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...

Albertans are addicted to their grievances. It’s time to break the cycle

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Jen Gerson had Thing To Say about Elections Alberta: open.substack.com/pub/theline/...

SCOOP: Jen Gerson: Elections Alberta's massive failure could have put people in danger. I tried to warn them.

The most unhinged people in the province may now have access to the personal information of everybody who lives here, and there's nothing we can do about it

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theijf.org/article/albe...

Alberta premier and education minister had private meeting with groups behind push to ‘conservatize’ Alberta school boards and ban LGBTQ books

Private and faith-based schools, along with right-wing think tanks and parental rights groups, were invited to discuss education

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edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: Bill 28 puts Alberta libraries at risk of government censorship

Now all of that is threatened by the Government’s proposed amendments to the Libraries Act.

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www.caplibraries.ca/newsroom/alb...

Alberta Public Libraries Condemn Act of Censorship — Coalition of Alberta Public Libraries (CAP Libraries)

All public libraries across Alberta are united and represented by The Coalition of Alberta Public Libraries (CAP Libraries). CAP Libraries has been engaged in conversations regarding intellectual free...

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Mike Ellis and the UCP are ramming through their provincial police service and offering money to municipalities to dump the RCMP. So how's it going with the new municipal police service in Grande Prairie? Really, really bad. www.reddit.com/r/GrandePrai...

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I know liberals see this as "Yay! Building up that majority! Bleeding Poilievre dry!" But for the rest of us, this is a huge red flag. These people ran on a platform of hate, xenophobia and fear mongering. What does it say that they feel seen by the Liberals right now? Yikes.

Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux joins Liberal caucus: Carney | CBC News

Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux has joined the Liberal cacucus, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on social media Wedneday.

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Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵

Libraries are political!!!!!!!! !!!!

EveryLibrary@everylibrary.bsky.social · 9mo ago

You want your library's doors open? - Funding You want more open hours? - Funding You want better pay? - Funding You want bigger collections? - Funding You want more services? - Funding BUT - Funding = Politics #library #libraries #libraryfunding #libraryadvocacy #librarianship

Jennifer’s right. And her earrings are cool.

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

If you are wanting to get a Covid or Flu vaccine this fall in Alberta, make sure you sign up here to order them bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...

This is awful. And could so easily be a story about Trump’s United States now.

Ami Fields-Meyer@fieldsmeyer.com · last yr.

Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered the removal of "deviant" books from all institutions in Afghanistan. A committee of four Taliban ministries has been formed to review books and refer any "suspicious content" to clerics for further scrutiny. www.independent.co.uk/bulleti...

On the book bans... Smith repeated the unsubstantiated claims that 7 year olds were being "exposed" to age inappropriate books... She claimed there is "pornography" in school libraries. Which is not only a lie, but a complete disregard for teachers & librarians. #abpoli #abed

Internal emails throw light on the sources used by Government of Alberta staff to search for “inappropriate” materials in school libraries, including an index of America’s most banned books and a website linked to the rise in attempts to ban books in the U.S. #abpoli

Alberta Used Lists of America’s Most Banned Books to Target ‘Inappropriate’ School Material | The Tyee

Internal emails show how education ministry staff compiled book titles subject to new content restrictions.

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Going to take this opportunity to remind the defenders of age verification legislation that this is exactly what is going to happen if it comes to pass. Queer and trans material, no matter how innocuous, will absolutely be declared "explicit" or "pornographic" and invasively age-gated.

Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · last yr.

I don't know the other three books on the list, but Alison Bechdel's brilliant, poignant graphic novel Fun Home is a modern classic. Is it appropriate for elementary students? Well, no. But for a sensitive high school student? Absolutely. @AlisonBechdel is a legend. calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...

Alberta's UCP government is testing the waters on US-style book bans with school libraries. It's unlikely to stop there. There's a survey available to June 6. Note--they use charged language ("sexually explicit") throughout. your.alberta.ca/school-libra...

I assure everyone that libraries have considered this. Most of them want this! Library PATRONS have to provide the political pressure for municipal governments to fund and prioritize those services.

People largely like libraries and librarians more than ever - but that isn't necessarily translating to voting for funding. Which, ultimately, is what matters. Without funding, we don't exist. #CILDC

Not every Canadian Pierre Poilievre supporter is a Trump supporter. But every Canadian Trump supporter is a Pierre Poilievre supporter. That’s a big red flag. #TeamCanada

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

You know which Canadian has done nothing useful to support Canada during Trump’s trade war crisis? Pierre Poilievre. Not surprising considering his record supporting Trump, MAGA & the extremist Trucker convoy, attacks on media, connection to Stephen Harper, and refusal to get a security clearance.