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A group of friends with mostly centrist or conservative viewpoints who share resources and ideas about the governance of Alberta and Canada and about world events and trends.
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February 01, 2024

Spread the Word. The National Citizen's Inquiry has been hijacked

"Our reason for writing today is that the future of the NCI is being challenged.
What has been revealed in recent weeks is that there are interests that do not want the National Citizens Inquiry to continue its efforts of citizen-led accountability.
To provide some context, when the NCI was established the initial board (called the Support Group) required a not-for-profit organization to receive the funds donated to support the NCI. The Support Group created ‘Citizens Inquiry Canada’ (CIC) for the express purpose of receiving and distributing the funds donated to the National Citizens Inquiry. At all times, the NCI management, oversight, and control rested with the NCI Support Group.
To our surprise, in December 2023 David Ross and Ches Crosbie, whom were appointed by the NCI Support Group to serve as directors of Citizens Inquiry Canada, began to challenge the authority of the NCI management team to make decisions pertaining to the operations and future of the NCI.
The actions of the CIC directors escalated when notices were sent to our staff from Ches Crosbie directing them not to follow the direction of the NCI Support Group, and more importantly, to withhold access cod...

https://mailchi.mp/nationalcitizensinquiry/moving-the-nci-forward?e=51161cb2b5

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Ottawa Funded the China Ferry Deal—Then Pretended to Oppose It

While Beijing-backed hackers infiltrated Canadian telecoms, federal and B.C. leaders quietly financed a billion-dollar shipbuilding deal with a Chinese state firm—then tried to pass the buck.
https://theoppositionnewsnetwork.substack.com/p/ottawa-funded-the-china-ferry-dealthen

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June 25, 2025

Some of these things I still miss

I grew up without safe spaces.
I grew up without trigger warnings.
I drank water from the hose.
I ate peanuts in class.
None of us wore a helmet.
Kids got hurt. We fell down. And we signed a lot of casts.

We couldn’t pause TV. We’d call out “It’s on!” as soon as the commercials started to end (for those who had left the room). And we watched our favourite shows as a family.

There was no next day delivery.
There was no bundle this with that.
There was no internet. Skip the Dishes didn’t exist.
Fast food was not the norm. It was easier to eat healthy. There were home phones. There was VH.........

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