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guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 2h

Gross. Stupid. Narcissistic.

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 4h

“The words on the plate have been decided.

Strong and Free.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Bell: Danielle Smith set to roll out a new Strong and Free Alberta licence plate

Alberta gets a new licence plate with the Strong and Free brand, Premier Danielle Smith will roll out eight designs and Albertans will vote

calgaryherald.com

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 5h

Alberta doesn't have a sales tax....only $300 BILLION+ growing in taxpayer liability. Shameful mismanagement by AER, GOV.

Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · 7h

Canada and *especially* Alberta, bearing in mind the industry has racked up $300 billion+ in unfunded closure liabilities that are tracking to land on taxpayers’ laps.

@gregmcleanyyc.bsky.social — if you weren’t aware, consider tuning in this Thursdag: www.energyvsclimate.com/invite-drill...

You're Invited - Drill & Dash: The Oil & Gas Liability Crisis with Martin Olszynski | Oct 16 at 4pm ET

Who'll be left paying the tab? Martin Olszynski, Associate Professor and Chair in Energy, Resources, & Sustainability at the University of Calgary, joins Energy vs Climate to unpack Alberta's mountin...

www.energyvsclimate.com

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 10h

Let us know detailed locations when you can.

Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 10h

This and next week, the #ForeverCanadian Unity Bus and I will be in:

Mundare
Vegreville
Vermillion
Wainwright
Viking
Camrose
Stettler
Strathmore
Brooks
Medicina Hat
Lethbridge
High River
Calgary
Canmore
Banff

I look forward to meeting with proud Canadians everywhere.

#cdnpoli

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 14h

Any leader (Smith, @mark-carney.bsky.social)touting Carbon Capture REALLY hasn't looked at the pathetic energy efficiency, nor the feasibility. Also ignores the practical cost-effective alternatives. Scandalous dereliction of duty.

🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 14h

there's a lot of ways this could go wrong.
Wish I had more faith that the end-game was improving the chances of survivability for our kids, or our economy.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b49fedf...

Carney’s climate vision to deprioritize emissions targets, focus on economic advantages

‘Climate competitiveness strategy’ expected this month as Prime Minister seeks to reframe Canada’s approach to environment, energy

www.theglobeandmail.com

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 15h

Danielle screws over Albertans forcing them to cover 100s of BILLION$ to clean up industry, AER mess.

Michael DeMoor @michaeldemoor.bsky.social · 15h

I am utterly unqualified to comment on the substance, but “mature asset” seems like a darkly ironic euphemism for what we are dealing with here.

Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 18h

Meintzer said he’s especially concerned that the mature asset strategy’s report, in his view, may violate the polluter pays principle... “It's just going to be used as a way to offload company cleanup obligations onto the public,” he said. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CleanUpYourMess

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guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 18h

If she walks like a duck........

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 20h

“she described meeting with the group that spearheaded Project 2025, the plan to rapidly overhaul the U.S. government under President Donald Trump“

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Smith Reveals Meeting with the US Heritage Foundation After Trump Win | The Tyee

The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank because of its influence on the president.

thetyee.ca

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 1d

All ucp aligned?

Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 1d

Total Calgary operating budget for 2026 is $4.6 billion. Sad that two current councillors (Sharp and McLean) and one former councillor (Davison) believe that the city of Calgary is spending $87 billion just on climate change.

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 1d

Following ucp grift policy, but you cannot entice lunch with brett w for any price. Not good for digestion fer sure.

Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1d

What does this say about W Brett Wilson? And the political culture in Alberta?

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 1d

Incredibly cruel actions by abpremier, planning to use THREE, count 'em, three times the notwithstanding clause against Alberta young people. Depriving them of basic rights. Guess who is next? Albertans must stop her.

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible, heartbreaking interviews by @reportrix.bsky.social.

Quote: "“You show your love really weird," the girl says of [Premier] Smith." 💔

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/sports/well-...

The kids, they know what's going down. They're fighting for their actual lives. No bluster. No exaggeration.

'We'll be moving': Alberta transgender children, families brace for legal changes

EDMONTON - Football decals plaster the walls of his bedroom. A San Francisco 49ers bedspread and a binder full of trading cards make it clear the seven-year-old loves sports.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

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guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 2d

Is it the creeping, insidious trump Republican continued assault on Canada's sovereignty, and/or Danielle Smith's creeping insidious destruction of our critical services & her separatist agenda?

