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Christianne Wilhelmson

@cwilhelmson.bsky.social
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Lover of books, food, cooking, nature and learning. Envtl and social advocate for change because it's the hopeful path I choose. 🇨🇦

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 23/09/2026
The B.C. government gave FortisBC's Tilbury LNG Phase 2 expansion its environmental assessment certificate hours before the snap election call. Critics say the approval rubber stamps a 10-fold increase in LNG production on the banks of the Fraser River via @sobittersosweet.bsky.social #bcpoli
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The election is on. So is B.C.’s push for more LNG
B.C. issued a key approval for a massive expansion of FortisBC’s Tilbury LNG facility one day before calling a snap election, putting the province’s push for LNG squarely in the political spotlight
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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The perception that red tape is preventing Canada from building major projects doesn’t hold hold up. Hundreds of projects, worth hundreds of billions of dollars are planned under existing regulations. Yet Carney blames a bureaucratic maze for stifling growth to justify his deregulatory agenda.
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Carney's red tape narrative doesn't hold up
The perception that a bureaucratic maze is preventing Canada from building major projects, as Prime Minister Mark Carney has argued to support his deregulatory nation-building agenda, doesn’t hold up ...
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New • Fmr BC Green leader Andrew Weaver to run as CentreBC candidate for Oak Bay-Gordon Head, where he was Green MLA 2013-2020 • BC Green Leader Emily Lowan to run in Saanich North and the Islands, now held by Rob Botterell, who will not seek re-elxn. Jeremy Valeriote to run again in WVan-Sea-to-Sky
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Christianne Wilhelmson @cwilhelmson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This could prove to be a big mistake for Eby. Another in a long line of decisions showing his poor political instincts.
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kahlon's Twitter post about his decision not to seek re-election #bcpoli
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The CentreBC party, which essentially agreed to let Milobar and his coalition of eight MLAs take over their party four days ago, is now big mad that all of them (with the exception of Elenore Sturko) seem to be returning to the Conservative fold Unclear what their political capital is now though
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Surrey South MLA Brent Chapman - husband of Kerry-Lynne Findlay - says he's leaving the BC Conservatives to join OneBC. So far no announcement from KLF about switching parties. #bcpoli
A statement from MLA Brent Chapman stating he's quitting the BC Conservatives and joining OneBC
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Even by the standards of B.C. politics, things are happening at an astonishing rate. Lots of signs of consolidation between the CentreBC folks and the Conservatives under the Conservative banner. Some of the further right Conservative MLAs seem likely to join OneBC as a result. More to come!
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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Snap election call coming? B.C. premier addressing province Tuesday
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Snap election call coming? B.C. premier addressing province Tuesday
B.C. Premier David Eby is scheduled to address the province early Tuesday afternoon, amid growing signals he intends to call a snap election this fall.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 20/09/2026
“privatization doesn’t mean prices will go up,” they told us last week. but of course they will, and they’re starting to have to admit it. the reason why investors are so desperate to get our airports is precisely because they know they’ll be able to make monopoly profits.
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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 20/09/2026
Incredible story, incredible reporting: How a sex assault survivor became a secret agent in her own case www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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How a sex assault victim became the secret agent in her own case | CBC News
A new CBC Podcast tells how Vienna Luke, the victim of a historic sexual assault, went undercover as an RCMP agent to record a confession from the family member who assaulted her years earlier.
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Surrey-Serpentine River MLA Linda Hepner has quit the Conservative caucus, citing issues with Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s leadership. Says she was particularly troubled by recent removal of John Rustad – who “built this party from a single elected member” – along with Ratée, Halford.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Here's my story on CentreBC becoming a lot more powerful yesterday, and the very spooooooooooky reason why the B.C.'s snap election will be called before Wednesday
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 13/06/2026
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Inside the efforts to restore B.C.’s secret, ancient sea gardens
Members of the Cowichan Tribes are bringing back traditions of clam bed cultivation that were nearly lost to colonization
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Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
B.C. salmon industry stuck waiting for a clearer path forward
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B.C. salmon industry stuck waiting for a clearer path forward
Policy uncertainty clouds future of both open-net and land-based salmon farming, industry insiders say
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 03/06/2026
Canada just got lectured on forced labour by a country with 12-cent prison wages.
