NigelBankes
@nigelb.bsky.social
Retired law prof ucalgary law; I principally post on energy, resources and climate change issues; committed to intergenerational equity; grateful settler on Treaty 7 lands.
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As a political scientist, I think the effects on unity are some of the biggest problems with the agreement. It legitimates "Alberta" as an aggrieved party, distinct from other provinces, while treating BC and its peoples to be as issues to be managed, rather than partners in the federation.
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
As a political scientist, I think the effects on unity are some of the biggest problems with the agreement. It legitimates "Alberta" as an aggrieved party, distinct from other provinces, while treating BC and its peoples to be as issues to be managed, rather than partners in the federation.
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Sending extra rainbows to those attending the UCP convention in our neighbourhood this weekend.
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Sending extra rainbows to those attending the UCP convention in our neighbourhood this weekend.
I reposted this earlier without comment but the more I think about it the more it seems to me that @journodale.bsky.social gets to the core of what is rotten about the current version of conservative politics in Alberta.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
#abpoli #cdnpoli
Gotta make sure that the white/Christian nationalists continue to hold the reins of power with in the party.
This is older than MAGA. This is a deep-seated ugliness that the party and its predecessors kept under polite wraps and is now feeling emboldened enough to be in the open.
This is older than MAGA. This is a deep-seated ugliness that the party and its predecessors kept under polite wraps and is now feeling emboldened enough to be in the open.
UCP convention-goers voted to ban permanent residents and other non-citizens from being party members or voting to nominate candidates.
Saskatchewan Party grassroots did something similar; it could have a large effect on party base makeup in some ridings.
Saskatchewan Party grassroots did something similar; it could have a large effect on party base makeup in some ridings.
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I reposted this earlier without comment but the more I think about it the more it seems to me that @journodale.bsky.social gets to the core of what is rotten about the current version of conservative politics in Alberta.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
#abpoli #cdnpoli
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Gotta make sure that the white/Christian nationalists continue to hold the reins of power with in the party.
This is older than MAGA. This is a deep-seated ugliness that the party and its predecessors kept under polite wraps and is now feeling emboldened enough to be in the open.
This is older than MAGA. This is a deep-seated ugliness that the party and its predecessors kept under polite wraps and is now feeling emboldened enough to be in the open.
UCP convention-goers voted to ban permanent residents and other non-citizens from being party members or voting to nominate candidates.
Saskatchewan Party grassroots did something similar; it could have a large effect on party base makeup in some ridings.
Saskatchewan Party grassroots did something similar; it could have a large effect on party base makeup in some ridings.
November 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Gotta make sure that the white/Christian nationalists continue to hold the reins of power with in the party.
This is older than MAGA. This is a deep-seated ugliness that the party and its predecessors kept under polite wraps and is now feeling emboldened enough to be in the open.
This is older than MAGA. This is a deep-seated ugliness that the party and its predecessors kept under polite wraps and is now feeling emboldened enough to be in the open.
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No one should be under any illusions about who the base of the UCP are.
Separatists and far-right radicals have been given care and feeding by UCP Premiers since 2019. One got thrown overboard because it wasn’t enough. Catering hasn’t mollified them either.
Separatists and far-right radicals have been given care and feeding by UCP Premiers since 2019. One got thrown overboard because it wasn’t enough. Catering hasn’t mollified them either.
Danielle Smith gets booed at UCP convention after mentioning working with Canada
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
No one should be under any illusions about who the base of the UCP are.
Separatists and far-right radicals have been given care and feeding by UCP Premiers since 2019. One got thrown overboard because it wasn’t enough. Catering hasn’t mollified them either.
Separatists and far-right radicals have been given care and feeding by UCP Premiers since 2019. One got thrown overboard because it wasn’t enough. Catering hasn’t mollified them either.
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Today‘s column is about the reaction to the UCP board voting to quash an Alberta separatism debate at the party’s AGM and how Danielle Smith's pipeline deal with Mark Carney could get more jeers than cheers at the biggest political gathering of the year.
daveberta.substack.com/p/quashing-a...
daveberta.substack.com/p/quashing-a...
Quashing Alberta separatism debate could spark fireworks at UCP AGM
Smith's pipeline deal with Carney could get more jeers than cheers by some at the UCP AGM
daveberta.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Today‘s column is about the reaction to the UCP board voting to quash an Alberta separatism debate at the party’s AGM and how Danielle Smith's pipeline deal with Mark Carney could get more jeers than cheers at the biggest political gathering of the year.
daveberta.substack.com/p/quashing-a...
daveberta.substack.com/p/quashing-a...
