Private pay won’t fix this.

edmontonjournal.com/news/loc… Minister's office: "Four separate reviews... to understand what happened and identify where improvements are needed" = bureaucratic BS! Frontline Emerg docs have been telling them for years: move sick admitted pts out of the ED within 8HRs max.

Very bad news for separatists

Hard pivot from her usual message about Alberta’s economic health Separatist leader now says wasn’t her who made your life harder, it was immigrants They raised car insurance and electricity bills, started private healthcare, didn’t protect rents Send her a message on Monday!

This is such revisionist nonsense. Back when I was at the federal cabinet retreat pleading with them to get the international student situation under control (and getting called a racist for my efforts), Alberta was in the media asking for the population to grow *faster*.

#ableg The total cost of Smith’s Separatist referendum is $200 million That SHOULD have paid for: 🏥 20 Urgent Care Clinics 🌀 40 MRI Machine Labs 👩‍⚕️ 500 Family Doctors 🎗️ 8,000 Cancer Treatments 🩺 1,000,000 Mammograms Smith chose her separatist UCP pals over saving lives

While Canada overwhelmingly voted for a highly educated over achiever for their Prime Minister, Alberta separatists are pinning their hopes on these guys. One of them likely headed to prison for embezzlement.

Nothing beats a good Alberta burger with good Albertan company! Great to stop by Peters’ Drive-In in Red Deer, a longtime local favourite and a true Alberta classic.

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Folks inside the Premier's office would have you believe these nine questions exist because "federal policy created much of the anger." They'd have you believe telling Albertans to vote no is "tone-deaf" and that it's time to "read the room." So let's read the room, with the facts. These nine questions were not written in Ottawa. They were written in the Premier's office. These are not citizen led. On immigration levels, in 2024, our government wrote to Ottawa asking to double Alberta's provincial nominee allotment to 20,000 a year, plus 10,000 more. We are spending $4 million of Albertans' money on ads promoting these questions, while the leadership says what a yes actually means will be decided later. I’m not comfortable with that. Alberta's frustrations with Ottawa are starting to be addressed. We have worked hard as a province and we should be so proud and we certainly deserve to be heard. But pretending the Premier's office had nothing to do with how we got to this referendum is not listening either. Albertans will make the call. They deserve the whole record. #ableg #cdnpoli

1 million votes cast in Alberta’s referendum ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…

815k have already voted in the Alberta separation referendum. edmontonjournal.com/news/loc…

I went to my advance polling station last night in #yeg and there was no lineup at all. I was in and out in 10 minutes. So there is no excuse not to vote, Edmontonians. Don't let apathy sink our province into the hands of the separatists. edmontonjournal.com/news/all…

Dear Minister McDougall, Thank you for setting out your positions on the October 19 referendum so openly. I agree that reasonable people can disagree. I also appreciate your clear and consistent commitment to Alberta remaining in Canada. I want to respectfully raise a concern about how the immigration questions are described in your letter. Question 1 You describe Question 1 as being about “who should have a greater voice,” not whether immigration is good or bad. But the ballot states that the purpose of increased control is “decreasing immigration to more sustainable levels.” A yes vote endorses lower immigration, not only a stronger provincial role. Many Albertans who support a stronger provincial voice may not support that goal. The question also combines three separate proposals: reducing immigration, prioritizing economic migration, and giving “Albertans” first priority for jobs. Voters cannot support one while rejecting another. Key terms are undefined, including “increased control,” “sustainable levels,” and even “Albertans.” As the Canadian Bar Association’s Alberta branch notes, an “Albertans first” hiring preference could affect the Charter mobility rights of Canadians moving here from other provinces. Those are the same people our “Alberta is Calling” campaign invited. Immigration to Alberta is also already falling sharply under federal cuts. Meanwhile, our own government continues to ask Ottawa for more nominee spaces. I can’t see how a single yes vote resolves those contradictions. Questions 2 to 4 On Question 2, Alberta already sets eligibility for its own programs. The question asks voters to restrict health care, education and social services to citizens, permanent residents and those with “Alberta-approved” status. That status will not be defined until after the vote. I’m uncomfortable asking Albertans to approve a rule whose scope is unknown. On Question 3, you mention compassion and flexibility for exceptional circumstances. The ballot wording contains no exceptions. It sets a minimum 12-month wait for “any” provincially funded social support program. On Question 4, the proposal is a fee or premium on temporary residents and their families for health care and their children’s schooling. Many of these residents already pay Alberta taxes. The Quebec comparison The Canada–Québec Accord has helped Quebec meet its French-language goals. But Quebec still depends on Ottawa for admissibility, visas, family reunification and large temporary-resident streams. Federal evaluations have also not shown better economic outcomes for newcomers there. I share your respect for the contributions newcomers make to our province. That is exactly why I believe voters deserve a description of these questions that matches the wording on the ballot.

It sure would be nice if instead of funding CSFs that divert surgical staff who could do these surgeries out of hospitals, they were used for hospital surgeries. I shudder to think about how much worse dual practice will make this.

I did an event in Kelowna on Saturday and there was a lot of talk about involuntary care so I wrote this last night Here's my question to every politician pushing involuntary treatment: If you genuinely want people to recover, why are you more focused on forcing them into treatment than addressing the conditions that make recovery so difficult in the first place? I'm not speaking from a textbook or a political talking point. I'm speaking from lived experience. I've lived through homelessness, poverty, trauma, mental health struggles, addiction and systems that were supposed to help but too often failed. I know firsthand that you cannot simply force someone to want a different life, and I know how difficult it is to move forward when you're struggling just to survive. You cannot force someone into stability. You have to create the conditions that make stability possible. Where are your guarantees of safe, affordable housing? Where are the meaningful employment opportunities? Where is the accessible counselling, mental health care and long-term support? Treatment doesn't erase poverty, It doesn't put a roof over someone's head, it doesn't magically create employment, heal trauma or give someone a sense of purpose. And sending someone back into the same circumstances that contributed to their struggles isn't a plan for lasting recovery, it's actually insanity. So here's my challenge to every politician advocating involuntary treatment: Before you tell the public how many people you want to force into treatment, tell us how many people you're willing to help build a future for. How many homes will you provide? How many employment opportunities will you create? What long-term support will you guarantee? And most importantly, have you actually listened to the people who have lived through what you're making policies about? Because the DATA doesn't support success from forcing people. They need dignity, they need choices, they need stability, they need hope, and they need a genuine opportunity to build a better life. Stop asking how to force people into recovery. Start asking what you're doing to make recovery possible. Are you trying to change people's lives, or just remove the visible evidence of the problems you've failed to address?

Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope.

Hey America. Canada has a diesel surplus. We export more than we use domestically. Most of it to the United States. Trump bought you 12 days worth from Russia for double what Canada charges everyday to you. Choke on that.

Albertans want their governments to focus on affordability, jobs, healthcare, and education. Not stunts and sham referendums. Vote no to the nine and remain to put an end to this madness. And send a message that we want to ditch direct democracy. thehub.ca/2026/10/09/why-alb…

In awarding this year’s #NobelPeacePrize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wants to remind the world that the rule of law – national and international – underpins the system we have set up to ensure peace and resolve conflicts non-violently. Peace requires justice. History has shown that a world operating without the rule of law is unjust, unwise and inhumane. The judges – those who guard the thin red line between order and chaos – are therefore highly deserving of our praise. But today, as these same judges are sanctioned, and their institutions are attacked, we need people of courage, vision and determination – qualities that 2026 peace laureate Navi Pillay demonstrates in her work on the bench. #NobelPrize