Holly Jolly Hoye 🎄 🇨🇦
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misfit Albertan | door-knocker | letter-writer | earth scientist | climate | politics | pets | running out of a burning forest
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Dani has tasted the sweet, sweet power of the Notwithstanding clause. She is using it now with impunity. She will keep using it to exert her authority.
If we don’t work to unseat her using the most effective democratic tool we have (an election), our province is lost.
If we don’t work to unseat her using the most effective democratic tool we have (an election), our province is lost.
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Dr. Wesley nails it:
"If there’s a problem, it’s not that judges exist. It’s that populists don’t like being told “no.”"
We don't elect kings/queens.
The same system that gives power to Premiers gives it to our courts to protect us.
Democracy isn’t mob rule.
And the UCP don't like that. #ableg
"If there’s a problem, it’s not that judges exist. It’s that populists don’t like being told “no.”"
We don't elect kings/queens.
The same system that gives power to Premiers gives it to our courts to protect us.
Democracy isn’t mob rule.
And the UCP don't like that. #ableg
Danielle Smith's comments about the judiciary are among the most worrying things she's said about Alberta democracy.
Conservatives need to stand up to her. Now.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Conservatives need to stand up to her. Now.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
December 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Dr. Wesley nails it:
"If there’s a problem, it’s not that judges exist. It’s that populists don’t like being told “no.”"
We don't elect kings/queens.
The same system that gives power to Premiers gives it to our courts to protect us.
Democracy isn’t mob rule.
And the UCP don't like that. #ableg
"If there’s a problem, it’s not that judges exist. It’s that populists don’t like being told “no.”"
We don't elect kings/queens.
The same system that gives power to Premiers gives it to our courts to protect us.
Democracy isn’t mob rule.
And the UCP don't like that. #ableg
Just remembering the time when one of my cats opened the kitchen garbage cupboard, scarfed down several spicy chicken wing bones and then proceeded to barf them up on no fewer than 8 area rugs around the house.
Impressive.
Impressive.
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Just remembering the time when one of my cats opened the kitchen garbage cupboard, scarfed down several spicy chicken wing bones and then proceeded to barf them up on no fewer than 8 area rugs around the house.
Impressive.
Impressive.
Unpopular opinion: I can 💯 tell when people are using injectables. I respect your choices but you still look your age—you just look like you’ve had work done.
December 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Unpopular opinion: I can 💯 tell when people are using injectables. I respect your choices but you still look your age—you just look like you’ve had work done.
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I went to the local Christmas market and the highlight was meeting Holly the dog in her Mrs Claus outfit 😍
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I went to the local Christmas market and the highlight was meeting Holly the dog in her Mrs Claus outfit 😍
If you ever feel yourself looking south of the border to the U.S. and thinking “why aren’t Americans in the streets over the destruction of their democratic institutions,” you can look no further than your own backyard in Alberta for the answer.
We are there. What will YOU do to show your dissent?
We are there. What will YOU do to show your dissent?
This is among the most democratically dangerous things Danielle Smith has said.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
December 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If you ever feel yourself looking south of the border to the U.S. and thinking “why aren’t Americans in the streets over the destruction of their democratic institutions,” you can look no further than your own backyard in Alberta for the answer.
We are there. What will YOU do to show your dissent?
We are there. What will YOU do to show your dissent?
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This is among the most democratically dangerous things Danielle Smith has said.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This is among the most democratically dangerous things Danielle Smith has said.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
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Nothing says “we’re proud of our work and happy to run on our record” quite like being so scared of the electorate you prohibit anyone else from using the word “conservative.” 🙄
I know plenty of conservatives who don’t feel the UCP represents them. #ableg
I know plenty of conservatives who don’t feel the UCP represents them. #ableg
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Nothing says “we’re proud of our work and happy to run on our record” quite like being so scared of the electorate you prohibit anyone else from using the word “conservative.” 🙄
I know plenty of conservatives who don’t feel the UCP represents them. #ableg
I know plenty of conservatives who don’t feel the UCP represents them. #ableg
Oh SHUT UP, Danielle.
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Oh SHUT UP, Danielle.
