“It is not an exaggeration to say that the minority report was gerrymandered to benefit the UCP by significantly diluting urban voters.”
Duane Bratt: Gerrymandering electoral map will erode Alberta democracy
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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“The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant and so devastating that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored because it cannot survive their being repeated.”
—Justice Robert H. Jackson, Chief American Prosecutor, Nuremberg, 1946
H.R. 1897 is moving fast in the House and could hit the floor for a full vote as soon as tomorrow. This bill would gut the Endangered Species Act forcing economic impact considerations into listing decisions, limiting your ability to challenge bad science in court,
“Samson said she didn't see the break coming, but that she had no doubts that "something or someone" had pressured the UCP-appointed members to come up with a minority report.”
Another original commissioner member has stepped forward.
#abpoli #ableg
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
A hundred years ago, the U.S. had a nationwide network of short-line railroads that connected most urban and rural communities. By the 1940s, most of it had been dismantled ... by the barons of the auto and oil industries. 😑
“The UCP government’s plan to dismiss an independent electoral boundary commission riding map recommendations and undertake a redo is a “stab in the heart for democracy,” said one commission member.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
reddeeradvocate.com/2026/04/20/u...
Sorry to post this for those who abhor seeing this kind of news about wildlife. But while we are collectively agonizing over the state of our nation, the state of our planet is probably the more urgent news.
🍁❤️Tod explains why PM Carney held up a toy soldier in his message to The Owners of Canada
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This war is so damn confusing. It’s why we shouldn’t let drunks and dementia patients run it.
Market manipulation???
#Iran
#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
A rainbow brick sidewalk in a busy city in the Netherlands is pictured.
Once again, enjoying the refreshment of a not-bigoted town where rainbows are still allowed 🌈🏳️🌈
The richest 10% of Americans own roughly 87% of stocks.
The richest 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
Online Petition to the corrupt UCP who are stealing from Albertans with disabilities. Please sign and spread the word if you can.
c.org/Dr68vz5ZgW
BOYCOT WK 2026!
Verstandige mensen boycotten WK voetbal 2026 in de Verenigde Staten van Amerika.
De grote tragedie van onze tijd: de kiezer begrijpt niet (of wil niet weten) wat de échte crisis is.
(En dat hij voorkomen had kunnen worden. En dat we zelfs nu nog voor de laatste kans kunnen gaan.)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Let’s count on it!
100%
I don’t think this helps us when conservative premiers start to act like authoritarians.
Trump has a low IQ. It’s obvious.
Blind obedience is something everyone in a functioning democracy must mature out of.
adbusters.substack.com/p/the-virtue...
Fight back.
TREATIES ARE FOREVER
ALBERTA IS CANADA
Peaceful Gathering
DATE: APRIL 25
TIME: 12PM
PLACE:
CALGARY CITY HALL
UNITED WE STAND
Canada owes us better.
“The process would be overseen by a UCP-led committee of MLAs and would see the number of MLAs grow by four, up to 91, with no public hearings.”
Read that again:
UCP-led committee. No public hearings.
Ripping up the map to rig the election.
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Pope Leo XIV: “Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.”
Pope says ‘world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ | Pope Leo XIV | The Guardian
I used to think the GoC & federal EIA was Alberta‘s only hope but Carney has left us at the mercy of a caputured regulator, foreign CO’s hungry for🇨🇦resources & a GoA that doesn’t believe in science, human rights or ethics. We are in danger & already dying #StopTreatRelease #CCS
#NoGasForDataCentres
Growing concern over how companies use personal data to set prices is sparking debate across Canada, including among #Alberta consumers, after a federal push to ban the practice failed in Parliament.
#yyc @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social
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Governments that have to pick their voters to remain in power are not legitimate governments worthy of being called democratic. Politicians choosing their voters is about as undemocratic as it gets.
