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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · Mar 1

Your regular reminder: Albertans don't want public funds flowing to private schools. But the government benefits from the myth that they do.

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · Mar 1

Budgets are about priorities.

Under the UCP, funding for public education and universities remains frozen, resulting in 'cuts by inflation.'

Funding for private schools has increased above inflation.

In a real way, this means money is flowing from public to private schools.

Priorities.

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 2d

theijf.org/alberta-bord...

Alberta border patrol has made just 4 arrests for illegal immigration or drug trafficking in border zone, data shows

Critics are raising concerns about efficiency and cost, but province says it remains committed to border patrol plan

theijf.org

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 3d

Is $30/day enough? Not even close.

"When you're talking about disabled kids, we can't just go to the teenager down the street and ask them to take care of our kids."

Thank you, CBC, for running this story.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Parents of children with disabilities scramble for supports ahead of Alberta teachers strike | CBC News

Alberta parents are scrambling to make arrangements for their kids as teachers prepare to strike on Monday, but the situation is even more profound for families of students with disabilities.

www.cbc.ca

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 4d

That is objectively accurate.

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 6d

A plan to plan.
A proposal to propose.
A populist's promise:
No finish. All pose.

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 12d

Separatism is now in the Overton window in Alberta. Our latest research confirms the debate has entered the realm of acceptable discourse in the province.

cground.substack.com/p/is-separat...

Is Separatism Mainstream in Alberta?

We spent the summer with hundreds of Albertans to find out.

cground.substack.com

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 11d

Boilerplate language for commentary on most UCP bills these days:

"University of Alberta constitutional law professor Eric Adams said Friday it’s not clear what Alberta is seeking through the legislation...."

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Alberta to legislate authority not to enforce international agreements Canada signs

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government says it is planning to introduce legislation that would allow it to ignore international agreements signed by Ottawa.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 12d

Trans bans are always about policing women. Always.

Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 12d

For anyone not in Alberta or not paying attention, girls playing sports in school now have to prove they were born female to play sports. And can be challenged by anyone at anytime and must prove they are female to keep playing. This doesn’t apply to boys. What a dystopian hellscape

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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 12d

For anyone not in Alberta or not paying attention, girls playing sports in school now have to prove they were born female to play sports. And can be challenged by anyone at anytime and must prove they are female to keep playing. This doesn’t apply to boys. What a dystopian hellscape

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 12d

Our latest research suggests separatism is now a mainstream topic of discussion in Alberta. What does this mean for the province's future in Canada? Read more from our own Sam Goertz. cground.substack.com/p/is-separat...

Is Separatism Mainstream in Alberta?

We spent the summer with hundreds of Albertans to find out.

cground.substack.com

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 12d

Separatism is now in the Overton window in Alberta. Our latest research confirms the debate has entered the realm of acceptable discourse in the province.

cground.substack.com/p/is-separat...

Is Separatism Mainstream in Alberta?

We spent the summer with hundreds of Albertans to find out.

cground.substack.com

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 12d

Fascinating, original political survey work by the Common Ground team of U of A political scientist @jaredwesley.ca that involves improv by @rapidfiretheatre.bsky.social . You could take part.
Can We Talk? Albertans Are Invited to Explore Common Ground via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Can We Talk? Albertans Are Invited to Explore Common Ground | The Tyee

A survey team seeks volunteers to meet in Edmonton next week to share their political outlooks and priorities.

thetyee.ca

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 12d

Whether it's Tylenol causing autism or puberty blockers leading to permanent sterilization, populist leaders like Trump and Smith have zero qualms about spreading medical disinformation.

The lack of humility is only surpassed by the lack of compassion for those in need of proven treatments.

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 12d

Danielle Smith's populist playbook
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Danielle Smith's populist playbook: make the dominant feel marginalized | CBC News

Smith's rhetoric reveals an attempt by the premier to define a small and influential subset of the population — anti-vaxxers — as both more common and more aggrieved than evidence suggests.

www.cbc.ca

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 13d

thetyee.ca/News/2025/09... Can We Talk? Albertans Are Invited to Explore Common Ground | The Tyee

Can We Talk? Albertans Are Invited to Explore Common Ground | The Tyee

A survey team seeks volunteers to meet in Edmonton next week to share their political outlooks and priorities.

thetyee.ca

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 15d

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

www.thestar.com

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 15d

Pluralists engage the public to forge the public good.

Populists tell the public what's in the public interest and manufacture consent.

That's what makes the AlbertaNext process so unique compared to previous roadshows, like the Fair Deal Panel.

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Gillian Steward: Danielle Smiths’s town hall roadshow is inventing a version of Alberta that doesn’t exist

Smith's town halls veer too close to misrepresenting Albertans' views.

www.thestar.com

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 15d

Politicians often cite matters of conviction for leaving their parties, while the media tends to frame the events as matters of ambition. This can make it difficult -- and facinating -- to study party defections in Canada. Read more in our new book: 🔗 partyloyalty.ca.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Former CAQ minister leaves party after being booted from cabinet | CBC News

The MNA for Rimouski Maïté Blanchette Vézina announced she's leaving the Coalition Avenir Québec party during a news conference Thursday.

www.cbc.ca

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 16d

Point is moot, is it nit, when you consider we wouldn't have had a Charter at all were it not for S33?

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 16d

I mean, it's not as if these moves come as any great surprise. Albertans were warned in the 2023 campaign that this sort of anti-pluralist legislation was coming.

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 16d

For those that missed this on the weekend. My latest on how libertarians need to stand up to populists bent on eroding rights and freedoms.

drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/taco-meet-...

TACO, meet DACO

Why populists like Donald Trump and Danielle Smith keep 'Chickening Out'

drjaredwesley.substack.com

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 16d

1) The notwithstanding clause is not antithetical to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It is an integral part of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

2) The Charter doesn't merely convey liberties. It obliges all Canadians to stand up against the erosion of rights and freedoms.

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 18d

Why do populists backtrack?

I look at the role of libertarians in thwarting some of their most egregious acts of overreach.

open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

TACO, meet DACO

Why populists like Donald Trump and Danielle Smith keep 'Chickening Out'

open.substack.com

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 18d

Danielle Smith's populist playbook...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Danielle Smith's populist playbook: make the dominant feel marginalized | CBC News

Smith's rhetoric reveals an attempt by the premier to define a small and influential subset of the population — anti-vaxxers — as both more common and more aggrieved than evidence suggests.

www.cbc.ca

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