Reposted by Keith WalshPembina Institute @pembina.org · 01/10/2026Oilsands production is already the largest contributor to oil and gas emissions in Canada, increasing +177% since 2005. New oilsands and pipeline projects will push emissions even higher and make the climate crisis worse. 🔗 Read our analysis: buff.ly/MNaZc9p 1178
Keith Walsh @ktwalsh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Isn't this #hacking illegal? So there will be charges right? #AI #Canada www.reuters.com/world/ai-age...reuters.comAI agents tried to hack a Canadian government website, research firm saysAn artificial intelligence research firm said on Wednesday AI agents tried to hack into a Canadian government website, casting the effort as a failed hacking attempt, while Canada said there were no ... 010
Keith Walsh @ktwalsh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Will #foodsafety in #Canada be up to whistleblowers as the #Carney gov. defunds the already underfunded #CFIA ? www.cbc.ca/news/health/...cbc.caWhat to know about chemical levels on Driscoll's berries | CBC NewsYou may be having second thoughts about eating the berries in your fridge after CBC News spoke with a whistleblower who made a startling claim about the amount of chemicals on fruit that a U.S. compan... 010
Keith Walsh @ktwalsh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The already underfunded CFIA will now be cut even more. #Food #safety is already not would it should be in #Canada. What could go wrong (plenty unfortunately). But Carney must have his cuts, consequences or not. vocm.com/2026/09/29/c...vocm.comCFIA to Discontinue Pre-Board Wash at Ferry Terminal Intended to Prevent Spread of Potato WartThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency is discontinuing its practice of spraying down vehicles boarding the gulf ... 001
Reposted by Keith WalshParis Marx @parismarx.com · 28/09/2026The lie that privatization will reduce wait times is already being exposed, but that won’t stop political leaders from continuing to try to destroy our public healthcare system. 2343141
Reposted by Keith WalshSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 24/09/20263,680 wildfire stories in Canadian media reporting. Only 170 mentioned climate change. Latest analysis from Re.Climate: reclimate.ca/what-canadas...reclimate.caWhat Canada’s Wildfire Media Coverage Is Missing: Climate Change - Re.ClimateWhen wildfires strike, the news focuses on what’s happening now. But Canadians also need to understand why wildfires are getting worse and what can be done to solve it. 44427
Reposted by Keith WalshSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My latest column is out today in @nationalobserver.com.web.brid.gy, in which I explain how the “new climate denialism” is holding back progress in the fight of our lives, and how PM Mark Carney has become its lead practitioner. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/25/o...nationalobserver.comIs Mark Carney a climate denier?This new form of denialism has our political leaders assuring us they understand and accept the warnings about climate change — but they are in denial about what this scientific reality means for poli... 914460
Reposted by Keith WalshT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Told ya. Again, I protested Harper as a scientist and as a concerned Canadian. I'm Carney will be far worse. thenarwhal.ca/canada-bill-...thenarwhal.caCanadians warned Carney not to sideline scientists. Bill C-39 does just that, critics sayWhen 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 37126
Keith Walsh @ktwalsh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The government has posted its response to the agricultural committee recommendations. It's quite concerning that there isn't clear plan beyond fuzzy aspirations with respect to testing food for allergens/contaminants etc once the Longueuil laboratory closes www.ourcommons.ca/content/Comm...ourcommons.ca 010
Reposted by Keith WalshMary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Canadians have the right to assembly and freedom of speech, and especially the right to assemble on Parliament Hill. This government’s descent into authoritarianism must be checked. Already they’ve pushed through legislation without public consultation and Parliamentary debate. 23016
Reposted by Keith WalshParis 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. 6328152
Reposted by Keith WalshAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 18/09/2026The profit-taking for Wall St and Bay St begins immediately! Billable hours already piling up as big banks will skim millions off the sale itself. The rich making bank off the public: welcome to privatization, folks. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comMorgan Stanley, CIBC Win Mandate for Sale of Canada Airport ConcessionsThe Canadian government has hired Morgan Stanley and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to advise on selling the operating rights to the country’s four largest airports, according to people with knowl... 14289147
Reposted by Keith WalshNDP @ndp.ca · 17/09/20261/ 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. 510745
Reposted by Keith WalshParis Marx @parismarx.com · 17/09/2026“We examined all 14 federal, provincial and territorial domains. Of these, all 14 rely on Microsoft 365. … The problem with this arrangement is quite simple: One company, headquartered in one country, operating under one country’s laws, carries the email of an entire G7 nation’s governments.”proton.me87% of Canada’s largest companies run on US tech | ProtonOur latest research found that 87% of Canada’s largest companies and 100% of government domains rely on US-owned email infrastructure. 311333
Reposted by Keith WalshAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 15/09/2026As we said from the moment this idea was first floated: privatizing our airports benefits no one but corporations out to make a profit. 25553188
Keith Walsh @ktwalsh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Something to ponder about Carney's 'investment' summit 🤔 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comWorld’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report findsFirms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacenters 142
