Mark Carney’s new plan: Hot Dogs for All Morning File by Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social

The Ontario government reaches its slime-filled reflecting pool era

HPL recognizes #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay. Plan to attend a special gathering today (June 19) to celebrate with Indigenous performances, vendors and local food trucks in honouring #Indigenous heritage. www.hamilton.ca 🕛 Noon - 4:00 pm ⁠ 📍 West Harbour James Street Plaza⁠ #HamOnt #NIPD2026

This story is outrageous. Read it if you have time. Canada Inc. will protect profits at all cost. "It's pretty outrageous … what you've got is cabinet overruling science," said Dr. Trevor Hancock, a public health doctor with the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment." #CdnPoli

My latest. This story is based on FOI documents released before the Ford government changed the law. Under the new rules, the province will now be able to keep records like this secret.

The current BC forest minister has said a lot of outrageous things, but this might take the cake. Blaming caribou and calling them stupid for getting scared when their habitat is destroyed by logging is such a callous worldview to hold. coastmountainnews.com/2026/06/10/f... #bcpoli

Canadians haven’t abandoned climate. Their government has. PM Carney has dismantled Canada’s climate progress, but new polling from Abacus Data shows that the majority of Canadians — over 60 per cent — don’t think PM Carney is taking the climate crisis seriously enough.

Nice to speak to @geoffdembicki.bsky.social @desmog.com about leaked documents revealing the capacity of planned fossil plants for Canadian data centres + my estimate that if they became operational, they'd cause enough emissions to wipe out 15 years of progress www.desmog.com/2026/06/11/m...

The City of Hamilton's waste director just stated that municipal recycling collection bins in parks and along streets are going into garbage stream. The City does not have a recycling collection contract for them, following the provincial transition to producer-responsibility model. #yhmcc #HamOnt

New blog post: Next steps fighting AI data centres in #HamOnt www.environmenthamilton.org/datacentreup...

The City of Hamilton just posted the official Notice of Decision denying the Steelport land severance. Steelport will be seeking planning approvals to build AI data centres on the former Stelco lands. Steelport has until July 2nd to file their appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal. #yhmcc

Re-upping this story this morning. A landmark Superior Court case in Kitchener recognized the Charter Rights of homeless people. Doug Ford has threatened to reverse that. I spoke to the people impacted the most by this, the encampment residents. Please read and share this one widely.

It’s as if your neighbour decided they'd like to buy your house & then demanded the police evict you. Trying to get pre-approval for a pipeline from MPO without an actual route is an insult to folks who live in the region & to Indigenous rights-holders everywhere financialpost.com/commodities/...

The Carney govt is a failure on fighting climate change: U.S. is outperforming Canada on emissions reductions, says former net-zero adviser www.hilltimes.com/2026/06/09/u...

Hamilton's electric vehicle charging station requirements are now in force. Developers and the City have agreed to a three-year phase-in period to ensure developments in the pipeline do not need to make expensive architectural and engineering changes. Details on TPR. #yhmcc

This seems pretty loaded framing.. "Would you support changes to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport? This could include optimizing airport infrastructure ... allowing for different aircraft types, generating economic development and job creation, improving connectivity, increasing passenger flow"

DENIED Hamilton's Committee of Adjustment voted 3-0 to deny the Steelport land severance application. #yhmcc #HamOnt

Now onto the final delegations on the Steelport severance. The Committee has listened to nearly seven hours of delegations -- this is the most ever for the Cmte of Adjustment. #HamOnt #yhmcc Watch live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t48M...

Canada's AI strategy says mass adoption faces "deeper challenge" that Cdns not trained on, literate in or have trust in the technology. In fact, half see it as "threat to humanity" Formal govt policy to push a tech people think is harmful seems politically risky ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en...

"The federal government’s long-awaited AI strategy does not tackle the environmental and climate impacts of rapidly building AI infrastructure like data centres." www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/04/n...

I talked with @HeerJeet about Alberta sovereignty, Canadian federalism and what happens when the petro part of the petro state threatens to leave. www.thenation.com/podcast/worl...

Now on TPR: This Thursday's Committee of Adjustment is headlined by the Steelport application. There are 29 other applications to be heard - and the majority of them have negative staff comments. First time I can recollect a negative comment majority. 9 denial recommends, 7 tablings. #yhmcc

"This needs to be a matter of 'Alto and' than just 'Alto' by itself. This means building and maintaining a supporting network of conventional VIA service, intercity and regional buses, and local transit connections" seanmarshall.ca/2026/06/01/a... #cdnpoli

This is an important story but I wish it mentioned (not just included a buried hyperlink) the reporting done by @cloelogan.bsky.social on this nearly a month ago. This probably would have made me cranky if I had worked on this story. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/08/n...

