Chris McClure 🇨🇦
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Based in #yyc, posting about politics, sustainability, tech and music. Cats rule. 🚫Auto DMs
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Which has nothing to do with immigration and everything to do with us not building anything for four decades.
All I know is that my adult kids can't move out because there's nothing affordable.
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🤩🇺🇦 A huge Ukrainian bomber drone with a payload capacity of 95 kg.
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"Pollster Frank Graves says that Alberta is the "epicentre" of disinformation within Canada."
~Source: Markham Hislop's "Energi Media" Youtube channel.

It's true. And the UCP is a leading purveyor of disinformation in Alberta.

This is what we used to be told Russia did.
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Aaaaand the judges report into the “CorruptCare” scandal has been delayed to public eyes again!

Drink!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Holy Sh!t, Klinger is 100 years old. This put a smile on my face, but also made me feel just a little bit older. I never missed an episode of MASH.
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All taken one day in late #September. Between the #Alberta #Rocky #Mountains and #Calgary there lies #Kananaskis Country. No matter when you are there it's hard not to be taken in by the #beauty of #nature, but there is something special about #autumn, no? #photography #fall #colors
Late September in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. 🇨🇦 Late September in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. 🇨🇦 Late September in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. 🇨🇦 Late September in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. 🇨🇦
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The UCP's priorities are crystal clear: Cut public school funding, while taxpayer dollars are pumped into subsidizing elite private schools. That’s not 'choice,' that's creating a two-tiered, elitist education system. Our kids deserve better than a crumbling classroom. #AbEd #UCPcuts #FundPublicEd
Political cartoon showing a UCP politician pointing a bag of 'Taxpayer Funds' toward a lavish, castle-like private school with a swimming pool, while behind him, the public school is a crumbling, overcrowded ruin with students sitting on the floor.
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The website for the education funding petition is live!

It’s abfundspublicschools.ca!

And we’ve got a special interview with the petition proponent dropping Friday!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Alberta Funds Public Schools
A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.
abfundspublicschools.ca
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I am becoming increasingly convinced there is a plan to create a de-facto "Albertan citizenship" that will be recognized by US states.
Prentice scraped a similar plan in 2014 that would have cost $15 million.

"The priority of the government should not be designing licence plates. We have other priorities that are more pressing, that matter to Albertans," Prentice said at the time.

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Bell: Danielle Smith set to roll out a new Strong and Free Alberta licence plate
Alberta gets a new licence plate with the Strong and Free brand, Premier Danielle Smith will roll out eight designs and Albertans will vote
calgaryherald.com
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The United States continues to lose manufacturing jobs to countries that have embraced the reality of the #ClimateCrisis & fair trading

Europeans can't afford big gas-guzzlers when gasoline is $6.52/gal USD. Also distances are shorter so eV range isn't an issue.

Source: Reuters
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Exclusive: Spain the frontrunner for Chinese carmaker BYD's third European plant, sources say
China's No. 1 automaker BYD considers Spain to be its top candidate for a third car factory to serve the European market, two people briefed on the matter told Reuters, as the company seeks to grow sales on the continent.
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Glad to see American legacy media finally growing a spine.
The policy says reporters cannot obtain or solicit any information the Defense Department does not explicitly authorize.

Media members that don't sign the policy by its deadline have 24 hours to turn in their media credentials and clear out of Pentagon facilities.
https://wapo.st/3KOrokC
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Edward Snowden was onto something when he said the NSA was surveilling everyone. Now it's possible for any country, any company to do so.
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Ohmigod this is gold 😆😆
97,000.
That figure comes via the Alliance for Audited Media, and it reveals that The Washington Post's average paid daily circulation has dropped below 100,000 for the first time in 55 years. To put that in perspective: 97,000 is the sort of figure you'd expect to see from a midsize regional paper like The Minnesota Star Tribune or The Seattle Times. Not from a globally recognized newsroom with multiple Pulitzers to its name.
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And with this: "Smith also accompanied Levant and McKinsley to the Leadership Institute, a bootcamp in Virginia that trains young conservatives on how to get elected, pass policy, take over school boards and infiltrate newsrooms. Its alumni include Mike Pence and Mitch McConnell."
#AbLeg
The Unsteady Reign of Danielle Smith - Macleans.ca
Alberta’s premier rode into office declaring war on the federal government—and won by a tiny margin. Can she keep her rebellious rural base happy, without sparking a national crisis?
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Calgary mayoral candidates are bickering about which arena deal was best—and who got fleeced. And an outgoing city councillor now says progressive councillors voted yes to the deal in 2023 "at great political cost." Here's how the deal got done. (Listen and/or read!) #yyccc
The truth about Calgary’s billion-dollar arena deal | The Sprawl
Campaign accusations abound. Here’s the real story.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
A reminder to people to double check who the Calgary School board trustee candidates are really backing #yyc #yyccc #ableg #calgaryvotes
NEW STORY: The push to 'conservatize' Calgary's public school board. Six CBE trustee candidates have campaign materials that look identical—so we took a closer look. #yyccc #ableg
The push to ​‘conservatize’ Calgary’s public school board | The Sprawl
Not a slate, candidates say.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
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We are so close to our goal. Please, look up your closest petition signing location on this website and take a minute to add your name to the list of proud Canadians.

Our #ForeverCanadian volunteers are at 68 locations across Alberta. Find them here:

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