The Danielle Smith Legislative Ledger –
“The Wrecking Ball” Part 2 – Who Wants A Notwithstanding Clause?
I’m baaaack.
Last time we mapped the pattern.
This time we follow where it leads.
Fall 2025. The hammer dropped, and a government tested how far power can stretch.
#ableg
The final days of the Alberta Legislature’s Spring 2025 session pissed me off. I rolled up my sleeves right after and started a research project.
I present to you all an #ableg 🧵:
Danielle Smith’s Legislative Wrecking Ball: Part One
It’s weird how the UCP thinks competition is so great for public services but also made it illegal for another political party to use the word “conservative” in their name.
🤔
#ableg#abpoli
What we have here is what media observers in the States have dubbed “Murc’s Law,” whereby progressives are cast as the only actors with agency and conservatives are forced to do things and are otherwise passive recipients of events. This way, bad behaviour by conservatives is…🧵
Anger at Ottawa might explain the frustration.
It does not make separation a plan.
And it definitely does not make annexation a rescue mission. #ableg
Fin/
I’ve been trying to have more five-minute, face-to-face conversations with people who see Alberta separation differently than I do.
Not internet fights. Not comment-section nonsense. Just actual conversations with actual people. #ableg
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I’m glad these conversations can still happen respectfully. We need more of that.
But we also need people to understand what they are signing, what they are supporting, and who is standing behind the curtain selling them the dream.
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@Isuckatpicking He's been feeding on the UCP teet since his boyfriend, Jason Kenney, set him up in the UK as an Alberta Ambassador. Of course he's defending her and continuing to fan the "Fuck Trudeau" flames.