when the evidence became impossible to ignore.

Policies were built on that manipulated record.
Dutch farmers lost livelihoods.
Industry and the wider economy paid the price.

But accountability is coming.

[Senator Ron Johnson @SenRonJohnson]

Aaron Siri’s testimony before the FDA vaccine advisory committee (VRBPAC) is well worth watching.

VRBPAC completely ignored it, of course.  

The COVID cartel’s cover-up continues…

[Steve Van Herreweghe @SteviesQuotes]

De meest gevaccineerde plek ter wereld ligt in Ierland 🇮🇪.

Het is een plek genaamd Waterford.

Ze hadden het hoogste vaccinatiepercentage ter wereld.

Daarna leden ze onder het hoogste Covid-percentage in Ierland.

En toen hadden ze de hoogste oversterfte.

De lokale gezondheidsautoriteit kreeg een prijs van de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie voor de manier waarop ze de pandemie aanpakten.

Ze hadden het hoogste sterftecijfer, na het hoogste vaccinatiepercentage te hebben gehad. 85% oversterfte op een bepaald moment.

– Andrew Bridgen @ABridgen

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

Warning from Apple to Canada on Bill C-22 "As you know, this may be one of the last times we're permitted to discuss the consequences of this legislation publicly."

"That's because of the bill's secrecy provisions which forbid companies like Apple from even discussing the orders we receive with our users or the public." @Apple

[Dan Dicks @DanDicksPFT]

CERTIFIED Under The MENTAL HEALTH ACT: Nicholas Wagter CASE BREAKDOWN!!!

Is this unlawful medical detention or a legitimate mental health intervention?

In this video Dan Dicks of Press For Truth breaks down the controversial case of Nicholas Jordan Wagter, currently being held at Vancouver General Hospital under BC’s Mental Health Act.

Certified via Form 4 after a café sighting and family input with no full on-scene evaluation, Nicholas calls it retaliation for his activism and research.

Dan examines both sides: the serious red flags around due process, transparency, and potential abuse of the Mental Health Act, while acknowledging the lack of full context and why such interventions exist in the first place.

No court warrant is required for this initial certification, and immediate independent oversight is limited which begs the question, is this about protection… or control?

[Vesper @vesperdigital]

🚨𝗜 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗧!!!

Brookfield’s CEO said on camera: That they hired Carney while he worked at the UN to help them pull capital into Brookfield.

So the guy helping build the ESG rules ended up being hired by Brookfield to cash in on it at the same time?

[Senator Ron Johnson @SenRonJohnson]

This is the biggest government scandal of my lifetime, and the legacy media refuses to cover it.

The FDA knew that COVID injections were causing severe adverse events, including sudden cardiac death, pulmonary infarction, and Bell’s palsy.

Americans had the Right to Know, and those affected deserve justice.

[GREGORY Simon @DirectDemToday]

❓How much influence do lobbying groups, corporate interests, party ideologies, biases, and political donors have compared to the citizens elected officials are meant to represent?

🛡️Here’s an illustrative example of how Switzerland’s system of #DirectDemocracy can better limit the influence of lobbying groups, corporate interests, party ideologies, biases, and major donors—helping keep political power in the hands of ordinary citizens rather than concentrated interests.

[Edward Kallio @OnceFast]

There’s a lesson here ….

@ikwilson @JeffreyRWRath

[GREGORY Simon @DirectDemToday]

Switzerland's High Ranking

Why does Switzerland consistently rank at or near the top of global indices — whether in healthcare, prosperity, innovation, low crime, quality of life, social trust, or government effectiveness?

At the foundation of Switzerland’s success are three deeply connected principles:

🗳️Direct Democracy

Definition:
A political system in which citizens vote directly on major laws, constitutional changes, and national decisions through referendums and popular initiatives. The Swiss people vote for times a year on multiple issues during each voting session, on issues that are national, regional and local.

Why Direct Democracy matters:

👍Government remains accountable because citizens have the final say.
👍Policies gain legitimacy and public trust.
👍People feel ownership over decisions instead of alienation from politics.
👍Long-term stability increases because changes require broad public support.

In Switzerland, government is not something “above” the people — it is continuously corrected and guided by the people.

👊Subsidiarity

Definition:
The principle that decisions should be made at the lowest competent level possible — locally before regionally, regionally before nationally.

Why it matters:

👍Communities solve problems closest to where they occur. Locals are in charge of what happens in the locality.
👍Local diversity is respected instead of suppressed.
👍Cantons and municipalities compete and innovate. They vie for citizens to live in their canton, so they continuously improve things.
👍Power is decentralized, preventing overconcentration and bureaucracy.

This creates a system where citizens remain close to decision-making and institutions remain responsive and human-scale.

🧑‍💼Optimal Manageability

Definition:
A condition in which political, administrative, and social structures are kept at a size and complexity that people can realistically understand, influence, and manage effectively.

Why it matters:

👍Institutions stay transparent and efficient.
Citizens can meaningfully participate in governance.
👍Trust remains high because systems are understandable.
👍Problems are solved faster and more pragmatically.

Switzerland avoids becoming overly centralized or excessively large in governance structure. Responsibilities are distributed in manageable layers.

How These Three Principles Work Together
1⃣ Direct Democracy ensures that citizens retain ultimate authority.
2⃣ Subsidiarity ensures decisions are made close to the people affected by them.
3⃣ Optimal Manageability ensures the entire system remains understandable, efficient, and trusted.

Together, they create:

♦️High social trust
♦️Strong civic responsibility
♦️Stable institutions
♦️Low corruption
♦️Efficient public services
♦️Economic resilience
♦️Innovation through local experimentation
♦️High quality of life

The Core Logic

A population that:

🇨🇭has real political power,
🇨🇭governs locally whenever possible,
🇨🇭and operates within manageable institutions

is far more likely to develop:

♦️trust,
♦️responsibility,
♦️cooperation,
♦️stability,
♦️and long-term prosperity.

That is why Switzerland consistently performs exceptionally well across so many global measures.

Could other countries benefit from this model, of #DirectDemocracy, Subsidiarity, leading to Optimal Manageability?

Read the chart 👇
@SeanBFlanagan @JamesMelville @GEStevens67

[Edward Kallio @OnceFast]

@Christo39775311 @CatchUpFeed The reverse is true