Dena McMartin 🇨🇦
@dwmcmartin.bsky.social
Environmental engineer and academic.
Advocate for equity & inclusion.
Dogs are love.
Prairies, science, water, travel, lifelong learning.
Settler in Blackfoot Confederacy territory.
I share what I personally find interesting, troubling, or necessary.
Advocate for equity & inclusion.
Dogs are love.
Prairies, science, water, travel, lifelong learning.
Settler in Blackfoot Confederacy territory.
I share what I personally find interesting, troubling, or necessary.
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Via @jaredwesley.ca - A well-reasoned evisceration of Danielle Smith's "radical populism" attack on the judiciary.
Real conservatives respect and defend courts
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Real conservatives respect and defend courts
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Real conservatives respect and defend courts
Danielle Smith does not, and that's democratically dangerous.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Via @jaredwesley.ca - A well-reasoned evisceration of Danielle Smith's "radical populism" attack on the judiciary.
Real conservatives respect and defend courts
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Real conservatives respect and defend courts
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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🧵 Alberta is Canada's #RightWing, Conservative™️, #FreeMarket capital. This is where these ideas get to SHINE.
Question 1: How come our students are starving? #abpoli #cdnpoli
Question 1: How come our students are starving? #abpoli #cdnpoli
I see Danielle Smith and the UCPs plan to turn us into a Red State continues…
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta leads Canada in number of students showing up to school hungry: organization
Alberta leads the country in the number of students showing up to school hungry, according to the Breakfast Club of Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🧵 Alberta is Canada's #RightWing, Conservative™️, #FreeMarket capital. This is where these ideas get to SHINE.
Question 1: How come our students are starving? #abpoli #cdnpoli
Question 1: How come our students are starving? #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Time to DEFINITELY NOT buy the F-35 @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @melaniejolycan.bsky.social @liberalca.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Time to DEFINITELY NOT buy the F-35 @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @melaniejolycan.bsky.social @liberalca.bsky.social
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According to #UCP LEADER #DanielleSmith, #Courts shouldn’t be “gatekeepers” and citizens shouldn’t abuse #RecallPetitions against govt.
Should the govt be supreme power without any guardrails? #CDN has been watching this scenario play out in real time in #USA. Not a welcomed choice #cdnpoli
Should the govt be supreme power without any guardrails? #CDN has been watching this scenario play out in real time in #USA. Not a welcomed choice #cdnpoli
Alberta’s Smith says courts should not be gatekeepers on constitutional questions
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says anyone seeking an independence referendum should not have “gatekeepers,” like the courts, standing in their way. Smith was asked about the independence question Sat...
ground.news
December 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
According to #UCP LEADER #DanielleSmith, #Courts shouldn’t be “gatekeepers” and citizens shouldn’t abuse #RecallPetitions against govt.
Should the govt be supreme power without any guardrails? #CDN has been watching this scenario play out in real time in #USA. Not a welcomed choice #cdnpoli
Should the govt be supreme power without any guardrails? #CDN has been watching this scenario play out in real time in #USA. Not a welcomed choice #cdnpoli
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The Premier of Alberta is pushing an American meme about the court system when she says courts shouldn't weigh in on constitutional matters. That's an American idea and look where it's gotten them. The courts job is to remind govt the constitution applies to them to. #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli
December 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Alberta separatists have no intention of paying attention to legal rulings or the supreme law of the land. albertapolitics.ca/2025/12/albe... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Alberta separatists have no intention of paying attention to legal rulings or the supreme law of the land - Alberta Politics
VANCOUVER – No sooner were Alberta separatists celebrating provincial Justice Minister Mickey Amerey’s secession-friendly Bill 14 for ending the court challenge that sought to block the Alberta Prospe...
albertapolitics.ca
December 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Alberta separatists have no intention of paying attention to legal rulings or the supreme law of the land. albertapolitics.ca/2025/12/albe... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
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If you read nothing else I write, read this.
Canadians outside Alberta, pay particular attention. If Smith succeeds, she will infect other provinces with "ungoverning."
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
Canadians outside Alberta, pay particular attention. If Smith succeeds, she will infect other provinces with "ungoverning."
