Devon Podlowski

@DimitrisSoudas @coreyhoganyyc I'm sorry, are Albertans upset because the Libs trash our oil and gas economy, or because they trash our premier? And why should I give a fuck about anyone trashing either? Has no impact on my day to day life

I’ve said this before, and I’m going to say it again, because nothing has changed. I said it about the sovereignists in Quebec. Now I’m saying it about the ones in Alberta. The federal Liberals have created more separatists than the people actually leading the separatist cause. Let that sink in. The folks running the campaign for separation could not recruit as well as Ottawa has recruited for them. They’ve handed them the best argument they’ve got. And this isn’t a fluke. It’s a pattern. When you spend ten years treating a province like a problem instead of a partner, this is what you get. Policy after policy that lands like a punch. An economy told it’s the villain of the story. You do that long enough and people stop getting angry and start getting serious. They stop complaining and start asking a different question. Would we be better off on our own? Once ordinary people are asking that out loud at the kitchen table, something has already broken. I watched this exact movie play out in Quebec. Years of Ottawa talking down to people, and the separatist numbers climbed. Now look at Alberta. An idea that used to sit on the fringe is suddenly something a real share of Albertans say they’d consider. That didn’t come from the premier. That came from a decade of being ignored. So here’s my honest suggestion to the federal Liberals. Sit this one out. Your party did enough damage over the last ten years. This is why we are where we are today. If you can’t say something positive, if all you’ve got is another shot at the premier of Alberta, then please, just stay out of it. You’ve helped enough already. 🇨🇦

STATEMENT ON PROVINCIAL ADDRESS The Premier of Alberta intervened to lower the threshold for getting a separatist question on the ballot. She then intervened to eliminate a review requiring the question be constitutional. She intervenes again tonight after yet another court has told the separatists to slow down and follow the law. The premier can wrap these actions in the words of democracy, but she is willfully ignoring the will of the vast majority of Albertans who want no part of this separatist conversation. The simple reality, a reality you would not find in her speech, is this: she has pushed along a question because a group has threatened to bring down her and her party if she does not. Her internal political problems have become our national crisis. The Premier asserts her patriotism. I will take her at her word, but I will remind her a patriot puts country ahead of party. A leader steers the agenda, rather than having it blindly dictated to them. An Albertan finds ways to do what’s right, not justifications for doing what’s wrong. This baffling, referendum-on-a-referendum question will do nothing to settle anything. It adds another layer of confusion. It will divide. It will distract. It will damage. I hope her government will consider how to step back from this madness before the damage to our province’s social fabric and economy is too great. Corey Hogan MP Calgary Confederation

@gilmcgowan Also known colloquially as bullshitting. Too bad shes the Premier instead of just a nobody talking shit in a small town Tims like she was born to be.

Danielle Smith’s super power is making extreme positions sound reasonable. That power was on display tonight. But, when you get past the spin, what you see is a politician who wants to give herself WAY more power — and use that power to make Alberta look like Trump’s America.

@Mitchell_AB Hard to follow laws when she doesn't know what they are and doesn't care. Very consistent theme with her.

Danielle Smith: since we're going to ignore the courts, we thought why not ignore the clarity act, too? the fuck lol #ableg #abpoli

@GregClarkAB @ChristinaNDP @KathleenGanley @pancholi_rakhi Did you see this? Might be worth reading in the elections committee or submitting as part of a lawsuit.

Correction - Electoral Boundaries Commission Recommendation 5 It has come to our attention that the wording in Recommendation 5 contains a drafting error. Recommendation 5 is not from the majority, but from the Chair, Justice Dallas Miller alone. 1/

@LukaszukAB @ABDanielleSmith Also worth noting that Jones is the only MLA who voiced concerns with Mraiche deals besides Guthrie, and Horner has been getting bad press lately because of govt funding his ranch received.

.@ABDanielleSmith now has a Cabinet management problem. Two ministers, Jones and Horner, object to UCP being the proponent/instigator of a referendum question on separatism. They’re not separatists. Any bets on how long they’ll last in Cabinet? I give them one day. #ableg

@BarbLarochelle Probably just who's feeling the heat of public scrutiny over corruption. Eg. When Williams was moved out of Infrastructure so he wouldn't have to answer any more q's about Mraiche land deal. I predict more shuffling of health ministers and also finance minister.

Is the (rumoured) impending cabinet shuffle because some of them don’t want to go any further down this separatism road?

@MargTokar Private health care always kills those who can't afford it.

