Steve Elaschuk
@therealelaschuk.bsky.social
Wasting away in Hellbertaville.
It’s funny, I may seem like an angry person on the surface, but deep down I’m actually angrier.
It’s funny, I may seem like an angry person on the surface, but deep down I’m actually angrier.
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Canada should be focused on nation-building. Instead we are getting sucked into a needless pipeline war to appease Moe and Danielle Smith.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Canada should be focused on nation-building. Instead we are getting sucked into a needless pipeline war to appease Moe and Danielle Smith.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
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“Using generative AI to create original, public-facing content (text, video, audio or images) can be fraught and in our view poses the greatest risk to public trust if not managed carefully. We will be extremely conservative when using it.”
Better than I expected, but how about not using it at all?
Better than I expected, but how about not using it at all?
How CBC News will use AI responsibly to benefit our journalism — and keep your trust | CBC News
CBC is launching a new campaign aimed at reminding Canadians how our journalism can provide a safe harbour from the fake news and AI-generated content roiling through our feeds. As the campaign begins...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“Using generative AI to create original, public-facing content (text, video, audio or images) can be fraught and in our view poses the greatest risk to public trust if not managed carefully. We will be extremely conservative when using it.”
Better than I expected, but how about not using it at all?
Better than I expected, but how about not using it at all?
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Americans are paying 11% more for electricity than they were at the beginning on this year.
And these rising electricity prices means more people are unable to pay, so more people are getting their power shutoff.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
And these rising electricity prices means more people are unable to pay, so more people are getting their power shutoff.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
More Americans are getting their power shut off, as unpaid bills pile up
Average electricity costs have risen 11 percent since January, more than three times the rate of inflation.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Americans are paying 11% more for electricity than they were at the beginning on this year.
And these rising electricity prices means more people are unable to pay, so more people are getting their power shutoff.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
And these rising electricity prices means more people are unable to pay, so more people are getting their power shutoff.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesn’t need that Alexa smart speaker
disconnect.blog
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
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“We very rarely see research with numbers this high,” veteran pollster Janet Brown said.
But the government won’t say if the practice of taxpayers covering delinquent surface lease payments will continue - that’s millions of dollars each year.
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.theenergymix.com/albertans-sa...
But the government won’t say if the practice of taxpayers covering delinquent surface lease payments will continue - that’s millions of dollars each year.
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.theenergymix.com/albertans-sa...
Albertans Say Oil Companies Should Cover Well Cleanup Costs, Outstanding Debts
Albertans are nearly unanimous in wanting oil and gas companies to cover the cost of cleaning up their wells and paying their overdue taxes and land rent, a new poll shows, even as the province prepa...
www.theenergymix.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“We very rarely see research with numbers this high,” veteran pollster Janet Brown said.
But the government won’t say if the practice of taxpayers covering delinquent surface lease payments will continue - that’s millions of dollars each year.
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.theenergymix.com/albertans-sa...
But the government won’t say if the practice of taxpayers covering delinquent surface lease payments will continue - that’s millions of dollars each year.
#ableg #cdnpoli
www.theenergymix.com/albertans-sa...
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can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
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Really looking forward to PP becoming PM so Libs will be able to talk publicly about the environment and human rights and Palestine and proportional representation again.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looking forward to PP becoming PM so Libs will be able to talk publicly about the environment and human rights and Palestine and proportional representation again.
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Sucks that you can’t critique a pattern of behaviour from Carney, which has come up several times and been highlighted by Chantal Hébert and others, without a bunch of partisans ripping your head off!!!!!!!!!
Stinky.
Stinky.
Before I even clicked the video to see the context in which Carney responded “who cares” to a reporter asking when he last spoke with Trump, I knew it would a female reporter who asked the question.
Why? Because Carney is consistently more short with and rude to female reporters.
Sure enough:
Why? Because Carney is consistently more short with and rude to female reporters.
Sure enough:
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Sucks that you can’t critique a pattern of behaviour from Carney, which has come up several times and been highlighted by Chantal Hébert and others, without a bunch of partisans ripping your head off!!!!!!!!!
Stinky.
Stinky.
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Recall campaigns were approved this morning targeting UCP MLAs Glenn van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan, and Searle Turton. That brings the total number of current MLA recall campaigns to 14.
🤠Total Recall: Nine UCP MLAs are now facing recall petitions in their ridings and MLA Dale Nally lashed out at constituent organizing recall effort in Morinville-St. Albert. 😬 Read all about it.
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daveberta.substack.com/p/total-reca...
Total Recall: Nine UCP MLAs now facing recall petitions in their ridings
MLA Dale Nally lashed out at constituent organizing recall effort in Morinville-St. Albert
daveberta.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Recall campaigns were approved this morning targeting UCP MLAs Glenn van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan, and Searle Turton. That brings the total number of current MLA recall campaigns to 14.
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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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I love that these garbage scammers figured out that right wing Americans are some of the dumbest people on the planet, on account of how angry and stupid they are.
I am so interested to see how the MAGA idiots justify their heroes being mostly foreign agents.
I am so interested to see how the MAGA idiots justify their heroes being mostly foreign agents.
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I love that these garbage scammers figured out that right wing Americans are some of the dumbest people on the planet, on account of how angry and stupid they are.
I am so interested to see how the MAGA idiots justify their heroes being mostly foreign agents.
I am so interested to see how the MAGA idiots justify their heroes being mostly foreign agents.
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Not one of these MLAs spoke out against the recall petition against Gondek and their own rules say nothing about reasons. They’re getting what they asked for.
Elections Alberta seems ok with the recall reasons. I will canvass for the CIP about the CPP when that’s available.