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One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
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Geneviève Bergeron, 21
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
December 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Geneviève Bergeron, 21
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
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Today, on the 36th anniversary of the attack at École Polytechnique in Montreal, I am reflecting on the violent and brutal murders of 14 women whose lives were taken in a horrific act of femicide.
December 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Today, on the 36th anniversary of the attack at École Polytechnique in Montreal, I am reflecting on the violent and brutal murders of 14 women whose lives were taken in a horrific act of femicide.
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I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Except you, Danielle Smith. Fuck you.
Except you, Danielle Smith. Fuck you.
December 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Except you, Danielle Smith. Fuck you.
Except you, Danielle Smith. Fuck you.
“Alberta’s cavalier disregard for court resources and lack of consideration for the parties and First Nations intervenors who participated in this proceeding in good faith is disappointing to say the least."
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Judge says referendum proposal on Alberta independence would be unconstitutional | CBC News
An Alberta judge says a referendum proposal on Alberta separating from Canada goes against Charter and and Treaty rights, in a decision given less than 24 hours after the provincial government introdu...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“Alberta’s cavalier disregard for court resources and lack of consideration for the parties and First Nations intervenors who participated in this proceeding in good faith is disappointing to say the least."
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
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Since becoming a parent I have not, in fact, understood the parents who say “if you were a parent you’d understand” about vaccine hesitancy. Being in charge of this fragile little miracle has me saying things like “give her all the vaccines. Turn this baby into a pincushion” to doctors
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Since becoming a parent I have not, in fact, understood the parents who say “if you were a parent you’d understand” about vaccine hesitancy. Being in charge of this fragile little miracle has me saying things like “give her all the vaccines. Turn this baby into a pincushion” to doctors
Sometimes my cope for living in Alberta is to set my “local” page on news sites to another province.
Side benefit: I learn more about issues across Canada.
Side benefit: I learn more about issues across Canada.
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Sometimes my cope for living in Alberta is to set my “local” page on news sites to another province.
Side benefit: I learn more about issues across Canada.
Side benefit: I learn more about issues across Canada.
It was inevitable that there would be a backlash and that NDP MLAs would also see recalls (I expect there will be more, simply out of spite). So hear me out: we could expend energy on 19+ recalls or we could simply HAVE AN ELECTION.
It’s the best democratic tool we have.
It’s the best democratic tool we have.
And then there were 19.
Recall petitions have been approved for UCP MLAs Peter Singh, Tanya Fir and Adriana LaGrance, along with NDP MLA Amanda Chapman.
Recall petitions have been approved for UCP MLAs Peter Singh, Tanya Fir and Adriana LaGrance, along with NDP MLA Amanda Chapman.
December 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It was inevitable that there would be a backlash and that NDP MLAs would also see recalls (I expect there will be more, simply out of spite). So hear me out: we could expend energy on 19+ recalls or we could simply HAVE AN ELECTION.
It’s the best democratic tool we have.
It’s the best democratic tool we have.
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Hey Calgary! I'm teaching a screenwriting workshop in January with the CSIF called "How To Find Your Story."
It's all about the work we do before we type Fade In.
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It's all about the work we do before we type Fade In.
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How To Find Your Story with Jason Filiatrault
Taught by an award winning filmmaker, come learn the basics on how to take your idea, break it into beats, and outline your screenplay.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Hey Calgary! I'm teaching a screenwriting workshop in January with the CSIF called "How To Find Your Story."
It's all about the work we do before we type Fade In.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-to-fin...
It's all about the work we do before we type Fade In.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-to-fin...
It’s time to open today’s Sam Mraiche advent calendar:
“Mr. Mraiche is alleged to have given funds to other people for the purpose of having those people make contributions to a registered party,” The alleged donations were made in the two months prior to the May, 2023, provincial election.”
🎁
“Mr. Mraiche is alleged to have given funds to other people for the purpose of having those people make contributions to a registered party,” The alleged donations were made in the two months prior to the May, 2023, provincial election.”
🎁
Sam Mraiche was investigated by Elections Alberta over alleged illegal political donations
Regulator says Mraiche was being investigated this year in connection to an alleged straw donor scheme
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It’s time to open today’s Sam Mraiche advent calendar:
“Mr. Mraiche is alleged to have given funds to other people for the purpose of having those people make contributions to a registered party,” The alleged donations were made in the two months prior to the May, 2023, provincial election.”
