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Leeta 🇨🇦 @micropainter.bsky.social · 11h

Loyal Canadians in Alberta can stop this! 🇨🇦

Go to forever-canadian.ca to find a pop up near you and SIGN THE PETITION today to keep Alberta in Canada.

We are so close to the 300,000 signatures needed—every signature counts! 🇨🇦

#Canada #Alberta #yyc #yeg #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #ForeverCanadian

Robyn 🍁 @ladyoftheisle.bsky.social · 13h

Danielle Smith colludes with American fascists regularly, and they’re using her to attempt to drive a stake through the heart of #Canada via a feckless #Alberta separatist movement. It won’t work, but it’s still despicable and divisive. Maple MAGA must be stopped in its tracks.

#CDNpoli

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 14h

The think tank is widely known for creating Project 2025.

And this isn’t the first meeting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has had with allies of the U.S. president.

David Falk writes. A @desmog.com Canada reprint. #canpoli

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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 10h

Hello, Albertans!

There are 18 days remaining in the Forever Canadian Petition Campaign. If you haven't signed yet (only in person), please consider heading to one of the several locations listed on the website.

www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...

Thank you! 🇨🇦

Lori

#forevercanadian

Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website

Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

www.forever-canadian.ca

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 3h

About to go on live with our #ForeverCanadian volunteers. Two weeks to go. We’re getting organized for the final stretch of the campaign.

#ableg #cdnpoli

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 12h

TODAY, there are 110 #ForeverCanadian signature collection locations across Alberta. Certainly, there is one not too far from you.

Please, take a moment to sign this important petition. We need your signature to reach our goal to keep Alberta in Canada.🇨🇦
www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...

Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website

Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

www.forever-canadian.ca

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 6h

This and next week, the #ForeverCanadian Unity Bus and I will be in:

Mundare
Vegreville
Vermillion
Wainwright
Viking
Camrose
Stettler
Strathmore
Brooks
Medicina Hat
Lethbridge
High River
Calgary
Canmore
Banff

I look forward to meeting with proud Canadians everywhere.

#cdnpoli

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 4h

This is the first publicly released polling on Alberta education issues from a professional pollster in a while, and the results are super interesting.

ARI poll suggests contract dispute support for teachers: 58%
Support for AB govt: 21 %
Neither: 18 % #AbLeg #AbEd

New poll suggests bulk of public back Alberta teachers in contract dispute | CBC News

A new Angus Reid Institute poll suggests locked-out teachers have more public support than the Alberta government as a contract dispute cancels classes for a second week.

www.cbc.ca

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 4h

Kudos to dozens of airports across the country that are refusing to play state propaganda.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

🔥 COUNTRY SINGER @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social : "You don't get to call yourself a Christian and laugh when families are torn apart — and think it's okay that the highest court in the land just gave a green light to ICE agents to target people because they’re brown or speaking Spanish.”

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 7h

Major news outlets are standing together and refusing to sign. ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News have all rejected a new Pentagon policy that would impose unprecedented restrictions on news gathering.

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 3h

Let me get this straight

I white, male politician who lost the federal election
& lost his seat in Ontario, wants only those who've earned their place to be considered for jobs in Canada's institutions

This is after he was basically given a seat based on his being white, male & conservative

Montreal Mike🇨🇦 @mikemontreal.bsky.social · 7h

Pierre Poilievre is a DEI hire.
His position sure as hell isn’t based on merit.
#cdnpoli

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 15h

Pierre Poilievre yelling about DEI is grimly hilarious when guys like him are the very reason diversity, equity and inclusion policies are needed 😡

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 3h

Sadly, I think you're right

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Michael Truscello🏴 @mtruscello.bsky.social · 7h

The problem neoliberal parties are encountering everywhere: Half of the population wants some form of authoritarianism, and they don't care about science, journalism, or equality. Now that the oligarchs own most of the information platforms, achieving the minimum required to win an election is easy.

Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 7h

From the looks of this the majority of Albertans support the teachers, which is good

But look at the numbers for the UCP

62% of people who voted UCP think Smith is doing a good job
If you add in the 8% who are "not sure" that's 70%

Education does NOT move the needle in the next election
#ableg

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 3h

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There should be zero support for the UCP
Failing that less than 10%
People should be embarrassed to admit they voted for Smith
But here we are

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 3h

Agreed but it's the number of seats that count
If we can't make inroads into rural Alberta we're screwed

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Blue Texas @turntexasblue.bsky.social · 9h

RELEASE THE TRUMPSTEIN FILES.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 11h

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 6h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 7h

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🇨🇦🇨🇦 Proud Canadian 🇨🇦🇨🇦 @beppil007.bsky.social · 1d

What, is Poilievre ghostwriting for the National Post?
Shame on you National Post. Justin Trudeau is a private citizen now, & he should be afforded those ‘freedoms’ you all are always screeching about.

Thank Stephen Harper for facilitating American ownership of Canadian media #NeverConservative

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 9h

Holy Crap!. This is amazing! Newsom certainly has a great social media game.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 9h

I sense a pardon on its way.

A tweet by Jacob Shamsian reads: “The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown. Inmates say she’s getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.”

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h

Pardon me if I delay celebrating this vile cretin losing until those poor Sandy Hook families he victimized for cheap publicity see all of the cash. I don't trust him for a second.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Alex Jones, who has been ordered to pay $1.4 billion in damages to the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.

abcnews.go.com

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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

“Canadian Peter Howitt among 3 Nobel winners in economics”

We grow smart economists in Canada. 😉

#Canada
#Nobel

Canadian Peter Howitt among 3 Nobel winners in economics | CBC News

Canadian economist Peter Howitt is among a group of three researchers who won the Nobel memorial prize in economics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Monday.

www.cbc.ca

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