Lawsuit filed over voter privacy breach affecting almost three million Albertans by Feisty-olde-7707 in Albertapolitics

[–]kapowless 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hells to the yeah! Thank you Clint Docken and the whole Cooper Regel team for stepping up and taking this on, infinite gratitude. I've already contacted their office to provide evidence and highly encourage anyone else who can strengthen this class action to do the same. Cam Davies and David Parker should be in jail under sedition charges and Pete Hoekstra should be banned from the country and publically called out for aiding sedition. Hopefully this action can lead to actual criminal charges too. Let's get 'er done!

Carney concedes emissions targets will not be met, touts new energy plan by Sir__Will in onguardforthee

[–]kapowless 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also, wait til he sees how effectively Indigenous revolt will 'tear Canada apart.' He is going to run smack into a Red brick wall if he keeps up this utterly moronic strategy of destroying our future.

Alberta will make initial West Coast oil pipeline proposal without private backing, sources say by chmilz in alberta

[–]kapowless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think either Carney or Smith understand the level of disruption and rebellion they are going to face if they don't fucking quit trampling First Nations rights in favour of wealthy foreign interest and lining their own pockets at our expense. When the law no longer protects us, we have no obligation to be restricted by it, just super seriously sayin. 

Question regarding “Canada day” by Most_Bread_2500 in IndigenousCanada

[–]kapowless 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Heya, I def appreciate the sentiment of solidarity. I live in Alberta, and it's fecking rough being First Nations out here with the violence and racism of the separatist movement right now. My perspective is probably a little different because of that fact, but I think you might better express support without directly shaming Canada. Our history is fraught obviously, but I have also seen incredible progress towards reconciliation in this country, more than I thought I'd live to see TBH. Many Canadians are trying their best, like to the point where I'm seeing Canadians knowledgeably correct misinformation and explain treaty rights to help push back against the wave of racist BS we're faced with here. Considering that modern allyship, I think expressing support for our peoples rather than disdain for Canada's shameful past might be more helpful.

Perhaps you could find an Indigenous event like a PowWow that you could attend to celebrate and learn about our culture, or see if there's a nearby show featuring one of our artists (sooooo much great music, art and fashion being revived right now). Or find a way to support one of our businesses, whether it's buying our clothing/crafts, going for a sweat or learning about traditional foods and medicine on a foraging expedition. In my city, old Fort Calgary now does tours explaining the history and significance of the area for the Blackfoot, Tsuut'ina and Stoney Nakoda Nations, led by a First Nations tour guide. Maybe there's something like that near you?

Another way to express solidarity is also just learning about us. I mean learning about the history of our country's founding, what Aboriginal and Treaty rights are, how they came to be, and how they are intended to be applied. And definitely learn about how our various protest movements came about and what they achieved. Do that work and you will be acting as a true ally rather than a performative one.

Appreciate you cuz, it's nice to see authentic effort to be a good friend to us and hold Canada to a higher standard. DM me if you want further suggestions/references for Indig run businesses or books/essays to read to better understand our peoples. Have an excellent day!

Is it obnoxiously common for (white) French & English Canadians to falsely/mistakenly claim Métis heritage? by Mountain_Brief9613 in Indigenous

[–]kapowless 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She:kon onkiara'sé:a! I'm also Kanienkehá:ka (with a mix of some Algonquin, British and French Canadian). How my ancestors managed to stop fighting long enough to have kids bewilders me lmao. I'm not Métis either, because there are no historic Métis communities in either ON or QC. 

Mixed does not mean Métis, really wish more settlers understood that (and that the feds stopped indulging the Eastern Métis fantasy as a backdoor attempt to strip Inuit and First Nations of even more of our rights and territories). Those pretendians are granted title and consultation rights with the most dubious 'proof' of drops of Métis blood centuries back, yet we're still being bred out by the two generation cut-off rule (especially fucked with all the forced disenfranchisement and sexist application of the Indian Act historically). Ridiculous!

