Dena McMartin 🇨🇦
@dwmcmartin.bsky.social
Environmental engineer and academic.
Advocate for equity & inclusion.
Dogs are love.
Prairies, science, water, travel, lifelong learning.
Settler in Blackfoot Confederacy territory.
I share what I personally find interesting, troubling, or necessary.
Advocate for equity & inclusion.
Dogs are love.
Prairies, science, water, travel, lifelong learning.
Settler in Blackfoot Confederacy territory.
I share what I personally find interesting, troubling, or necessary.
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And then there were 9.
6 new recall petitions have been approved against UCP MLAs, with the information now posted to the Elections Alberta website
Joining the mix are MLAs Myles McDougall, Ric McIver, Muhammad Yaseen, Rajan Sawhney, RJ Sigurdson +
Dale Nally.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
6 new recall petitions have been approved against UCP MLAs, with the information now posted to the Elections Alberta website
Joining the mix are MLAs Myles McDougall, Ric McIver, Muhammad Yaseen, Rajan Sawhney, RJ Sigurdson +
Dale Nally.
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 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
And then there were 9.
6 new recall petitions have been approved against UCP MLAs, with the information now posted to the Elections Alberta website
Joining the mix are MLAs Myles McDougall, Ric McIver, Muhammad Yaseen, Rajan Sawhney, RJ Sigurdson +
Dale Nally.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
6 new recall petitions have been approved against UCP MLAs, with the information now posted to the Elections Alberta website
Joining the mix are MLAs Myles McDougall, Ric McIver, Muhammad Yaseen, Rajan Sawhney, RJ Sigurdson +
Dale Nally.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
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How would an MLA know which constituents vote in a provincial elections? This information is privileged only to Elections Alberta.
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
How would an MLA know which constituents vote in a provincial elections? This information is privileged only to Elections Alberta.
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
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It would be a win/win
#markcarney
#daniellesmith
#notwithstanding
#pipeline
youtube.com/shorts/jzuBK...
#markcarney
#daniellesmith
#notwithstanding
#pipeline
youtube.com/shorts/jzuBK...
Mark? I have an idea. #markcarney #daniellesmith #pipeline #notwithstanding #alberta #politics
YouTube video by Lisab0923
youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It would be a win/win
#markcarney
#daniellesmith
#notwithstanding
#pipeline
youtube.com/shorts/jzuBK...
#markcarney
#daniellesmith
#notwithstanding
#pipeline
youtube.com/shorts/jzuBK...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Deer My Friends
Today was very busy day for me at Queen Spark because we past our new bill The Throwing Renters Out Act but their were some people their makeen a lot of ruckiss so I told them to get jobs like when before I was Premair and I worked very hard running my dads company.
Premair
Today was very busy day for me at Queen Spark because we past our new bill The Throwing Renters Out Act but their were some people their makeen a lot of ruckiss so I told them to get jobs like when before I was Premair and I worked very hard running my dads company.
Premair
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Deer My Friends
Today was very busy day for me at Queen Spark because we past our new bill The Throwing Renters Out Act but their were some people their makeen a lot of ruckiss so I told them to get jobs like when before I was Premair and I worked very hard running my dads company.
Premair
Today was very busy day for me at Queen Spark because we past our new bill The Throwing Renters Out Act but their were some people their makeen a lot of ruckiss so I told them to get jobs like when before I was Premair and I worked very hard running my dads company.
Premair
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"Joanna Harper now works at Western University [Ontario, Canada] after funding was cut on her research in Oregon"
"For two decades, Joanna Harper has been studying the ways hormone therapy makes a difference in trans people’s athletic performance."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"For two decades, Joanna Harper has been studying the ways hormone therapy makes a difference in trans people’s athletic performance."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
After her study on trans athletes lost funding in the U.S., this Canadian researcher is starting over | CBC News
Canadian-born researcher Joanna Harper has been studying the ways hormone therapy makes a difference in transgender athletes' performance for nearly two decades. Her most recent study, which she was w...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"Joanna Harper now works at Western University [Ontario, Canada] after funding was cut on her research in Oregon"
"For two decades, Joanna Harper has been studying the ways hormone therapy makes a difference in trans people’s athletic performance."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"For two decades, Joanna Harper has been studying the ways hormone therapy makes a difference in trans people’s athletic performance."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Once again, folks: any deal between Alberta and Ottawa that requires a) BC's approval, and b) significant support from coastal First Nations is a deal for a pipeline that will never happen.
