For my Canadian friends
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That's bad
Perhaps we should nickname CitizenVoice.us "Satire cyber-City".
Making fun of any crisis involving severe human adversity / loss of life is callous, disgraceful. BUT !
U.S. citizens have earned a reputation for being accusatory, litigious. BUT !
Sometimes the forest just catches fire. Matter of fact, just in the past day or so we burned down an historic building near the Grand Canyon.
Mirth is surely no adequate substitute for a Trump administration kneecapped FEMA.
But at this point it seems perhaps satire is a practical tool to help impart perspective to the crises inflicted down here, from "up there".
Perhaps we should be grateful. Either fire or flood can jazz up the news. And now we have BOTH ! I never thought I'd be nostalgic for GWB.
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True - lik
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Reboot Alberta
Jon Auger · rptoenosSd07 fl507Mg:1P63ty28t7 ua85m ulJ6hu536m 0hfhul70983 ·This is what the Modern Conservative demagogues (the Poilievre/Smith gang) want you to forget. Ottawa is not the problem, Conservatives sold us down the river. When you realize the lie starts there it all becomes clear. Or it should ....
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NAFTA Section 6: How Canadian Oil Was Locked into American Hands
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The signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 marked a profound shift in the control and direction of Canada's energy sector. Of particular concern is Section 6 (Article 605) of NAFTA, which locked in the proportionality rule, effectively requiring Canada to maintain a fixed share of oil exports to the United States. This clause cemented the influence of American corporate interests over Canadian resources, significantly rolling back the sovereignty efforts that had defined Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s National Energy Program (NEP) in the 1980s. The NEP had challenged foreign domination, particularly that of U.S. multinationals such as .....
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Among all the reasons that Pierre Poilievre chose Battle River-Crowfoot as the riding that would return him to Parliament, one seems to stand out above the rest: it wouldn't take a lot of work to win. After all, Damien Kurek took the riding with almost 83 per cent of the vote in April's election, and it's hard to imagine a scenario in which any Conservative candidate wouldn't win there in a walk — or even a crawl.
But Bonnie Critchley, a 22-year army reservist and farmer who is running as an independent candidate in the Aug. 18 byelection, is doing her damnedest to create that scenario — and she's getting an unintentional assist from Poilievre. “Rural Albertans tend to be ....
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If anyone's got a few minutes for a long read, here's my comprehensive effort to discredit the disinformation campaign against Mark Carney. For those who find it useful, please feel free to share the whole post or extract any arguments or soundbites to counter specific attacks you see online.
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People are free to vote for whoever they want, and I'm not here to tell anyone otherwise. I believe in democracy, where each individual votes for a leader based on what that leader has to offer.
What worries me this time around is that we're at risk of voters choosing a candidate not based on that candidate's experience, platform and ideas, but rather on emotionally charged opinions of a candidate that have been informed by baseless attacks, outright lies, and funded propaganda.
To that end, I want to counter some blatant disinformation that I am seeing with regards to Mark Carney, propagated by right wing lobby groups and propaganda mills such as Canada Proud, and foreign bots and lobbyists.
I know Mark Carney. I've met him, and ....
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To Danielle Smith
Leave our pensions alone. The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is one of the most trusted and sustainable retirement systems in the world. According to the Office of the Chief Actuary’s 2025 report, the CPP is projected to remain financially stable and solvent for at least 75 years under current contribution rates and economic assumptions. Recent polling in 2025 confirms that over 70% of Albertans support remaining in the CPP, recognizing its proven security and national strength. Your ongoing efforts to withdraw Alberta from the CPP and establish a provincial alternative put millions of Albertans’ retirement security at risk. This reckless gamble threatens decades of hard-earned stability and does not reflect the wishes of the majority.
Leave the RCMP alone. Your plan to replace the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with a provincial police force comes with a hefty price tag and significant risks. The University of Calgary School of Public Policy’s 2025 analysis estimates startup costs exceeding $500 million and an additional $200 million per year to maintain. This upheaval has been widely opposed by municipalities, Indigenous leaders, and law enforcement experts, who warn that dismantling the existing, proven system could lead to gaps in public safety and increased costs with uncertain benefits. While reform and modernization of policing are necessary, throwing out a functional national system for partisan political reasons is dangerous and wasteful.
Leave our education system alone. Alberta’s education sector is in crisis. As of 2025, the province faces a teacher shortage of over 3,000 vacancies, with many classrooms experiencing increased sizes and decreased support for students with diverse needs. Your government’s ideological-driven curriculum changes have alienated ....
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This author had been blogging about the nightmare on America street some dementia don took office. Always very sharp and very informative writing.
Here she describes how Canada is reacting to the ongoing US threats and insults. Particularly enjoyed her depiction of Dani Smith as Canada’s MTG. Nailed it!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Nz9EinNde/?mibextid=ongoing
Good morning! It’s official: Donald Trump has managed to do the impossible, turn Canada into an economic and political fist ready to clock America in the jaw. Fresh off his latest tantrum, Trump and his hand-picked ambassador Pete Hoekstra have reignited a full-scale diplomatic brawl with our northern neighbors by labeling Canada “nasty,” threatening a 35% tariff, and, for good measure, declaring they should become the 51st state. Colonization is now a “term of endearment.”
