@RantingCanuck

The government has already decided they don’t like the result of the independent boundaries commission and so are pitching those results too. Lip service only to democracy and consultation, cover to placate and distract the masses while they do whatever they already decided to do.

#ABLeg #ABPoli

This is probably one of the best articles I’ve read describing #DanielleSmith’s and the #UCP’s ideological bent. Don’t be thrown by the title, it’s more descriptive of the Hydian typology her politics is made of!! 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli #ABpoli #Ableg open.substack.com/pub/markhamh...

Is Danielle Smith a Monster?
Is Danielle Smith a Monster?

“The old world is dying, and a new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters.” - Antonio Gramsci

Thoughtful Energy Journalism

Do you remember your first protest? For many of these youth, their first protest ever was against AI.

Are they worried about their future? You bet they are.

See photos and an interview with the 15-year-old lead organizer from Calgary.

https://open.substack.com/pub/jodymacpherson/p/deeply-concerning-youth-organize?r=b0efu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #AIDataCentres #water

'Deeply concerning' - Youth organize AI protest in Calgary

Interview and Photo Essay: Youth-led protest against artificial intelligence in Calgary last month

The Missive

Artists put feelings to pen, and inspiration to paint: and nearly 75 years ago, Emily Carr wrote about how we ought to be less embarrassed to be Canadian and feel the grandness of Canada in the raw.

#UnitedForCanada #Ableg #ForeverCanadian

Bret 'The Hitman' Hart is the best there was, the best there is, and the best there ever will be.

And Canada is the best there was, best there is, and the best there ever will be.

He's a proud Canadian.

And just like Bret, we are #UnitedForCanada.

#ableg #ForeverCanadian

"Imperial Oil says there have been no reported effects to wildlife or open waterbodies from a pipeline leak of crude bitumen in eastern Alberta."

"Reported." 🤔

Wildlife and water bodies have not reported in...I guess.

"843,000 litres of fluid leaked from the pipeline, with about 172,000 litres of it being crude bitumen and 671,000 litres produced water. Produced water can be contaminated with salt, oil or other substances."

Meanwhile, Cold Lake First Nations is advising community members to avoid the area. The company has not done that, the community is keeping itself safe. Posted on CLFN Facebook.

"Snow fencing has also been placed around the perimeter to restrict wildlife access and act as a bird deterrent, it (Imperial) said."

"Snow fencing." 🤣

Imperial did not report the leak on its website or on its locally-focused Cold Lake operations Facebook page.

#ableg #oilspill #water #Indigenous

https://globalnews.ca/news/11805271/oil-leak-cold-lake-imperial-oil/

No reported wildlife, water affected from leak near Cold Lake, Imperial Oil says

An Imperial Oil spokeswoman says the pipeline leaked a bitumen emulsion — a mixture of the heavy crude oil, bitumen and water — within the company's leased area near Cold Lake.

Global News
Contact everyone in the #Alberta government you can. And let them know in no uncertain terms. #Canada is NOT #America. And if you silence our voices? You light our TORCHES. 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli #ABpoli #Ableg
Globe and Mail’s Carrie Tait and Matthew Scace bring the latest efforts of Danielle Smith’s UCP to hold power in the face of expanding CorruptCare corruption allegations: gerrymandering. Essentially, Smith proposes an all out assault on democracy in Alberta by redrawing the ridings to mix urban ridings, normally represented by the NDP, with rural ridings that are normally represented by the UCP. In so doing, the UCP intend to improve their own voter efficiency, ensure their continued strangle hold on power, and push off any justice for corruption that could implicate their high profile party members and supporters.

As always, the article deserves a read, and I follow with some highlights…

#EthicalFading #Corruption #democracy #AlbertaUnderSiege #Gerrymandering

#AbPoli #AbLeg #CdnPoli

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-government-rejects-commissions-proposed-changes-to-provinces/

https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/404457/alberta-government-rejects-commissions-proposed-changes-to-provinces-electoral-map
Alberta government rejects commission’s proposed changes to province’s electoral map

Government to propose motion to create MLA-controlled committee to redraw map, fuelling accusations of gerrymandering

The Globe and Mail