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sayansiv.bsky.social @sayansiv.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Carney government has put out an embarrassing SurveyMonkey to deflect from mounting public pressure demanding Feds reject Doug Ford's plan to fly jets from #YTZ on #TOpoli's waterfront. This piece explains why the survey is a problem and how to respond environmentaldefence.ca/2026/06/10/t...
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Ottawa Released a Toronto Island Airport Survey - Questions Aren't What They Seem - Environmental Defence
The federal government has made its first move toward putting a destructive jet airport on Toronto’s waterfront. Here’s what you should know. On June 8,
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sayansiv.bsky.social @sayansiv.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I love this! This is what real leadership acts like. #TOpoli #ONpoli, we're lucky to have Olivia as our Mayor. Let's get to work to reelect her so she can continue working for us youtu.be/MR0Rp9JeMOg?...
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Mayor Olivia Chow reads Mean Comments
YouTube video by Mayor Olivia Chow
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Don Davies @donvdavies.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Oil companies will rake in an extra $90B this year from Trump's illegal war on Iran. The Liberal response? A tax cut they'll pocket by raising prices. Instead of handing money to big oil, the NDP is calling for a gas price cap, a windfall profits tax & real relief for Canadians.
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Don Davies @donvdavies.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Federal Liberals governing like Conservatives. Rolling back environmental protections, increasing fossil fuel burning, letting Big Tech call the shots, backroom dealing. Same old story. thewalrus.ca/after-intens...
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After Intense Lobbying, Carney Allows Gas-Powered Data Centres in Alberta | The Walrus
Energy firm pushed federal officials to scale back clean-electricity rules tied to AI sector
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Through the 'Ed Broadbent Digital Archive' project led by Luke Savage and Frances Abele, his legacy can help Canadians understand today's world and its crises. Find archive research: broadbentinstitute.c...
Quote by Ed Broadbent above an illustration of his likeness, next to the Broadbent Institute logo. The quote reads "To be a socialist, after all, is also to be a universalist: committed to the dignity, equality, and rights of every human being regardless of where they were born or on which side of a border they happen to reside."
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Cloe Logan @cloelogan.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Ford says holding back his phone records is about protecting the privacy of his constituents, who he has encouraged to call him. Journalist/FOI expert @deanbeeby.bsky.social calls it a "straw man argument," noting that the act protects against releasing personal info. For @nationalobserver.com
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'So much bull': Experts dismiss Ford's excuses for freedom of information overhaul
On Friday, Ontario announced that the province plans to exempt the premier, cabinet ministers, parliamentary assistants and their offices from requests filed under the Freedom of Information and Prote...
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Danielle Smith banned renewables. It chased billions of investment out of the province and cost thousands of jobs. And we’re still paying for it. Danielle Smith is causing an Alberta disadvantage. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
With the passing of Bill 60, the Ford government has given itself broad regulatory powers that allow for the privatization of water and wastewater without legislative debate. I'm old enough to remember Walkerton. Our water — our health — isn't for sale. www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Union’s legal review challenges Ontario’s promise that water corporations will be publicly owned
CUPE hired a law firm to analyze the new water and wastewater corporations
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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The defining characteristic of Doug Ford, besides his unending obsession with Toronto and its waterfront, is his systematic overriding of transparency and meaningful consultation. He continually imposes his will on communities and people without evidence or input. He is a threat to democracy.
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Matt Elliott: Why Doug Ford needs to get over his obsession with Toronto and its waterfront
The premier’s recent proposal for jets at Billy Bishop and a conference centre on reclaimed land follow 15 years of his various attempts to put his own stamp on the waterfront.
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Niels @niels12.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The purpose of platforming MAGA “intellectuals” should only be to publicly humiliate them.
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sayansiv.bsky.social @sayansiv.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A fun Toronto civic engagement opp - vote on name for Toronto's new electric ferries: www.toronto.ca/community-pe... #topoli
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Help Name Toronto’s New Electric Ferries
Cast your vote to help choose the names of Toronto’s two new ferries. Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. on April 6. One vote per household, Toronto residents only. Vote Now Vote for your favourite names and...
