RO Rossier
@rorossier.bsky.social
Civil society relies on us mobilizing compassion, and also: I can fold an origami crane behind my back
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Based on our partyloyalty.ca research, moves like this are very rare.
When they occur, they're usually:
1️⃣ leadership-related (not policy)
2️⃣ based on a projection of future events (not past ones)
3️⃣ a harbinger of things to come (more defections)
calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
When they occur, they're usually:
1️⃣ leadership-related (not policy)
2️⃣ based on a projection of future events (not past ones)
3️⃣ a harbinger of things to come (more defections)
calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
'Timing is everything': Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz resigns in the new year
Alberta's Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz announced an abrupt resignation on Wednesday.
calgaryherald.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Based on our partyloyalty.ca research, moves like this are very rare.
When they occur, they're usually:
1️⃣ leadership-related (not policy)
2️⃣ based on a projection of future events (not past ones)
3️⃣ a harbinger of things to come (more defections)
calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
When they occur, they're usually:
1️⃣ leadership-related (not policy)
2️⃣ based on a projection of future events (not past ones)
3️⃣ a harbinger of things to come (more defections)
calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
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I wouldn't call it a great debate, necessarily.
But only because @trevortombe.bsky.social 's contribution was so overpowering.
One of the best economic defenses of equalization I've read. 👏
albertaviews.ca/equalization...
But only because @trevortombe.bsky.social 's contribution was so overpowering.
One of the best economic defenses of equalization I've read. 👏
albertaviews.ca/equalization...
Is Equalization Unfair to Alberta? - Alberta Views
The equalization payment reflects a core value: ensuring all Canadians can receive normal public services without paying abnormally high taxes
albertaviews.ca
December 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I wouldn't call it a great debate, necessarily.
But only because @trevortombe.bsky.social 's contribution was so overpowering.
One of the best economic defenses of equalization I've read. 👏
albertaviews.ca/equalization...
But only because @trevortombe.bsky.social 's contribution was so overpowering.
One of the best economic defenses of equalization I've read. 👏
albertaviews.ca/equalization...
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An important read for new/far right leaders in Alberta bent on using the state to control culture and society.
Theirs is not a conservative position.
It's the opposite.
thehub.ca/2025/11/21/s...
Theirs is not a conservative position.
It's the opposite.
thehub.ca/2025/11/21/s...
Six reasons why a state-imposed conservative culture is a terrible idea
thehub.ca
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
An important read for new/far right leaders in Alberta bent on using the state to control culture and society.
Theirs is not a conservative position.
It's the opposite.
thehub.ca/2025/11/21/s...
Theirs is not a conservative position.
It's the opposite.
thehub.ca/2025/11/21/s...
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Nov 12, 2025, CBC Ideas Thoughtful conversation w Nahlah Ayed & Michael Petrou, an #historian w Canadian War Museum, on the value of #oralhistory, fallibility of oral histories, people's changing perspectives over time and the "burden of expectation on the interviewee".
Ottawa
CBC Listen Media Player
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Nov 12, 2025, CBC Ideas Thoughtful conversation w Nahlah Ayed & Michael Petrou, an #historian w Canadian War Museum, on the value of #oralhistory, fallibility of oral histories, people's changing perspectives over time and the "burden of expectation on the interviewee".
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If UCP MLAs don't want phone calls or recalls, another option is to hold townhalls.
What can you do? Keep up the pressure on UCP MLAs. Call them. It works. It's working. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What happens when you call your MLA?
An errant voicemail gives us insight into how the UCP is handling the backlash against its use of the notwithstanding clause. They're not doing well.
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If UCP MLAs don't want phone calls or recalls, another option is to hold townhalls.
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ICE is building a 24/7 social media monitoring program that would scan Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and dozens of other platforms. Private contractors would turn public posts into enforcement leads fed directly into government databases. buff.ly/gXCFJBl
Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation
ICE’s dragnet is expanding across social media, putting everyone’s digital lives into the realm of border and immigration enforcement.
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
ICE is building a 24/7 social media monitoring program that would scan Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and dozens of other platforms. Private contractors would turn public posts into enforcement leads fed directly into government databases. buff.ly/gXCFJBl
A sunrise in Edmonton
October 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A sunrise in Edmonton
Important:
"Bill 2 is perfectly legal."
