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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean
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Informed opinion columnist. Acerbic UofC Alum, Schrodinger’s politics; may piss everyone off at some point. WomenOfABpoli on Substack. Biased against false statements & equivalencies. Canadian-Albertan political commentator.
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Tweet from Michael Knowles reads: If I were Canada, I’d be on my best behavior right about now… Quote tweet from J Hunter @mrjoker604 reads: why? Is your president going to mistake us for a 13 year old girl?
January 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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TLDR: Teachers wouldn’t accept our offer to do nothing so we ordered them back to work and through our UCP task force that omitted teacher input, found out they wanted us to do something, which is why we couldn’t get to an agreement. ~Danielle Smith
#ableg #abpoli #abed
That's why we started our complexity task force. When we got the task force results back, we realized that there were certain decisions that you just couldn't make at the bargaining table.
December 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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It’s a very sad day for the person who didn’t receive an Ultimate Family calendar!
(Seriously— highly recommended for people who have multiple events to manage in a single day).
December 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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I understand the misconception quite well, that’s why I wrote it. However, the opposition was led by their bias, fuelled by the UCP to be sure, but bias nonetheless. I recommend reading it. Also, links are provided within.
December 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Corb Lund reaching to the man himself: Peter Lougheed.
#ableg #abpoli
I've been deeply involved in this issue for almost 6 years now. I know it intimately and I've heard all the arguments. I'm convinced it's a corrupt and crooked deal that will adversely affect our water, economically makes zero sense and is going to leave a billion dollar mess for the taxpayer to clean up once the foreign companies go home. Once the first couple mines go in, it'll expand from there and we'll never be rid of them. This is the goal line stand. We need to stop Grassy Mountain. Do it for Lougheed. We want to greatly exceed the 178,000 signatures we need for this so we can send the government a strong message. For that we're need TONS of canvassers. Go to CoalPetition.ca give us your email and tell 50 friends to do the same. When approved we'll give you info on how to sign the petition, how to get officially signed up as a canvasser and how to donate to help pay for this thing. Feels good to finally have something concrete to say when people ask me how they can help since writing your MLA obviously doesn't help much. Thanks for the massive outpouring of support so far in these early stages. We're gonna kill this thing but we need everyone's help. Now's the time. Do it for Lougheed. www.CoalPetition.ca
December 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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News in Alberta… #ableg #abpoli
Email from the Alberta Party: We’re official! The Progressive Tory Party of Alberta Friend-- Great news! Today, we received approval from Elections Alberta. We are officially launching the Progressive Tory Party of Alberta, and with it a renewed, progressive conservative choice for Albertans who believe in responsible leadership and a better future for our province.
December 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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The only thing "uniting" this govt is their determination to lie to us for as long as they can.

Unless you can prove that's what they're doing and then they'll cost us hundreds of millions in cancelled contracts because they got busted.

#ableg #abpoli
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stal...
Excerpt from the article: He said senior officials should be asking themselves, “What is worse, the public learning how badly coal mining in Alberta has been harming downstream water quality and aquatic ecosystems, or the public learning how badly coal mining in Alberta has been harming downstream water quality and aquatic ecosystems and that we’ve returned to muzzling our scientists in an attempt to cover it up while the government tries to convince Albertans that coal mining is environmentally benign?”
December 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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My stats and criminology prof, Dr. Bill Stuebing, passed away yesterday. He wasn’t just a prof, he was a teacher. He taught us to question what we read and what we knew. He was more than a teacher; he was a mentor and a champion of knowledge.
RIP ❤️
R-L: Me, Dr. Stuebing, and “Megan 4.0”
December 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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News: Notice tabled: the Honourable member from Airdrie-Cochrane has given notice that he has joined the Alberta Party and a letter from the Alberta Party has been received to confirm.
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Button that says “I ❤️ THE P IN PC Alberta” along side an Alberta Party pin.
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Same — but that’s just any day after October 1 😏
My sweater
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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The math on that suggests they got a raise, too.

$8500 per surgery.

