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jaredwesley.ca
The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.

Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.

By simply being Albertan.

Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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jaredwesley.ca
You don’t have to do all of this. Nobody can.

But whenever you calmly refuse to play along with “everyone supports us,” you chip away at the story populists need to stay powerful.
December 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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electricbluesfan.bsky.social
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🇨🇦 HOW MARK CARNEY LOST STEVEN GUILBEAULT 🇨🇦

Prime Minister Mark Carney's deal with Alberta Premier #DanielleSmith wasn't just a compromise.

It was a capitulation. And for Steven #Guilbeault, it was the end of the line.

Althia Raj reports.
#CdnPoli #ClimateCrisis #AbPoli #Carney
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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jaredwesley.ca
An errant voicemail from a UCP MLA shows just how much pressure they're facing from constituents over their use of the notwithstanding clause.

drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What happens when you call your MLA?
An errant voicemail gives us insight into how the UCP is handling the backlash against its use of the notwithstanding clause. They're not doing well.
drjaredwesley.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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drewtoothpaste.bsky.social
the future
don't ever think of the future as a time and place where magic happens. this time used to be the fature, and we're here and it's completely normal
October 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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todmaffin.com
Every country gets one voice. And we’re listening.
October 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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shastingssimon.bsky.social
I will not stop pointing out that the emissions cap target for oil sands is slightly below that of the Pathway Alliance's own commitment they made, in print, for emission reductions by 2030 of 22 million tonnes. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Screenshot from the wayback machine capture of the Pathways Alliance press release which states: PHASE ONE Pathways Alliance advances net zero emissions plan October 14, 2022 Significant progress achieved on early-stage work for oil sands carbon capture and storage network CALGARY - Oct. 14, 2022 - The Pathways Alliance, representing Canadas six largest oil sands companies, is advancing early work necessary to build one of the world's largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities in the oil sands region of northern Alberta. The CCS project is the primary focus of phase one of Pathways Alliance's ambitious plan to reduce annual emissions from oil sands operations by 22 million tonnes by 2030 and achieve a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.
October 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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dyckron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
Taken from an Alberta NDP email.

#abpoli #teachersstrike
A graph that shows student enrollment and per-student funding over time in the province of Alberta. The time axis is divided into parties that formed the provincial government, and the Education Ministers are listed chronologically. The chart shows a far higher funding commitment under the Alberta NDP than either the previous Progressive Conservatives or current United Conservatives, but the precipitous drop under the current UCP is shocking. The email from which the chart comes says: "From the start, Alberta’s New Democrats funded education per student above the national average while in government. In fact, those figures are still higher today than what the UCP funds now, almost a decade later–including inflation."
October 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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mondoab.bsky.social
How long has this been going on you ask?

February 10, 2020

"The cuts come at a time when school boards are also dealing with 13,000 additional students. The ATA said it breaks down to $441 less per student."

globalnews.ca/news/6533781...
Documents prove United Conservative Party cut education funding, Alberta teachers say | Globalnews.ca
"Every school board in this province, except for four, have seen a cut to their funding," said ATA president Jason Schilling.
globalnews.ca
October 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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albertaviews.bsky.social
"In a free society, many things are allowed to be said, done and provided that the community would not endorse or fund. Private education is an example. Public funding for private schools should end."

albertaviews.ca/private-scho...
#ABpoli #ABleg #CDNpoli #teachers
Private Schools - Alberta Views
Out of concern for the well-being of the community that I recognize how public subsidies for private schools erode our sense of connection.
albertaviews.ca
October 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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asytsema.bsky.social
What do Alberta teachers want? They want real action:

- Cap class sizes with clear plans
- Improve EA ratios for diverse needs
- Fund schools to average
- Ensure fair wages for all teachers

Our kids deserve better working conditions for better learning conditions! #ableg #abpoli #Alberta #UCPFail
October 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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judy-bug.bsky.social
The greatest threat to our freedoms & human rights is not just Conservatives.

