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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦

@blakeshaffer.bsky.social
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Associate professor of economics at the University of Calgary. Former energy trader. blakeshaffer.ca

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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 13h
New piece up at @thewalrus.ca, looking at the "T-word". What should Canada do about Canadians looking to America for help in trying to break up the country? thewalrus.ca/is-it-treaso...
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Is It Treason to Ask America to Help Break Up Canada? | The Walrus
The growing relationship between Alberta separatists and US political actors demands a response
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
October 19 —> VOTE! 🇨🇦
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 02/10/2026
The University of Calgary launched its new Electricity Centre this morning. It will be a place where researchers, policymakers & the public can intersect on the increasingly important issues surrounding our power grid, generation, distribution & emissions. Expect to hear more soon!
University of Calgary Electricity Centre directors Blake Shaffer and Sara Hastings-Simon speak at the centre's launch event.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 02/10/2026
This shit is so god damn annoying. Fix your country. Stop waging unprovoked economic war. Close the concentration camps. globalnews.ca/news/1208422...
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U.S. mayors ask Canadians to reconsider U.S. travel boycott - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca
Some American mayors are trying to encourage Canadians to reconsider boycotting travel across the border.
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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“What the Korean government agreed with the US is that the Alaska project will proceed only if it is commercially viable,” Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said. Seoul had expressed its regret to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick “that what was reported today went beyond what had been agreed"
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Korea Disputes Trump’s Claim It Agreed to Invest in Alaska LNG
South Korea has pushed back on the Trump administration’s announcement that the country would invest $54 billion in a liquefied natural gas project in Alaska, saying it had agreed to do so only if the...
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Trevor Tombe @trevortombe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Alberta suspended its gas tax today, and the federal government has extended its. Do consumers actually benefit? My latest for @TheHubCanada explores the evidence: thehub.ca/2026/09/30/... #cdnecon #cdnpoli
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Yes, government cuts to fuel taxes really do lower your price at the pump
Provincial fuel tax cuts: real relief for drivers, or a windfall for gas retailers? Trevor Tombe crunches the numbers to find out.
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LeRaffl @leraffl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
3. Good parts of Asia will already be done transitioning before Europe gets to the halfway point, aka the last bit of relevant market remaining for ICE vehicles looks like it will be Europe and North America.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Google and Apple immediately update their maps.
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Who’s the house now?
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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Vancouver tomorrow to highlight "an historic investment in Canada's energy industries" 👀
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Alberta govt announces plan to launch an RFP for a private proponent to build a Calgary-Red Deer- Edmonton high speed rail project- with a winner selected by next spring. The rail project will also be referred to the federal Major Projects Office.
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wtf?!? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News
A whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...
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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 24/09/2026
Canadians should be mindful that this is how Americans interpret other people standing up to their bullying Their failures are our fault #cdnpoli www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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Canada's boycott forces the sale of a California winery
As California's wine industry struggles, a family-owned vineyard spanning 3,500 acres is for sale after its exports to Canada dropped 35% in a year.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The pentagon ships sensitive military components over the ocean by UPS?
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Latest Statcan population data: growth slows to a trickle...
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As expected, the AB government reduced the gas tax to zero effective Oct 1. The EV fee, meant to reflect avoided gas taxes that “go to roads” (they don’t, specifically), will remain.
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Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Do I get my EV registration fee back? calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
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Provincial gas tax will be removed Oct. 1, government announces
The move is expected to save Albertans 13 cents a litre on gas and was implemented due to the increasing cost of living.
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Setting aside the fact that Belarus wouldn’t come close to having enough potash available for export to replace Canadian imports, imagine thinking relying on **Belarus** to grow your country’s food supply was a viable option! 🤦🏼‍♂️
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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.゚✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In 2024, the US imported ~12 million metric tons of potassic fertilizers from Canada (hillnotes.ca/2025/06/05/p...) Specialized ships can carry ~60k metric tons, tho container ships <half that (www.sasktoday.ca/central/loca...) So we'd need at least 200 ships loaded from [checks notes] Belarus
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Andrew potter @jandrewpotter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The vassalization of the USA by Russia is a clear and present danger to Canada and to NATO. America is a growing security threat to the West.
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Apparently it’s 5-d chess to let Putin own the kill switch on growing enough food for your people
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just to be clear, the Trump admin is placing tariffs on Canada in the name of “national security” but is willing to rely on *Belarus* to grow enough food for its people. Americans, are you cool with this??
