Canada: State of the Nation?

Why can't we seem to do anything about this state of our nation? The exposures are everywhere, but no accountability, no consequence. If our enforcers will not act, then let us unrelentingly appeal to the God of Heaven for Justice and Judgment.

Recycled Pursuant to the Times

Cartoonist: Arifur Rahman | 2006

Notice how this image exposes the state of nigh 
every power structure worldwide AND of every
individual or group that has imbibed the lies
and fear propaganda of those corrupted structures.

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SMS has not changed this image. I do not know what the words mean, but the image seems self-descriptive in any language.

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Whom Should We Hate Next?

Repurposed | Recycled Pursuant to the Times*

Cartoonist: Art Young | 1919
Repurposed by SMS | 2022 & first published at
https://voices-from-the-dust.blogspot.com/2022/02/345-press-gang-2022.html

It seems we are in a never-ending press-gang campaign to identify our next nemesis. Take the recent CBC / APTN  alleged "spoofing / pranking social experiment"¹ to mock / shame those who do not affirm the current narrative of white colonialist offenses. As I have noted elsewhere: there have been offences of white-on-indigenous in history, but even more tragically and prolifically, of indigenous-on-indigenous, but this "extreme thinking"² about Sir John A. Macdonald, RCMP service, residential schools, etc., etc. is dishonest — deliberately designed (by all appearances) to hinder truth and reconciliation despite all the rhetoric and virtue-signaling. History is a 360° study of both the good and the bad, not a condensed menu of perpetual grievances. And the umbrella epithet denialism used to misrepresent, deny, and disparage questions about unproven narratives of mass graves is transparently disingenuous.  

Were these frauds, lies, scams, and hypocrisies of the "social experimenters" really supposed to foster truth and reconciliation? or were they intended for the opposite — to further the deconstruction of Canada for the benefit of power-elites, both indigenous and non-indigenous?

Let us never forget this self-inflicted, brand-boondoggle by the CBC. The CBC was once a great broadcaster. Perhaps with a drastic budget-cut, they can clean house and get back to honest, non-partisan investigation, reporting, and service to The People of Canada.

P.S.: About that pile of shoes dumped in front of Frances Widdowson³? If the white-colonialist-industrial-complex is so offensive to indigenous culture, why choose such non-indigenous footwear to represent your indigenous children? Perhaps true denialism is the refusal by activists to acknowledge some of the benefits that many indigenous people know and acknowledge (when allowed to speak freely) that came from non-indigenous cultures and industries. Isn't truth and reconciliation a full spectrum endeavor?

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1. • Amy Hamm: CBC's latest propaganda — pranking Kamloops graves skeptics
Public broadcaster is spending tax dollars to try and shame those who point out the narrative is unverified
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/amy-hamm-cbcs-latest-propaganda-pranking-kamloops-graves-skeptics
• CBC called out for role in prank interviews of Kamloops residential school grave critics
Some conservative politicians condemn use of taxpayer dollars to prank people
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-hoax-interview-kamloops-9.7198349
• CBC-funded prank show’s deceptive tactics raise fraud and legal concerns: Lawyer
https://thehub.ca/2026/05/20/cbc-funded-prank-shows-deceptive-tactics-raise-fraud-and-legal-concerns-lawyer/
• https://heroes-and-hydras.blogspot.com/2026/05/95-clinton-jaws-retired-rcmp-podcaster.html
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology) "Splitting, also called binary thinking, dichotomous thinking, black-and-white thinking, all-or-nothing thinking, or thinking in extremes, is the failure in a person's thinking to bring together the dichotomy of both perceived positive and negative qualities of something into a cohesive, realistic whole. It is a common defense mechanism,[1] wherein the individual tends to think in extremes (e.g., an individual's actions and motivations are all good or all bad with no middle ground). This kind of dichotomous interpretation is contrasted by an acknowledgement of certain nuances known as "shades of gray".[2] Splitting can include different contexts, as individuals who use this defense mechanism may "split" representations of their own mind, of their own personality, and of others.[3] Splitting is observed in personality disorders belonging to cluster B, such as borderline personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder,[4][5] as well as schizophrenia and depression.[6][7] In dissociative identity disorder, the term splitting is used to refer to a split in personality alter-egos."
3. • https://karynpugliese.substack.com/p/when-a-social-experiment-escapes

*Arthur Henry Young (January 14, 1866 – December 29, 1943) was an American& cartoonist and writer. He is best known for his socialist cartoons, especially those drawn for the left-wing political magazine The Masses ;between 1911 and 1917. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Young
Repurposed by SMS 2022: 1) “CAPITALISM” replaced with “Deep Global”; 2) replaced country names on entire scroll except for crossed-out ones. (For those who may not know, JP x 3 is for the two JPs of AwakenWithJP (Sears) | https://awakenwithjp.com/; and the other is for Jordan Peterson | https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/

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An Excellent Idea? A DST Test-Run*?

Finish
DST? or MST?
The choice is ours?
Or not?

This is my latest email to the Alberta powers (Executive Council):

Thu 2026-04-23 1:34 PM MDST; 12:34 MST

Danielle Smith;​Office of the Premier;​PSES Minister;​tbf.minister@gov.ab.ca;​ae.minister@gov.ab.ca;​au.minister@gov.ab.ca;​AGRIC.Minister@gov.ab.ca;​acsw.minister@gov.ab.ca;​ALSS.Minister@gov.ab.ca;​CFS Minister;​+18 others​​​​​​​​​​

Subject: Thank You

Greetings Premier and Ministers of Alberta:

Thank you for the announced test run* on permanent DST.  That leaves many of us with hope that the science will prevail; that in the end, it will be NO to permanent Mountain Daylight Savings Time (-6.00 UTC) and YES to permanent Mountain Standard Time (-7.00 UTC). And who is to say that being one hour later than Saskatchewan (-6.00 UTC), but on the same time as B.C. (-7.00 UTC) is not the preferable outcome?

SMSmith 

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* https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vlxRxyv8U0E
[Bold emphasis added]

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Now, as I promised in the previous post, here is a condensed history of “Operation DST” in Alberta.

The Global powers have been pushing for permanent Daylight Savings Time (DST) for decades and various powers in various time zones have fallen to the persuaders despite the objections of science¹ and the wishes of majorities.²

In 2017, an NDP private member’s bill sought to move Alberta to permanent DST by abandoning Mountain Standard Time (-7.00 UTC) in favour of Central Standard Time (-6.00 UTC) and calling it Alberta Standard Time.³ The confused or complicit press kept headlining it as “ending daylight savings time”⁴ and many believed that was fact, but doesn’t that feel like a truckload — when to “end” means to make permanent?

When one reads the headlines from 2017, Albertans wanted DST abolished,⁵ but the powers weren’t ready to concede. With a little more time, talk, and psy-opery, many of the powers seemed to believe DST just might prevail.

In 2019, the UCP did an amputated survey by excluding the preferred choice of MST and then claimed that 91% of respondents wanted permanent DST. Who knows for sure with the survey structured as it was⁶? Except the 2021 ref results didn't bear out anywhere close to 91%.

So in 2021 the powers tried again with a binding referendum, but with the MST preference again amputated. Since most everyone hated the bi-annual spring-ahead, fall-back ritual, the powers seemed to think that permanent DST would be a shoo-in. Except too many Albertans (50.2%) refused “permanent.”⁷ Eight months of biorhythm misalignment seemed somehow better than 12 months of misalignment.

Now in 2026, after an initial suggestion of another referendum, a decision was made to just end the ad nauseam “talk”⁸ by legislating permanent DST. But it seems the “talk” must have exploded, and in a truly astute move, the Premier suggested that Albertans should get a DST-in-winter test run.⁹ [I'm sort of sorry about the hour-not-regained in November 😉, but if we get this decision right, the lucky ones of us who survive this present Canadian and world corruption, coercion, and chaos, can fall-back in March or if necessary in November 2027 and get that hour back.😌]

So here’s my suggestion: as the winter-DST runs its course, let our feelings on the success or failure of the test-run be made known to the powers.¹⁰ It doesn’t take much more than a subject line:

NO to DST; YES to MST

or if one is more verbose or OCD:

NO to permanent Daylight Savings Time (-6.00 UTC); YES to permanent Mountain Standard Time (-7.00 UTC)

My bias is transparent; I prefer the Science and what has become un-common sense.

