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AMAZING NEWS!! Minnesota has JUST charged white supremacist Jake Lang with 2 FELONY HATE CRIMES (5+ years in prison) for knocking over this ice sculpture. Trump can’t pardon him from these crimes.

Just shameful that the US is not sharing the burden in the greatest fight for freedom of our lifetimes. Canada is now a more consequential leader of the free world than the US. Hope this changes in the future.

Oggi, a margine del Vertice della Comunità Politica Europea di Yerevan, ho avuto un colloquio con il Primo Ministro del Canada, @MarkJCarney. L’incontro ha permesso di verificare lo stato di attuazione del piano d’azione per la cooperazione rafforzata Italia-Canada, con particolare attenzione ai settori dell’innovazione tecnologica, della sicurezza e della difesa. Nel corso del colloquio, abbiamo ribadito piena sintonia sulle priorità in ambito G7, a partire dalla resilienza delle catene di approvvigionamento dei minerali critici e dal contrasto al traffico di migranti su cui abbiamo concordato di restare in stretto contatto in vista del Vertice di Evian. Abbiamo, infine, approfondito i principali dossier dell’agenda internazionale, riaffermando il comune impegno per una pace giusta in Ucraina e condividendo l’urgenza di una soluzione per la necessaria stabilità del Golfo e la tutela della libertà di navigazione nello Stretto di Hormuz.

Nobody ran on separatism. Or on lowering citizen initiative thresholds. Or on weakening Elections Alberta. Or having such a serious question be 1 of 10, added at the 11th hour. Albertans have been subjected to separatism by subterfuge.

Following renewed Iranian attacks on vessels near the Strait of Hormuz and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a significant automatic identification system (AIS) spoofing operation began shortly after 1500UTC yesterday.

There are around 5K-10K people in Canada that pay the equivalent in taxes of a combined 15.5M Canadians. Around $17bn in total, per year. It would be good for Canada if we doubled this number, not by increasing taxes, but by growing the whole pie. To do this, we need more many, many more entrepreneurs.

@jeffcanadamson better still, they could all get together and separate into an independent country

This dad at the Red Sox game went into full dad mode — managing it from both sides after little bro threw away the foul ball 😂 Big bro was sick 😭

David Parker tells Tamara that she is an ambassador for his Centurion election voters breach fiasco. He tells her she has her own unique link so that they will know who is being recruited by her. Hmmmmm

yes 15% of Canada's GDP - you saying that's the financial engine - yes it out performs by 3 percentage points relative to its size - and then there's the bogus net contribution numbers that ignore operating costs of a sovereign - but it's all moot - if Alberta votes YES then Canada is over - and Trump will apply maximum force in supporting a YES vote - and then Alberta can celebrate its 'independence' (on July 4th)

I have repeatedly stated that Alberta has every economic reason to separate from Canada. The province has effectively become the financial engine forced to subsidize a federal structure increasingly hostile toward energy production itself.

As an Albertan and a Canadian, I want to say a big congratulations to all the Alberta separatists out there. You did it. You really did it. Almost 11% of the voting population backed your big referendum dream. Sure, the “Forever Canada” petition absolutely smoked you (for the separatists, that means they did more better than you), but hey, nobody can ever take away that glorious, hard earned, almost 11%. It was fun while it lasted. But now the circus tent is folding up. On Star Wars Day, we say RIP to one of the most pathetic political movements Alberta has ever seen. The NDP has more support in this province than you clowns. Let that sink in. Hilarious. 🤣 RT if you’re laughing at this failed act too. 🇨🇦

This ain't Brexit, and they ain't MAGA not even close. And the separatist mob is very much an angry minority - This is one of their leaders x.com/Martyupnorth/s… but yes with Biden gone and Keystone back the times are changing. And just wait for Trump and his jackals to get in on it. He and the boyze see all that oil and an opportunity. Like Trump the separatists are a transactional bunch - this is not cultural like Brexit or like Quebec though they attempt to make it that - and that's why it will go nowhere, Trump interference notwithstanding

The sovereignty movement in Alberta will continue growing so long as Ottawa pursues policies viewed as economically punitive toward the province. Court orders and database removals may slow organizational efforts temporarily, but they do not eliminate the underlying resentment driving the movement itself.

Uncle, it is a very misleading post as it excludes soft costs not to mention what you point out. Even with the huge waste in Ottawa it would cost Alberta billions each year for services commensurate with a sovereign nation. ExnerParrot knows that or should know that. Also her little map thing is outdated - Alberta now ranks 8 just ahead of BC and Ontario.

@ExnerPirot @LaurenceRHunt @irbrodie Being from Ontario I get Alberta’s contribution, anybody east or west of Alberta who doesn’t get it, is blind , but even Albertans have to admit that a great deal of their talent comes from the rest of Canada and by the way Ontario has also given up alot to the east coast as wel

Politicians did not “poach” Alberta’s fund. There’s nothing virtuous about building up resource revenues and investing them in financial markets. In the case of Alberta, investing in educating Albertans and building highways etc had a far far higher cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

it's also outdated and misleading globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shd… - these are the latest available - and Lougheed should have followed Norway's example instead of giving it all away to big oil. Alberta and Lougheed had a blank slate with the Alberta Natural Resources Act - it was all pissed away.

@ExnerPirot @irbrodie Haven’t seen this before, pretty impressive. I’d have to say Peter Lougheed was a major driver of this.

@FreeAlbertaRob do you always repost outdated and misleading information? globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shd…

Alberta is truly incredible

@irbrodie the map is oudated, the net contribution does not include soft but real costs - Latest data HDI for Alberta - it ranks number 8 and BC a close 9 followed by Ontario globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shd…

Esp compared with where we were 50 years ago.

@ExnerPirot @ThomasBeyer this is the correct link - your link does not go to subnational , your map is outdated, Alberta now ranks 8 virtually tied with BC and just ahead of Ontario globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shd… Why do you post incorrect info??

@ThomasBeyer @irbrodie Human development index hdr.undp.org/data-center/hu…

also your map is outdated - don't post old stuff to mislead - Alberta is now number 8 globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shd…

@irbrodie Highest human development in North America AND $670B+ net contribution to Canada since 1960, pretty incredible use of funds actually.

@irbrodie the politicians in Alberta did a piss poor job of managing their resources - compare Alberta to Norway and that recent move by Shell to acquire ARC -