Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦
@jlisayoung.bsky.social
Professor of Poli Sci. Drawer of Flow Charts. Walker of dog. Proud Canadian. Nostalgic for the liberal world order.
This. It’s so demoralizing reading a batch of assignments and knowing that so many of them are AI. www.chronicle.com/article/thes...
These Professors Are Retiring Early. AI Was the Last Straw.
What is the point of teaching, they ask, if students are just pretending to learn?
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Another would-be founding father of the Republic of Alberta
Charles Rusnell@charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 3w agoDonate to this third party advertiser, get Alberta citizenship, and a chance to win a van, offered by a guy convicted of manslaughter for hiring a hitman who killed a Calgary businessman. Separatists Offer Donors a Piece of the 'Republic of Alberta' via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
I wrote about some new polling I got my mitts on over on my Substack. TL;DR - ABSeparation views are pretty much set. It’s a turnout game, not an air war. The progressives are revving their engines for their end of the bargain. Are the federalist Conservatives? open.substack.com/pub/shannonp...
New polling: Alberta's October 19 Referendum Is About Turnout
What new data made available to Public Interest Alberta tells us about October 19
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Mark Carney asks climate to stop changing until Alberta quits bugging him (podcast)
Mark Carney asks climate to stop changing until Alberta quits bugging him
“Just give us a few years and I’m sure Albertans will calm down.” (Clare Blackwood and Ian MacIntyre) talk about Danielle Smith getting not one but two pipelines, Carney saying we don’t have time for ...
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‘Modernizing’ by going back to partisan appointments? www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
Prime Minister Carney modernises Senate appointment process to respond to Canada’s emerging challenges
To that end, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, today announced modifications to the Senate appointment process.
pm.gc.ca
This reminds me of a wry observation from the late Roger Gibbins: Alberta’s formula is to import people from Saskatchewan after they’re educated, and export them to B.C. when their health care needs get more expensive. thehub.ca/2026/07/02/t...
The biggest financial transfer in Canada that nobody talks about
There's a massive financial transfer happening in Canada that barely gets mentioned. Trevor Tombe breaks down what it is, who pays, and who benefits.
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BREAKING | Republic of Alberta citizenship guide to include chapters on oil extraction, rodeo etiquette, biblical genealogy, and bonnet maintenance
Proving Your Right To Exist In Alberta, today on Dead For Tax Reasons. The two files Alberta would rather you read separately, and the one logic underneath them. 👉 deadfortaxreasons.wordpress.com/2026/06/26/p...
Proving Your Right To Your Own Body In Alberta
I live in Alberta. I am pissed off. Not about separation, which is stupid, and which I am writing a whole series about, so I will spare you here. Not about the weather, although the thunderstorms r…
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New inflation data out today and wow what can you say about these Alberta car insurance rates other than ... wow. 😳
If you want a cutting edge analysis, of course you’d want three panel members in their late 70s!
Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social · 2mo agoUCP announces Jack Mintz will lead independent panel to determine the costs of separation. Other members include Ted Morton, Adam Legge, Alex Pourbais and Janice MacKinnon. Final report is expeceted late summer.
Charles Breton & Andrew Parkin: Grievances in Alberta: how deep, how broad? policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/06/albe... @cbreton.bsky.social @parkinac.bsky.social @policyoptions.irpp.org
Grievances in Alberta: how deep, how broad?
New survey data suggests Alberta separatism is concentrated among UCP voters, not broadly shared across the province.
policyoptions.irpp.org
Thread (and a bit of dread for everyone who lived through 2013):
Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦@watershedlab.bsky.social · 2mo agoZip up your raincoats, and adjust your swim goggles, Calgary. it's gonna be a wet couple of days, with up to 100mm of rain expected. The Bow River is currently ~330 m3/s, which is above average for this day of the year (~130 m3/s), but nowhere near the record of 480 (although rising sharply). BUT...
Ahem…https://open.substack.com/pub/lisayoung/p/on-the-highway-to-hell?r=1qdrl5&utm_medium=ios
Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social · 3mo ago“She is not an innocent bystander to this referendum — she is the driver of the bus.” Naheed Nenshi on premier Smith being at odds with UCP prez on federalism, his thoughts on her speaking up more for Canada, and if he'd share a stage with her for the cause podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/n...
New on DFTR, Part I in a series on Abexit. Thirty-Seven Words That Could Break This Country: A Brexit Remainer's Letter Home deadfortaxreasons.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/t...
Thirty-Seven Words That Could Break This Country: A Brexit Remainer’s Letter Home
I’m Canadian. I’m also British and Irish — all three by birth, all three by bloodline. In 2016, my UK citizenship gave me a vote in the Brexit referendum. I voted Remain. I watched the …
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The story of public opinion in Alberta is one of polarization. Whatever consensus that may previously have existed about the province’s treatment in the federation has now completely eroded. environicsinstitute.org/spotlight-on... #Alberta #federalism #CdnPolitics #CoT2026
First thoughts on the Franken-question open.substack.com/pub/lisayoun...
Some first thoughts on the franken-question
Well, we’ve seen the question, which is a franken-question that stitches together the Forever Canada question “Should Alberta remain a province of Canada” with a jumble of words “or should the Governm...
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This is the closest she could come to an actual separation referendum without triggering the duty to consult.
OK, this would be really entertaining, but looking at the act, I don’t think it’s possible to withdraw at this stage.
Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦@jlisayoung.bsky.social · 3mo agoPLOT TWIST!
PLOT TWIST!
cm 🍁@cmcalgary.bsky.social · 3mo agoWould this prevent the question from moving forward to a referendum? Since it isn't official yet. "A citizen initiative petition may be withdrawn at any time by the proponent by giving a written notice to the Chief Electoral Officer." www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi... #Alberta #abpoli #ableg
Worth noting as we see both Nate Horner and Matt Jones resign their cabinet positions. Both were asked two weeks ago if they support the Premier calling a separation referendum on her own. Horner said she shouldn't while Jones said UCP should push harder to stay in Canada.
Happy to have contributed to this collection of commentary on last week’s separation referendum decision for @thewalrus.ca : thewalrus.ca/alberta-sepa...
Can Alberta Still Separate? Experts Clash over the Landmark Court Decision | The Walrus
A cross-country panel debates one of the most consequential rulings in years
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I just listened to the first half hour of this. Not gonna lie: if @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social and @sphillipsab.bsky.social were to co-lead a political party, I’d quit my job to go help them any way I could. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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Inspired by @jlisayoung.bsky.social's metaphor, I've been thinking a lot about the path to a possible separatism referendum this fall. Not only is it entirely avoidable. It is clearly intentional. Lisa's piece, in case you missed it: open.substack.com/pub/lisayoun...
