Alberta Politics

[policyenthusiast]

Statement from the Minister of Health and the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food on Strychnine in Alberta and Saskatchewan​

Today, to address multi-million dollars worth of damage from the recent Richardson Ground Squirrel (RGS) infestation, the Government of Canada is authorizing a time-limited and controlled emergency registration of Strychnine.

Under the Pest Control Products Act, the Government of Canada is authorizing an Emergency Registration to Alberta and Saskatchewan to register strychnine until November 2027.

The temporary use of strychnine will help Alberta and Saskatchewan address multi-million dollars worth of damage from the recent spike in RGS population, which have become a serious pest threatening a variety of crops. The prairies have been experiencing abnormally dry conditions, which affects the sustainability and quality of farmlands and allowed the population of these gophers to increase significantly.

 

[policyenthusiast]

GoA is also passing the Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 which would make it illegal to produce deepfakes, but here's the super cool provision -

• Deepfakes would be prohibited if they are likely to mislead electors about the conduct or statements of:
  
  • a party leader
  • a leadership or nomination contestant
  • a candidate
  • a minister
  • an MLA
  • the Chief Electoral Officer
  • the Election Commissioner
  • Elections Alberta employees
  • election officers

Residents, mayors, councillors, police officers, doctors, you, me. No one else is protected. The GoA is only offering these protections to themselves.

 

[The_Cat]

Alberta Whisky Bill:

 

[SarcasticMarmot]

GoA is also passing the Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 which would make it illegal to produce deepfakes, but here's the super cool provision -

• Deepfakes would be prohibited if they are likely to mislead electors about the conduct or statements of:
  
  • a party leader
  • a leadership or nomination contestant
  • a candidate
  • a minister
  • an MLA
  • the Chief Electoral Officer
  • the Election Commissioner
  • Elections Alberta employees
  • election officers

Residents, mayors, councillors, police officers, doctors, you, me. No one else is protected. The GoA is only offering these protections to themselves.

Given that the major abuse of deepfakes is to sexually abuse young women, the absence of protection is unconscionable.

 

[trevorhayden]

More pointless UCP laws. Just ignore

 

[Glenco]

Statement from the Minister of Health and the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food on Strychnine in Alberta and Saskatchewan​

Today, to address multi-million dollars worth of damage from the recent Richardson Ground Squirrel (RGS) infestation, the Government of Canada is authorizing a time-limited and controlled emergency registration of Strychnine.

Under the Pest Control Products Act, the Government of Canada is authorizing an Emergency Registration to Alberta and Saskatchewan to register strychnine until November 2027.

The temporary use of strychnine will help Alberta and Saskatchewan address multi-million dollars worth of damage from the recent spike in RGS population, which have become a serious pest threatening a variety of crops. The prairies have been experiencing abnormally dry conditions, which affects the sustainability and quality of farmlands and allowed the population of these gophers to increase significantly.

Could it be that the reason for the spike in ground squirrel population is because so many predators were killed prior to 2024 and haven’t had time to recover?

 

[EdmTrekker]

There is case precedent that if a new electoral map is irrefutably gerrymandered, it can be challenged under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Happened in Sask.

https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/766/index.do

And the intervenors were: (City off Edmonton)
Attorney General of Canada, Attorney General

of Quebec, Attorney General of British Columbia,

Attorney General of Prince Edward Island,

Attorney General for Alberta, Attorney General

of Newfoundland, Minister of Justice of the

Northwest Territories, Minister of Justice of

the Yukon, John F. Conway, British Columbia

Civil Liberties Association, Douglas Billingsley,

Wilson McBryan, Leonard Jason, Daniel Wilde,

Alberta Association of Municipal Districts &

Counties, City of Edmonton, City of Grande Prairie,

Equal Justice For All Interveners

 

[Gronk!]

Any truth to the rumor that the UCP will move the Legislature to Calgary?

 

[trevorhayden]

Poisson d'avril

 

[kcantor]

Any truth to the rumor that the UCP will move the Legislature to Calgary?

Probably no truth to the rumor that the UCP will move Alberta's seat of government back to Edmonton...

 

[policyenthusiast]

Any truth to the rumor that the UCP will move the Legislature to Calgary?

Wouldn't be surprised, the Premier hates Edmonton.

 

[bodsbods9090]

Any truth to the rumor that the UCP will move the Legislature to Calgary?

April Fools?

 

[Airboy]

Hard to say what is April fools day joke now. I open the news and wonder what I am reading.

 

[kcantor]

Hard to say what is April fools day joke now. I open the news and wonder what I am reading.

 

[Gronk!]

Well, it could have been worse. I could have stated that the UCP will demolish the Alberta Legislature building, and after 5 years as a decrepit hole, will hire Regency and DER to replace it with a Soviet-era gulag.