"The kids need to go back to class."
I agree.
That doesn't mean the premier should've done an endrun around the legislature and the courts.
If the back-to-work law was defensible, why didn't she defend it before leaving the country?
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
"The kids need to go back to class."
I agree.
That doesn't mean the premier should've done an endrun around the legislature and the courts.
If the back-to-work law was defensible, why didn't she defend it before leaving the country?
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding
The UCP's Bill 2 skirts the legislature and the courts, leaving it up to the public to push back swiftly
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Important:
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In her words, Becky Druhan's departure from the PC caucus was more about conviction than ambition.
This aligns with what we found in our latest book (partyloyalty.ca): most caucus defections are over policy and principle.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
This aligns with what we found in our latest book (partyloyalty.ca): most caucus defections are over policy and principle.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
As Tim Houston becomes more dictatorial, Becky Druhan quits the PC caucus - Halifax Examiner
It doesn't surprise me that the smart women in the room are the first to leave Houston's amen caucus.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In her words, Becky Druhan's departure from the PC caucus was more about conviction than ambition.
This aligns with what we found in our latest book (partyloyalty.ca): most caucus defections are over policy and principle.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
This aligns with what we found in our latest book (partyloyalty.ca): most caucus defections are over policy and principle.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
Watching fall in the foothills
October 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Watching fall in the foothills
Rumi thoughts: the world is a book. Your soul is the title page
October 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Rumi thoughts: the world is a book. Your soul is the title page
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Our first Speaker Series event of 2025 is coming up! Join us on Oct 30, 11:30 to 12:30 pm MT, to hear Dr. Andre Costopoulos talk about the evolution of UFO beliefs from WWII to today! Attend in-person in Tory 14-28, or join us online (registration in the next post). Hope to see you there! 🏺
October 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Our first Speaker Series event of 2025 is coming up! Join us on Oct 30, 11:30 to 12:30 pm MT, to hear Dr. Andre Costopoulos talk about the evolution of UFO beliefs from WWII to today! Attend in-person in Tory 14-28, or join us online (registration in the next post). Hope to see you there! 🏺
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This morning IPIA PhD Candidate Solène Mallet Gauthier was interviewed by Radio-Canada about the Vatican's return of Indigenous belongings. Give it a listen at the link below! 🏺
ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
Des artefacts autochtones des musées du Vatican retournent au Canada | OHdio | Radio-Canada
Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Le café show : Des artefacts autochtones des musées du Vatican retournent au Canada
ici.radio-canada.ca
October 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This morning IPIA PhD Candidate Solène Mallet Gauthier was interviewed by Radio-Canada about the Vatican's return of Indigenous belongings. Give it a listen at the link below! 🏺
ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...
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"If you, too, yearn for a way out of the despair and disconnection that is the zeitgeist of our time, let me suggest a tried and true remedy: join a book club." Linda-Marie Barrett
https://bit.ly/48jaF2w
@literaryhub.bsky.social
(Our friend @bookgaga.bsky.social runs a silent book club: wow.)
https://bit.ly/48jaF2w
@literaryhub.bsky.social
(Our friend @bookgaga.bsky.social runs a silent book club: wow.)
Why Everyone—Yes, Everyone—Should Join a Book Club
“Books are something social—a writer speaking to a reader—so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea.” –Yann Martel * Our …
bit.ly
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"If you, too, yearn for a way out of the despair and disconnection that is the zeitgeist of our time, let me suggest a tried and true remedy: join a book club." Linda-Marie Barrett
https://bit.ly/48jaF2w
@literaryhub.bsky.social
(Our friend @bookgaga.bsky.social runs a silent book club: wow.)
https://bit.ly/48jaF2w
@literaryhub.bsky.social
(Our friend @bookgaga.bsky.social runs a silent book club: wow.)