The 58 MPPs who voted yes represent just 40% of voters, while the 41 who voted no represent the other 60%. Proportional representation would end this distortion of democracy and ensure provinces can no longer ride roughshod over municipalities without a broad majority consensus.

"Carney’s appeasement of Smith’s extractive populism fails on two levels. It does nothing to prepare Canada for a future beyond hydrocarbon dependency, while also failing to address the deeper politics of grievance that also drives Alberta separatism." From @readtheorchard.org

Coordination of intelligence was started a long time ago. E.g. at US car stops, when a driver's license is checked, a gang and terrorist database is also queried. Canada has access to that database too. So? Everyone in the db isn't a terrorist/in a gang. Nonviolent activists are also included.

Walk-on motion for tomorrow's Council Planning Committee Ward 3 Clr Nrinder Nann wants City staff to report on criteria and rules for AI data centres. Additionally, Nann wants to include "community benefit agreements" as part of any potential approvals. #yhmcc #HamOnt

This is frankly how many people on social media interpret posts where someone advocates for better bike infrastructure

The week @nationalobserver.com broke news about a Trump-linked US company hosting Albertans' electoral data, our site started suffering from massive outages. Our provider tells us their servers are under attack. We don't know if we're the target, but the timing is weird. Thanks for bearing with us!

When columnists make absurdly extreme claims like expanding Cdn oil and gas development and transportation is ‘all upside,’ it’s really important to push back on. These are really important decisions that some govs are making for us, but the point of the media is analyse, not pom-pom away

🌿 At home, you can: ▪️ Plant native trees, shrubs & wildflowers ▪️ Remove invasive species ▪️ Clean up litter in your neighbourhood ▪️ Use community science apps like iNaturalist and eBird ▪️ Connect with your Councillor about biodiversity ▪️ Volunteer with enviro orgs ▪️ Talk about biodiversity!

Biodiversity keeps humans and ecosystems healthy #WorldBiodiversityDay “Acting locally for global impact” is centered on the powerful idea that major changes begin on a small, local scale. We embody this message through our work with Hamilton's Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP).

Finally a sign that some MPs are taking steps to stop PM Carney's total assault on climate & environmental protections Still, only 15 MPs put their names on a private letter? That's a lot of complicity with PM Carney's agenda More need to step forward, inc. the environmental caucus as a whole

Anderson is the third former Liberal environment minister to criticize Carney's anti-environment, anti-life position.

Past projects that the Bank has funded included Canada's largest battery storage project, part owned by the Six Nations of the Grand River. Ksi Lisims though is owned by Texas based Western LNG, back by #Trump private equity goons Apollo and Blackstone. Tax payer dollars will flow south.

Breaking and revealed: Canada Infrastructure Bank has been repurposed to fund risky LNG project Ksi Lisims, risking the bank's positive reputation. The wholly-owned US project is seeking taxpayer funds to move towards a final investment decision and construction. Thread 🧵 #cdnpoli #greensky

"The Ford government’s keenness to put in place this new water regime — while disguising the fact that it involves privatization — raises the question: whose interests is the government serving in doing this?," writes @lindamcquaig.bsky.social. #GiftLink 🎁 #OnPoli www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

The strategy talks about avoiding stranded assets. It also talks about leveraging Canada's "abundant" gas production. In other words, "we over-invested in fossil fuel infrastructure so now we have to use it even if it's not the best option."

The federal government has released its long-delayed electricity strategy: natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-sourc...

Hadrian is right about what to look for in Carney's electricity strategy announcement today. Right now, looks like he's backing a gas-plants-for-AI strategy: Doubling your electricity bill so they can take away your job (AI can't do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss they can)

Pundits: no one wants electric vehicles. StatsCan: There were 21,574 new zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) sold in March, an increase of 74.7% from one year earlier. New ZEVs comprised 12.2% of total new motor vehicles sold, compared with 6.5% in March 2025. www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...

So he can in fact release records the public wants to see?

Do I need to tap the sign www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Min of Ed outraged by charity using portable for free that’s also providing free programming at the school - storing computers, football equipment & BBQ items. Blames trustee. Is this Minister releasing his expense reports? New FOI restrictions enable him to hide those documents. #onpoli #onted

Canada: also a barely functioning democracy. There are apparently no checks on this type of open corruption.

Is there one example where privatizing a public asset has turned out to be beneficial for Canadians as a whole? Between Petro-Canada, Air Canada, Highway 407, Hydro One, all I see are regrets.

This is not justice. You never have to listen to an Ontario Progressive Conservative talk about law & order again. Put this back in their face. Every minister, every back bencher. They all voted for secret govt.

Hopefully this previous project we helped coordinate doesn't cause any confusion. #HamOnt

“Risk rank 1”: Metrolinx, which has covered up near-misses & deteriorating equipment while publicly claiming high safety & maintenance performance, has been using non-compliant crash recording devices that have failed at least twice since 2023 www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip... #onpoli