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Alberta doesn’t have an immigration crisis - but it surely faces an economic crisis, if the government succeeds in chasing immigrants and investors away with its racist referendum questions. In the Senate last night, I rose to denounce the scapegoating of migrants, to tell some hard truths, and to laud the economic and social value of newcomers to Alberta, especially for rural renewal. I hope you will share and boost my remarks so that more people can hear them before they vote. https://youtu.be/to7o-4rwHKQ?si=wPe22Rknr7kgu5n4 #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #Alberta #Canada #SenateofCanada #immigration

Watch: Senator Paula Simons denounces Alberta's anti-immigrant referendum questions

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@DanielPatrick@social.vivaldi.net Yes there are a lot of Canadians here, also several instances for us. If you are interested in a list of instances please ask and I will send one. Also following the #Canada or #CDNpoli hashtags will help you find us. I am past retirement age so I understand the desire to keep it simple. 1/2 more 👇
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Hoping for the ABNDP to come to the realization that taking Danielle Smith's side on this issue is not the smartest move. The idea that "we must back O&G profiteers because we live in Alberta" is not the kind of governance expected from the under-represented in Alberta. This isn't about Ottawa vs. Alberta. This is about our tax dollars being sunk into private profits at the grave expense of our national resources and environment. Danielle Smith knows that the ABNDP is pro-oil. She didn't post this because she actually believes in what the sensationalized Rebel News-inspired meme says. She posted this because she wants to divide us, knowing that the ABNDP has already taken shots at the Federal NDP, and Avi Lewis specifically, for refusing to support excessive oil extraction and for supporting green alternatives. She posted this because she wants the ABNDP to join her divisive politics against Federal bodies in solidiarty with Alberta Oil. So far, it looks like the ABNDP has taken the bait, by this comment on their repost of Danielle Smith to "prove" that they are on the side of O&G. Let's be clear, they don't need to do that. We already know (whether we agree with it or not), that they are pro-oil. We don't need them unironically repost Danielle Smith to know. Note that neither Avi Lewis nor Ottawa are against Alberta industry. This is what Avi really said: "The oil industry is unwilling to pay for this pipeline because even they know the world is moving away from fossil fuels. This project leaves Canadians bearing all the risks of a bad investment without any of the rewards. Projects that truly serve the national interest would lower costs, create good jobs, protect our environment and prepare us for the green economy of the future." #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #oil #energy #Environment #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis
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And here are the clean and beautiful words of @avilewis@mstdn.ca, so you can get that crude tarsands gunk out of your head from both Danielle Smith and the ABNDP: #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #oil #energy #Environment #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis
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Throwing billions in public money behind a pipeline at a time of climate breakdown – while sweeping aside environmental protections, meaningful Indigenous consultation and workers’ right to strike – is absolutely not in the national interest. This is just another gift to an oil industry already on track to make $100 billion in wartime profits this year alone. We pay, we take on the risk, and they reap the rewards. #canada #cdnpoli #pipeline
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The rising hate against Indigenous, gender diverse, immigrants, etc. is occurring under Liberal governance. We obviously and minimally need an inquiry into the cancelling of human rights in Alberta and Saskatchewan, but it appears the Lib-Cons aren't doing enough/anything because they are scared of losing votes from their radical new conservative wing. https://youtu.be/EhSS21ZZBxA #CdnPoli

Transgender advocates call for federal inquiry into Alta., Sask laws – September 28, 2026

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RE: https://mstdn.ca/@atomicker/117351593256055110 “This is not what people wanted when they put Prime Minister Carney in power. … We all live the realities of the trade war that we’re having with the U.S. and the Trump politics shaking things around the geopolitical world, but at the same time, we need to lean into what makes Canada Canada.” #Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #NoPipelines #ClimateCrisis #Ecocide #BillC39
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"Bill C-39 dismantles Canada’s environmental policy 'beyond anything we’ve ever seen,' say climate groups": "The package of changes to environmental law over the last year-and-a-half … since this government first tabled the Building Canada Act has truly been like beyond anything we’ve ever seen (…). What, essentially, they have done is created the power to avoid federal environmental standards for any project." https://www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/27/bill-c-39-dismantles-canadas-environmental-policy-beyond-anything-weve-ever-seen-warn-climate-groups/519514/ #Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #NoPipelines #ClimateCrisis #Ecocide #BillC39
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"Bill C-39 dismantles Canada’s environmental policy 'beyond anything we’ve ever seen,' say climate groups": "The package of changes to environmental law over the last year-and-a-half … since this government first tabled the Building Canada Act has truly been like beyond anything we’ve ever seen (…). What, essentially, they have done is created the power to avoid federal environmental standards for any project." https://www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/27/bill-c-39-dismantles-canadas-environmental-policy-beyond-anything-weve-ever-seen-warn-climate-groups/519514/ #Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #NoPipelines #ClimateCrisis #Ecocide #BillC39
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"… in the face of clear evidence of current harm and the substantial likelihood of growing harm in the future, the prudent thing to do would be to reduce fossil fuel use as rapidly and as soon as possible. To fail to do so, and indeed to support fossil fuel expansion through continuing subsidies, weakening of regulations and ongoing private and public investment amounts to reckless disregard." "Clearly the expansionary actions of the fossil fuel industry, governments and private and public sector investors, in Canada and around the world, amount to ecocide." https://www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/24/fossil-fuel-expansion-is-ecocide-a-crime-against-nature-and-humanity/519219/ #Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #NoPipelines #ClimateCrisis #Ecocide #BillC39
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Canada, Following the Rules, Agreements, borrowing Europe's better ideas <- we're supposed to be good at this? Instead of privatize airports to build Canada, make affordable housing public. Follow Finland's Munifin and subsidize/ guarantee housing finance. No shortage of demand in Canada. Make financing housing less risky than privatizing airports and building pipelines. Follow Austria and Vienna's housing association legislation Have municipalities, worker organizations, and business groups ... collaborate to create affordable housing associations that each benefit from, with solid legislation to prevent compromise and abuse. But Canada's wealthy and well-financed for-profit housing industry will complain loudly and effectively.. “A non-profit housing system in Austria costs taxpayer money but it is a good investment. It reduces the amounts needed for household subsidies, shifts resources from high-income landlords to more construction and economy-wide consumption, it is a net gain for the economy,” #cdnpoli https://www.housingeurope.eu/new-research-from-austria-demonstrates-that-not-for-profit-housing-can-tame-the-housing-market/ https://www.kuntarahoitus.fi/en/who-we-finance/affordable-social-housing https://www.housinginternational.coop/members/osterreichischer-verband-gemeinnutziger-bauvereinigungen-revisionsverband-austrian-federation/
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With so (so) much talk about Alberta separatism. But what about a counter factual? Suppose Rupert’s Land had never joined Canada in the first place? I explored that idea in this essay 8 years ago. It seems apt to share it again here - as we prepare for Truth and Reconciliation Day. It offers a useful reminder that Alberta didn’t enter Confederation the way that BC or Newfoundland or PEI did, and that our history is radically different than the Upper/Lower Canada paradigm. But I don’t think my counter factual musings would resonate with our current crop of separatists! https://ecf.ca/news/to-revive-and-not-revise/ #yeg #Edmonton #Alberta #Canada #abpoli #cdnpoli
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National Day: Fulfilling a Call to Action The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation became a federal statutory holiday on June 3, 2021, with Bill C-5. This directly fulfills Call to Action #80 from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, which urged the government to create a day to honour Survivors, their families, and communities. #Canada #NDTR #CdnPoli #Reconciliation 🇨🇦 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_for_Truth_and_Reconciliation
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