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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 4h

Those who agree - "I would never vote for Canada to become part of the United States"

🟢 All: 79%

🟢 Women: 81%
🟢 Men: 76%

🟢 Boomers: 93%
🟢 Zoomers: 74%

Read it here: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/canadians-...

Canadians Firmly Reject Idea of American Statehood

Support for American statehood remains low across all age groups, even in more conservative provinces like Alberta

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 8h

Like many of the big successes of the entrepreneurial oil industry, the Alberta government has invested heavily in Carbon Capture projects over the past 2 decades. Nearly $2 billion dollars worth of public funding I believe.

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 22h

Elections Alberta has approved a citizen-initiated petition application to gather signatures in support of the proposal to end public funding to independent/private schools.

Calgary teacher Alicia Taylor says she brought it forward because it could help improve funding for public schools. #AbEd

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

www.cbc.ca

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 1d

We’ll see what happens on October 20. I haven’t paid too close attention to what’s happening in Calgary, but I think progressive candidates in Edmonton have spent a lot of time harping about parties when they probably should be focusing on defining a progressive narrative in this campaign. 🤷‍♂️

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 1d

Depending on what the results are on October 20, one of the lessons of the 2025 municipal elections could be that progressives should have spent less time complaining about political parties and more time taking advantage of their fundraising, voter ID, and consistent branding advantages. We’ll see.

Troy Pavlek @troypavlek.ca · 1d

Tim Cartmell alone has raised as much money as EVERY other candidate outside his party COMBINED.

Tim & his Timbits have pulled in over $1M of big corporate dollars, with another $200k for the party.

The unprecedented flow of big money into our local election is staggering.

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Trevor Tombe @trevortombe.bsky.social · 7d

The real danger lies not in the growing size of today’s deficit, but in failing to plan prudently for what comes next.

My latest for @TheHubCanada on federal finances: thehub.ca/2025/10/01/... #cdnecon #cdnpoli

Trevor Tombe: The budget warning that Canada cannot ignore

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 1d

Well played, sir.

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The Alberta Worker @abworker.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s news story from @kimsiever.bsky.social

Safeway wants to roll back worker benefits

Remember, this is the same company that wanted to take back raises last year that they had already paid their workers.

albertaworker.ca/news/safeway...

Safeway wants to roll back worker benefits

Remember, this is the same company that wanted to take back raises last year that they had already paid their workers.

albertaworker.ca

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 2d

Incremental AHS update: Raymond Wyant has submitted his interim report, according to govt. Deadline for final report remains Oct 15. Govt "remains committed to releasing the final report following its delivery."
Note: Govt did not answer q about *when* exactly that would be.

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 2d

Alberta teachers’ strike begins, affecting around 700,000 students

About 51,000 teachers walk off the job after province’s offer rejected by 90 per cent of union members

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 2d

Two weeks ago the PBO came out with the Economic and Fiscal update and release the graph on the left. What happens if you set the axis to 0 (as one should) and how it is historical context. That is the graph on the right (reproducing only the dark blue line because that is the numbers they gave).

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 2d

Working on a new Alberta politics column and planning to publish it on Tuesday morning. 🤠 It’s about the teachers’ strike and some of the big challenges in Alberta’s education system that led to this labour dispute hitting a boiling point.

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 5d

🥣 Poll soup is on the menu today.

I’ve seen three separate voting intention polls for Edmonton’s mayoral election today. One shows Knack way in the lead, one shows Cartmell way in the lead, and one shows a tight race.

So 🤷‍♂️.

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 5d

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #yeg #yegcc #ableg

Opinion: Cuts have left Edmonton's homeless with nowhere to go

Too few Edmontonians are aware a tidal wave of recent funding cuts and closures has wiped the city’s daytime drop-in spaces off the map.

edmontonjournal.com

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 6d

Hi from a Ward D school trustee election candidate forum at the Cloverdale community league.

I’m not live-posting but I’ll try to include some highlights. There are four candidates in Ward D, and no incumbent trustee.

- Nickela Anderson
- Colette Bachand
- Nancy Hunt
- Rufino Ranon #yegvote #epsb

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 7d

Classic.

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 7d

“Pobody’s Nerfect in Australia”

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 7d

A lot of people have been sharing links to a series of articles I wrote 16 years ago about Premier Danielle Smith’s disastrous time on the Calgary Board of Education in the late 1990s.

daveberta.substack.com/p/danielle-s...

Danielle Smith v. Calgary Board of Education

An early glimpse into the Premier's views on politics, teachers, and public education.

daveberta.substack.com

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 7d

When do the adults get to be in change again?

Asking for a friend (or 5 million Albertans).

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 7d

After cutting his mic, telling him his question about Alberta's teacher strike didn't make sense and that his parents should spank him, Premier Danielle Smith's executive director Bruce McAllister apologized in a post on X to 17-year-old Evan Li.

Li wants a direct apology.

Alberta town hall moderator apologizes for 'inappropriate' spanking quip towards Calgary student | CBC News

The moderator of the province's Alberta Next panel has publicly apologized for a remark Premier Danielle Smith has called offensive. Smith now says she considers the matter closed.

www.cbc.ca

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 7d

A lot of people have been sharing links to a series of articles I wrote 16 years ago about Premier Danielle Smith’s disastrous time on the Calgary Board of Education in the late 1990s.

daveberta.substack.com/p/danielle-s...

Danielle Smith v. Calgary Board of Education

An early glimpse into the Premier's views on politics, teachers, and public education.

daveberta.substack.com

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 8d

Alberta's crude oil production hit an all-time high in July 2025, reaching 4.32 million barrels per day, but the province still has one of the highest unemployment rates in Canada at 8.4%. Pumping more oil with less workers helps the corporation shareholders but doesn’t help working Albertans.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 8d

Canadian energy minister disappointed by Imperial Oil's planned layoffs nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/30/c...

Canadian energy minister disappointed by Imperial Oil's planned…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

nationalnewswatch.com

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 8d

Impressive quick turnaround on this.

Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 8d

They cut off his mic.
We’re giving him the floor.

Join Evan Li and me for a conversation tonight!

⏰ 8 PM
📺 YouTube Live: youtube.com/@naheednensh...

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 8d

That’s the sound of a government that has grown too comfortable with not having to face the consequences of its actions.

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 8d

At tonight’s “consultation”…

When a high school kid tried to raise concerns about the teachers strike, Bruce McAllister cut the kids mic and then suggested his parents should have beaten him more.

Listen to the clip yourself…

It’s…

Telling.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 9d

Alberta Teachers’ Association members have voted 89.5 per cent to reject the latest contract offer.

Turnout for the vote was 94 per cent.

51,000 teachers will go on strike across the province on Oct. 6.

Here’s ATA president Jason Schilling announcing the vote result in Edmonton #AbEd #AbLeg

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 9d

Hey Dave! Who’s going to be the next Mayor of Edmonton? Walters, Knack, Cartmell? It could be anyone's game.

daveberta.substack.com/p/hey-dave-w...

Hey Dave! Who’s going to be the next Mayor of Edmonton?

Walters, Knack, Cartmell? It could be anyone's game.

daveberta.substack.com

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