Canadians aren’t having it. From Huntsville, Ontario, the provincial premiers gathered for a unity summit that looked like a masterclass in grown-up leadership compared to the circus unfolding south of the border. With the exception of Alberta’s Danielle Smith, Canada’s Marjorie Taylor Greene cosplay, premiers across the political spectrum closed ranks, telling Trump’s America to go ....
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Here she describes how Canada is reacting to the ongoing US threats and insults. Particularly enjoyed her depiction of Dani Smith as Canada’s MTG. Nailed it!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Nz9EinNde/?mibextid=ongoing
Good morning! It’s official: Donald Trump has managed to do the impossible, turn Canada into an economic and political fist ready to clock America in the jaw. Fresh off his latest tantrum, Trump and his hand-picked ambassador Pete Hoekstra have reignited a full-scale diplomatic brawl with our northern neighbors by labeling Canada “nasty,” threatening a 35% tariff, and, for good measure, declaring they should become the 51st state. Colonization is now a “term of endearment.”
Canadians aren’t having it. From Huntsville, Ontario, the provincial premiers gathered for a unity summit that looked like a masterclass in grown-up leadership compared to the circus unfolding south of the border. With the exception of Alberta’s Danielle Smith, Canada’s Marjorie Taylor Greene cosplay, premiers across the political spectrum closed ranks, telling Trump’s America to go ....
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Trump Officials Discussed $500M Alberta Independence Loan, Separatist Claims
Private details from a Washington D.C., meeting about Alberta becoming the 51st state was revealed at a separatism event attended by DeSmog.
ByDavid FalkonJul 22, 2025 @ 15:49 PDT
Officials in the Donald Trump administration discussed loaning the oil-rich province of Alberta hundreds of millions of dollars to help it become independent from Canada, a prominent separatist is claiming.
“I met the senior U.S. administrative officials just a couple steps away from the president himself,” recalled Dennis Modry, the former CEO of the Alberta Prosperity Project, a group devoted to pushing Alberta toward self-determination through a provincial referendum.
“When we walked into the conference room, the first comment was ‘we recognize and support ....
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Since I don't know the individual who posted this I can't say how much credibility I'd give it - the idea of exchanging every Cdn dollar held by an Albertan for a US one makes no sense. That $500 Mill wouldn't come close to covering the cost of that.
Private details from a Washington D.C., meeting about Alberta becoming the 51st state was revealed at a separatism event attended by DeSmog.
ByDavid FalkonJul 22, 2025 @ 15:49 PDT
Officials in the Donald Trump administration discussed loaning the oil-rich province of Alberta hundreds of millions of dollars to help it become independent from Canada, a prominent separatist is claiming.
“I met the senior U.S. administrative officials just a couple steps away from the president himself,” recalled Dennis Modry, the former CEO of the Alberta Prosperity Project, a group devoted to pushing Alberta toward self-determination through a provincial referendum.
“When we walked into the conference room, the first comment was ‘we recognize and support ....
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Since I don't know the individual who posted this I can't say how much credibility I'd give it - the idea of exchanging every Cdn dollar held by an Albertan for a US one makes no sense. That $500 Mill wouldn't come close to covering the cost of that.
Canada's disreputable neighbor to the South has wrestled with this issue, still unresolved after centuries.
The U.S. Founding was premised on self-determination. BUT !
Lincoln's War Between The States, aka the "Civil War" was waged by the union
premised on the United States Constitution's:
ARTICLE1. SECTION 8.
1 The Congress shall have Power To ... provide for the common Defence [Defense] and general Welfare of the United States ... suppress Insurrections ...
Hey, Uncle Sam ! Hypocrite much?
ref:
Declaration of Independence
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are ... endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that
among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.— That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted
among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
— That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People
to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government ... in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect
their Safety and Happiness.
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Pierre Poilievre’s recent complaints about “long ballot” voting ring hollow when placed in historical context. Long ballot tactics—where dozens of protest or fringe candidates crowd an election ballot—have existed in Canadian politics for decades, often as satire or civil disobedience. Groups like the Longest Ballot Committee and the Rhinoceros Party have used this method in various by-elections since at least 2015, drawing attention to democratic reform by overwhelming ballots with non-serious candidates. Poilievre and the Conservative Party made no formal objection during any of those elections. His outrage only erupted after the 2025 federal election, when a similar protest tactic led to over 90 candidates appearing on the Carleton riding ballot—ultimately contributing to his personal loss in that seat.
This timing suggests his objections are not rooted in democratic principles but in political opportunism. In fact, Poilievre himself has benefited extensively from mass membership tactics and large ballots within internal party elections. In the 2022 Conservative leadership race, his campaign alone signed up over 300,000 new party members—a historic number that helped him secure a first-ballot victory. Bulk membership drives and strategic mass sign-ups have long been central to Conservative leadership and nomination contests, including those under Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney. These tactics, akin in scale to long ballot organizing, were embraced by the party when they produced ...
