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[David M Erickson @EricksonMe8431]

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[Martin Pelletier @MPelletierCIO]

Looks like there will be a separation referendum in Alberta in 2026. As a risk manager, it is important to weigh tail risk events like this.

Alberta’s separation would create a fiscal shock of historic proportions for the country. The province is by far the biggest net contributor to the country amounting to roughly $14 billion annually to federal coffers, money that underpins programs like equalization and major transfers.

Removing this contribution would force Ottawa to either run significantly larger deficits or impose tax hikes to maintain current spending levels. Equalization alone would become politically and financially untenable: Quebec’s $13.3 billion entitlement would consume nearly the entire remaining envelope, leaving other recipient provinces with nothing or triggering deep proportional cuts. For Atlantic Canada and Manitoba, where equalization represents 15–20% of total budgets, this would be devastating.

Beyond transfers, Alberta is an economic powerhouse. It accounts for 15% of Canada’s GDP—about $474 billion of a $3.1 trillion economy—and drives 32% of national exports, including over 91% of Canada’s oil exports and 60% of its natural gas. In 2024, Alberta shipped roughly $183 billion in goods abroad, with petroleum products alone worth $124 billion. Over 2007–2019, the oil and gas sector contributed $53 billion in federal revenues, averaging $4–6 billion per year.

Losing this economic engine would shrink Canada’s tax base, weaken the dollar, and erode investor confidence and the ripple effects would be severe: higher borrowing costs from potential credit downgrades, reduced fiscal capacity for health care and infrastructure, and a structural hit to Canada’s global competitiveness.

In short, Alberta’s departure would not just be a political crisis, it would dismantle a cornerstone of Canada’s economy, leaving the federation smaller, a lot poorer, and far less stable.

[midwest to mars @midwesttomars]

@amandalouise416 @KDKA @ButlerEagle @PittsburghPG @WTAE @WPXI @SenFettermanPA @DaveMcCormickPA @UPMC @deptoflabour this is crazy with Pitt Medical school here. Report on this. Fix this!

[Alb @amandalouise416]

A Pediatric Gastroenterologist position at UPMC Children’s Hospital is being advertised with H-1B sponsorship explicitly built into the posting.

This is a highly specialized, patient-facing position serving American children at a leading U.S. institution that is prioritizing visa status over qualifications.

https://t.co/si20lNKLlQ

[Catherine Austin Fitts @austin_fit76995]

Stop complying. Start unplugging. They only win if you use their rails.

The “pandemic” was a beta test. Not for a virus. For you. How fast would you hand over control when they said “emergency”?

Totalitarianism isn’t the goal. It’s the tool. The goal is The Great Taking, your assets, your land, your kids, your labor. Can’t take those if “rights” and “no” still exist. So those go first.

Political elites have never protected regular people. Governance is asset management. You’re the inventory.

Rebellion isn’t screaming. It’s non-participation. No CBDC. No Digital ID. Cash, local food, clear title. If they can’t turn off your money, they can’t run the Mr. Smith play.

Pandemic was the test. CBDC is the install. Your compliance is the permission.

Withdraw it.

[Rick Scott @SenRickScott]

.@CAIRNational is a designated terror organization in Florida for a reason.

One of its founding board members was sentenced to 65 years in prison for supporting terrorist groups, and the FBI recently cut off contact with the organization over links to Hamas.

Yesterday, they were on Capitol Hill pitching lawmakers on their agenda like any other nonprofit.

Enough is enough. I have a bill to strip their tax exempt status. Congress should pass it IMMEDIATELY.

America fights terrorists, we do not fund them.

[Auden B. Cabello @CabelloAuden]

MEXICO: US-deported migrants join a caravan leaving Tapachula, Chiapas, aiming to re-enter the United States and reunite with family members.

Tapachula, near the Guatemala border, is ground zero for migrant caravans.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Nick Shirley says there are large fraud networks in America run by Armenians and Russians stealing from taxpayers

He says they are much more sophisticated, professional and careful than Somalians

He says they keep things in the background, they sound his mom’s number, called her, and wanted that Nick must not investigate their areas or interrupt their operations

Nick says this was very alarming, scary, and he likely will not investigate anything to do with them for fear of his safety

American taxpayers can’t even fathom the amount of money being stolen from them

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

WOW 🚨 Florida Rep María Elvira Salazar exposes California Rep Maxine Waters took multiple trips to Cuba to visit Fidel Castro

“Madam Waters, for decades, you traveled to Cuba dozens of times to visit Fidel Castro personally, whom you consider your friend”

“Socialism up close within the Democratic Party”

“Madam Waters knew that the Cuban jails were full of political prisoners”

I researched and verified this is all true

Waters has visited Cuba multiple times and personally met Fidel Castro

Maxine Waters organized and led the first of several CBC delegations to Cuba.

- February 1999: Key trip where the delegation met President Fidel Castro, Cuban officials, dissidents, independent journalists, and US Interests Section staff. They donated medical supplies.

January 2000: Another Cuba trip

Waters has long advocated lifting the US embargo on Cuba. She wrote letters to Castro

Maxine Waters wouldn’t publicly condemned the Cuban regime’s human rights violations

[Lucy Hargreaves @lucyhargreaves4]

C-22's architecture is most similar to laws in place in China, Russia, India and Vietnam.

Among allied democracies, the closest analog is Australia's TOLA Act (2018), which Australia is now amending due to the economic harm it caused.

[Lucy Hargreaves @lucyhargreaves4]

I’d expect a significant exodus of digital technology companies from Canada if C-22 passes.

This bill proposes generalized surveillance infrastructure, not law enforcement.

Incredibly concerning overreach.

It would weaken Canadian cybersecurity, lower the legal threshold for accessing Canadians’ data, and tells both Canadian and global technology companies that Canada is no longer a trusted jurisdiction for building digital infrastructure.

[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement @ICEgov]

📺WATCH: New ICE HSI data shows rampant foreign student fraud — ICE director says these probes are only the beginning.

➡️We’ve identified over 10,000 foreign students who claim to be working for highly-suspect employers.

➡️We’ve discovered empty buildings and locked doors at addresses where hundreds of foreign students are allegedly employed.

➡️We’ve found phantom employees; those with employment authorizations who never showed up at work.

[David J Harris Jr @DavidJHarrisJr]

🚨BREAKING: The widow of firefighter Corey Comperatore — tragically killed in the first assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania — says she now believes Joe Biden was directly involved.

Helen Comperatore made the explosive claim in a recent interview, expressing deep suspicion that the shooter, Thomas Crooks, did not act alone and had help from higher up.

Her statement is reigniting questions about security failures and possible coordination behind the July 13, 2024 attack.

[Michelle Rempel Garner @MichelleRempel]

Just a reminder that the Liberals have no plan to remove millions of non-citizens in Canada with expired or expiring work permits.....

...and that they're bringing in 215k new temporary foreign workers and foreign students (who are eligible to work) this year.

Meanwhile ⬇️

[Paul White Gold Eagle @PaulGoldEagle]

Russia just put $XRP on a National Moscow Exchange MOEX going Live May 13th!!! One of the largest financial exchanges in Eastern Europe... Its coming folks!!!!

MOEX XRP INDEX

[Michael Ron Bowling @mrbcyber]

It is a pretty safe bet there are spies in Canada 🇨🇦. Today's news.

🇺🇸 Man on trial for running fake Chinese police station

🇬🇧 Two people convicted of spying for China.

🇳🇴 Women arrested for spying for China

🇹🇼Journalist charged with spying for China

[Dr. Dawn Michael @DawnsMission]

BOOM
Chlorine Dioxide was Suppressed.

Dr. Pierre Kory just dropped the bomb: Chlorine Dioxide (CDS) isn’t some fringe hack — it’s the cheap, universal antidote they don’t want you to know about. Wiped out COVID cases in Bolivia. Hospitals emptied. ICUs went silent. Kills viruses, bacteria, parasites, cancer cells — yet costs under $30 for a TWO-YEAR supply.

They buried the studies. Silenced the doctors. Ran the same playbook as Ivermectin in India. Dr. Kory says if he gets COVID tomorrow? CDS is his #1 choice — hands down.

[DK🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 @1Nicdar]

I agree with this message. 💯

[Adam Gretz @AGretz]

Updated (again) to include Montreal. I accidentally had Texier as a trade. He was a free agent.

[Adam Gretz @AGretz]

Was looking at how every team in the second round acquired its players. Obviously still waiting to see if it is Tampa Bay or Montreal, but of the seven teams already through.

Trades.

Lots of trades.

Not as many draft picks.

[Ken Silva @JD_Cashless]

The SPLC disclosed today that it's former informant "F-9"--who was a member of the National Alliance and worked for the SPLC for 20 years--has now flipped and is a witness for the DOJ.

The SPLC has accused F-9 of being biased. The reasons for this are redacted.

[Publius @OcrazioCornPop]

🚨 BRIAN KEMP BETRAYS REPUBLICANS AGAIN:

RINO Kemp says NO map redraw for 2026 midterms!

SCOTUS just freed up Republicans to CRUSH the rigged maps and flip Georgia to 10R-4D (or better)!

CALL HIM NOW: [phone]

Email via official form: https://t.co/bDAo0bB8At

Demand he redraw for max GOP seats!

He's protecting Democrats in Georgia!

WHY IS @BrianKempGA ALWAYS STABBING CONSERVATIVES IN THE BACK?