A #ymmfire survivor, #kidneydonor and member of the Global Woke Establishment, living and working in Treaty 7/8 Territory. He/Him
Alberta, Canada
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Thank you to Sean Graham from @ActiveHist What's Old is News podcast for featuring the Fort McKay #Métis Nation book. You can download the podcast from the link below! rss.com/podcasts/whats… #oilsands #ymm – at Wood Buffalo, Alberta
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Opinion: Alberta’s new electoral maps leave us with a big question theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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Your vote shouldn't count for less because you live in Calgary. Under the proposed election map, 26 of our 28 seats would have far more people than the average, meaning we're 2 MLAs short of our fair share. We want fair representation for Alberta in Ottawa. Calgary deserves the same from Edmonton.
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Does UCP’s new boundary map make an NDP win impossible? No.
But it clearly skews southern Alberta seats toward Danielle Smith’s party.
New CBC election data analysis: cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a…
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Governments don't generally impose time limits on motions they are confident in defending. So for the UCP to have just 1 hour of debate on their new electoral map, it's an indication this whole thing is exactly what we think it is — cheating. #ableg
edmontonjournal.com/news/pol…
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Following massive UCP property tax hikes, Danielle Smith announced Friday she's giving back a few peanuts.
It's still a bad deal. Albertans are not falling for this, premier!
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Boundary Commissions have kept Lethbridge as 2 self-contained urban ridings for 50+ years. Having UCP MLAs draw a map that carves Lethbridge into ridings that stretch for hundreds of miles in every direction is as brazen as gerrymandering gets.
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All provinces rely on independent boundary commissions to draw electoral maps. Smith rejected the boundary commission map and asked her MLAs to draw a pro-UCP map.
This is unprecedented. It's brazen US-style gerrymandering. It's cheating.
The NDP claims the UCP is aiming to use its legislative majority to gerrymander the new boundaries, in order to give themselves an unfair advantage in the 2027 provincial election.
#yeg #ableg
globalnews.ca/news/12130025/…
I'm sorta missing the plot here. Is Thomas dreaming of the days when the Liberals got 20 seats, NDP got 5, and the PC's stumble into 40 more years of Majority government? Creating a new "Forever Canada" Liberal party in the #ableg will accomplish this task.
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How's that for a Friday afternoon Alberta politics drop?
Elections Alberta urges MLAs to hold off on approving new electoral map or POSTPONE 2027 vote
theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Imagine if the @albertaNDP had attempted to rectify this wrong in 2016 when the last electoral commission sat? Imagine if they try and do it in 2027 after they're elected using the old map after a court challenge? The UCP should be careful about what they wish for. #ableg
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If it turns out that Edmonton and Calgary residents are under-represented vs the rest of Alberta by 14% (# of residents per seat), that's far larger than the degree to which Alberta residents are under-represented relative to Quebeckers in the House of Commons.
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A lawyer representing Shamattawa First Nation says that if Canada is in control of what’s being built on reserve land, then it would also be responsible for addressing the needs related to clean drinking water and housing.
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Just imagine a scenario where the @albertaNDP in 2016, had redrawn the electoral maps so every riding in the province had equal populations. How the @UCPCaucus would have screamed as they saw between five and 10 rural ridings removed and replaced in urban areas. #ableg
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BREAKING!!!
At Nenshi's presser on the UCP's Gerrymandering, it came out that the Ethics Commissioner has had to suspend his investigation into ministers accepting elite hockey tickets...
Because it overlaps with a CRIMINAL investigation!
I wonder how many games @PeterGuthrie99 attended? As far as I know he has yet to disclose to the good people of #CochraneAB and #airdrie exactly how many times he was Sam Mraiche's special guest. #corruptcare @CochraneEagle @cochranenow @Airdrie_Echo
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A hearing into a gravel mine approval near Big Hill Springs Provincial Park begins today at Beaupre Hall, with the Bighill Creek Preservation Society scheduled to present its evidence on the opening day.
cochranenow.com/articles/gra…
#cochrane #cochranealberta #localnews #alberta
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Before the UCP unveils its Trump-inspired electoral map, here’s a quick refresher on gerrymandering...
