Alberta Politics & Government Thread 4.0

[puffnstuff]

https://web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/the.../3mgisavylls2u

Yesterday, when challenged on the reality that a judge has already determined that the separatists question is unconstitutional...
Smith announced if they get the signatures she'll have Amery rewrite it to make it constitutional

[GordonBlue]

I think this one slid under the radar for some people.
Think you're getting a "good driver" insurance rate? maybe not.

You may no longer qualify as a 'good driver' with new Alberta rule change

https://dailyhive.com/calgary/albert...-rate-cap-2026

Alberta drivers with even a single minor traffic ticket may face higher insurance costs in 2026, as the province tightens its definition of a “good driver.”

Under the updated 2026 rules, a driver must have no at-fault accidents in the last six years, no criminal code traffic convictions in the past four years, no major traffic convictions in the past three years, and, the most significant change this year, no minor traffic convictions in the past three years to qualify as an Alberta “good driver.”

Previously, a driver with a minor traffic conviction in the past three years, like a speeding ticket or a moving violation, could still qualify as a “good driver,” but under the 2026 rules, even a single minor conviction may now disqualify them.

[Wormius]

I remember they were asking about the speeding tickets past year when shopping around for quotes. TD seemed to be the one where this actually impacted the quote very much. However, they didn’t really ask the nature of the ticket either, so assuming the worst?

[Fuzz]

Alberta school divisions complying with a provincial order have removed dozens of graphic novels from their shelves, from illustrated versions of literary classics to coming-of-age memoirs and dramatic retellings of mythology, access to information request results show.

Now boxed away in storage in some Edmonton and Calgary-area schools are graphic novel versions of Margaret Atwood’s A Handmaid’s Tale and George Orwell’s 1984 — both dystopian stories about government control.

“It's a very puritanical way of dealing with young people and of infantilizing them,” Turk said in an interview. “These are real issues in the lives of most 13, 14, 15 year-olds. And it's better they're reading about and getting some sense of it.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...vels-9.7118495

A whole list at the link, but I'm sure the govenrment has great reasons for not wanting kids to read about:

Age of Bronze: The Story of the Trojan War (assume the condoms are the problem here)

Camus for Beginners (can't have kids reading philosophy)

Cartooning: The Art and the Business (not "the business" you are thinking. Just a book from 1983 about how to draw cartoons)

And many more.

So when is the burning? Remember, you voted for this. Ignorance is never the answer.

[Francis's Hairpiece]

Smitty has basically gone full Trump.

Man. I do not want to move to Saskatchewan. Or BC. But if the Wretched Witch of the West becomes queen of the Country Alberta, not a lot else to do.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Francis's Hairpiece

Smitty has basically gone full Trump.

Man. I do not want to move to Saskatchewan. Or BC. But if the Wretched Witch of the West becomes queen of the Country Alberta, not a lot else to do.

Yeah, but the sheer number of us who would be leaving would economically ruinous for Alberta.