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Canada just got lectured on forced labour by a country with 12-cent prison wages.
Canada just got lectured on forced labour by a country with 12-cent prison wages. 📰 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥: newsletter.todmaffin.com 👕 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛: shop.todmaffin.com 🎙️ 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧: mirrorfalls.com ☕ Help support my work: support.todmaffin.com 🔗 Follow me on social: links.todmaffin.com ✉️ Contact my team: contact.todmaffin.com
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Christianne Wilhelmson @cwilhelmson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
So what was going on with Wab "Chippy" Kinew on today's Frontburner? He came in fists up and went after Jayme Poisson on every question and comment. Very impressed at her calm but seriously for such a calm and eloquent speaker, that was embarrassing.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 26/05/2026
Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault expected to quit Carney government: Sources
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Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault expected to quit Carney government: Sources
Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault is expected to announce Wednesday that he will resign as a Liberal MP, according to two government sources.
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
POW! All new houses built in Tokyo after April 2025 must include solar power panels. Let's speed that up. Who's next? RT if you think more houses should get a solar powered upgrade. We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables
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Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
ICYMI Liberals MPs are concerned. In fact, MPs from all parties are concerned about Canada's climate policies (we lobby MPs of all political stripes). A healthy democracy requires deep work of intricate communication especially when our country is under threat. ca.news.yahoo.com/14-liberal-m...
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14 Liberal MPs pen letter to Carney raising concerns over environmental backslide
More than a dozen Liberal MPs sent a letter to the prime minister at the end of April, before he signed the latest agreement with the Alberta government, to offer some recommendations — but also to ex...
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Fossil fuels were given over $7 TRILLION in subsidies last year: buff.ly/s6Nzgw3 That's $19.2 billion per day, $799 million per hour, $13.3 million every minute. The first step in addressing the problem is to stop funding it. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy
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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government wants to roll back Canada’s environmental laws. 14 members of his caucus just told him no. 💥 It’s time for you to add your voice too. Write to your MP telling them to block the upcoming vote in parliament. 👉 bit.ly/4wLxTbi
Prime Minister Carney is about to cut our environmental laws. 

Tell your MP to vote no.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
ICYMI, decided global folks needed a reality-check on how the struggle to confront the climate crisis is going in 🇨🇦. In short, the climate movement has found the last year disorienting – reeling from the disconnect between the promise and reality of Carney – but it's getting its bearing back.
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Carney to Eby; "remember, little David, you are in the back seat with the other low-ranking subnational govs, Danielle and I have decided on the country's direction. Smile about it, or there will be no treats at Dairy Queen for you."
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Carney urges skeptical B.C. premier to embrace pipeline development
Fresh off signing an energy and climate deal with Alberta, Prime Minister Mark Carney met with B.C. Premier David Eby, who has been sharply critical of a new pipeline. Carney suggested B.C. should emb...
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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
"The Canadian climate movement is getting its bearings back... And while @mark-carney.bsky.social may be clinging to #fossilfuels, much of the world is moving on." @sethdklein.bsky.social #cdnpoli #LaterIsTooLate
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Canadian prime minster Mark Carney is not the climate guy you thought | Seth Klein
While Canada may be clinging to fossil fuels, much of the world is moving on
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Ottawa warned public funding for LNG and fossil fuel projects could trigger Charter challenges www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/21/n...
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Ottawa warned public funding for LNG and fossil fuel projects could trigger Charter challenges
The next legal battle over LNG may not be about whether a project gets approved but whether governments can use public money to help it move ahead.
