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WHO CHECKS GOVERNMENT POWER?
Alberta’s Bill 14 deserves renewed attention—and a response from Ottawa.
Passed in December 2025, the Justice Statutes Amendment Act removed important safeguards from Alberta’s citizen initiative process, including:
• The requirement that initiative proposals not contravene specified Charter and Aboriginal and treaty rights provisions.
• The Chief Electoral Officer’s power to refer questions to a court.
It also provided for the termination of pending proceedings under that referral process.
These changes did not remove the Constitution. They removed safeguards designed to test proposals against it.
In the separation-reference case, Justice Feasby criticized legislation intended to circumvent an independent electoral officer’s valid court process. That should concern us regardless of how we vote.
I believe Ottawa should pursue disallowance—the exceptional constitutional power to annul a provincial Act. Concerns about provoking a constitutional confrontation deserve consideration. So does the danger of allowing independent safeguards to be steadily weakened.
Avoiding confrontation is not the same as protecting constitutional stability.
Write to Justice Minister Sean Fraser at [email protected]. Ask him to recommend disallowance of Bill 14 and confirm the applicable deadline. The one-year window runs from federal receipt of the authentic Act; the exact date needs confirmation.
Would you accept these changes from a government you oppose?
Please share—and consider sending your own brief, respectful email.
#Alberta #Bill14 #RuleOfLaw
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Leadership
Richard B🇨🇦 retweeted
Holy shit.
Dutch intelligence has uncovered Jared Kushner’s role as a Mossad agent.
Richard B🇨🇦 retweeted
LIVE NOW: Lula supporters take to the streets to celebrate a MAJOR WIN over Trump puppet Flávio Bolsonaro youtube.com/live/3o3FgoIEL2w…
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A Storm in a Teacup: Why U.S. Election Blame Won't Shock Canada -
According to insights from political strategist Scotty Greenwood and former Canadian Consul General Tom Clark, U.S. officials are boisterously claiming that Canada is meddling in their midterm elections.
lol..ok, bud..
Let’s be entirely honest: Canadians see exactly what is happening here.
This whole situation is bound to amount to absolutely NOTHING but a regular cycle of hot air, dramatic political posturing, and massive, exaggerated headlines designed to stir up cheap drama.
It's a classic case of pointing fingers whenever local politics get a little too complicated or uncomfortable at home.
And believe me, the Republicans are REALLY uncomfortable right now.
Even IF American politicians decide to throw a few policy curveballs or trade threats our way, they are VASTLY underestimating the country north of them.
Canadians are WAY more than resilient enough to handle a little political weather; we will firmly push back, leaving Washington wishing they hadn't started this shit show.
🇨🇦 Canada remains comfortably in control of its OWN destiny, watching the meltdown unfold with polite amusement.
While some Americans like Trump try to recapture the spotlight with aggressive rhetoric, they are looking less like a political powerhouse and more like a fizzling spark on a rapidly changing political map.
Go ahead and spark your headlines, Purple Hand, we will just keep quietly running the show, pal.
You MAGA trash might want to turn down your Toby Keith Spotify playlists and learn some respect. 😌
#canpoli
#cdnpoly
#Canada
#MAGA
#TCOT
#Republicans
Richard B🇨🇦 retweeted
Smith is evidently incapable of being honest. Albertans, we must start holding the UCP to account.
Richard B🇨🇦 retweeted
Populism is designed to stir hate and division.
They have an agenda...they do not accept those who are different.
They believe they are morally right and will ignore laws to push their beliefs.
Attacking children is always troubling and shows how truly morally bankrupt populist are.
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Replying to @IConcedeToNoOne @TheManagersBox
The underlying motive is for this government to yet again appease a small but vocal segment of their base (the fanatical home schooled evangicals) who are vocal and carry weight in rural Alberta and with the UCP.
This party is damaging the people and the future of Alberta.
Richard B🇨🇦 retweeted
Fixed it for you Elon.
What's actually going on in the United States is a massive incentive difference between the elites and the people.
The former have grown very rich at the expense of hard working Americans.
Richard B🇨🇦 retweeted
Because @ABDanielleSmith @UCPCaucus don’t believe in the science. They believe that they are smarter than the most preeminent immunologists in the world.
We don’t need vaccines…Smith swore by Ivermectin.
They kill Albertans & overwhelmingly our ERs, this is who leads us.
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This is a good statement by Carney.
Meanwhile, the RW Influencers and Maple MAGA are fully ignoring, or even celebrating this support and assistance of a murderous dictator resulting in deaths of Ukrainians...
Sick.
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Please sign, and share.
Good morning, #Canada 🇨🇦☕️🫖🍻
It's Oct. 24th, and the Give Hoekstra the Heave-Ho petition has
281,055 signatures
Want to add yours ?
Click the link, fill in your info and then look for the confirmation Email in your inbox.
And Carpe diem
ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/P…
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Albertans need an #ElectionNOW not in a year when Smith has had time to generate other distractions that cloud people’s memories of the monumental fiasco of this referendum.
#CallAnElectionNOWDanielleSmith
#130MILLIONWASTED
Replying to @SpeakUp407 @ABDanielleSmith
Yes, she’s just so accommodating to the wants and needs of Albertans - and now will position herself as representing the majority that want to stay in Canada.
Richard B🇨🇦 retweeted
More Albertans voted for the Liberals in the last federal election than voted for the separatist option in the referendum. Can we now PLEASE stop pretending that separatists speak for all Albertans?
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You can’t see how Indian doctors, nurses, engineers, tradespeople, entrepreneurs and taxpayers contribute to Canada?
That’s quite an admission.
Criticize immigration policy all you want.
You seem to be confusing government policy failures with your “valuing’ people based on where they were born.
That isn’t economic analysis.
@HCI_Ottawa @ICHA32383904 @chcconline @ISCyyc @CIWA_yyc @AHS_media @CanadianPM @Indo_Can_Human
Trump calls Canada's ties with the EU a "hostile act" while waging a trade war and threatening our sovereignty.
Real hostility is demanding loyalty while undermining our independence.
Canada needs stronger global partnerships and less reliance on the U.S.
We owe them nothing.
We owe the U.S. no loyalty while Trump treats our country like the enemy.
Canada has every right to choose who we do business with.
We don’t need anyone’s permission to build a stronger, more independent future. 🇨🇦 cultmtl.com/2026/10/trump-co…
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Jamil Jivani went to the United States and literally insulted and mocked Canadians.
Today, he's telling us he speaks for Canadians.
No, you don't.
Not at all.
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Populist break down.
Rinse. Repeat.
NEXT!...
8TH Generation coming up...
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Elections Alberta has been clear: the successful “Alberta Forever Canada” petition was a policy proposal only. It did not seek a constitutional amendment or new legislation, and the proponent does not control what happens next. #FactsMatter
That distinction matters. Hundreds of thousands of Albertans signed to affirm that the province should remain in Canada—not to force a multi-question referendum. Yet the government has repeatedly framed the vote (estimated at $70–130 million) as the necessary public response to these petitions.
A policy proposal can be handled in the legislature. Treating it instead as justification for an expensive, province-wide opinion poll is a choice—and one that misrepresents both the petition’s design and the clear intent of its organizers and signatories. Albertans deserve straight answers about why this particular process and price tag were required.
🇨🇦 #ForeverCanadian 🇨🇦
Richard B🇨🇦 retweeted
You lie @ABDanielleSmith
Elections Alberta proved that you lied, that you are a liar.
Are you going to keep lying about @LukaszukAB?





