P.S.: Let's hope this “test-run” is not just another psy-op maneuver.¹¹

NEWS FLASH for Dale Nally, Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction:
Albertans didn’t change their clocks for decades. Permanent MST (-7.00 UTC) doesn’t require flip-flopping time changes. You speak as if the only option were permanent DST (-6.00 UTC) because our neighbours “no longer change their time.”¹² Mr. Nally, we’re tired of the psy-oping. Permanent MST (-7.00 UTC) for Alberta would make us one hour later than Saskatchewan‘s time (-6.00 UTC) and the same time as BC’s new permanent DST (-7.00 UTC). The majority of Albertans (if you would listen) want the time changes to stop WITH permanent MST, NOT permanent DST. The headlines consistently lie.¹³ You are not ditching DST. You are enforcing it in an allegedly “Strong and Free” Alberta.

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NOTE: some reference links below are repeated because they support various issues:

1. Science:
• Alberta’s attempt to end Daylight Savings Time & Canada’s history with the introduction of DST | AhlstromWright |March 15, 2019
https://ahlstromwright.ca/albertas-attempt-to-end-daylight-savings-time-canadas-history-with-the-introduction-of-dst/ (bill 203?)
• Tight race in Alberta referendum on daylight saving time, but did they choose the wrong time? Some experts warn a better option is going to permanent standard time, and that the proposed switch to permanent summer daylight time could harm people's health
The Canadian Press Published Oct 16, 2021 | https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/alberta-referendum-on-daylight-saving-time2021
• Alberta scrapping Daylight Saving Time
(CTV News | Apr 20, 2026 | Time 2:23 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMw04mJJohQ
• The case for getting rid of daylight-saving time
Business Insider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR6il9otpqM
• Why Experts Say Permanent Daylight Saving Time is Unhealthy
NOVA PBS Official - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdT-77HYczs
• Ditch daylight saving: Time for permanent standard time
Dr. Yishan Xu | Deep into Sleep Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4nDblY_3dY
• Sleep expert warns of health risks from B.C. permanently adopting Daylight Saving time
CityNews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxW7n8uCAWA
• Why Permanently Saving Daylight Hours Would Be a TERRIBLE Idea
Dr. Amanpreet Singh, DDS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlOn0Fkq_8U&t=294s
• Daylight Savings Time
MedicalCentric - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bnb85MBAV3c
• The Countries Stopping the Clock on Daylight Saving Time
THE RUSSIAN CASE
“Russia switched to permanent winter time in 2014 after a failed experiment to put clocks on year-round summer time in 2011. The policy apparently caused health issues in northern Russia, where mornings would remain darker for longer during the winter months.”
TIME Feb 15, 2018 | https://time.com/5159865/countries-stopping-the-clock-on-daylight-saving-time/
• Russia abolishes Daylight Saving Time
Global News | Posted July 23, 2014 |
“Russia last switched to Daylight Saving Time in 2011, setting the clocks one hour forward permanently. According to the Russian news agency, it was done as an experiment which was initially well-received. However, since then, a survey done last year found that less than a third of Russians approved.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/1469007/russia-abolishes-daylight-saving-time/
• Russian clocks go back for last time
• BBC News | 5 October 2014
Russia will turn back its clocks for the last time on Sunday to permanently adopt winter hours. | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29773559
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-28423647
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Russia

• Could permanent daylight time harm Albertans? | Alberta Primetime (CTV News | Apr 21, 2026 | Time 14:27 min; go to min. 5:30) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3Buri91kFA
2. Majority?
Take an afternoon and review relevant DST headlines, informal surveys, blog and news comments to ascertain where the majority stands.
• Thousands of Albertans want lights out on daylight saving time, survey says: If it passes, Bill 203 would replace daylight saving time with Alberta standard time.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/thousands-of-albertans-want-lights-out-on-daylight-saving-time-survey-says-1.4240446 | Posted: Aug 09, 2017
• Thousands of Albertans want to get rid of Daylight Saving Time
Global News | Posted August 9, 2017
https://globalnews.ca/news/3658499/thousands-of-albertans-want-to-get-rid-of-daylight-saving-time/ |
• Survey results show majority of respondents want Daylight Saving Time abolished in Alberta
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/survey-results-show-majority-of-respondents-want-daylight-saving-time-abolished-in-alberta/  |  Published: | August 09, 2017
• Time Change: 9 things you didn’t know about DST around the world
“It’s a subject people seem to feel very strongly about. Eightyper cent of the thousands who voted in ourpoll think Daylight Saving Time should be abolished in Canada — even though they get an extra hour of sleep this time around.” Global News | Posted November 6, 2016 | https://globalnews.ca/news/3031560/time-change-9-things-you-didnt-know-about-dst-around-the-world/
3. “[PMB] Bill 203 proposes that if passed, as of November 2018 the Daylight Saving Time Act would be repealed and Alberta would remain on Alberta standard time. Now, Alberta standard time is defined as being six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time and would be the equivalent of Mountain Daylight Time, the same time we are currently on this summer.”
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://docs.assembly.ab.ca/LADDAR_files/docs/committees/ef/legislature_29/session_3/20170914_1800_01_ef.pdf
• Legislative Assembly of Alberta The 29th Legislature Third Session Standing Committee on Alberta’s Economic Future Bill 203, Alberta Standard Time Act Subcommittee Public Input Meeting in Calgary Thursday, September 14, 2017 6 p.m. Transcript No. 29-3-23
atchrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://docs.assembly.ab.ca/LADDAR_files/docs/committees/ef/legislature_29/session_3/20170914_1800_01_ef.pdf
“Mr. Veldman: ... First of all, clarity on the bill. I took a quick poll in my office this morning. In one room of seven people nobody knew what the proposed time change was. To use terms like “Alberta standard time” is very confusing because we think of standard time as standard time without the daylight saving time. That’s a detail you can remedy. Six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time, UTC-6, doesn’t mean anything to anybody. You could easily say that it’s daylight saving time year-round because that’s the present proposal. I think you need to clarify that if there was a vote down the road, if people are voting on the present proposal versus – there are really three options.” (EF-959)2.
• Thousands of Albertans want lights out on daylight saving time, survey says: If it passes, Bill 203 would replace daylight saving time with Alberta standard time.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/thousands-of-albertans-want-lights-out-on-daylight-saving-time-survey-says-1.4240446 | Posted: Aug 09, 2017
• Alberta government officially scraps bill that would get rid of Daylight Saving Time
https://globalnews.ca/news/3833827/alberta-government-officially-scraps-bill-that-would-get-rid-of-daylight-saving-time/ | Posted October 30, 2017
• Edmonton MLA launches consultations on ending daylight saving time
| CBC News · Posted: Feb 13, 2017
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/daylight-saving-time-alberta-dang-mla-1.3980753 
• Alberta’s attempt to end Daylight Savings Time & Canada’s history with the introduction of DST | AhlstromWright |March 15, 2019
https://ahlstromwright.ca/albertas-attempt-to-end-daylight-savings-time-canadas-history-with-the-introduction-of-dst/ (bill 203?)
4. “End” = adopt?? Scrap = embrace? Confusion?

