valcat
@valcat.bsky.social
Progressive lifelong Albertan. 🍁🇨🇦🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ally. It’s the Gulf of Mexico. No DMs.
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That petition drive for a non-binding referendum for Alberta to STAY in Canada is now verified.
One in 7 Alberta voters signed it.
Wow, did Lukaszuk's bid worked. Lessee how Danielle Smith gov handles it.
One in 7 Alberta voters signed it.
Wow, did Lukaszuk's bid worked. Lessee how Danielle Smith gov handles it.
December 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
That petition drive for a non-binding referendum for Alberta to STAY in Canada is now verified.
One in 7 Alberta voters signed it.
Wow, did Lukaszuk's bid worked. Lessee how Danielle Smith gov handles it.
One in 7 Alberta voters signed it.
Wow, did Lukaszuk's bid worked. Lessee how Danielle Smith gov handles it.
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Alberta's Smith says her United Conservative Party is not a separatist party (Alberta)
Alberta's Smith says her United Conservative Party is not a separatist party - Alberta News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party isn't a separatist party.
www.castanet.net
December 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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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
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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
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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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Wake up Alberta rural municipalities.
Better a wind or solar farm as a going concern rather than dead-beat oil and gas operators that won't pay their taxes or surface lease payments.
#abpoli #ableg
Better a wind or solar farm as a going concern rather than dead-beat oil and gas operators that won't pay their taxes or surface lease payments.
#abpoli #ableg
💰 Rural Alberta earned $70M in tax revenue from wind & solar in 2025 — funding roads, emergency services & recreation.
But a provincial moratorium has stalled future growth, costing municipalities $84M/year in lost revenue.
🧾Your weekend read ⬇️
But a provincial moratorium has stalled future growth, costing municipalities $84M/year in lost revenue.
🧾Your weekend read ⬇️
Rural Alberta's $70-million question: Will renewable energy revenue keep growing?
Rural Alberta's $70 million question: Will renewable energy revenue keep growing?
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
Thursday's letters: UCP hiding from accountability
Edmonton Journal readers speak out on on Alberta invoking the notwithstanding clause and CFL rule changes.
edmontonjournal.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“A government does not reach for the notwithstanding clause four times in a month unless something is deeply wrong. This isn’t normal. It isn’t safe. And it isn’t democracy. Each time rights are pushed aside, a warning siren is blaring: Power is being placed above people.”
~ Stephanie Shostak
~ Stephanie Shostak
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If you live in Airdrie East riding you can sign the recall petition for Angela Pitt
Go to the link below to find a location
#ableg #abpoli
pitt-recall.ca
Go to the link below to find a location
#ableg #abpoli
pitt-recall.ca
Angela Pitt Recall
Sign the petition to recall the MLA for Airdrie-East, Angela Pitt. Help us grow the recall movement and make our government accountable!
pitt-recall.ca
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you live in Airdrie East riding you can sign the recall petition for Angela Pitt
Go to the link below to find a location
#ableg #abpoli
pitt-recall.ca
Go to the link below to find a location
#ableg #abpoli
pitt-recall.ca
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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🚨 Postdoctoral opportunities! 🚨
Hello #econsky! We are hiring 2 postdocs in the department of economics at UCalgary for those working in *electricity economics*
Term: 2 years
Pay: $80,000/yr + benefits + $10k research allowance
Start: July 2026
Details in next two posts 👇
Hello #econsky! We are hiring 2 postdocs in the department of economics at UCalgary for those working in *electricity economics*
Term: 2 years
Pay: $80,000/yr + benefits + $10k research allowance
Start: July 2026
Details in next two posts 👇
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🚨 Postdoctoral opportunities! 🚨
Hello #econsky! We are hiring 2 postdocs in the department of economics at UCalgary for those working in *electricity economics*
Term: 2 years
Pay: $80,000/yr + benefits + $10k research allowance
Start: July 2026
Details in next two posts 👇
Hello #econsky! We are hiring 2 postdocs in the department of economics at UCalgary for those working in *electricity economics*
Term: 2 years
Pay: $80,000/yr + benefits + $10k research allowance
Start: July 2026
Details in next two posts 👇
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NEW:
Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer has approved a recall petition for Grande Prairie UCP MLA Nolan Dyck.