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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 21/05/2026
⚡️💰 "Several analyses—including from BC Hydro, BC Housing and Clean Energy Canada—say installing electric heating systems like heat pumps in new buildings typically costs the same or less than using gas," writes @maxfawcett.bsky.social. #bcpoli
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Province, feds join the fight to save Vancouver's gas ban
The provincial and federal housing ministers have fired warning shots at the Vancouver mayor's second attempt to reverse his city's restrictions on natural gas use for heating buildings and water.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 21/05/2026
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Supreme Court will hear Indigenous rights declaration case from B.C.
Province’s old mineral claims regime allowed miners to claim mineral rights on Crown land without first consulting First Nations
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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Cocktail of pills, caffeine and fire retardant put B.C. chinook salmon at risk: study
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Cocktail of pills, caffeine and fire retardant put B.C. chinook salmon at risk: study
British Columbia researchers found more than 200 contaminants in water and chinook salmon tissue samples collected from five sites in the Lower Fraser River estuary including everything from cocaine and antidepressants to caffeine and flame retardants.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Eby says that developing the economy must go hand in hand with protecting the environment.
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B.C. premier lays out priorities for province's economy
B. C. Premier David Eby and Prime Minister Mark Carney have agreed to enter negotiations on B.C.'s priorities for developing the economy.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
‘Lion’ of journalism loses its voice as Vancouver’s Langara College program faces end, by Ashley Joannou www.thestar.com/news/canada/... via @thestar.com @langaracollege.bsky.social
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‘Lion’ of journalism loses its voice as Vancouver’s Langara College program faces end
VANCOUVER - Oksana Shtohryn, a former lawyer in Ukraine, was attracted to the two-year journalism program at Vancouver's Langara College because it was hands on, quicker to complete than a
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Christianne Wilhelmson @cwilhelmson.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The maths not mathing. Buying into the Alberta fantasy isn't going to help our economy and we will fall further behind the needed energy transition. The inevitable move to renewables will be more of a crisis than it needed to be www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: Ottawa sacrifices climate goals for a pipeline nobody needs
Carney’s climate commitment sounds increasingly hollow as Canada falls far short of meeting its 2035 targets
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Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment @cape-acme.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
CAPE responds to the federal government's gutting of industrial carbon pricing: loom.ly/1APp5i4 "The cost of theses decisions will be measured in lives."
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Shannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A banger from @acoyne.bsky.social today, offering much-needed perspective on the separatist push in Alberta: who's driving it and why. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Canada is one of history’s most successful countries. Here’s a look at who’s trying to destroy it, and how
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has no mandate to put the province, or the country, through this ordeal
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/05/2026
Our 21st century society / economy / democracy revolves around digital technology and the Internet, yet Canada's political class is just recklessly incompetent at digital policy I can't stress this enough – Liberal, NDP, Conservative, whatever, Canadian MPs are totally clueless about digital policy
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Christianne Wilhelmson @cwilhelmson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
So many questions. But mostly - imagine all this time and energy and money going into renewables. But no. If the proponent is Canada i may just simply lose it.
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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Tomorrow: ➡️A weakened industrial carbon price for Canada's highest emitting province ➡️A pipeline? Read our reaction here >> bit.ly/43eUdwp
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Feds expected to gut climate policy as part of MOU
Ecojustice calls Prime Minister Carney’s anticipated deal for industrial carbon price in Alberta a dangerous departure on what’s needed to protect Canadians
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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Last week, the Carney government proposed changes to: ➡️the Species At Risk Act, ➡️the Impact Assessment Act, ➡️the Fisheries Act, ➡️the Canadian Energy Regulator Act (pipelines). Today, the Carney government announced: ➡️an Electricity Strategy that leans into fossil gas ➡️more LNG support.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 14/05/2026
Canada is not on track to meet any of its climate targets — not even the long-term goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 — thanks to “the removal or weakening of climate policies” over the last year, according to a February report by the Canadian Climate Institute.
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Feds plan to weaken clean electricity regulations
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is taking aim at another Trudeau-era climate policy — this time, to give natural gas power plants more flexibility to operate as Canada expands its electricity ...