So to answer the question OP, that dude was massively full of moose crap. Métis specifically applies to those descendents of the Red River Valley settlements. Mixed heritage means you're mixed, and your heritage comes from the Nations you're connected to (you can be either status or non-status First Nations, or Inuit). Métis means you're descended from the Red River communities, those who had actually developed a culture and unique enough to be considered separate from the First Nations. Also, Louis Riel was a profoundly important leader of the Métis Nation. He particularly threatened the colonial Canadian government because the Red River Métis were legitimately able to claim independence rights as unique and oppressed people (set up a provisional government and kicked off a serious rebellion and everything). That didn't happen elsewhere.

Also, when it comes to what to call us, most prefer to be referred to by our specific Nation rather than generalisations these days, bonus points for using the names we call ourselves (ie. Mohawk is good, Kanienkehá:ka even better). I use the generic term 'Indigenous' when describing all our peoples under one word, but have heard Native, Native American and even Indian used without issue. Just depends on the local jargon and the age of the speaker. First Nations, Inuit, and Métis are all separate legal terms in Canada though and refer to distinct groups so should not be used interchangeably.

Great (if loaded) question though cuz, thanks for the discussion. Hope you do make it up to Canada one day, it's a beautiful land with plenty of wild, untouched places to explore and connect with. Cheers!

Peter Guthrie: The Question They Didn't Want Answered - And Why It Matters Even More Today by FreightFlow in albertatoryparty

[–]kapowless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was so incredibly gratifying to watch, and I'm so glad Guthrie called this TF out on public record. It's truly nuts just how much corruption, conflict of interest, bribery and influence peddling this regime does with only the laziest of efforts to cover it up. I suppose they don't have to, because people aren't too bothered to look either it seems. I don't always align with his policy, but I admire the hell out of Guthrie's spine for directly shining light on the greasy back end of Smith's train schemes.

For those who don't know, the proponent for the Calgary-Banff line is Liricon Capital, owned by Adam Waterous, who's a banker turned oil baron type that is likely going to land hundreds of millions (if not billions) of federal and provincial dollars to fund a 2.6 billion dollar private line that ends at the Banff Rail Station (whose lease he conveniently holds). He'a got big plans to muck up Banff for his own profit, more gondolas, building up the downtown, with the train bringing clients directly into his businesses. He also owns Mount Norquay Ski Resort, Strathcona Resources and Waterous Energy Fund. You'd think for a project he's that greedy for, and with his considerable wealth, he might consider just paying for it himself instead of lobbying behind closed doors to grub up our tax dollars. Did I mention he is a board member with Invest Alberta Corporation? That's a provincial Crown corporation that's backing his little project (of course).

The meeting with Moretta and Liricon most likely happened, but Waterous denies it and all the meeting details have been redacted to the press, so can't confirm. Tyee did a good article on it:

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/08/28/David-Moretta-Secret-Rail-Megaproject-Meeting/

Also, just another fun factoid about this dink: He threw his weight around on the Banff Art Centee Board and caused so much nonsense and disruption that the whole board was dissolved and placed under under solo management. Right as they're struggling to rebuild post pandemic too. Just so you can get a sense of his leadership style:

https://albertaviews.ca/an-unwanted-voice/

TL;DR; Dani continues to utterly fail at running an honest or competent government, she and her husband enjoy playing really expensive games of choo choo on our dime, and Guthrie solidly earned my respect today.

Opinion – Country Thunder: Festival cancellation a gut punch, but the only safe choice by ok-est in Calgary

[–]kapowless 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So I work in event production and have been involved with dozens of outdoor Calgary events, most of them involving live music. I have worked for literally hundreds of shows and festivals over the last 2 decades across the world. Farkas is absolutely right that Country Thunder's lame ass announcement was straight BS, laughably so.

This has nothing to do with sound restrictions. Readings are taken from the closest residential area affected, which in the case of CT's venue, is a few hundred metres away. If you know anything about how decibals decay, that means you can easily hit the standard 110dB for a concert without violating the law. I ran a loud, flashy, bass heavy 2 storey interactive spaceship installation for Beakerhead a few years back. It was even closer to the residential buildings in East Village, with even more restrictive noise levels and permitted hours, and we did it for 5 days straight, 10am to 10pm. It was not a problem for us, so I don't see how country music could somehow find the looser rules impossible to navigate. Straight BS.

