Spouse of @bobbimenard | Dad to 5 | Environmental Scientist | Managing Partner @AlgaeControlCan | Partner @smokytrout | Classical Liberal
Dec 28, 2025 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
@Martyupnorth “Oil reserves per person” sounds impressive, but a barrel in Alberta is NOT worth the same as a barrel in Kuwait. Alberta’s oil is heavy, landlocked, and costly to move. Kuwait’s is light, coastal, and cheap to ship. /1
@Martyupnorth Cost matters. Oil sands often need mining or steam just to flow, with much higher costs per barrel than conventional Middle East fields that basically gush from the ground. Same “barrel,” totally different profit.
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Jun 1, 2025 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Cory Morgan asks: Why should Alberta stay? It’s a fair question. But I think we need to ask another one too: compared to what? /1
The real question isn’t whether Confederation has failed us. In many ways, it has. The question is whether leaving actually puts us in a better position. And what we’re prepared to risk in the process. /2
May 14, 2025 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Alberta has legitimate grievances. But this math is misleading. It assumes we could just keep all federal taxes, CPP, and EI without replacing the programs they fund. That’s not how this works. 🧵/1
There’s no question Alberta contributes more to the federal purse than it gets back.
The grievance is real.
But Brendan’s numbers ignore how programs like CPP and EI actually work, and what would have to replace them. /2
May 8, 2025 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
FFS. When the Minister of Energy shares an article denying selenium risks from coal mines, it’s not “hearing both sides.” It’s ignoring decades of science. Let’s go point by point. /1
The article says there’s “no evidence” selenium harms fish. In Teck’s own 2020 report, adult cutthroat trout in the Upper Fording River declined by 93% between 2017 and 2019. That figure is straight from Teck’s monitoring data. /2
May 8, 2025 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Keith’s post makes it sound like separation is clean, simple, and mostly procedural.
No big deal. No legal quagmire. No conflict. Just options.
Is that really how this works?
Maybe someone with more knowledge than me can answer a few questions of mine?
1. If a province cannot legally separate without a constitutional amendment, what exactly is being negotiated after a Yes vote? Who is legally required to show up and negotiate? What happens if they refuse?