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sayansiv.bsky.social @sayansiv.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I guess we now know the 'exit strategy' for the iran war - the rapture. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges
Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war
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Marshelle Woodward @mwoodward.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Canada needs the NDP.
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sayansiv.bsky.social @sayansiv.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Great piece on the stunted ethos of today's capital
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Child’s Play, by Sam Kriss
Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
WOW! Rakhi Pancholi pulled zero punches in her response to Smith’s address last night! “Cut the bullshit and call an election!” (That’s a real quote) #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
“Pierre Poilievre has become the Justin Trudeau of the Conservative Party” is absolutely the single funniest possible quote that could have emerged from this whole situation. Pierre is screaming crying throwing up rn www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
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Former Conservative MP Jeneroux ‘couldn’t sit on the sidelines,’ crosses floor to join Liberals
Three Conservative sources, two of whom are former MPs, say a damning quote is making the rounds in their circles after a third Tory joined the Liberal caucus: 'Pierre Poilievre has become the Justin ...
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Jeremy Williams @jeremywilliams.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Three board games for the climate We were playing a board game the other everning as a family, and my daughter chose Carbon City Zero. It's an educational game about climate change, but it totally stands up as a form of entertainment. This isn't always true of educational games, and climate change…
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Three board games for the climate
We were playing a board game the other everning as a family, and my daughter chose Carbon City Zero. It's an educational game about climate change, but it totally stands up as a form of entertainment. This isn't always true of educational games, and climate change isn't the easiest thing to make a game out of either. So here are three board games that get the balance right.
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sayansiv.bsky.social @sayansiv.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Good reminder that enviros need to keep ourselves honest and focused - #EV are not an environmental solution. We need to scale systems like #carshare and #publictransit that free people from dependence on private vehicle ownership #cdnpoli #greensky www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/11/o...
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Are electric cars really an environmental success story?
It is not lost on local communities that the global South is being asked to bear the environmental cost of making batteries for electric cars so that wealthy countries can decarbonize.
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Steve Munro @swanboatsteve.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"Transit Yoda" celebrates 20 years although might seem a tad full of himself ;) torontolife.com/city/steve-m...
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“Getting information out of Metrolinx is like pulling teeth”: Blogger Steve Munro has been calling out Toronto’s transit problems for 20 years - Toronto Life
The so-called Yoda of Toronto transit nerds explains the TTC budget woes and how streetcars got so bad
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sayansiv.bsky.social @sayansiv.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Let your MPP know that ON needs to prioritize building renewable energy capacity. Nanticoke, ON - where solar farm is now operating in place of former world's largest coal plant - has space to triple its energy generation! #onpoli #onenergy #greensky www.cleanairalliance.org/the-sun-is-s...
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Ontario shut down coal.Now let’s finish the job with solar. ☀️
Ontario shut down coal.Now let’s finish the job with solar. ☀️
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 10/02/2026
Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over delayed critical habitat mapping for southern mountain caribou. The federal government first promised to complete that mapping in 2014, but it has not yet been released. thenarwhal.ca/bc-caribou-h... #bcpoli
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Ottawa sued for delayed action to protect caribou | The Narwhal
Conservation groups warn extinction ‘is a political choice’ as they ask the Federal Court to rule on overdue caribou habitat maps
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 08/02/2026
I hope folks grasp the fascistic resentment underpinning this shit, and the fact that there is nothing these AI robber barons would like more than to automate human creativity because they resent it and wish to devalue, own, and control it and us.
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Calvin Beauchesne @greencalvin.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Great news- Appeal Court upholds federal government's single use plastic ban despite efforts by plastic industry to overturn it. Now let's expand that list! #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Appeal court rules in favour of Ottawa's toxic plastic listing | CBC News
In a victory for the Liberal government, the Federal Court of Appeal has upheld its decision to list plastics as toxic, enabling Ottawa to ban single-use plastic items.