• Alberta scrapping Daylight Saving Time [Aren't you getting  tired of the psy-oping lies!!!]
(CTV News | Apr 20, 2026 | Time 2:23 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMw04mJJohQ
• Alberta government officially scraps bill that would get rid of Daylight Saving Time
https://globalnews.ca/news/3833827/alberta-government-officially-scraps-bill-that-would-get-rid-of-daylight-saving-time/ | Posted October 30, 2017
• Edmonton MLA launches consultations on ending daylight saving time
CBC News · Posted: Feb 13, 2017
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/daylight-saving-time-alberta-dang-mla-1.3980753 
• Alberta’s attempt to end Daylight Savings Time & Canada’s history with the introduction of DST | AhlstromWright |March 15, 2019
https://ahlstromwright.ca/albertas-attempt-to-end-daylight-savings-time-canadas-history-with-the-introduction-of-dst/ (bill 203?)
• Daylight time: A brief history of Alberta springing forward and falling back
Calgary Herald | By Dylan Short Published Jul 17, 2021
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/daylight-saving-time-a-brief-history-of-alberta-springing-forward-and-falling-back
• Alberta’s attempt to end Daylight Savings Time & Canada’s history with the introduction of DST | AhlstromWright |March 15, 2019
https://ahlstromwright.ca/albertas-attempt-to-end-daylight-savings-time-canadas-history-with-the-introduction-of-dst/ (bill 203?)
5. • Thousands of Albertans want to get rid of Daylight Saving Time
Global News | Posted August 9, 2017
https://globalnews.ca/news/3658499/thousands-of-albertans-want-to-get-rid-of-daylight-saving-time/ 
• Survey results show majority of respondents want Daylight Saving Time abolished in Alberta
Published: | August 09, 2017
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/survey-results-show-majority-of-respondents-want-daylight-saving-time-abolished-in-alberta/ 
  • Thousands of Albertans want lights out on daylight saving time, survey says: If it passes, Bill 203 would replace daylight saving time with Alberta standard time.| Posted: Aug 09, 2017
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/thousands-of-albertans-want-lights-out-on-daylight-saving-time-survey-says-1.4240446 
• Committee scraps bill to create Alberta-only time zone | September 19, 2017
https://globalnews.ca/news/3755594/committee-scraps-bill-to-create-alberta-only-time-zone/ | Posted “In a unanimous vote, the standing committee on Alberta’s economic future scrapped Bill 203, a private member’s bill which proposed to keep the province on mountain daylight time year-round. The move would have seen Alberta one hour ahead of British Columbia in the summer while being two hours ahead in the winter. Alberta and Saskatchewan would have been on the same time year-round.”
• Legislative Assembly of Alberta The 29th Legislature Third Session Standing Committee on Alberta’s Economic Future Bill 203, Alberta Standard Time Act Subcommittee Public Input Meeting in Calgary Thursday, September 14, 2017 6 p.m. Transcript No. 29-3-23 at chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://docs.assembly.ab.ca/LADDAR_files/docs/committees/ef/legislature_29/session_3/20170914_1800_01_ef.pdf
“Mr. Veldman: ... First of all, clarity on the bill. I took a quick poll in my office this morning. In one room of seven people nobody knew what the proposed time change was. To use terms like “Alberta standard time” is very confusing because we think of standard time as standard time without the daylight saving time. That’s a detail you can remedy. Six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time, UTC-6, doesn’t mean anything to anybody. You could easily say that it’s daylight saving time year-round because that’s the present proposal. I think you need to clarify that if there was a vote down the road, if people are voting on the present proposal versus – there are really three options.” (EF-959)
• Debate over permanent Daylight-Saving Time leads SACPA discussion
(Bridge City News | Apr 23, 2026 | Time 2:27 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFHcJmW3C_U
Ski hills worried about move to permanent daylight time 
(CTV News | Apr 23, 2026 | Time 42:55 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukYHSGo9HXc
6. • 91% of Albertans want to make Daylight Saving Time permanent: survey
Global News | Posted March 6, 2020; Updated November 3, 2022
https://globalnews.c/news/6642187/alberta-daylight-saving-time-survey-results/ “The former NDP government explored doing away with daylight time in 2017, but did not go ahead in part ovaer concerns about the impact on airline schedules and starting times for NHL games.”
• Alberta government opens public survey on future of Daylight Saving Time
Global News | Posted November 19, 2019 1:09 pm; Updated July 24, 2023
https://globalnews.ca/news/6189344/alberta-government-daylight-saving-time-survey/
• This is Alberta's current stance on getting rid of Daylight Saving Time
DH News | Mar 9 2020, 
“According to Glubish, 91% of the 141,000 respondents stated that they would prefer to stay on summer hours throughout the entire year, resulting in a later sunrise and more sunshine in the evening.”
https://dailyhive.com/calgary/alberta-daylight-saving-time-permanent-stance
• Nov 19, 2019
Government seeks input on daylight saving time
“Albertans are invited to share their thoughts on whether the province should continue to observe daylight saving time.
https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=661272FC9F94A-D644-60CF-4A7D2BF6A8FBD3E7
• Email sent November-25-2019 12:36 PM MST
To: Service Alberta Minister Glubish
[He forwarded it to his Policy Advisor: Andrew Koning]
Portion of OPEN LETTER to Service Alberta Minister Mr. Nate Glubish:
"I wish to register my STRONG objection to the manipulative, deceptive strategy this government is using to subvert public awareness of the true question and input on the issue of DST.
     "1. Your Nov. 19 news release states: “Albertans are invited to share their thoughts on whether the province should continue to observe daylight saving time” and that Albertans can visit the survey website “to share their opinions,” BUT there is no space on the survey to share anything but a yes or no to some form of DST.
      "2. The news releases are so scripted that even newscasters reported that Albertans were being surveyed on scrapping DST when THE TRUTH IS the only survey choice is between permanent DST and flip-flop DST. ..."
• https://www.alberta.ca/daylight-saving-time-engagement [2018]
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMw04mJJohQ (at min, 0.57)
8. • Alberta scrapping Daylight Saving Time [REALLY! or just part of the psy-opera?]
(CTV News | Apr 20, 2026 | Time 2:23 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMw04mJJohQ
• Debate over permanent Daylight-Saving Time leads SACPA discussion
(Bridge City News | Apr 23, 2026 | Time 2:27 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFHcJmW3C_U
• Ski hills worried about move to permanent daylight time | CTV News Calgary at 6 for April 23, 2026
(CTV News | Apr 23, 2026 | Time 42:55 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukYHSGo9HXc
9. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vlxRxyv8U0E

10. EMAIL Addresses for Alberta Executive Council
premier@gov.ab.ca
PSES.minister@gov.ab.ca
tbf.minister@gov.ab.ca
ae.minister@gov.ab.ca
au.minister@gov.ab.ca
AGRIC.Minister@gov.ab.ca
acsw.minister@gov.ab.ca
ALSS.Minister@gov.ab.ca
cfs.minister@gov.ab.ca
education.minister@gov.ab.ca
minister.energy@gov.ab.ca
epa.minister@gov.ab.ca
fp.minister@gov.ab.ca
PPHS.minister@gov.ab.ca
HSHS.Minister@gov.ab.ca
IM.minister@gov.ab.ca [as this email address refused to accept, I redirected it to the relevant constituency office at Calgary.North@assembly.ab.ca ]
ir.ministeroffice@gov.ab.ca
infrastructure.minister@gov.ab.ca
cardston.siksika@assembly.ab.ca
ministryofjustice@gov.ab.ca
mha.minister@gov.ab.ca
minister.municipalaffairs@gov.ab.ca
ministersa@gov.ab.ca
ti.minister@gov.ab.ca
ts.minister@gov.ab.ca
transportation.minister@gov.ab.ca
grant.hunter@assembly.ab.ca
LINK for Alberta MLA email addresses: https://www.assembly.ab.ca/members/members-of-the-legislative-assembly
11. Then we have this just hours ago:

 Alberta introduces bill to stay on daylight time year-round, coining it 'Alberta Time'
(The Canadian Press | Apr 23, 2026 | Time 1:37 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q-MyP-hB38
12. Albertans have changed their clocks for the last time
(Global News | Apr 20, 2026 | Time 1:49 min) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOKKxil90WQ
13. • Alberta scrapping Daylight Saving Time
(CTV News | Apr 20, 2026 | Time 2:23 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMw04mJJohQ
• Alberta move to ditch Daylight Saving Time
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZuEQahBqu9E
• Alberta ditching Daylight Saving Time: Smith
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1pwZT9Tzk-w

Resisting the DST Psy-op?

