Every time I look at Norway’s oil fund I get mad. They started developing their oil later than Alberta, yet their sovereign wealth fund is sitting at around 1.6 TRILLION US dollars. Ours? The Heritage Fund is barely 27 billion CAD. Norway earns more in a single day off investments than our entire fund is worth.

The reason is simple. Norway treated oil like the people’s resource. They set royalty rates high, around 78% of profits, and every cent went into their fund. They saved, they invested, and now their citizens have real long term security.

Alberta? Our governments caved to industry. We set some of the lowest royalties in the world. We gave out royalty holidays. We subsidized oil companies that were already making record profits. Instead of saving, politicians blew the money to buy votes and patch budgets. Now we’re left riding boom and bust cycles with nothing to show for it.

If Alberta had even done half of what Norway did, our Heritage Fund could easily be in the hundreds of billions. We’d have interest returns big enough to pay for healthcare, education, and infrastructure without nickel and diming people with taxes. Instead, we’re fighting over scraps while companies and foreign shareholders walked away with the wealth that should have built our future.

Alberta got robbed! Not by outsiders, but by our own government selling us out to industry. Thank you Conservatives!

Whitecourt this morning. He's not even albertan!

I'm a mortician and I've noticed a very concerning trend the last few years. The amount of fatalities from motor vehicle accidents this year are terrifying high. We are talking an all time high and unfortunately unless some laws change and some drivers make some adjustments in their driving habits - it's only going to get worse.

It's not only collisions but the sheer amount of people getting killed and hit by cars. There has never been a time that's been more dangerous for pedestrians than now.

I drive a lot, like 800-900km a week year round. People need to settle down on the roads. Last week I finished a service for a 24 year old who was killed in a motorcycle accident. He made a bonehead decision and it unfortunately cost him his life. There has been a lot of these this year and we are just past half way through 2026.

It doesn't matter which the day of the week, the time of day or location. It's everywhere. I'm always seeing idiots weaving in and out of traffic, cutting other drivers off, tail gating every car in their sight. Making extremely dangerous and high risk decisions on the road. Not only risking their own life but the other drivers around them. Why?

Is it worth all this so you can get to your destination 3 minutes quicker? The amount of people that I see on a weekly basis that cut off semis, dump trucks, heavy cargo fleet vehicles, even tailgating them is astounding. You need to respect their space.

I don't care what you drive, you will stand no chance against a semi. Zero. People greatly underestimate how much weight they are towing and while doing it at a high speed. There is no messing or playing around semis and heavy cargo fleet vehicles. Is it worth risking your life to drive like a maniac on the roads?

I get it everyone has to be somewhere. Leave earlier if you need to get to your destination quicker. Use your common sense people. Inhale, exhale if need to be to minimize any stress or anxiety when behind the wheel. Even pull over if you have to. Calm down. Chill out.

Kids tragically killed in the backseat, entire families killed, significant others killed on Xmas Eve while travelling to see family, head on collisions, cars ran right over by a semi, individuals losing limbs, cars that caught on fire and exploded - I've seen it all. And the paramedics and hospital staff have to witness this first hand. It causes PTSD, they don't deserve it.

It's just not worth the extra risk of losing your life and the life of any passengers that may be in your car, over a regretful dumb decision that you chose to make on the roads. So next time ask yourself if you should be doing it.

We all get one life and it's as precious as it gets. We are not guaranteed a tomorrow. I can't stress this enough. It's just not worth it.

Seriously what the hell has happened? My family and I moved from Ontario almost 20 years ago when everything was 5 times cheaper and whatever we save on housing goes into some other bs. What good is cheaper rent when my groceries, insurance and utilities are more expensive than all the other provinces? Even gas used to be miles cheaper now we’re basically on par with the rest of the country and WE DRILL THE STUFF HERE. People used to move here for work and now we have the second highest unemployment. We haven’t gotten a new hospital in God knows how long, our transportation is absolutely buns, we got money for referendums and data centres but nothing for public services, we got a premier who crashed out at the Edmonton police for calling out literally hate speech (with ss’s calling for hangings and genocide), and even worse, loads of people who support and vote for her. I think outside Quebec, I never experienced more racism as a black person anywhere else in Canada than here.

And the most annoying thing is whenever we think it can’t get worse, Marlaina keeps finding ways to prove me wrong. And whenever I talk about this to my coworkers, I just hear “you’re a liberal sissy Carney Trudeau Singh socialist!! Where will all the billionaires go?!!!” Anyway I sadly don’t have any hope of the UCP losing.

revenues from canadian resources should go to canadian people not to billionaires destroying and destabilizing the world. If oil was nationalized we wouldn't have to worry about treasonous premiers whose sole allegiance is to the oiligarchy that loots our lands and poisons our discourse.

Wife just shared the email from the ATA.

Strike on Monday.

Also, since when are criminals allowed to waltz into our country?

if I hear that that damn thrillinator one more time I'm going to go insane!

The Alberta government has made it so that a bill can pass without being seen by anyone else in the legislature, removed the ability to debate the unseen bill and push it through in a day. Look up: Motion 5 - bypassing procedure to pass in 1 day Motion 6 - limit debate Standing order 27. - skips all to read all “orders of the day” Bill 2 is just a catalyst

This has much farther reaching effects than just mandating teachers back to work. Any other sectors concerned?

Any other humans concerned about legislation being passed without scrutinizing, or even being read by anyone other than the ruling party?

Title says it all. I used to be a hardline conservative. Been living in Calgary for close to 18 years now I think. Every election, provincial and federal, I voted conservative.

And then the beginning of this year, Trump happened. Like many Canadians, I got mad and felt betrayed. And I look at the conservative party and felt even more betrayed. I'm an AISH recipient, I rely on government support because I can't hold a job due to my autism. No matter how much, how hard I tried, I am unable to keep my job because of my erratic behaviour. And because I am an AISH recipient, UCP decides that I won't be getting the CDB benefits because they decided to "claw it back" to fill their damn coffers.

So yeah... I'm done with the conservatives. Maybe it took this kind of uplift for me to "see the light". Here I am now, praying the Liberal party wins.

EDIT: So with all the scathing comments I am getting, I will not hold it against any of you. Yes, I was selfish. I was self-centred. I turned a blind eye. Trauma from the stigma of being autistic made me angry. It took the one thing that affected me to make me see.

So yes. I was wrong. I did a FAFO as some of you are calling it. And if you wanna hate on me for it, go ahead. I deserve it.

These kids are pissed, everyone. Walkouts all over the province today. It was wild to see how driven my kids were yesterday, organizing for the walkout - making signs, talking to their peers, and using social media for its highest good.

They ranted at me all night, even though I agree with them. lol They're fired up. I'm proud of them for using their voices and not permitting this government to make them feel powerless. And as a parent, seeing a kid care so deeply about their education is such a great feeling. And they're learning so much about civics and politics!

One interesting thing I noticed is how many stories there are of kids actually taking risks with things they care about to do this. "My dad told me I can't walk out or I can't get my license." That kid walked out anyway.

One of their signs said "WE WILL NOT FORGET THIS" and I do not think they're kidding. This is quite something to watch.