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[Darnell Glass @DGlass15]

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[Mark Dietz @MarkDietzinAB]

I had a brief go with Jason Kenney on X last night.

The man is classless.

The utter sleaze-baggery of a former premier of Alberta repeatedly coming on to a public platform to insult those he used to represent, is really something to behold, and is all one needs to know about him.

It also says a lot about what's rotten Canada.

Kenny represents everything that is wrong with this country. He's an insensitive snob who protects what might be the most corrupt country in the western world, while disparaging those who want change, and refuse to go down with the sinking ship his ilk created.

The corruption, unfairness, and societal decay never touch him, so he defends the swamp that feeds him, while his arrogance blinds him to the fact that he is unwittingly becoming the poster child for separation.

He now embodies the distant, condescending Ottawa politician that Albertans despise. He never represented Albertans, and the only reason he became Premier was that Rachel
Notley was so bad we would have literally voted for a hamster to get her out of office.

So congratulations, Mr Kenny, your legacy is complete.
#AlbertaIndependence

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

Thoughts on Team Canada at World Juniors:

There's been a lot of discourse today about Canada's performance after bowing out to Czechia again. I've read a lot about roster construction, team toughness, how players were used during the tournament, and other things related to the team's inability to get the job done.

These things may have been an issue, but reality is the problem runs way deeper.

Here is the biggest thing that people aren't talking about:

Canada has WAY fewer youth boys playing hockey than it did a decade ago.

Looking at Hockey Canada registration and membership data, it's mind-boggling to see the numbers.

And the numbers in the biggest provinces (Ontario and Quebec) are especially egregious.

So why is this happening? Hockey is Canada's sport. It shouldn't be like this.

It's what we hear every day from families all over North America:

Costs are too high. It's professionalized at too young of an age. The stress of the youth hockey experience is too much for kids and families.

Community programs have been replaced by for-profit entities leading to higher costs and more pressure. Development has been replaced by super teams and rogue/outlaw leagues outside of Hockey Canada even before kids are 8 years old. At the older ages, hockey academies have become what families believe is the only way their kids will make it - shelling out INSANE amounts of money to send their kids to do so.

Ontario just got rid of residency rules which will only lead to less accountability and more club-hopping than there already was in the nation's craziest and biggest youth hockey market.

The reason why Canada was the hockey superpower for so long is because it was part of the fabric of the country. There was such a pride and passion for the game and what the game meant to the flag. There was such a sense of playing the game for something bigger than yourself.

Now rather than playing for the love of the game, hockey in Canada is like a job for many of these kids in the environment they're being put in. It's less about pride and passion and more about the path to making it. When in all honesty, it's the pride and passion for the game that is the biggest consistency in the kids that do end up making it.

If Canada wants to restore its hockey dominance, it better take a long look in the mirror at the grassroots and what is going on in youth hockey. If you have tens of thousands of fewer boys playing the game, you should probably look at that first. The bigger your pool of athletes, the more elite athletes you can develop.

"As many as possible, for as long as possible, in the best environment possible". That has to be the guiding principle.

There's a lot of great people in Canada doing incredible things for the game, but the system itself is fundamentally broken. If Hockey Canada is serious about getting back to the top, it has to start at the bottom.

[Keith Wilson @ikwilson]

To the Canadians outside of Alberta thinking about moving to the freedom and sanity of Alberta, please do so before March 31, 2026. This will allow you to vote in our October 2026 independence referendum.

[Darnell Glass @DGlass15]

@jkenney @MacLeodLisa Nothing like posting a 3 year old survey and claiming it’s represents current sentiment among Canadians. Not sure why, but I expect better out of you.

[Dan Knight @DanKnightMMA]

Good morning, Canada. It’s New Year’s Eve, and while many of you are preparing to celebrate tonight, let’s take a moment to reflect on what’s coming tomorrow. When the clock strikes midnight, it won’t just be the start of 2025—it’ll mark the beginning of Taxpocalypse 2025, a year where Justin Trudeau’s government will hit the middle class harder than ever before.

https://t.co/V8lrWDjicM

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has released a report that lays bare the financial storm Canadians are about to endure. It’s not just inflation draining your wallet; it’s an avalanche of new taxes designed to fund Trudeau’s bloated government and its endless corruption. Let’s go through the numbers, because you deserve to know what’s really happening.

First, payroll taxes are going up. If you earn $81,200 or more, you’ll be paying $403 more in Canada Pension Plan and Employment Insurance contributions this year. Your employer will also fork out nearly $6,000 per employee. Small businesses—already struggling with inflation and high costs—are being crushed under this weight. This isn’t job creation; it’s job destruction.

Then there’s the carbon tax. Starting tomorrow, it jumps from $80 per tonne to $95, adding 20.9¢ per litre to the cost of gasoline. Filling up a 70-litre tank will now cost you almost $15 in carbon taxes alone. If you heat your home with natural gas, get ready to pay an additional $415 this year. Trudeau claims this is about fighting climate change, but in reality, it’s just another excuse to fill government coffers.

And if you thought inflation was bad, bracket creep makes it worse. As your income grows slightly due to inflation, you’re pushed into higher tax brackets without actually having more buying power. So, you’ll pay more in income tax on money that doesn’t go as far as it did last year. Meanwhile, the wealthy use loopholes to avoid taxes, and the poor get targeted rebates. Once again, it’s the middle class holding the bag.

Don’t believe me about how bad things have gotten under Trudeau? Let’s talk inflation—specifically food inflation. Here are the year-over-year increases:

2021: 4.0% (September)

2022: 11.0% (October)

2023: 8.3% (June)

2024: 2.7% (October)

Now, let’s compound that year over year. Since 2021, food prices have soared 28.37%. Think about that—almost a third of your grocery budget wiped out. A dollar that used to buy a loaf of bread now barely buys three-quarters of one. And this year, Trudeau’s new taxes will take even more out of your wallet.

