Bob McEwan
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@JimSharkey9 @Martyupnorth Duh, not even in retrospect, but the reality is the primary reason was Britain was done with the colony
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@Martyupnorth In retrospect, obviously the original purpose of Confederation was to ensure the east, not the USA, gets to milk the cow.

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This week, Doug Ford and Scott Moe exemplify why there can't be a team Canada. The country is too big, and the geopolitics of the different regions are too complex to balance.
Saskatchewan got a deal for canola, at the expense of Ontario's auto industry, and Ford is totally pissed off.
No one is allowed to have nice things in Confederation anymore.
The initial purpose of confederation was economic partnership. But after 158 years, the experiment is a total failure.
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@Cynnderela @stayfreeCanada2 @elonmusk Just remember, we aren't Iceland. Geography is hard for some people.
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@CSmartarsery @TWilsonOttawa Do you really believe that? When he can't even get Iceland and Greenland straight? And he says no one helps the US when they need it --- meanwhile who sent soldiers to the fabricated US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.
No one can believe a thing that comes out of his mouth.
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@TWilsonOttawa I think these folks missed the memo. Europe & America are working on a deal regarding Greenland & the Arctic.
I think the Grandmas can stand down. No invasions today.
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@JeffreyRWRath As much as I don't support PM Carney, POTUS Trump is kinda proving he is right.
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BREAKING - President Trump schooled Mark Carney today at Davis in front of the whole world.
I’m glad I’m an Albertan. I would be embarrassed today if I was a Canadian.
President Trump OWNED Mark Carney and made him look like the pathetic, little, pencil-neck, ingrate that he is.
#AlbertaIndependence

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@AmandaB46470686 @MandersSnark1 @DogFacePonia @MichelleLA1981 Because of "the dream" not "the reality"
Most would never want to show their face in their homeland after leaving, and will live in squalor if they have to
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@MandersSnark1 @DogFacePonia @MichelleLA1981 Millions of people literally do risk their lives and their children’s lives to get here. And if it’s so terrible why aren’t they leaving when we’ve offered them free transport and money to leave? No they’re hiding, resisting and begging to stay. Educate yourself
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@ClydeDoSomethin A lot of people said that in the 30s when Hilter was knocking too
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@ClydeDoSomethin @JenniferLaChap6 Do the same picture using Alaska and the answer is obvious. Montana and the Dakotas too.
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@itsrosesm I would take a lot less to uninstall this trash called X
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Never in my life did I think I'd hear a leader of a western nation declare a partnership with a Communist country.
This makes me feel sick. 🤢
Mark Carney@MarkJCarney
The Canada-China relationship has been distant and uncertain for nearly a decade. We’re changing that, with a new strategic partnership that benefits the people of both our nations.
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@david_parker The more that the separatists post, the less I support them. 🤷♂️ (you know that issue where the more our CPC leader talks, the more he loses? Same issue with the separatists speaking)
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@MelissaLMRogers Don't monitor stocks or commodity markets, you'll get an aneurysm from the swings
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@Judy1774422 @Martyupnorth It's a public school, there is no tuition. (Although often higher fees for school supplies)
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of touring the STEM Innovation Academy in Calgary, while classes were in session.
It's one of Alberta's newest charter schools, and it was founded, staffed and housed in under a year during COVID.
The school's mission is to to prepare students for a post-secondary education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, which are all near and dear to me, and why they invited me for a tour.
I wish a school like this had existed 15 years ago, when my kids were going to grade 7.
STEM Academy is proving what real education reform looks like. It's a tuition-free public schools with greater autonomy, delivering superior results for K-12 students. Studies show charter students consistently outperform traditional public and separate school peers on provincial tests, often by wide margins in core subjects like math, while operating on slightly less funding per student (around $9,400 vs. $10,460 in older comparisons)
They're cheaper for taxpayers, more accountable (direct to the province, with charters revocable if they underperform or mismanage), and laser-focused on results through specialized programs, such as STEM.
They're nimble and proactive, free from bloated bureaucracy and local board red tape, they innovate fast, adapt to parent and student needs, extend learning time, emphasize mastery over age-grading, and share best practices that lift the whole system.
With massive waitlists (Demand far outstrips supply. STEM Academy had to turn away 1,000s of students) and enrolment surging, charters show choice works.
Alberta families deserve more of this effective, efficient model.... not less. The only reason we don't have more charter schools like this is because the Alberta Teacher's Union keeps fighting these initiative. Charter teachers are not part of the union.
Time to expand it province-wide. Parents know best.
P.S. There's an amazing success story here if some journalist / documentary videographers are interest.


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@TanMarwill @Martyupnorth 100% correct, they allow all kids to be kids no matter how they present themselves instead of persecuting them like the province is doing.
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@Martyupnorth Charter schools do what they are supposed to do. Educate not indoctrinate. No unions just real educators.
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@GPoEngineer @Martyupnorth No, its not these schools. These schools are part of the public school system still. The NDP wants to stop the excess funding that is going to private schools.
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@Martyupnorth Are these the schools the NDP want to shutdown? Is this why all the recall petitions are being implemented, because they don’t like these schools? I know it’s more but the NDP would defund these schools…..
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@JoniWagner @ryangerritsen Haven't experienced any of that on missing vaccinations for either of my kids in Calgary.
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@ryangerritsen They do this to anyone who chooses to avoid vaccines.
If students don’t get the recommended shots school boards try to force parents to take a vaccine education course or they’ll take their child off school enrollment.
Brutal.
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My daughter is currently in high school. In grade school we said no to the gardasil vax. Now public health keeps calling & claiming her immunizations are not up to date.
The school sends us public health emails telling us that the vax will be provided at the school soon. Gardasil is not a mandatory vax on the schedule.
How many people do they use this tactic against to trick them into getting their children to take this product? This is a problem.
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@NLLRoughnecks @TELUS Winning the Championship and my daughter getting one of his signed sticks! 😇
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*Contest closes Jan 8th!


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@RippedWilliams @RiseOfAlberta Sure, blame the immigrants when 90% of the non-immigrants also would vote no.
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@RiseOfAlberta There's just not enough interaction,likes,reposts etc.. 8.5 likes when it needs to say 1 million..unfortunately its been like this for far to long..to many immigrants on welfare in Alberta who don't give a shit about white albertans being set free.. these people enjoy welfare.
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@linailini @Martyupnorth There is nothing requiring resignation . . . . does it look stupid yes, but she can sit as an MP doing nothing (still) and keep getting paid.
Canadians elect the people that make these rules, including allowing remote voting.
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