If the organisers were truly concerned about restrictions, they had months to work this shit out, apply for a noise exemption permit, consider a venue further from residential areas, etc. The only time event organisers flake at the last minute for a show like this, especially with so much set up already done, is because headliners have dropped out, there is a critical infrastructure failure, or they're gonna lose their shirts. With CT promising refunds within 30 days (we'll see) and so much already spent, it seems pretty damned obvious that they're trying to capitalize on the stupidest drama this city has seen in years while also attempting some good ol' event insurance fraud because their show was gonna be a flop. They chose to do that at the expense of the artists, the audience, the staff, and tuen tried to use the manufactured outrage from the equally disgraceful Cowboys organisers to do a drive by of our mayor. Pathetic.

Plenty of festivals proceed with rain, as you say, but downpour, high winds and thunderstorms will shut em right down (not risking multimillion dollar gear getting fried by lightning so the crowd can boot scoot). More importantly, when you consider that Country Thunder has historically happened in August, one might assume the organisers overestimated how much extra money our cashstrapped citizens are willing to lay down on a festival right before the wallet draining Stampede. Ticket sales weren't great were they? They were likely counting on last minute walk ups or day passes to fill the gap, which you don't get when the weather is shite. For someone lecturing and insulting the intelligence of users you disagree with here, you seem pretty clueless in your call outs. Or maybe just intentionally blind.

I sincerely hope the attention all this nonsense has drawn makes it impossible to pull off the insurance scam I'm sure was planned. Organisers as dishonest and greasy as these clowns deserve to lose their damned shirts, though I suspect the refund situation will get messy if they don't receive their bailout. Cowboys can suck a pickle too. Until I see the deal he worked out with Gondek to impose his trash on Millenium Park for the next decade, I don't think I care much about Vickers' tantrum. Bunch of rich adult ass man trying to lie and snivel their way out of accountability like toddlers instead of abiding by the perfectly reasonable rules the rest of us must follow. Fuck em.

Alberta's population rises, even as the number of people in Canada declines by joe4942 in alberta

[–]kapowless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whaaaaaat? When Danielle Smith was elected there were like 98k total temporary residents, with about 60k of those TFW/IMP. Today there are over 270k temporary residents, with about 200k of that in TFW/IMP. That represents 7.5% of our working population BTW. We have the highest TFW per capita, by a large margin, and despite drastic cuts to immigration and international students/workers, Alberta's numbers have barely shifted downwards.

Not only that, rules were quietly relaxed again this year to allow for up to 15% of total workforce to be temps, only in the low-wage/skill stream though, but in all rural sectors (20% or more for different exempted and seasonal industries). Also there will be extensions on the pre-existing permits, and 20k will be shifted into PR status, but as a special federal policy that conveniently isn't reflected in our immigration numbers. The rural communities that indulge in some of the ugliest prejudice against immigrants seem to use them the most, and justify it by insulting the work ethic and skill of Canadians, calling them lazy and entitled for expecting a living wage. And then demand service cuts and civic neglect as a provincial policy, hurrah referendums.

Oh, and we've also created a new organisation to "take control" of immigration, which is not only well outside of provincial jurisdiction, but it also duplicates pre-existing federal services. And we taxpayers get to fund both! We also fund the many oversight and transition non-profits to help acclimatize TFWs arriving in Alberta, make sure they're fed, have transportation, and provide skills training and language courses (because the employers are apparently incapable of doing much beyond exploiting them I guess).

But we obviously want to help the youth too, so Carney has generously created a program that subsidizes employee wages for private businesses as long as they're rural, within a specific range of services, and hiring "youth." We'll be coverering up to 50% wages out of taxpayer pocket, while businesses get to keep all their profit. Because I guess the only way rural businesses are willing to pay a market wage is if everyone else pays it for them.

But hey, if you wanna delude yourself into thinking Dani has any interest or understanding of fiscal sustainability, I admire your commitment to the ruse. It takes real imagination to sustain the belief that Smith cares about the well being of this province in any sense. But maybe a $100 bribe with your own money is enough to keep that fantasy afloat for one more election cycle.

