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Cindy 🇨🇦

@thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social
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Public well-being must include sustainability: #environment + social inclusion. It's foundational for civil society, income equality, and good governance. #climatechange #sustainablecities #sustainablefood #architecture

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David Wray @davidwrayyvr.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
It is no surprise, that the ABC party voted against this motion.
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David Wray @davidwrayyvr.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Today I spoke at Vancouver City Hall to support a motion put forth by Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social This motion was intended to improve the democratic process by introducing free transit on election day in order to increase voter turn out, and, to introduce Ranked Choice Voting (RCV).
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SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
ABC continues to spread shameless and dangerous disinformation. Just weeks after the Mayor and Cllr Zhou were caught spreading outrageous lies about me, Zhou went on WeChat and claimed my tax rebate idea was a "kill the rich" policy.
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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Zero consultation. Zero environmental review. Zero public benefits. Billionaires will get a publicly funded payday. Sign our petition below.
“It’s wrong to push these AI Data Centres on communities without consent. Vancouver already has Stage 2 Water restrictions and an imminent drought. This will drive up hydro bills, and increase water restrictions. Vancouver belongs to us, not tech billionaires.”

Stephanie Allen for Mayor
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Maria J. Cruz @mariajcruz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Transparency in City Hall. Demand to know where and who ABC + Ken Sim are cutting! #kensimcity
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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"When I’m Mayor, we’ll give the Integrity Commissioner the power to independently levy meaningful penalties against politicians and work to repair against misconduct.” - @stephanieformayor.bsky.social www.biv.com/biv-rss-news...
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Vancouver council to decide on sanctions for Ken Sim over Sean Orr dispute
Lawyer recommends mayor write letter of apology to Orr for suggesting COPE councillor is anti-Semitic
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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
ABC just voted to ignore the Integrity Commissioner's recommendations and let Ken Sim completely off the hook for Misuse of Office and Harassing Conduct. On October 17th, we're going to elect @stephanieformayor.bsky.social and restore integrity at City Hall.
Voting screen showing all ABC Councillors voting in favour of a motion to impose no sanctions whatsoever on Mayor Sim for violating code of conduct. 

Cllrs Bligh, Fry, Orr, and Maloney voted against.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The collapse of the gulf stream will be catastrophic for the entire planet. The crisis in the earth's circulation system continues to be ignored while politicians promote massive oil/gas expansion. We are killing our children's future. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought
Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/05/2026
Big Oil is making a $30 million windfall profit every HOUR by using the Iran War as an excuse to rip off commuters at the gas pump. This year, Exxon will be spending $20 billion of its profits on stock buybacks. We must end the Iran War and pass a windfall profits tax — NOW!
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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Want to ask the mayor a question? Can’t make it to the State of the City address? Feel free to submit a question here: slido.com. Use #MAYORSIM.
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Home | Slido - Audience Interaction Made Easy
Slido is an easy to use Q&A and polling platform. Increase engagement at your meetings, events, and conferences.
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Cindy 🇨🇦 @thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Another Conservative MP crosses the floor to Liberal Party of Canada: long-time MP Marilyn Gladu. 🇨🇦 Liberal Party now at 171 seats, one seat short of a required 172 (slim) majority government. #CdnPoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu crosses floor to Liberals | CBC News
The Liberals have picked up another Conservative floor-crosser, bringing them one seat closer to a majority government.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 05/04/2026
Studies have shown that green spaces improve urbanites’ mental health, make summers more bearable and prevent flooding by soaking up stormwater.
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The Virtues of Urban Pocket Gardens - Truthdig
Little bits of greenery are popping up in cities, making summers more bearable and communities more biodiverse.
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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
One year ago today, Vancouver, you elected Sean Orr!  The historic by-election win was made possible by hundreds of dedicated volunteers and tens of thousands of you who stood in line for hours to vote.
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Rick Green @bcbrews.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
#histbookchat #booksky This week's reading is about the struggle in the #US between the forces for #democracy and monopolistic #capitalism for control over government. See the text image from the book for an example of how this affected #WW2 military production.
Book cover of "Goliath: The 100-year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy" by Stoller, Matt.Text snippet from the book, "Goliath":

