Jim Thompson Goodchild 🇨🇦
@shiftfocus99.bsky.social
Treaty 7. ✝️, social-gospel leftist, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally. Bird-app refugee. Cranky & triggered by idiots and disinfo. Blocks 🤖🧌facsists, MAGAts on sight. No🇺🇸Anchluss.
Vive le Canada libre!🇨🇦
Vive le Canada libre!🇨🇦
I’ve never been as concerned about democracy in Alberta - & Canada - as now. The UCP has been undermining gov’t itself, but has now started actively undermining the courts.
This thread describes simple steps we can take to protect what we have. B/c these principles don’t defend themselves.
This thread describes simple steps we can take to protect what we have. B/c these principles don’t defend themselves.
The UCP has made 2025 one of the darkest years for Alberta’s democracy.
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Albertans can turn on the lights in 2026.
By simply being Albertan.
Let me explain. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I’ve never been as concerned about democracy in Alberta - & Canada - as now. The UCP has been undermining gov’t itself, but has now started actively undermining the courts.
This thread describes simple steps we can take to protect what we have. B/c these principles don’t defend themselves.
This thread describes simple steps we can take to protect what we have. B/c these principles don’t defend themselves.
Which is precisely why the Forever Canada petition is so important. It exposed the lie, and the liars.
Populists like Smith don’t just win by mobilizing their base — they win by convincing everyone else that their base is bigger and more mainstream than it actually is.
👉That’s the core of the populist playbook: make a small, loud group look universal so everyone else stays quiet.
👉That’s the core of the populist playbook: make a small, loud group look universal so everyone else stays quiet.
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Which is precisely why the Forever Canada petition is so important. It exposed the lie, and the liars.
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Corb Lund's "no coal on the eastern slopes" initiative petition has gone live with a web page to register your interest.
He's going to have to re-file now that Bill 14 has entered into force and quashed his original filing but he'll be looking for canvassers once it is re-accepted.
#ableg #abpoli
He's going to have to re-file now that Bill 14 has entered into force and quashed his original filing but he'll be looking for canvassers once it is re-accepted.
#ableg #abpoli
Water Not Coal | Citizen Initiative Petition
Help prohibit coal mining in the Alberta's Rockies. Register to sign the petition.
www.coalpetition.ca
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Well, this is sure to bring the Canadians back.
In addition to 5 years of social media history, CBP would also require tourists to provide all phone numbers used over that period, any email addresses used in the past decade, DNA and iris scans, and the names, addresses, birthdates and birthplaces of family members
Including children
Including children
December 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Well, this is sure to bring the Canadians back.
Preach!
Last night the UCP used their power as gov’t to limit debate on multiple bills to one hour.
They’ve done it > 80 times in six years.
I had a few choice words in response and in defence of Albertans who deserve a government that respects democracy.
Better is possible. Just not with UCP. #abpoli
They’ve done it > 80 times in six years.
I had a few choice words in response and in defence of Albertans who deserve a government that respects democracy.
Better is possible. Just not with UCP. #abpoli
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Preach!
Of course, Lando cannot help the circumstances of his birth. I shall read on...
'At the start of his F1 career...Norris resided in Woking—near the McLaren Technology Centre—before moving to Monte Carlo in 2022 for financial reasons.'
'For financial reasons' doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
'At the start of his F1 career...Norris resided in Woking—near the McLaren Technology Centre—before moving to Monte Carlo in 2022 for financial reasons.'
'For financial reasons' doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
December 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is completely upside down.
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 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This is completely upside down.
Let’s spare an lol for the teams, drivers and their families. We can find other entertainment.
December 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Let’s spare an lol for the teams, drivers and their families. We can find other entertainment.
Because we know the cost of everything and the value of nothing, let’s cut a program that will help fix the downtown property tax problem.
Got it?
Got it?
Ward 2 Coun. Jennifer Wyness has introduced an amendment to eliminate the Downtown Office Conversion Program. The move would eliminate $40M from the budget.
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Because we know the cost of everything and the value of nothing, let’s cut a program that will help fix the downtown property tax problem.
Got it?
Got it?
#SkyF1 (looking at you Simon Lazenby and Rachel Brooks) trying desperately to get someone to say “Papaya rules were at fault,” when every single actual racing driver is telling them “No.”
Find another question, please!
#f1 #mclarenf1
Find another question, please!
#f1 #mclarenf1
a man in a plaid shirt and tie is standing next to a boy in a green shirt .
Alt: a man in a plaid shirt and tie is standing next to a boy in a green shirt .
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#SkyF1 (looking at you Simon Lazenby and Rachel Brooks) trying desperately to get someone to say “Papaya rules were at fault,” when every single actual racing driver is telling them “No.”
Find another question, please!
#f1 #mclarenf1
Find another question, please!
#f1 #mclarenf1
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November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“He’s effectively daring Danielle Smith to do the work required to get her coveted pipeline built, knowing full well she can’t actually do it.”
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
“He’s effectively daring Danielle Smith to do the work required to get her coveted pipeline built, knowing full well she can’t actually do it.”
To friends and others far and wide: Happy Butterball Hotline Day!
The Butterball Hotline | The West Wing
YouTube video by The West Wing
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
To friends and others far and wide: Happy Butterball Hotline Day!
