This is quite the excoriation.

"When the entire output line, across 3 decades, produces the same recognizable shape — aggrieved federalism, fossil-fuel exceptionalism, tax cuts as identity rather than policy, a running war on expertise... that is not a coincidence.

That is a curriculum."

Must-read.

"Taxes are not everything. They are not even the most important thing. What matters is what you get for them, what kind of institutions they sustain, and whether the government raising them is interested in building a province or dismantling a country."

Fighting words from the inimitable Dr. Tedds.

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Wow, what a piece of writing, @lindsaytedds.bsky.social 🔥

"I am not going to spend the last productive years of my working life watching this government fragment the national pension system into a provincial experiment run by the same ideological bench that gave us the firewall letter."
#AbLeg

PBO head acclaimed

I have no issues with her

Still have issues with PBO

It was a difficult write

A difficult read, but a must read.

Thank you. I tried long and hard to synthesize my thoughts. So much didn’t make it

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I don’t like what Dr. Lindsay M. Tedds says because it makes me angry and upset. But I appreciate the cut and thrust of her arguments, and there is much truth here.
Read this with patience and think long and hard. It’s not an easy read.

imagine I said those same words to a student in my own Uoc classroom. Not a student with a disability. Any student. “You need to learn to self-regulate your behaviour in this room. You can earn your way into inclusion here, but you can earn your way out of it too.” I would be fired within the week.

Oh yes I eventually got a response

Yes I responded to said email

“I am exhausted”

It’s Not Me, It’s Them: A Breakup Letter to the Calgary School You know that friend who keeps dating the same kind of terrible person? The one who swears each new partner is different, and then six months in you’re hearing the same complaints about the s…

Hate me today

Hate me tomorrow

Hate me for all the things I didn’t do to you

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Yes, friends, Erin did get a follow up email

POSTPONED: Minister Valdez to announce support for nearly 400 organizations to advance gender equality From: Women and Gender Equality Canada Media advisory This event is postponed to a later date. April 16, 2026 – Ottawa, Ontario — The Honourable Rechie Valdez, Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism), will announce new funding for 394 organizations working to advance gender equality – the largest Women and Gender Equality Canada announcement in history by number of organizations receiving direct funding. Date: April 20, 2026 Time: 10:00 AM EDT Location: National Gallery of Canada 380 Sussex Dr Ottawa, ON K1N 9N4 Notes for media: Members of the media who wish to attend this event in-person or virtually must register by 9:00 AM EDT on April 20, by emailing media@fegc-wage.gc.ca. Contacts Erin Quevillon Press Secretary Office of the Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism) 819-661-2374 Erin.Quevillon@fegc-wage.gc.ca Media Relations Women and Gender Equality Canada 819-420-6530 media@fegc-wage.gc.ca

Oh there you go. Just FYI this is a very very recent update to their website. No Erin did not respond to my emails many MANY hours before this posted updated

We Basically Elected Stephen Harper Again. The Receipts Are in the Women’s State. A few days ago, there was a small exchange on Bluesky that has been rattling around in my head. Mary Grace laid out what Budget 2025 actually prioritizes: more business tax breaks including for fos…

My blog posts still stand because this is about power, power that is absent in GBA+ framework

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So in case you are interested WAGE cancelled their announcement of funding. Why? 🤷🏻‍♀️ is there a rescheduling? 🤷🏻‍♀️ Have I emailed the powers that be? Yes, yes I have. So very many powers. Has anyone responded now that we are 26 plus hours from scheduled announcement? No. Do women matter? To me

There has to be something fundamentally wrong with this. We are very generous, but not in this type of forum. Ever

Everyone everywhere can search a list and know if I gave during this drive, to reach goals for matching fundings. It is not what I consider to be about giving as I typically keep my giving private and very separate from my employment, for good reason

Of the millions raised each year as part of the annual Giving Day campaign, a significant amount of that cash comes in the form of donations from faculty and staff, employees intent on supporting those causes they care about most. From research to services to scholarship prizes, this is how support from UCalgary’s internal community quietly makes a difference in the quality of the work – and of the life – that unfolds at the University of Calgary.

I have thoughts

Not the least of which is that I give.

That matching funds and the race and honestly the public list make me

Look I start teaching on May 4 so all my neurological and physiological issues need to go dormant … fast

Not to say I don’t like my migraine neurologist (I have another because waves hands) and I’ll bet as a patient this guy is like mine in person, but I have anthropomorphized him #iykyk

The 5 Most Specific Migraine Clues. Knowing these can help guide treatment. Remember, these are the most specific, not sensitive (e.g. aura only occurs in 1/3 of migraine patients, but when it does, migraine is very likely). #migraine #headache #medical

Love this guy

The 5 Most Specific Migraine Clues.

Knowing these can help guide treatment. Remember, these are the most specific, not sensitive (e.g. aura only occurs in 1/3 of migraine patients, but when it does, migraine is very likely).

#migraine #headache #medical

Calgary weather…is it drunk…high…other. Regardless I want to die

Forget the Credentials. The Record Is Dismal on Both Sides. So here we are. Pierre Poilievre has gone on a podcast to inform the nation that Mark Carney — Harvard BA in economics, Oxford MPhil and DPhil in economics, former Governor of two G7 central banks …

I don’t care where you went to school. I care what you did in office.

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*snaps*

This is a great read. I will add one more Harper issue—withdrawing stimulus too soon after the 2008 recession ensured the Bank of Canada had to keep rates lower for longer, which drove up consumer debt levels. Conservatives now complain those debt levels are too high (but blame Trudeau/Carney).

Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I DID do to you

Working on new blog post about the Calgary school. Teaser, think Blue October

You are allowed to notice the pattern.
You are allowed to stop taking the call.
You are allowed to be what you could have been without them.