Braydon Ekstrom

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

I stand with Ireland!

[Jason Lavigne @JasonLavigneAB]

Timeline: Federal Actions Affecting Alberta's Energy Sector

1957 — Equalization Program — PM Louis St. Laurent
Harms Alberta: Created the federal transfer system that later used Alberta’s stronger tax base and resource economy to support other provinces.

1980 — National Energy Program — PM Pierre Trudeau
Harms Alberta: Federal price controls, taxes, and revenue-sharing reduced Alberta’s oil revenue and investor confidence.

1982 — Canada Oil and Gas Act — Bill C-48 — PM Pierre Trudeau
Harms Alberta: Expanded federal control over oil and gas rights on federal lands and offshore areas.

1997 / 2002 — Kyoto Protocol Commitment and Ratification — PM Jean Chrétien
Harms Alberta: Put federal emissions obligations over a province whose economy depends heavily on oil and gas.

2007 — Equalization Formula Change — Budget 2007 / Bill C-52 — PM Stephen Harper
Harms Alberta: Moved to a 10-province standard with 50% of natural resource revenues included in the formula, meaning Alberta’s resource wealth helped raise the national standard used to calculate payments.

2007 — Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act — Bill C-288 — PM Stephen Harper
Harms Alberta: Forced federal planning around Kyoto targets, increasing pressure on emissions-intensive oil and gas.

2018 — Federal Carbon Tax — Bill C-74 — PM Justin Trudeau
Harms Alberta: Added carbon costs to fuel, operations, transport, and large industrial emitters.

2018 — Federal Methane Regulations — SOR/2018-66 — PM Justin Trudeau
Harms Alberta: Added compliance costs and equipment requirements to upstream oil and gas.

2019 — Oil Tanker Moratorium / West Coast Tanker Ban — Bill C-48 — PM Justin Trudeau
Harms Alberta: Blocked a northern B.C. crude export route to global markets.

2019 — Impact Assessment Act — Bill C-69 — PM Justin Trudeau
Harms Alberta: Increased approval risk, delays, and uncertainty for pipelines and major energy projects.

2021 — Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act — Bill C-12 — PM Justin Trudeau
Harms Alberta: Created a legal framework for future emissions restrictions on oil and gas.

2022 — Clean Fuel Regulations — SOR/2022-140 — PM Justin Trudeau
Harms Alberta: Increased compliance costs on gasoline, diesel, refiners, producers, and consumers.

2023 / 2024 — Oil and Gas Emissions Cap — Draft CEPA Regulations — PM Justin Trudeau
Harms Alberta: Sector-specific cap widely criticized as a de facto production cap.

2024 — Sustainable Jobs Act — Bill C-50 — PM Justin Trudeau
Harms Alberta: Federal transition planning away from traditional oil and gas jobs.

2024 — Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Tax Credit — Bill C-59 — PM Justin Trudeau
Harms Alberta: Ties oil sands competitiveness to expensive federally defined carbon-capture requirements.

2024 — Anti-Greenwashing Amendments — Bill C-59 — PM Justin Trudeau
Harms Alberta: Creates legal risk for oil and gas companies speaking publicly about emissions and environmental claims.

2025 / 2026 — Partial Carbon Tax Rollback — Bill C-4 — PM Mark Carney
Harms Alberta: Removed the consumer carbon tax, but left industrial carbon pricing in place.

2025 / 2026 — Canada–Alberta Energy MOU / Industrial Carbon Pricing Deal — PM Mark Carney
Harms Alberta: Preserves and strengthens industrial carbon pricing, ties pipeline progress to emissions reductions, and requires major public-backed carbon capture commitments such as Pathways.

Alberta Independence was never the problem, it's the only solution.

[wealthmoose @wealthmoose]

Gad Saad isn’t being dramatic.

Stage 5 suicidal empathy looks like:

🇨🇦 Only G20 nation in recession

🇨🇦 Workers sleeping in Highway 401 parking lots

🇨🇦 $120B in foreign aid while seniors can’t afford groceries

🇨🇦 200,000 TFW while 1.5M Canadians sit unemployed

He’s describing the receipts. 🇨🇦

@GadSaad

#cdnpoli #Canada

[Marc Nixon @MarcNixon24]

Pierre Poilievre Delivered Powerful Speech in Calgary

The biggest threat to Canadian unity isn't people talking about separation.

It's politicians pretending there isn't a problem.

Ten years ago, Alberta separatism was a fringe idea.

