Chuck McKinnon

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@JeromyYYC "Fixing them together" is fine sentiment, but structurally impossible. It's THE ONLY reason I'm in favour of separation: there's no way to get Alberta a fair deal inside Confederation, because it will always make sense to buy votes elsewhere in the country at Alberta's expense.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@JakeLandauTO If you want a level of ideological purity that keeps your party out of power, the NDP ir the Greens seem a better fit.

I'm Albertan, and Eric Lombardi's pragmatism reminds me of the federal Liberals when Chretien was PM. I'm impressed.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@JamesDeanBoyd @ikwilson @ATCAlberta Not at all. I've pointed to sources of information that are and will be relevant to the separation debate, whether or not you agree. That's worth engaging over. I'll let readers decide which of us is angry.

Enjoy your week.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@JamesDeanBoyd @ikwilson @ATCAlberta If you want someone to respond angrily to trolling, you'll have to bait someone else. I've been online since 1982. I'm immune.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@JamesDeanBoyd @ABJeffBerube It doesn't have to become utopia. Structurally, it's easier to hold two levels of government to account than three. Culturally, Alberta interferes less in people's lives. That's enough for me.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@frothyassets @dwr @Jesse_Livermore Musk is Roosevelt's "man in the arena." Let's see you do better.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

Agreed. The Crowsnest Pass folks voted in favour of the development that @CorbLund opposes and I will vote with them rather than with him, but Mr. Lund did the requisite work to get this question on the ballot and so that's what should happen.

[Michael Thomlinson @miket136]

I will vote for responsible resource development, including coal, when @CorbLund's petition makes it to the ballot.

But if he followed the rules and obtained the signatures, it should make it to the ballot.

If these petitions are valueless jokes than so is our democracy.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@jfinch @SystePlusOne @DennisKalma "The status quo is our only option. Govern me harder, baby!"

A lot of us don't actually think this way, and really do believe we can enact better policy with only 2 levels of government instead of 3.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@IanRunkle Are you familiar with the work of @prestonjbyrne?

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@Citizen004 @CarsonJerema @colbycosh @sarkonakj @AtIssueCBC @ikwilson @montesolberg While @ikwilson might be persona non grata at the CBC, I can't imagine Colby Cosh would object to a discussion with him.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@acoyne Dude, you don't actually know *anything* about AI or cybersecurity.

If someone wants an informed,Trump-admin-skeptical take on this incident, go read @DanielMiessler.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@gilmcgowan You don't have to hate Canada to agree with Mintz. You just have to believe that Canada makes a lot of bad policy and that Alberta would make less of it, and be more easily correctable since there'd only be 2 levels of government rather than 3. Which is basically my position.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@cuntycatlady @miket136 Nothing Alberta needs is going to cost $400B, or anything close to it, on day one.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

This is badly-planned, tyrannical, and the implementation will almost certainly be unworkable.

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

Tens of millions of Canadians will be required to age verify to use social media when the ban launches. My post on how the government plans to implement it without standards, privacy review, or an enforcement mechanism with potential exemptions years away.
https://t.co/LCNLHhrzpG

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@bearishable @valdombre I agree, which is why I don't support the current system. It's too much, too fast.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@GCarabine Yes. See my answer to your question about the American article.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@GCarabine Because I claimed this was a trend across the Western world, not just Canada.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@GCarabine So when I heard that the CBE was caught calling ~$9M of admin spending "instructional spending," it seemed of a piece with a much broader trend.

[Chuck McKinnon @chuckmckinnon]

@GCarabine There's a random sampling of Canada, U.S., and UK data. A bit of Googling turns up a lot more, including some debate/discussion of extent & implications, but the trend is widespread, and noticing it is not limited to right-wing publications.