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Progressive Albertan. Prairie girl who loves 🏔️, 🏕️, 🥾, ⛷️, ⛳️, 📚 and 🇨🇦. Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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I'm not going to call them out by name, but I've seen some progressive voices I respect making the argument that TMX is somehow "losing money" and/or failing to narrow the WTI/WCS differential. The facts beg to differ. Let's hear them out. 🧵

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

Awwwso sweet to beg us Cdns to come visit. No

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Big debate in YYC group this morning. Do pedestrians *always* have the RoW? If you plow someone down crossing against the light, can you make them pay for your car damages? Imagine posting this, earnestly.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Danielle Smith gov't fought for 2yrs to not release its Alberta pension plan survey results. It's finally out. Only 10% of people expressed support, 63% said don't. by Ed Journal's @matthewblack.ca ack , at long last. edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

submitted 8 days ago • 41 comments

“Calgary, Canada, had the largest drop, down to No. 18 from No. 5. Worsening healthcare concerns & instability forced Canada's third-largest city from the top 10.” Huh. So gutting health care & enboldening separatism has consequences. #abpoli #cdnpoli www.businessinsider.com/world-best-c...

submitted 9 days ago • 21 comments

Jesus. The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...

submitted 12 days ago • 494 comments

Alberta folks - if you aren’t a separatist, it’s time to get started on organizing to counter those who are. This is the second event that I’ve been made aware of today alone. The separatists are organizing. In the absence of ‘stay’ voices, they will seem loud & appealing to disgruntled peeps

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Happy #caturday From this tub of grump! That I love dearly

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Will California start talking separation next?

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth

submitted 23 days ago • 348 comments

Richard Wagamese had a difficult upbringing but he persevered and turned to the written word. He became one of Canada's most celebrated writers, and his books are beloved by Canadians coast-to-coast. This is the story of Richard Wagamese. 🧵1/12

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

The party of FiScAl ReSpOnSiBiLiTy

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Albertans have good reason to be angry: their real wages are down 10%, their minimum wage is frozen, their inflation is worst in Canada, their health care's at risk. None of that was caused by the rest of Canada. My take in today's @TorontoStar: www.thestar.com/business/opi.... #cdnecon

submitted 33 days ago • 22 comments

Minister of Education and Childcare Pretty telling.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

This is the hardest I’ve ever been owned online

submitted 42 days ago • 822 comments

The report shows this was a government-wide, systemic refusal to process FOIP requests. It's a damning indictment of the UCP's extreme culture of secrecy. And the UCP is further reducing FOIP access, which is yet another red flag re: growing authoritarianism. oipc.ab.ca/information-...

submitted 48 days ago • 6 comments

What the hell was that? #daniellesmith #alberta #whackadoodles Full video link ⬆️ in bio

submitted 52 days ago • 7 comments

💯 🧵

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