jerrymacgp
@jerrymacgp.bsky.social
Registered Nurse & union activist in northwestern Alberta 🇨🇦. Pragmatic left-wing politics. Settler in Treaty 8 territory. Married, dad of 3 & granddad of 4. Vaxxed. Interests: #abpoli & #cdnpoli, heavy metal & Star Trek. No crypto! He/him/his.
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jerrymacgp
@jerrymacgp.bsky.social
· Jan 3
Happy New Year! I’ve just gone through my BSK follow list & purged most of the US-based accounts. I get it, it’s a shitshow down there & I’m all for the resistance to the Mango Mussolini, but as a Canadian there’s literally nothing I can do to change things in the Benighted States. I’m refocusing.
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Any politician who has the guts to make the rich pay for their crimes against humanity will have the backing of the people! If no politician will lead, the people will!
February 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Any politician who has the guts to make the rich pay for their crimes against humanity will have the backing of the people! If no politician will lead, the people will!
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So while all eyes are on matters of Toronto police misconduct, it’s fair to ask whatever happened to this story from a year ago about Doug Ford’s cop son-in-law’s misconduct charges.
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Doug Ford's son-in-law facing misconduct charges from Toronto Police Service | CBC News
Toronto police Staff Sgt. Ernest "Dave" Haynes — the husband of Krista Ford Haynes and son-in-law of Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford — is facing multiple police act charges over alleged discreditable cond...
www.cbc.ca
February 7, 2026 at 1:26 PM
So while all eyes are on matters of Toronto police misconduct, it’s fair to ask whatever happened to this story from a year ago about Doug Ford’s cop son-in-law’s misconduct charges.
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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8/8 Harper's warning: If Canada fractures, no party wins.
Althia Raj in the Star:
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Althia Raj in the Star:
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Althia Raj: Stephen Harper is calling for unity amid existential threats to Canada. Will today’s leaders listen?
The former Conservative prime minister took centre stage this week with a refreshing show of bipartisanship and a call for national unity, Althia Raj writes.
www.thestar.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
8/8 Harper's warning: If Canada fractures, no party wins.
Althia Raj in the Star:
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Althia Raj in the Star:
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
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7/8 Unveiling his portrait, Harper laid it out:
"We must make any sacrifice necessary to preserve the independence and the unity of this blessed land."
He called for parties to unite against external forces and domestic policies that threaten Canada.
"We must make any sacrifice necessary to preserve the independence and the unity of this blessed land."
He called for parties to unite against external forces and domestic policies that threaten Canada.
February 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
7/8 Unveiling his portrait, Harper laid it out:
"We must make any sacrifice necessary to preserve the independence and the unity of this blessed land."
He called for parties to unite against external forces and domestic policies that threaten Canada.
"We must make any sacrifice necessary to preserve the independence and the unity of this blessed land."
He called for parties to unite against external forces and domestic policies that threaten Canada.
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6/8 Harper offered a different path.
"The reality is, federal government manages this country right... there's no reason why we can't pull the country together."
But it requires a government that prioritizes unity over "ideological tangents."
"The reality is, federal government manages this country right... there's no reason why we can't pull the country together."
But it requires a government that prioritizes unity over "ideological tangents."
February 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
6/8 Harper offered a different path.
"The reality is, federal government manages this country right... there's no reason why we can't pull the country together."
But it requires a government that prioritizes unity over "ideological tangents."
"The reality is, federal government manages this country right... there's no reason why we can't pull the country together."
But it requires a government that prioritizes unity over "ideological tangents."
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5/8 The danger in Alberta is real.
While Poilievre remains quiet, advocates like Jeffery Rath are gathering signatures.
"We're over it," Rath says of Ottawa. He aims for 1 million signatures to force a referendum.
The goal? To show a breakup is inevitable.
While Poilievre remains quiet, advocates like Jeffery Rath are gathering signatures.
"We're over it," Rath says of Ottawa. He aims for 1 million signatures to force a referendum.
The goal? To show a breakup is inevitable.
February 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
5/8 The danger in Alberta is real.
While Poilievre remains quiet, advocates like Jeffery Rath are gathering signatures.
"We're over it," Rath says of Ottawa. He aims for 1 million signatures to force a referendum.
The goal? To show a breakup is inevitable.
While Poilievre remains quiet, advocates like Jeffery Rath are gathering signatures.
"We're over it," Rath says of Ottawa. He aims for 1 million signatures to force a referendum.
The goal? To show a breakup is inevitable.
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4/8 Then, the internal threat: Separatism.
Sharing the stage with Jean Chrétien, Harper recounted a talk with a separatist who agreed: "We have to stick together."
