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Danielle Smith is the Premier of Alberta. She's a QAnon believer, and a total asswipe for the petrochemical industry.
Cutting firefighting resources under present conditions is the height of stupidity.

Today is my first Canada Day in Victoria, AND the 30th anniversary of my Canadian citizenship, and it's a good one. Took a long walk around the harbour, then went to the Legislature, where there has been live music all day.
youtu.be/Xv7go9qxQkI

I haven't done a political blog post in a long time, but here's one I wrote today. The Conservative Party of Canada's spending reduction fantasy, primarily about their opposition to the capital gains exclusion rate.
broughton.ca/bob-broughtons-bl

CPC supporters/troll farm employees have been flooding Twitter with "call an election now" messages. Here's a response someone make that I approve of.
twitter.com/BudFukuelon/status

Moved from Kamloops, British Columbia to Victoria yesterday and today. Had dinner tonight in Chinatown.

Excellent article about the state of passenger rail in Canada. I'm one of the people pushing for getting Victoria-Courtenay passenger trains going again.
canadiangeographic.ca/articles

Some words of wisdom from , Liberal MP for Central Nova and Minister of Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities.
twitter.com/i/status/173211382

Romana Didulo has surfacecd again, threatening people in a small Saskatchewan town, including the mayor, with executions.
We need to find out who is financing these crazies.
vice.com/en/article/7kx7q9/dea

Greg Fergus is now Canada's first black Speaker, and Wab Kinew will shortly become Canada's first First Nations Premier.

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