But while you’re paying more for less, Trudeau has been busy inflating something else: the federal public service. Since he took office in 2015, he has added 108,793 new public servants to the federal payroll—a 42% increase in the size of the federal public service. And for what? Are hospitals better staffed? Are services more efficient? Absolutely not. Wait times for healthcare are worse than ever. Infrastructure projects are endlessly delayed.

If you ask me, Trudeau bloated the public sector to artificially keep unemployment numbers down. Let’s be clear: it’s the private sector that provides for the public sector, not the other way around. Every new bureaucrat added to the payroll is funded by taxes from hardworking Canadians—people like you—who are already struggling to make ends meet.

So, under Trudeau, you’re paying more for groceries, more in taxes, and getting less in return. This isn’t governance; it’s theft. But here’s the real insult: all of this money is going to fund Trudeau’s swamp of waste and corruption. Take the ArriveCAN app, a disaster that cost $54 million—for what? A glorified QR code. Contracts were handed out to insiders, many of whom didn’t even do any work.

Then there’s the Green Slush Fund, which has wasted nearly $400 million on pet projects rife with conflicts of interest. Liberal insiders funneled taxpayer money into their own businesses, and Trudeau’s government just shrugged.

The alcohol escalator tax is going up too, adding 2% more to the already sky-high taxes on beer, wine, and spirits. And don’t forget the digital services tax, a 3% levy on platforms like Amazon and Netflix. Experts say most of this cost will be passed directly to consumers.

Final Thoughts

This is Justin Trudeau’s Canada: a nation where the poor are shielded, the rich find their loopholes, and the middle class—the backbone of this country—is bled dry. Payroll taxes, carbon taxes, alcohol taxes, income taxes—it’s all part of an elaborate scheme to fund the bloated vanity projects and corruption of a government that no longer even pretends to care about the people footing the bill.

And while Canadians are working longer hours to afford less, struggling to put food on their tables, start families, or even dream of owning a home, Trudeau jet-sets around the world like royalty. Whether it’s sipping top-shelf wine at a global summit or skiing the pristine slopes of Red Mountain, this guy lives like a king while the rest of you pick up the tab.

It’s no wonder Canadians are booing him in public—it’s not only justified, it’s well deserved. He’s earned every jeer, every shout of frustration, because his leadership has failed this country at every turn. Under Trudeau, affordability has become a joke, and hard work no longer guarantees success.

But here’s the best part, Justin: there’s an election this year. Canadians finally get the chance to tell you exactly what they think of your disastrous leadership. They’ll send your Liberal ship straight into the iceberg, where it belongs.

So, go ahead, call the election. Take the globalist agenda you’ve been so proud to champion, pack it up with your carbon-tax hypocrisy, and prepare for your next gig as a keynote speaker for the World Economic Forum. You’ve proven you’re great at reading from a script that someone else writes—just not at running a country.

Enjoy your top sirloin tonight, Justin. Canadians? They’ll be eating Kraft Dinner while watching your government fall apart. Happy New Year. And Canada, don’t forget: Taxpocalypse 2025 starts tomorrow. Let’s make it the year we take our country back.

#cdnpoli

[Darnell Glass @DGlass15]

@AmazingZoltan How can I find the full interview?

[Kirk Lubimov @KirkLubimov]

After 10 years, Naheed Nenshi left Calgary with a crumbling infrastructure, hollowed out downtown, failure to attract investment, failed to build affordable housing, crappy and expensive public art, ever increasing taxes with a bloated City Hall.

Alberta NDPers just votes him as their Party leader.

Two things to derive from the leadership race:

* Alberta NDPers are some of the dumbest voters out there.
* Alberta NDP's politicians are so bad that their own Party members reject them.

[Darnell Glass @DGlass15]

@liberal_party This is the dig you think it is.

[Darnell Glass @DGlass15]

@Humanlty1o1 This happened to me in Calgary 4 years ago, pulled over for speeding mid-morning. Cop stuck breathalyzer in my face and said it was mandatory.

[Alberta Secession - Why? @cnm5000]

Ottawa is the reason Albertans can't have nice things | National Post

“since 1996, the first year Norway made a deposit into its fund, Albertans have paid $462 billion more in taxes to Ottawa than was spent in Alberta.”

Had enough yet Alberta? https://t.co/U3TjFVEqT0

[Darnell Glass @DGlass15]

@Martyupnorth_2 Cheers. Keep it up!

[Darnell Glass @DGlass15]

@albertanbeech You don’t need to have your child with you. Fill out the paperwork ahead of time, have the pictures and just go drop it all off.

[Trent Ulmer @trentulmer]

Friend of mine just showed me his natural gas bill from February. Calgary, AB. Looks like $38.04 in energy charges, and $73.66 in carbon tax.

Has anyone paid close attention? I haven’t. Is this normal?

[Darnell Glass @DGlass15]

@JonathanWNV You’re a liar

[Martyupnorth®- Unacceptable Fact Checker @Martyupnorth]

🧵Why recall Calgary mayor Jyoti Gondek?

1) She increased this year's property taxes by a whopping 7.8%, when Calgarians can already barely make ends meet, while at the same time giving herself a personal raise.

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[David Parker @david_parker]

More people showed up to join the recall @JyotiGondek than showed up to protest @ABDanielleSmith’s new parental rights policies.

The pendulum is swinging.

We are winning.

[Darnell Glass @DGlass15]

@DaneLloydMP Yes

[Darnell Glass @DGlass15]

@theJagmeetSingh You’re flat out lying Jagmeet

[Darnell Glass @DGlass15]

@Martyupnorth_2 @XSpaces @PartyMartySux Done