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Let this sink in…

“At least one expert now predicting this could trigger greatest hunger catastrophe in the U.S. since the Great Depression.”

📌 The Dept of Agriculture posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid won’t go out on November 1.
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Populists like Danielle Smith also skip legislative and judicial scrutiny.

Invoking time allocation. And the notwithstanding clause.

Because they can't hack the hard work of liberal democracy.

It's not conservative at all. It's negligently lazy.
Every day, I become more convinced that populists are more lazy than crazy.

Pluralism requires a lot of work. Building consensus, working with divergent interests, working with checks and balances.

Populists skip all that, ginning up fear, fake majorities, and a shallow sense of the public good.
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Wondering if Alberta’s unions will fight back against Bill 2? #abpoli #yeg
I recommend including NDP leader and shadow education minister. I assume the UCP deletes everything I send them so I want a record.
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Premier Smith of Alberta is a disgrace.

Using the Notwithstanding Clause to force workers back is disgusting. Same tactics as Doug Ford here in Ontario.

I hope Albertan workers are watching, and I hope the unions call for a general strike.

Disgrace of a Premier.

#canada #cdnpoli
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Everyone understands that the Alberta UCP’s use of Sec 33 of the Charter is a prelude to bigger and worse things right?

#abpoli #yyc #alberta
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Quote: "“It’s just how aggressive and punitive the legislation was,” [Jason Foster] said. “They went much farther than they needed to, to be able to end this strike.”"

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

It didn't need to be this way. The Alberta government used a bulldozer instead of a garden spade.
Labour relations expert weighs in on Alberta’s use of notwithstanding clause
An Alberta labour relations expert says Alberta’s use of the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back to work marks one of the most aggressive labour moves in Canadian history.
www.ctvnews.ca
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Calgary's Webber Academy performing arts centre.

Webber Academy charges $20K a year. Every year.

Webber Academy also gets YOUR Tax $.

Seventy percent of what public kids get. They can turn kids away. Pick & choose. Be exclusive. So why does #UCP give them PUBLIC funding? #ableg #abed #abpoli
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NDP leader Naheed Nenshi pulled few punches today…

Not only did he condemn Smith’s claim Peter Lougheed would support her attack on human rights…

He called her and the entire UCP caucus cowards.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Walkerton
Couldn't escape you if I wanted to
Wah o wah o wah o
Walkerton
Knowing my fate is e coli
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"Here is a short list of the government laws and codes that are now overridden by Bill 2:

The Labour Relations Code;
The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
The Alberta Bill of Rights;
The Alberta Human Rights Act;
The Education Act."

calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
Braid: An appalling, unjust law drives Alberta teachers back to work
Alberta teacher are going back to work, but the law that drives them lingers as a dangerous attack on rights
calgaryherald.com
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1. There is no evidence that Venezuela produces fentanyl.
2. The UN drug office says it is not a cocaine-producing country.
3. Most illegal drugs come here in container ships, not small boats with outboard motors.
4. The admin has produced no evidence to justify these extra-judicial killings.
The meaning of America’s vast military build-up off Venezuela
The world’s largest aircraft-carrier is making for the Venezuelan coast. Its military aims are unclear
www.economist.com
Are you finally ready to stop carrying water for this autocrat?
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So Danielle Smith wants to join the VERY SHORT list of politicians who use the notwithstanding clause to shield a bill against a legal Charter challenge.
Want to know what it is and why this is a “break glass” moment?

I covered that.
#cdnpoli #abpoli

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Rights And Freedoms Notwithstanding…
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is a union busting far right authoritarian. She legislated the teachers back to work using the notwithstanding clause, an emergency act not meant to be used Willy Nilly to force people to do what you want. She’s a missy maple-tRump.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta government orders teachers back to work using notwithstanding clause
The Alberta government has ordered more than 50,000 teachers back to work through legislation tabled Monday afternoon using the notwithstanding clause.
www.ctvnews.ca
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Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights?

An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.

I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.
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The Premier is ordering teachers back to work by invoking the notwithstanding clause from the airport lounge. #ableg
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but sure, BC conservative voters... lets get us some of that, eh?

and AB ...you have to get past the ancient notion that default voting for Cons is some kind of claim to fame. It's killing you, and rendering your prov unlivable, as your Premier takes trips to Dubai and Maga-Lago on your tax $
The UCP government has invoked time allocation and on a bill removing Albertans' Charter rights.

And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.

Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.

open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding
The UCP's Bill 2 skirts the legislature and the courts, leaving it up to the public to push back swiftly
open.substack.com