William Astle

Jus' zis guy, y'know

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@kdscott10 @citynewscalgary To be fair to the mayor, it's the province that's dicking around now.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@citynewscalgary It will be built. But it might not be before the year 2150.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@landry_randolph @citynewscalgary Provincial electoral districts, used in provincial elections, are provincial jurisdiction.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@citynewscalgary There are worse uses for the money. In this case the money to pay the workers goes to the workers (less payroll taxes of course). Which puts it in the real economy instead of the financial markets.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@citynewscalgary That poll is disingenuous. It combines options that are orthogonal and not mutually exclusive.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@citynewscalgary I don't have much sympathy for migrants illegally crossing the English channel. They have no legitimate refugee claim since they're already leaving from a safe port where they can make such a claim. Of course the predators arranging the boat rides need to be eliminated too.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@citynewscalgary And that separatist group is bent out of shape that police turned up as a result of such flagrant violation of the law.....

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@citynewscalgary Most of the country hasn't had door to door mail delivery since forever. It won't be any more isolating than it is already in most places.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@citynewscalgary Asking Albertans a question can in no way be construed legitimately as a treaty violation. The asking of the question about the thing is not the same as doing the thing.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@citynewscalgary They seem to be working on a rather dumb legal theory which is that a successful petition for a referendum automatically means separation. It doesn't.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@citynewscalgary Fines should not be funding the agencies responsible for issuing fines.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@citynewscalgary Crosswalks specifically should *never* be anything other than the standard traffic control markings. Precisely because they *are* traffic control markings. And the flag thing is a camel's nose thing. There are limited flag poles so which groups do you choose as winners?

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@LailaGoodridge Need refineries that can process the tar sands oil before its much use domestically.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@Fletchtweety @citynewscalgary @cmaconthehill You can't call a by-election if the seat isn't vacant. And it isn't vacant.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@citynewscalgary Canada's population growth has been driven by immigration for decades. The birth rate has been below replacement since 1972 according to Statistics Canada.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@citynewscalgary Somebody needs to typo check the description of how the new BC time zone will relate to other jurisdictions. It says "behind" when referring to the west coast states during winter. That's wrong.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@citynewscalgary Thing is, if they had "warned law enforcement", they would have been raked over coals for privacy violations, especially if "law enfofcement" overreacted.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@jkenney Having skimmed the document from the World Bank, I don't think this ranking is especially useful. Digging more into the details is necessary before acting on a vague score from what appears to be a biased source.

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@citynewscalgary Would anyone be truly surprised if it turned out that we have a few stashed in a cupboard for a rainy day?

[William Astle @lostwizard]

@rddragster @SpencerFernando You do know that supporting a referendum is *not* the same as supporting independence, right?