"Shortly after Roosevelt called for fifty thousand planes a year, Reynolds went to see Arthur Davis of Alcoa. To Reynolds, Davis seemed as complacent about America's aluminum supply as Levelle had been about French needs. Germany would soon be able to make much more aluminum than the U.S., noted Reynolds. Perhaps Davis should ask the government to finance the buildup of capacity, to match the billion-pound-a-year capacity of the Nazis. Davis, who felt it a burden to accept funds from the government, said Reynolds was "unnecessarily alarmed." There would be no shortage.99
Davis's prediction proved laughable. In November of 1940, the Northrop Aircraft Company cut hours by 20 percent due to a metal shortage. By May 1941, work on bombers by one of the more prom-ising American aerospace companies, Boeing, had ceased because of inadequate aluminum supplies. 100 Congress reacted angrily. Senator Joseph O'Mahoney attacked Alcoa for delaying the manufacture of warplanes by "keeping supplies down in order to keep prices up." while adding that the chemical, iron and steel, metal, electric, and ship-ping cartels had "all played their part in the growth of Hitler's power." Whether the ongoing antitrust suit was decided for or against Alcoa, he said, 'it is clear that the manufacture of American airplanes needed to fill our own and British orders has been seriously delayed because parts manufacturers have been unable to get a sufficient amount of aluminum to fill their orders.'"
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Master the art of crossing thin ice like a polar bear. Their secret? Distributing weight evenly to stay safe and agile on fragile surfaces.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
It's migration season! Monarch butterflies travel over 4,000 km to winter in Mexico's stunning oyamel forests. Witness the beauty of nature's incredible journey.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 27/03/2026
More and more First Nations in British Columbia are leading the charge towards renewable energy. Find highlights from this week’s panel discussion, and a link to the full recording, in this week’s newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-g...
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Electric conversation and B.C.’s power shift | The Narwhal
More and more First Nations in British Columbia are leading the charge towards renewable energy. Here’s what we learned at this week’s panel discussion
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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social proposed this recently, but Ken Sim's billionaire-backed party voted it down. After we evict ABC this October, we're going to get to work taking practical measures like this to tackle the crisis of affordability in Vancouver. www.evictkensim.ca
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Simon's Cat @simonscatofficial.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Catch me if you can! 🐿️
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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 25/03/2026
🇨🇦🔌 NEW REPORT: Clean Energy Canada and Summerhill surveyed nearly 3,800 Canadian heat pump owners. Here’s what they said:
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Julia Levin @jflevin.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Aamjiwnaang First Nation feels left in the dark after oil spill in St. Clair River in Sarnia It’s been eight days since Suncor’s Sarnia refinery reported an oil spill - and the First Nation is still waiting on answers www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Aamjiwnaang First Nation feels left in the dark after oil spill in St. Clair River in Sarnia | CBC News
The First Nation wants to know how much was spilled, what caused it and the remediation plans
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Imagine YOUR city’s mayor with a bold platform like this. #Leadership
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 23/03/2026
As provinces encourage the growth of for-profit medical insurance, it will not be possible to control the spread of U.S. or other foreign firms. By @alonghurst.bsky.social and Stuart Trew #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Do trade deals put public health care up for sale? - CCPA
Alberta’s promised two-tier transition comes with unacknowledged threats from trade and investment agreements.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
TACO or not, we're guaranteed another surge of inflationary pressure in Canada -- one that will hit food prices soon. Spoiler alert: Conservatives are already positioning themselves to blame it on the (industrial) carbon tax. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/23/o...
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Canada’s political food fight is about to get even messier
No, the carbon tax didn't meaningfully add to food price inflation in Canada. But that never stopped Conservative politicians and pundits from pretending otherwise — and they're about to do it again.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I’ve been saying for months that this Paris election to pick @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s successor is the most important city election in the world. Over 34 years advising cities, I’ve seen inspiring cities either take their success to the next level, or go backwards, in moments just like this. #VOTE
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Factsmtr @factsmtr.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Alberta workers were told they owned the resource. The documented record shows what they actually received for it. This post documents six of those claims — and what the verified facts show behind each one. Here's the facts: factsmtr.substack.com/p/alberta-lo... #abpoli #oilandgas #alberta
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Alberta Loves Oil and Gas — What Has It Actually Delivered?
Six claims. Fifty years. What Alberta workers were told about ownership, wages, prosperity, and unions — and what the documented record actually shows.
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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Four young Canadians are suing CPPIB over its alleged mismanagement of the climate risks threatening their retirement. Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief Na'Moks stands with them ❤️ Learn more about the case 👉 bit.ly/47eOHg1
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 18/03/2026
Over a few years, oil giants went from trumpeting climate pledges to saying fossil fuels are here to stay.
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Big Oil Has Moved on From ‘Greenwashing.’ Here’s the New Playbook.
Over a few years, oil giants went from trumpeting climate pledges to saying fossil fuels are here to stay.
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BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have food prices soaring says senior economist Iglika Ivanova But even with geopolitical trends and climate change the greatest contributing factor to rising prices is the power of the food industry.
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As Food Prices Climb, Dispatches from the Aisles | The Tyee
We spent time with folks on tight budgets. And asked experts how to make groceries more affordable.
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Climate Change Steves @climatesteves.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Because of Trump's war global gas prices are rising including Canada which has a surplus of fossil fuels. American billionaires & corporations that own Canada's oil & gas companies are making billions from the high prices. Canada should cap prices, tax the excess profit & subsidize public transit.
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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I was pleased to speak at the National Day of Action to break the silence on two tier health care MP Fry said that Alberta is contravening the Canada Health Act and will have federal transfer payments withheld #bcpoli #cdnpoli
