Ryan Pollard

Congratulations to President Lula and the people of Brazil! Brazilians have chosen democracy, social justice and a future that rejects the far right. This is a powerful reminder that progressives can win when we fight for working people, stand up for our values and never give up hope.

Steve makes a good point and I 100% agree. I suppose it's useful to some others to allow Alberta to be the sin-eater for the rest of the country 🤷‍♂️

I’m hearing from friends in Alberta that today is actually hitting folks pretty hard. Not the vote to remain, which was a relief, but the other 9 questions.

what's particularly galling about the calls to coddle and take the infantile demands of separatists seriously with "dialogue," there will be no such calls to listen to the people who voted in much larger numbers against racist policies in the other questions

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Awful results in Alberta, where voters had the literacy to vote overwhelmingly against separation but not to toss out the 5 racist immigration red herrings, which now get weaponized by provinces, police, & the feds to crack down even harder. www.jurist.org/commentary/2...

that's like ... PEI levels of turnout

Early results coming in. Albertans should be incandescent with rage at Smith for putting the province and the country through this at huge cost. The cost is far more than 130 M dollars when you include the investment driven away and the damage to the fabric of the country and province. F*ck her.

Meanwhile, the other referendum questions are a disgrace….stacked questions and total scapegoating of immigrants…#Alberta

All people doing dunks after seeing the question 10 results might want to look at results from questions one through five.

I guess the separatists can celebrate one important victory: total capture of the CBC

This is what I tell people from outside of Alberta: you notice how these people have failed after all this time to produce a single presentable standard-bearer? It’s because they have nobody presentable—this is not a broad-based movement. It is a congregation of our most egregious kooks.

"say 'legitimate grievances' one more time, CBC"

CBC panel in agreement: the result doesn't matter, we're going to keep the dream of separatism alive

lmfao

What a grotesque waste of time and resources. If anyone actually respected Indigenous rights they could have saved millions of dollars and laughed this clown show out of government

Someone owes Albertans $130M for this theatrical waste of taxpayers money

Get absolutely fucked separatists Glad we can put this in the trash finally

I understand that they need to talk to supporters on both sides of the separatist issue because otherwise Pierre Poilievre and his five supporters will January 6th the CBC building, but the lack of pushback on separatists' arguments as to why poor lil Alberta deserves righteous justice is maddening

...But sure, CBC will interview three separatists at length while we wait forever for hand-counts and the Premier hides, because no harm will come of amplifying their rhetoric beyond the usual maple-MAGA echo chambers, right? This is the stupidest damned day.

Most of the coverage tonight has been a relitigation of Alberta’s grievances. Talking to separatists whining about Trudeau, panelists whining about Trudeau…and nobody ever really trying to introduce facts to their feelings. Pathetic.

Thank you Edmonton for showing up for Canada! 🍁 🇨🇦

thinking about how there used to be a lot of places I could go and just expect to see people I knew and could just visit/hangout with them. I actually do have a place like that now again (the courthouse cafeteria)

Oyster fishing is a way of life on PEI, but disease is threatening to wipe out the sector that has sustained communities here for generations. In an unstable world, we need to protect Canada's industries. I spoke with fishers in Charlottetown to learn what the federal government can do to help.

fascinating. people like this don't really exist anymore, like a real-life John Le Carré character

in my taxi driving days, this was the bar where I was most likely to get some who pissed their pants, would try and fight me, or throw up in my cab

MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing

It was a pleasure to speak at ABmunis today and connect with municipal leaders from across Alberta. Over the last seven years, the UCP government has placed an unsustainable burden on our local governments.

One of two signs spotted today in Leduc, Alberta at the side of major roadways in this city and placed by the group, Let Alberta Decide. Are you really doing that (letting Albertans decide that is) when your sign promotes a particular choice to the separation referendum question 🤔?

this is a first for me: two volume Criminal Code

I don't post a lot on here and furthermore don't do a lot of personal stuff but my friend of 40+ years and I did the Rockwall Trail in Kootenay this week and it was a very good experience.

I went to the Vernon Cadet Training Centre as a kid. I also know the woman on the right. we volunteered with kids together, she is a model citizen. this shit is sickening.

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"In ~2 weeks, PM Carney [invites superrich people] to Toronto…to…auction off public resources&infra, and finance destructive megaprojects like weapons factories,AI data centers,&toxic pipelines… 8th Fire Rising & Council of Canadians resistance concert Sept 12-13. Register www.manyvsmoneysummit.ca

Poster drawn for this Many vs the Money counter-summit www.manyvsmoneysummit.ca

a film my father made, "A Wake For Milton," was recently added on the NFB website www.nfb.ca/film/a-wake-...

Exciting news, I just got hit with my lawyer's bill for $9k (that's on top of the $5k retainer)... I've upped this fundraiser to $15k since I know she'll have to work more on stuff. Please share and thank you if you've donated/shared already! Link below:

“In other words, had the premier not intervened to boost the separatist effort, it would have failed by a considerable margin.” ca.news.yahoo.com/breakenridge...

Citizens throughout Alberta are uniting against separatism and organizing for a better country. Here are some campaigns that have started and are advocating for a united Canada. List: unitedfor.ca/list/ #UnitedForCanada #ableg #abpoli

@avilewis.ca Back in the early 1980s, my dad and the late Stephen Lewis when he visited PEI. This incredible snapshot serves as a reminder that grassroots community building, where everyone is included, shines as a beacon of hope.

the Government of Canada's latest transparent attempt to manufacture consent for AI