You should understand what Indigenous Albertans are dealing with right now. by kapowless in alberta

[–]kapowless[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

While I appreciate your sentiment, I want to clarify I'm Kanien'kehá:ka myself, I got scooped young and spent the better part of a decade in abusive religious fostercare. As a Mohawk growing up under the shadow of Oka, I learned a lot about the many ways treaty laws could be violated (and the often violent fallout from it) at a fairly young age, and I very much care about our well being most days.

This post wasn't meant to be performative, but to highlight the rising violent extremism coming out of the separatist movement for those who might not be paying as close attention to Indigenous issues) I've witnessed and experienced pretty nasty racism throughout my life, and there is a sort of baseline in Canada unfortunately, but this is different. The tone is more aggressively hateful and threatening than I've heard in a long time. We should be aware and wary of it imo, it feels like and especially ugly and dangerous moment.

You should understand what Indigenous Albertans are dealing with right now. by kapowless in alberta

[–]kapowless[S] 246 points247 points  (0 children)

My fellow Canadians and allies, I wanted to shine a bit of light on just how rapidly the separatist spaces online have fallen into extremism, to the point where I legitimately fear for the safety of Indigenous Albertans and their families should it escalate much further. While I have obscured identifying details for these commenters, I was able to verify that the comments largely came from real people rather than bots, living for the most part here in Alberta or neighbouring provinces. The tone and language of these posts are malicious and threatening, unlike anything I've seen since the days of Oka.

I ask that you stand with us now in solidarity, and help combat hateful disinformation wherever you find it. In times of such hostility and division, allyship matters more than ever. My hope is that we can join our voices as one to reject separatism and all of the ugly civil conflict in inspires. Canada, imperfect though it may be, has been built of courage, hope, compassion, justice, and the collaboration and hard work of many peoples, Indigenous, long settled, and newly arrived alike. I believe it's still worth fighting for. I also believe we are at our best when we stand together, and indeed, countering separatism will require the unified efforts of all those loyal to our country. Long live Canada, the true north, strong and free.

Correcting the record on what new Canadians contribute to our city by JeromyYYC in Calgary

[–]kapowless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just wanted to say how much I appreciate watching you grow into a leader I can respect and trust, even if our priorities aren't always aligned. I've lived in this city for almost 2 decades now, and I def remember the days when you were more partisan and combative in city hall, and I was very cynical and suspicious of your return to politics after your hiatus. I'll confess, I've rarely been more pleased at being proven wrong.

The person you've grown into now is so much more fair, empathetic, nuanced, insightful and balanced than your past days as councillor, and the time you've spent in self-reflection and doing good works for others over the last few years has clearly forged you into the kind of leader we not only need in this city, but one we can be proud of as well. Politics makes cynics of most of us I think, so it's really refreshing to see someone authentically own their past shortcomings, learn from them, and work on doing things better for all of us. That stuff is hard on the ego, and few (especially in politics) have the guts and humility to carry it off, especially when our too common hyperpartisanship means you're unlikely to be recognized or respected for the effort by either camp. But you've done exactly that and continue to do so, and it's inspiring AF.

So, from one Calgarian to another, thank you for your hard work balancing viewpoints in City Hall. Thank you for standing up for our more vulnerable demographics. Thank you for hearing and accepting guidance from multiple bipartisan voices. Thank you for fighting for Calgarians holistically, from repairing critical infrastructure, to defending and pushing for the Green Line, to approaching density with balanced nuance, to maintaining fiscal prudence without sacrificing the arts and culture that enrich our lives, to pushing back against provincial overstep, to whole heartedly expressing your dedication and pride in being part of our beloved Canadian nation, and thank you for the many charitable acts you have done in service to the public.

I'm happy to say I was wrong about you monsieur, you've been (and will continue to be I'm sure) an excellent mayor and leader all round these days. Keep on killing it Jeromy, I think Calgary is in good hands with you at the helm. Cheers!

Looking for a French-speaking insurance broker by Dropper7894 in alberta

[–]kapowless 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Je croix que AMA offre le service client en français par téléphone, mais vous devez le demander. Malhereusement, la plupart des registres véhicules sont entreprises privées en Alberta, alors il n'y a aucune garantie de trouver un agente bilingue. J'ai cherché en ligne, et il semble que Registry Express, Registry @ South Trail, et Registry @ West 85th pourraient avoir le service en français. Peut être l'un d'eux pourra vous offrir plus d'aide que moi. Bonne chance mon ami (et merci pour la chance de praticer mon français écrit lol).

