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Erin

@erindagbjort.bsky.social
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Vinyl, tape & vintage junkie, cat mama, narwhal lover. Erstwhile campus radio DJ & podcast host. I like bikes, good transit policy and walkable neighbourhoods. I mostly just reskeet because I’m tired. So very tired.

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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 10h
The government is proposing to change how Bill C-39 is reviewed in Parliament. Ecojustice and civil society groups are calling for meaningful scrutiny by the relevant House committees. Read the full release: ecojustice.ca/news/civil-s...
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Civil society demands meaningful review of Bill C-39
Bill C-39 should be studied by relevant existing House of Commons Standing Committees
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 13h
“The world’s largest penguin colony has declined by two-thirds since 2011, most likely because of the climate crisis, a study has revealed.” How many species will we drive to extinction in our lust for oil and gas? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’
Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica down by two-thirds since 2011, probably due to climate crisis
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 20h
The argument: If Canada doesn’t plow billions into Arctic defence, the US could use it as a pretext to invade. The problem: By definition, pretexts are false arguments used to justify something one was going to do anyway.
thestar.com
Former defence chief warns Canada must defend its North or risk U.S. intervention
Wayne Eyre says Canada must "ensure that it doesn't receive sovereignty-violating help" with the region.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm sure Prime Minister Market Carney, who slow-walked free contraception and diabetes meds for all Canadians so he could more easily put a bullet in national pharmacare's head down the road, will prioritize fixing this. #CdnPoli
When it was initially launched, the government estimated that once fully implemented, up to nine million Canadians would be able to access more affordable dental care. So far, throughout the entirety of the CDCP’s existence, 4.8 million people have had a claim approved.

Of those who have been able to receive care, 37 per cent report still facing financial barriers, something the report indicated is because the CDCP’s fees are set below the actual cost of care, “leaving part of the bill with patients.”

Another issue identified was that 50 per cent of complete preauthorization requests are denied, and only 17 per cent of dentists say most recommended care has been covered for their patients, a sign that “patients face gaps in coverage for needed treatment,” the report suggested.
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
As Carney gears Canada up to blow past our 2030 emissions target at breakneck speed, it's good to remember that Canada also completely missed our 2020 target of a 17% reduction, largely due to increases in the oil & gas sector.
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Canada will miss 2020 climate target, says environment commissioner
The federal government is poised to blow its 2020 climate change target, federal Commissioner of the Environment and Susatinable Development […]
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Carney promised to protect Canada from Trump. Why does his agenda look so much like Reaganomics? canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Carney promised to protect Canada from Trump. Why does his agenda look so much like Reaganomics?
Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won the last federal election on a platform largely built around protecting Canada from Donald Trump’s imperialism. Eighteen months later, the prime minister’s strategy loo...
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Not that long ago (2018), governments and industry actually went through the motions of engaging arm's length academic experts and civil society to advise on tech issues. Remember the Facebook Oversight Board? Or, in Canada, Waterfront Toronto's Digital Strategy Advisory Panel?
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 02/10/2026
“Just 7 percent of Brits think social media is a force for good and around one in three suspect that life would get better if all these sites were erased from the internet tomorrow.” Hard to disagree. Social media is a cancer and its social harms need to be taken seriously.
theregister.com
Erase social media tomorrow? Brits say yes
So why are more and more people snorting their daily fix of cat videos, men fighting and political propaganda
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For Carney's "we can't afford to tackle climate change" bs: Economist Joseph Stieglitz; "When the US was attacked during the second world war no one asked, “Can we afford to fight the war?” It was an existential matter. We could not afford not to fight it. The same goes for the climate crisis."
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The climate crisis is our third world war. It needs a bold response | Joseph Stiglitz
Critics of the Green New Deal ask if we can afford it. But we can’t afford not to: our civilisation is at stake
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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 01/10/2026
Indigenous communities along the newly-announced West Coast Oil Pipeline route were given just two months for consultations, and that was still more than the government initially planned. cheknews.ca/indigenous-communities-…