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Chris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
U of C poli-sci prof Pablo Policzer (a good friend and wise counsel) has a great piece in the Calgary Herald suggesting his colleagues are underestimating the calamity of Alberta separating in their report to the government on costs calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Screencap from the linked article reads: "The report treats economics as though it comes first and politics second, as if costs could be worked out separately from how government would work. But the causation runs the other way: whether Alberta gets anything like the numbers proposed depends on what kind of political community it becomes, including whether power stays checked, revenue stays transparent and government stays answerable to people."
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Karl Schamotta @karl-schamotta.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump attempting to shift US imports from Canada to a Russian client state. If there was any doubt before, the argument that the administration is acting in the interests of national security now lies in smoking ruins.
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Tom Hawthorn 🇨🇦 @tomhawthorn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just a friendly reminder that when Free French forces with Canadian support liberated St. Pierre and Miquelon from pro-Nazi Vichy France control, the United States opposed the liberation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture...
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Capture of Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Wikipedia
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Buy Canadian is good, but buy anything but the USA is better. A way to mitigate the costs of trade restrictions, diversify, and still stick it to the bully. benefitcost.blogspot.com/2026/09/buy-...
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Buy Canadian is Good-- ABUSA (Anything but USA) is Better
One cannot help but feel inspired and proud to witness the efforts of Canadians to buy Canadian-made goods and services. There may not be 41...
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Breaking: The United States has reached a security agreement with Denmark over Greenland that consists of exactly what the situation has been for the last eight decades and not a thing more
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yes. Also changes eligibility.
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oops, meant to capture how the "average price" is defined:
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
For Q3 (Jul-Sep), Alberta suspended their fuel tax relief program (graduated tax based on oil prices) in favour of $100 rebate cheques. No word yet for Q4, but if my calculations are correct, the fuel tax should drop from $0.13/L to $0 for Oct-Dec. #abpoli
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/09/2026
I love this slide. I really don't think the geopolitical implications of the clean energy transition have sunk in for most people.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"My department has also dispatched three of our finest schooners to explore the part of our maps that say 'here be dragons.' We vow to get to the bottom of this mystery."
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Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jlisayoung.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
At best, the Elections Alberta is an underfunded, over-employed shambles. At worst, it was responding to government pressure to ensure a desired outcome. If the latter, it’s a 5-alarm fire. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Former Elections Alberta staff raise ‘mismanagement’ concerns about 'Water Not Coal' petition verification | CBC News
Five former Elections Alberta employees are raising “mismanagement” concerns about how Corb Lund's citizen initiative petition was validated, alleging procedures changed and that there was a lack of t...
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 17/09/2026
This absolute horseshit from the Washington Post is more proof the problem isn't just Trump, but a society of Trump enablers, one Canada indeed should be 'decoupling' with a helluva lot faster than it is.
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
At this point you almost want to see Trump cut off trade with everyone and watch the “savings” pour in 🤪
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026
There's really no complicated explanation for this, or any kind of grand theory. It's just Econ 101 and he flat out does not understand it because he's an idiot.
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Almost *too* on the nose in illustrating the decline of the American empire…
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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Interregional Transmission! Because the energy is here and here, and the people are over there
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Bancroft Sutherland @bancsutherland.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Quick follow up question
Goose meme: WHY DID THE PRICE OF OIL RISE, SCOTT?
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Maybe the weirdest part of 2026 was that US adventurism was backstopped by the People's Republic of China, but that's coming to a close.
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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
the seat swings from UCP +13.5 in 2023 to NDP +3.6. That's a 17-point swing in a riding that had gone conservative in ten of eleven elections, five weeks before the referendum.
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Alberta - Kyle Campbell, the NDP candidate in Calgary-Shaw, has won the by-election. 🟠NDP FLIP
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Energy vs Climate Podcast @energyvsclimate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We're revisiting another episode from the EvC starter pack. A replay of our conversation with @blakeshaffer.bsky.social. With AI data centres now competing for the same grid capacity electrification needs, it might be even more relevant than it was in 2023.
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Please tell me these aren’t controlled by AI…
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
UKexit
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I couldn’t find it either
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 14/09/2026
European Parliament to establish an antenna office in Ottawa europarl.europa.eu/news/fr/pres... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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European Parliament to establish an antenna office in Ottawa | Actualité | Parlement européen
The European Parliament will open an antenna office in Ottawa to further strengthen parliamentary relations between the European Union and Canada.
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nuclear and intertie MOU 👀
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Crown jewel of the Rockies #MtAssiniboine
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"and what will you be doing with the rest" "uh, you know, forestry, don't worry about it" "with FPV drones armed with high explosives?" "look, moose are BASTARDS"
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