Alec Walker 🏳️⚧️ (he/him)
@smartalecw.bsky.social
🙃 Substitute Teacher | Union Miniboss | Intersectional Feminist
💚 Knitting & Crafts | Geeky Things | Volunteering
🇨🇦 I live, work, & play on Treaty 6 territory, specifically amiskwaciwâskahikan (ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ)
💚 Knitting & Crafts | Geeky Things | Volunteering
🇨🇦 I live, work, & play on Treaty 6 territory, specifically amiskwaciwâskahikan (ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ)
Pinned
We are adjourned. Bill 2 passed.
Not a single UCP MLA voted against dear leader's wishes, even in her absence. Every single one of them stood (many times) in order to strip teachers like me (about 51 000 Albertans) of our rights as workers.
Shame.
#ABEd #ABLeg #ABpoli #AlbertaTeachers
Not a single UCP MLA voted against dear leader's wishes, even in her absence. Every single one of them stood (many times) in order to strip teachers like me (about 51 000 Albertans) of our rights as workers.
Shame.
#ABEd #ABLeg #ABpoli #AlbertaTeachers
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Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
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And then there were... 14.
Recall petitions have been approved against Glenn Van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan and Searle Turton.
That's 14 of the 47 UCP MLAs now facing potential recall.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
Recall petitions have been approved against Glenn Van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan and Searle Turton.
That's 14 of the 47 UCP MLAs now facing potential recall.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
Current Recall Petitions - Elections Alberta
Recall is a process to remove a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from office between elections by collecting sufficient signatures in the Member’s electoral division. The following recall peti...
www.elections.ab.ca
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
And then there were... 14.
Recall petitions have been approved against Glenn Van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan and Searle Turton.
That's 14 of the 47 UCP MLAs now facing potential recall.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
Recall petitions have been approved against Glenn Van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan and Searle Turton.
That's 14 of the 47 UCP MLAs now facing potential recall.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
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The moral arc of the universe does not bend towards justice all on it's own. Time to grab on and pull.
April 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The moral arc of the universe does not bend towards justice all on it's own. Time to grab on and pull.
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today's prompt: gender neutral/NB names inspired by nature, the more unhinged the better. go go go.
For real though, bibliographic terms make great nonbinary names. I have genuinely considered changing my name to Deckle
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
today's prompt: gender neutral/NB names inspired by nature, the more unhinged the better. go go go.
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
A movie that takes place where you're from
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Yet when we warned you that he had all the warning signs of a dude who does not understand gender-based analysis, y'all squawked at us.
No more feminist foreign policy, Carney says
Prime Minister, who made the comments at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, has placed less emphasis on feminist policies than the Trudeau government
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Yet when we warned you that he had all the warning signs of a dude who does not understand gender-based analysis, y'all squawked at us.
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”Our trauma is not our fault, but our recovery is our responsibility.”
November 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
”Our trauma is not our fault, but our recovery is our responsibility.”
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NEW: Here are the key recommendations from Alberta's report on Aggression and Complexity from the Schools Action Team.
DETAILS: alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
DETAILS: alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
NEW: Here are the key recommendations from Alberta's report on Aggression and Complexity from the Schools Action Team.
DETAILS: alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
DETAILS: alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
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Any mention of privatization should always be accompanied by this warning, like the warnings on a pack of cigarettes.
Privatization is HARMFUL and results in more deaths.
Privatization is HARMFUL and results in more deaths.
Will PRIVATIZING Canadian MEDICARE WORK?
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Any mention of privatization should always be accompanied by this warning, like the warnings on a pack of cigarettes.
Privatization is HARMFUL and results in more deaths.
Privatization is HARMFUL and results in more deaths.
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“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
Thursday's letters: UCP hiding from accountability
Edmonton Journal readers speak out on on Alberta invoking the notwithstanding clause and CFL rule changes.
edmontonjournal.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
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All the UCP MLA's could avoid getting recalled by resigning.
Just saying.
Just saying.
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
All the UCP MLA's could avoid getting recalled by resigning.
Just saying.
Just saying.
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They could try not being the worst government in Alberta history or whatever...
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
They could try not being the worst government in Alberta history or whatever...
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It's important for stories like this to point out that the usual justifications for privatizing healthcare are nonsense, but the stated justifications were never the actual justifications, they were just the cover. The real justification is "rich people deserve to live more than poor people."
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It's important for stories like this to point out that the usual justifications for privatizing healthcare are nonsense, but the stated justifications were never the actual justifications, they were just the cover. The real justification is "rich people deserve to live more than poor people."
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A collection of workers and businesses.
That’s all Canada is to Mark Carney.
Not people, not communities. Workers and businesses.
#canpoli #cdnpoli
That’s all Canada is to Mark Carney.
Not people, not communities. Workers and businesses.
#canpoli #cdnpoli
I spoke with Canada’s Premiers today about how Budget 2025 will enable us to build big — more homes, new infrastructure, major nation-building projects.
Working together, we’ll get big things built faster and create more opportunities for our workers and businesses.
Working together, we’ll get big things built faster and create more opportunities for our workers and businesses.
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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I don't like the budget (I feel it's largely a #BigOil wish list) and I don't want an election (I feel there's literally NOBODY to vote for).
I am a Canadian citizen and lifelong voter. I feel disenfranchised. I feel like my political system is utterly failing me.
#cdnpoli #MarkCarney
I am a Canadian citizen and lifelong voter. I feel disenfranchised. I feel like my political system is utterly failing me.
