In reference to the third "Constitutional question" in the 2026 Alberta referendum [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Alberta_referendum]:

That is the "I want to divorce you, but I still want to live in your house, sleep with you regularly, and own half your stuff" amendment. ... — #MattGurney

#TheLineCA #TheLinePodcast #JenGerson #AlbertaReferendum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y_e-5NYoa0

"The most fiscally responsible goddam government [Alberta's] had in the last ten years was the NDP."

Am listening to #TheLineCa podcast ( @6618555 ); they're discussing the recent referendum questions from Premier Smith. Their take on it is that the government of #Alberta is about to announce a massive deficit (due to high spending and oil prices falling back to normal levels), and these questions are meant to distract the public.

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#abpoli #NDP

I've decided to give up Mastodon for #Lent, starting this weekend. The plan is to wind up conversations, to try not to initiate more, and then to avoid replying until after Easter.

I mostly post about #CanPol. If you're looking for a #conservative take on that topic in my absence, then I suggest following
* #NationalPost at @NationalPost
* @yuanyiz.bsky.social
* #TheLineCa , at @6618555 (a centre-right, non-partisan podcast).

#cdnpoli

...Nor can we trust the American people to rise up against tyranny in any great numbers: they are not who they think they are, and far short of what they once were. Americans as a people today are unequal to their nation’s history and to their own sense of greatness. This is being demonstrated to us, every single day, in the clearest possible terms.

#TheLineCA #JenGerson #America
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-go-home-america-youre

"[W]atching our [PM] debase himself with an apology over something as benign as a Canadian premier daring to hold the U.S. president to any kind of ideological standard in the name of our national well-being is, at best, a show of weakness, and at worst, utterly counterproductive. [...] Now we’re just following up the perceived insult with a show of the neck. Ridiculous. Land a punch, take a punch but don’t grovel."

https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-you-all-owe-doug-ford

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#CanPol #cdnpoli #MarkCarney
#TheLineCa

Rob Shaw: Rustad is moving fast from conservative darling to ‘paranoid’ punchline
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/rob-shaw-rustad-is-moving-fast-from

Another week in BC politics...

#bcpoli
#TheLineCa

I listened over the weekend to #TheLineCa's most recent podcast, in which they discussed Alberta teacher's strike. The most enlightening part of the discussion was about the special-needs students. They pointed out that -- partially in response to court rulings, partially for ideological reasons -- such children are now much more likely to be sent to regular classes rather than to ones with specialised teachers. I've heard some stories about the challenges this creates.

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#abpoli

"It’s now the case in Canada that those who desire a legal system that provides the public with clarity and predictability in its decision making face a court which has removed the rails of precedent that guarded against arbitrary judgement. It’s still possible, of course, to point to cases where the SCC follows precedent. But it’s also now possible to point to cases where it doesn’t."

I defended the courts. I no longer trust them
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/brian-dijkema-i-defended-the-courts

#CanPol #cdnpoli
#TheLineCa

How much do you love your #Facebook account? Your #Instagram? How about #X or #Tiktok?

...if you did have to pay $10 per month to use Facebook, would you do it?

#TheLineCA #AndrewMacDougall
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/andrew-macdougall-we-should-have

The mass harvesting of human attention for the profit of a few wealthy platforms is socially corrosive. It must end.

#MacdonaldLaurierInstitute
https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/dismantling-the-attention-economy-how-the-battle-for-attention-is-killing-the-traditional-news-media-and-eroding-the-foundations-of-western-democracies/