Robyn Luff

Educator. Mom. Democratic Socialist. Former MLA (please stop telling me how politics works).

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

If you are running for re-election in #Elxn44 right now, and you aren’t talking about how to make parliament a less toxic, more inclusive, more effective, more democratic place, you don’t deserve your seat. Period. #cdnpoli

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

A student of mine made this adorable cartoon of you @premierbhiggs. Thought you might enjoy it.

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

@premierbhiggs I had a student turn you into an adorable cartoon and I thought you might like to see it.

[Fair Vote Canada 🗳 🇨🇦 @FairVoteCanada]

1/ Was there really no consensus on electoral reform? Let's bust this myth once and for all with facts. 🧵

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

@yuhline @emilynussbaum A perfect popcorn movie.

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

I feel like with the man vs bear debate trending, I needed to mention this classic piece of Canadian fiction.

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

@calgaryrants I feel like my family had this car.

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

@Dfildebrandt One of those rare times I think we agree.

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

@cmcalgary I just saw this band. So good. Only at one venue though. Tickets were only $35, so a high value entertainment for sure.

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

@XiMeNaKa I mean, you used the word “seemingly” so I would need to know more? From first hand experience I can confirm that public consultations that look good are often designed to produce a pre-determined outcome.

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

@DreadfamRoberts Not a movie, but my 9 and 11 year old LOVE Gravity Falls, on Disney. It’s pretty funny.

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

@aggieloveseggs Agree. Have had a dog, and they are wondeful, but having a dog is a lifestyle choice. I am much happier with two cats.

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

To all the feminist pedagogy scholars of the 90s who I haven’t read until now, thank you. I wish I wish I wish I had found you then.

[Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy]

So much of that shame and stigma around the menopause transition is impossible to detangle from sexism and ageism, in a world that is unforgiving to anyone who is not a white, able-bodied and affluent cisgender heterosexual man.

My new essay

https://t.co/ZdlJnBZYcr

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

The literal best thing about municipal politics in Alberta is that there are no political parties.

[Edmonton Journal @edmontonjournal]

Alberta to introduce legislation allowing political parties on municipal ballots

Read More: https://t.co/qYYaHJMIqW #abpoli #ableg

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

@MonteSyrie My favourite question! I don’t have an answer short enough for twitter though….

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

@77MRB Yes. On the whole I agree with you. PR was part of the abndp policies for a long time, but abandoned it in 2015, because it no longer served. Same as Federal Liberals.

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

My question for all #abndp leadership candidates is: how are you planning on making democracy real? What’s your policy on vote whipping? How will you make the #ableg less toxic?

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

@77MRB Agree. Although my fear with PR is it can centralize party control even more, but at least everyone would have a rep who would listen to them.

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

@ruggedbroad @gilmcgowan @CalgaryOccupy @nenshi @KathleenGanley @pancholi_rakhi @shoffmanAB @jodi_stonehouse Party politics, especially in a FPTP election system, is indeed extremely poor representation.

[Robyn Luff @rluff]

If you explain to almost any Albertan that private schools are funded at 70% of public ones they balk. Rightly.

[Demetrios Nicolaides 🇨🇦 🇨🇾 @demetriosnAB]

Furthermore, many independent schools include faith-based instruction, whereby diverse communities in our province can teach their children their language, culture, customs and faith. I call on all NDP MLAs to make their position on charter and independent schools clear.