Reposted by Keith WalshNDP @ndp.ca · 14/09/2026Canada’s public infrastructure belongs to Canadians, not the world’s richest CEOs. We won’t let Mark Carney sell off our airports, water systems, highways and more to the highest bidder. The future belongs to the many, not the money. Add your name: ndp.ca/canada-is-not-for-sale 1511337
Reposted by Keith WalshThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 14/09/2026Tech oligarchs agree calling AI "too dangerous" way cooler than just admitting it doesn't workthebeaverton.comTech oligarchs agree calling AI "too dangerous" way cooler than just admitting it doesn't workSILICON VALLEY - The CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and GrokAI have released a statement agreeing that claiming artificial intelligence "could potentially kill all humans" sounds much more awesome than just admitting that they blew a fortune on glorified chatbots. 241090381
Keith Walsh @ktwalsh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is what you get when university presidents are selected from a revolving list of technocrats whose measure of success is how they manage austerity. 021
Reposted by Keith WalshAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 10/09/2026Giving foreign corporations more control over Canada won’t keep us safe. We need a plan that puts people first. 1522664
Reposted by Keith WalshConor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026It you want to hear some interesting discussions! 143
Reposted by Keith WalshAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 04/09/2026This is the government of Canada’s scientific finding. It is true. It is also a terrible message. Here’s what’s also true: 🧵 www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...ctvnews.caChanges to Canada's climate now 'irreversible,' federal report saysThe impacts of climate change in Canada are now largely irreversible and average temperatures are expected to rise by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century, a new government report warns. 291055528
Reposted by Keith WalshMary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Why is the Carney Liberal government allowing a province to violate the Canada Health Act? 0165
Reposted by Keith WalshMary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Housing First approaches have been shown to work. I wish people would stop fighting against these and food security programs because of their judgmental attitudes towards the poor and the homeless. 2217
Reposted by Keith WalshConor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Why would we want have to data centres here in Canada for the likes of Meta, Microsoft etc. - U.S. corporations - if the goal was to build a sovereign data system: bsky.app/profile/cono... U.S. tech companies - see Apple & Google renaming Lake Ontario for Trump - clearly cannot be trusted. #CDNpolinationalobserver.comCrown corp lends up to $200M for Meta data centre gas plant in AlbertaThe gas plant, known as Greenlight, is classified as a project that is “likely to have significant adverse environmental and social effects.” 13829
Reposted by Keith WalshBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.” What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.theprogressplaybook.comCopenhagen Cycling Revolution: Lessons for CitiesClose to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day. 16801293
Keith Walsh @ktwalsh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026How about just stop using google www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caLake America replaces Lake Ontario on multiple Canadian websites after Google Maps update | CBC NewsSome Canadian websites, including for the federal government, displayed maps with Lake Ontario renamed as Lake America on Sunday, a day after Google Maps announced the change to align with an executiv... 010
Reposted by Keith WalshSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Fixed it For You, Heather. Fun piece by @alexcoolfergus.bsky.social deconstructing the arguments of right-wing think tank opposed to oil and gas export tax. climatememes.substack.com/p/fixed-it-f...climatememes.substack.comFixed it For You, Heather.Oil industry mouthpieces do not want a conversation about export taxes in Canada 1138
Reposted by Keith WalshDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton supported so many important causes, among them donating a million dollars to COVID vaccine research early in the pandemic, which saved millions of lives. She will always be remembered as a champion of the people. 3558151366
Reposted by Keith WalshInternet Archive @archive.org · 25/08/2026We've been getting a lot of questions about how the Internet Archive digitizes books. The short answer: page by page, by hand. You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it. Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/m... 6642721343
Keith Walsh @ktwalsh.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Am I the only one listening to this big #Labrador energy 'agreement' and thinking, gee there seems to be a lot in there that hasn't actually been agreed upon. Expansion of Churchill Falls capacity - TBD Construction of a major wind project -TBD Agreement with the Innu - TBD #Newfoundland 320
Reposted by Keith WalshSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The only plan that's realistic, doable, and puts people first! That's why I'm supporting Avi Lewis and the NDP's Green New Deal. I encourage you to read about it and see for yourself. share.ndp.ca/s/hDzQBKiSshare.ndp.caClick here to learn about the Green New Deal 2334
Reposted by Keith WalshConor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I also want to note: Billions of dollars spent on a marketless pipeline Is billions of dollars NOT spent to prepare for and respond to wildfires (and other climate-driven events). #CDNpoli #BCpoli #ABpoli #Pipeline 17737