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
Danielle Smith is "Ungoverning" Alberta
And trying to break the very idea of Canada
markhamhislop.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
If you read nothing else I write, read this.
Canadians outside Alberta, pay particular attention. If Smith succeeds, she will infect other provinces with "ungoverning."
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
Canadians outside Alberta, pay particular attention. If Smith succeeds, she will infect other provinces with "ungoverning."
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
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Another CBC story that doesn’t even mention the F-35’s software and the fundamental issue of control.
It misrepresents the debate as being only about economics and technical capability.
A reminder: Who controls the software of a networked device, controls the device.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
It misrepresents the debate as being only about economics and technical capability.
A reminder: Who controls the software of a networked device, controls the device.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
American F-35s could be serviced in Quebec starting in 2028-29, says L3Harris | CBC News
Companies involved in the F-35 program are actively lobbying the governments of Canada and Quebec to promote potential economic benefits for the country, including a maintenance facility in Mirabel, Q...
www.cbc.ca
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Another CBC story that doesn’t even mention the F-35’s software and the fundamental issue of control.
It misrepresents the debate as being only about economics and technical capability.
A reminder: Who controls the software of a networked device, controls the device.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
It misrepresents the debate as being only about economics and technical capability.
A reminder: Who controls the software of a networked device, controls the device.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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📈 Home insurance costs are soaring — up 90% in Alberta and 84% in Ontario over the past decade.
Homes with resilient retrofits experience fewer claims and lower recovery costs.
Read the full article 👇
Homes with resilient retrofits experience fewer claims and lower recovery costs.
Read the full article 👇
How governments and insurers can help lower soaring home insurance costs | Pembina Institute
Insurance premiums are climbing faster than inflation as severe weather losses escalate. Yet, insurers still don’t account for the risk-reduction power of resilient retrofits. Governments and…
buff.ly
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
📈 Home insurance costs are soaring — up 90% in Alberta and 84% in Ontario over the past decade.
Homes with resilient retrofits experience fewer claims and lower recovery costs.
Read the full article 👇
Homes with resilient retrofits experience fewer claims and lower recovery costs.
Read the full article 👇
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There was a time when one of the favourite events for families during the Christmas season was visiting store window displays.
While many stores did this, Eaton's and Simpson's in Toronto took it to another level each Christmas.
This is the story!
📸 Archives of Ontario
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While many stores did this, Eaton's and Simpson's in Toronto took it to another level each Christmas.
This is the story!
📸 Archives of Ontario
🧵 1/11
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There was a time when one of the favourite events for families during the Christmas season was visiting store window displays.
While many stores did this, Eaton's and Simpson's in Toronto took it to another level each Christmas.
This is the story!
📸 Archives of Ontario
🧵 1/11
While many stores did this, Eaton's and Simpson's in Toronto took it to another level each Christmas.
This is the story!
📸 Archives of Ontario
🧵 1/11
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This is literally NONSENSE. Absolutely nonsensical!
Reminder: the Premier has NO medical expertise whatsoever, and seems to be getting horrendous advice (if she isn’t intentionally trying to mislead here)
Let’s delve into a couple of points:
x.com/thebreakdownab...
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Reminder: the Premier has NO medical expertise whatsoever, and seems to be getting horrendous advice (if she isn’t intentionally trying to mislead here)
Let’s delve into a couple of points:
x.com/thebreakdownab...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This is literally NONSENSE. Absolutely nonsensical!
Reminder: the Premier has NO medical expertise whatsoever, and seems to be getting horrendous advice (if she isn’t intentionally trying to mislead here)
Let’s delve into a couple of points:
x.com/thebreakdownab...
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Reminder: the Premier has NO medical expertise whatsoever, and seems to be getting horrendous advice (if she isn’t intentionally trying to mislead here)
Let’s delve into a couple of points:
x.com/thebreakdownab...
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"Ungoverning is not a neutral act. It is an ethical choice. It shifts power from the many to the few. It transforms rights into commodities. It turns need into opportunity for private profit. And it abandons the belief that a society should be judged by how it treats the vulnerable."
Danielle Smith is "Ungoverning" Alberta
And trying to break the very idea of Canada
markhamhislop.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
"Ungoverning is not a neutral act. It is an ethical choice. It shifts power from the many to the few. It transforms rights into commodities. It turns need into opportunity for private profit. And it abandons the belief that a society should be judged by how it treats the vulnerable."