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sayansiv.bsky.social @sayansiv.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Impact Assessment process to burry nuclear waste in northern FN communities will take 5 yrs, after if greenlit, at least 10 yrs to construct Why would we spend $100 billion+ for Ford's nuke agenda, when we can build renewables in fraction of time and cost? #onpoli : thenarwhal.ca/ontario-nucl...
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Nuclear waste site assessment begins in northern Ontario | The Narwhal
“The more of the public that comments, the better,” says one local, as regulators begin considering a long-discussed proposal to bury nuclear waste
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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The public never realized that supervised consumption sites have quietly operated inside Toronto shelters since 2020. However, as of last December, all of these sites — which collectively saved 750 lives — are now gone because of Doug Ford's harmful legislation. www.torontotoday.ca/local/health...
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Why have drug consumption sites in shelters been forced to close?
A network of safe consumption sites inside Toronto shelters has been forced to shutter alongside the higher profile facilities in Regent Park, South Riverdale and Queen West
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star
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sayansiv.bsky.social @sayansiv.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Albertans need to speak up - you're on the frontline of defending Canada from the insanity we're seeing in Minesota. We must use our democratic tools for influence, here where they still mean something. #abpoli #ableg #yegpoli #cdnpoli
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage
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Timberwolves Clips @wolvesclips.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Target Center dunkers wear “ICE OUT” t-shirts
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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I spoke to CTV News this morning about the devastating impacts of the cold on unhoused people. Frostbite can lead to amputation, hypothermia to death. People escape the pain of being cold by using drugs, which increases risk of OD. We can't be neutral about this. www.ctvnews.ca/video/2026/0...
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Advocate on the dangers of extreme cold on the unhoused
Advocate on the dangers of extreme cold on the unhoused Diana Chan McNally, a homelessness advocate, speaks about the devastating impact of frostbite and being
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
OPG is seeking permission to build in Port Hope, Ontario, what would be the world’s largest nuclear station. Why should Ontarians be locked into the most expensive and slowest option for decades to come? #onpoli www.cleanairalliance.org/worlds-large...
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World’s Largest Nuclear Station or Lower Electricity Bills?
OPG is seeking permission to build in Port Hope, Ontario, what would be the world’s largest nuclear station. Why should Ontarians be locked into the most expensive and slowest option for decades to co...
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David Rider @dmrider.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Ford govt's transition from municipal recycling to a privately funded and run system continues to be problem-filled. Some T.O. condos & apts have received no pickup this month, creating mountains of waste and forcing residents to store some in their units www.thestar.com/news/gta/it-...
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‘It’s a disaster’: How Ontario’s new recycling system has left these Toronto residents holding the bag
Residents of Peel Region and other communities have been told that overflow recycling left beside bins in clear bags will not be collected after March 1.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 23/01/2026
On the left: Councillor Brad Bradford in 2020, joining with a small group of councillors to support taking a look at heated pavement as a way to encourage more winter cycling. On the right: Brad Bradford in 2026, doing whatever this is.
A City Council vote from April 30, 200, on the question of whether the city should "explore the feasibility of implementing new technology including heated pavement to promote year-round cycling.” The question failed to pass 8-16, with Brad Bradford among the eight in support.
A January 16, 2026 screenshot from Twitter, showing Brad Bradford blaming the plowing of bike lanes as the reason for what he sees as poor snow clearing on roads following the Jan 2026 snowstorm.
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Sous sa nouvelle direction politique, Québec solidaire pourrait réussir à rallier l’imaginaire et à susciter l’enthousiasme des Québécois·e·s progressistes en vue des élections générales de 2026.
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Les utopistes pragmatiques de Québec solidaire | Perspectives Journal
Sous sa nouvelle direction politique, Québec solidaire pourrait réussir à rallier l’imaginaire et à susciter l’enthousiasme des Québécois·e·s progressistes en vue des élections générales de 2026.
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sayansiv.bsky.social @sayansiv.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Sober breakdown of why the math does not make sense on building new pipelines. If the NDP is to have any relevance going forward, it needs to pick a leader that is honest with Canadians about this reality, and helps us demand a better path #cdnpoli #ndp.ca #greensky macleans.ca/economy/even...