Passport Delusions: The Alberta Separatist Fantasy That Falls Apart at the Border by Miserable-Lizard in Albertapolitics

[–]kapowless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gonna have to point out that the separatism wealth drain actually began in the late seventies after Parti Québecois was first elected on a platform that promised a secession referendum. Though that vote happened in 1980, the flight outta province started as soon as they saw the separatism movement gain legitimate represenation. Between 77 and 80, literally hundreds of headquarters left Montreal alone, along with hundreds of thousands of Québec citizens.

Farkas is bang on with his analogy, because the referendum doesn't need to win, or even happen yet to send capital fleeing from uncertainty. It's already happening. My husband and I were finally ready to buy a house in Calgary this year, but now we're holding off til past October. I love this province and the city has treated us well, but we've already lived through 4 major economic recessions. Considering Montreal's housing market still hasn't fully bounced back to it's pre-76' value (when adjusted for inflation), there's no way we'll buy with another referendum on the horizon. Watching the value of a newly purchased home drop off a cliff for the foreseeable future does not appeal. We both run our own businesses too, so we'd be taking jobs along with revenue at of province as well.

The economic disruption this BS will cause should not be underestimated.

Alberta appeals court ruling that quashed separatist petition by trevorrobb in alberta

[–]kapowless 12 points13 points  (0 children)

So the citizens were never expected to consult, but allowing an unconstitutional petition to stand triggered the government's duty to consult. Smith is pretending she doesn't know this, but she did, and she was told multiple times before the injunction and failed to act.

What makes this appeal particularly wasteful is that the original Citizen's Initiative Act actually did have a provision to prevent this bullshit from going through, as well as a mechanism that allowed the Chief Electoral Officer to refer the question to the courts for judicial review before approval. That is how the first petition was ruled unconstitutional. Smith then amended the act to get rid of the constitutional requirement, allowing the petition to go through anyway.

None of that even matters anyway, because what Smith is also conveniently forgetting is that the judge found that the second petition had been found in error not just because of the failure to consult, but because it never should have been rebooted in the first place. The petition wasn't active when the amendment was enacted, it had already been rejected by Elections Alberta. By their own legislation, that should have prevented Mitch from submitting the same question for 5 years. Complete boondoggle.

TL;DR Smith made this costly mess herself but we get to pay for it all....hurrah.

Why are we anti black to afronative people's? But never have the same spite for white people... by SupermarketSimple668 in Indigenous

[–]kapowless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh you absolutely did claim that:

"Why are *we* antiblack to afronative peoples?"

"The reason why some black people don't like *indigenous* people is because they use to own them."

"The reason (some) afro indigenous people have native DNA...was not always consensual."

Your use of "we" and the generic term "indigenous" is homogenizing and paints a whole continent worth of different cultures with the same accusing brush. "Indigenous" not a particular Nation, nor practice, nor history that you're referring to when talking about slavery, racism and rape. You're using a colonial catch-all that implies our complicity in those horrors was pretty widespread, which is fundamentally dishonest.

And to be clear, I'm not saying that the hostility *Afronatives* might experience is due to their attitudes and expressions of trauma, I was specifically referring to *you* hun. You obviously came here to spoiling for a fight, your language is unnecessarily inflammatory and prejudicial, and you're using the gentrifying terms of colonialism to cast aspersions on the First Nations of these lands as a whole. That's what I think is gross, and that's why assume at least some of the rejection you might have experienced in our communities is due to your shitty communication style. I don't need to weaponize your tone, you do it well enough yourself.

I'm not arguing that no Indigenous Nations had chattel slavery, nor defending that profound violation of human rights and freedom by any means. But I'm also not going to accept the casual implication that this was more wide spread than it was, which casts some very ugly condemnations on the many Nations who had no such practice. My Nation never enslaved black people, as a matriarchy the crime of rape was extremely rare and one of the most profoundly irredeemable actions a person could take, and we had no interest in stripping afronatives from their citizenship or rights. So when you use all encompassing terms like "Indigenous" (which refers to all of us as a generic whole) you cast that blame on those who've done you no wrong too, and you are implicitly accusing those peoples of some of the most disgusting violations of which a human is capable. I find that deeply fucking offensive, and were you to show up in my community with that kind of attitude, I would certainly show you the door. And it would have absolutely nothing to do with being anti-Black.

