Jim Thompson Goodchild 🇨🇦

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The biggest surprise this week: Danielle Smith does not understand: separatists. They won’t leave. They’re minorities who feel their … special and VERY BIG feelings entitle them to own what they want. Everyone else should leave. How is her judgement still so catastrophically bad?

Somehow, Smith seems surprised that separatists might try to separate her from their party.

So what do you call it, Danielle?

It’ll be a cold day in h*ll before forgetting that Danielle Smith made a deal with these misfits and malcontents in her quest for power. And how many of us normie Albertans were ignored in the meantime.

#AbLeg #cdnpoli

I totally agree. Only difference is the number of people here in Alberta that are much better off than most places in Canada (& definitely the world) but instead of celebrating their good fortune for where they live & what they have, they complain that they need more.

Danielle Smith wants to gerrymander our riding maps because she's terrified she will lose. She wants politicians to pick their voters. No way, premier. In Alberta, voters pick their politicians.

Worth a listen to Rath here. He spills on the deal we’ve always suspected: Smith’s UCP leadership was purchased from separatists, with a promise that she supported their cause.

Spare us the moral panic. Western provinces have issues, not grievances.

Every word of this.

Smith too. Reminder: ALL of Smith’s moves to enable this referendum gong show started AFTER Trudeau was gone.

If you haven't voted yet, it's not too late, and it's so important that you do. If you are in line by 8pm you will be allowed to vote. Your polling station is probably not more than a few minutes walk away. Voting location and more can be found at Elections Alberta's website.

Don’t get sucked into the ICP’s rage-baiting. None of the constitutional questions can pass. They’re a setup for future confrontations and endless rage-farming. That’s why we must vote #notothenine

Whoever is working Elections Alberta comms deserves a raise. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Can’t happen soon enough!

This is a false framing. Canadian governments will enjoy the tax revenue from the non-American wine Canadians are still buying. @schiff.senate.gov STILL doesn’t get it.

Heads up! This is a thread - more like a library/compendium - of my columns, speeches & podcasts about Alberta's referendum questions. I thought it might be useful if I gathered it all in one place, organized by time and topic. #Alberta #notothenine #abpoli #cdnpoli

So, what’s better? Never reaching a deal? Or reaching a deal they will never honour?

#stayincanada #notothenine

My father, and grandfather volunteered to defend Canada. And I’m not about to let them down. Because Canada’s still worth fighting for for. Vive le Canada fort et libre! 🇨🇦

With the latest provincial overreach, Danielle Smith is now ordering me how to vote at Calgary City Council. If I refuse, I risk losing my job. I want to work constructively with the province, even when we disagree. But we must be free to listen to residents and make fair decisions.

I didn't mince my words. Alberta's anti-immigration referendum questions are racist. They are also a potential disaster for Alberta's economy. Last night, I rose in the Senate to denounce them - and to thank all the thousands of Albertans fighting against them. Please share. #notothenine #cdnpoli

Maybe we should start calling the Premier’s office to report potholes.

Outraged by his comment about LA and San Diego? Then you’ve fallen for his misdirection. (…I did too…)

The evidence of American interference here in #Alberta continues to grow. If you stay home and don't vote, you are letting them win. #ABPoli #Referendum2026

I have also said for a long time, that most Alberta separatists do not want to join the US, but a core minority do. But the eventual result of an independent Alberta would be a vassal protectorate of the US (not the 51st state). The gravitational pull would be just too strong.

More confirmation and details of the deep ties between Alberta separatists and Trump Republicans. They are part of the same far-right populist movement. And the Americans are deeply involved in promoting disunity in Canada. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Today the Globe and Mail reports about American political operatives involving themselves in Alberta's referendum. This is, of course, wholly inappropriate. I want to provide some context to any American who sees an "opportunity": (🧵)

This shit is so god damn annoying. Fix your country. Stop waging unprovoked economic war. Close the concentration camps. globalnews.ca/news/1208422...

Seen in Calgary. No attribution. But no explicit link to the referendum. Anyone know who’s behind this?

Don’t count your pipelines before the oil’s pumping… or, why this pipeline may well not happen.

new ad from @albertasvoice.ca

Danielle Smith’s unnecessary referendum is dividing communities and wasting taxpayer dollars. On October 19, send a message and vote with Alberta’s Voice. No to Danielle Smith. No to the Nine. #alberta #abreferendum #abpoli #ableg #daniellesmith

I think vote splitting is a myth. People cast one affirmative vote. In a parallel universe with different parties on the ballot, many choices will change, but it can’t be assumed they would all move to a single alternative.

How do you design a brand new race track to produce such boring racing? Thankfully a proper circuit is next. #formula1 #madring #sepang

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Don’t sit this one out. If we want to put the seppies out of our misery, we need to crush them at the polls. Order your special ballot at www.elections.ab.ca/request-a-sp... #stayincanada #notothenine #abpoli

Danielle Smith says she won’t support counter-tariffs because they hurt businesses & workers. Odd. Because just last year, she imposed a markup on wine that hurt businesses, cost jobs & hit Canadian wineries hardest. So maybe there’s another reason she refuses to stand with Team Canada? #ableg

This is how it’s done.

Always a good reminder from David Cochrane. “America isn't the way it is because he's president. He's president because America is the way it is” — David Cochrane CBC Power and Politics

🚨👇🏽THIS THIS THIS👇🏽🚨 He is 💯% correct.

For those at the back: The US doesn’t “defend” other countries. It defends ITSELF using other countries as buffers. But now the US wants to take control of our trade and cultural policies. GFY, Duffy.

Why don't we finish losing a war to Iran before we start losing a war with Canada?

You don’t suppose they’re in on it, do you?

Behold, a steaming pile of self-serving dung from a recent Globe and Mail op-ed by two business leaders. Reality: the province is suffocating clean energy, no business has “stepped up” to build or fill the pipeline, and oil companies are minting massive profits for themselves, not the federation.

Please enjoy this timely summer rerun cartoon 🇨🇦