If Carney can get Smith to agree to ratchet up industrial carbon pricing in exchange? That feels like a win.
If Carney can get Smith to agree to ratchet up industrial carbon pricing in exchange? That feels like a win.
a man in a suit and tie is holding a pencil and says just saying
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a pencil and says just saying
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Once again, folks: any deal between Alberta and Ottawa that requires a) BC's approval, and b) significant support from coastal First Nations is a deal for a pipeline that will never happen.
If Carney can get Smith to agree to ratchet up industrial carbon pricing in exchange? That feels like a win.
If Carney can get Smith to agree to ratchet up industrial carbon pricing in exchange? That feels like a win.
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Okay who had drug resistant crotch rot on their 2025 Bingo card?
A drug-resistant 'super fungus' that attacks the groin and bum is spreading across Britain, experts have warned.
Drug-resistant fungus is now spreading across the UK - and it attacks the groin
www.mirror.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Okay who had drug resistant crotch rot on their 2025 Bingo card?
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Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
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Sadly the current right-wing coalition government in Finland has cut the funding for the nation’s “Housing First” success story, & homelessness is now on the rise again. That just reinforces the fact that such programs work, if political ideology doesn’t stand in the way.
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
Homelessness on the Rise in Finland - Y-Säätiö
Asunnottomien ihmisten määrä on kääntynyt kasvuun. Nyt asunnottomien määrä kasvoi Helsingissä, vaikka asunnottomia asutettiin vuoden aikana vaikuttava määrä.
ysaatio.fi
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Sadly the current right-wing coalition government in Finland has cut the funding for the nation’s “Housing First” success story, & homelessness is now on the rise again. That just reinforces the fact that such programs work, if political ideology doesn’t stand in the way.
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
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Quiet part, meet out loud.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Quiet part, meet out loud.
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We don't have a section in the criminal code dictating how doctors should treat cancer. For the most part, we trust doctors to handle medical issues. So why create a law giving religious fanatics veto power when it comes to healthcare for women? Abortion is healthcare, we don't need a law.
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
We don't have a section in the criminal code dictating how doctors should treat cancer. For the most part, we trust doctors to handle medical issues. So why create a law giving religious fanatics veto power when it comes to healthcare for women? Abortion is healthcare, we don't need a law.
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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Of all the faith based philosophies, the one that has the most evidence against it is privatization.
November 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Of all the faith based philosophies, the one that has the most evidence against it is privatization.
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Whooping cough surges nationwide as vaccinations fall medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
"...latest rise in pertussis cases is being driven by falling vaccination rates..."
"...babies remain the most vulnerable."
"...latest rise in pertussis cases is being driven by falling vaccination rates..."
"...babies remain the most vulnerable."
Whooping cough surges nationwide as vaccinations fall
Whooping cough is making a major comeback in the United States, with sharp increases now seen in Texas, Florida, California, Oregon and many other places.
medicalxpress.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Whooping cough surges nationwide as vaccinations fall medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
"...latest rise in pertussis cases is being driven by falling vaccination rates..."
"...babies remain the most vulnerable."
"...latest rise in pertussis cases is being driven by falling vaccination rates..."
"...babies remain the most vulnerable."
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Canada needs to build a wall.
This is some "Handmaid's Tale"-level shit.
This is some "Handmaid's Tale"-level shit.
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Canada needs to build a wall.
This is some "Handmaid's Tale"-level shit.
This is some "Handmaid's Tale"-level shit.
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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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I’m sure there isn’t anyone behind this who stands to gain from it.
Fix public healthcare, you ghouls. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/baddabc...
Fix public healthcare, you ghouls. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/baddabc...
Alberta plans to allow doctors to deliver public and private services
Draft legislation would establish a model for medicine unlike any other in Canada
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I’m sure there isn’t anyone behind this who stands to gain from it.
Fix public healthcare, you ghouls. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/baddabc...
Fix public healthcare, you ghouls. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/baddabc...
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Compliant
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🇨🇦 OTTAWA SCRAMBLES AS NUTRIEN PICKS U.S. FOR $1B POTASH HUB 🇨🇦
It's a blow to Canada’s #CriticalMinerals strategy.