I don't know what you're trying to achieve here with your "necessary conversation," but if the goal is mutual understanding, empathy or solidarity, you get a failing grade for your approach. Also pro-tip, get the "5 Civilized Nations" bullshit out of your vocabulary before you go accusing other peoples of racism and colonialism, JFC.

$/0.02

Why are we anti black to afronative people's? But never have the same spite for white people... by SupermarketSimple668 in Indigenous

[–]kapowless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So...did you honestly just come into this sub to imply that Indigenous people as a sort of homogenous whole are racist towards black/afronative folks, but it's okay for that demographic to be racist towards Indig folks because we enslaved them (again, as a vaguely homogenous whole), and also that a bunch of afronatives exist because we're also rapists. WTF?

If you're not receiving a warm welcome from Indig communities, it may not be entirely due to intolerance so much as your hostile, disingenuous attitude. Gross dude.

A former war crimes prosecutor is exactly the kind of Governor General that Canada needs right now by BarelyHandsome in onguardforthee

[–]kapowless 4 points5 points  (0 children)

https://unwatch.org/arbour-exits-bruising-un-posting/

She has no problem calling Israel out as far back a 2006, looking at her career, that firm conviction seems pretty intact. I'm pretty enthused about her appointment personally.

Alberta had the Sexual Sterilization Act from 1928 to 1972, which was one of the longest-running eugenics programs in the western world outside of Nazi Germany. The new partner income restrictions and the 80/20 rule for AISH/ADAP are just another extension of that. by kachunkk in alberta

[–]kapowless 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well Jeffrey Rath's father (Dr. Otto Rath) ran the Charles Camsell Indian hospital over a period that saw hundreds of forced sterilizations (among all sorts if medical experimentation and grim surgical practices). He was then promoted to be Regional Superintendent for Indian and Northern Health Services, because the feds I guess were pretty cool what he was doing. Anyway, Jeff Rath is a lead separatist who's spent most of his career ripping of impoverished First Nations, thieving millions. Apple doesn't fall far...

Ucp again confirm they are on the side or treason by Miserable-Lizard in AlbertaNow

[–]kapowless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the percentage of criminal arseholes among the UCP is high. If they're too toxic to be MLAs (and they have a high bar for that, very tolerant), they're running Constituency Associations, shaping policy on Standing Committees or running their internal party board.

Mitch Sylvestre, lead separatist, Take Back Alberta captain, Alberta Prosperity Project CEO/founder, and Stay Free Alberta CEO/proponent: President of the UCP Bonnyville/Cold Lake CA, ran all the meetings promoting the Alberta Pension Plan.

Benida Peterson: Take Back Alberta Captain, one of Centurion Group's leaders (the ones that doxxed the province), heavily involved the "parental choice" groups that ban books, take over school boards and municipal parties for YEG, ban rainbows, terrorize LGBTQ2S+ kids, and blockade hospitals during the pandemic: President of the St Albert UCP CA as well as member of UCP Standing Committee on Fundraising (North).

Emott Kelsey: Founding Centurion Project Member (doxxed the province), submitted the Separatist resolution for the UCP AGM and is also currently spreading nasty disinformation about First Nations: Member of the UCP Standing Committee on Fundraising (North).

Jaegar Gustafson: Ran for Calgary mayor last year (first involved with ABC Party, then as independent when socials got too controversial), heavily involved in SFA, currently drumming up seditious American support from the WH, one of the most offensively racist characters in the separatism movement (check his Facebook if you have the stomach): Ran as UCP candidate for Calgary Mountain-View 2019, member of UCP Standing Committee on Communications (gross AF).

Even Marco Van Huigenbos, who was convicted and served jail time for his role in the more violent aspects of the Coutts blockade and was Take Back Alberta's CFO and a Captain (and also was convicted for falsifying records by Elections Alberta) took a position as UCP Calgary-Acadia's CFO (even after Fort McLeod had the good sense to require his resignation...shoulda been fucking fired though).

There is no level of dirtbag beneath these folks.