It is the overwhelming majority of the #Cdnmedia. They promote Poilievre, & they protect Conservative politicians.

It is a threat to our 🇨🇦 #democracy.

#cdnpoli #canpoli #abpoli #onpoli #skpoli #IDUPlaybook #Never51
Two-thirds, or 66%, of Postmedia is currently owned by Republican-connected US media conglomerate Chatham Asset Mgmt thanks to legislation the CPC pushed through after they lost in 2015. Postmedia are Trump-friendly. They own: National Post, Financial Post, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette to name but a few.
October 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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cmcalgary.bsky.social
The highschooler that had the mic muted and Bruce MacAllister making the shitty comment, he showed up in r/Alberta on reddit

Video: streamable.com/vzmcwe

Link to reddit comment: reddit.com/r/alberta/co...

#Alberta #abpoli
Screenshot of comment from the kid in the video. Visit the link to view it.
September 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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cdn-birdie.bsky.social
2018 “How about we go the other way? Maybe every independent school needs to be fully funded and we need to phase out every government-run, union-controlled public school more interested in indoctrinating students than teaching them critical-thinking skills” #abpoli

globalnews.ca/news/4067888...
Danielle Smith: Maybe we need to defund public schools | Globalnews.ca
Maybe every independent school needs to be fully funded and we need to phase out every government run, union-controlled public school more interested in indoctrinating students than teaching them crit...
globalnews.ca
September 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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susanincanada.bsky.social
#Teacher Britt Booth

“Parents, we aren't preparing to strike b/c we're greedy…we care about YOUR #kids.

They deserve more.

We need you to demand it from this govt, & we promise we'll do everything… to make it a reality. We love your kids & want the best for them too.”

#AbPoli
#AbLeg
#AbEd
#UCP
From Teacher Britt Booth I am an Alberta teacher. Like the majority of Albertans, I didn't vote orange. I'm a good old farm girl from a blue collar family in a small town with one traffic light and I have more perspectives in common with people from both sides of the political spectrum than either side would guess. I respect and agree with Danielle Smith's stance on certain topics - education notwithstanding. I am a specialist teacher. I have two degrees, including a Bachelor of Music. I taught middle school choir for over a decade; it was my passion and the reason I became a teacher. I always picked up the odd humanities class to help balance the timetable because I have double minors in English and Social Sciences. I never minded it, but now I teach humanities almost exclusively. As with so many schools in Alberta, we had our funding reduced this year which meant a reduction in teaching positions at our school, which means reduced option classes and those option teachers had to pick up core classes instead of their specialties. Demand for my program was never a problem. In fact, my choir numbers were the biggest they had ever been in my entire career and my program was robust, beloved, and the highlight of the middle school experience for so many students. Now the piano collects dust in a storage room and the choral library I curated for years sits in a forgotten cupboard. And the kids who loved that program because it was their safe space where they felt competent and confident? Heartbroken and disconnected. I've also taught sewing for 8 years. My classes have always been capped at 24 students because of space, safety, and equipment constraints. With the reduction in funding we took last year, it meant fewer teachers and larger classes. Now I have classes of 29 students - with 16 sewing machines. I've had to reduce the number of skills I teach them because Ijust cannot safely supervise that many middle-schoolers while they use potentially dangerous equipment, like rotary cutters. To keep the students safe and prevent injury or damage to equipment and materials, l do most of the rotary cutting for them - outside of my contract hours, of course. And my core classes? Last year nearly broke me. We lost our ESL classroom, so all of the English-learning students landed in my room. In one class I had five kids with three different languages between them, some of whom were illiterate in their native language so I couldn't even run things through a translating program for them, and no EA support. Oh, and 30 other 8th graders in the same class that I had to teach curriculum to while also somehow teaching English at a pre-school level, and 11 of those kids had individual support and/or behaviour plans, many of them reading three or more grades below grade level. Someone please tell me how I could have possibly succeeded - because I know I didn't and it ripped me apart. I failed the ESL kids, because I couldn't sit with them and teach them English, they couldn't read any independent workbook resources I made for them, so they were bored and disengaged and often became behaviour problems instead. The kids who needed ISP accommodations and extra support to be successful? I worked tirelessly, but there was never enough of me to go around and no one else to help them instead. The government is doing everything they can to villainize teachers and pit parents against us. These 3000 new teachers they're promising? That is approximately the number they knew they'd have to hire anyways to staff the new schools they had already announced and to keep up with projected enrolment. It's like if your kids needed new socks in March because theirs were all worn out, so you waited until December to buy new ones and then wrapped them up in pretty paper- and then wondered why the kids were sad when they realized those were the only presents under the tree for them. Parents, we aren't preparing to strike because we're greedy. If this were just about salary, we would have voted to accept the deal we were offered in May. We're doing this because we care about YOUR kids. They deserve more. They deserve to be supported, to learn in classrooms that aren't stuffed to the gills with 37 sweaty, pubescent teenagers after gym class. They deserve to have the accommodations they need to succeed. They deserve to have option classes that teach them lifelong skills and give them a creative outlet and a place to belong. They deserve to have energized, enthusiastic teachers who have the bandwidth to give them the individual attention they need. This is what we want for your kids. We need you to demand it from this government. You demand it, and we promise we'll do everything in our power to make it a reality. We love your kids and want the best for them too. You have my permission to share this. It's time for parents and teachers to come together and demand better.
September 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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daveberta.bsky.social
😱 Moral panic! UCP book ban explodes as government on brink of major labour dispute with Alberta's teachers.

