Taylor
@tbbt2424.bsky.social
Proud Calgarian, and Canadian. Views are my own
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"Because if you believe literally all of these recent uses by Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec are justified - not legally valid, not ‘constitutional’, but morally or normative justified - the truth is you simply don’t care about minority rights."
NEW POST: The parallels between Trump's pardons and Danielle Smith's use of the notwithstanding clause emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/the-parall...
The parallels between Trump's pardons and Danielle Smith's use of the notwithstanding clause
I was reading about yet another round of Trump pardons and it is blazingly apparent the extent to which Trump has exercised this presidential power in a way that fundamentally strips away the importan...
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Because if you believe literally all of these recent uses by Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec are justified - not legally valid, not ‘constitutional’, but morally or normative justified - the truth is you simply don’t care about minority rights."
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Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches
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Are you paying attention Albertans ?
"The issue was interference & corruption & a government that cared more about moving privatization & being American-style in how they deliver health care than actually cared about patient well-being or the taxpayer."
Burning taxpayer $$$ & putting citizens at risk is what the UCP govt does best.
Burning taxpayer $$$ & putting citizens at risk is what the UCP govt does best.
Alberta's auditor general says taxpayers lost $109M in lab testing debacle
EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general estimates the government's failed effort to privatize community lab testing services left taxpayers on the hook for about $109 million.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Are you paying attention Albertans ?
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I am pretty sure that when Merv Leitch and Peter Lougheed first created the notwithstanding clause, they didn’t mean it to be deployed to bully and oppress literal school children. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alberta #notwithstandingclause
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I am pretty sure that when Merv Leitch and Peter Lougheed first created the notwithstanding clause, they didn’t mean it to be deployed to bully and oppress literal school children. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alberta #notwithstandingclause
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"...[T]his is the Alberta government saying that the rights of trans kids to receive lifesaving healthcare, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams, don’t matter as much as Smith’s government’s right to dictate their lives." #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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From the Canadian Bar Association, Alberta branch
cba-alberta.org/news/cba-alb...
#Alberta #ableg #cdnpoli #Canada
cba-alberta.org/news/cba-alb...
#Alberta #ableg #cdnpoli #Canada
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
From the Canadian Bar Association, Alberta branch
cba-alberta.org/news/cba-alb...
#Alberta #ableg #cdnpoli #Canada
cba-alberta.org/news/cba-alb...
#Alberta #ableg #cdnpoli #Canada
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There is literally no amount of Rogers marketing money that could have the effect of him reaching towards it, pausing, and saying "here in Canada, we believe the Captain accepts the trophy" and then waving over the players to accept it.
October 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
There is literally no amount of Rogers marketing money that could have the effect of him reaching towards it, pausing, and saying "here in Canada, we believe the Captain accepts the trophy" and then waving over the players to accept it.
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With the Blue Jays one win away from taking the World Series, I think we need to get out ahead of this thing and threaten a nation-wide Rogers boycott if Edward Rogers touches that trophy before the players
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
With the Blue Jays one win away from taking the World Series, I think we need to get out ahead of this thing and threaten a nation-wide Rogers boycott if Edward Rogers touches that trophy before the players
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Danielle Smith and her Health Minister face serious corruption allegations for interfering in major contracts that favored private surgery providers, benefiting friends and insiders. www.corruptcare.ca
#Ableg #Abpoli #CHA #CorruptCare #IbelieveAthana
#Ableg #Abpoli #CHA #CorruptCare #IbelieveAthana
UCP Government's CorruptCare Scandal
Danielle Smith's UCP government faces serious allegations of corruption related to AHS contracts for private surgeries. It's time for Albertans to demand real answers. The UCP government cannot be tru...
www.corruptcare.ca
October 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Danielle Smith and her Health Minister face serious corruption allegations for interfering in major contracts that favored private surgery providers, benefiting friends and insiders. www.corruptcare.ca
#Ableg #Abpoli #CHA #CorruptCare #IbelieveAthana
#Ableg #Abpoli #CHA #CorruptCare #IbelieveAthana
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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Let’s this sink in. Bill 2 overrides:
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
Braid: An appalling, unjust law drives Alberta teachers back to work
Alberta teachers are going back to work, but the law that drives them lingers as a dangerous attack on rights, writes columnist Don Braid.
calgaryherald.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Let’s this sink in. Bill 2 overrides:
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
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AMA Section of Pediatrics sent a letter to Minister of Education Nicolaides outlining concerns with the growing gap between children's needs in our classrooms and available classroom resources. www.albertadoctors.org/news/news/in...
