Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦
@daveberta.bsky.social
🤠 🇨🇦 Writing about Alberta politics, elections and history.
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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦
@daveberta.bsky.social
· Sep 29
👋 I just want to take a moment to sincerely thank everyone who reads and subscribes to Daveberta. I’ve been writing about Alberta politics for 20 years now and it continues to be a huge honour share my thoughts and have so many of you read, share and send feedback about it. Thank you so much. 🤠
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🧩The return of the Quiz on The Numbers!
Can you guess the politician?
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRM3...
Can you guess the politician?
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRM3...
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🧩The return of the Quiz on The Numbers!
Can you guess the politician?
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRM3...
Can you guess the politician?
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRM3...
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Alberta’s emissions performance credits, which can be used to comply with the industrial carbon pricing system, are now trading at just C$17 per tonne.
The frozen $95 per tonne headline price is largely irrelevant.
(Data from ICE/NGX as of 11/25)
The frozen $95 per tonne headline price is largely irrelevant.
(Data from ICE/NGX as of 11/25)
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Alberta’s emissions performance credits, which can be used to comply with the industrial carbon pricing system, are now trading at just C$17 per tonne.
The frozen $95 per tonne headline price is largely irrelevant.
(Data from ICE/NGX as of 11/25)
The frozen $95 per tonne headline price is largely irrelevant.
(Data from ICE/NGX as of 11/25)
Reposted by Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦
As a reminder, whether it be $95 or $110 per tonne, the “policy price” for industrial emissions is largely moot right now.
Emitters can pay for compliance using emissions offsets and performance credits, which are currently trading bilaterally for under $29 per tonne.
Emitters can pay for compliance using emissions offsets and performance credits, which are currently trading bilaterally for under $29 per tonne.
October 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
As a reminder, whether it be $95 or $110 per tonne, the “policy price” for industrial emissions is largely moot right now.
Emitters can pay for compliance using emissions offsets and performance credits, which are currently trading bilaterally for under $29 per tonne.
Emitters can pay for compliance using emissions offsets and performance credits, which are currently trading bilaterally for under $29 per tonne.
Thank you to everyone who submitted your picks for the Best of Alberta Politics 2025 Survey. The top choices will be open to a vote later this week. 😎
Nominations for the Best of Alberta Politics 2025 survey close tomorrow night. Submit your picks in 9 categories before it’s too late. 🤠
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
It's your choice: Best of Alberta Politics 2025 Survey
Nominate your picks for this year's best MLA, best cabinet minister, most effective opposition MLA, and more
daveberta.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Thank you to everyone who submitted your picks for the Best of Alberta Politics 2025 Survey. The top choices will be open to a vote later this week. 😎
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Recall campaigns were approved this morning targeting UCP MLAs Glenn van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan, and Searle Turton. That brings the total number of current MLA recall campaigns to 14.
🤠Total Recall: Nine UCP MLAs are now facing recall petitions in their ridings and MLA Dale Nally lashed out at constituent organizing recall effort in Morinville-St. Albert. 😬 Read all about it.
daveberta.substack.com/p/total-reca...
daveberta.substack.com/p/total-reca...
Total Recall: Nine UCP MLAs now facing recall petitions in their ridings
MLA Dale Nally lashed out at constituent organizing recall effort in Morinville-St. Albert
daveberta.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Recall campaigns were approved this morning targeting UCP MLAs Glenn van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan, and Searle Turton. That brings the total number of current MLA recall campaigns to 14.
Recall campaigns were approved this morning targeting UCP MLAs Glenn van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan, and Searle Turton. That brings the total number of current MLA recall campaigns to 14.
🤠Total Recall: Nine UCP MLAs are now facing recall petitions in their ridings and MLA Dale Nally lashed out at constituent organizing recall effort in Morinville-St. Albert. 😬 Read all about it.
daveberta.substack.com/p/total-reca...
daveberta.substack.com/p/total-reca...
Total Recall: Nine UCP MLAs now facing recall petitions in their ridings
MLA Dale Nally lashed out at constituent organizing recall effort in Morinville-St. Albert
daveberta.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Recall campaigns were approved this morning targeting UCP MLAs Glenn van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan, and Searle Turton. That brings the total number of current MLA recall campaigns to 14.
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Note the UCP's meme 👇.
In this particular case, the government has broken commitments to preserve public healthcare.
More worrisome, they're keeping more promises than they made in their 2023 platform.
