The Alberta government announced yesterday, March 20th, that it is closing Safe Consumption Sites (SCSs) in Calgary and Lethbridge.

The decision was based on an illegitimate study conducted by the Alberta government, and published under false pretenses in the journal "Addiction".

On March 13, Ford's Ontario government revealed (and announced on March 16) that they would be pulling funding from remaining provincially supported SCSs based on this one study.

On March 18, Manitoba premier Wab Kinew also walked back his decision to fast-track an SCS in Winnipeg seemingly based on the study.

And, MP Brad Redekopp demanded that Saskatchewan SCSs, which have never received provincial funding, have their federal licenses revoked based on the study also.

https://drugdatadecoded.ca/breaking-alberta-government-to-announce-calgary-and-lethbridge-supervised-consumption-site-closures/

#HarmReduction #AcademicChatter #Alberta #ABpoli #Ontario #OntPoli #Saskatchewan #CDNpoli #FediLaw

'After the project was installed, all roadway crashes along the corridor decreased by 46 percent, and bicycle injury crashes decreased by 91 percent, according to the study. The DDOT spokesperson called those statistics “a tremendous testament” to the safety impact of protected bike lanes.

The 15th Street bikes lanes also improved the flow of traffic. After the project was installed, speeds increased by 17 percent, with peak northbound travel time decreasing by 36 seconds and peak southbound travel time decreasing by 40 seconds on the corridor, according to the study.

“This project is doing all the right things,” Krumpos said. “The data shows that the project is working and that there is not a negative impact for people driving.”'

https://archive.is/gPkrU

#biketooter #urbanism #yegbike #abpoli #cdnpoli #uspol

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@JEmphatically/116263352334705230

Ooh ooh, receipts!

The problem was never renewables. The problem was the transmission cost model that let speculative projects offload their infrastructure costs onto families and businesses across the province.

Oh really! How interesting! Now compare that to

Canada's oil and gas industry received $29.6B in subsidies, financing in 2024 BIV

Hmm! 🤔 Well. Back to Mr. Glubnish:

Were those cancelled projects ever going to be built?

Good question! So what proportion of approved pre-moratorium projects were built? Oh, almost all of them? Hmm!

What spiked the cancellation numbers was the combination of new rules with existing financial deadlines

new rules like a moratorium!?

The Fix: Cost-Causation. You Cause the Cost, You Pay It

Oh that sounds great. You're going to make Oil and Gas companies cover their thirty billion dollar liabilities?

Alberta’s Growing $30-Billion Liability: Inactive Wells ... province lets oil firms off the hook Tyee

oh, I guess not huh:

Alberta to relax rule on buying oil, gas wells if municipal taxes unpaid CTV

well I'm not an analyst, I don't understand all the details and nuance. But this doesn't seem to actually condone a moratorium on new renewable energy projects while subsidizing oil and gas corporations.

#ABPoli #CDNPoli #Alberta #renewables

fuck this noise extremely much

"The regulator for Alberta’s lawyers says it will no longer mandate Indigenous cultural competency training in advance of what Premier Smith calls the “Peterson law” coming into force."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-jordan-peterson-the-path-alberta-law-society-9.7136398

#AntiIndigenousNonsense #AntiTransNonsense #AbPoli

Albertan separatists pushing for a referendum to leave Canada… at Confederation Park. 🤦‍♂️🙄

You can't make this stuff up...

#ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC

Talk about saying the quiet part out loud!

Danielle Smith said the province believes the bill is reasonable and justified. “That’s why it’s not being introduced with the notwithstanding clause.”

https://archive.is/8pNWB

#abpoli #cdnpoli #fascism

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/116262234419385777

Evil #billionaires using evil #ISDS mechanisms to sue governments. These secret corporate tools should be banned. #mining #Australia #abpoli #cdnpoli