This is the third official recall petition approved for an MLA, following Demetrios Nicolaides and Angela Pitt.
Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer has approved a recall petition for Grande Prairie UCP MLA Nolan Dyck.
This is the third official recall petition approved for an MLA, following Demetrios Nicolaides and Angela Pitt.
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
NEW:
Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer has approved a recall petition for Grande Prairie UCP MLA Nolan Dyck.
This is the third official recall petition approved for an MLA, following Demetrios Nicolaides and Angela Pitt.
Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer has approved a recall petition for Grande Prairie UCP MLA Nolan Dyck.
This is the third official recall petition approved for an MLA, following Demetrios Nicolaides and Angela Pitt.
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With the preemptive use of S. 33, Bill 9 attempts to shield 3 statutes that form a fundamental intrusion into the relationships between trans kids and their parents, doctors/medical professionals, teachers/schools, and sport communities.
We stand to assert our forceful, sustaining opposition.
We stand to assert our forceful, sustaining opposition.
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
With the preemptive use of S. 33, Bill 9 attempts to shield 3 statutes that form a fundamental intrusion into the relationships between trans kids and their parents, doctors/medical professionals, teachers/schools, and sport communities.
We stand to assert our forceful, sustaining opposition.
We stand to assert our forceful, sustaining opposition.
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Nov 20th: #RecallNathanTNeudorf's paperwork is submitted & warming up on the sidelines—he may be in the game soon! Meanwhile, #recallNicolaides and #recallPitt have the ultimate head start, already collecting signatures like it's a marathon. Popcorn ready! 🍿
#ABpoli #ABleg
#ABpoli #ABleg
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Nov 20th: #RecallNathanTNeudorf's paperwork is submitted & warming up on the sidelines—he may be in the game soon! Meanwhile, #recallNicolaides and #recallPitt have the ultimate head start, already collecting signatures like it's a marathon. Popcorn ready! 🍿
#ABpoli #ABleg
#ABpoli #ABleg
An important analysis for anyone who is wondering if the Alberta Government’s use of the notwithstanding clause was premature.
New Post: The Nuclear Option: An Update on Alberta’s Legislation Targeting Trans and Gender Diverse Youth
ablawg.ca/2025/11/19...…er-diverse-youth/
ablawg.ca/2025/11/19...…er-diverse-youth/
The Nuclear Option: An Update on Alberta’s Legislation Targeting Trans and Gender Diverse Youth
By: Jennifer Koshan Case and Bill Commented On: Egale Canada v Alberta, 2025 ABKB 394 (CanLII); Bill 9, Protecting Alberta’s Children Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, 2nd Session, 31st Legislature PD…
ablawg.ca
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
An important analysis for anyone who is wondering if the Alberta Government’s use of the notwithstanding clause was premature.
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New Post: The Nuclear Option: An Update on Alberta’s Legislation Targeting Trans and Gender Diverse Youth
ablawg.ca/2025/11/19...…er-diverse-youth/
ablawg.ca/2025/11/19...…er-diverse-youth/
The Nuclear Option: An Update on Alberta’s Legislation Targeting Trans and Gender Diverse Youth
By: Jennifer Koshan Case and Bill Commented On: Egale Canada v Alberta, 2025 ABKB 394 (CanLII); Bill 9, Protecting Alberta’s Children Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, 2nd Session, 31st Legislature PD…
ablawg.ca
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New Post: The Nuclear Option: An Update on Alberta’s Legislation Targeting Trans and Gender Diverse Youth
ablawg.ca/2025/11/19...…er-diverse-youth/
ablawg.ca/2025/11/19...…er-diverse-youth/
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The UCP has abandoned conservatism. Not just Lougheed's brand. Klein's brand, too.
