Writer/Researcher, Former journo (Torstar, Calgary Herald, FFWD)
Calgary, Alberta
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RT @SPhillipsAB: The gerrymandering is coming tomorrow, folks.
Be ready, it will be the most aggressive attempt to cheat in Canadian hist…
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YES is falling on the nine as the count progresses. Two have dipped below 50%, and only one of the options is over 55% at this point.
So the end result is going to be a very underwhelming mandate to move on these.
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RT @sherlockeditor: As usual, with Danielle Smith, watch what she does and ignore what she says. She lies well, does it often, and right to…
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"Smith welcomed the separatists, and today she’s still stuck with the party problem of her own devising. A performative referendum on her dilemma wasn’t worth $70 million. It isn’t worth 70 cents."
#ableg #abpoli
That referendum sure wasn't worth the money, the division, the political goal of holding the UCP together. It was a political hoax. Column.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid… #abreferendum #ableg #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli #abpoli
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"Ms. Smith’s plan to storm the Palace of Ottawa looks to be suffering from a distinct shortage of pitchforks."
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Albertans just spent tens of millions on a referendum Danielle Smith didn't need to hold. Now she's delivering another televised address.
ATI records reveal her government authorized up to $160,000 for media buying associated with her last address in May. That's separate from a video-production contract worth up to $205,000.
So what's tonight's address costing Alberta taxpayers? #ableg #abpoli
Albertans picked up a pencil yesterday and answered ten hard questions about our future.
That is democracy at its finest and tonight we talk about what comes next.
Join me live on CTV, Global, CityNews, Facebook, X or YouTube at 6:45pm— as we go through the referendum results, what they mean for this province, and what comes next.
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So separatism was never a threat, Nenshi was hysterical for warning about it, and Smith deserves credit for defeating it?
The same Smith who lowered the referendum threshold while worrying about separatists forming a rival party?
Apparently separatism was dangerous enough to threaten Smith's political interests, but harmless enough that Albertans should have ignored it. #abpoli #ableg
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Alberta separatists expected 40 - 60% support. They got 25%, exactly where the polls had them.
Rick Bell says they spent the entire campaign talking to themselves.
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Mom and Dad only staying together for the sake of the province:
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Jason Stephan’s two-page farewell thanks family, friends and supporters.
Apparently, the premier was cut for space. #abpoli #cdnpoli
Dear Friends,
The Alberta provincial election will be in one year. By such time, I will have served as MLA for over 8 years and I will not be seeking re-election.
Thank you to for supporting my efforts to seek freedom and prosperity for Albertans, a blessed land that we love.
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Turns out there's a political price for running the premier's office like a concierge service for conspiracy theorists and separatists.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
(Models Available To Subscribers)
Alberta Provincial Polling:
NDP: 50% (+6)
UCP: 46% (-7)
Others: 4%
Pollara / Oct 15, 2026 / n=1347 / Online
(% Change With 2023 Election)
Check out AB model details from @338Canada here: 338canada.com/alberta
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Either do mischief or journalism but not both and certainly don’t report on your own mischief and if you do then fucking own it honestly and maybe get some props for that rather than fundraising for years ($34,933! Using your kid’s drawing!)
gofundme.com/f/duncan-kinney…
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BREAKING: Duncan Kinney has pled guilty to mischief in relation to the vandalism of the bust of Roman Shukhevych outside the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex in August 2021.
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I dive into fresh polling on the Alberta referendum and model out the impact of Carney saying "no to the nine".
Turns out Danielle Smith saying "yes to the nine" might do just as much to get Albertans to vote NO.
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UCP Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen refuses to say where he stands on Alberta separation. Staffer steps in to protect him from reporter's questions. Weak. So weak.
#ableg
UCP divisions over Alberta separation question come into focus ahead of referendum ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/u…
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That all sounds impressive - and compared to the $9 billion deficit expected last year it’s an $11 billion+ swing.
So why keep cutting payments to some with disabilities by $200 a month?
#cdnpoli #abpoli
Alberta closed the books on 2025-26 with a $2.2 billion surplus and the Heritage Savings Trust Fund finished the year at a record high of more than $32 billion.
We delivered that surplus in the same year we cut personal income taxes with a new 8% bracket, the lowest in the country. That put up to $750 back in the pocket of every Albertan and up to $1,500 back with the average family.
The Heritage Fund is on track to reach $35 billion in 2027 and $250 billion by 2050. Every dollar of income stays in and compounds. That is a promise to Albertans who come next and keeping it is one of the most important things this government will ever do.
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