I'm starting to get the sense that referendums in Alberta are performative exercises instead of ways to resolve policy disputes.

"Magataotao" on Twitter writes: "I am Catholic. This👇is not my Pope." Attached is a video of the Pope saying that we should search for peace and reject war. A community note under their tweet says: "You are not a Catholic if you do not accept the Pope, but rather a schismatic. Canon 751: “Schism is the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff,” ie. the Pope. https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib3-cann747-755_en.html"

first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note

Globe and Mail: Besides winning, what does a Liberal Party that will accept Marilyn Gladu actually stand for? ROBYN URBACK

I mean, it’s a brokerage party

And it’s been a brokerage party for the Eastern Canadian bourgeoisie since time immemorial

The problem isn’t that the Liberal Party suddenly doesn’t understand what it is, the problem is that it understands what it is all too well

Legendary line

Plaque at Gateway Arch National Park: “Gateway Arch National Park belongs to the American people, and the National Park Service wants your feedback. Please let us know if you have identified (1) any areas that need repair; (2) any services that need improvement; or (3) any signs or other information that are negative about either past or living Americans or that fail to emphasize the beauty, grandeur, and abundance of landscapes and other natural features.

Quite the sign at the (thoughtful and well designed) Gateway Arch museum in St Louis.

It asks patrons to report “any signs or info that are negative about either past or living Americans or that fail to emphasize the beauty, grandeur, and abundance of landscapes and other natural features.”

Every time I’m in Union Square I think about how Tammany Hall, the seat of power for New York for decades, is now a Petco

We should be building on the success of our provincial parties! By reaching beyond our base and working and building together, we can win more seats and deliver more wins for people.

I had a conference in that hotel earlier this year, and it took everything in my power not to get up and yell “You switched the samples!” whenever someone was talking.

Here is a clip of @avilewis.ca and @naomiaklein.bsky.social being gleeful that the Alberta NDP only had one term in govt.

Sure, I get it. They think my record as Environment Minister is something to be ashamed of. Coal phase-out, renewables, indigenous equity, energy efficiency etc…

Reconnaissante de l’appui de Leo Piquette et Michael Connolly. Leo a défendu les droits des francophones, même au prix politique. Michael s’est battu pour les jeunes LGBTQ+ et les communautés francophones. Leur exemple montre pourquoi il faut élire plus de néo-démocrates.

I’m proud to endorse @heathermcpherson.bsky.social for @ndp.ca leader.

By the book: Alberta schools pull at least 160 titles from shelves to meet provincial order | CBC News Alberta school divisions complying with a provincial order have removed dozens of graphic novels from their shelves, from illustrated versions of literary classics to coming-of-age memoirs and dramati...

What books did Alberta schools *actually* pull off the shelves in response to a provincial order? It took a lot of work to find out. We still don't have a complete picture. And some schools are still pulling material.

Free speech advocates say it's ban unmatched in Canadian history. #AbLeg By me.

If you watch 2 minutes of video today…

Make it this.

A masterclass on oratory and personal responsibility is on full display.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Pierre Poilievre: “This is insane and Orwellian. Governments and kangaroo courts now chill freedom of expression instead of fighting crime, censoring people who dare to speak their minds. Just ask the B.C. school board trustee who got slapped with a $750,000 fine for saying there are two genders. Enough is enough. We must defend the truth and free speech against these mad censors. Sign here to support free speech” NATIONAL POST The Canadians being punished by the state for not believing in gender ideology

Pierre Poilievre has launched a “free speech” petition in support of Barry Neufeld, an anti-LGBTQ+ bigot and antisemitic conspiracy theorists with a history of filing anti-free speech SLAPP lawsuits against his critics

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ANALYSIS | The big questions Danielle Smith poses to Albertans as referendums | CBC News Alberta's premier used to want rapid growth in newcomers and enjoyed surplus budgets. Now in deficit, she's pointing a finger at immigration levels.

On the big, loaded questions that referendums will pose to Albertans. By me.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces fall referendum on immigration, constitutional questions | CBC News Premier Danielle Smith wants to hold a referendum in October on measures to limit immigration to Alberta and changes she believes would give the province more rights under the Constitution.

So Alberta is holding an anti-immigrant referendum to help create an excuse for why Danielle Smith is running multibillion dollar deficits?

“Smith’s address comes one week before Finance Minister Nate Horner tables the 2026 provincial budget which is expected to have a multibillion-dollar deficit”

"The level of racism and hate that has been expressed has risen undoubtedly, and it is aligned with this premier's... attempt to pin all of her failings on newcomers to this province."

ABNDP's Rakhi Pancholi argues Premier Smith's referendums are designed to anger and distract.

The UCP has been in power for 51 of the last 55 years but according to Danielle Smith it's the family who arrived six months ago that is wrecking the province.

What Danielle Smith is proposing is a racist and xenophobic referendum to distract from her failures as Premier.

Our social services are failing and investment is down because of her policies, not immigration.

Man behind the Clarity Act has choice words for Alberta separatists and Danielle Smith | CBC News Former Liberal cabinet minister Stéphane Dion is lambasting the brewing separatist movement in Alberta and demanding Premier Danielle Smith clarify her position and lay out the next steps depending on...

Danielle Smith is the worst Premier in the history of Alberta, and one of the worst in the history of Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Digital archive of first Irish language newspaper opens A digital archive of the world's first Irish language newspaper has been launched by the University of Galway.

The digital archive brings together every edition of An Gaodhal, which was published in the United States between 1881 and 1898.

Anti-LGBTQ+ legislation currently implemented or passing in Canada

Forgetting where I put my book on ADHD that I said I’d read 3 years ago is really peak ADHD.

I’ve been feeling very smug watching Chicago close its schools and museums for the day because it’s a low of -22°C.
These people wouldn’t last 3 hours in Ottawa.

@paulisci.bsky.social

OPINION | Canadian TV needs to get weird again | CBC Arts In the ‘80s and ‘90s, English Canadian screens were filled with bizarre, fever dream-like shows. Writer Niko Stratis argues that we need to back to that

For CBC Arts, I wrote about why I think Canada needs to revel in the beauty of its weirdest impulses www.cbc.ca/arts/canadia...

Canada should make so many good tv shows that other nations voluntarily adopt CanCon rules.

The CBC has just posted a transcript of my recent As it Happens interview about X and Grok. I’m posting a couple of screen shots here - since they are a bit too long for alt text, I’ll post the link to the full transcript below. #cdnpoli #X #Grok #yeg #CSAM

I can’t wait to explain to all my American friends what the Treasury Board of Canada is. #heatedrivalry

After reading 376 books, writing 3 essays, and enduring an hour and a half interrogation by 3 historians, I have been crowned with the Tiara of Knowledge and passed my comprehensive exams with distinction.