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I called, *exactly* this back in 2019 when the UCP were gunning (pun intended) for a "rural police auxiliary"
The wording of the federal firearms act though, requires a peace officer to be "on duty"
The UCP though could try to say they won't enforce the act.
The wording of the federal firearms act though, requires a peace officer to be "on duty"
The UCP though could try to say they won't enforce the act.
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I called, *exactly* this back in 2019 when the UCP were gunning (pun intended) for a "rural police auxiliary"
The wording of the federal firearms act though, requires a peace officer to be "on duty"
The UCP though could try to say they won't enforce the act.
The wording of the federal firearms act though, requires a peace officer to be "on duty"
The UCP though could try to say they won't enforce the act.
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From the DM's...
This is an email that is reportedly a complaint letter to Elections Alberta that seems to make some very serious allegations...
Given the degree to which the UCP have alleged ill intent in the recall process, this needs to be addressed quickly.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
This is an email that is reportedly a complaint letter to Elections Alberta that seems to make some very serious allegations...
Given the degree to which the UCP have alleged ill intent in the recall process, this needs to be addressed quickly.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
December 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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35 years ago today, 14 women went to bed thinking about their finals, future in STEM and the upcoming holiday season. They didn’t know that these dreams threatened a man’s sense of self worth and that they wouldn’t survive to see their goals and aspirations become a reality
December 6, 2024 at 1:03 PM
35 years ago today, 14 women went to bed thinking about their finals, future in STEM and the upcoming holiday season. They didn’t know that these dreams threatened a man’s sense of self worth and that they wouldn’t survive to see their goals and aspirations become a reality
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This is among the most democratically dangerous things Danielle Smith has said.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This is among the most democratically dangerous things Danielle Smith has said.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
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What will a separatism referendum do to Alberta communities, our families and our businesses.
Have a look:
#ableg
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
Have a look:
#ableg
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
‘It could be existential’: Forever Canadian petition headed to the legislative assembly
Former deputy premier and lead proponent behind the Forever Canadian petition Thomas Lukaszuk joins Alberta Primetime host Michael Higgins to discuss next steps now that Elections Alberta has found th...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
What will a separatism referendum do to Alberta communities, our families and our businesses.
Have a look:
#ableg
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
Have a look:
#ableg
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
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Alberta’s Smith says courts should not be gatekeepers on constitutional questions, adds giving Justice Minister Mickey Amery the power over referendum questions upholds democracy
globalnews.ca/news/1156634...
globalnews.ca/news/1156634...
Alberta’s Smith says courts should not be gatekeepers on constitutional questions | Globalnews.ca
Premier Danielle Smith says courts shouldn’t be “gatekeepers” to an independence referendum, defending legislation stopping a court case after a judge called it undemocratic.
globalnews.ca
December 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Alberta’s Smith says courts should not be gatekeepers on constitutional questions, adds giving Justice Minister Mickey Amery the power over referendum questions upholds democracy
globalnews.ca/news/1156634...
globalnews.ca/news/1156634...
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So authoritarian threats and intimidation begin.
Danielle Smith, obey the Constitution, honour First Nations Treaties and respect nearly half million #ForeverCanadian Albertans, and you won’t have to fear me.
You and I differ. I follow the law.
#ableg
ca.news.yahoo.com/braid-monste...
Danielle Smith, obey the Constitution, honour First Nations Treaties and respect nearly half million #ForeverCanadian Albertans, and you won’t have to fear me.
You and I differ. I follow the law.
#ableg
ca.news.yahoo.com/braid-monste...
Braid: With monster fine and ban on words, UCP locks down political landscape
Bill 14 would institute hefty penalties for anyone who misuses information collection during a petition drive while also limiting the use of some words in political party names
ca.news.yahoo.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
So authoritarian threats and intimidation begin.
Danielle Smith, obey the Constitution, honour First Nations Treaties and respect nearly half million #ForeverCanadian Albertans, and you won’t have to fear me.
You and I differ. I follow the law.
#ableg
ca.news.yahoo.com/braid-monste...