Over the past decade many Canadians (and others) have been subject to a series of DST (dare we call them?) psy-ops in an attempt to permanently (year-round: winter, spring, summer, fall) force us out of bed an hour early (able, disabled, well, unwell, autistic, exhausted, etc., etc. ) even in the dark of winter in order to squeeze an extra hour of light out of frozen afternoons.

We just witnessed our neighbor to the west, British Columbia by name, fall for the psy-op of "Ditching DST" only to find out that ditching meant embracing / adopting / enforcing a mis-alignment with the sun's cycle and our natural-born biorhythms.

In a future post, I will detail the decade of trying to maneuver Albertans into permanent DST, but for this post, I reproduce an email I sent this day to the Alberta powers who have hinted that permanent DST might be mandated in the near future.

SO, PLEASE, concerned, freedom-loving, science-minded, fellow Albertans, if you want Alberta to truly ditch both DST and flip-flop DST; if you want permanent Mountain Standard Time; if you think morning light is important, etc. etc., PLEASE flood the Alberta powers with your opinion and desires for Mountain Standard Time (UTC-07.00) year-round. Tell them you want the voice of the people to be heard, through referendum if necessary, without manipulating the choice or question to achieve a desired DST result. Send emails or letters to the Premier, to her Executive Council (EC), and to your MLA. Email addresses for the EC can be found at the bottom of this post. For your MLA, go to the link here and click on their name for full contact information.

Copy of the email sent to Premier Danielle Smith and her 26-member Alberta Executive Council
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Thursday, April 16, 2026 - 10:24 AM MDT; 9:24 AM MST

Subject: Please listen to the science* and the people's voice about DST

Greetings Premier Smith, and Members of the Executive Council:

As you travel the province, please ask clearly, without ulterior motive or agenda pitch: How many here present want:

_____ permanent Mountain Standard Time year-round?
_____ permanent Daylight Savings Time (being Central Standard Time) year-round?
_____ 8-month MDST with March spring-ahead and November fall-back?

If permanent Mountain Standard Time had been offered in the 2021 referendum, this controversy would have been laid to rest 5 years ago, but no, the government offered only the last two options: permanent DST or flip-flop DST.

I complained about the manipulated 2019 survey(1) that preceded the 2021 referendum and now, we are again seeing some of the same deliberate obfuscation:

B.C. Ditching Daylight Saving Time – Should the Rest of Canada Follow? | The Social(2)

The truth is: B.C. is NOT ditching DST. It’s ditching the flip-flop by going permanent DST— the same as adopting our Mountain Standard Time (UTC-07.00), but calling it "Pacific Time"). In the above video the audience applauds the “ditching of DST time changes” only to howl in protest when the host says (without a shred of awareness of the deception) that BC was adopting permanent DST, NOT ditching it.

The same obfuscation was tried in NDP Alberta in 2017 when a private members bill proposed that permanent DST be called “Alberta Standard Time.” People were utterly bamboozled, including the press(3). Many thought it was a bill to "ditch DST." It was the opposite.

Please don’t perpetuate confusion by saying or implying “ditching DST” or “abandoning DST” which most everyone interprets as returning to the permanent Mountain Standard Time they want, when what is meant is permanent Mountain DST, being the same as Central Time (UTC-06.00) which Saskatchewan did in 1966 (going permanent DST by switching to Central Standard Time from Mountain Standard Time).

Honestly ask yourselves: How many Albertans want:

• to ignore the science of sleep and of documented mental and physical health issues around mis-aligning biorhythms with sun cycles(4)?
• to pretend that morning light is not critical to mood, alertness, performance patience, etc.(5) especially for children?
• to pretend that the failed, abandoned permanent DST experiments in Russia, Africa, and dozens of other places(6) have nothing to teach us about sticking with the sun’s cycle?
• to pretend that world time zones don’t already require constant adjustment for travel, business, stock markets, flights, etc., etc.?
• to ignore the significant disruption to children’s bedtime schedules with extended evening light?
• to get kids on the bus or walking to school in the deeper dark of winter mornings?
• to roust sleeping infants an hour early to get them to the sitter or daycare?
• to do morning exercise runs in the deeper darkness of winter?
• to pretend there is any savings of energy when winter furnaces, lights, appliances, etc., etc. have to be turned on an hour early in homes and offices for DST timing?
• to pretend that the needs of Alberta Northern cities and industries are comparable to BC border cities?
• to pretend that we ever were asked or consented to the expansion of DST timing from April to March and October to November?

Please rank the well-being of humans (especially children and families) far above corporate or business interests, evening sports enthusiasts, or individual preferences. Why deliberately mis-align our human physiology with our environment?

Please keep Alberta strong and free of more government manipulation like DST.

Please conduct an honest survey or make this a matter of referendum with the three options above.

Sincerely,
SMSmith

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DST in Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_Canada