Imagine bringing up children when the President of the United States breaks & contradicts every behaviour you're trying to model for yr children. Imagine the long term damage that does.
I live in Canada, but unfortunately the President's behaviour bleeds across the border thro' social media
#cdnpoli
I live in Canada, but unfortunately the President's behaviour bleeds across the border thro' social media
#cdnpoli
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Imagine bringing up children when the President of the United States breaks & contradicts every behaviour you're trying to model for yr children. Imagine the long term damage that does.
I live in Canada, but unfortunately the President's behaviour bleeds across the border thro' social media
#cdnpoli
I live in Canada, but unfortunately the President's behaviour bleeds across the border thro' social media
#cdnpoli
One of the stunning things about the MoU is the absence of a clear commitment by AB to scheduled increases in the price of carbon. Instead this:
The TIER system will ramp up to $130/tonne. When?
Issues to be addressed include "effective price and the price increases over time"
Gulp.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
The TIER system will ramp up to $130/tonne. When?
Issues to be addressed include "effective price and the price increases over time"
Gulp.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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From 2030*, passengers of private jets departing from the Netherlands will pay a flight tax of €420 to €2,100, depending on distance. So far, they only paid €29.40, just like ordinary airline passengers.
Yay for Dutch parliament!
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/econo...
*) PS Why only then?
Yay for Dutch parliament!
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/econo...
*) PS Why only then?
Tweede Kamer wil vliegbelasting voor privéjets 14 tot 71 keer verhogen: 'Toonbeeld van verspilling'
De Tweede Kamer wil dat passagiers van privévliegtuigen veel meer vliegbelasting gaan betalen. De Kamer heeft zojuist een voorstel van GroenLinks-PvdA aangenomen, waarin de vliegbelasting voor privéje...
www.rtl.nl
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
From 2030*, passengers of private jets departing from the Netherlands will pay a flight tax of €420 to €2,100, depending on distance. So far, they only paid €29.40, just like ordinary airline passengers.
Yay for Dutch parliament!
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/econo...
*) PS Why only then?
Yay for Dutch parliament!
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/econo...
*) PS Why only then?
There is at least one massive inconsistency in the MOU.
On the one hand it speaks of "private sector constructed & financed pipelines" & on the other "AB commits to:
act as proponent for advancing the development of a bitumen pipeline".
Which is it? AB taxpayers want to know
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
On the one hand it speaks of "private sector constructed & financed pipelines" & on the other "AB commits to:
act as proponent for advancing the development of a bitumen pipeline".
Which is it? AB taxpayers want to know
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The text of the MoU is hyperlinked on this press release if interested. #abpoli #ableg
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Alberta and Ottawa ink landmark energy agreement
The Governments of Canada and Alberta have signed a new agreement to more than double oil exports to Asian markets, address investment uncertainty and reduce emissions.
www.alberta.ca
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The text of the MoU is hyperlinked on this press release if interested. #abpoli #ableg
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
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#CITESCoP20's Committee I has begun considering one of its most controversial proposals: whether to consider all species of #eel (Anguilla anguilla) under the same Appendix II listing. @trafficintl.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
#CITESCoP20's Committee I has begun considering one of its most controversial proposals: whether to consider all species of #eel (Anguilla anguilla) under the same Appendix II listing. @trafficintl.bsky.social
Good interview. @robbreakenridge.bsky.social does a nice job of introducing citizen initiatives & Corb an equally good job of explaining why we need clear legislation to prohibit coal mining activities in the eastern slopes.
#ableg #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGm...
#ableg #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGm...
PODCAST: Corb Lund on why Albertans deserve as say over coal mining along the Eastern Slopes
YouTube video by Rob Breakenridge Show
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Good interview. @robbreakenridge.bsky.social does a nice job of introducing citizen initiatives & Corb an equally good job of explaining why we need clear legislation to prohibit coal mining activities in the eastern slopes.
#ableg #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGm...
#ableg #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGm...
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Canada Ksi Lisims #LNG is MAGA, like pals of Maxwell, Epstein & Trump #MAGA.