From @daveberta.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/davebert...
In this particular case, the government has broken commitments to preserve public healthcare.
More worrisome, they're keeping more promises than they made in their 2023 platform.
From @daveberta.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/davebert...
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Note the UCP's meme 👇.
In this particular case, the government has broken commitments to preserve public healthcare.
More worrisome, they're keeping more promises than they made in their 2023 platform.
From @daveberta.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/davebert...
In this particular case, the government has broken commitments to preserve public healthcare.
More worrisome, they're keeping more promises than they made in their 2023 platform.
From @daveberta.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/davebert...
🤠Total Recall: Nine UCP MLAs are now facing recall petitions in their ridings and MLA Dale Nally lashed out at constituent organizing recall effort in Morinville-St. Albert. 😬 Read all about it.
daveberta.substack.com/p/total-reca...
daveberta.substack.com/p/total-reca...
Total Recall: Nine UCP MLAs now facing recall petitions in their ridings
MLA Dale Nally lashed out at constituent organizing recall effort in Morinville-St. Albert
daveberta.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🤠Total Recall: Nine UCP MLAs are now facing recall petitions in their ridings and MLA Dale Nally lashed out at constituent organizing recall effort in Morinville-St. Albert. 😬 Read all about it.
daveberta.substack.com/p/total-reca...
daveberta.substack.com/p/total-reca...
Reposted by Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦
Using the voters list as a political weapon against a constituent feels like perfectly reasonable grounds for a recall to me.
Dale Nally's recall petitioner says he doesn't listen to constituents and cites his concerns over the notwithstanding clause.
Nally responds by saying the petitioner doesn't vote and works as a proxy for a group weaponizing the recall act and the petition has no merit.
Nally responds by saying the petitioner doesn't vote and works as a proxy for a group weaponizing the recall act and the petition has no merit.
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Using the voters list as a political weapon against a constituent feels like perfectly reasonable grounds for a recall to me.
Nominations for the Best of Alberta Politics 2025 survey close tomorrow night. Submit your picks in 9 categories before it’s too late. 🤠
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
It's your choice: Best of Alberta Politics 2025 Survey
Nominate your picks for this year's best MLA, best cabinet minister, most effective opposition MLA, and more
daveberta.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Nominations for the Best of Alberta Politics 2025 survey close tomorrow night. Submit your picks in 9 categories before it’s too late. 🤠
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
Only 3 days left to nominate your picks for the Best of Alberta politics 2025 survey. ✅
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
It's your choice: Best of Alberta Politics 2025 Survey
Nominate your picks for this year's best MLA, best cabinet minister, most effective opposition MLA, and more
daveberta.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Only 3 days left to nominate your picks for the Best of Alberta politics 2025 survey. ✅
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
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While most songbirds have left the Rocky Mountains for the freezing times ahead - one special exception remains. The antics of American Dippers are so enjoyable, they make up for the lack of many other #birds.
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
While most songbirds have left the Rocky Mountains for the freezing times ahead - one special exception remains. The antics of American Dippers are so enjoyable, they make up for the lack of many other #birds.
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Next week Calgary city council sets its annual budget. But the provincial requisition on 2026 property taxes doesn't come down til the Alberta budget in Feb—and it jumped by 17.5% last time. I get into it in my latest @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social dispatch. #yyccc #ableg
Alberta cities seek autonomy as UCP floats more reforms | The Sprawl
Smith offers to take tax power from municipalities.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Next week Calgary city council sets its annual budget. But the provincial requisition on 2026 property taxes doesn't come down til the Alberta budget in Feb—and it jumped by 17.5% last time. I get into it in my latest @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social dispatch. #yyccc #ableg
The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees announced just after 9 a.m. on Saturday that its members will no longer be on strike after a tentative deal was reached for nursing-care workers.
Strike averted for Alberta nursing-care workers after last-minute deal with AHS: AUPE | CBC News
The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees announced just after 9 a.m. on Saturday that its members will no longer be on strike after a tentative deal was reached for nursing-care workers.
www.cbc.ca
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees announced just after 9 a.m. on Saturday that its members will no longer be on strike after a tentative deal was reached for nursing-care workers.
I avoided commenting much on this story because I had a sense this person might be aggressively litigious. Despite being branded as a UCP star candidate her chances of actually winning in Calgary-Mountain View were probably very slim even in a blue wave year like 2019.
