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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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January 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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
December 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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
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
Corb Lund reaching to the man himself: Peter Lougheed.
#ableg #abpoli
December 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
News in Alberta… #ableg #abpoli
December 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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
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December 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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 ❤️
December 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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.
#ableg #abpoli
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Same — but that’s just any day after October 1 😏
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The math on that suggests they got a raise, too.

$8500 per surgery.

The grift keeps on giving.
#ableg #abpoli
December 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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.
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
UCP: public health guarantee!
Reality: if you can afford it
#ableg #abpoli
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Alberta municipalities missing out on millions from green energy projects.
#ableg #abpoli
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November 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Just for you haha.
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I got the t-shirt.
November 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
November 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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
October 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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
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
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
Bullshit.
October 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Right? I’m already miffed that I didn’t realize I had time to make real food!
October 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM