NigelBankes
nigelb.bsky.social
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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Mr Getson would do well to consider the potential impacts of such lies.

For a sitting MLA to tell the legislature and anyone listening that the Supreme Court of Canada says CSAM is now "OK" puts kids at risk.

He should retract that statement and apologize immediately.

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November 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
But Jared's claim is that Albertans associate the bench not just with the UCP (I get that) but with the fringe base of Smith's party.
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The last time a sitting judge (Tom Berger) spoke out extrajudicially on Qs of the gravity of the exercise of the notwithstanding clause, they were reprimanded by the Canadian Judicial Council & subsequently chose to resign.
BTW what's the evidence that Albertans associate judges with the UCP base?
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Almost equally ghoulish is today's installment in the form of the Preamble to Bill 13, the Regulated Professions Neutrality Act. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
And while the GoA justifies using the notwithstanding clause to keep the courts out, in this case Bill 13 encourages judicial intervention by setting the standard of review as correctness (s 10). This means that the courts will be routinely engaged in contentious disciplinary matters.
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The text makes it clear that all coal mining activities will be prohibited.
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I will literally run to sign this petition.
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Not just Ukraine, also Gaza, but in the case of Gaza with the dismal and illegal support of the Security Council.
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Make the announcement and a bunch of us will canvas for the idea.
Clean potable water is critical in AB where fresh water in the south is already in limited supply.
And it will get worse.
CGY itself already w river water supplies edgy Nov 2025.
AB shld value water highly!
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 AM