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🇨🇦 TREATY 8 CHIEFS SUE TO HALT ALBERTA'S BILL 7 🇨🇦
Three First Nations leaders are launching litigation to stop the Water Amendment Act.
They argue the bill sacrifices sacred waterways for industrial use without consent.
Chiefs Steering Committee reports...
#AbLeg #Treaty8 #WaterIsLife #Bill7
Bill 7 raises questions about the seriousness of Québec’s :flagqc: environmental actions
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/que...
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Le projet de loi 7 entraîne des questions sur le sérieux des actions environnementales du Québec :flagqc:
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Bill 5 – Traffic Safety Amendment Act Alt-text: WARNING Traffic Safety Amendment Act Bill 5 (2024) On paper, this looked like a routine update to traffic enforcement. But, tucked inside were provisions enabling third-party contracts for photo radar, expanded vehicle seizure powers, and clauses that shift authority from local governments to the province. Efficiency? Sure. But it also smells like privatized enforcement — and centralized control. Why it matters: Turns mundane enforcement into a privatized pipeline. Chips away at local authority over policing tools. Danielle Smith’s Legislative Wrecking Ball Part of Surveillance & Public Safety Bills 7, 27, 5, 21. Research and text by Chris @skipischris.bsky.social | Design by Hazel Image shows a warning label background with orange and black stripes. A smiling LEGO-style woman in a dark blazer rides a wrecking ball that has cracked through the wall, representing Premier Danielle Smith. A black-and-orange traffic camera icon appears in the top right corner.
Bill 7 – Alberta Public Safety Statutes Amendment Act Alt-text: WARNING Alberta Public Safety Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 7) This bill expands government authority to surveil and restrict protests, particularly around critical infrastructure. On paper, it targets vandals — but in practice, it chills democratic expression. Think less “public safety” and more public obedience. In a free society, this is how liberty erodes: not with a bang, but with a bylaw. Why it matters: Increases state surveillance powers, and criminalizes peaceful protest under vague pretences. Danielle Smith’s Legislative Wrecking Ball Part of Surveillance & Public Safety Bills 7, 27, 5, 21. Research and text by Chris @skipischris.bsky.social | Design by Hazel Image shows a yellow warning background with black-and-orange caution stripes. A LEGO woman in a blazer rides a wrecking ball. A black camera icon in an orange circle appears in the top right corner.
Bill 21 – Emergency Management Amendment Act Alt-text: WARNING Emergency Management Amendment Act: Bill 21 (2023) Seems simple: update emergency powers. But it shifted the balance of decision-making away from municipalities and toward the provincial government, especially in disaster response and crisis declarations. Ask any local mayor: this wasn’t “clarity.” It was a power grab. Why it matters: Weakens local emergency response authority, and puts critical decisions in centralized hands. Danielle Smith’s Legislative Wrecking Ball Part of Surveillance & Public Safety Bills 7, 27, 5, 21. Research and text by Chris @skipischris.bsky.social | Design by Hazel Image features a LEGO version of Danielle Smith smiling while riding a wrecking ball. Background includes a yellow-orange panel with warning stripes and a camera icon.
Bill 27 – Emergency Statutes Amendment Act Alt-text: WARNING Emergency Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 27) This bill rewrites emergency powers, redefining who can declare an emergency, and how resources can be allocated. It gives more control to Cabinet, downplaying local authority and stakeholder consultation. The next time a wildfire, flood, or toxic train derailment hits — decisions will be more top-down than ever. Why it matters: Centralizes emergency power, and reduces flexibility in local crisis response. Danielle Smith’s Legislative Wrecking Ball Part of Surveillance & Public Safety Bills 7, 27, 5, 21. Research and text by Chris @skipischris.bsky.social | Design by Hazel Image features a LEGO figure of Danielle Smith riding a grey wrecking ball through a beige background. A bold yellow warning label with camera icon appears above the text.
Smith’s “Independent Police” plan isn’t independent—it’s the next wrecking ball.
Bills 5, 7, 21 & 27 already centralized power, privatized enforcement, and weakened protest rights.
Now comes the private force.