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Those of you standing in long lines for municipal elections in Alberta today:
1) stay in line; your voice matters
2) the long lines are a direct consequence of the conspiracy-driven policy changes brought forward by the UCP government (and not your beleaguered election workers); be kind
1) stay in line; your voice matters
2) the long lines are a direct consequence of the conspiracy-driven policy changes brought forward by the UCP government (and not your beleaguered election workers); be kind
October 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Those of you standing in long lines for municipal elections in Alberta today:
1) stay in line; your voice matters
2) the long lines are a direct consequence of the conspiracy-driven policy changes brought forward by the UCP government (and not your beleaguered election workers); be kind
1) stay in line; your voice matters
2) the long lines are a direct consequence of the conspiracy-driven policy changes brought forward by the UCP government (and not your beleaguered election workers); be kind
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80 years after Japanese Americans were imprisoned at the Manzanar Relocation Center in the California desert, descendants are returning to play baseball and softball, sports that gave prisoners hope and a sense of normalcy.
buff.ly/iWJdkeN
buff.ly/iWJdkeN
Baseball returns to a Japanese American detention camp after a historic ball field was restored
80 years after Japanese Americans were imprisoned at the Manzanar Relocation Center, descendants are returning to play the sport that gave prisoners hope and a sense of normalcy.
buff.ly
October 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
80 years after Japanese Americans were imprisoned at the Manzanar Relocation Center in the California desert, descendants are returning to play baseball and softball, sports that gave prisoners hope and a sense of normalcy.
buff.ly/iWJdkeN
buff.ly/iWJdkeN
DIY chocolate croissant, Toblerone, chocolate and sourdough bun…
Am I right?!
Am I right?!
October 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
DIY chocolate croissant, Toblerone, chocolate and sourdough bun…
Am I right?!
Am I right?!
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From Gaza to Ukraine to South Sudan, children play to deal with the stress — and find a moment of joy.
With makeshift jump ropes and hide and seek, kids play to cope with crisis
From Gaza to Ukraine to South Sudan, children play to deal with the stress — and find a moment of joy.
n.pr
October 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
From Gaza to Ukraine to South Sudan, children play to deal with the stress — and find a moment of joy.
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Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of #misinformation theconversation.com/facebook-dat... by @acarson.bsky.social et al.
Misinformation’s real-world impact: "linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm."
Misinformation’s real-world impact: "linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm."
Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of misinformation
New research reveals misinformation’s real-world impact, including poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm.
theconversation.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of #misinformation theconversation.com/facebook-dat... by @acarson.bsky.social et al.
Misinformation’s real-world impact: "linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm."
Misinformation’s real-world impact: "linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm."
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One of our amazing #ForeverCanadian volunteers already collected more than 1,200 signatures. Here’s how:
September 21, 2025 at 5:49 AM
One of our amazing #ForeverCanadian volunteers already collected more than 1,200 signatures. Here’s how:
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“The world is in what I have often called an “interregnum”—a time of turbulence and transition, where the old order is fading and a new one struggles to be born. …Whatever new global order is being born, let us make sure that it is built on the foundation of human rights.” Andy Knight
September 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“The world is in what I have often called an “interregnum”—a time of turbulence and transition, where the old order is fading and a new one struggles to be born. …Whatever new global order is being born, let us make sure that it is built on the foundation of human rights.” Andy Knight
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This is the most consequential Bill to address hate crimes in the last 50 years.
All of these changes are urgently needed to help keep all Canadians safe and included in every community from coast-to-coast-to coast.
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
All of these changes are urgently needed to help keep all Canadians safe and included in every community from coast-to-coast-to coast.
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Canada introduces legislation to combat hate crimes, intimidation, and obstruction
There is a horrifying rise in hate crimes in our communities, and Canada will not tolerate anyone being made to feel afraid because of who they are, how they worship, or where they gather. Rising anti...
www.canada.ca
September 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is the most consequential Bill to address hate crimes in the last 50 years.
All of these changes are urgently needed to help keep all Canadians safe and included in every community from coast-to-coast-to coast.
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
All of these changes are urgently needed to help keep all Canadians safe and included in every community from coast-to-coast-to coast.
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
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McCarthyism 2.0
Dark Age 2.0
Let's stay strong. 💪
Dark Age 2.0
Let's stay strong. 💪
September 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
McCarthyism 2.0
Dark Age 2.0
Let's stay strong. 💪
Dark Age 2.0
Let's stay strong. 💪