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Chip Pitfield

@chipduck.bsky.social
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Passionate supporter of human rights. Trying hard to be a student of history. Finding it quite discouraging. Proud CDN in Toronto. Recent victim of USC 922(G)(7)

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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is insanity. We want to contribute to a massive increase in global emissions with public funding of an estimated $1.3B. Carney is moving in the right direction on many fronts, but this is grossly irresponsible (and economically an enormous risk)! www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/n...
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LNG Canada export expansion project gets green light amid economic and climate warnings
The $33 billion project to double processing capacity at the Shell-led BC terminal would generate economic development thousands of construction jobs. But analysts and sustainability campaigners warn of problematic financial and environmental question marks.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am stunned and appalled that @theatlantic.com would publish such pro-Zionist nonsense. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Why Did Wallace Shawn Liken Israelis to Nazis?
The people casually accusing Israel of genocide
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bradford is keen to extol his revenue-reduction plans but reluctant to tell us how he’ll replace such lost revenue. I struggle to trust him. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Toronto: Chow promises $5.6M for seniors as Bradford says he will cut land transfer tax
Chow said 28,000 seniors would be supported by the measures, with 5,000 gaining access to free home support.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is insane. Toronto is actually being sensible to accumulate the requisite funding for inevitable maintenance and capex. Much of Toronto’s water infrastructure is OLD. This guy is a dishonest menace. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/28/n...
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Bradford vows to slash water bills; Chow and Alexander say it's a bad plan
Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford has committed to reducing Torontonians’ water bills by 25 per cent if elected.
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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey, Toronto. Don't trust Brad Bradford.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Who is surprised…. Toronto mayoral candidate Bradford’s campaign appears to have breached its own privacy policy www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/28/i...
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Toronto mayoral candidate Bradford’s campaign appears to have breached its own privacy policy
Its campaign tool, called the Victory App, was the subject of a CNO investigation last week for its use of AI to locate online discussions about Bradford. But another aspect of the app also raises que...
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Isn't it surprising that there will be no consequences for either Alberta government or Cargill?? Maybe not .... www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Alberta’s response to COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill plant was ‘catastrophic failure,’ report says
More than 950 workers at High River plant were infected in 2020, leaving two workers dead and spreading to the community
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wake up Canada!!
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We don’t have the same political donation rules, but we have also experienced a downward implosion of tax rates. It is not just personal tax rates that have been cut. Corporate tax rates have been also cut and federal revenues from corporate taxes are now a fraction of those from personal taxes.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tomorrow is the publishing date of @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social’s AN ENLIGHTENED WOMAN. Anything Keri Leigh writes merits attention. She is very, very special.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I am encouraged. A CA friend suggested I meet Laura Dean, Toronto's 117th mayoralty candidate. So I met her briefly this morning. She knows how Toronto works, she's smart, and she actually has sensible ideas. I encourage you to check her out: lauradeanformayor.ca
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Laura Dean for Mayor of Toronto · 2026 Election
Laura Dean is running for Mayor of Toronto on October 26, 2026. A former municipal lawyer with a plan to make the city better, easier and more beautiful.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do you know how much the pay of CEOs at major companies has skyrocketed since 1978? 50%? 100%? 500%? Try 1,316% Meanwhile, the typical workers’ compensation increased only 28%. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Canadians are not Carney’s priority. His corporate buddies matter much more to him. And his fellow Liberal MPs are going to realize they have elected a very dangerous man.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Who is surprised Bradford would do this? www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/21/i...
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Toronto mayoral candidate Bradford using Israeli app that feeds supporters AI-generated comments
The Victory App, a campaign tool built by the Israeli company LogiVote, prompted users to participate in a mission to post AI-written comments supportive of Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is horrifying. But at least it is encouraging to see @mark-carney.baky.social and his federal Cabinet Ministers working so hard to support those Albertans who are staunchly Canadian. Oh...wait... www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/17/o...
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Danielle Smith is sowing the seeds of a democratic legitimacy crisis
Forget about banning American imports. In Alberta, the government is actively importing as many aspects of their political culture as possible. The latest: election denialism.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So damn wrong on so many levels 😡
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Carney is using his tussles with Trump as an excuse to abandon Canada's climate change efforts in favour of greasing corporate Canada. The man is a climate change fraud. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/18/n...
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Climate reckoning awaits as Canada falls further behind targets
Ahead of Parliament's return for its fall session next week, a new analysis has added urgency to debates over Canada's climate strategy — warning that the country is now more than 20 years behind meet...
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
When Australia let foreign capital take the kind of control over their airports that Carney is proposing in Canada, Brisbane airport raised its per-passenger fees by more than two thirds, and travellers were squeezed for more than $1.6 billion in extra fees. shrlnk.ca/s/zJo0ZyYu
A picture of airplanes at Sydney airport. Text over the image reads:

Australia "attracted international investment" by privatizing four airports. In the next decade, they charged air travellers $1.6 Billion in extra fees to push up their profits at public expense.