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 2d

Trump banned by Court from deploying troops in ILLINOIS, Chicago.

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 2d

Could be incurable malignant narcissism...

Petzie (AMW) 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 @amwpetzie.bsky.social · 2d

Delusional or deliberately ignorant.

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guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 2d

As jobs continue to vanish, abpremier, @markcarney.bsky.social mislead Canadians about big_oil. Fundamental Betrayal of responsibility for now & future generations. SHAME ON YOU!

🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 2d

depressing morning reading about all the pretzel logic and out and out lies going into supporting expansion of Canada's oil and gas industry.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n...

Head of Carney’s Major Projects Office thinks Trans Mountain is good for climate

Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office told the House of Commons environment committee that the oil pipeline helps fight climate ch...

www.nationalobserver.com

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 3d

Dutch heads are harder than concrete?

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 4d

Even though nobody wears bike helmets in the Netherlands, the fatality rate there is significantly smaller than that of the United States. What have they figured out that we haven't?

How I Learned to Cycle Like a Dutchman

In the bike-friendly Netherlands, cyclists speed down the road without fearing cars. For an American, the prospect is thrilling—and terrifying.

www.newyorker.com

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile, after accepting a used 747 aircraft from Qatar, trump approves building a Qatari military base in Idaho, bordering on Canada! @markcarney.bsky.social Was Congress and Canada's PM even consulted, advised?

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 3d

Kenedy behind djt is pulling a worm out of his......

Sue Carr @scarr54.bsky.social · 4d

Seriously? This is the most pathetic narcissistic unstable man we have ever seen. And my god he has the codes!!!

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 3d

Problem with Pierre, and he uses this, is that people notice the first shovel load of shit being thrown, then lose interest.

Fierce Canadian 🇨🇦 @dartee.bsky.social · 3d

Great article that tells it like it is.

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 3d

Ignoring the massive bloodshed, endless attacks by putin, 1,000 of kids kidnapped, shame on her.

dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 3d

www.the-express.com/news/politic...

The First Lady proudly admits she has been in contact with the Dictator running our greatest enemy, who is at war with Europe, and the media is talking about the deaths of people you never heard of.

What has happened to this country?

Melania lays bare details of private letter from Putin in surprise announcement

The first lady said Vladimir Putin had signaled a "willingness to engage with me directly" in an unexpected White House announcement.

www.the-express.com

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guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 3d

Shame on @markcarney.bsky.social for slithering away climate action

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 4d

We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway

We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

theconversation.com

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guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 3d

Danielle Smith plans to "organize" a unique scheme of "self-deportation" for her separatist cohorts to simplify the process. Starting with UCP MLAs.

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 3d

New UCP strategy for classroom density...

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 3d

Please use "anti- fascist", not antifa....

Pierce “Mr. Pope” Smith @piercesmith.bsky.social · 4d

Something poignant about reclaiming the frog symbol as the proverbial pot begins to boil.

Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 4d

Gonna be hilarious when they tell us these blow-up frogs are terrorist antifa supersoldiers.

And it's gonna be hard to sell the troops on that, too.

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 3d

$150 is an effective UCP anti-vax policy.

Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎(Parody) @abdanielsmith.bsky.social · 4d

Great news Alberta!

Anyone wanting a COVID-19 booster, can now get them at their local pharmacy for the low price of $100!

Pharmacists will receive 5 shots/day and Albertans will be charged an extra $50 to get them at their pharmacy.

#abpoli #ableg
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Edmonton pharmacist says he can only administer 5 COVID-19 shots a day

A west Edmonton pharmacist said his pharmacy can only administer five COVID-19 shots a day outside of the province's official immunization program.

www.ctvnews.ca

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 3d

Seems like this so-called lawyer contravenes the professional standards every time he speaks, undermining Canadian constitution?

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 4d

“A leader of the Alberta separatist movement has been reprimanded by the Law Society of Alberta for a second time in four months, after he admitted to twice breaching professional standards.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

Alberta separatist lawyer reprimanded for second time in four months

Jeffrey Rath represents the Alberta Prosperity Project and was reprimanded on Friday for his role in a near-decade old legal case.

edmontonjournal.com

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 3d

Alberta Law Society tries to tame rattlesnake.

guardineer.bsky.social @guardineer.bsky.social · 4d

Sounds quite unsavoury....?

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 4d

“A leader of the Alberta separatist movement has been reprimanded by the Law Society of Alberta for a second time in four months, after he admitted to twice breaching professional standards.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...