Chrétien dismissed the current risk. Harper did not.
"I didn't sign the petition," he said.
Sharing the stage with Jean Chrétien, Harper recounted a talk with a separatist who agreed: "We have to stick together."
Chrétien dismissed the current risk. Harper did not.
"I didn't sign the petition," he said.
February 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
4/8 Then, the internal threat: Separatism.
Sharing the stage with Jean Chrétien, Harper recounted a talk with a separatist who agreed: "We have to stick together."
Chrétien dismissed the current risk. Harper did not.
"I didn't sign the petition," he said.
Sharing the stage with Jean Chrétien, Harper recounted a talk with a separatist who agreed: "We have to stick together."
Chrétien dismissed the current risk. Harper did not.
"I didn't sign the petition," he said.
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3/8 Harper sided with Prime Minister Mark Carney's assessment of the new U.S. reality.
He urged business leaders to help the government succeed.
Why? Because if the government fails against external threats, the country weakens.
Partisanship must yield to survival.
He urged business leaders to help the government succeed.
Why? Because if the government fails against external threats, the country weakens.
Partisanship must yield to survival.
February 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
3/8 Harper sided with Prime Minister Mark Carney's assessment of the new U.S. reality.
He urged business leaders to help the government succeed.
Why? Because if the government fails against external threats, the country weakens.
Partisanship must yield to survival.
He urged business leaders to help the government succeed.
Why? Because if the government fails against external threats, the country weakens.
Partisanship must yield to survival.
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2/8 The contrast was stark.
While Pierre Poilievre ignored the name "Donald Trump" at the convention, Harper confronted the threat head-on.
He didn't just name it; he contextualized it.
He urged his successor to recognize the danger: The world has changed.
While Pierre Poilievre ignored the name "Donald Trump" at the convention, Harper confronted the threat head-on.
He didn't just name it; he contextualized it.
He urged his successor to recognize the danger: The world has changed.
February 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
2/8 The contrast was stark.
While Pierre Poilievre ignored the name "Donald Trump" at the convention, Harper confronted the threat head-on.
He didn't just name it; he contextualized it.
He urged his successor to recognize the danger: The world has changed.
While Pierre Poilievre ignored the name "Donald Trump" at the convention, Harper confronted the threat head-on.
He didn't just name it; he contextualized it.
He urged his successor to recognize the danger: The world has changed.
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1/8 🇨🇦 HARPER'S CALL: UNITY IN PERILOUS TIMES 🇨🇦
For the first time in a decade, Stephen Harper took centre stage.
His message? A refreshing call for bipartisanship and national unity.
It was a message his party—and the country—desperately needed to hear.
#CdnPoli #Harper #CPC #AbPoli
For the first time in a decade, Stephen Harper took centre stage.
His message? A refreshing call for bipartisanship and national unity.
It was a message his party—and the country—desperately needed to hear.
#CdnPoli #Harper #CPC #AbPoli
February 7, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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🇨🇦 Who’s going to stand up for Canada in Alberta’s separation referendum?
Alberta is barrelling toward a referendum on the province’s separation from Canada. The time to stand up for a Strong Alberta within a Strong Canada is now.
daveberta.substack.com/p/whos-going...
Alberta is barrelling toward a referendum on the province’s separation from Canada. The time to stand up for a Strong Alberta within a Strong Canada is now.
daveberta.substack.com/p/whos-going...
Who’s going to stand up for Canada in Alberta’s separation referendum?
The time to stand up for a Strong Alberta within a Strong Canada is now.
daveberta.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:54 AM
🇨🇦 Who’s going to stand up for Canada in Alberta’s separation referendum?
Alberta is barrelling toward a referendum on the province’s separation from Canada. The time to stand up for a Strong Alberta within a Strong Canada is now.
daveberta.substack.com/p/whos-going...
Alberta is barrelling toward a referendum on the province’s separation from Canada. The time to stand up for a Strong Alberta within a Strong Canada is now.
daveberta.substack.com/p/whos-going...
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Responsibility was always provincial, but the federal government made contributions. They were also told by the provinces in the nineties that they should stay out because the provinces had the "expertise" and to just give them money in the social transfers, and that money didn't go to housing.
February 6, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Responsibility was always provincial, but the federal government made contributions. They were also told by the provinces in the nineties that they should stay out because the provinces had the "expertise" and to just give them money in the social transfers, and that money didn't go to housing.
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I often wonder what a realistic strategy for getting out of this mess might be. We can't retroactively improve civic education over the past 80 years (besides... that's provincial!), and constitutional changes to align jurisdictions to public expectation would be impossible (also the provinces!).