October 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
AMA Section of Pediatrics sent a letter to Minister of Education Nicolaides outlining concerns with the growing gap between children's needs in our classrooms and available classroom resources. www.albertadoctors.org/news/news/in...
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Alberta NDP leader @naheednenshi.bsky.social on the use of the notwithstanding clause against fundamental Charter rights in Bill 2.
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Alberta NDP leader @naheednenshi.bsky.social on the use of the notwithstanding clause against fundamental Charter rights in Bill 2.
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Alberta is the wealthiest province in Confederation, but you'd never know that by looking at the way it funds its public schools and their students. At some point, voters might want to think about what that says — and means — @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes.
Alberta is the richest province in the country — except where it really counts
How does the province with the highest fiscal capacity in the country also have the lowest per-capita funding for students in its public schools? Because it wants it that way
www.nationalobserver.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Alberta is the wealthiest province in Confederation, but you'd never know that by looking at the way it funds its public schools and their students. At some point, voters might want to think about what that says — and means — @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes.
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Now that Alberta's Bill 2 has passed, it operates notwithstanding to Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms for sections 2 and 7 through 15, and the entirety of the Alberta Bill of Rights and the Alberta Human Rights Act.
Here's what it affects vis-à-vis the Charter (a thread):
Here's what it affects vis-à-vis the Charter (a thread):
October 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Now that Alberta's Bill 2 has passed, it operates notwithstanding to Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms for sections 2 and 7 through 15, and the entirety of the Alberta Bill of Rights and the Alberta Human Rights Act.
Here's what it affects vis-à-vis the Charter (a thread):
Here's what it affects vis-à-vis the Charter (a thread):
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"Bill 2 is perfectly legal."
"The kids need to go back to class."
I agree.
That doesn't mean the premier should've done an endrun around the legislature and the courts.
If the back-to-work law was defensible, why didn't she defend it before leaving the country?
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
"The kids need to go back to class."
I agree.
That doesn't mean the premier should've done an endrun around the legislature and the courts.
If the back-to-work law was defensible, why didn't she defend it before leaving the country?
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
October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"Bill 2 is perfectly legal."
"The kids need to go back to class."
I agree.
That doesn't mean the premier should've done an endrun around the legislature and the courts.
If the back-to-work law was defensible, why didn't she defend it before leaving the country?
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
"The kids need to go back to class."
I agree.
That doesn't mean the premier should've done an endrun around the legislature and the courts.
If the back-to-work law was defensible, why didn't she defend it before leaving the country?
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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Fundamental rights? Forget about ’em! Danielle Smith brings down the hammer on Alberta’s striking teachers. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/fund... #ableg #abpoli #TeachersStrike
Fundamental rights? Forget about ’em! Danielle Smith brings down the hammer on Alberta’s striking teachers - Alberta Politics
Overreach, anyone? Since the start of the legal strike by 51,000 Alberta public, francophone and Catholic schoolteachers on October 6, elements of the province’s United Conservative Party Government ...
albertapolitics.ca
October 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Fundamental rights? Forget about ’em! Danielle Smith brings down the hammer on Alberta’s striking teachers. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/fund... #ableg #abpoli #TeachersStrike
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#PremierSmith chooses not to be in the Legislature on this critical night; she chooses not to hear the arguments and evidence of the Opposition. What kind of Premier does that? #abpoli #ABEd
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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#PremierSmith chooses not to be in the Legislature on this critical night; she chooses not to hear the arguments and evidence of the Opposition. What kind of Premier does that? #abpoli #ABEd
October 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
#PremierSmith chooses not to be in the Legislature on this critical night; she chooses not to hear the arguments and evidence of the Opposition. What kind of Premier does that? #abpoli #ABEd
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The Charter of Rights is foundational to 🇨🇦's democracy & national vision of fairness & due process. Decades of cases have confirmed its value to labour rights. Danielle Smith takes a big step toward authoritarianism, tossing it aside for fiscal & political convenience. #canlab
October 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The Charter of Rights is foundational to 🇨🇦's democracy & national vision of fairness & due process. Decades of cases have confirmed its value to labour rights. Danielle Smith takes a big step toward authoritarianism, tossing it aside for fiscal & political convenience. #canlab