Today, hundreds of thousands of Albertans are demanding change because they feel ignored, punished and taken for granted.

You don't save a country by calling people names.

You save it by listening, fixing what's broken and giving people a reason to believe again.

[Marcus Lemonis @marcuslemonis]

For all who are complaining about the @SpaceX valuation for its IPO, it’s a free market. Don’t buy it.

For those who believe in future and @elonmusk , it’s a free market, buy it.

RT If you are going to invest

[Braydon Ekstrom @RayEkBray]

@MassSneaks @PhilipJohnston @SpaceX There is 0 companies doing what space X is doing. This company will be planting a corporate flag on another planet...

[Whatevs @_Papa_Joe_]

Claude Lemieux killed himself the other day. One of the beacons of the NHL. June is Men's Mental Health Month.

It's not "I like to have sexy time with someone who is the same sex as me and look at me in my parade" month.

The fact that any team in the NHL would do this shit on the heels of losing Claude is pure trash. They're 4% of the population and 98% of them don't even know what icing is.

Fellas, if you're feeling like you hit rock bottom and you don't have any other way out, you do. Reach out to anyone. Call a friend you haven't spoken with in forever and a day, and just say hi.

The suicide hotline is 1-800-273-8255, or 988. Reach out. You're worth it.

[Erik Thorvaldsson @erik_thorvalds]

This is a massive issue on the Forestry Trunk Road north of Waiparous here in Alberta.

Is any level of government going to do anything?

Forestry Minister @dtloewen please do something about it!

[Rise Of Alberta @RiseOfAlberta]

Quebec held two referendums on independence.

Now, when Alberta talks about consulting its own people, Ottawa suddenly calls it dangerous.

Even the leader of the Parti Québécois understands the principle.

If Quebec can ask the question, so can Alberta.

[Braydon Ekstrom @RayEkBray]

@yegwave Electors could vote “yes” or “no” on the question. 61.7% of electors (642,501) voted yes. 38.3% (399,169) voted no.

https://t.co/L30MeQhZ1O

[Braydon Ekstrom @RayEkBray]

@yegwave Constitutional Referendum on Equalization – October 18, 2021

Should section 36(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982 – Parliament and the government of Canada’s commitment to the principle of making equalization payments – be removed from the constitution?

[Rise Of Alberta @RiseOfAlberta]

They brought a bus.

We brought a freight train.

#AlbertaIndependence

[Braydon Ekstrom @RayEkBray]

@DaneLloydMP Your about to be very unpopular with a large portion of your base...

[Chris Barber (Big Red) @ChrisBarber1975]

This tool is a scum bag. We should remind him of 2022 when he was horrible to unvaxed Canadians with questions

[Eva Chipiuk, BSc, LLB, LLM @echipiuk]

Watching the drama unfold around the referendum discussion is, to me, just so incredibly silly.

I cannot believe we are at a point where we are seriously entertaining theatrics about whether citizens should even be allowed to pose a question, instead of having mature discussions about what the question actually means, the potential consequences, the legal realities, the risks, the benefits, and the broader future of the province and country.

That is what democracy is supposed to be.

Not fear of discussion.

Not attempts to shut conversations down before they even happen.

Not treating citizens like they are incapable of hearing ideas, thinking critically, and making decisions for themselves.

A referendum question is not automatic implementation. It is a mechanism to gauge public support and force public discussion on an issue of significant importance. Democracies should not be afraid of asking questions. If anything, they should be afraid of preventing them.

If people believe an idea is flawed, unrealistic, harmful, or unsupported, then make the argument. Present the evidence. Debate the issue openly and honestly. Trust citizens enough to engage with the substance instead of trying to suppress the conversation itself.

Because once a society becomes more concerned with controlling what questions can be asked than debating the answers, we are moving in a very dangerous direction.

When will we turn things back right side up in this upside down world?

[Braydon Ekstrom @RayEkBray]

@MarioManelli_ 🥳

[Caleb Hammer @sircalebhammer]

Pack a sandwich.

[Stay Free Alberta @StayFreeAlberta]

Let it be clear...

[Rise Of Alberta @RiseOfAlberta]

Trudeau-appointed judges are blocking Albertans from voting on their own future.

We did not vote for them. We cannot remove them.

They serve Ottawa, not Alberta.

This is the case for independence.

[Braydon Ekstrom @RayEkBray]

@OrevaZSN If it took you 10 years to become a millionaire at that salary and tax rate you dont deserve to be a millionaire......