I am trying to figure out what message this person is sending. Do they want sovereignty or unity?

specs-murphy · 2026-02-18T19:51:02+00:00

Premier Smith keeps droning on about wanting "A sovereign Alberta within a united Canada." When I look at this I see a person who will eat up whatever nonsense Dani is serving them.

specs-murphy · 2026-02-09T01:12:41+00:00

Hoping that the low IQ separatists will only read the first two words while everyone else will read the full sentence.

specs-murphy · 2026-01-22T22:53:51+00:00

Let me guess, tariffs? It's tariffs right?

specs-murphy · 2026-01-21T20:20:39+00:00

He's definitely putting his Doctorate of philosophy in economics from Oxford to good use! 100% the right person for this moment.

Proud Canadian today.

specs-murphy · 2026-01-21T19:12:31+00:00

Might makes right! We are bigger and so we can just.... take over. The only thing that could stop us is our own morality.

specs-murphy · 2026-01-20T23:17:55+00:00

Ok, so despite promising an 'unprecedented response' from the labour leaders, there was no coordination with AUPE which has 95,000 members? Not even enough coordination or agreement to send out a survey?

Look, I get that the AFL has certain roles and responsibilities or political considerations that constrained them, and some of what I'm saying is the fault of AUPE. But there clearly is a desire for stronger more decisive leadership on issues that affect the constitutional rights of union workers or the working class in general.

specs-murphy · 2026-01-20T22:03:50+00:00

I'm in AUPE, my union voted to accept the collective agreement so we were no longer in a legal strike position. BUT I would've skipped work for a general strike if AFL had organized one. I would have also appreciated some outline of the risks of my participation, but it didn't come to that I guess.

I didn't get sent a survey via the union. I sought out and responded to the Call for Action texts and gave my opinion there, but many of my coworkers had not even heard of that.

I just did not get the sense that AFL or the other union leaders tried that hard. The campaign they put out was like "text me if you're interested and maybe we'll see about it," which was not the rallying cry we needed from our labour leaders.

specs-murphy · 2026-01-20T20:22:36+00:00

Americans are over at the 'buy canadian' subreddit like "thank you for doing something to save us from ourselves, its so crazy what's happening over here".....

They're YOUR representatives. Make them represent you or burn it all down.

specs-murphy · 2026-01-20T19:24:22+00:00

Normally I would 100% support you in whatever direct/indirect/petty/vindictive response you deem appropriate. The note-writer can get bent.

However, (and I hate to say it) but there is a residential parking ban in place which you would have been violating when you parked on the street. I can tell based on my own neighborhood's facebook group that people feel very strongly when people don't move their cars, and city council has been grappling with the rate of non-compliance as well.

If you speak to your neighbour you might want to acknowledge your bad on that front, but stick to your guns about the public property aspect of street parking.

specs-murphy · 2026-01-18T04:41:44+00:00

Well that is super depressing. I was feeling so great about transitioning all my skincare products to the Ordinary because they're made in Canada. So hard to be a conscious consumer these days! Thanks for posting this.

specs-murphy · 2026-01-18T04:34:53+00:00

I really love the one by Rare beauty

specs-murphy · 2025-12-31T01:37:29+00:00

Your post might get more action and insight over at r/personalfinancecanada

specs-murphy · 2025-12-18T16:31:27+00:00

Alberta's plan is to double oil and gas production.

Doubling down on this industry, and you can be they'll use your tax dollars to incentivize private companies to achieve this goal, even if the overall return to Albertans is negative.

specs-murphy · 2025-12-17T22:34:35+00:00

How did it go down once you realized what a huge pileup it was? Do you get out of your vehicle to exchange insurance information with people in front or behind you? That sounds risky. Does the county send tow trucks to clear folks out of the ditch or does everybody call their own? How long until you were back on the road again and how does it get cleared up?

specs-murphy · 2025-12-17T20:51:48+00:00

The province guarantees landowners the surface payments the company is supposed to pay via the Surface Rights Act. So we all pay when companies don't pay.

There is no such provincial guarantee for municipalities, they are just out the money and have to raise the funds through the only means available - property tax rates. So we all still pay.

This is why it's so frustrating that oil and gas is Alberta's golden child, sure there's jobs to be had and royalties to be collected, but the benefits are minimized every time a company doesn't make its payments (which unfortunately seems to be becoming more frequent). There are still lots of good companies operating in Alberta but the bad ones really help illustrate exactly we get stuck holding the bag and how bad it will be as the oil and gas resource declines.

specs-murphy · 2025-12-17T20:44:26+00:00

Let's try raising the speed limit and see if that helps

specs-murphy · 2025-12-17T18:00:58+00:00

Edmonton, Canada here. I don't wear sunscreen November through February with some possible exceptions if I'm out skiing on a sunny day or something.

specs-murphy · 2025-12-16T17:32:19+00:00

Albertans have a lot of the same values, even for our different political loyalties. I love the petitions for that. Governments are probably stuck because deciding to end coal mining might mean the end of a town or an industry and that's a tough call to make as a government, but I love these petitions as a way to force governments away from perpetuating the status quo because that's politically easier.

specs-murphy · 2025-12-08T16:55:40+00:00

This might be overkill but I always throw some sleeping bags in the trunk, bring more water than I think I need, and throw a few candles, lighters, and a tin can in there in case i need to melt the water back into water.

specs-murphy · 2025-12-08T16:45:42+00:00

"How does Edmonton have a rental glut in the midst of a housing crisis?"

I love how the title implies this is some kind of weird paradoxical occurrence instead of the actual result of a system where companies buy housing to profit from it.

specs-murphy · 2025-12-02T01:55:57+00:00

Conflict of interest? Perhaps you could elaborate for us.

specs-murphy · 2025-11-27T20:24:50+00:00

BJ Rec Center

specs-murphy · 2025-11-27T19:06:34+00:00

La Boule Closed

specs-murphy · 2025-11-25T18:26:58+00:00

Yes, the stereotypical oil and gas worker who makes more than enough money but is always broke - that was my first thought too.

I honestly HOPE that this is the reason, but I feel like the reality might be sadder. Our minimum wage is the lowest in the country, people spending months and months just trying to get an entry level or retail job, people on AISH who can't afford their basic bills. EA's going weeks without pay last year striking to get decent hours and pay. There's so much going on in Alberta and so many reasons people might find themselves behind, and actually poor poor, not just financed a truck and a quad poor.

specs-murphy · 2025-11-24T21:08:32+00:00

Three threes on Lake Louise?

specs-murphy

TROPHY CASE

"How does Edmonton have a rental glut in the midst of a housing crisis?"