Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Carl Meyer explains how the Carney Libs are looking to push resource extraction at the expense of social and environmental realities to an…
Danielle Smith
If Danielle Smith were smart, she’d treat court ruling quashing separatist petition as a political get-out-of-jail-free card
If Alberta Premier Danielle Smith were smart, she’d treat yesterday’s Court of King’s Bench ruling quashing Elections Alberta’s approval of the Stay Free Alberta/Alberta Prosperity Project petition for a separation…
Danielle Smith – the public face of foreign interference in Canada – gets Canadian security clearance
Danielle Smith, who is basically the public face of foreign interference in Canada, has been given a Canadian “Top Secret” security clearance, her press secretary said on Thursday. According to…
Queen Danielle knows what is best for us
Cast your mind back, dear readers, to a simpler time. And by that I mean 2021. The UCP government of Jason Kenney (who would have thought then that we’d look…
Danielle Smith launches tax-funded propaganda blitz to pump fall referendum drive
What we do know is that the United Conservative Party Government led by Premier Danielle Smith yesterday launched a propaganda blitz that will use all Albertans’ tax contributions to persuade…
UCP bulls ahead with scheme to dump bi-partisan electoral boundaries report and cook up a friendlier riding map
Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government isn’t even trying to fake it any more. They bulled ahead in the Legislature yesterday with a scheme to dump the report of the Electoral…
Dani the Decider has decided and you’re getting permanent daylight savings time whether you like it or not!
“Albertans have very strong opinions about daylight saving time and the results of the referendum show that, right now, Albertans prefer to continue changing their clocks,” Nate Glubish, then the…
So long Viktor Orbán! The times, they are a changin’ … but can Wild Rose MAGA buck the trend?
So long, Viktor Orbán! Looks like almost nobody was sorry to see Mr. Orbán sent packing by voters yesterday, least of all in Hungary where he spent the previous 16…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Zohra Ahmed warns that the Trump regime is now looking to impose guilt by solidarity on anybody with the slightest connection to social justice…
Your Easter read: Danielle Smith is set to head to Red Deer-a-Lago for ‘Premier’s Annual Christian Summit’
Perhaps you’ve seen advertisements on social media for “The Premier’s Annual Christian Summit” on May 4 in Red Deer and wondered, What the Hell? If so, you’re not alone. Alberta…
Smith Attempting To Rule By Decree
Under Danielle Smith, Alberta is rapidly being transformed into a place where there are no guardrails on the exercise of power. In this sitting of the legislature, the government has…
Now She Wants To Amend The Constitution
So, having had her public temper tantrum over appointing judges, Smith now wants to amend the Constitution so that the decision about who gets to sit as a judge is…
You did taw a puddy tat! But what it was made of is officially now debatable
Fairness requires that I inform readers that Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government has now come up with official talking points about that controversial golden puddy tat, said to have been…
In Session: Danielle Smith charms rural leaders as secret Saudi side trip raises questions about loose ethics rules
This is the third in a series of Daveberta Podcast episodes I’m calling Daveberta In Session. In these short episodes available to paid subscribers, I’ll sharing a few key things…
With the cat out of the bag, Danielle Smith’s alleged gifts from foreign governments prompt sharp questions
As was famously said by the renowned expert on domestic safety and social order, Tweety Bird: “I tawt I taw a puddy tat!” And this is not just any puddy…
Danielle Smith sure doesn’t look like a suitable person to be privy to Canadian state secrets
When Premier Danielle Smith revealed Wednesday during Question Period in the Alberta Legislature that she is seeking national security clearance from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, she put Canada’s spy…
In Session: First Nations Chiefs hit back against Alberta separatism
Challenging Danielle Smith at the Legislature to meeting King Charles III in London. It was a big week. This is the second in a series of Daveberta Podcast episodes I’m…
In Session: Jeromy Farkas pushes back against Danielle Smith’s provincial property tax hikes — compares it to equalization
The Daveberta Podcast is back In SessionYou’ve probably noticed I haven’t recorded an episode of the Daveberta Podcast in a while — so if you were missing listening to it,…
Is the Alberta Prosperity Project having trouble finding enough Albertans willing to sign its separation petition?
Is the Alberta Prosperity Project having trouble finding enough Albertans willing to sign its Citizen Initiative Act petition to gets its separation referendum on the ballot next fall? One has…