Another sad dimension to Alberta's "new advantage": the weakest real wage performance of any province, in 2024 and for the last decade. See our full Centre for Future Work (Canada) report on Alberta's Wage Disadvantage at centreforfuturework.ca/wp-content/upl…. #abpoli Alberta Federation of Labour

Ousted UCP MLA Accuses Premier’s Husband of Secret Lobbying. A fiery exchange in the legislature raises questions about David Moretta’s role in rail project discussions. thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/1…

Opinion: Danielle Smith is against forest fires, but she’ll leave this lighter right here theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

He saw the light when they dumped him.

Dear Mark Carney, the EU-Canada story is one of friendship, trust and standing side by side. I look forward to writing its next chapter with deeper cooperation on trade, investment and defence. See you in Canada for the G7 Summit and welcome you later in June in Brussels ↓

Don't often agree with Braid but clearly he's right. This thing is going to be brutal and when its over Alberta's political polarization will be worse.

/ Pete Hoekstra suggested he didn't blame them for running the campaign they did. Says in politics, you find a winning issue, you run with it. But says there was no pushback. Cut to the newsroom: Anchor and guest are like, um, were Canadian parties supposed to ignore the POTUS

5 yrs ago when my daughter was in grade 6 she wanted to read the graphic novel Maus in her school library. I had to sign a permission form because it was about the Holocaust. The schools are already policing age appropriate material. This has always been about rage farming.

A frustrated former Lethbridge mayor Chris Spearman challenges Premier Danielle Smith at a raucous UCP townhall on coal mining. “Could you commit to us as quickly as you did to the separatists that you would hold a referendum on coal mining in Alberta and abide by the results.”

It was useful in Russia to see how many of Umberto Eco's "features of fascism" were happening under Putin. I never thought I'd be applying it to the USA, but instead of calling Trump names, go down the list and try it yourself.

Congratulations, Canada 🇨🇦 — well deserved! Top 10 Most Educated OECD Countries in 2024 (% of adults aged 25-64 with tertiary education) 1. 🇨🇦 Canada - 63.3% 2. 🇯🇵 Japan - 56% 3. 🇮🇪 Ireland - 55.3% 4. 🇰🇷 South Korea - 54.5% 5. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - 51.3% 6. 🇦🇺 Australia -

American have paid tariffs worth $100 billion for the first time in a fiscal year. reuters.com/business/trump…

1/ Brilliant essay by David Autor & Gordon Hanson on how to respond to China Shock 2.0 instead of creating policy for China Shock 1.0 which is now long past. ASPI reported that US led China in 60 of 64 frontier technologies, such as AI & cryptography, btwn 2003-2007,

Thing is, the municipalities are the responsibility of the province. The hard questions need to directed to Edmonton.

“School boards will now require proof that a kid was female at birth, if someone suspects and reports that child is trans.” Students, if you’re asked what was your gender at birth, say “I don’t remember”. No one needs to answer that question. #ableg calgaryherald.com/opinion/column…

What To Do When Terrible People Die The brilliant Brittlestar doesn't mention Charlie Kirk in this wonderful column, but I'm pretty sure that's who he was really thinking of when he wrote it. It's who I was thinking of when I read it. brittlestar.com/p/what-to-do-w…

Today, there are 105 #ForeverCanadian petition signing locations across Alberta. Please, take a minute to sign the petition. Your signature is important. Show that you expect politicians to focus on real issues, like building our economy and unity. forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-petit…

The paranoid style in Canadian politics.

Up Next on #YourMoney #TheFinancialShow , BDO Debt Solutions #LicensedInsolvencyTrustee Nancy Snedden is discussing the @policyalternatives 2025 Living Wages Report with @russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) MUN PoliticalScience , Lauren Holwell CreditCounselling NL , & Lesley Burgess Bridges to Hope policyalternatives.ca/news-research/…

Looks like Ikea is about to get a lot more expensive for Americans.