cheknews.ca
Indigenous communities given just two months to consult on West Coast Pipeline
Indigenous communities along the newly-announced West Coast Oil Pipeline route were given just two months for consultations, and that was still more than the government initially planned.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026
The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The lone woman on Tennessee's death row was still alive after she was administered two lethal injections, her lawyer said in a motion seeking to halt her execution Wednesday night, a stunning development after the Supreme Court had stepped in to allow the state to put her to death.
At 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said
"executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring," her lawyers said in a federal court filing.
They said Pike "has not lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat," and that curtains to the death chamber "have gone down twice."
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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Critics accuse Carney government of proposing 'sacrifice zones' for the environment www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Critics accuse Carney government of proposing 'sacrifice zones' for the environment | CBC News
The federal government says the purpose of Bill C-39 is to make project decisions in one year. But tucked inside are a dizzying array of more than 300 clauses that amend more than a dozen separate pie...
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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... ‘Calling any of these “guardrails” is doublespeak in the strict sense: a word chosen because it means the opposite of what the clause does.’
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Mark Carney says he’s protecting Canadian workers. It’s Orwellian doublespeak
Subject to ministerial review, the right to strike is likely to be much weakened by Bill C-39.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Read my latest column on this National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. I name names! “Political institutions and political leaders have effectively played their part in minimizing the horrors of residential schools” www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
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Outrage rings hollow when paired with lack of action on residential school denialism - The Hill Times
Political institutions and political leaders have effectively played their part in minimizing the horrors of residential schools.
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Until now, ending a legal strike required MPs to stand in the House and vote for it, in public, with their names recorded. That accountability was a guardrail. Bill C-39 removes this and calls the removal reinforcement. Canadians, should not accept the vocabulary. www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We are the Wildflowers Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe 2024
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is an outstanding refutation of PM Carney's double-speak on proposed Canada Labour Code amendments, from Colleen Bauman and Mark Rowlinson: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont.... Previous misuse of Section 107 would be codified & routinized, even though it's still facing court challenges. #canlab
thestar.com
Mark Carney says he’s protecting Canadian workers. It’s Orwellian doublespeak
Subject to ministerial review, the right to strike is likely to be much weakened by Bill C-39.
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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🧡 On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, CBC reports that 11 years after the TRC issued 94 Calls to Action, only 15 have been put into force. Truth requires remembering. Reconciliation also requires action. What concrete progress should Canadians expect to see next?
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Qtain P. Faulkes @qtainpfaulkes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
theijf.org/article/your...
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‘Your language is your identity’: What Barbara Nolan carried out of residential school
On Orange Shirt Day, Anishinaabemowin speaker reflects on language, survival
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
'Landscape with a Geoglyph ll' by contemporary painter Sarah Lees #WomensArt
Painting of a stylised landscape with rolling hills with fields in browns and creams and  bare trees
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Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
unreal what we permit on our roads whilst screaming at politicians to ban e scooters. www.thestar.com/life/autos/r...
thestar.com
Ram’s new 777-horsepower super truck can launch its three-tonne frame to 96 km/h in just 3.5 seconds
Priced at $147,990, the 2027 TRX SRT lands at Canadian dealerships this fall with a supercharged V8 and luxury cabin.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Carney has a habit of outright lying to us. Mark Carney says privatizing Canada’s busiest airports will lower costs for consumers. Evidence shows the opposite www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
The self-sufficient airports, which effectively are annuities, aren’t in need of investment capital. It’s housing, critical minerals extraction and processing, and energy and transportation infrastructure that’s in need of capital.