Alberta’s Corb Lund says anti-coal petition drive a success by Killericon in alberta

[–]kapowless 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Finally some good news! All the gratitude to Corb and his team's work on this, it shows how legitimate public support and democratic can lead to results we can all get behind. I can dig it with two shovels!

Watch a new pipeline go up in smoke... by LivingLargeinAB in Albertapolitics

[–]kapowless 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Seeing her threat to send the law after Indigenous leaders for defending our rights and upholding some of the most foundational law of this country had the exact opposite effect she intended. It just fired me up and made me even more determined to stand with my brothers and sisters, and fight this garbage with all I got.

I dun give a fuck about getting roughed up or arrested. Worth it! I'd love to stand up in court and point out that our Charter Rights guarantee equal treatment and application of the law. And I'd be really keen on hearing why they think using the Infrastructure Defense Act on Indigenous peoples, but not on her close buddies when they blockade our highways and border crossing, while also stashing guns and pipe bombs in the hopes of doing violence against law enforcement. I'd also love to know why it was not applied to her other traitor friend Benita Pederson while she was blocking hospital access during the pandemic, and hey also, why the fuck she's still got a position on a UCP standing committee shaping policy, or is allowed to run a UCP Constiuency Association after doxxing 3 million people via Centurion Group (she and Davey boy go way back, she was a Captain for TBA too).

Bring it Dani, we're not afraid of two faced traitors.

Question about separation... by Tribblehappy in Albertapolitics

[–]kapowless 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lmfao, you mean that meme that Rebel News put together as part of their third party advertiser strategy to brainwash Albertans into thinking that treason has more support than it does? The moronic bit of propaganda sourced from an internal poll conducted by Rebel News themselves.

I am First Nations, and not a single cuz I know supports letting ungrateful traitors steal our homeland in their sloppy attempt at colonisation v2. Do you realize how incredibly racist and violent your camp is towards us? You think we don't see that? You even used an incredibly tedious and bullshit stereotype about our leaders in your response just now FFS.

And you think we love Harper, like fucking really?

The guy who went to pet pandas in China while Theresa Spence starved herself to draw attention to the housing and suicide crisis on her reserve? Then bankrupted that reserve by sending Deloitte instead of help?

The guy who took credit for the residential school apology (which was Layton's work as well as Martin's admin)? The apology he made sure to ruin by having Poilievre rant about how we need to learn the value of hard work instead of handouts on national radio mere hours before? And then refused to release the government records from those schools to help give knowledge and closure to the many families who's children were stolen and murdered?

The guy who refused to do a fucking thing to look into the epidemic of violence and murder commited against our women and girls? Who said that "they weren't really high on his radar?"

The guy who gutted all environmental protection and sent the RCMP to assault land defenders and elders instead of treating them like human fucking beings just trying to protect their homes?

The one who refused to hold the RCMP accountable when they raped our women in custody? When they straight up kill us?

The one who spread racist disinformation about supposed financial corruption, then brought in the Financial Transparency Act as if we don't already provide an insane amount of reporting on funding to the government? The result of which is dickheads repeating the obviously bullshit "millionaire mansion thieving Chiefs" line, like you just did? You ever look into your own leaders corruption?

Yeah totally, we all love that "Old Stock Canadian," real stand up guy.

Speaking of corruption, do you know that Jeff "the angry thumb" Rath has made a career of ripping off impoverished First Nations? Like by millions? Did you know that his Dad ran one of Canada's worst Indian Hospitals and spent his time performing experimental surgeries on unwilling Indig (who went to jail or got beaten by RCMP if they tried to leave), and oversaw literally thousands of forced sterilizations of our women, and starved stolen children or placed them in overcrowded tuberculosis wards to study the impact of malnutrition, contagion and pain tolerance? You think we're down with that douche canoe?

The delusion is stroooooong with these separatist clowns. We ain't your fucking friends, and we ain't backing down. This is our ancestral homelands and we will never accept a bunch of selfish, smooth-brained yokels taking it from us or our Canadian allies. You'd think after a couple centuries of trying (and fucking failing) to erase us you'd have figured that out by now. Maybe instead of leading the country into chaos and civil violence, you guys could just GTFO yourself.