* See footnote 4 re Health Science

1. Email sent November-25-2019 12:36 PM MST
To: Service Alberta Minister Glubish
[He forwarded it to his Policy Advisor: Andrew Koning]
Portion of OPEN LETTER to Service Alberta Minister Mr. Nate Glubish:
"I wish to register my STRONG objection to the manipulative, deceptive strategy this government is using to subvert public awareness of the true question and input on the issue of DST.
     "1. Your Nov. 19 news release states: “Albertans are invited to share their thoughts on whether the province should continue to observe daylight saving time” and that Albertans can visit the survey website “to share their opinions,” BUT there is no space on the survey to share anything but a yes or no to some form of DST.
      "2. The news releases are so scripted that even newscasters reported that Albertans were being surveyed on scrapping DST when THE TRUTH IS the only survey choice is between permanent DST and flip-flop DST. ..."
2. The Social CTV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j-cLD-4zqA
3. “[PMB] Bill 203 proposes that if passed, as of November 2018 the Daylight Saving Time Act would be repealed and Alberta would remain on Alberta standard time. Now, Alberta standard time is defined as being six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time and would be the equivalent of Mountain Daylight Time, the same time we are currently on this summer.”
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://docs.assembly.ab.ca/LADDAR_files/docs/committees/ef/legislature_29/session_3/20170914_1800_01_ef.pdf
• Thousands of Albertans want lights out on daylight saving time, survey says: If it passes, Bill 203 would replace daylight saving time with Alberta standard time [which equals Mountain Daylight Time which equals Central Standard Time].
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/thousands-of-albertans-want-lights-out-on-daylight-saving-time-survey-says-1.4240446 | Posted: Aug 09, 2017
• Thousands of Albertans want to get rid of Daylight Saving Time
https://globalnews.ca/news/3658499/thousands-of-albertans-want-to-get-rid-of-daylight-saving-time/ | Global News | Posted August 9, 2017
Edmonton MLA launches consultations on ending daylight saving time
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/daylight-saving-time-alberta-dang-mla-1.3980753 | CBC News · Posted: Feb 13, 2017
• Alberta government officially scraps bill that would get rid of Daylight Saving Time
https://globalnews.ca/news/3833827/alberta-government-officially-scraps-bill-that-would-get-rid-of-daylight-saving-time/ | Posted October 30, 2017
• Survey results show majority of respondents want Daylight Saving Time abolished in Alberta
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/survey-results-show-majority-of-respondents-want-daylight-saving-time-abolished-in-alberta/  |  Published: | August 09, 2017
• Committee scraps bill to create Alberta-only time zone [ CST]
https://globalnews.ca/news/3755594/committee-scraps-bill-to-create-alberta-only-time-zone/ | Posted September 19, 2017
“In a unanimous vote, the standing committee on Alberta’s economic future scrapped Bill 203, a private member’s bill which proposed to keep the province on mountain daylight time year-round. The move would have seen Alberta one hour ahead of British Columbia in the summer while being two hours ahead in the winter. Alberta and Saskatchewan would have been on the same time year-round.”
• Legislative Assembly of Alberta The 29th Legislature Third Session Standing Committee on Alberta’s Economic Future Bill 203, Alberta Standard Time Act Subcommittee Public Input Meeting in Calgary Thursday, September 14, 2017 6 p.m. Transcript No. 29-3-23 at chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://docs.assembly.ab.ca/LADDAR_files/docs/committees/ef/legislature_29/session_3/20170914_1800_01_ef.pdf
“Mr. Veldman: ... First of all, clarity on the bill. I took a quick poll in my office this morning. In one room of seven people nobody knew what the proposed time change was. To use terms like “Alberta standard time” is very confusing because we think of standard time as standard time without the daylight saving time. That’s a detail you can remedy. Six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time, UTC-6, doesn’t mean anything to anybody. You could easily say that it’s daylight saving time year-round because that’s the present proposal. I think you need to clarify that if there was a vote down the road, if people are voting on the present proposal versus – there are really three options.” (EF-959)
4. HEALTH
• Daylight saving time: Alberta biological rhythm expert raises alarm over proposed permanent switch | https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/biological-rhythm-expert-raises-alarms-over-proposed-switch-to-permanent-daylight-savings-time  |   Published Nov 24, 2019
• Alberta’s attempt to end Daylight Savings Time & Canada’s history with the introduction of DST | https://ahlstromwright.ca/albertas-attempt-to-end-daylight-savings-time-canadas-history-with-the-introduction-of-dst/ | March 15, 2019
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bc-daylight-saving-health-concerns-9.7114947
“'Scientifically not a good idea,' says researcher whose work informed B.C.'s daylight-time decision ...
“Permanent daylight time likely to result in sleep deprivation, negative health outcomes, experts say. ...
“Zeitzer said modelling by his team in the U.S. linked an out-of-sync circadian cycle to a range of poor health outcomes. ...
• The case for getting rid of daylight-saving time
Business Insider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR6il9otpqM
• Why Experts Say Permanent Daylight Saving Time is Unhealthy
NOVA PBS Official - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdT-77HYczs
• Ditch daylight saving: Time for permanent standard time
Dr. Yishan Xu | Deep into Sleep Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4nDblY_3dY
• Sleep expert warns of health risks from B.C. permanently adopting Daylight Saving time
CityNews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxW7n8uCAWA
• Why Permanently Saving Daylight Hours Would Be a TERRIBLE Idea
Dr. Amanpreet Singh, DDS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlOn0Fkq_8U&t=294s
• Daylight Savings Time
MedicalCentric - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bnb85MBAV3c
• Daylight Savings Time - Returning to Standard
(Traffic Service - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j7_VAMKVgY4
5. LIGHT
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bc-daylight-saving-health-concerns-9.7114947
"Daylight time can also contribute to "social jet lag," when daily schedules are misaligned with the body's preferred light exposure. In the short term, this could mean people feel groggy or sluggish. Over time, that mismatch — combined with less sleep — can snowball into other health problems".
6. COUNTRIES ABANDONING PERMANENT DST
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bc-daylight-saving-health-concerns-9.7114947
• https://time.com/5159865/countries-stopping-the-clock-on-daylight-saving-time/
"Russia switched to permanent winter time in 2014 after a failed experiment to put clocks on year-round summer time in 2011. The policy apparently caused health issues in northern Russia, where mornings would remain darker for longer during the winter months."
• https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/26/most-countries-dont-observe-daylight-saving-time/

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NOT INCLUDED IN THE EMAIL ABOVE
• Which time zone would be better if Alberta stopped switching the clocks?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd0nGJ-n-KY
• Let Me Explain: Permanent Daylight Saving vs. Standard Time | NBCLA
NBCLA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUE7RjrTmh8
• What happened to ditching Daylight Saving Time?
CBCTheNational - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ctzEg_QR4ek
• Permanent shift to Daylight Saving Time could
NPR - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wM-j42Jxisw
• Canada Said No To More Daylight Saving Time In 1974!!! | CBC Archives
CBC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwutlXGmWgo&t=15s
• 2021 Alberta Referendum Question - Daylight
elections.ab  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AQdqqTURT-I
• Alberta considering scrapping daylight saving time
CTV News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz83XvjRXWw
• No to Daylight Savings in Alberta Time ...
yegventured - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UWVmb346uTo
• How the change would impact Alberta if the province adopts daylight saving time
CTV News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm8kxt7TAYQ
• Is it time to talk about time changes AGAIN?
cbcalberta - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n0MynBGCfDQ
• Some Calgarians embrace end of Daylight Saving time
CityNews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upUGpRbUbQc
• Fixing Daylight Saving Time Is THIS Easy (history)
Be Smart | - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMrb56dDpic
• Daylight Savings Time Survey: Minister Glubish - November 19, 2019
YourAlberta (Government of Alberta) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gBt1OgrmZ8
https://www.alberta.ca/daylight-saving-time-engagement
• Albertans to vote on keeping daylight savings time year-round - 2021
CBC News: The National - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3CZzPYwgVI
• Albertans can vote their say on Daylight Saving Time in the municipal election - 2021
660 News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azW-9z7f8UU
• Albertans Vote To Keep Daylight Savings Time - 2021
Calgary Herald - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQm3AzlHjqQ
• Daylight saving time in Alberta: Should it continue? - 2021
660 News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf7Bu_mdO1k
• Daylight savings could be referendum issue says Alberta Premier - 2026
City News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h3NjJbX47g
• Alberta's premier consulting on ending clock
GlobeandMail - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4PwCIytmU5Y

Physical and EMAIL Addresses for Alberta Executive Council found at :
https://www.alberta.ca/albertaFiles/includes/directorysearch/goaBrowse.cfm?txtSearch=Executive%20Branch&Ministry=EXC&LevelID=17767&userid=69973#69973&varExpandID=-1 or here:

EMAIL Addresses for Alberta Executive Council
premier@gov.ab.ca
PSES.minister@gov.ab.ca
tbf.minister@gov.ab.ca
ae.minister@gov.ab.ca
au.minister@gov.ab.ca
AGRIC.Minister@gov.ab.ca
acsw.minister@gov.ab.ca
ALSS.Minister@gov.ab.ca
cfs.minister@gov.ab.ca
education.minister@gov.ab.ca
minister.energy@gov.ab.ca
epa.minister@gov.ab.ca
fp.minister@gov.ab.ca
PPHS.minister@gov.ab.ca
HSHS.Minister@gov.ab.ca
IM.minister@gov.ab.ca [as this email address refused to accept, I redirected it to the relevant constituency office at Calgary.North@assembly.ab.ca ]
ir.ministeroffice@gov.ab.ca
infrastructure.minister@gov.ab.ca
cardston.siksika@assembly.ab.ca
ministryofjustice@gov.ab.ca
mha.minister@gov.ab.ca
minister.municipalaffairs@gov.ab.ca
ministersa@gov.ab.ca
ti.minister@gov.ab.ca
ts.minister@gov.ab.ca
transportation.minister@gov.ab.ca
grant.hunter@assembly.ab.ca

LINK for Alberta MLA email addresses: https://www.assembly.ab.ca/members/members-of-the-legislative-assembly

WAKE-UP Canada!

(“Stop pretending”* that words that belie actions can be trusted! “Stop pretending”* that values – like freedom, sovereignty, human rights – will have the same meaning in the new order / reset. Awaken to the “gaps between rhetoric and reality.”* Quote marks – with my counter – from Mr. Carney's WEF speech 2026.*)

Once upon a time, many people from diverse nations and tongues longed to come to Canada — escaping to freedom from oppressive regimes; THEN along came a WEFian “prince”¹ who admired the Chinese “system-of-efficiency”² (aka despotism), and things in Canada began to drastically, rapidly change because “sovereign”³ nations are anathema the WEFian dream of OWO (One World Order). Thus a divide and conquer agenda intensified so Canada could be more easily swallowed up with all the other puppified nations into a new, unified, efficient, equitable, safe, just, peaceful WO. And how best, you might ask, does one divide and conquer? by nudging / pushing / pulling every person and group into “justified” states of narcissism, argument, disunity, special entitlement, coercion. etc., etc.?

