Reposting this when people may have more time to listen but also because it is a masterful display of rhetoric by Senator Paula Simons

If those of you in other provinces ever wonder how Alberta ended up in the situation it now faces, this post is authored by one of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's most trusted advisors.

From Dec. 2025 podcast Jeffrey Rath: We've moved from introductory meetings to high-level policy discussions about communication plans. Suffice it to say, those plans are being made. I don't want to comment further, but people will see the communication as it rolls out.

Just found this on my hard drive. What was Jason Lavigne on about the meetings in Washington being nothing burgers? Also, Jeff Rath can't keep his story straight.

Financial Times in January verified Jeff Rath, Dennis Modry and Mitch Sylvestre met with American officials in Washington. For months before that, they boasted about it. Did Danielle Smith, her cabinet ministers or senior staff ever openly condemn Rath et al before the Globe's most recent story?

Calgary's mayor understands political messaging.

In overruling Edmonton's elected council, Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams actually said that those who supported the bylaw were "unAlbertan and UnCanadian." The hypocrisy of Danielle Smith complaining about federal overreach at the news conference was next level.

Not the odds, but the stakes. That's my shorthand for the organizing principle we most need in election coverage. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for American democracy. Not the odds, but the stakes. Sep. 11, 2023

Paul Godfrey alleges in court filing that Ford's chief of staff essentially said Godfrey's son's company wouldn't get a big government contract unless PostMedia ran an op ed by Ford in advance of the election call and PostMedia ran the op ed.

In Edmonton to recieve the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial scholarship for my work in sociology at the University of Alberta. This is one of the most prestigious awards given to doctoral students in the country. Thank you to everyone who has been along for the ride!

Also, the preamble to Canada's charter is effectively ornamental. The Supreme Court has broadly recognized Canada is secular and multicultural

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