I always knew that Danielle Smith had plans for Public HC. Never had on my bingo card that those plans would include actually killing Albertans while this govt destroyed Public HC. But here we are…

#ableg Hi Jeff! Libel requires the statement to be false. - Smith’s Chief of Staff co-authored the separatist blueprint. - She changed laws overnight for them. - Her ally ran the voter data breach. - Petition leader is her UCP constituency president. What is false?

@jamierosscgy @rangercrc Ahh now i'm doubting myself. Its too blurry. Revised guess for Sigurdson is Brian Jean. He has the same lego hair, except it's brown, comes further down the head, and he has more of an undercut.

@rangercrc @Dpodlowski Ah perfect, thank you! Then I would lay money that the guy standing behind Neudorf & Sigurdson is probably Lundy

Everyone’s so blurry but pretty sure that’s Todd Loewen and Mike Ellis behind her. Who else do we see? #ableg #abpoli

@DennisArneson86 @TheBreakdownAB Ahh yes schow, the Honourable Government Pearl Clutcher

@TheBreakdownAB Looks like it might be Mike Ellis and Todd Lowen on back up vocals. Surprised "Point of Order" Schow wasn't howling with the hyenas.

From the DM’s… Didn’t have Danielle Smith singing along to a Marxist band on the bingo card but after this week in politics… Why not? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

@rsnbrgjrdn @HerodotusWave It is. The hands have different numbers of fingers, it has only one eye, and the position of the partially obscured leg makes no sense.

@HerodotusWave i hate that my first thought was this is AI

An Antique Brass Frog Desk Bell.

@LukaszukAB Will you be in the public gallery?

Tomorrow, the UCP led committee to deal with the #ForeverCanadian petition meets at 8:30 AM. I’m looking forward to being there to see how MLA’s who designed and passed the Citizens Initiative Act, ask Elections Alberta and Justice officials how the Act works. Parody. #ableg

@mirann_darrow Looks like a hand coloured photo to me.

Twitter keeps rehashing the same discourse about movie lighting, but nobody is talking about how to make hockey look like it's being played on the moon again

@JSJamato Just making shit up like always. Maybe he should have burst into tears to sell it?

Why did Alberta's minister of mental health and addictions say last week in the Legislature that he has watched people die in supervised consumption sites, where there are 0 recorded deaths? His office now says it appeared as though people were dying. #ableg #cdnpoli

@JeremyAppel1025 This is a release day buy for me. But is it too late to change the subtitle to "The Fall and Rise of Danielle Smith"? I think that would be more clever and get to the point faster. (The first rise is implied)

UPDATE: 10/13/26

@DanWilliamsAB Maybe your govt should have added more than 2 new seats! You knew there needed to be a new seat in Calgary, Edmonton, and Airdrie, so of course a rural riding gets removed

Today I sent a letter to the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. Our letter calls for fair and effective representation that respects our history, geography, and the vital role the North plays in Alberta’s future.

@faerijeong @jamaisvunev @SoulfulConjure Not what camp means. Feel free to look words up if you don't know what they mean.

@nessywander @KeturiArlene @tpce123 @PuebloPicasso @TelvinGriffin Dude cheats at GOLF. Like a cartoon villain.

@KeturiArlene @tpce123 @PuebloPicasso @TelvinGriffin He has not.

The fix was in before election night I believe. Trump couldn’t keep his mouth shut about it. Man whatever these men have done I just hope it was worth it. Dems winning up and down ballots in some states but losing the presidential election? Something is brewing. I could be wrong

@heckiot @CourtEllingson @albertaNDP @QCUyyc @CampfYreflyYEG @YYCsexualhealth @fyrefly_ua The volume part is performative. Basically every vote is whipped which means that entire party votes the same, so the speaker gives it to whichever side has more MLAs sitting. Sometimes members will call for a recorded vote where all of the MLAs come back to the chamber and vote.

@CourtEllingson @albertaNDP @QCUyyc @CampfYreflyYEG @YYCsexualhealth @fyrefly_ua Court, what's the deal with the Speaker measuring Y/N votes based on perceived volume? Am I interpreting that right? This has a "cheer for your chosen winner" vibe and I'm... concerned. Please tell me there is more that I am missing... genuine question. 🏳️‍⚧️

For everyone who feels scared & worried about their identity & being who they are, know that the @albertaNDP & I stand with & support you. Thank you to @QCUyyc @campfyreflyyeg @YYCsexualhealth @fyrefly_ua & others for your advocacy #TransRightsAreHumanRights #abpoli #ableg