The party lost its grip years ago.
It's time for conservatives in this province to speak up about it.
www.readtheline.ca/p/jared-wesl...
The party lost its grip years ago.
It's time for conservatives in this province to speak up about it.
www.readtheline.ca/p/jared-wesl...
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The UCP has abandoned conservatism. Not just Lougheed's brand. Klein's brand, too.
The party lost its grip years ago.
It's time for conservatives in this province to speak up about it.
www.readtheline.ca/p/jared-wesl...
The party lost its grip years ago.
It's time for conservatives in this province to speak up about it.
www.readtheline.ca/p/jared-wesl...
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Bill 9 is a trans rights issue.
Don't be fooled, because it's also a parental rights and bodily autonomy issue.
The UCP has no place in the living rooms and physicians offices of this province.
Don't be fooled, because it's also a parental rights and bodily autonomy issue.
The UCP has no place in the living rooms and physicians offices of this province.
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Bill 9 is a trans rights issue.
Don't be fooled, because it's also a parental rights and bodily autonomy issue.
The UCP has no place in the living rooms and physicians offices of this province.
Don't be fooled, because it's also a parental rights and bodily autonomy issue.
The UCP has no place in the living rooms and physicians offices of this province.
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I wrote about the under-appreciated hazard of landslide-triggered tsunamis, which need serious consideration in discussions of new pipelines from Alberta 🧪⚒️
@theglobeandmail.com @davidebybc.bsky.social @natural-resources.canada.ca @mark-carney.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social
@theglobeandmail.com @davidebybc.bsky.social @natural-resources.canada.ca @mark-carney.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social
New northwest pipeline risks hazard of landslide tsunamis
Major Projects Office needs to be wary in its planning for pipeline projects to tidewater
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I wrote about the under-appreciated hazard of landslide-triggered tsunamis, which need serious consideration in discussions of new pipelines from Alberta 🧪⚒️
@theglobeandmail.com @davidebybc.bsky.social @natural-resources.canada.ca @mark-carney.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social
@theglobeandmail.com @davidebybc.bsky.social @natural-resources.canada.ca @mark-carney.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social
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The 2025 fall session of the Alberta legislature will come to be known, infamously, as the Notwithstanding Session.
I hope that it will also give rise to what will be known as the Notwithstanding General Strike.
The Charter shd protect the rights of minorities not the bigotry of the majority
#abpoli
I hope that it will also give rise to what will be known as the Notwithstanding General Strike.
The Charter shd protect the rights of minorities not the bigotry of the majority
#abpoli
November 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The 2025 fall session of the Alberta legislature will come to be known, infamously, as the Notwithstanding Session.
I hope that it will also give rise to what will be known as the Notwithstanding General Strike.
The Charter shd protect the rights of minorities not the bigotry of the majority
#abpoli
I hope that it will also give rise to what will be known as the Notwithstanding General Strike.
The Charter shd protect the rights of minorities not the bigotry of the majority
#abpoli
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"Whether it’s lies about the safety of puberty blockers or the competitive impact of allowing trans women to compete in women’s sports, the stances and statements Smith is repeatedly trotting out.... are at their best misleading and at their worst outright lies."
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
xtramagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"Whether it’s lies about the safety of puberty blockers or the competitive impact of allowing trans women to compete in women’s sports, the stances and statements Smith is repeatedly trotting out.... are at their best misleading and at their worst outright lies."
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
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I had supported Guthrie to a degree up to now.
That's over. He's just less corrupt UCP. But anti-rights.
That's over. He's just less corrupt UCP. But anti-rights.
Supported by all UCP members present (36) and independents Pete Guthrie and Scott Sinclair.
Opposed by 35 NDP MLAs.
Opposed by 35 NDP MLAs.
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I had supported Guthrie to a degree up to now.
That's over. He's just less corrupt UCP. But anti-rights.
That's over. He's just less corrupt UCP. But anti-rights.