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UCP moves to spike inconveniently fair Electoral Boundaries Commission report Government hands the job to stacked MLA committee that will act in its partisan interest

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CONTROL, CONTROL, CONTROL…Danielle Smith is moving to ensure UCP election wins forever by eliminating the Electoral Boundaries Commission.
Flush - there goes any semblance of democratic government in Alberta.

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Smith’s Gerrymandering a Classic Sign of Authoritarian Gov't

Political scientist @DuaneBratt says if @ABDanielleSmith follows through with electoral boundary plan, it's a 5-alarm crisis for Alberta democracy.
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The UCP plans to rig the next election.

They want to silence the voices of Albertans.

They want to manipulate the election maps in their own favour.

This is cheating.

#AbLeg

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It is not the increase from 89 to 91 that is problematic. It is this part of the motion. Throwing out the Electoral Boundaries Commission (and all of their work) and instead creating a new committee of MLAs with a new advisory panel.

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.

AB Resistance (@abresistance) There is no bottom with this government. If they don't like something they just redo it. My question will this proceed faster than the Forever Canadian committee? None of this is normal or democratic!

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It is NOT NORMAL for a sitting government to redraw electoral boundaries themselves.
And to reject the already agreed upon boundaries, reached by consensus of a bipartisan arm’s-length committee, is the hallmark of a totalitarian regime not a democratic government.

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2) To replace the Commission's majority report and create a committee of MLAs to determine boundaries. Without public hearings. I fear this is to impose the minority report (2 UCP appointees) to extremely gerrymander ridings in Alberta. A major blow to democracy in Alberta (and Canada).

Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex X.com 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. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon vatican.va/content/leo-xi... 7:46 AM • 4/16/26 • 58K Views

“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 Leo

Reminder: they want us all divided. We are letting them succeed. Let’s stop doing that.

Elections are about people choosing their representatives, not politicians choosing their voters. Yet that is what the UCP is planning. It is planning to deliberately disenfranchise urban voters. Red Deer and Lethbridge would not exist as autonomous political entities. Calgary/Edmonton hurt too.

They are literally making it up as they go along. When they don't like the outcome, the Smith government rigs the process.

It's a worrisome pattern for those who care about procedural fairness and institutional forebearance.

You know, real conservatives.

National libraries group urges Alberta to ditch 'political interference' in libraries An organization representing large public libraries across Canada warns Alberta’s proposed bill affecting libraries threatens “unprecedented” government overreach into organizations meant to be shield...

First, their health minister used confidential info to intimidate a critic. Then another accessed a recall proponent's voting records. Now another wants to know what Albertans are reading in public libraries.

When will UCP libertarians stand up?

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UCP GOVERNMENT REVEALS PLAN TO CHEAT, RIG ELECTION MAPS Engaging Albertans to build an economy for the future.

Today, Danielle Smith and the UCP caucus unveiled plans to rig the next election:

A new motion indicates the UCP's plans to manipulate the election maps for the next election in their favour, and without any requirement to consult the public.

This has never been done in Canadian history. /1

This is a major line being crossed by Alberta's UCP government. Throwing out the work of an independent boundaries committee is authoritarian and extremely anti-democratic.

If the UCP goes forward with this plan to gerrymander Alberta's electoral boundaries, Albertans of all partisan persuasions will be called upon to push back. And hard.

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US photographer Alice Austen's photographs fearured in the book 'Bicycling for Ladies' 1896 #womensart

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'Beach huts', wax batik on cotton by contemporary batik artist Caryl Challis #WomensArt