Danielle Smith, obey the Constitution, honour First Nations Treaties and respect nearly half million #ForeverCanadian Albertans, and you won’t have to fear me.
You and I differ. I follow the law.
#ableg
ca.news.yahoo.com/braid-monste...
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With a massive legal shakeup, Alberta’s government is paving the way for a separatist referendum.
"It’s the most draconian, totalitarian piece of legislation I’ve ever seen," says a former deputy premier.
pressprogress.ca/alberta-pave...
"It’s the most draconian, totalitarian piece of legislation I’ve ever seen," says a former deputy premier.
pressprogress.ca/alberta-pave...
With Massive Legal Shakeup, Alberta’s Government Paves the Way for a Separatist Referendum
'It’s the most draconian, totalitarian piece of legislation I’ve ever seen,' says former deputy premier
pressprogress.ca
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
With a massive legal shakeup, Alberta’s government is paving the way for a separatist referendum.
"It’s the most draconian, totalitarian piece of legislation I’ve ever seen," says a former deputy premier.
pressprogress.ca/alberta-pave...
"It’s the most draconian, totalitarian piece of legislation I’ve ever seen," says a former deputy premier.
pressprogress.ca/alberta-pave...
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🇨🇦 🚨 LUKASZUK: ALBERTA FACES "EXISTENTIAL" CHOICE ON #SEPARATISM 🚨 🇨🇦
Former Deputy Premier Thomas #Lukaszuk warns that his successful "Forever Canadian" petition has backed Premier #Smith into a corner.
She must now choose between a "hellish" referendum or a vote in the House.
#AbLeg #CdnPoli
🇨🇦 🚨 LUKASZUK: ALBERTA FACES "EXISTENTIAL" CHOICE ON #SEPARATISM 🚨 🇨🇦
Former Deputy Premier Thomas #Lukaszuk warns that his successful "Forever Canadian" petition has backed Premier #Smith into a corner.
She must now choose between a "hellish" referendum or a vote in the House.
#AbLeg #CdnPoli
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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🇨🇦 🚨 LUKASZUK: ALBERTA FACES "EXISTENTIAL" CHOICE ON #SEPARATISM 🚨 🇨🇦
Former Deputy Premier Thomas #Lukaszuk warns that his successful "Forever Canadian" petition has backed Premier #Smith into a corner.
She must now choose between a "hellish" referendum or a vote in the House.
#AbLeg #CdnPoli
🇨🇦 🚨 LUKASZUK: ALBERTA FACES "EXISTENTIAL" CHOICE ON #SEPARATISM 🚨 🇨🇦
Former Deputy Premier Thomas #Lukaszuk warns that his successful "Forever Canadian" petition has backed Premier #Smith into a corner.
She must now choose between a "hellish" referendum or a vote in the House.
#AbLeg #CdnPoli
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Alberta government awarded PR firm sole-source $200K contract to run education campaign to sway public opinion during teachers' battle
www.townandcountrytoday.com/beyond-local...
www.townandcountrytoday.com/beyond-local...
Alberta government hires PR firm during teacher strike! 🤯
Read the full story and comment on TownAndCountryToday.com
www.townandcountrytoday.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Alberta government awarded PR firm sole-source $200K contract to run education campaign to sway public opinion during teachers' battle
www.townandcountrytoday.com/beyond-local...
www.townandcountrytoday.com/beyond-local...
If the Chief isn’t terminating staff and having them charged by their former colleagues, it’s not being taken seriously. Step up, Chief! Your workplace isn’t safe for these 7 women. It’s not safe for anyone.
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If the Chief isn’t terminating staff and having them charged by their former colleagues, it’s not being taken seriously. Step up, Chief! Your workplace isn’t safe for these 7 women. It’s not safe for anyone.
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LaGrange is responsible for Canada losing its measles-free status. Her government's lack of transparency is complete: Alberta forbade the MOH from speaking publicly about measles. Where is the accountability for ignoring expert advice? #ableg #RecallLaGrange #Measles #Abpoli #CdnPoli
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
LaGrange is responsible for Canada losing its measles-free status. Her government's lack of transparency is complete: Alberta forbade the MOH from speaking publicly about measles. Where is the accountability for ignoring expert advice? #ableg #RecallLaGrange #Measles #Abpoli #CdnPoli