And if Canada, with its generally pacific, polite, live-and-let-live nature does not divide into chaos with sufficient speed, the solution is to aggressively revive, exaggerate, or invent personal or group offences. But perhaps even better, open-up immigration to servitors of political or ideological extremism. Soon, law-abiding, contributing, freedom-loving, critical-thinking, former citizens of China, Russia, Israel, Asia, Iran, Africa, etc., (or non-extreme Islamists, Sikhs/Khalistani, Hindus, Jews, Christians, et al.⁴) find themselves the transnational targets of despotic regimes or ideologies they thought they had escaped.

Because the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been a front runner in Canadian security concerns for several years, this post will hopefully awaken more Canadians to the dangerous dissonance between OUR Canadian Security Services and former CB,⁵ now minority-seat-PM Mark Carney.⁶

Inside Canada’s new China deal—Where are the "guardrails"?
(The Hub Canada | Feb 20, 2026 | Time 15:19 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPgeAJJFbVY

Book: Under Assault: Interference and Espionage in China's Secret War Against Canada by Dennis Molinaro



Secret police: Inside China’s spying operations in Canada | the fifth estate presents
(the fifth estate | Apr 2, 2026 | Time 42:16 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5IFMSaHUJg

• China's ever-deepening infiltration of Canada
New investigation identifies 575 pro-Beijing organizations embedded in eight separate fields of 'soft power' opportunity | By Terry Glavin Published Feb 12, 2026 | https://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-glavin-2

• Canada should do more to screen visitors from China: former CSIS analyst
As Canada opens up to China, threats of transnational repression could grow
Elizabeth Thompson CBC News Posted: Feb 18, 2026
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-transnational-repression-report-9.7094285

• Canada can’t be ‘naive’ to China’s transnational repression threat: report
By Sean Boynton Global News Posted February 17, 2026 |
https://globalnews.ca/news/11670877/transnational-repression-canada-report-china/
“Researchers behind a new report on transnational repression are warning Canada must not be “naïve” as it seeks better relations with China, which remains a top perpetrator in intimidating and harassing dissidents abroad.”

• Canadians describe surveillance, intimidation and terror ‘under China’s shadow’
By Ashleigh Stewart, Jeff Semple &amp Stewart Bell Global News Published April 5, 2023 |https://globalnews.ca/news/9601649/china-foreign-interference-spying/
“For years, Mehmet Tohti has been receiving threatening phone calls from China – the most disturbing of which alleged his mother and various other family members were dead. As a Uyghur activist in Ottawa, he had come to expect intimidation and harassment attempts from his former homeland. / But only recently did Tohti have his worst fears realized, when a Chinese police officer called him in January to confirm the news.”

• Canada’s Xinjiang Controversy
A Canadian lawmaker’s [Michael Ma] comments on Xinjiang has put a spotlight on the country’s shaky commitment to banning forced labor imports. - By Eliot Chen - March 27, 2026 |
https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/03/27/canadas-xinjiang-controversy/
“The tense exchange has triggered questions about how seriously the government led by prime minister Mark Carney, who has sought to improve Canada’s relations with China, is taking issues around forced labor in Xinjiang.”

• Canadian police investigate Chinese 'police stations' in Quebec | 9 March 2023 Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64909560 of undeclared Chinese "police service stations" in the province of Quebec.
“The RCMP said they are looking at two Montreal-area sites believed to be operating on behalf of Beijing. / Human rights groups have accused China of using the stations to threaten and monitor Chinese nationals abroad. / China has denied running the stations, calling them "service centres" for its nationals overseas. ... / It said Chinese public security bureaus established the "overseas police service stations" in several continents, including two in London and one in Glasgow. In North America, it found stations in Toronto, Vancouver and in New York.”

• Beijing’s blueprint for breaking Canada-U.S. unity: Stephen Nagy for Inside Policy
This isn’t about choosing between independence and alliance. It’s about understanding how Canada’s adversaries weaponize that false choice. | November 20, 2025 in Foreign Affairs, Inside Policy, China: The dragon at the door, Foreign Policy, Latest News, Indo-Pacific, Taiwan, North America, Stephen Nagy | https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/beijings-blueprint-for-breaking-canada-u-s-unity-stephen-nagy-for-inside-policy/
“For several decades, China has pursued a sophisticated campaign to fracture the world’s most integrated defense partnership—that between Canada and the United States.
Beijing’s strategy goes beyond typical diplomatic pressure: it systematically exploits every Canada-US disagreement, transforming routine alliance friction into seemingly irreconcilable divisions. This has become a degree of magnitude easier under US President Donald Trump, with his mercurial policy shifts towards Ottawa. The revelations about Chinese interference in Canadian elections from the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) Task Force – a body comprised of Canadian government and security officials which monitors elections threats – illuminate only one dimension of this comprehensive assault on North American solidarity.”

• CSIS issues espionage alert about suspect seeking sensitive information for Chinese intelligence | By Stewart Bell Global News Posted July 5, 2025 | By Stewart Bell
https://globalnews.ca/news/11274203/csis-espionage-advisory-china/

• China 'compromised' Canadian government networks and stole valuable info: spy agency
China-sponsored threat actors have infiltrated at least 20 networks associated with federal government: CSE | Catharine Tunney CBC News Posted: Oct 30, 2024
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cse-cyber-threats-china-1.7367719
RCI | Posted: October 30, 2024
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2116363/china-compromised-canadian-government-networks-and-stole-valuable-info-spy-agency
“China-sponsored threat actors have infiltrated at least 20 networks associated with federal government: CSE / Threat actors sponsored by China compromised Canadian government networks over the past five years and collected valuable information, says a new report from Canada's cyber spy agency."

See more China headlines at footnote 7, and keep a daily watch on unfolding dissonance between security experts versus Mr. Carney's WEF-inspired reset.*

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* Prime Minister Carney delivers remarks at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
(Prime Minister of Canada | given Jan 20, posted Jan 29, 2026 | Time 18:09 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBkNX1-cbg
Transcript: Davos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada Jan 20, 2026 at
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/davos-2026-special-address-by-mark-carney-prime-minister-of-canada/
Observation: I have never heard such an important speech delivered with such flat affect (except perhaps by Donald Trump); where is the emotion? where is the passion?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_affect_display

1. https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-penetration-of-canada.html
 https://moc-n-dox.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-wef-school-of-world-coups.html

https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2022/08/when-do-we-call-this-treason.html

2. ADMIRING A “BASIC DICTATORSHIP”: Trudeau's bizarre praise of China
(Toronto Sun | Mar 1, 2023 | Time 4:19 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLTGbtfkh_s
3. https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2022/03/subversion-of-sovereign-nations-witness.html
NOTE: Technically, Canada is not a sovereign nation with its executive body being the Privy Council under the power of the British monarch: See: Canada Isn’t Sovereign? Shawn Buckley Exposes Constitutional Truths (King, Land & Power (NADINE |  Apr 2, 2026 | Time 1:17:47 min.) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNeP9zk6_WY&t=3882s
4. Recognizing also that religious affiliation is often used as a cover for political, social, cultural, or ideological goals which all coalesce under a drive for domination of one's particular dogma.
5. Central Banker:  https://moc-n-dox.blogspot.com/2024/10/dear-fellow-canadians.html
6. https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2025/05/mayday-mayday-mayday-canada-2025.html
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2025/01/canadians-if-you-vote-for-mark-carney.html
https://moc-n-dox.blogspot.com/2025/12/discerning-hookers-and-hookees.html
https://www.weforum.org/stories/authors/mark-carney/
Prime Minister Mark Carney seeks investments at World Economic Forum | By The Canadian Press Published: January 19, 2026
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/carney-heading-to-switzerland-to-take-part-in-world-economic-forum/
7. More Headlines:
• Democracy at risk? How foreign actors target Canadian voters with the disinformation war
(Canada Info | Apr 3, 2026 | Time 1:01:27 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByzR84jhSEk

• Is anyone actually safe? The dark reality of foreign spies in Canada
(Canada Info | Apr 3, 2026 | Time 32:01 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77QEPyrPX8Y

• Top Canadian bankers join finance minister on Chinese trade mission
Bank of Canada governor and heads of major Canadian financial firms are in Beijing
Campbell MacDiarmid · CBC News · Posted: Apr 02, 2026  | https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-trade-trip-champagne-macklem-9.7151537 [Perhaps someone should ask Mr. Carney: “What is “principled pragmatism” with tyrants?