#abpoli #UCP
Elections Alberta seems ok with the recall reasons. I will canvass for the CIP about the CPP when that’s available.
#abpoli #UCP
Nine of Alberta Premier Smith's UCP legislature members facing recall petitions — The Canadian Press
Nine members of Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party caucus are
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November 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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So the PM intended to inform B.C.'s premier once the negotiations with Alberta have been finalized?
Nation-building promised, sausage-making delivered.
Regardless of whether this pipeline will ever be built, the process itself is profoundly damaging.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Nation-building promised, sausage-making delivered.
Regardless of whether this pipeline will ever be built, the process itself is profoundly damaging.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Carney and Smith to unveil energy deal in Calgary Thursday, source says
B.C. Premier says he spoke with Carney about concerns over potential oil pipeline
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
So the PM intended to inform B.C.'s premier once the negotiations with Alberta have been finalized?
Nation-building promised, sausage-making delivered.
Regardless of whether this pipeline will ever be built, the process itself is profoundly damaging.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Nation-building promised, sausage-making delivered.
Regardless of whether this pipeline will ever be built, the process itself is profoundly damaging.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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As much as I loathe to draw attention to the National Post, I think it's important to keep an eye on what they're up to. In this case, it's writing a piece that can be summed up with, "The stupid libs keep fear mongering about their bodily rights being taken away. Here's why we should do that."
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
As much as I loathe to draw attention to the National Post, I think it's important to keep an eye on what they're up to. In this case, it's writing a piece that can be summed up with, "The stupid libs keep fear mongering about their bodily rights being taken away. Here's why we should do that."
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Think it's weird he's rewarding the guy who was spying on one of Carney's political rivals during the election he won?
I do.
I do.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and I met at the G20 Summit today, and launched negotiations for a trade deal that could more than double our trade to $70 billion.
India is the world’s fifth largest economy, and that means big new opportunities for Canadian workers and businesses.
India is the world’s fifth largest economy, and that means big new opportunities for Canadian workers and businesses.
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Think it's weird he's rewarding the guy who was spying on one of Carney's political rivals during the election he won?
I do.
I do.
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Dynalife was a member of the Alberta Enterprise Group
Smith was a lobbyist for them.
Wow conflict of interest!
#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #Canada
#UCPCorruption #RecallAllTheUCP
#FireSmith #FireTheUCP
Smith was a lobbyist for them.
Wow conflict of interest!
#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #Canada
#UCPCorruption #RecallAllTheUCP
#FireSmith #FireTheUCP
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Dynalife was a member of the Alberta Enterprise Group
Smith was a lobbyist for them.
Wow conflict of interest!
#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #Canada
#UCPCorruption #RecallAllTheUCP
#FireSmith #FireTheUCP
Smith was a lobbyist for them.
Wow conflict of interest!
#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #Canada
#UCPCorruption #RecallAllTheUCP
#FireSmith #FireTheUCP
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This is the 2nd time a major government report from Deloitte has been found to contain errors likely generated by AI.
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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It’s nice to know where our tax dollars are going and what they’re used for
www.ft.com/content/e244...
www.ft.com/content/e244...
Bags of cash and a gold toilet: the corruption crisis engulfing Zelenskyy’s government
Senior Ukrainians are accused of taking kickbacks from projects to defend energy plants in wartime, prompting a wave of public anger
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It’s nice to know where our tax dollars are going and what they’re used for
www.ft.com/content/e244...
www.ft.com/content/e244...
Alberta has been under the thumb of evangelical Texas oilmen from almost our inception as a province. It’s going to take an awful lot of work to counter all those decades and decades of indoctrination by US influence and oil company propaganda that has so thoroughly infected the minds of generations
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Alberta has been under the thumb of evangelical Texas oilmen from almost our inception as a province. It’s going to take an awful lot of work to counter all those decades and decades of indoctrination by US influence and oil company propaganda that has so thoroughly infected the minds of generations
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Spoke to a room of lawyers and judges tonight. Told them: when many Albertans picture the UCP base, they picture you.
They were shocked — most of them oppose the democratic backsliding.
I reminded them: as long as they stay silent, that perception will stick.
All pluralists need to speak out.
They were shocked — most of them oppose the democratic backsliding.
I reminded them: as long as they stay silent, that perception will stick.
All pluralists need to speak out.
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Spoke to a room of lawyers and judges tonight. Told them: when many Albertans picture the UCP base, they picture you.
They were shocked — most of them oppose the democratic backsliding.
I reminded them: as long as they stay silent, that perception will stick.
All pluralists need to speak out.
They were shocked — most of them oppose the democratic backsliding.
I reminded them: as long as they stay silent, that perception will stick.
All pluralists need to speak out.
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Who's next?
Now that the notwithstanding clause has become a routine policymaking tool for the UCP, we need to look ahead to their next targets.
This month's AGM will provide clues.
Now that the notwithstanding clause has become a routine policymaking tool for the UCP, we need to look ahead to their next targets.
This month's AGM will provide clues.
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Who's next?
Now that the notwithstanding clause has become a routine policymaking tool for the UCP, we need to look ahead to their next targets.
This month's AGM will provide clues.
Now that the notwithstanding clause has become a routine policymaking tool for the UCP, we need to look ahead to their next targets.
This month's AGM will provide clues.
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NEW: Alberta's government has opted to use the notwithstanding clause to strip the Charter rights in sections 7 through 15 of transgender children, doctors, teachers, and sporting organizations as part of Bill 9.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NEW: Alberta's government has opted to use the notwithstanding clause to strip the Charter rights in sections 7 through 15 of transgender children, doctors, teachers, and sporting organizations as part of Bill 9.