Lawyer (criminal defence, civil rights), Past President Canadian Prison Law Association, North River Ranger, Lead Vocals UC Law Gastroelectric Kazoo Band
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Joined July 2016
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"Edmonton Police began a search of the woods, where a police dog & its handler found her. The woman sustained a dog-bite injury while being arrested & went to hospital by ambulance for medical treatment."
If she was found, why did the canine attack her?
alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=9…
"As the male officer watched the video, he recognized the aggressor & deleted the video - his partner reported his actions to 2 sergeants on duty. She escalated her concerns because they were ignored by her supervisors."
#Police #CodeOfSilence #TBL
cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/…
"The UCP government will press ahead with its plan to opt out of federal dental and drug benefit programs in favour of its own made-in-Alberta approach, even though voters rejected a similar strategy in last week's referendum."
#abpoli
cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/u… – at Edmonton, Alberta
"And finally, let’s acknowledge homelessness as the generational health crisis that it is. Every dollar we decline to spend in housing, we spend several times over in emergency departments, hospital wards, prison cells and shelter beds."
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/… – at Edmonton, Alberta
"The denial by Dreeshen comes as the city is seeing a sharp rise in “extreme speeding,” with the city reporting a 128-per-cent increase in drivers going more than 30 km/hr over the speed limit in 2025."
Another MAGA motivated decision.
#abpoli
ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/… – at Edmonton, Alberta
Tom Engel retweeted
Oh man. The gerrymandering must be really bad.
Total garbage. @DonBraid is literally just regurgitating exactly what is NDP buddies are telling him. Would be nice if he represented both sides of an issue for once.
One of the most respected court of appeal justices in Alberta history is chairing the boundary committee. It’s a lie to say that it’s the UCP. The maps aren’t even available yet (though clearly leaked to the NDP by someone).
In addition, Judge Miller and half the NDP caucus complained that there should be 2 additional seats added to account for population growth. So that was done and left to the independent judge-led committee to figure out how to do it. I assume they have done so.
Further, last election the NDP lost the popular vote by almost 10 percent and still almost ended up winning the most seats. So obviously they don’t want any change whatsoever that could level the playing field.
How do you explain that Don? Did the NDP gerrymander the map last go around under Notley? Was the 2023 election undemocratic too?
The UCP isn’t making that claim because it’s disrespectful of the people - including the judge - who did the hard work of determining those past boundaries.
Your bias is so clear Don. It’s disturbing.
#abpoli – at Edmonton, Alberta
Merit-based hiring? From the UCP? Are you kidding?
Insecure leaders don’t hire competent people. They hire people who won’t threaten their position.
The UCP has spent years pushing competent people out and replacing them with political loyalists. Now they want to lecture Albertans about hiring the best person for the job?
This is about saving face with a base that has lost confidence in the UCP.
With an AGM looming, court cases mounting and RCMP investigations underway, the Premier needs distractions.
Meanwhile, governing takes a backseat. Affordability, healthcare and the issues affecting Albertans every day are left unaddressed.
This isn’t about competency. It’s about political survival from a government increasingly out of touch.
#ucp #alberta #abpoli #ableg #abtory #cdnpoli
Correction. It's an existential threat to the free world.
cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-p… – at Edmonton, Alberta
"Edmonton was leading the country in demonstrating that this third option could work, with an Albertan flair for boldness. Instead of celebrating that groundbreaking approach, Ms. Smith painted it as an outlier that needed to be reined in."
#abpoli
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
Tom Engel retweeted
From colleague Cindy Tran: Alberta’s ethics commissioner has suspended his investigation into MLAs accepting playoff hockey tickets, saying that under the act, he cannot probe an issue that is under active law enforcement investigation edmontonjournal.com/news/loc…
Regina mayor Bachynski: “I’ve said this many times; jurisdiction for housing is a provincial jurisdiction. We’ve been trying to navigate people. There hasn’t been the space available to navigate people out of that encampment."
Same as in Edmonton.
ctvnews.ca/regina/article/co… – at Edmonton, Alberta
"Corruption that has never been seen before"
reuters.com/business/finance… – at Edmonton, Alberta
"Removal of existing bike lanes could cost Edmontonians up to $170M."
If the province of Alberta makes the decision, they can damn well pay for it.
#abpoli
ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/… – at Edmonton, Alberta
"The new uniform shirts are part of the RCMP’s ongoing efforts to modernize its uniform while maintaining the professionalism & public trust that Canadians expect from their national police service."
How does going to a more intimidating shirt do that?
dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-r… – at Edmonton, Alberta
Can this be true? Why would Trump permit a criminal to emigrate to the USA?
aje.news/wemtii – at Edmonton, Alberta
Exhibit A- Dale McFee
#Abpoli
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