Kevin Packer
kpacker.bsky.social
Kevin Packer
@kpacker.bsky.social
Husband, dad, acoustical consultant/engineer, music geek. Host of Katharsis (https://cjsw.com/program/katharsis/) since November 2000. Trying to understand this world through a glass darkly...
Billy Strings did a great cover of this in his Halloween show: youtube.com/watch?v=JfHx...
Billyween concert 2025
YouTube video by Kalkiis
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November 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Reposted by Kevin Packer
And since this use of the notwithstanding clause involves Alberta, it is perhaps relevant to note the three caveats/conditions that Peter Lougheed, a proponent of the notwithstanding clause, proposed in 1991.

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October 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Was this exercise in voter frustration what we can expect for the next provincial election? Were urban centres disproportionately impacted? How does it benefit the UCP to exasperate urban voters? Or was this just more UCP incompetence?
October 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Reposted by Kevin Packer
So far the GoA has shelled out (only what we know) $237.8 million (142.8M to Atrum and 95M to Evolve) to cover its mismanagement of the coal file
Meanwhile coal revenues for 2004/5 brought in a mere 0.4% of total resource revenues for AB or $15.5M.
And why is there no money for teachers?
#abpoli
October 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Excellent journalism. Every voting Calgarian should read this before casting their ballots. Will the new arena benefit all Calgarians? Its seating capacity is almost 1000 seats less than the Saddledome's. What other priorities for Calgarians will not be funded due to the $ spent on this project?
October 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Reposted by Kevin Packer
The provincial government stopped recording class size data in 2019 and halted extra funding to reduce class sizes, claiming it wasn’t helping.

Some divisions do record it voluntarily. #abed #ableg
September 7, 2023 at 5:32 PM