Read all about it: daveberta.substack.com/p/moral-pani...
Moral panic! UCP book ban explodes as government on brink of major labour dispute with Alberta's teachers
It’s been 23 years since the last province-wide teachers strike in Alberta
daveberta.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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maryfernando.bsky.social
1/ New poll: (omg) Canada is now almost an election away from standing in 🇺🇸shoes, with a climate denying, antidemocratic, antichoice government heralded in (just like what happened in 🇺🇸) by affordability concerns, and a media refusing to ask crucial questions.
August 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
I think this essay, which is not about Alberta, actually is about Alberta. About the resentment and fear many in our resource sectors feel when they see - or foresee - the loss of high paying jobs that didn’t require much or any post-secondary education.
August 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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kathleenganley.bsky.social
Finally a small victory - the UCP had to be dragged kicking and screaming, but they are going to at least cover COVID shots for healthcare workers.

It can be done friends, keep at it! #AbLeg
August 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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robsonfletcher.com
The latest inflation data for car & home insurance, by province.

Alberta absolutely in a league of its own here.
Two line charts showing Alberta well ahead of every other province in terms of price inflation for auto insurance premiums (which have more than tripled since 2002) and home insurance premiums (which have increased more than sixfold).
August 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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hollyhoye.bsky.social
Ok, this is pretty good.

“Coal hard cash”
August 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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pfparks.bsky.social
She will try to blame "AHS" but:
- it doesn't call the shots anymore, and is a fragment of what it used to be
- PH is completely controlled by AH (= govt) and has been muzzled and decimated
- all of her personally handpicked people (who she hasn't fired) are running the show
/fin
June 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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perrinjan.bsky.social
This is the response I received from Devin Dreeshen re: #YEGbike:

"Thank you for sharing your thoughts regarding bicycle lanes in the City of Edmonton.

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May 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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naheednenshi.bsky.social
After over a decade of hard work, the Springbank Reservoir is now operational. This project will protect over 1.3 million Calgarians and many Albertans from future floods.

Congratulations to all who made this happen. Let's continue working towards effective flood mitigation in the province!
Long-awaited Springbank off-stream reservoir now in operation | CBC News
A major flood resilience project is finished, almost 12 years after flood waters surged into Calgary communities in 2013, killing one person and causing billions of dollars in damage.
www.cbc.ca
May 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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strictlychristo.bsky.social
What radicalized you?
May 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM