Agree with every sentence and sentiment below.

New Democrats need to pay close attention to this dynamic. NDP voters decamped for different reasons - Trump, fear of Poilievre & strategic voting drove white collar voters to the Liberals, while change & affordability concerns drew blue collar voters to the Conservatives.

Spot on.

Bill 210 was a simple, no-cost way to make sure that when Albertans leave a tip, it actually goes to the workers who earned it—not owners or managers.

People didn’t forget. This was a political agenda to usurp medical expertise to consolidate government power and appease cronies. This was active suppression of known public health policy. This was ignoring the smoke until the fire was at our doorsteps.

Ten years ago today, Alberta's NDP swept to power. But I've been thinking a little more about the future of the federal NDP lately. On Substack, I've published a behind-closed-doors speech I gave to the federal NDP caucus in April 2016. shannonphillips.substack.com/p/the-failure-…

Alberta’s provincial election will be held by mid-2026. The UCP will manufacture disagreements with Ottawa and off they’ll go. That’s what I just heard from Danielle Smith. This wasn’t a Premier’s Televised Address so much as it was a starting gun for Alberta NDP and Naheed Nenshi.

This what we in the labour movement call bargaining in bad faith. Smith sets out demands that she knows will be unacceptable to the rest of the country, then threatens Alberta separation if those demands are not met. She is deliberately courting confrontation. #ableg #cdnpoli

Now seems like a good opportunity to re-up this thread. What has Canada ever done for Alberta? A lot, actually.

To Canadians outside Alberta commenting on the Alberta Separatist movement: Remember that (based on polling) 80% of Albertans do not favour a future as an independent country. Read past the headlines. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

"So, I want to thank you, Danielle Smith. Why? Because today we stand united, we're not going anywhere... if you have problems with first nations, you can leave." Piikani First Nation Chief Troy Knowlton does not mince words on Bill 54 and a lack of Indigenous consulation.

West of Centre with Kathleen Petty - Danielle Smith walks a fine line between staying and splitting Brad Tennant Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 and Doug Firby. #abpoli #cdnpoli cbc.ca/listen/cbc-pod…

Repeat after me, “I love Canada. I am not a separatist.” Simple. gx94radio.com/2025/05/09/sas…

The Environmental Assessment for the CGL pipeline took 2 years. In total, it took 3 years for permits to be issued. It was 3.5 years AFTER permits were issued before the partnership reached FID on phase 1 of LNG Canada.

It's good that Jason Kenney is speaking out against Alberta separatism. But we should be clear that he was the one who helped pile up a lot of the kindling of grievance and victimhood that's now being set ablaze by his successor and the party he created. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

The Calgary Herald still running this without a note explaining that the Northern Gateway consortium itself ruled out a pipeline to Prince Rupert because it was not safe. They pursued Kitimat instead on that basis.

Highly unusual, to say the least

The politics of endless grievance is the reason we’re in the morass of separatist nonsense we’re in.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: "Russia is at an enormous pace reconstituting itself. They are producing at this moment, ammunition at a level which has not been seen in recent decades. They produce four times as much ammunition as the whole of NATO is producing as we speak.