The grift keeps on giving.
#ableg #abpoli
Copy of ASG contract from the Breakdown in February. The group used to get $27,000,000 per year.
December 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Nah. The only people capable of lying their faces off about everything are now in govt; there’s no one to work into a froth over imaginary slights and edge out their support.
From the 2025 Throne Speech: The U.S. worldwide imposition of tariffs, world conflicts and intentional increases in OPEC production have significantly depressed the price of oil, resulting in a loss of billions in royalty revenues and a significant budget deficit after several years of large surpluses. Albertans are well aware of the effects of both high and low oil prices and inherently understand there is no need to panic or overreact. This isn’t Alberta’s first oil price rollercoaster, after all. The vast majority of Albertans do not want deep and disruptive cuts. Nor do they want declarations of economic emergency used as a pretext for a proliferation of government programs and spending. They want calm, steady and smart fiscal leadership until the dip in energy prices inevitably passes, as it always does. Continued from first photo: They expect this government to continue to hold spending increases to below inflation plus population growth, to find and eliminate government waste and inefficiencies and to invest wisely in priorities such as health, education, roads, policing and other core social services. And that is exactly how this government will manage Alberta’s current challenging economic situation.
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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UCP: public health guarantee!
Reality: if you can afford it
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Text from my daughter “So doctor recommended I get the RSV vaccine to protect the babies since they’ll likely come early and it’s not covered by Alberta Health Which is crazy, it’s $240”
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Alberta municipalities missing out on millions from green energy projects.
#ableg #abpoli
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Screencap of excerpt: Our analysis of the AESO project queue shows that 21 counties could potentially gain more than $76 million annually from projects currently in development — if they proceed. Seven of those counties would host renewable projects for the first time, opening entirely new revenue streams for them. The $70 million that municipalities are collecting this year? That represents decisions made five, six and seven years ago. The decisions being made today — or, more accurately, not being made — will determine whether rural Alberta municipalities collect $70 million five years from now or $150 million.
November 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Eremenko: payments reduce access. Will minister admit to the real cost?
LaGrange: we commit to having more doctors than ever before; so many new doctors taking new patients in Alberta now. That's out record.
PUFFBALL!
vanDijken: so many votes for licence plates; showing how proud they are
Alberta licence plate mock up: TRANSKIDSMATTER
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Just for you haha.
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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I got the t-shirt.
Me in my Four Seasons Landscaping t-shirt on US election night in 2024. As a Canadian politico, there are very few places I can wear it that people get the joke; but when the timing is just right, it slays.
November 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Whoa #BudgetDay
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Industrial emissions cap scrapped Industrial price becomes core of plan 2050 net-zero target
November 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Brar: minimum wage workers are struggling; when will govt stop throwing crumbs and start paying fair wages?
Neudorf: 95% of people in AB make more than minimum wage. In 2019, minimum wage earners were as high as 11%
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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That made me laugh out loud.
#cdnpoli

www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Excerpt that made me lol “Mr. Ford said the Prime Minister “text messaged me a few things” since Monday. Asked whether Mr. Carney is happy with him, Mr. Ford said, “He’s happy. Why wouldn’t he be happy? We’re his closest friend and ally, just like the U.S.”
October 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Nenshi: that he had to decline.
Peter Lougheed. There are times when it should not be used. First: preemptively. A simple majority should not be enough, it should be 60%. It should only be used after the court examines its effects.
#ableg #abpoli
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October 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Nenshi: these full time, public servants, under this UCP govt, were making $28,000 a year.
One woman told me "I didn't stumble into this -- I went to school for this."

(It's true, you can get education to be an EA.)
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Also, I said I'd join a general strike. I'm self-employed and it is scary, but I don't want this government to turn into trump2.0 -- that's garbage.
#ableg #abpoli
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Bullshit.
Screenshot of the page that will, maybe (who knows) show the text of Bill 2. For now, it simply says the Bill is not available online despite passing first reading.
October 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Right? I’m already miffed that I didn’t realize I had time to make real food!
Snack food. Four cans of Pepsi chips, Halloween chocolates and cheezies.
October 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM