John Finch 🇨🇦

Educator, Public Education supporter. Facts matter. Science matters. 🇨🇦

[John Finch 🇨🇦 @jfinch]

So Harper wanted Carney in his cabinet, Trudeau wanted Carney in his cabinet, Freeland would want Carney in her cabinet. The UK and Canada had him head their banks. Who wants Poilievre again?

[John Finch 🇨🇦 @jfinch]

Watching this American Trump MAGA government is like watching an episode of Veep without any of the humor.
https://t.co/nEDvdxcKcG

[John Finch 🇨🇦 @jfinch]

So much winning! Imagine if any other President said this after starting a war that has driven world oil prices through the roof. #MAGA
https://t.co/loQ0b5BQH4

[John Finch 🇨🇦 @jfinch]

Surely MAGA must be so tired of all this "winning" by now. It's just too much "winning"!

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

For the last 57 years, 60 Minutes has displayed some of the most courageous investigative journalism on the air.

Now, with Trump’s billionaire crony David Ellison owning CBS, that tradition is being destroyed.

This is what happens with increased oligarch control over the media.

[Jafar 🐌🍁 @jay_d_moos]

if the canadian passport is so valuable that you don't want to lose it, why campaign to leave? this is quebec nationalism all over again but somehow it's even dumber

[Seven Out @WisconsinSport6]

@covie_93

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

The DOJ is literally investigating a sexual assault survivor, E Jean Carroll, instead of a single perpetrator in the Epstein files.

[Covie @covie_93]

Bill Clinton: I balanced the federal budget

Barack Obama: I won a Nobel Peace Prize

Joe Biden: I passed the largest long-term investment in US infrastructure since WWII

Donald Trump: I can identify a camel

[John Finch 🇨🇦 @jfinch]

Seems about right.
https://t.co/LwBP9w6mAj

[John Finch 🇨🇦 @jfinch]

@Seal7Team7Send7 @chowfun03 @Rick19053470 Whatever allows you to get through the day I guess.

[John Finch 🇨🇦 @jfinch]

This is what Kinew excels at - he is not afraid to confront people to their face when he knows they are not telling the truth. Danielle Smith should be clearly embarassed to be called out in such a public way. Don't think Wab is going to get a Christmas card from her this year.

[Wab Kinew @WabKinew]

I love Canada 🇨🇦

[John Finch 🇨🇦 @jfinch]

@chowfun03 @Rick19053470 Smith is the government of Alberta, at the moment. It is her (the governments) referendum question.

[John Finch 🇨🇦 @jfinch]

"too much of political stickhandling right now involves throwing out false or misleading information with the hope that it will create a lasting first impression and never be successfully challenged."
Poilievre's failed strategy and Danielle Smith's too.
https://t.co/7QInftn3hW

[John Finch 🇨🇦 @jfinch]

@barbara_gi29127 Explain to me how he was a bully?

[John Finch 🇨🇦 @jfinch]

@Rick19053470 Which argument and who is debuking it?

[John Finch 🇨🇦 @jfinch]

@CEidsvik29148 Man, you got me there. Wittiest reply I have received yet. I think you deserve a raise.

[John Finch 🇨🇦 @jfinch]

And that is just in the United States. Worldwide? Hundreds of billions all spent due to the idiocy of the President of the United States. The only President gullible enough to listen to Netanyahu. Trump is, and always has been, a useful idiot.
https://t.co/OgjhyG6AKz

[John Finch 🇨🇦 @jfinch]

Because, of course, Trump himself meets current waist-height ratio... 😅
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[Paul Stewart II @PaulStewartII]

Yes @jkenney well said. Ultimately it goes to purpose. If separatists want Canada, why separate? Who’s really driving this truck? And to amplify the incongruence you point out:

• First. Declare unilateral separation and a brand-new sovereign Alberta identity, while immediately demanding permanent full Canadian privileges like passports, visa-free work/mobility, generational citizenship transmission, economic ties.

• Then. Gatekeep the new “nation” strictly e.g., birthplace rules excluding ~50% of current residents who chose Alberta, yet insist Canada has zero say over who keeps its citizenship and benefits.

• Result: Rhetoric of bold independence paired with entitlement to all the upsides of the country being rejected; with zero reciprocal obligations. As replies noted, it’s wanting to “shred the Canadian passport” in theory but cling to its power in practice.

This highlights the performative contradiction:

• Separatists set the rules for belonging in Alberta.

• But Canada is expected to rubber-stamp open-ended dual arrangements forever, subsidizing or accommodating the exit on the separatists’ terms only.

• Same pattern seen in Quebec sovereignty debates (e.g., retaining passports/currency while claiming full independence).

On Canadian law — like the logic, the position too doesn’t hold:

• Even a clear referendum majority triggers only good-faith negotiations — not automatic rights or recognition. Unilateral declarations of independence (UDI) have no legal validity. The Supreme Court’s Reference re Secession of Quebec (1998) ruled a province cannot unilaterally secede under the Constitution or international law.

• Dual citizenship norms apply to ordinary cases, not a province attempting to exit while demanding insider status indefinitely. Citizenship is federal. Parliament controls the Citizenship Act and can legislate responses to secession (e.g., tying Canadian status to remaining in Canada or negotiating a clean break). International rules discourage statelessness but don’t force the “rump” Canada to grant perpetual open benefits to a breakaway entity.

• Bottom line: Separatists cannot unilaterally dictate Canada’s response. Power, negotiation, and politics decide passports, borders, and ties — and Canada holds the stronger hand.

Footnotes / Sources:

1. Jason Kenney’s original post (see below) https://t.co/4z19he4MCh
2. Supreme Court of Canada — Reference re Secession of Quebec (1998): https://t.co/tGaUE4lu5R (or Wikipedia summary for overview: https://t.co/9RYSVzrFTZ)
3. Broader context on Alberta referendum/separatism developments (2026): Various reports including Daveberta Substack and Globe and Mail coverage of the petition and Premier Smith’s referendum announcement.

[John Finch 🇨🇦 @jfinch]

@PeterSanscript Life is full of surprises.