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Tomorrow at 2:30PM, Premier David Eby and federal Natural Resources Minister Tom Hodgson will announce "a major project reaching a milestone" So...what's it going to be? Late afternoon heading into a long weekend, you KNOW it's gonna be good #bcpoli
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Christianne Wilhelmson @cwilhelmson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
When satire is a bit too close to the bone ....
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 14/05/2026
The municipalities’ demands for an investigation come amid increasing concerns about the public health consequences of the growing LNG industry and as new investment decisions could spur dramatic growth in the sector. thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...
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BC Towns Call for an Investigation into LNG Health Effects | The Tyee
Health officers’ report last fall has led local leaders to demand answers about the impact of LNG on residents’ health. Will the province listen?
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Christianne Wilhelmson @cwilhelmson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The Federal Nature Strategy was renewed last month before the wave of proposed nature destroying proposals came to light last week. Makes the weaknesses in the strategy all the worse. Read my blog for @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social ecojustice.ca/news/where-t...
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Where the federal nature strategy falls short
After months of intense advocacy by groups across the country, including Ecojustice, the federal government recently announced the renewal of funding for its Nature Strategy. The proposed multiyear $3...
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Christianne Wilhelmson @cwilhelmson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Brings home what the feds are willing to sacrifice and just how committed they are to nature destroying industries.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Althia Raj is doing some of the most important reporting out there right now, exposing how Carney is dismantling any semblance of Canada’s progressive values. Pharmacare, child care, now the environment… Please, pay attention. He’s eviscerating environmental laws worse than Harper. Than HARPER!!!
Screenshot of an article by Althia Raj: “Opinion | Mark Carney runs roughshod over the environment:
'It's worse than what Harper did'”Excerpt from Althia’s article reads:

“Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to make it easier to kill off endangered species, pollute waterways and risk human health, all in the name of fast-tracking private-sector development projects.
For a prime minister who dismissed progressive Liberal MPs concerns over spending on child care, health care and pharmacare during a caucus meeting this week, Friday's announcement on streamlining infrastructure project approvals is a further indication the party is moving to the right, further than anything Liberals have seen, and a giant call to action to all Canadians who care about the environment.”Excerpt from Althia’s article reads:

“"It's shocking," Anna Johnston, a staff lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law, told the Star. "This would represent by far the worst evisceration of environmental law in Canadian history, far worse than what happened under Prime Minister (Stephen) Harper's government in 2012."
"It's worse than what Harper did, I agree," said Steven Guilbeault, the Liberal MP and former environment minister. "This goes beyond what Harper proposed when he was in power, yes, that's true"
If the federal government's proposed changes go ahead, Guilbeault said it will mean "we will have no way of evaluating or understanding what are the human health and environment impacts of projects we are approving - and that the main criteria to evaluate projects moving forward, if this is adopted, is going to be economic development and nothing else will matter."
Phil Pothen, a land-use, planning, environmental and administrative lawyer at Environmental Defence, said the government's proposal would "grant any company or project the government chooses a blank cheque to just drive entire species to extinction or extirpation.”
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Carney moves to fast-track federal approval for major projects — from pipelines to power lines www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/12/n...
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Carney moves to fast-track federal approval for major projects — from pipelines to power lines
A discussion paper released last Friday describes the proposed changes, which would expand ministerial powers and make it easier to obtain permits and approvals under multiple federal laws. Provinces,...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I spoke to the Trudeau-era environment minister who resigned from cabinet under Carney. Steven Guilbeault has a warning about Carney’s latest environment-trampling proposals — ones he agrees would be worse than Harper’s. Here’s the latest on the plan that would “eviscerate” environmental laws:
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Christianne Wilhelmson @cwilhelmson.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
It's really been a tough day for anyone who believes in science based decision making
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Christianne Wilhelmson @cwilhelmson.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
We are moving back to pre 1970s when industry could do as it pleased. We saw the impact of industry led conservation - it was devastating for species and community. Why would we want to make the same mistake again?
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
According to the leader of the official opposition, an industrial carbon tax that would cost oil companies 50 cents per barrel -- 50 CENTS -- is standing in the way of Canada becoming an energy superpower. How stupid does he think his voters are?
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