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#Rally on Thursday, the 20th - Trans Day of Remembrance - at McDougall Centre in #Calgary 🏳️⚧️ Get LOUD and say #NoToBill9! No to the use of the #Notwithstanding Clause and No to the UCP❕#ABpoli #ABleg #ProtectTransKids #TransRightsAreHumanRights #YYC #FireTheUCP #Alberta #StandUp #ProtectTransYouth
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
#Rally on Thursday, the 20th - Trans Day of Remembrance - at McDougall Centre in #Calgary 🏳️⚧️ Get LOUD and say #NoToBill9! No to the use of the #Notwithstanding Clause and No to the UCP❕#ABpoli #ABleg #ProtectTransKids #TransRightsAreHumanRights #YYC #FireTheUCP #Alberta #StandUp #ProtectTransYouth
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“Ours is the final voice on the matter” are the words of authoritarians.
They do not want to govern in our name. They want to rule over us.
They must be defeated at the polls.
They do not want to govern in our name. They want to rule over us.
They must be defeated at the polls.
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“Ours is the final voice on the matter” are the words of authoritarians.
They do not want to govern in our name. They want to rule over us.
They must be defeated at the polls.
They do not want to govern in our name. They want to rule over us.
They must be defeated at the polls.
“I hope that either all of us, or none of us, are judged by the actions of our weakest moments, but rather by the strength we show when and if we’re given a second chance.” - Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso & Coach Beard Forgive Nate
YouTube video by NADAMI HOOPS
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
“I hope that either all of us, or none of us, are judged by the actions of our weakest moments, but rather by the strength we show when and if we’re given a second chance.” - Ted Lasso
Alberta’ conservative governments have always suffered an acute Edifice Complex. This is no different.
When they can’t manage a system to keep EDs open across the province, no-one should trust their judgment on this.
When they can’t manage a system to keep EDs open across the province, no-one should trust their judgment on this.
The UCP’s plan to tackle wait times by introducing private pay in our health-care system is a step backward.
✅ It worsens access
✅ It widens inequity
✅ It jeopardizes quality & health outcomes
This has been tried before, & makes wait-times worse.
✅ It worsens access
✅ It widens inequity
✅ It jeopardizes quality & health outcomes
This has been tried before, & makes wait-times worse.
Opinion: Private-pay medical testing is no solution to wait times
We urge Alberta’s policymakers to resist the false temptation of paying for private access as a “solution” to wait lists.
edmontonjournal.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Alberta’ conservative governments have always suffered an acute Edifice Complex. This is no different.
When they can’t manage a system to keep EDs open across the province, no-one should trust their judgment on this.
When they can’t manage a system to keep EDs open across the province, no-one should trust their judgment on this.
It takes some chutzpah to talk about “breaching public trust” the same week your own government has tried to defang the public official leading the investigation into a massive corruption scandal.
But for the UCP it’s just Thursday.
But for the UCP it’s just Thursday.
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
It takes some chutzpah to talk about “breaching public trust” the same week your own government has tried to defang the public official leading the investigation into a massive corruption scandal.
But for the UCP it’s just Thursday.
But for the UCP it’s just Thursday.
Is the UCP losing Gunter?
Who’s next? Staples? Bell?
Who’s next? Staples? Bell?
"Recall is a legitimate process. But it was the UCP government that enthusiastically gave the task to Elections Alberta, so now they have to ensure it is properly funded." #abpoli #ableg
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Lorne Gunter: UCP needs to live up to its own referendum promise, pay for petition verification
The thresholds for forcing recall elections and referendums were high, but that was to ensure efforts were serious, not frivolous.
edmontonjournal.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Is the UCP losing Gunter?
Who’s next? Staples? Bell?
Who’s next? Staples? Bell?
These guys are looking just as corrupt as the federal Liberals did in the #adscam scandal.
The truth is likely that it’s worse. Which is why they’re trying so hard to hide it.
The truth is likely that it’s worse. Which is why they’re trying so hard to hide it.
November 4, 2025 at 5:18 AM
These guys are looking just as corrupt as the federal Liberals did in the #adscam scandal.
The truth is likely that it’s worse. Which is why they’re trying so hard to hide it.
The truth is likely that it’s worse. Which is why they’re trying so hard to hide it.
Ted Lasso, You'll never walk alone (ending of S01)
YouTube video by GoPens
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Finally got to booking our Covid shots. 1 will be given in Innisfail, the other 3 in 2 weeks in Drumheller. There were no appointments in Calgary, for as long as the calendar ran. None. Zero.
And for this privilege we will pay $400.
And for this privilege we will pay $400.
ICYMI - If you live in Alberta, get vaccinated, don't get in an accident, don't go to the hospital. The healthcare system is a mess as flu/Covid season starts.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
‘Pure Chaos’: Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis | The Tyee
Experts say AHS data obtained by The Tyee further indicate the system faces being overwhelmed.
thetyee.ca
November 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Finally got to booking our Covid shots. 1 will be given in Innisfail, the other 3 in 2 weeks in Drumheller. There were no appointments in Calgary, for as long as the calendar ran. None. Zero.
And for this privilege we will pay $400.
And for this privilege we will pay $400.
Hey @naheednenshi.bsky.social here’s a nice short speech that could be quoted in the Leg.
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Hey @naheednenshi.bsky.social here’s a nice short speech that could be quoted in the Leg.