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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 16/03/2026
🔌🍁 In this week's Clean Energy Review: EVs and heat pumps could cut B.C.’s peak electricity demand by 10%, Skwah First Nation embraces solar, and extreme heat now affects one in three people globally. #EV #bcpoli #Indigenous
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The power already in your home
Plus: Stó:lō territory goes solar
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This is REALLY important. The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature/green in cities isn’t the density of buildings or the density of people — it's the density of cars. And the better designed your density of people and buildings is, the fewer cars you need or want.
High density mixed-use neighbourhood in downtown Vancouver with FIVE rows of street trees creating “kissing canopies.“
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The food dude is still out there trying to pretend that the industrial carbon price has a meaningful impact on food prices -- even though this has been repeatedly studied and debunked. Sure would be nice if the papers publishing this stuff would pay some heed to the facts.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This will be the lesson in almost every country in the world.
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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 16/03/2026
Farmers markets prepare for opening season as local food demand grows | Life ->St. George News | More on "Local farmers markets seasonal food" at BigEarthData.ai | #LocalFood
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Farmers markets prepare for opening season as local food demand grows | Life
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Taras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 13/03/2026
Good news! The global strategic oil reserve is being released. That’s 400 million barrels. How much oil does the world use? 100 million barrels. A day. So that’s…Sunday to Thursday covered.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
“We’ve all trained ourselves to see car infrastructure as ‘normal’— and therefore its costs as invisible. Roads aren’t expensive, they’re just there. Parking spaces aren’t subsidies, they’re just ‘necessary’.” The “Framing Game” via @katjadiehl.bsky.social.
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The Framing Game: Why We Call Affordable Mobility “Too Costly” While Subsidizing Cars.
Or: How a society convinced itself that saving money is actually spending it
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Poilievre said this in his recent interview with Paul Wells, and received *zero* pushback. It sure would be nice if the folks interviewing him had some modicum of interest (and expertise) in the details around energy markets and policy. (You'll note Poilievre is *still* blaming Canada here)
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
“If you’ve been following recent debates about health, you’ve been hearing a lot about vaccines, diet, measles, Medicaid cuts and health insurance costs – but much less about one of the greatest threats to global public health: climate change.” Via @theconversation.com #ClimateCrisis #HealthyCities
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Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change
From extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses, climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease. Health scientists explain what individuals and governments can do about it.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The next six months could be the ultimate in teachable moments, with rapidly rising prices for oil, and rapidly rising temperatures. And what do you know, we have a midterm exam coming up on November 3. billmckibben.substack.com/p/now-comes-...
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Now comes the heat
Add it to the war, and maybe we have a teachable moment
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Simon Donner @simondonner.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
That is the question. Climate policy is about preparing for the future. This is what myself and colleagues have been trying to warn the Canadian government about for a long time now.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 13/03/2026
Canada is falling behind on its pledge to protect 30% of land and water by 2030. Indigenous-led conservation initiatives could help close the gap, but an upcoming expiry of federal conservation funding has advocates warning progress might slow even further. thenarwhal.ca/canada-conse...
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How can Canada meet its goals to protect nature? | The Narwhal
Canada will need to protect another 1.7 million square kilometres, an area the size of Alaska, to meet its conservation targets by 2030
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"Cars are the most absurd means of transport in a city. They are parked 95 per cent of the time. It takes two tonnes to move someone who weighs 70 kilogrammes. And the denser the city, the more absurd it is." It’s not wrong. #UrbanTruth
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
If it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between fossil-fuel lobbyists and the billionaire press, that's because there isn’t one. My column on the politicians, journalists and junktanks using the Iran crisis as an excuse to extract our remaining gas and oil. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot
The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Everything has changed ... except the claims of the fossil fuel lobbyists who infest politics and the media. www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/press-med...
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Photovoltaic Plants with Battery Cheaper than Conventional Power Plants - Fraunhofer ISE
The newest edition of the study by the Fraunhofer ISE on the electricity generation costs of various power plants shows that photovoltaic systems now produce electricity much more cheaply than either ...
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Timothy Gray @canadagray.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Pushback on ‘Manageable’ Carbon Price Shows Oil Sands Missing the Moment, Analysts Say www.theenergymix.com/pushback-on-... #cdnpoli #energy
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Pushback on Carbon Price Shows Oil Sands Missing the Moment
A claim that regulatory uncertainty is behind postponing an $8.25-billion oil sands expansion is the latest sign that the industry isn’t taking its climate pollution seriously —or it's playing hardbal...
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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
This is what it feels like to actually know what you can do about climate change. 🚀🦸‍♀️⭐️ Find your climate superpowers at jointheshift.earth 🌍 #jointheshift website + design ✨ @madebyleap ✨
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 12/03/2026
The Alberta government claims the province is still a leader when it comes to renewable energy investment. But independent analysts argue otherwise. So what’s really going on? @drewanderson.bsky.social breaks it down: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-2026...
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The state of Alberta renewables, explained | The Narwhal
Are renewables still surging in Alberta? Or is corporate interest drying up? Here’s what you need to know
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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Floor crossing is suddenly a “betrayal of democracy”… now that it hurts the Conservatives. Poilievre voted against a bill that would force by-elections after party switches, arguing MPs own their seats. Scheer once welcomed a floor-crosser too. So what changed? r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
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