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Provincial by-election called in Calgary-Shaw for Sept. 14 #abpoli

https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-politics/provincial-by-election-called-in-calgary-shaw-for-sept-14/

If a country had to pick a moment to strike back with targeted countervailing tariffs at the Donald Trump administration’s habitual bad-faith trade bargaining, surely it would be difficult to imagine a better moment than the day after Labour Day 2026, David J. Climenhaga writes. #abpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/08/24/Carney-Stands-Tall-Against-Trump/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

It’s one thing to build a pipeline on paper.

It’s another to construct it through one of the world’s most crowded and geographically difficult transportation corridors, as Trans Mountain Pipeline Co. painfully discovered.

Tyler Olsen writes. #abpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/08/24/Fraser-Valley-New-Oil-Pipeline-Challenges/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

"Oil has dominated our lives for the last century. It has given us warmth, progress, and life-threatening pollution. It has been a gift and it is now a threat. It has started wars, ended wars, and infiltrated governments — in some cases, effectively become the government." This powerful novella is a must read.
#BigOil #books #bookstodon #regulatoryCapture #cdnpoli #abpoli

RE: https://flipboard.com/@globalnews/calgary-l6620id0z/-/a-VxNlfFciT66nrmScMjkvfw%3Aa%3A749442239-%2F0

Greasy.

(Excellent reporting here by #GlobalNews)

#ABPoli #CDNPoli #JeffRath #ABSeparatism

"Critics say this 'revolving door' creates an unfair playing field, where former officials can use their connections to potentially influence the awarding of multi-million-dollar contracts."

In Alberta, they just hand out Turkish Tylenol contracts straight to the donors, don't even need the former official! #abpoli #corruption

Dozens of government insiders lobbying for defence industry, analysis shows https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/defence-insiders-now-lobbying-for-industry-analysis-shows/107046326

Question for #Alberta #ABPoli folks:

Is anyone compiling a list of all the different websites that are providing information/advocacy about the October referendum questions? I think I've seen at least half a dozen shared now.

Specifically, does anyone have a list of who is behind each website & what their qualifications are? Are there any actually backed by constitutional scholars & immigration lawyers, talking about the context & impact of the proposals?

I don't have the energy to vet them all, but I'd like to have a good link to point other people to. I mean, the short version is "Vote No to all the UCP proposals and 'remain a province of Canada' to the separation question," but it'd be nice to have a good summary of why it is important & to what degree the other side is spoutin' nonsense.

Eby summed it up.

#canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #canada #abpoli #tradewar #theAmericanFascist

It’s official. The attack on our cultural reach, including in French, and trying to limit our international trading partnerships, was a direct attack on Canada 🇨🇦 as a sovereign country.

We will not be the 51st state. Never.
Not even Alberta.

The USA is a hostile country.

Americans: this is on you. All of you. Fix it. Canada will make your life exactly as difficult as ours is, because of your President. Our leaders are now seriously talking about taxing or limiting energy exports to your country as we pivot to the welcoming embrace of the rest of the world.

Only you can fix this.

#canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #canada #abpoli #tradewar #theAmericanFascist

The third option is to "rethink fundamentally what we want #AI to be," https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/data-centres-ask-faq-9.7316098

#cdnpoli #abpoli #waterisLife #humanhealth #democracy #datacentres

“There’s a one in three chance of eating a #fish that has higher #selenium levels than are good for you."
#abpoli
https://open.substack.com/pub/crowsnestheadwaters/p/why-we-need-to-know-about-selenium

In a nutshell...
#abpoli #cdnpoli #oil #gas #refinery #climatechange #borealforest #CarbonSink #NoToFossilFuels
https://bsky.app/profile/karenatsharon.bsky.social/post/3mrgj5dt7yk2j

RE: https://flipboard.com/@conversationca/education-6tn38l5dz/-/a-im84dqvsRlqPDCAkkGPy2g%3Aa%3A2247114990-%2F0

This of course is completely disingenuous and meant to suppress viewpoints like LGBTQ2IA+, Indigenous, BIPOC, etc. perspectives, but I guarantee that right-wing ideological viewpoints will be excluded from the policy.

#ABPoli #ABEdu

Spent the afternoon at #yegpride #yegfanpark with the @fairvoteyeg.bsky.social gang. So much good energy, energy for electoral change! #yeg #cdnpoli #abpoli #ProportionalRepresentation
@fairvote.ca

Just a reminder that due to the added deliberately convoluted and confusing referendum b.s., the Alberta election this Fall will be an absolute complete cluster f... at the polling stations.

If you want to have time to properly review and comprehend the questions, and avoid the inevitable long wait lineups, you may want to consider voting by mail.
#Abpoli #AbElection #Alberta

https://www.elections.ab.ca/resources/media/news-releases/2026-referendum-special-ballot-requests/

"Some groups are calling for improved enforcement to protect #speciesatrisk in #Alberta after Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) halted an investigation due to a lack of resources." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/fisheries-and-oceans-canada-investigations-species-at-risk-9.7310439?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

#cdnpoli #ecosystems #biodiversity #environment #abpoli

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/edmonton-5aq1688az/-/a-YsP8beAlTF2Nf9IMJbGK1g%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0

I love to see this! No more messing around.

#cdnpoli #canpoli #Canada #abpoli

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/edmonton-5aq1688az/-/a-vINTTtb0Rt2uRFRwWdG-uw%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0

So… they wanna be American. Fine, point your trucks south and don’t let the door hit your tailgate on the way out.
#FuckingSeparatists #abpoli