Despite federal promises to invigorate the resource sector, Nutrien has chosen Washington State for its massive new export terminal.
#Nutrien #Potash #CdnPoli #Trade
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🇨🇦 OTTAWA SCRAMBLES AS NUTRIEN PICKS U.S. FOR $1B POTASH HUB 🇨🇦
It's a blow to Canada’s #CriticalMinerals strategy.
Despite federal promises to invigorate the resource sector, Nutrien has chosen Washington State for its massive new export terminal.
#Nutrien #Potash #CdnPoli #Trade
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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🇨🇦 OTTAWA SCRAMBLES AS NUTRIEN PICKS U.S. FOR $1B POTASH HUB 🇨🇦
It's a blow to Canada’s #CriticalMinerals strategy.
Despite federal promises to invigorate the resource sector, Nutrien has chosen Washington State for its massive new export terminal.
#Nutrien #Potash #CdnPoli #Trade
1/8
🇨🇦 OTTAWA SCRAMBLES AS NUTRIEN PICKS U.S. FOR $1B POTASH HUB 🇨🇦
It's a blow to Canada’s #CriticalMinerals strategy.
Despite federal promises to invigorate the resource sector, Nutrien has chosen Washington State for its massive new export terminal.
#Nutrien #Potash #CdnPoli #Trade
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Ahahahaha 🤣 Elizabeth May explaining the tanker ban “especially to the attention of slow learners; Andrew Sheer, Danielle Smith, take note.”
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Ahahahaha 🤣 Elizabeth May explaining the tanker ban “especially to the attention of slow learners; Andrew Sheer, Danielle Smith, take note.”
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"The issue was interference & corruption & a government that cared more about moving privatization & being American-style in how they deliver health care than actually cared about patient well-being or the taxpayer."
Burning taxpayer $$$ & putting citizens at risk is what the UCP govt does best.
Burning taxpayer $$$ & putting citizens at risk is what the UCP govt does best.
Alberta's auditor general says taxpayers lost $109M in lab testing debacle
EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general estimates the government's failed effort to privatize community lab testing services left taxpayers on the hook for about $109 million.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"The issue was interference & corruption & a government that cared more about moving privatization & being American-style in how they deliver health care than actually cared about patient well-being or the taxpayer."
Burning taxpayer $$$ & putting citizens at risk is what the UCP govt does best.
Burning taxpayer $$$ & putting citizens at risk is what the UCP govt does best.
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It's not quite a year but Jason Markusoff's interview still stands as the most comprehensive template of the UCP's plans for Alberta.
"The premier said that too often, governments hide behind agencies and wipe their hands of policymaking and execution. She wants more of a hand in matters."
Timely.
"The premier said that too often, governments hide behind agencies and wipe their hands of policymaking and execution. She wants more of a hand in matters."
Timely.
When you look at the totality of all the Alberta institutions and programs Danielle Smith has begun to reinvent or reshape… it’s a lot. And a lot of risk.
By me: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
By me: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Danielle Smith reworking Alberta's everything, everywhere all at once | CBC News
The premier makes no apologies for an ambitious reform agenda. But the more a government dismantles and rebuilds, the more risk there is for road bumps, growing pains and outright mistakes.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It's not quite a year but Jason Markusoff's interview still stands as the most comprehensive template of the UCP's plans for Alberta.
"The premier said that too often, governments hide behind agencies and wipe their hands of policymaking and execution. She wants more of a hand in matters."
Timely.
"The premier said that too often, governments hide behind agencies and wipe their hands of policymaking and execution. She wants more of a hand in matters."
Timely.
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Alberta's government invoked the Notwithstanding Clause this week to force teachers back to work and reportedly plans to use it again against trans kids in the coming days.
When governments can override rights with one vote, no one is safe. Sign the petition to defend the Charter.
savethecharter.ca
When governments can override rights with one vote, no one is safe. Sign the petition to defend the Charter.
savethecharter.ca
October 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Alberta's government invoked the Notwithstanding Clause this week to force teachers back to work and reportedly plans to use it again against trans kids in the coming days.
When governments can override rights with one vote, no one is safe. Sign the petition to defend the Charter.
savethecharter.ca
When governments can override rights with one vote, no one is safe. Sign the petition to defend the Charter.
savethecharter.ca