Canadian Press (CP) is reporting tonight, based on a leaked memo, that the Alberta government is preparing to invoke the notwithstanding clause to strip rights from LGBQT students. It’s time for Albertans to stand up for justice - just as they did the first time Alberta invoked the clause.

Alberta Views

Stripping Away Rights Using the Notwithstanding Clause. - Alberta Views

After a week of rancorous debate, Klein announced he would not invoke the notwithstanding clause on the landmark gay rights decision...

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As Food Day Canada draws to a close, let me tell you how I marked this day, which celebrates Canadian food growers, producers, and chefs, and calls on us to recognize the excellence of Canadian agriculture and cuisine. First, a trip to Edmonton’s downtown farmers market, for the best in Alberta and BC produce. #FoodDayCanada #yeg #yegdt #Edmonton #YEGdtMarket #Canada

Wrote this in January. It seems more timely than ever. We must not let ourselves be worn down by these bait and switch tactics. Nor can we afford to turn against one another. In the face of existential threats to our economy, our sovereignty and our reason, we must not lose our resolve.

Alberta Views

Trump and 51st State Jokes - Quibbling with Quislings - Alberta Views

When Donald Trump first started making “jokes” calling Canada the 51st state and Justin Trudeau, governor, I rolled my eyes.

I quit Twitter two and a half years ago, when the Nazis were still largely organic and free range. Now that X is featuring mass produced AI Nazis, I’m feeling smugly prescient. Thank you, Mastodon, for being here.

Alberta Views

Goodbye to Twitter - Alberta Views

Twitter kept assuming that I was a bot, and putting me in Twitter jail. I had to beg for my verification just so I could stay online.

This afternoon, I rose in the Senate to speak to Bill C-5, particularly the Building Canada Act. In this speech I tried to contextualize my concerns about what this bill, which fast-tracks "projects of national interest" could mean for environmental protection, Indigenous rights, and project certainty. And I tell Albertans bluntly that no one will build a pipeline in the shadow of separatist threats. #SenateofCanada #cdnpoli #C5 #C69 #ableg #abpoli #Alberta

Back in 2020, before I was on Mastodon, I wrote this column on the politics of pipelines and the politics of co-dependent regional grievances. As the national pipeline debates kick off again, this piece seems freshly relevant. Dig in!

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Fates Intertwined - Alberta Views

Alberta and Quebec, joined by pipe

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Never did I ever think Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, would be leading the resistance. But as an Edmontonian, I should have known better - you can be a progressive city even in a conservative state or province. Anyway, I applaud the moral courage of the Salt Lake and Boise city councils. Long may your flags fly! #Boise #SaltLakeCity #Edmonton

1) A twice divorced, currently married, non-Catholic can’t be Pope 2) America did not “win” WWI 3) November 11 is not a day of celebration. 4) And we’re still not the 51st State But none of this hateful deluded offensive nonsense actually matters. It’s all distraction. A firehose of filth in a funhouse, desensitizing us all through outrage overload.

Happy Independent Bookstore Day to all who celebrate! #CanadianIndependentBookstoreDay #IndependentBookstoreDay #yeg #Edmonton

For all my American followers - let me unpack Trump’s subsidy lie. No, the US government is not paying subsidies to Canada. Instead, private American companies are choosing to buy Canadian products. As are American consumers. It’s called competitive free market capitalism. To say you’re subsidizing us is like saying I’m subsidizing my grocery store or dry cleaners when I spend money there. #Trump #subsidies #tariffs #cdnpoli #Canada