#cdnpoli #MarkCarney
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I don't like the budget (I feel it's largely a #BigOil wish list) and I don't want an election (I feel there's literally NOBODY to vote for).
I am a Canadian citizen and lifelong voter. I feel disenfranchised. I feel like my political system is utterly failing me.
#cdnpoli #MarkCarney
I am a Canadian citizen and lifelong voter. I feel disenfranchised. I feel like my political system is utterly failing me.
#cdnpoli #MarkCarney
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Sex ed should be mandatory and all students regardless of gender should study periods, childbirth, PCOS, and endometriosis.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Sex ed should be mandatory and all students regardless of gender should study periods, childbirth, PCOS, and endometriosis.
"Leaders and their entourages co-ordinate what caucus members say and do, reward conformity and punish dissent. In that environment, opposing fast-tracked legislation can feel like deserting “the team.” "
#ABPoli #CdnPoli
#ABPoli #CdnPoli
When caucus rooms become locker rooms, we shouldn't be surprised at what emerges.
theconversation.com/team-work-an...
theconversation.com/team-work-an...
Team work and power plays: What Alberta’s Bill 2 says about Canadian democracy
Message discipline is an increasing feature of Canadian politics. Canadians across the country should pay attention to what just happened in Alberta, where teachers were ordered back to work.
theconversation.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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every problem you think you have with sex work is actually a problem with the patriarchy and capitalism and those concepts being applied to sex work, often subconsciously
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
every problem you think you have with sex work is actually a problem with the patriarchy and capitalism and those concepts being applied to sex work, often subconsciously
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sexual violence is THE patriarchal technology of oppression. wherever there is any kind of oppression--colonialism, genocide, capitalism, the state, the police--there is sexual violence as its frontline operative mechanism. the child is THE archetypal object of legitimate disciplinary violence.
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
sexual violence is THE patriarchal technology of oppression. wherever there is any kind of oppression--colonialism, genocide, capitalism, the state, the police--there is sexual violence as its frontline operative mechanism. the child is THE archetypal object of legitimate disciplinary violence.
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In over 30 years of working at the UofA I can’t think of a single occasion that required the presence of a battalion of armed cops.
They’re not “practicing” for anything that’s *likely* to happen. They’re letting us know they’re there.
Get the UCP and their fascist policies out of AB’s universities.
They’re not “practicing” for anything that’s *likely* to happen. They’re letting us know they’re there.
Get the UCP and their fascist policies out of AB’s universities.
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In over 30 years of working at the UofA I can’t think of a single occasion that required the presence of a battalion of armed cops.
They’re not “practicing” for anything that’s *likely* to happen. They’re letting us know they’re there.
Get the UCP and their fascist policies out of AB’s universities.
They’re not “practicing” for anything that’s *likely* to happen. They’re letting us know they’re there.
Get the UCP and their fascist policies out of AB’s universities.
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"Our movements are not driven by getting the words just right. They are driven by the goal of enacting change through collective struggle as we endeavor to both understand ideas and turn them into action. Fumbling is inevitable, but, as Gilmore tells us, “practice makes different.”" 🔥🔥🔥
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 9
I started reading this earlier at the doctor's office, but then got home, & other priorities took precedence. Given how demoralized I feel, I am returning to it and hoping that posting quotes that resonate as I go may help me with finishing it. Channeling my past self, who read 450+ books in 2017! 🥹
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Our movements are not driven by getting the words just right. They are driven by the goal of enacting change through collective struggle as we endeavor to both understand ideas and turn them into action. Fumbling is inevitable, but, as Gilmore tells us, “practice makes different.”" 🔥🔥🔥
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 9
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Yet no one in power seems willing to talk about it. Our labour creates huge profits for the very corporations and business owners our governments love to give tax breaks to.
Income inequality is one of the main drivers of many issues we're seeing. Not immigration or foreign workers or crime. 2/
Income inequality is one of the main drivers of many issues we're seeing. Not immigration or foreign workers or crime. 2/
Smoke and mirrors and the truth about workers’ wages not keeping up with inflation
From groceries to gas to housing, the cost of living is skyrocketing. This increase in prices is called inflation. In 2022, the average inflation rate in Canada is expected to be 8%. When wages fail t...
cupe.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Yet no one in power seems willing to talk about it. Our labour creates huge profits for the very corporations and business owners our governments love to give tax breaks to.
Income inequality is one of the main drivers of many issues we're seeing. Not immigration or foreign workers or crime. 2/
Income inequality is one of the main drivers of many issues we're seeing. Not immigration or foreign workers or crime. 2/
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9/10 SMITH'S DISCRETION
Smith has ignored some past resolutions (e.g., banning union donations, designating CO2 a pollutant, banning trans women in prisons).
This shows she can say no, but her record is to follow the base, even if she was initially reluctant.
Smith has ignored some past resolutions (e.g., banning union donations, designating CO2 a pollutant, banning trans women in prisons).
This shows she can say no, but her record is to follow the base, even if she was initially reluctant.
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
9/10 SMITH'S DISCRETION
Smith has ignored some past resolutions (e.g., banning union donations, designating CO2 a pollutant, banning trans women in prisons).
This shows she can say no, but her record is to follow the base, even if she was initially reluctant.
Smith has ignored some past resolutions (e.g., banning union donations, designating CO2 a pollutant, banning trans women in prisons).
This shows she can say no, but her record is to follow the base, even if she was initially reluctant.