Superimposed over the right hand side of the image is a picture of Canadian prime minister Mark Carney, smiling. A word bubble indicates that he is saying "Let's do Canadian airports next."
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yes, Carney is prioritizing industry over Canadians.
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NDP @ndp.ca · 17/09/2026
1/ We know what happens when public infrastructure gets privatized: costs go up, quality goes down, and it's everyday people who end up paying for it. Mark Carney's Investment Summit might be over, but the fight to protect our public goods isn't.
Canada's infrastructure belongs to the people.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is grossly irresponsible.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is insane and dangerous.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is not inconsequential.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Do you want Israel to be sanctioned? Not their settlements, some meaningless sanction that can be avoided by changing a sticker. But Israel itself, for Crimes against Humanity. Spread the word if you do.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Both correct. And a number of the sales will be to Americans.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Mr. Lewis is correct.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
cultmtl.com/2026/08/davi... Suzuki is correct. Carney is selling the future of young Canadians down the river in his efforts to maximize corporate profits. He is pleasing exactly the wrong people, and quite clearly cares little for Canadians.
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David Suzuki: "We need to declare an emergency that changes everything"
An interview with Canada's legendary environmental activist David Suzuki about what has to change if humanity hopes to survive.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Why Mark Carney Is Comparing Himself to John A. Macdonald via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... An excellent essay. Please read it. Carney is a fraud. He is grovelling to corporations and ignoring the existential threat of climate change. And CDN media is falling all over him. It’s shameful.
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Why Mark Carney Is Comparing Himself to John A. Macdonald | The Tyee
Canada’s prime minister is invoking history to explain his own policies, but glossing over the harms of the past.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
And some Albertans will blame Ottawa for this!
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It is interesting that our federal government is remaining silent on the subject of possible Alberta separation. If I was an Albertan loyal to Canada I might feel abandoned. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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The cash-strapped, disorganized fight to keep Alberta in Canada
Separatist voters are in the minority, polls show, but their motivation is putting pressure on a pro-Canada campaign struggling to find its footing
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Carney is treacherous. Wake up Canada!! www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/10/n...
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Feds quietly exempt oilsands and gas power plants from environmental impact assessments
The change comes as part of a suite of amendments to Canada's impact assessment laws passed by the Carney government early Wednesday morning.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It is long overdue that Canadians and their politicians understood what this man explains about Israel’s brutality: substack.com/@peoplemustb...
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Free All Humans (@peoplemustbefree)
Andrew Feinstein 👇, a Jewish South African explains why South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court for committing genocide in Gaza, is so profound and appropriate. He also describes...
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
.@AmandahSanchez.bsky.social is entirely correct. Canada isn’t short on climate solutions, we are lacking principled leadership: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/02/o...
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Canada isn’t short on climate solutions, it’s short on leadership
Our political leaders lack the courage to stop expanding the fossil fuel industry in the middle of a climate emergency.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Iran has, according to that piece of shit Netanyahu, been 'just weeks away' from having nuclear weapons for 35 years. Believing anything he says proves one's gullibility and stupidity.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And the oil companies have essentially been given free-rein to do whatever they want...
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
An excellent essay. Trump has given Carney the excuse to ditch all efforts to reduce emissions whilst simultaneously fostering his oil and gas industry cronies. Canadians (and future Canadians) will be existentially screwed. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/03/o...
nationalobserver.com
Donald Trump’s trade war is accelerating Canada’s retreat from climate policy
Prime Minister Mark Carney is standing up to Trump. I admire him for that. But something else is happening in the rush to protect ourselves: climate policy is getting trounced.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And Canada's PM doesn't seem to care... we should have recalled our ambassador and ceased all trade years ago...
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 04/09/2026
Absolutely criminal www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/n...
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Alberta exempts Suncor's tailings pond dump from review, angering downstream communities
The oil giant won't need an environmental impact assessment before treating and dumping millions of litres of tar sand tailings into the Athabasca River.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Americans don't yet get it: Trump would not persist in the stupidity that is tanking his popularity if he thought the election was a risk. He KNOWS the election results will confirm MAGA in power. Americans will figure it out too late!!!
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Agreed. Ford is a crooked moron. Toronto needs to grow a spine.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@mark-carney.bsky.social is demonstrating EXACTLY who he really is... a servant of corporate and oil and gas profits...he knows climate change is an existential threat and he doesn't care. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/n...
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Carney government accused of burying climate report warning of worsening impacts
The report, which analyzes the impacts of climate change in Canada, was posted to a government website with no fanfare on Thursday evening ahead of the Labour Day long weekend.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is appalling. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/n...
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Alberta exempts Suncor's tailings pond dump from review, angering downstream communities
The oil giant won't need an environmental impact assessment before treating and dumping millions of litres of tar sand tailings into the Athabasca River.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Ontario's most corrupt and moronic Premier in history is doing immeasurable to our Province: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/01/o...
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The ballooning costs of Ford’s infrastructure strategy raise troubling questions
None of the projects in the Ontario government's growing infrastructure portfolio has been subject to any meaningful form of public assessment or review.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A barbarous example of how US justice often works... www.propublica.org/article/loui...
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He Spent 27 Years on Death Row as a Wrongfully Convicted Man. What Comes Next?
23-hour solitary confinement. 115-degree heat. Jimmie Duncan is haunted by the decades he spent in Louisiana’s Angola prison — and how, even after being released, he still isn’t truly free.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This essay perfectly describes the US situation today. It is incredibly perilous and will not possibly end well. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
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Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
IT WAS NEVER THE IMMGRANTS IN SMALL BOATS The world is 700% richer than in 1970 but the average person is only 8% richer Because the richest 0.01% are 4000% richer We are all being robbed every second of every day, and it doesn't matter how much profit or growth there is It will never reach you
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