This episode of The Gravity Well with Jenny Yeremiy features Mikayla, the founder of the Alberta Civic Integrity Project, who discusses her involvement in resisting fascist forces in Alberta. Mikayla shares her experiences on the picket lines and her efforts to hold the government accountable through rallies and recalls. The conversation highlights the challenges faced by Recall campaigns in Alberta, emphasizing the high thresholds required for success and the importance of civic engagement.
The podcast also addresses the separatist movement in Alberta, with Mikayla detailing her interactions with separatists and the misinformation surrounding the movement (example: treaty misinformation countered by Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation courtesy of Jody MacPherson. The discussion underscores the need for dialogue and the importance of standing united against divisive forces
A Fabulous Note on Recall Campaigns
Check out this fabulous post by Jon Auger on the Canadian Politics… Feed Back Facebook page:
RECALL SIGNATURES ARE VOTES WALKING AWAY
“Alberta, here is the reality hiding in plain sight. Recall petitions were built with thresholds so high they are almost impossible to win, but that was never the real story. The real story is what the signatures reveal. In Calgary-Bow alone, 6,519 people went out of their way to complete a formal, verifiable civic act saying they wanted their MLA gone. That petition “failed.” But those 6,519 names are not a failure. They are a record. They are neighbours who crossed the line from frustration into action, who put their identities on the record in a way far stronger than a poll answer or a social-media post.
This is why recall matters for the next election. A recall signature is not a ballot, but it is something politically louder: documented evidence of a voter in that riding who is unlikely to support that MLA — or the party they represent — when the next vote comes. That is a behavioural signal campaigns and parties understand very well. Multiply that kind of civic action across dozens of ridings and you are no longer looking at paperwork. You are looking at a living map of political disengagement from incumbents that no one can spin away.
And here is the part that turns this from observation into message. If you care, if you are already talking about this with friends and neighbours, then adding your name where a recall petition exists in your riding is the clearest way to be counted. Not because you expect it to “win,” but because every signature strengthens the record showing how many Albertans have already decided they expect something different. The higher those numbers climb, the louder that message carries into every campaign office, every doorstep conversation, and every ballot box in the next election.”
This weeks’ efforts
I am dedicating The Gravity Well podcast to the recall and other citizens’ led efforts to uphold democratic rights and institutions, creating a better story for Alberta than one of traitors and tyrants. I’ve hosted two livestreams so far: solo and with Mikayla Resists. Next week, I am hosting the former Chair of the Alberta Teachers’ Association’s bargaining committee, Peter MacKay: Wednesday, Feb 11 at 4:30 pm MT/ 6:30 pm ET.
This week, I am supporting the: Recall Sawhney, Recall Fir, Recall Red Deer, and Recall Mickey campaigns. I will share these activities for you on my social media. If you are a doorknocker and up for supporting the Recall Peter Singh campaign with me on Saturday, Feb 14 from 12-3 pm, please let me jenny@thegravitywell.net and recallpetersingh@outlook.com know. Thank you to Lindsay and Tobi for joining me there last weekend! Like Doras’ exploring! I had a great visit with Henry in Calgary-NorthWest and Chelsea in Calgary-Peigan this week. Healthy and spicy conversation both. They feel the revolution is upon us, too!
Next, I am SUPER proud to be a part of the Charlie Angus / The Resistance community. Charlie is hosting me on Meidas Canada as a regular contributor. If you haven’t watched them already, I was on in December, the episode is titled: THE BATTLE FOR ALBERTA - RECALL MOMENTUM GROWS !!! And released yesterday with its new name the first report titled: RECLAIM ALBERTA - THE FIGHT BACK AGAINST MAGA.
There's a better story to be told for Alberta and Canada. I am excited to share the people, places, and plans to Reclaim Alberta. Join your nearest OperationTotalRecall.ca team. Put up your Canada flags to stand with Treaty 6, 7, & 8 Chiefs and First Nations. Join the fun!
Your Action for this Week: Write your MLA
To the MLA for Calgary-Bow and Education Minister, Demetrios Nicolaides,
I, Jenny Yeremiy, a Canadian born citizen, and an Albertan, stand with First Nations.
They are protecting ALL proud Canadians in Alberta, and the safety and security of ALL Canadians.
I respect and will defend Treaty 6, Treaty 7 and Treaty 8, alongside First Nations Chiefs and people with millions of non-First Nations people who also respect these Treaties.
Reconciliation has undoubtedly taken hundreds of steps backwards as a result of the actions of the separatist movement, a movement enabled by you under Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party.
In addition to this, I am not at all comfortable paying Danielle Smith’s salary or the salaries of her separatist caucus members who are using their positions, at Canadian taxpayers’ expense, to divide our nation. And ask that Members of the Legislative Assembly and fellow premiers denounce her leadership by stepping aside or requesting an inquiry into foreign interference around separatism, respectively.
Issues can be resolved with dialogue.... but removing Alberta from Canada should have NEVER been on the table in the first place. Not on Alberta taxpayer’s time, or dime—and not at the detriment of First Nations (opposite of truth and reconciliation) and Canadian people.
This entire dilemma has grossly and negatively impacted not only First Nations people, but millions of Non-First Nations people living in Alberta, and our neighboring Provinces and Territories, citizens throughout the country.
The anxiety and distress caused to date is immeasurable.
Your immediate resignation from the United Conservative Party is urgently requested.
Sincerely,
Jenny Yeremiy, Calgary-Bow resident, Albertan, Canadian, Treaty Rights Defender
Courtesy of Sarah Johnston (source: First Nation chief calls on Smith, UCP to resign).
Cc
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