#abpoli #Bill7 #Bill5 #SurveillanceState #WreckingBall
Right? She doesn’t need polite signs when Bill 7 is tucked in her pocket, waiting to muzzle any “messy” dissent. #Bill7 #ableg #abpoli
Warning sign featuring orange and black diagonal caution stripes. The graphic highlights the Alberta Public Safety Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 7). Text reads: “This bill expands government authority to surveil and restrict protests, particularly around critical infrastructure. On paper, it targets vandals—but in practice, it chills democratic expression. Think less 'public safety' and more public obedience. In a free society, this is how liberty erodes: not with a bang, but with a bylaw. Why it matters: Increases state surveillance powers, and criminalizes peaceful protest under vague pretences.” A Lego-style figure dressed in a suit rides a wrecking ball, symbolizing destruction of democratic safeguards. The footer reads: “Danielle Smith’s Legislative Wrecking Ball. Part of Surveillance & Public Safety Bills 7, 27, 5, 21. Research and text by Chris @skipischris.bsky.social | Design by Hazel.” An orange icon of a surveillance camera is displayed in the top right corner.
🚨 Alberta Public Safety Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 7): expands surveillance & restricts protests around critical infrastructure. Think less "public safety" & more public obedience. Liberty erodes not with a bang, but with a bylaw. #ableg #abpoli #Bill7
BC NDP cabinet power grab returns with a new name
Government would control everything from permitting to environmental assessments under new B.C. legislation
#bcndp #canpoli #Bill7 #powergrab
www.burnabynow.com/economy-law-...
cc: @davidebybc.bsky.social
#BCConservative leader John Rustad, acknowledged a partial victory as Premier Eby signaled a retreat from the most egregious overreach in #Bill7 - Rustad remains vigilant, emphasizing the fight for British Columbians’ rights is far from over
acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2025/03/cons...
#BCConservatives Force #DavidEby's Initial Retreat on #Bill7; #JohnRustad Slams Continuation of #Bill7 Tax Grab and Privacy Invasion
acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2025/03/cons... #bcpoli #StopBill7
This is the BS that we knew would happen if the #BCNDP were given free reign and why we continue to need #BCGreens in the Leg. It will only intensify with the passing of #Bill7.
#bcpoli
Great to see that pressure from the Opposition works. BC NDP government will be amending Bill 7 to add more guardrails.
#bcpoli #bcgreens #bill7
www.richmond-news.com/economy-law-...
#ICBA Calls On Premier Eby to Scrap Anti-Democratic #Bill7
acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2025/03/icba... #bcpoli
We wait and see what #Bill7 is all about but seriously, bcndp is on thin ice in terms of public opinion. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sadly, many people are completely unaware of what David Eby's doing in trying to ram through #Bill7. In a nutshell, he's taking our #bcpoli govt into authoritarian rule under guise of reacting to attacks on our economy by Donald Trump acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2025/03/fors... #bcpoli
FORSETH: Bill 7 will strip away 150+ years of democratic representation. Tell me, what does that sound like to you?
acuriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2025/03/fors... #Bill7 #StopBill7 #DavidEby #BCNDP #BCConservatives#WardStamer #Kamloops #NorthThompson
#BCConservatives slam #DavidEby's ‘dictatorial’ emergency powers. #Bill7 gives #BCNDP cabinet the power to rewrite laws behind closed doors
www.theorca.ca/commentary/r... #bcpoli #StopBill7
Globe Editorial (Subscribers) - Premier Eby, please practise democracy www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
#BCNDP #Bill7 #democracy #bcpoli
#Bill7 gives #DavidEby 'the power to amend any law, overwrite any policy, change any regulation, levy any fee, or gather anyone’s personal data with simply the stroke of a pen in a cabinet order' ... WITHOUT approval of the legislature, That is not democracy!
www.biv.com/news/rob-sha... #Kamloops
✔️ “Ontario NDP is promising to "stop the privatization of home care and long-term care" …ensuring that "people can live at home longer as they age, with reliable and expanded services to support their need." …they'll reverse Bill 7.” votewell.ca 💥
#onpoli #BILL7 @ontariondp.bsky.social
The #Bill7 decision is terrible. But at least seems appealable.
www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/d...
"This law is elder abuse," she said, "plain and simple." #Bill7 #FordFailedSeniors #FordFailedOntario #onpoli ca.news.yahoo.com/im-not-payin...