Former UCP candidate Caylan Ford's scattergun defamation lawsuit against the media and others sends a free press chill through Alberta. @adriennetanner.bsky.social writes
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o...
Alberta lawsuit is trying to silence the messenger
Former UCP candidate Caylan Ford's scattergun defamation lawsuit against the media and others sends a free press chill through Alberta
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I avoided commenting much on this story because I had a sense this person might be aggressively litigious. Despite being branded as a UCP star candidate her chances of actually winning in Calgary-Mountain View were probably very slim even in a blue wave year like 2019.
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👋 Nominations are now open for the Best of Alberta Politics 2025 Survey.
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
It's your choice: Best of Alberta Politics 2025 Survey
Nominate your picks for this year's best MLA, best cabinet minister, most effective opposition MLA, and more
daveberta.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
👋 Nominations are now open for the Best of Alberta Politics 2025 Survey.
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
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Imagine using the power of the state to limit professional regulatory bodies from being able to protect the integrity of the profession from members who use the credential to defend odious speech.
Alberta aims to curtail regulatory bodies from sanctioning workers for after-hours activities | CBC News
Many Alberta workers could no longer be investigated by their licensing bodies for what they say outside of work hours, should the legislature pass a new bill.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Imagine using the power of the state to limit professional regulatory bodies from being able to protect the integrity of the profession from members who use the credential to defend odious speech.
👋 Nominations are now open for the Best of Alberta Politics 2025 Survey.
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
It's your choice: Best of Alberta Politics 2025 Survey
Nominate your picks for this year's best MLA, best cabinet minister, most effective opposition MLA, and more
daveberta.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
👋 Nominations are now open for the Best of Alberta Politics 2025 Survey.
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
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🏆🗳️ It’s that time of year again. I am thrilled to launch the ninth annual Daveberta’s Best of Alberta Politics Survey. There is never a dull moment in Alberta politics so I am excited to hear from you about the big political players of 2025.
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
It's your choice: Best of Alberta Politics 2025 Survey
Nominate your picks for this year's best MLA, best cabinet minister, most effective opposition MLA, and more
daveberta.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🏆🗳️ It’s that time of year again. I am thrilled to launch the ninth annual Daveberta’s Best of Alberta Politics Survey. There is never a dull moment in Alberta politics so I am excited to hear from you about the big political players of 2025.
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
🏆🗳️ It’s that time of year again. I am thrilled to launch the ninth annual Daveberta’s Best of Alberta Politics Survey. There is never a dull moment in Alberta politics so I am excited to hear from you about the big political players of 2025.
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
It's your choice: Best of Alberta Politics 2025 Survey
Nominate your picks for this year's best MLA, best cabinet minister, most effective opposition MLA, and more
daveberta.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🏆🗳️ It’s that time of year again. I am thrilled to launch the ninth annual Daveberta’s Best of Alberta Politics Survey. There is never a dull moment in Alberta politics so I am excited to hear from you about the big political players of 2025.
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
daveberta.substack.com/p/its-your-c...
CTV: Alberta musician and rancher Corb Lund has filed a new application for a citizen's initiative petition to stop coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rockies.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fQV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fQV...
Musician Corb Lund files application for petition to stop coal mining in the rockies
YouTube video by CTV News
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM
CTV: Alberta musician and rancher Corb Lund has filed a new application for a citizen's initiative petition to stop coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rockies.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fQV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fQV...
Reposted by Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦
⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
🚀 I’m launching the 9th annual Daveberta’s Best of Alberta Politics survey on Thursday.
🏆 I decided to change it up a bit this year and added some new categories. Look for it tomorrow.
🏆 I decided to change it up a bit this year and added some new categories. Look for it tomorrow.
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
🚀 I’m launching the 9th annual Daveberta’s Best of Alberta Politics survey on Thursday.
🏆 I decided to change it up a bit this year and added some new categories. Look for it tomorrow.
🏆 I decided to change it up a bit this year and added some new categories. Look for it tomorrow.
Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report
dynalifey
edmontonjournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Reposted by Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦
On Alberta, trans youth, and the Danielle Smith’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th Charter rights override in a month:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Alberta's notwithstanding clause triple play on trans youth rights | CBC News
The Alberta premier's second, third and fourth uses of the constitution's nuclear option come after she repeatedly said trans policy bills struck balance on rights. Then it became clear the courts mig...
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
On Alberta, trans youth, and the Danielle Smith’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th Charter rights override in a month:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...