#StopSellingOut #DefendDemocracy #TRC #Sovereignty #EnergySecurity #ClimateBomb #BCpoli #AbPoli #CdnPoli
#StopSellingOut #DefendDemocracy #TRC #Sovereignty #EnergySecurity #ClimateBomb #BCpoli #AbPoli #CdnPoli
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Canada Ksi Lisims #LNG is MAGA, like pals of Maxwell, Epstein & Trump #MAGA.
#StopSellingOut #DefendDemocracy #TRC #Sovereignty #EnergySecurity #ClimateBomb #BCpoli #AbPoli #CdnPoli
#StopSellingOut #DefendDemocracy #TRC #Sovereignty #EnergySecurity #ClimateBomb #BCpoli #AbPoli #CdnPoli
The UCP’s fall legislative session reveals volumes about what the party really values and what it doesn’t: no rights for teachers and trans folks (Bills 2 and 9) no rights for those who depend on AIMCo investments (Bill 12) but hey, we’ll pay out to aussie coal companies any time. #ableg #abpoli
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
If the GoA can do this to Albertans so easily why didn't it protect us against the spurious claims of coal companies?
This illustrates just how easily it could have done so rather than entering in to expensive and overly generous settlements to resolve problems the UCP created.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
This illustrates just how easily it could have done so rather than entering in to expensive and overly generous settlements to resolve problems the UCP created.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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And then there were... 14.
Recall petitions have been approved against Glenn Van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan and Searle Turton.
That's 14 of the 47 UCP MLAs now facing potential recall.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
Recall petitions have been approved against Glenn Van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan and Searle Turton.
That's 14 of the 47 UCP MLAs now facing potential recall.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
Current Recall Petitions - Elections Alberta
Recall is a process to remove a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from office between elections by collecting sufficient signatures in the Member’s electoral division. The following recall peti...
www.elections.ab.ca
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
And then there were... 14.
Recall petitions have been approved against Glenn Van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan and Searle Turton.
That's 14 of the 47 UCP MLAs now facing potential recall.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
Recall petitions have been approved against Glenn Van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan and Searle Turton.
That's 14 of the 47 UCP MLAs now facing potential recall.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
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How would an MLA know which constituents vote in a provincial elections? This information is privileged only to Elections Alberta.
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
How would an MLA know which constituents vote in a provincial elections? This information is privileged only to Elections Alberta.
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.
#ableg
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This is the case of the AER CEO overruling his own hearing commissioners after allegedly consulting with the Minister of Energy and Minerals. The justice have agreed the appeal meets the requirements to proceed.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #climate
Background here: www.theenergymix.com/alberta-regu...
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #climate
Background here: www.theenergymix.com/alberta-regu...
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is the case of the AER CEO overruling his own hearing commissioners after allegedly consulting with the Minister of Energy and Minerals. The justice have agreed the appeal meets the requirements to proceed.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #climate
Background here: www.theenergymix.com/alberta-regu...
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #climate
Background here: www.theenergymix.com/alberta-regu...
Good news. The Alberta Court of Appeal has granted permission to appeal in this matter.
www.canlii.org/en/ab/abca/d...
#abpoli #ableg @cpawsnab.bsky.social @albertawilderness.bsky.social
www.canlii.org/en/ab/abca/d...
#abpoli #ableg @cpawsnab.bsky.social @albertawilderness.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Good news. The Alberta Court of Appeal has granted permission to appeal in this matter.
www.canlii.org/en/ab/abca/d...
#abpoli #ableg @cpawsnab.bsky.social @albertawilderness.bsky.social
www.canlii.org/en/ab/abca/d...
#abpoli #ableg @cpawsnab.bsky.social @albertawilderness.bsky.social
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Please join us tonight, November 24, Calgary-Cross! Travel safely. ☃️ #yyc #OperationTotalRecall #RecallThemAll #abpoli #ableg
An in-person meeting for the next steps in #RecallMickey has been scheduled for November 24, 2025, Calgary-Cross residents. We need every volunteer we can get. #YYC #RecallThemAll #OperationTotalRecall #ableg #abpoli
actionnetwork.org/events/plann...
actionnetwork.org/events/plann...
Planning Meetup
Meetup to share ideas, connect, and help shape the next steps for the RECALL Mickey campaign.
actionnetwork.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Please join us tonight, November 24, Calgary-Cross! Travel safely. ☃️ #yyc #OperationTotalRecall #RecallThemAll #abpoli #ableg