🎁
“Mr. Mraiche is alleged to have given funds to other people for the purpose of having those people make contributions to a registered party,” The alleged donations were made in the two months prior to the May, 2023, provincial election.”
🎁
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I was (note the past tense) scheduled for my fourth breast reconstruction surgery on Tuesday coming. This week, Tuesday morning to be specific, I received notification from my plastics and reconstruction surgeon that he had to cancel my surgery. This is high on my list of "this sucks" right now. 1/
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I was (note the past tense) scheduled for my fourth breast reconstruction surgery on Tuesday coming. This week, Tuesday morning to be specific, I received notification from my plastics and reconstruction surgeon that he had to cancel my surgery. This is high on my list of "this sucks" right now. 1/
This seems especially dangerous, given that a number of Alberta’s conservative justice ministers have been involved in some shady stuff.
Tyler Shandro
Kaycee Madu
Jonathan Denis
Tyler Shandro
Kaycee Madu
Jonathan Denis
Another change proposed in the bill is to give Alberta’s justice minister immunity from sanctions from the Law Society of Alberta, which regulates lawyers, for any actions they perform as part of their “official duties” — a term not defined in the legislature.
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This seems especially dangerous, given that a number of Alberta’s conservative justice ministers have been involved in some shady stuff.
Tyler Shandro
Kaycee Madu
Jonathan Denis
Tyler Shandro
Kaycee Madu
Jonathan Denis
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Grand bargains, deja vu, and why a clear-eyed ambitious climate plan is critical. Some thoughts on the Canada-Alberta MOU.
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The Canada-Alberta MOU
YouTube video by Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, M.P., Beaches-East York
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December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Grand bargains, deja vu, and why a clear-eyed ambitious climate plan is critical. Some thoughts on the Canada-Alberta MOU.
youtu.be/_c52MtxI7k4?...
youtu.be/_c52MtxI7k4?...
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Vancouver has reindeer buses and this should be a thing in every Canadian city (they have tails too).
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Vancouver has reindeer buses and this should be a thing in every Canadian city (they have tails too).
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1/ Alberta is blessed with mountains, clean air, low pollution; that’s what makes AB a great place to raise a family.
Astonishing to hear the enviro minister this week saying that industry can pollute without any limits because AB’s enviro protections are “outdated” – then do something about it!
Astonishing to hear the enviro minister this week saying that industry can pollute without any limits because AB’s enviro protections are “outdated” – then do something about it!
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
1/ Alberta is blessed with mountains, clean air, low pollution; that’s what makes AB a great place to raise a family.
Astonishing to hear the enviro minister this week saying that industry can pollute without any limits because AB’s enviro protections are “outdated” – then do something about it!
Astonishing to hear the enviro minister this week saying that industry can pollute without any limits because AB’s enviro protections are “outdated” – then do something about it!
Reading about this new legislation and I keep wondering if the UCP has EVER considered that someone else (like the NDP) may someday be in government.
Do they really want another party to have this much power?
Do they really want another party to have this much power?
There is a LOT in this legislation, to the point that big changes for Alberta's legal regulator are all the way at the bottom, including:
-Law Society of Alberta can't mandate training/education beyond a specific scope
-Conduct decision appeals go to Court of King's Bench
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
-Law Society of Alberta can't mandate training/education beyond a specific scope
-Conduct decision appeals go to Court of King's Bench
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta legislation would change citizen referendum rules, restrict political party names | CBC News
Bill 14, introduced Thursday by Justice Minister Mickey Amery, transfers powers from the chief electoral officer to the minister when deciding whether citizen petition initiatives should proceed. It a...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Reading about this new legislation and I keep wondering if the UCP has EVER considered that someone else (like the NDP) may someday be in government.
Do they really want another party to have this much power?
Do they really want another party to have this much power?
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CALL OUT: Are you or someone you know currently in hospital and being cared for in, say, a hallway? If so, please get in touch. Ditto if you've got a parent waiting in hospital for a care home or the like.
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
CALL OUT: Are you or someone you know currently in hospital and being cared for in, say, a hallway? If so, please get in touch. Ditto if you've got a parent waiting in hospital for a care home or the like.