Reposted by Keith WalshAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 04/08/2026As I received this news today here in British Columbia, the wildfire smoke blankets the sky, our eyes are burning and our kid is complaining of a sore throat from it. And we’re the lucky ones. 🧵 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caCarney government moves toward listing West Coast pipeline as national interest project | CBC NewsCanada’s federal government is advancing the process to designate the Alberta government’s proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as a project of national interest. A notice published in the Canada G... 19409191
Reposted by Keith WalshMary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 02/08/2026A brilliant artwork. The costs of food in remote northern communities where one grocery store has a monopoly has always been sky high. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caIqaluit artist makes his way to the National Art Gallery | CBC NewsFor two years Iqaluit artist Jesse Tungilik collected receipts. Those pieces of paper became the medium he used to create artwork now on display at the National Art Gallery. 0135
Keith Walsh @ktwalsh.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Seems like this years Royal St. John's #Regatta will only be fully broadcast on, checking my notes, facebook🙄 #NTV will only show the championship races and #rogers is a no show. 'Elbows Up' indeed #newfoundland 000
Reposted by Keith WalshSierra Club Canada @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Sierra Club Canada and partners are organizing events in Newfoundland and Labrador you don't want to miss! - Rain Garden Party, St. John’s, Sept. 19th 2026 - 2-Day Introductory Solar Training in Channel-Port aux Basques, Oct. 3rd-4th 2026 Learn more here: www.sierraclub.ca/action-item/... #NLpolisierraclub.caNL Events: 2-Day Intro Solar Training Channel-Port aux Basques, Rain Garden Party St. John's - Sierra Club CanadaA national and grassroots non-profit organization committed to protecting our environment, communities, and future. 031
Keith Walsh @ktwalsh.bsky.social · 27/07/2026This is a damning indictment of decades of policy failure by successive #Newfoundland governments. It should piss off every Newfoundlander&Labradorian #education #economy www.lapresse.ca/affaires/chr...lapresse.caPéréquation canadienne des cerveaux | L’Alberta y a gagné 100 milliardsL’Alberta se plaint souvent des paiements de péréquation que reçoivent les provinces bénéficiaires, notamment le Québec, parce que cet argent du fédéral vient beaucoup des impôts des Albertains. 000
Reposted by Keith WalshSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Canadians Want Surveillance Pricing Banned via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...thetyee.caCanadians Want Surveillance Pricing Banned | The TyeeAnd governments can act fast, before it reaches your local grocery store. 0339
Keith Walsh @ktwalsh.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Yet they will still come cap-in-hand to the #Newfoundland and Canadian gov's for handouts www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...theguardian.comNorway’s national oil company’s profits double to $11.5bn amid war on IranEquinor benefits from decision to increase oil and gas production during strait of Hormuz blockades 010
Keith Walsh @ktwalsh.bsky.social · 22/07/2026www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.com‘If all else fails, sue’: how ultra-processed food firms are using the courts to obstruct health rulesExclusive: Global investigation reveals 235 lawsuits have been brought against governments in five countries since 2010 010
Reposted by Keith WalshScott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 21/07/2026This has been obvious to anyone paying close attention. Unfortunately most of Canada's political leaders (Smith, Moe, Kinew, Ford, Eby, Carney, Poilievre) were asleep during class. They've yet to learn the road to fossil fuels is a dead end #EnergyTransition #CleanTech www.bbc.com/news/science...bbc.comWorld shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report saysThe world is shifting rapidly to clean energy but still investing too much in fossil fuels, the IEA says. 892600703
Reposted by Keith WalshConor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Let's keep in mind Canada especially is a massive spending location for oil and gas PR. Our Prime Minister had the momentum to unite us around renewables and chose instead to back taxpayer funded pipelines & repeat that PR. This could look much different under different circumstances and choices. 46524
Keith Walsh @ktwalsh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026If you haven’t been boycotting American products/companies by now, good news, there’s plenty of time to get started ! 010
Reposted by Keith WalshAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 16/07/2026Incredibly brazen for the Prime Minister to boast about the “lasting benefits” of expanding fossil fuel production on a day like today. Record-breaking heatwaves. Toxic smoke engulfing cities and towns. Out of control wildfires forcing entire communities to evacuate. /1 321352464
Reposted by Keith WalshPembina Institute @pembina.org · 14/07/2026The Pathways MOU offers... 🤑 More public funding 💨Fewer emissions reductions 🚫 No binding commitments The new Pathways MOU raises questions about whether a West Coast pipeline is truly contingent on carbon capture — and what happens if it doesn't proceed. ⬇️buff.lyOttawa, Alberta and oil producers sign non-binding deal on scaled-back carbon capture planThe federal government committed to developing options to help cover carbon capture operating costs, without specifying how or how much. 093
Reposted by Keith WalshMary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Alt text: Tommy Douglas, seventh Premier of Saskatchewan and leader of the NDP in Canada, speaking at a public event. He introduced universal healthcare, later adopted across Canada, in Saskatchewan. 0153
Keith Walsh @ktwalsh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Carney’s national food strategy is far from a complete plan. It would be nice if more reporting presented it as such 121
Reposted by Keith WalshParis Marx @parismarx.com · 08/07/2026❌ climate action ❌ digital sovereignty ✅ letting US big tech burn the planet to power AI fantasies 89632