My latest for @grist.org: Pipeline giant Enbridge will pay for police to respond to potential Indigenous-led protests as it begins construction of the controversial Line 5 reroute around the Bad River reservation
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“It is highly likely that members of the Canadian military, on exchange with the United States, were involved in the planning and co-ordinating of airstrikes on Iran, says a former senior Canadian general”
Carney Government Knew Carbon Capture Was ‘Very Limited,’ Docs Show
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"From: "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com>
To: Joscha Bach
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016
re taboo , maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation. the earths forest fire. potentailly a
good thing for the species".. 1/2
The deepest cuts seem to be at Global Affairs, where more than 1,600 staff responsible for working on how Canada engages with the world were affected... the same week Carney got widespread acclaim for proposing far reaching and deep engagement with other countries to counteract US hegemony?
"Approximately 1,000 individuals, both executives and non-executives, will be affected," a spokesperson for ECCC said. "ECCC's workforce will be reduced by approximately 840 full-time equivalent positions, including just under 40 executive roles."
A high-stakes electricity strategy is in the works, and Prime Minister Mark Carney's government will soon seek premiers' input as provinces and territories jostle for major infrastructure support.
Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are set to be cut from ECCC as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government takes a chainsaw to the public service.
After dismantling many of the climate policies put in place by the previous government, Mark Carney has quietly directed his government to craft a national electricity strategy.
Expect PCO clerk Michael Sabia, the former Hydro-Quebec exec, to be heavily involved.
Carney’s speech at Davos today was a clear articulation of what we called the Carney method in a piece published yesterday.
It’s a great unravelling from the United States, and the world order it set to dominate others. But tests for the strategy are here — and we don’t yet know how far he will go
Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate, accusing her of participating in a terrorist organization in what international observers are calling “retribution” for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples.
From our colleagues at @grist.org:
It's also just scratching the surface in terms of implications. There are questions around democratic accountability, who really benefits from such a strategy, how it clashes with Trump & his response, etc. But nonetheless, I hope a helpful opening to a bigger conversation that needs to happen.
This piece isn't about the particulars of the China trip or what comes next with Greenland, it's an attempt to take a step back and put what we know about Carney's foreign policy world view in focus.
Carney is betting on ad-hoc alliances to circumvent the US led world order, setting a new foreign policy for Canada that could run head-first into the Trump doctrine. The Carney method is an opportunity to unravel, and Greenland is an immediate test for how far he is willing to go.
Very useful piece from @woodsideful.bsky.social. Tim Hodgson's briefing materials reveal points of leverage and opportunities for collaboration, offering an unprecedented view into the complex terrain of major project negotiations. It shows what the provinces and territories want most.
Coastal First Nation leaders remain opposed to a new pipeline, and said Carney in the closed door meeting said he will seek free, prior and informed consent... but with political pressure ramping up on him (and his own apparent pipeline interest) very unclear how this will shake out.
wtf is the shoe scene that cost $60k to eliminate
Wild find from @cloelogan.bsky.social: A freedom of information request reveals the province’s PR budget for the Ring of Fire with money spent on TV, radio, newspapers and more — including nearly $60,000 for “additional costs as a result of eliminating shoe scene from TV spot.”
Amber Bracken & The Narwhal are suing the RCMP for wrongfully arresting and detaining her while on assignment and violating both her and the publication’s Charter rights in a high-stakes press freedom case set to unfold over the course of five weeks via @natashabulowski.bsky.social
Tim Hodgson's briefing materials reveal points of leverage and opportunities for collaboration, offering an unprecedented view into the complex terrain of major project negotiations. @woodsideful.bsky.social reports on what the provinces and territories want most.
The case has the potential to produce something journalists in Canada have long sought: a clear, unambiguous message to police about the rights of journalists in covering matters of public importance. Via @arnokopecky.bsky.social
As the federal major projects agenda ramps up, we obtained Tim Hodgson's briefing materials, offering an unprecedented view into the complex terrain of negotiations. Here are what the provinces and territories want most.
“I'm frankly horrified by his comments...He's not hiding his greed in any way. He's being very transparent that his bank is going to make money off of disasters and military interventions.” - @richardbrooks.bsky.social
Scotiabank isn't the only one poised to profit. Canadian banks have billions invested in the US oil companies set to takeover Venezuela's industry.
CBC employees’ union dues indirectly funded the same firm calling for their jobs to be eliminated. Likewise, the firm behind Canada Proud — one of Canada’s leading critics of public broadcasting — ran a campaign on behalf of CBC workers. Stunning finding from @rorywh.bsky.social
Any global crisis will have the fossil fuel industry and its allies pushing more oil and gas, but nothing about the US's takeover of Venezuela changes the long term forecast for oil demand or the climate science demanding an energy transition.
The second editorial the Globe has written in the two days since the Venezuela invasion, both using the invasion to push the case for a new pipeline — as if a change in international politics changes anything about oil's long-term future or the Canadian Constitution.
It's well past time for Canadian government officials to get off of X, @jameswsthomson.com writes. This latest — disgusting — incident is just one more reason.
In theory, industrial carbon pricing is a workhorse climate policy for Canada. But a fractured regulatory landscape and some provinces' hostility to the policy is undermining it and now the feds are looking to make changes.
This year, Ontario Premier Doug Ford decided that the province would no longer be required to make and hit climate targets.
It’s just one of many climate rollbacks from his government this year. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/31/n...
