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Orlagh O’Kelly
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Public interest lawyer and First Nation rights advocate. Never a KC. Treaty No 6 territory YEG 🇨🇦 okellylaw.ca
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"A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought"

- Ronald Reagan
So happy to be able to contribute knowledge regarding the unprecedented use of the notwithstanding clause in Alberta, was on 880 Ched show this afternoon and Ian Hanomansing this evening, talking about what is happening in Alberta.

globalnews.ca/edmonton/pro...
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“Smith claimed on Monday that Bill 2 “is exactly the kind of circumstance that I believe Peter Lougheed had in mind when he argued so hard on behalf of provinces to include the notwithstanding clause.”

This is incorrect.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Invoking notwithstanding clause a slippery slope for Alberta
Pre-emptively and actively overriding rights is a slippery slope. Whose rights are next?
edmontonjournal.com
Thanks for catching that . It’s been fixed.
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Imagine being the leader of His Majesty's government, having HM's representative deliver a vengeful speech from the throne, then tabling Bill 1 (another AB sovereignty act), and then instructing tabling of Bill 2 denying Charter rights to Albertans - al while absconding the jurisdiction?
#abpoli
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“If Alberta invokes section 33, the Courts cannot stop them. At most, the Court can judicially review the invocation”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

okellylaw.ca/blog/overrid...
O'Kelly Law
Turning Compassion into Justice
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🛩️ 🇸🇦🇦🇪 Premier Danielle Smith is jetting off to Saudi Arabia and Dubai just as her UCP government is expected to invoke the constitutional sledgehammer known as the Notwithstanding Clause in its legislation to force striking teachers back to work.

www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Showcasing Alberta in the Middle East
Premier Smith will promote Alberta’s investment opportunities, energy expertise and agricultural products during meetings in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
www.alberta.ca
There was a “lying queen” (with lion king motif) sign at the teachers protest and it said “coming to a shitshow near you”. Fitting.
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On the misuse of Loughheed’s legacy @ABDanielleSmith. Stop your lies for once. Have you absolutely no shame?

Receipts linked in my recent blog:
okellylaw.ca/blog/overrid...
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Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.
If the federal liberals refused to have committees, like @daniellesmithab.bsky.social does, PP et al would scream.
She has
No
Respect
For
Democracy
Smith on the upcoming legislation to remove teachers right to strike...

"We would like to see a realistic approach that addresses classroom complexity, but we've got to get kids back in the classroom"

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
This is quite the overstatement by Alberta, or at least speculation.
No charter without section 33?
In fact, section 33 was also seen as a way to protect rights. Not to be used pre-emptively, as @ABDanielleSmith suggests.
www.scc-csc.ca/pdf/case-doc...
The province has a lot of rogue actors 🤦‍♀️
The Smith govt of AB, power w/out responsibility:
It wasn't me it was the AHS (Wyant report)
It wasn't me it was the AESO & AUC (remember the 'pause' on renewables).
It wasn't me it was OPEC (no money to pay teachers & PST is evil)
It wasn't me it was the feds (pretty much everything else)
#abpoli
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David Cochrane just raised the point that provinces are underfunding their justice systems, and that federal changes to the Criminal Code doesn't change that.
That's almost unheard of! #PnPCBC
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"I didn't become a teacher so I could fight with the government. I became a teacher so I could make a difference."

Teachers have been extremely clear about what they need to help students succeed: more teachers, more classrooms.

youtu.be/sjX8tpyDRzw
"We need the government to address the class sizes we face every day."
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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"Everything they do is extremely violent."

Greta Thunberg on Israel:
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Amanda's kids go to a school that's 141% over capacity.

A grade 1 classroom with 43 kids, where kids are eating lunch on the floor, and there isn't enough support to go around.

This is unacceptable.
Alberta's kids deserve better.

youtu.be/Fn0FsgvSrR0
A grade 1 classroom with 43 kids is unacceptable.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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