democracy is back sliding, especially in Alberta, Ontario, and Saskatchewan. Civic action hasn't been taught for decades. Hopefully people will get off their keyboards and start following the process for change.

civic action is needed.

They don't have much time.

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Alberta Library Law: How Advocacy Shaped Policy How advocacy groups influenced Alberta’s library policy. A clear breakdown of how civic action, pressure, and process turned complaints into law under Danielle Smith’s government.

Policy doesn’t follow public opinion.
It follows whoever shows up.

Alberta’s new library law didn’t come from a majority. It came from coordinated civic action.

This is how complaints become law.

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Yep. So far the feds are standing their ground.

The evidence-based facts seem to confirm that. Power and control at the tax payers expense.

Canada's Judicial Appointments: What Four Premiers Want Four premiers want provincial control over Canada's judges. The evidence shows the system works, the problem is manufactured, and Canadians pay for it.

Four premiers are pushing for more control over judicial appointments.

No system failure. No clear benefit.
More political influence over the courts.

Who does that serve?

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This matters. We’ll be digging into it more—people need to see what the data actually shows.

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Because of the lack of civics education in schools, mainly public education, most people don't know how government is supposed to work. The behaviours become normal for anyone who doesn't know or hasn't seen the difference. Educate. People need to learn to know what they should expect.

Knowledge is power.

The world witnesses the endless stream of perpetual fabrication and enduring mendacity in real time on a daily basis. It's exhausting, blatant, and only absolutely insanity would be a viable reason to trust the US. unfortunately.

Alberta Immigration: Canada’s Best Deal? Alberta is expanding immigration while warning of system strain. A data-driven analysis of policy, spending, and contradictions.

Alberta says immigration is straining the system.
The same government is expanding it.

The numbers don’t argue. They reveal.

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yes. Multiple times in multiple ways over multiple years and in multiple different environments. We've done several articles as well.

lol! no one wants to do it!

I agree the middle is important. However, I also believe their base is persuadable. The mistake is assuming they are not. Division is what the UCP rely on, they keep their supporters in a fact proof bubble, not playing that game and reaching out to them is popping the UCP protective bubble.

I'm going to guess it will probably work. The Smith base goes nuts for stuff like this.

Canada NATO 2%: What $63 Billion Builds Canada hit NATO's 2% target for the first time since 1990. Verified breakdown of the projects, jobs, regions, and industries that benefit.

Canada just crossed NATO’s 2% defence spending target.

That’s the headline. That’s not the story.

$63 billion is now reshaping industries, jobs, and where economic growth happens in Canada.

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Pretty sure the US has been under authoritarian rule since Americans voted in Trump. Not sure why this is a surprise, it's just the next step in the same direction. Maybe it'll sink in when the mid-term elections become Russia-style?

Paying More, Getting Less: Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan Fiscal illusion, motivated reasoning, and partisan bias explain why Smith, Ford, and Moe keep winning while taxpayers pay more to get less.

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The NDP aren't prepared. So much they can do and say, but they simply won't.

Paying More, Getting Less: Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan Fiscal illusion, motivated reasoning, and partisan bias explain why Smith, Ford, and Moe keep winning while taxpayers pay more to get less.

Alberta, Ontario & Saskatchewan taxpayers are paying more, getting less— and funding the ads that say it's working.

Four documented mechanisms. One documented result.

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Facts matter. Rhetoric and propaganda has been allowed to grow for far too long.

Privatization takes up most of the budget because it needs government administration. The tax payers pay on both ends.

we don't either, that's why we provide all sources.

Canadian Politics: Who Gets Locked Out of Power? An evidence-based analysis of barriers to political office in Canada, including education, wealth, party systems, and structural access to power.

64% of Canadians don't trust politicians. That's not cynicism. It's an accurate read of a documented system.

Who gets in, who gets filtered out, and who benefits from keeping it that way.

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Alberta and Ontario are behaving very similarly. Seems it's a conservative thing...

Canada's Civics Gap: How Democratic Backsliding Begins Canada hasn't taught civics in decades. Researchers say that's exactly how democracies fail. Alberta's classroom and legislative record show how far it's gone.

Democracies don't only fall to coups. They fall to citizens who were never taught how to recognize what's happening.

Canada's civics gap isn't only an education problem. It's becoming a democracy problem.

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