• Chinese EV spy risk is real in Canada, experts warn | By Greg Layson Last Updated February 06, 2026 | https://www.autonews.com/ev/anc-chinese-evs-spy-concerns-canada-0205/

• How China is charging forward with EV adoption as Canada prepares to welcome its cars
Along with the 49,000 vehicles arriving in Canada comes insight into China's innovative EV infrastructure | Lisa Xing · CBC News · Posted: Mar 31, 2026 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-electric-vehicles-ev-canada-9.7143644

• Chinese EVs are coming to Canada. How soon will they be here? How much will they cost?
Popular models could arrive sooner than you think, expert says | Nick Logan · CBC News · Posted: Jan 16, 2026 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/chinese-evs-canada-questions-answers-9.7048637
“While some are applauding the EV market opening up, others are raising concerns about the safety and security of vehicles from companies tied to the Chinese government.

• Canada should 'absolutely' match Poland's Chinese EV ban at military bases: expert | By The Canadian Press Published: March 20, 2026 | https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/canada-should-absolutely-match-polands-chinese-ev-ban-at-military-bases-expert/
“OTTAWA — Intelligence and cybersecurity experts are warning the Liberal government about national security risks posed by allowing Chinese electric vehicles onto Canadian military bases. Critics and some experts are even calling on Ottawa to ban the cars from Canadian Armed Forces bases and other sensitive sites due to onboard sensors they say could collect and transmit sensitive information to the Chinese government.  /  Their warning comes after Poland and Israel instituted similar bans on EVs built by Chinese companies like BYD Auto over the past year — and as Conservative politicians in Canada raise the alarm over the threat of so-called “spy cars.”

• How Canada co-operates in China’s hunt for supposed fugitives

The Fifth Estate (the fifth estate | Oct 20, 2023 | Time 42:49 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJTs4NHfz8

• Chinese government interference in Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_government_interference_in_Canada

• WARMINGTON: Don't look now but Canada's military aims to recruit foreign soldiers
The Liberal government plans to look outside of Canada to fill some jobs in the Army, Navy and Air Force with foreign specialists | Joe Warmington Published Feb 19, 2026  |
https://torontosun.com/news/national/canadas-military-aims-to-recruit-foreign-soldiers

• CSIS director warns that China and Russia continue to target Canada
Robert Fife - Ottawa Bureau Chief, Steven Chase - Senior parliamentary reporter. Ottawa Published November 13, 2025
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-csis-china-russia-warning/

• The role of the Chinese military beyond its ‘near abroad’: Implications for global security | https://www.canada.ca/en/security-intelligence-service/corporate/publications/china-and-the-age-of-strategic-rivalry/the-role-of-the-chinese-military-beyond-its-near-abroad-implications-for-global-security.html

• China on US Border: First Chinese Military Base in Canada Shocks Trump
(Carros Show | Sep 16, 2025 | Time 8:25 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlUhyGWRRWk

• Canada spies found China interfered in last two elections, probe hears
By David Ljunggren April 8, 2024 | https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-spies-found-china-interfered-last-two-elections-probe-hears-2024-04-08/

• Canada police charge Hydro-Quebec employee with China espionage
14 November 2022 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63631933

• Canadian military says it has tracked, stopped China surveillance in Arctic waters: U.S. shot down suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew through Canadian airspace earlier this month David Fraser CP-The Canadian Press-Posted: Feb 22, 2023 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/dnd-china-surveillance-operations-airspace-waters-1.6756548

• Canada's military tracked Chinese surveillance in the Arctic
22 February 2023 Nadine Yousif - BBC News, Toronto |

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64727713

• Canadians describe surveillance, intimidation and terror ‘under China’s shadow’
By Ashleigh Stewart, Jeff Semple & Stewart Bell Global News Published April 5, 2023 
https://globalnews.ca/news/9601649/china-foreign-interference-spying/
“For years, Mehmet Tohti has been receiving threatening phone calls from China – the most disturbing of which alleged his mother and various other family members were dead. As a Uyghur activist in Ottawa, he had come to expect intimidation and harassment attempts from his former homeland. But only recently did Tohti have his worst fears realized, when a Chinese police officer called him in January to confirm the news.”

• Russia and China at war with Canada, says Gen. Wayne Eyre
Canadian Forces considers China and Russia the country’s main threats – climate change barely acknowledged in new document | By David Pugliese
Ottawa Citizen | Published Oct 26, 2023 |
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/russia-and-china-at-war-with-canada-says-gen-wayne-eyre
“China and Russia are Canada’s main enemies, with both nations considering themselves to be at war with the west, according to a new document from the Canadian military. In language similar to that now being used by the Pentagon and NATO, the document outlines how the Canadian Forces must change to prepare for a long-term conflict.”

• Canada has quietly raised foreign interference with China 48 times in two years | By Alex Boutilier - Global News Posted October 4, 2024 | https://globalnews.ca/news/10795071/canada-raised-foreign-interference-china/

• Morning Update: Canadian military found Chinese monitoring buoys in the Arctic - Omair Quadri Published February 22, 2023 |
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/canada/article-morning-update-canadian-military-found-chinese-monitoring-buoys-in-the/

• Chinese spying case of Hydro-Québec shows Canada’s weakness in tackling economic espionage | Matt Malone Contributed to The Globe and Mail Published November 17, 2022 | https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-chinese-spying-case-of-hydro-quebec-shows-canadas-weakness-in-tackling/

• FATAH: China’s troops trained in Canada against which country?
Tarek Fatah Published Dec 16, 2020
https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/fatah-chinas-troops-trained-in-canada-against-which-country
“If you haven’t yet read about the scandal of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau allowing China’s communist-led military to train in winter warfare, you’ve got to be living in Chinese-occupied Tibet or inside China’s concentration camps for its Uighur Muslim minority. ... / For it was Justin Trudeau who had invited China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to send its troops for cold weather training at CFB Petawawa in Ontario — and when Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) cancelled the training following China’s kidnapping of Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, we hear the prime minister ‘raged’ at the Canadian Armed Forces for doing so.”

• Canada govt objected to military decision to cancel training with Chinese Army: Reports The Peoples Liberation Army had been invited for joint training at the Canadian Forces Base at Petawawa in the province of Ontario. Updated on: Dec 10, 2020 | Hindustan Times, Toronto | ByAnirudh Bhattacharyya
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/canada-govt-objected-to-military-decision-to-cancel-training-with-chinese-army-reports/story-Ls6WZNOE7q2bp9yqtjbB9L.html

• The Schools that Break Children - BBC World Service Documentaries (Chinese disciplinary schools )
(BBC World Service | Dec 11, 2025 | Time 33:03 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mHEmDz8I8k&t=29s

• China travel advice | https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/china

Documenting the Mockery?

