Peggy Garritty retweeted
.@ABDanielleSmith gets caught lying again and Elections Alberta calls her out on it.
#ableg #cdnpoli
CTV News is fact-checking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's claims that Thomas Lukaszuk forced her hand in putting the question of separation on the ballot.
Spoiler alert: nuh uh, Smith.
#Alberta #AbLeg
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Peggy Garritty retweeted
"Alberta’s experiment with direct democracy and constitutional cosplay is a cautionary tale for populist leaders who see referendums as a bargaining tool and the country’s supreme law as a plaything."
My latest on what the separatists and Danielle Smith share in common: a spectacular failure in generating "leverage".
policymagazine.ca/danielle-s…
Peggy Garritty retweeted
Is Danielle Smith outright lying?
What’s next for #ForeverCanadian?
Take a look:
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Peggy Garritty retweeted
I don't watch many clips, as I have tunes on and don't like to interrupt my soundtrack.
This is good! Thomas comes out and calls Danielle a liar.
Which of course she is, and of course, why Danielle did not want a vote in the Leg.
16 minutes. 👇
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Peggy Garritty retweeted
My latest on what the separatists and Danielle Smith share in common: a spectacular failure in generating "leverage".
policymagazine.ca/danielle-s…
Peggy Garritty retweeted
We have a word for leaders who bend rules to banish opponents from their parties and herd them into separate electoral districts to silence them.
It starts with D.
Peggy Garritty retweeted
In case Albertans thought we might deserve a break from divisive political exercises, think again. #abpoli #ableg #yeg
No rest for weary democrats in Alberta this week. Next up: pushing back against gerrymandering. Here's my latest on what it is, why we should care, and what we can do about it.
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p…
Peggy Garritty retweeted
“Gerrymandering is Unconstitutional: Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees all Canadians ‘effective representation,’ which prevents governments from diluting specific people’s voting power because they disagree.”
“Gerrymandering has been illegal in Alberta since 1969.”
No rest for weary democrats in Alberta this week. Next up: pushing back against gerrymandering. Here's my latest on what it is, why we should care, and what we can do about it.
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p…
Peggy Garritty retweeted
Danielle Smith will do and say anything to preserve her job and retain power.
Truth and integrity are as foreign to her as loyalty.
Danielle knows that #ForeverCanadian 500,000 petition signatories didn’t want a referendum and all questions on it were designed by her.
#ableg
Peggy Garritty retweeted
Graham Thomson: "Smith is saying 700k Albertans signed different petitions to get this referendum going. No, the Forever Canadian petition, in other words, let's stay in Canada, got more than 400k people, but they wanted a vote in the legislature. Not a referendum."
Peggy Garritty retweeted
No rest for weary democrats in Alberta this week. Next up: pushing back against gerrymandering. Here's my latest on what it is, why we should care, and what we can do about it.
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p…
Peggy Garritty retweeted
Danielle Smith will do and say anything to preserve her job and retain power.
Truth and integrity are as foreign to her as loyalty.
Danielle knows that #ForeverCanadian 500,000 petition signatories didn’t want a referendum and all questions on it were designed by her.
#ableg
Peggy Garritty retweeted
Gerrymandering is un-Canadian: Rampant in US Republican states, the practice is outlawed in most other liberal democracies, including Canada.
Peggy Garritty retweeted
Gerrymandering is unconstitutional: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees all Canadians “effective representation,” which prevents governments from diluting specific people’s voting power simply because they disagree.
Peggy Garritty retweeted
All of the constitutional questions on Monday's Alberta referendum have now flipped to No. Most resounding is provincial say on judicial appointments, closest is abolishing the Senate.
Peggy Garritty retweeted
This is so bad faith and dishonest that it causes physical pain in my body.