@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.
@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.
@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.
@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.
@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.
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.
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.
@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.
@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.
@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.
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
@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.
@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.