How the premier stole Albertans’ Charter rights
By Lethbridge Herald on December 3, 2025.
Editor,
Every Albertan in Alberta liked the Charter a lot,
But our Premier in Edmonton—well, she did NOT!
She HATED the Charter, all those freedoms and rights,
Though no one knows why—maybe her shoes were too tight?
Chances are (and this reason is most likely of all),
Her problem was her own heart, which was two sizes too small.
Whatever the reason, tight shoes or cramped heart,
Our poor, angry Premier longed to rip the Charter apart.
She saw trans folk playing hockey and teachers striking on the picket,
And she growled to herself, “I’ll tell them where they can STICK IT!
But HOW? What can I DO?” She pined (while trying to loosen a shoe).
“What would those MAGA-gurus down in Mar-a-Lago tell me to DO?”
Oh, she puzzled and puzzled, till her puzzler was sore,
Then she gasped, “That’s what the Not Withstanding Clause is for!
Yes, I’ll stop those teachers striking and those trans kids playing sports—
I’ll stop them for good and shield my Bills from the courts!”
Whatever else she is, our Premier is certainly not slow—
She invoked the Not Withstanding Clause FOUR TIMES in a ROW!
And so shielded her Bills, but she shredded our rights,
And she did it so slick and fast—practically overnight.
Now our Premier laughs, oh how she laughs with a snigger,
And no Christmas miracle will inflate her heart any bigger.
When Albertans lose their rights, it affects the tall and the small,
It’s more than just trans folk and teachers—this AFFECTS US ALL.
So, my fellow Albertans, please sign those recall petitions
Before our Premier sells the eastern slopes and privatizes physicians.
And, next election, send that Grinch back to her cave on Mt. Crumpit.
Her policies belong in the trash bin, and it’s high time that we dump it.
(With apologies to Dr. Seuss)
Jacob Bachinger
Lethbridge
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The NWC was used to prevent errant judges (which the left love) from writing things into the constitution. This is the real issue, the left has been slapped down from their drive for judicial activism and listen to them howl about writes. Peter Lougheed would be proud. Please list the rights you have lost. When you lose the right to vote to unelected errant judges, get back to us.