A typical bike-riding leftist urbanite who also happens to be a hockey-crazy Western Canadian.

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  • This is purely for the hype-fuelling optics. Danielle Smith is currently in the process of whoring our province out to AI datacenter developers, so we all have to make a big show of pretending that AI shit don’t stink. Who cares if getting an LLM to write legislation is the literal antithesis of democracy. Here in Alberta, if we catch sight of an ecologically abusive industry that’s doomed by its sheer fundamental unsustainability and hated by every person in the country, of course we’re going to try and lure it home.

    And these fucking UCP stooges wonder why they’re getting recall petition’d.








  • I pretty much despise Doug Ford and everything he’s ever done politically, but his opinions on Tump are actually exquisite. As Canada’s most preeminent asshole, he’s final|y discovered a way to use his abilities for good and I fully support him in this capacity. That Reagan ad was chef’s kiss. Keep it up, Doug!

    Meanwhile, Carney continues to waste his effort trying to negotiate with a cheat and a liar. Trump has proven time and time again that he is incapable of upholding his end of the bargain. I appreciate the Canadian values Carney is espousing by de-escalating the conflict and showing an astounding level of patience and charity towards someone who doesn’t deserve it, but it’s completely lost on Trump. He’s irredeemable.





  • The problem is that it’s mostly used as a hamfisted way for awful governments to overrule the judicial branch.

    Let’s say for example the premier of Alberta wants to arrest people for making fun of her on the internet. That pretty clearly violates the charter – but she has enough support in the legislature to pass the bill. The courts can then review the bill and say “hey, we noticed this bill is an emphatic middle finger to the charter of rights & freedoms, we’re gonna strike it down,” to which the premier can respond “um, I don’t remember asking you, because this bill operates notwithstanding any dusty old documents cooked up by the Laurentian elite.”

    And that’s a perfectly legitimate action under Canadian law.