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Even the Oil Industry Knows We Don't Need a New Pipeline - Macleans.ca
The private sector isn’t interested. It’s because we have more than enough capacity already.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I published This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate in 2014. Lots of serious people explained that we didn't have time to tackle capitalism, climate was too important. Let the market fix it for us. The track record is 12 wasted years and a world on fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
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How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change
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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Australia adds 7 GW of renewables in 2025, stays on track for 2030 target www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/13/a...
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Australia adds 7 GW of renewables in 2025, stays on track for 2030 target
Australian Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen says the country is on track to meet the government’s flagship target of 82% renewable energy by 2030 after solar, wind, and other renewables supplied ab...
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Sally @platypuspants.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
This is the best campaign content I've ever seen come from the #ndp, or any party in Canada frankly #cdnpoli
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sayansiv.bsky.social @sayansiv.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Ford Gov breaking Ontario's economic backbone, our small business economy, due to soaring energy costs. Instead of investing in cheaper, safer, greener alternatives, Ford works to enrich nuclear and fossil gas industry at expense of everyone else. #onpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/16/a...
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Ontario's small businesses struggle to stay afloat as electricity costs rise
Several times, Cindy Lougheed came close to closing her café because of high energy costs. But she stayed open, thinking about her staff and her customers — especially her regulars.
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Steve Munro @swanboatsteve.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
For all the transportation boffins at Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario, here's an LRT line that works. Of course the high priced help at those agencies had nothing to do with designing and building the ION system.
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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I cannot stress enough that homelessness is caused by policy levers primarily at the provincial level. And AMO's new report shows it: homelessness in Ontario rose 8% last year, with 85,000 people becoming homeless. 20,000 were youth and children. Horrifying. globalnews.ca/news/1161124...
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Nearly 85K people homeless in Ontario, up 8% in 1 year: report | Globalnews.ca
Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025, a new report from Ontario's municipalities shows.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 14/01/2026
Carbon capture and storage — or CCS — stops industrial emissions at the source, helping to slow global warming. Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies want public money to put it in place. Is it a wise investment? Here’s what you need to know: thenarwhal.ca/carbon-captu...
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Carbon capture in Canada, explained | The Narwhal
Major oilsands companies have plans for carbon capture and storage on a massive scale — and Alberta’s pipeline ambitions hang in the balance
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sayansiv.bsky.social @sayansiv.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
In case you needed another reason to not bank with Scotiabank or any of the Canadian big 5... Take your banking to a local credit union. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/08/n... #cdnpoli #imperialism
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Scotiabank CEO says Trump doctrine to dominate hemisphere will be good for business
Financial data suggests Canadian banks are poised to profit if Donald Trump’s plan to takeover Venezuela’s oil industry comes to fruition.
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sayansiv.bsky.social @sayansiv.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Love this spotlight of my fave neighbourhood flower shop! #yyz #ondp
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Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Following news that Labour Minister David Piccini is under investigation over the Skills Development Fund scandal, CP24 asked me why Ontarians should care about this at a time when the cost of living is on everyone's mind. Here’s my response:
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Don Davies @donvdavies.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Note that the only province where trades workers’ wages have kept up with inflation - made gains, in fact - is in BC via an NDP government. NDP = the only party who actually delivers for workers.
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sayansiv.bsky.social @sayansiv.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
This why the tyee is the outlet I go to first for reporting and analysis of BC news - thoughtful, intellectually honest, and principled in the journalism they do. I hope this is copied broadly in canadian media thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...
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The Tyee Has a New AI Policy | The Tyee
Long story short: We’re mostly taking a pass on the robots.
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
While the world goes renewable, Ontario and Canada go gas, oil, pipelines, nuclear... Let's #triplewindandsolar now or risk being left with stranded assets and sky high electricity rates. #onpoli #cdnpoli www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
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Fatima Syed @fatimabsyed.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
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