Duane Bratt: Gerrymandering electoral map will erode Alberta democracy Thursday was a bad day for democracy, and possibly setting up an even worse day for democracy.

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A must watch
Well worth your time 🇨🇦
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Forward Guidance with Prime Minister Mark Carney YouTube video by Mark Carney

PLEASE do yourself a favour and spend 4 minutes out of your day and watch this video message from Mark Carney. I have absolutely NO doubt that Mr. Carney, his knowledge, experience and wisdom is exactly what our country needs at this moment in time!

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PM Carney declares U.S. ties now a ‘weakness’ in address to Canadians — CTV News In a direct address to the nation, Prime Minister Mark Carney has reframed Canada's long-standing relationship with the United States as a 'weakness' that must be urgently corrected under the shadow o...

PM Carney: “The U.S. has changed we must respond.”

Our biggest strength became our biggest risk.

Time to stop relying on a neighbour acting like a rival.

Canada builds: new allies, new markets, new strategy. 🇨🇦

#cdnpoli #Carney
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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‘The U.S. has changed and we must respond,’ says PM Carney in direct address In a direct address to the nation, Prime Minister Mark Carney has reframed Canada's long-standing relationship with the United States as a 'weakness' that must be urgently corrected under the shadow o...

"Canada has faced threats like this before." --- Mark Carney
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Today is the anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Gerrymandering concerns raised after Alberta UCP calls for electoral map overhaul YouTube video by CTV News

@ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social Senior Anchor #IanWhite says the concern is due to the #DanielleSmith #UCP #Alberta government disagreeing with the INDEPENDENT body that drew the boundaries. It's #gerrymandering no matter how they try to spin it and it's illegal #cdnpoli #abpoli youtu.be/Oeem2yFyDYg?...

Graphic with the text: 44th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS.

44 years ago today, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was signed into law. It laid the foundation for a stronger, more just Canada.

It is up to us all to protect the values of freedom and equality enshrined in the Charter — to keep building a better Canada, for all.

Justice minister open to notwithstanding clause guardrails | CBC News Canada's Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he has significant concerns with the way the provinces are overriding Charter rights by invoking the notwithstanding clause, and he's prepared to establish g...

Canada's Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he has significant concerns with the way the provinces are overriding Charter rights by invoking the notwithstanding clause, and he's prepared to establish guardrails around its use as the document turns 44. #Canada #cdnpoli

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On this, yes, trying to access the latest boundaries commission website redirects you to Elections Alberta's main website.

However, the commission feedback and reports *are* available on Elections AB's website: www.elections.ab.ca/resources/re...

Electoral Boundaries Commissions - Elections Alberta The Electoral Boundaries Commission Act requires that a commission be appointed during the first session of the legislature, following the second general election after the commission’s last appointme...

The electoral boundaries commission website has been taken down but the commission’s interim report, final report, and public submissions are available on the Elections Alberta website: www.elections.ab.ca/resources/re...

NDP gets parliamentary funding reinstated after last year's historic defeat | CBC News The NDP has been given a financial shot in the arm after getting its parliamentary funding reinstated by the committee that doles out cash for House of Commons operations.

Only in Canada!

The Liberals, Conservatives, and the Bloc all agreed to reallocate some of their funding to the NDP to help them function until the next election.

Damn, I am glad I live in a functioning democracy!

#Canada
#cdnpoli

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Our team received a report of intermittent app outages at about 11:40pm PDT on April 15, 2026. They worked through the night to mitigate a sophisticated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, which intensified throughout the day.

It is estimated that more than 400,000 to 500,000 people attended Woodstock in August 1969.
They listened to songs protesting the Viet Nam War.
Will there be a repeat festival, this time protesting Trump's Epic Fury War in Iran?
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Alberta to redraw electoral map, expand legislature to 91 seats in fast-tracked review 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

“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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Finland President and Canada’s Prime Minister at PWHL Ottawa Charge practice

Credit to Ottawa Charge

#Canada

House governing body reinstates NDP parliamentary funding The federal NDP caucus has had its parliamentary funding reinstated, a year after losing official party status in the April 2025 general election.

Committee votes to provide Parliamentary Funding for the diminished NDP.

Tonda MacCharles: Pierre Poilievre called you badly educated in economics

Mark Carney: Did he? Wow.

PM Mark Carney welcomed the President of Finland Alexander Stubb to Ottawa today.

PM Mark Carney is suspending the 10 cent federal gas tax to help Canadians.

Danielle Smith is NOT pausing the 13 cent provincial gas tax to help Albertans.

Sign up at Forever-Canadian.ca if you’re an Albertan who wants to stay in Canada.

#Canada #Alberta #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg

Carney secures majority government with Liberal wins in 2 Toronto byelections, CBC News projects | CBC

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The Alberta government legislates two-tier health care, again - CCPA About the author Andrew Longhurst Andrew Longhurst is a senior researcher and political economist, with a focus on health policy, at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. He holds an M.A. from ...

My latest:

Alberta govt legislates two-tier health care, again

Private-pay testing will increase public wait times, making the diagnostic testing bottleneck worse, and continue to unravel the foundational principles of the Canada Health Act

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Sleepwalking Into Separation? Fawcett Warns YouTube video by Real Talk Ryan Jespersen

"It's way too serious for people to play it safe."

Is Alberta sleepwalking into separation? @maxfawcett.bsky.social says everyday citizens better wake up and take action before it's too late. Thoughts?

👀 FULL: rtrj.info/041326Max

🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/041326 #abpoli #cdnpoli

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Delighted to see @davidwcochrane.bsky.social in the host chair #Power&politicsCBC!
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Mark Carney leads Pierre Poilievre in net favourability by 50 points Prime Minister Mark Carney leads Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre in net favourability by 50 points.

PM Mark Carney leads Pierre Poilievre in net favourability by 50 points #Canada

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Get out and VOTE tomorrow 🗳️ #Canada #Ontario #Quebec Election day: Monday, April 13, 2026 Information for Voters, Candidates, Political Parties and Third Parties 1. Scarborough Southwest (ON) 2. University–Rosedale (ON) 3. Terrebonne (QC)

Get out and VOTE tomorrow 🗳️ #Canada #Ontario #Quebec

Election day: Monday, April 13, 2026

Information for Voters, Candidates, Political Parties and Third Parties

1. Scarborough Southwest (ON)
2. University–Rosedale (ON)
3. Terrebonne (QC)

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