In which @raisapatel.bsky.social and I try to explain why people are asking Pierre Poilievre about ostriches—and why he’s not really answering. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social -

Understanding Political Culture and Behaviour through Longitudinal Data in Alberta - https://cup.org/464tMLc

- @fsnagovsky.bsky.social, Jared Wesley & Evan Walker

#FirstView

Excellent analysis by Jen Gerson on Alberta separatism

open.substack.com/pub/theline/...

Excellent analysis from @jlisayoung.bsky.social as always

open.substack.com/pub/lisayoun...

“Stoking national unity crises that don’t currently exist is certainly something new for the premier of Alberta, and should be worrisome not only for the next prime minister, but for all Canadians,” Wesley told CTV News Edmonton on Monday.

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

I cannot express how excellent this is

Excellent case for why we badly need a public inquiry in Alberta on what went wrong at AHS

An excellent breakdown of the barriers that political parties and civil society can put into place to resist authoritarianism

The Globe and Mail's Gary Mason has some *thoughts* on Premier Danielle Smith's handling of the AHS allegations.

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #abpoli #cndpoli

Absolute bombshell reporting by @carrietait.bsky.social on what looks like a damning link between gifts to Alberta ministers and staff, Turkish Tylenol, and the firing of the AHS CEO and Board that were looking into it: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Canada is a country worth fighting for against anyone who’d roll up and sock us in the kisser, goddamn them.

I will still stand up for my country and our right to decide for ourselves how we want to live.

www.davidmoscrop.com/p/confession...

Link to that op-ed: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...

There was a great NYT op-ed this morning by @dacemoglumit.bsky.social where he talks about what a renewed liberal democracy might look like. I mostly agree - especially on cultural issues - but I think the big missing piece is a focus on substantive outcomes (over and above reducing red tape)

The basic take-away of the paper: voters strongly prefer democratic candidates in a vacuum. But when you take policy into account, authoritarian candidates who give voters everything they want from a policy perspective are preferred over democratic candidates who don't.

As authoritarianism is on the rise, one way for liberal democracies to fight back is to show they can also deliver the goods.

New research out this morning with @profannikawerner.bsky.social on how voters see the balance between democracy and policy outcomes.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Hot off the presses from my UAlberta colleague, @fsnagovsky.bsky.social: "White consciousness helps explain conspiracy thinking" in the Harvard Misinformation Review. #polisky

misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/whit...

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More great insights from @jlisayoung.bsky.social, this time on the Alberta Sovereignty Act and free trade.

open.substack.com/pub/lisayoun...

I’d also like to be added. Thanks!

@suthank.bsky.social thanks for the political science lists! Could you please add me to the democratic values one?

I’d like to be added. Thanks for the great list!