February 6, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I often wonder what a realistic strategy for getting out of this mess might be. We can't retroactively improve civic education over the past 80 years (besides... that's provincial!), and constitutional changes to align jurisdictions to public expectation would be impossible (also the provinces!).
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and the premiers love it, and, I would guess, foster it. It's a sport here, right, it's like Schrodinger's jurisdiction: NON! CA C'EST UNE COMPETENCE PROVINCIAL! So, you're going to do something about it? No! And it's the fault of the federal government.
February 6, 2026 at 9:44 PM
and the premiers love it, and, I would guess, foster it. It's a sport here, right, it's like Schrodinger's jurisdiction: NON! CA C'EST UNE COMPETENCE PROVINCIAL! So, you're going to do something about it? No! And it's the fault of the federal government.
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How am I saying to go over their heads? I am quite literally saying we should hold them to account so that they do their gods damned jobs.
February 6, 2026 at 10:47 PM
How am I saying to go over their heads? I am quite literally saying we should hold them to account so that they do their gods damned jobs.
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You sound like Daddy Trudeau. Damn those premiers! Let’s go over their heads. Everyone plays the blame game, and premiers are no different. Pierre Poilievre certainly helped muddy the waters on housing.
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
You sound like Daddy Trudeau. Damn those premiers! Let’s go over their heads. Everyone plays the blame game, and premiers are no different. Pierre Poilievre certainly helped muddy the waters on housing.
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Instead of anyone saying "Right, so why aren't we talking to the premiers?" we saw the federal government create a bunch of carrots and sticks and just implicate themselves further while the premiers once again skated while the situation got progressively worse.
How is this any way to run a country?
How is this any way to run a country?
February 6, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Instead of anyone saying "Right, so why aren't we talking to the premiers?" we saw the federal government create a bunch of carrots and sticks and just implicate themselves further while the premiers once again skated while the situation got progressively worse.
How is this any way to run a country?
How is this any way to run a country?
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Sorry, I can't let this go.
The collective freak-out the country had when Trudeau *correctly* said that the federal government has very little carriage over housing issues should have been a warning, and it turned this into something the federal government has been forced to own as an issue.
The collective freak-out the country had when Trudeau *correctly* said that the federal government has very little carriage over housing issues should have been a warning, and it turned this into something the federal government has been forced to own as an issue.
February 6, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Sorry, I can't let this go.
The collective freak-out the country had when Trudeau *correctly* said that the federal government has very little carriage over housing issues should have been a warning, and it turned this into something the federal government has been forced to own as an issue.
The collective freak-out the country had when Trudeau *correctly* said that the federal government has very little carriage over housing issues should have been a warning, and it turned this into something the federal government has been forced to own as an issue.
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Brief thread.
My head is going to explode from the sheer civic illiteracy that We The Media have fostered by making everything a federal issue, and being absolutely allergic to holding premiers to account for failures in their jurisdictions.
My head is going to explode from the sheer civic illiteracy that We The Media have fostered by making everything a federal issue, and being absolutely allergic to holding premiers to account for failures in their jurisdictions.
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Brief thread.
My head is going to explode from the sheer civic illiteracy that We The Media have fostered by making everything a federal issue, and being absolutely allergic to holding premiers to account for failures in their jurisdictions.
My head is going to explode from the sheer civic illiteracy that We The Media have fostered by making everything a federal issue, and being absolutely allergic to holding premiers to account for failures in their jurisdictions.
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Canadian constitution gave “residual” responsibilities and authority to provinces, and that includes housing. Federal government has no authority to change that.
February 7, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Canadian constitution gave “residual” responsibilities and authority to provinces, and that includes housing. Federal government has no authority to change that.
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Except in Alberta, where the provincial govt definitely exists but only to make things worse
February 7, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Except in Alberta, where the provincial govt definitely exists but only to make things worse
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And they like it that way... so they can get away with their shit without anybody noticing.
February 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
And they like it that way... so they can get away with their shit without anybody noticing.
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It's just objectively silly — and, I would argue, very counter-productive — that housing has come to be seen as a *federal* issue.
Provincial and municipal governments increasingly only exist as rumours in Canada.
Provincial and municipal governments increasingly only exist as rumours in Canada.
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
It's just objectively silly — and, I would argue, very counter-productive — that housing has come to be seen as a *federal* issue.
Provincial and municipal governments increasingly only exist as rumours in Canada.
Provincial and municipal governments increasingly only exist as rumours in Canada.
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Looks even worse in this framing.
February 6, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Looks even worse in this framing.
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Well here's your problem.
February 6, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Well here's your problem.