Peg Strankman🇨🇦

Photographer. Communicator. Traveller. Birder. Random events and coincidence amaze me. Life is non-linear

[Don Braid @DonBraid]

Alberta betting is now wide open as province bends to internet gambling giants. And to think, we once rejected VLTs. Column.
https://t.co/U2VRJzMKk3 #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #canpoli #Gambling

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

“It’s going to be 1,200 jobs during peak construction. Once it’s constructed, it’s going to be 50 full-time jobs and another 100 contractor jobs. It’s going to generate taxes for the province. It’s going to generate tax base for the municipalities,” - Dale Nally

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Danielle Smith has spun Meta's new plant to make it sound like not only are they bringing their own power, they're adding to the grid.

But on closer examination, it's the exact opposite.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Smith is making a big deal of the fact that the Meta center is supposed to be using closed loop cooling...

But the power plant, Project Greenlight says in its application it's going to be pulling the water for the plant from Sturgeon County's municipal water...

How much?

[Don Braid @DonBraid]

Why the Cord Lund coal fiasco spells trouble for Oct. 19 referendum vote. If Elections Alberta can screw this up, how will they handle about a million people voting on 10 questions each? Column. https://t.co/e4zYej655q
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #canpoli #abgov #yyc #yeg

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

We have an answer!

The power plant supporting the new Meta data center will require 1.25 million liters of water a day.

Currently, Sturgeon County uses 1.1 million liters of water a day municipally.

So, this power plant doubles the water requirements.

H/t @SilentSnow89!

[Peg Strankman🇨🇦 @PeggyStrankman]

@davidfrum @CDNag And another reason to leave usa liquor on the shelf

[Charles Prepolec 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @sherlockeditor]

My 95 year old Dad needs to renew his provincial ID by January. Citizenship docs date from the 1960s. His passport expired 6 years ago with no plans to travel again. If his extant citizenship papers are not accepted for Alberta ID I will be suing the registry and the AB gov't.

[David Shepherd @DShepYEG]

By adding citizenship markers to driver’s licenses/IDs Danielle Smith & the UCP are creating more red tape, bureaucracy & headaches for Albertans for no reason other than playing political games.

@DrJaredWesley wrote a good piece on this last year:

https://t.co/rdB5mQks8f

[Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack32]

Please direct all complaints to American voters, please. Elections have consequences.

We in Canada hold you all responsible, including democrats, for permitting Trump 2.0; we barely forgave for 1.0.

The Canadian government could lift boycotts tomorrow: Canadians aren't buying.

[Jason64Bit 🇨🇦 💪🏻 Never #51 🇨🇦 @jason64bit]

Look, you know what's an irritant? A 50 per cent tariff on steel, 50 per cent tariff on aluminum, 25 per cent tariff on automobiles, all the tariffs on forest products… Those are more than irritants. Those are violations of our trade deal.

[Peg Strankman🇨🇦 @PeggyStrankman]

@FreeAlbertaRob Maybe you should focus on fixing the mess the ridiculous new id cards are making or covering your butt in all the corruption charges your govt faces or _____ or ___

[Sharif Haji @SharifHajiMLA]

Im currently with a constituent of mine who is a senior.

His passport expired and he doesn’t want to renew his passport.

He is 82 and he wants to renew his drivers licence.

He was told his citizenship certificate is from 1975 (not acceptable). So, he has to renew his passport first.

For a citizen who has been driving for 60 years ? This is ridiculous!

[Peg Strankman🇨🇦 @PeggyStrankman]

@SenAdamSchiff @Liberals4Canada Sorry for the wine growers BUT what about Canadians suffering because of your president. In alberta I see your wine and I walk past

[🇨🇦Wayne🇨🇦 @Reil76]

Alberta just approved a $13 billion Meta data centre in Sturgeon County. Here’s what they’re not telling you.

It needs a dedicated 1.4 gigawatt gas plant just to run. That’s roughly the entire daily power demand of Edmonton, for one facility.

Alberta’s grid is already 60% gas powered, nearly 5 times the national emissions intensity. Ottawa’s whole AI strategy assumed Canada’s clean grid would power this stuff. Alberta is the exception, and it’s where almost every planned data centre in the country is now landing.

Meta says it’ll fund its own power infrastructure and match usage with clean energy eventually. Pembina’s Greenlight gas plant isn’t even online until second half of 2030. So new gas gets built now, promises get made for later.

300 permanent jobs for a $13 billion investment. Compare that to what else that capital could have built.

Residents near similar projects in Olds have raised real concerns about water use, air quality and noise, with limited say before approvals move forward.

This isn’t an anti-tech take. It’s a question of who actually benefits when a province hands out energy and land for a fraction of the long term jobs a $13B investment should create.

[Peg Strankman🇨🇦 @PeggyStrankman]

@TKRanch Thats a beautiful sight

[Peg Strankman🇨🇦 @PeggyStrankman]

@echipiuk So so so many things to throw down in front of smith and you take up space with this. Come on!!

[Taking Alberta Forward, We Stand With #Canada! @sytsema_andy]

Even more bloated than we thought.

Alberta now has 7 Regional Health Corridors + 14 Regional Advisory Councils layered on top of the 4 new health agencies, multiple ministers, boards and CEOs. What a web of dysfunction.

This isn’t reform — it’s bureaucratic overload. And Albertans are still waiting for real care. #SavePublicHealthcare

[Peg Strankman🇨🇦 @PeggyStrankman]

@McAllisterBruce @CTVCalgary Oh Bruce. Get a grip! You have done and said worse. Maybe if you and Robbie set a better example

[Peg Strankman🇨🇦 @PeggyStrankman]

@MdmCurt Hanna and spondin