Rich Neumann

[Eric Macramalla @EricMacramalla]

Hiring Mike Babcock is a troubling sign for the Oilers. It signals an organization stuck in the past, clinging to old names instead of embracing new ideas.

[Courtney Theriault @cspotweet]

Former Alberta Finance senior manager Lennie Kaplan knows his way around numbers.

And his calulator is painting a fairly dire picture for separation:

-Our economy shrinks by 7.2% in year one
-Personal income drops 6.2%
-Business invesment falls 8%
-Boosts trade costs by 12%

https://t.co/tgLNlafebR

[Global Calgary @GlobalCalgary]

Already-low Alberta separatism support drops sharply from early 2026: Ipsos poll

https://t.co/TncbXjf1Zc

[kyall glennie @kyall]

you can't make it up: Alberta's finance minister Jason Nixon doesn't want to be “trying to argue any one side of the independence question."

guess the Alberta cabinet not so solid on Alberta remaining in Canada after all.

https://t.co/S1diS0F6Fp

[Jeromy (Pathfinder) Farkas @JeromyYYC]

Rick, I offered you an interview on separatism. You passed. Instead, you’re out here cosplaying as Alberta’s bravest keyboard warrior while carrying water for one of the dumbest ideas in modern Alberta politics. The old Rick would’ve had the guts to ask the questions himself.

[Rich Neumann @Rich_Neumann]

RT @cspotweet: "I'd never do it, Premier Smith knows how I fell, she wants to I guess protect her 30% base."

Ontario Premier Doug Ford sug…

[Andrew Knack @AndrewKnack]

Edmonton is and always will be a vital part of Canada. Premier Smith and the UCP Government's separatist agenda is catastrophic for Edmontonians, Albertans, and all Canadians.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

I am in a state of dissociative awe by how incredibly stupid, dangerous, and idiotic this all is. Just the inevitable result of a generation of unserious leadership and Conservative and Canadian dysfunction. https://t.co/neFs58aMsI

[Andrew Leach 🇨🇦 @andrew_leach]

There is one person who can choose whether to send Alberta down a chaotic and uncertain path. When she announces her choice tonight, do not let her shift the blame to anyone else. This is her choice.

[Mark Spector🇨🇦🇺🇦 @SportsnetSpec]

This is Danielle Smith’s UCP at its finest. Shame, shame, shame…

[Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @SPhillipsAB]

Welcome to Alberta, where all roads lead to a separation referendum.

Even 400,000 people who sign a petition saying they want to stay in Canada = reason for separation.

Shameless.

@NateHornerAB: we both ran against separatists. It’s time to do the right thing.

[James Moore @honjamesmoore]

A referendum that will divide your party and make the province look unstable for investment, all to ultimately affirm the constitutional status quo, is an odd choice…

[Courtney Theriault @cspotweet]

Worth noting as we see both Nate Horner and Matt Jones resign their cabinet positions.

Both were asked two weeks ago if they support the Premier calling a separation referendum on her own.

Horner said she shouldn't and that he ran against separatists, while Jones said UCP is not a separatist party and should push harder to stay in Canada.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

Democracy is not an enemy. Our democracy requires our elected officials tell us what they actually believe and what they plan to do in office before putting those beliefs into action.

Our democracy demands separatists generate real democratic legitimacy to hold a secession referendum.

Democracy demands a separatist party declare itself as such before it is elected to power.

Democracy demands that an explicitly separatist party defend itself in debate during a writ period; to be honest with the voters about the benefits and risks of holding a secession referendum.

Democracy demands that a separatist party win power in the legislature in a free and fair election prior to holding a referendum.

Albertans deserve this. Anything short of it isn't "democracy." It's an abuse of democracy by process. It's a betrayal of the trust of the voters of the highest order.

[Kevin McCurdy @KevinMcCurdy]

This isn't a comment about Knoblauch/Cassidy/Whomever or coaching in general in any way.

With that out of the way:

What a monumental clusterfuck. This situation is bordering on the situation with Bruce Boudreau in Vancouver. Daryl Katz needs to get his house in order, because the management situation here is pretty embarrassing at this point. I don't know who leaked what to where, it doesn't matter. The management team looks inept and petty, and I'm sure from the players perspective, even *if* they want a coaching change, this is completely unnecessary scrutiny and it's not a good look. Now you're pretty much forced into a coaching change and you look, as an organization, like disorganized idiots doing it.

You want to recruit top talent, and this is how things look publicly? Good luck, I guess.

Good grief.

[Kim Siever @kim_siever]

ATCO CEO says separation talk ‘impacting investments now’

https://t.co/QuI1b2xmAm

[Andrew Leach 🇨🇦 @andrew_leach]

Why do people keep associating Jeff Rath, Stay Free Alberta, and the Centurion Project? It's hard to pin down.

[Andrew Leach 🇨🇦 @andrew_leach]

If the stories of the Centurion meeting are true, and a room full of separatist activists was given personal information about @jkenney, to whom many will have ill will, that's exactly the type of behaviour everyone is worried about. And it was done in full view.

[Warren Kinsella @kinsellawarren]

This is wild. #ableg #cdnpoli

[Keith Gerein @keithgerein]

"We simply have to operate under the assumption that basically anyone in the province, no matter how unhinged, may now have nearly universal access to the personal information of everybody who lives here." #ableg

https://t.co/mCcjdOJUhm