Carney has tried to sell his idea as an affordability measure that would reduce airfares.

“The evidence shows travel costs go down over time,” Carney had said.

But the evidence shows the contrary. From Britain to Australia, competition authorities have found that after privatization, fees have risen for airlines, which pass them along to travelers. In some years, the privatized Heathrow tops the list as the world’s most expensive airport.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The government legislation affirms they know they’ll kill these orcas. Why else would they need ministerial abilities to ignore laws that prevent projects from driving a species to extinction/extirpation AND to ignore conditions put in place to protect these orcas from this specific port expansion?
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 23/09/2026
When Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government proposed overhauling environmental assessments and major project approvals last spring, they were warned against centralizing power and infringing on Indigenous Rights. Critics say Bill C-39 does just that.
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Canadians warned Carney not to sideline scientists. Bill C-39 does just that, critics say
When the Liberals proposed overhauling major project approvals, the public worried it would concentrate power and infringe on Indigenous Rights. Now, pipelines and nuclear development will be reviewed by an energy agency, instead of environmental
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 22/09/2026
None of the reasons cited by Prime Minister Mark Carney for airport privatization hold up. So why is he doing it? DT Cochrane writes. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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There’s No Good Reason for Carney to Privatize Canada’s Airports | The Tyee
The plan would worsen labour conditions and make flying more expensive.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/09/2026
Funny, because the Truckers got three weeks to hang out before police lifted a finger. Interesting.
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 21/09/2026
I think it's ill-advised and anti-democratic to introduce an omnibus bill, cite a crisis, and rush major changes to labour and environmental law. It's going to provoke aggressive resistance and risks, ironically, slowing down the projects the government is so keen on. It's going to be a huge mess.
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chirping bird @chrpngbrd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
this is incredibly fascinating and the implications this has for treating neurological diseases like ALS is enormous. two minute read. amazing stuff. med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
med.stanford.edu
Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There it is: The Liberal government intends to reduce or eliminate labour disputes. Binding arbitration is reportedly the remedy Ottawa is considering to prevent future strikes or lockouts, which, according to Ottawa, have damaged Canada's reputation abroad as a reliable trading partner.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Tech CEOs’ Doomsaying Is a Distraction from Real, Existing Harms of AI
The binary between AI apocalypse and AI redemption asks us to ignore data centers and AI war machines — all as tech executives get incredibly rich.
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C What? @curt19.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Strait of Hormuz WILL, ironically, be opening for Ed Shee- Oh wait. No, it’s staying closed.
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It’s a bit odd to talk about potential costs when in reality nobody has *any* idea what Carney actually has in mind, I can’t remember a single time in the past 50 years where one man was given such latitude to determine Canada’s future in the absence of *any* public debate or discussion.
thestar.com
There are costs for Mark Carney’s closer ties with Europe
There could be a political cost in addition to the financial price tag for Canada’s proposed “unique alliance” with the European Union.
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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 15/09/2026
If you're wondering why Carney seems so all-in on "AI" despite, you know, all the extremely obvious evidence, he admits in this quite informative interview that he gets advised by, among others, Sam Altman. youtu.be/KCt9a9AnNfk?...
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Canada’s Carney on Capital Investment, AI, US Trade
YouTube video by Bloomberg Television
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 15/09/2026
Privatizing airports is a terrible deal for travellers, workers, and the public purse. Around the world, it has led to higher travel costs, fewer jobs and worse working conditions.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In case it wasn't clear, this is Mark Carney manufacturing consent for the worse outcomes and deaths that will come with widespread digital asbestos adoption (and yes, there have been deaths and there will be more), because they justify it with "progress." www.thestar.com/politics/mar...
“I think we have to be careful in this situation that the best is not the enemy of the good,” said Carney, highlighting one of his government’s core beliefs that striving for regulatory perfection cannot come at the cost of stifling a technology he has placed at the centre of his economic agenda.
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The Handsome Hobo🇨🇦 @thehobo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Told ya. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/10/n...
nationalobserver.com
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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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 12/09/2026
Canada’s global rankings have fallen across democracy, transparency, press freedom, and living standards. Writer and lawyer Matt Malone argues that reversing the decline requires rebuilding the institutions meant to hold government accountable. ow.ly/bAlL50ZMOIr
On the left: an image of the Canadian flag torn at the top in a jagged, declining pattern that mimics a downward-trending graph. On the right: text that reads “Canada was the ‘best country in the world to live.’ What happened? I went looking for answers in the nations that surpassed us.”
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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is an excellent explanation. youtu.be/9OixPlkyrhc?...
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I’ve tracked El Niño for years. I’ve never seen this before
YouTube video by CBC News
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scott dagostino @scottdagostino.ca · 10/09/2026
In a similar vein, I’m freaked out at how little outrage the Moneris sale is generating. Canadians get all nationalist about a map name change (right so) but not about all our financial transaction data being sold off to American tech firms?
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 10/09/2026
Mark Carney says his glitzy investment summit will attract major capital to Canada. But as Nikolas Barry-Shaw & Martin Lukacs write, what Carney may be putting on the table is Canada itself—and a fire-sale of the country’s essential public infrastructure. breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys...
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Mark Carney’s investment summit could pave the way to a corporate carve-up of Canada ⋆ The Breach
Bay Street has been on a full court press for the government to privatize Canada’s public infrastructure. The Prime Minister might be ready to do it
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"These really contentious plans will give free rein to large polluters, put nature and species at risk, limit public participation and keep Canadians in the dark about the impacts to their health and safety. It's a huge abdication of responsibility from the feds."
nationalobserver.com
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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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Oh yeah. Former prime minister Stephen Harper, now chair of the $211-billion Alberta Investment Management Corp. pension fund, is expected to close the event. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Everything we know about Carney’s investment summit
The high-profile nature of the event has many on Bay Street keeping close tabs on its agenda
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"Did not vote" won the last election and it wasn't close. ricochet.media/politics/the...
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The carnival trick that keeps Doug Ford in power
"Ontario keeps voting him in." The inevitability of Doug is a real conversation killer. It is also wrong. And we can end it.
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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
- Canada has warmed ~2C since 1948; Northern Canada ~2.6C - Since 1970 Canada has warmed nearly 2x as fast as the global average - “Human influence…is the only explanation for the collective changes observed” “The minister was not available for an interview” www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...
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Ottawa issues comprehensive climate report that reflects country’s physical transformation
From retreating glaciers to wildfires and marine heat waves, climate change will likely become even more pronounced, assessment finds
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Why are taxpayers funding this? “The wider market conditions that would be required to support rapid output growth are far from certain and the global energy transition appears to make them less likely." #CdnPoli
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), a global energy think tank, released its assessment on Tuesday, arguing that existing pipelines and cheaper expansion projects that are already proposed can handle Canada’s expected oil-production growth. 

The proposed pipeline “is unlikely to be needed to meet capacity needs in the future,” the report states.
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