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@joechap.bsky.social

Canadian 🍁 Retired educator Downtown dweller Jaywalker Dad, husband, brother, citizen He/him

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joechap@joechap.bsky.social · 4w ago

"By focusing the public’s attention so deliberately on Ottawa, they can distract them from the very real policy failures happening in their own province." Their strategy is to say "Our grievances are legitimate" often enough that everybody might start to believe it's true.

Max Fawcett@maxfawcett.bsky.social · 4w ago

Albertans insist on nurturing their grievances. Fine. They might want to think a little more about the ones they have with their own provincial governments -- and the scale of damage their decisions have done. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/07/o...

Tom Flood@tomflood.bsky.social · last mo.

We build vehicles that weigh 9000 pounds with 1000HP, can go 0-60mph in 3 seconds and market them recklessly. We then ask people to wear construction vests to cross the street. This is all so beyond absurd and it's truly incredible that we've normalized this.

Hummer EV glamour shotPerson walking across a large intersection wearing a construction vest.
Jared Wesley@jaredwesley.ca · 2mo ago

The Smith government has had years to address the root causes of the affordability crisis. Instead, they continue to throw money at Albertans to forget about it. And they only do that when the premier's polling numbers take a nosedive.

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Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion. Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion. Think about it. THAT’S common sense.

Photo of busy road filled with cars. #CarDependency #BikeLanes
Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"And most importantly, it tells you that your city is not passively accepting whatever comes next." Edmonton councilor @aaronpaquette.bsky.social presents a motion looking into the city's place within Alberta, as a response to the provincial sovereignty debate. aaronpaquette.ca/blog-2-1/sep...

Separating Edmonton - from the Alberta Status Quo — Aaron Paquette

While the province rolls the constitutional dice, Edmonton must negotiate a stronger future.

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Steven Beschloss@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When we have a real president again, he or she will have to waste inordinate amounts of time cleaning up the terrible mess created by this awful mistake of a human who never should have been allowed near the levers of power.

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Keaton H@keaton-hawk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#yegbike You’re invited to our inaugural Bikes & Baseball event at the Riverhawks’ June 13th game! Join us for a short group ride from the Garneau Lamp or meet us at the game! Please purchase your ticket in section B, row 14 so we can sit together.

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joechap@joechap.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sprawl is ruinous. For many reasons. But the massive financial hit to cities is perhaps the most obvious reason to stop sprawl. "A cost-of-growth study found outward growth would cost the city more than $10 billion additional dollars compared to a future in which it chose to grow through infill."

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEW: “We’re all paying heavily for sprawl, whether we live there or not, and we’re all financially benefitting from infill housing, whether we live there or not.” Happy to be part of this outstanding, devastating, evidence-based article on the BIG COSTS of bad planning. Via @nationalobserver.com.

Derek Simon@dartmouthderek.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just saw an elderly gentleman with some mobility issues crossing the road, dressed in high vis gear head to toe, with high vis tape on his cane. And it saddens me that, with the way people drive in this city, I can absolutely see why he thinks that is necessary. It shouldn’t be.

joechap@joechap.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This needs to be reiterated. Every chance we get. "Alberta’s grievances with Ottawa are mostly manufactured, always exaggerated and, often, completely illusory."

Max Fawcett@maxfawcett.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Alberta’s grievances with Ottawa are mostly manufactured, always exaggerated and, often, completely illusory. Now it's time for the people who spent the last decade amplifying and weaponizing them to put out the fire they helped create. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/26/o...

Jeromy Farkas@jeromyyyc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Voting on whether to have a vote is a ridiculous lack of provincial leadership. Calgary is a globally connected city. Separation uncertainty is costing us jobs. We have real work to do: building homes, improving public safety, fixing infrastructure, growing our economy, and making life better.