It appears that the long-ballot boys* are at it again:

Longest Ballot Nightmare: Record Number of Rejected Votes in Canada
(this guy's garage | Mar 25, 2026 | Time 20:19 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLZbLxTCnHA

*https://moc-n-dox.blogspot.com/2025/04/dear-long-ballot-boy-tomas-szuchewycz.html
https://moc-n-dox.blogspot.com/2025/07/szuch-mockery-1-pretend-candidates.html
https://moc-n-dox.blogspot.com/2025/07/szuch-mockery-2-signing-witnessing-for.html

So I sent this email (March 25, 2026 4:35 PM) to various Conservative MPs, including Michael Cooper and Michael Kram who were questioning Elections Canada officials in the above video:
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Subject: Long Ballot boys and Elections Canada

Would someone raise with Elections Canada why the Long Ballot boys have not been investigated about their duty* (and probable failure) to open separate bank accounts for each and every one of their independent candidates?
If they have not, is this not a form of misrepresentation and / or fraud that should disqualify them from ever acting as an agent for a candidate? ...
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*“Bank account 476.65 (1) A nomination contestant’s financial agent shall open, for the sole purpose of the contestant’s nomination campaign, a separate bank account in a Canadian financial institution as defined in section 2 of the Bank Act, or in an authorized foreign bank as defined in that section that is not subject to the restrictions and requirements referred to in subsection 524(2) of that Act.”

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Eight months ago, I raised this same issue with Elections Canada:

Jul 28, 2025, 4:37 PM - info@cef-cce.ca
To Elections Canada Commissioner:
Subject: Battle River-Crowfoot By-election
Before printing ballot forms for the Battle River-Crowfoot riding, will Elections Canada thoroughly research, investigate, and determine:
• whether Tomas Szuchewycz is disqualified to be the agent of any candidate IF he has failed to open individual campaign bank accounts for each of his many independents in Battle River-Crowfoot or the 80+ he represented in Carleton in March / April 2025, which would mean over 250 bank accounts required of him since March 2025?*
• IF Tomas Szuchewycz failed as agent in prior federal elections to open individual campaign bank accounts would this not show a pattern of electoral misrepresentation and / or breach of duty / trust?
• Whether and in what manner the witnesses to consenting electors exercised due diligence as required:
“All signatures must be collected and witnessed in Section F of the online nomination form or Nomination Paper. The witness must use due diligence to make sure that the signatures made in their presence are all by qualified electors who live in the electoral district. The witness does not need to be a qualified elector. This form allows for up to 10 signatures per page, and the same person must witness all elector signatures on any one page." https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=pol&dir=can/bck&document=p5&lang=e#h18
• WHETHER any of the independent Battle River-Crowfoot candidates are not eligible under EA 65 (i) as
(i) a person who was a candidate in a previous election and for whom a return, report, document or declaration has not been provided under subsection 477.59(1), if the time and any extension for providing it have expired.
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* ;Bank account
476.65 (1) A nomination contestant’s financial agent shall open, for the sole purpose of the contestant’s nomination campaign, a separate bank account in a Canadian financial institution as defined in section 2 of the Bank Act, or in an authorized foreign bank as defined in that section that is not subject to the restrictions and requirements referred to in subsection 524(2) of that Act. Account holder name
(2) The account shall name the account holder as follows: “(name of financial agent), financial agent”.**
** 3. Open bank account The official agent has to open a separate bank account to be used exclusively for the candidate’s campaign. This could happen before or after the candidate’s nomination is confirmed or before an election is called. Note that the requirement to open a bank account exists whether or not there are financial transactions. The account has to be with a Canadian financial institution or an authorized foreign bank, as defined by the Bank Act. The official agent must be named as the account holder, as follows: (name), official agent. For example: “Peter Raymond, official agent”. It is also acceptable to add the candidate’s name to the name of the bank account. For example: “Peter Raymond, official agent for Anne Thomas”. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.elections.ca/res/gui/app/2025-02/2025-02_e.pdf

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This was Election Canada's reply Wed, Oct 15, 2025, 9:17 AM (which did not address the "agent duty" issue):

Thank you for your correspondence dated July 29, 2025, concerning the ballot used for the 2025 federal general election in Battle River – Crowfoot. At this time, the Canada Elections Act does not contain any provisions that would place limitations on the size, format or number of candidates that can be listed on a ballot. For that reason, the matter can not be pursued by our Office.
We acknowledge that longer ballots may also raise other concerns, including those related to accessibility. Should these be areas of concern for you, we encourage you to contact Elections Canada directly. Contact information for Elections Canada can be found on their Contact Us page, located here: https://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=conge&document=index&lang=e. We thank you for taking the time to contact us and for your interest in the electoral process.

Seems however that something may be happening:

Longest Ballot Organizer Outraged At Proposed Changes To Elections Act - WE DID IT!
(Northern Perspective | March 26, 2026 | Time 25:33 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjbKQ7-w8rw

An Appeal to the University of Lethbridge (Alberta)

Copy of an email sent to 39 administration and faculty of the University of Lethbridge (Alberta Canada), this date, March 16, 2026, 12:13 MDT.

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Greetings University of Lethbridge Administration and Faculty:

If you have forgotten the shameful events of February 1, 2023 and February 4, 2026, many of us have not. When students are deliberately triggered into shameful behaviour to prevent beliefs, opinions, or narratives from being questioned or examined, your motto Fiat Lux becomes a farce. And to top-off the Fiat Lux mockery, some of you did a DARVO.* Every honest observer saw what was spun for the media, the public, and the ULeth community: 1) deny the bad behaviour of ULeth students; 2) attack the victim (Widdowson); 3) reverse victim and offender = DARVO.*

The praising of students' cacophonous, disrespectful behaviour; use of the words “the students did a fantastic job in neutralizing her”; and the twisting by DARVO are the very opposite of Fiat Lux. They are Fiat Tenebris/Tenebrae.

Please end the black-and-white thinking** that has captured so much of academia. Please take a lesson from Chief Aaron Pete:

A Chief Breaks Down the Unmarked Graves Controversy

Nuanced with Aaron Pete | Aug 25, 2025 |Time 58:49 min.) at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_bIw4psDnU

Frances Widdowson & Chief Pete DEBATE the Unmarked Graves Story

Nuanced with Aaron Pete and Frances Widdowson | Sep 9, 2025 | Time 1:26:10 min.) at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR0XyUvmZoc

Please learn about and use Spectrum Street Epistemology*** to bring light back into your classrooms.

Please restore Fiat Lux (“Let there be light”) at the University of Lethbridge with apologies and full spectrum epistemology.

Sincerely,

SMSmith

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*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO

**https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology)

*** Spectrum Street Epistemology

• https://www.streetepistemology.com/

Street Epistemology is a conversational approach that helps people critically reflect on the quality of their reasoning through thoughtful, civil conversations. It offers a novel yet accessible way for nearly anyone who wants to explore their own or others’ beliefs while prioritizing autonomy, authenticity, accuracy, and attentiveness.

• https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Street_Epistemology

Street Epistemology is a reasoned conversation about the basis for belief.

More formally described, Street Epistemology is a conversational tool that helps people reflect on the quality of their reasons and the reliability of the methods used to derive one's confidence level in their deeply-held beliefs.[1]

An epistemology is a way of knowing. Street Epistemology (SE) applies Socratic methods to explore questions of belief. It explores the basis we have for the beliefs we hold.

SE is a practice. It is a collection of skills and techniques that you can apply during sincere conversations to explore important topics and discover new insights. While your objectives may differ, Street Epistemology is generally used to understand a claim (generally a proposition), identify the actual reasons and reliability of the methods used to support the claim, and determine if one's confidence in the claim is justified.

• The Official YouTube Channel of Street Epistemology: https://www.youtube.com/c/streetepistemology

• https://www.streetepistemologyinternational.org/

• https://faithandselfdefense.com/2018/04/27/street-epistemology-basic-tactics-part-one/

• https://www.facebook.com/StreetEpistemology/

• https://conversational-leadership.net/street-epistemology/

• https://boghossian.substack.com/p/how-to-play-spectrum-street-epistemology

“Spectrum Street Epistemology (SSE) is an engaging, non-threatening way to understand the reasons people have for their beliefs and to help them calibrate the confidence in those beliefs to the reasons they have for believing. This brief video will explain how to host an SSE event.”

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3FZMvelAKw

“Philosopher Peter Boghossian leads a live Street Epistemology session with conference attendees, demonstrating how to have productive conversations across disagreement. In this interactive workshop, participants physically position themselves on a spectrum from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree" on claims related to gender ideology.“