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Ask for a write-in ballot!
If you are upset or frustrated by the Ridiculous ballot we've got going on, I would HIGHLY recommend heading down to the Elections Canada Office and vote by special ballot. You get a small ballot that you write in the name of the Candidate of your choice. I voted today, and it was simple!
Camrose
Elections Canada
6601 48 Avenue, Suite 27
Camrose, Alberta
This is #OurHomeOurRiding in #BattleRiverCrowfoot
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Bonnie Critchley - Independent
snoopetSdr1i0ch10fhf54a4ulf56f047u8h919aath4tf850a5201m09fic ·If you are upset or frustrated by the Ridiculous ballot we've got going on, I would HIGHLY recommend heading down to the Elections Canada Office and vote by special ballot. You get a small ballot that you write in the name of the Candidate of your choice. I voted today, and it was simple!
Camrose
Elections Canada
6601 48 Avenue, Suite 27
Camrose, Alberta
This is #OurHomeOurRiding in #BattleRiverCrowfoot
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Everyone is this photo promoted the so-called Freedom Convoy. The penalties should be the same for elective officials. These Canadian MAGA supporters helped facilitate an insurrection. These are the same people who say they tough on crime. These are also the same people who are complaining that convoy organizers Tamara Lynch and Chris Barber, who were found guilty of mischief and counselling others to disobey a court order are being unfairly punished and calling it “cruel and unusual punishment” as the crown asked for 7 years for Lynch and 8 years in prison for Barber. The pair played prominent leadership roles in the weeks-long occupation that took over downtown Ottawa for more than three weeks in early 2022. She said the Crown isn't seeking to punish them for their political beliefs, but for crossing the line into "sustained criminality" that paralyzed the city and flouted the law. The crown read witness impact statements from residents and business owners who endured the protest, leaving them with hefty financial losses and lasting psychological scars. "It's difficult to imagine an offence of mischief with greater impact," Wetscher said. And let’s not forget, this convoy went to Ottawa with the intention of overthrowing our democratically elected government. Also blockades at border crossings with large amounts of weapons seized at the Coutts border in Alberta. Every one of these terrorists should be locked up
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Not sure when I first voted 3rd party, might have been 1992 for Libertarian Andre' Marrou for president.
A few years ago, in a local election, the dog catcher ran for justice of the peace as a write-in candidate. I voted for him.
He lost.
Too bad.
Good man.
BUT !
3rd party politics & write-in candidates don't seem to have a very encouraging history in North America.
H.Ross Perot split the Republican vote depriving incumbent President GHWB of a 2nd term, installing Governor Clinton [D-AR] into the white house. Perot faded away like an old soldier.
Governor Jesse Ventura [I-MN] made it to the State house. But he wasn't able to accomplish much as his 3rd party had nowhere near a majority in the Minnesota legislature.
Fine, but at risk of it being little more than a protest vote. Instant run-off may pry such vote out from the shadow. But the major parties benefit from the current system, thus we can expect it to remain standard for the foreseeable future.
CANADA !
Fort Montgomery (Lake Champlain)
When a new survey discovered that the 45th parallel was actually located some 0.75 miles (1.21 km) south compared to the markers on the 1771-1773 Collins–Valentine line, effectively placing the fort in Canada, all construction on this first fort stopped and the site was abandoned.
en.wikipedia.org
The U.S. built an ostensibly defensive fort on the wrong side of the border!
Fort Montgomery (Lake Champlain)
Coordinates:
45.0056°N 73.3490°W From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fort Montgomery 
Fort Montgomery on Lake Champlain is the second of two United States forts built at the northernmost point of the United States part of the lake: a first, unnamed fort built on the same site in 1816 and Fort Montgomery built in 1844.
The current massive stone fortification, the second fort, was built between 1844 and 1871 at the Canada–US border of Lake Champlain at Island Point in the village of Rouses Point, New York.
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"Fort Blunder"
Construction had begun on the first fort at this location, an octagonal structure with 30-foot-high (9.1 m) walls, in 1816 to protect against an attack from British Canada such as that which led to the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1814. In July 1817, President James Monroe visited the incomplete fortification and the adjacent military reservation known locally as "the commons".When a new survey discovered that the 45th parallel was actually located some 0.75 miles (1.21 km) south compared to the markers on the 1771-1773 Collins–Valentine line, effectively placing the fort in Canada, all construction on this first fort stopped and the site was abandoned.
Fort Montgomery (Lake Champlain) - Wikipedia
The U.S. built an ostensibly defensive fort on the wrong side of the border!
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In this case asking for a write-in ballot isn't to let you vote for any sort of third party candidate. It's because there are some 130 plus candidates on the official ballot and this makes it easier to vote for the individual you want to support - no need to wade thru a massive list to find the "right" candidate.
In this case asking for a write-in ballot isn't to let you vote for any sort of third party candidate. It's because there are some 130 plus candidates on the official ballot and this makes it easier to vote for the individual you want to support - no need to wade thru a massive list to find the "right" candidate.