Feels great to switch from a big bank to a credit union. Beyond the horrible customer service, I'm tired of my savings being used to drive fossil fuel profits and infringe Indigenous sovereignty. Thanks @goodinvesting.com for the advice! www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/19/n...

Universities like to do their dirty business just before the winter holiday break. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Stoked to be part of this awesome group and study "Priority climate and health modelling needs" just out in @thelancetplanet.bsky.social. Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for hosting the meeting where these ideas were spawned.

Today marks ten years since the TRC issued its 94 Calls to Action. JoLee Sasakamoose and Miranda Field argue that Canadian healthcare systems have perfected “Reconciliation Theatre,” prioritizing symbolic gestures over the structural change the Calls to Action demand. Full report linked in bio.

Get ready for more of this: * the crossover of advertising data w/ state surveillance * a way for law enforcement & intelligence to sidestep warrants and oversight b/c it's novel, a linked to data economies that are already intrusive and pervasive * Govts (Germany 🇩🇪 here) evading accountability

Today on Volts: I've got a nerdy one for you! I talk with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social about the epistemic crisis & its roots in social identity. He explains why factchecking & media literacy classes will never solve misinformation -- why something deeper & stronger is required.

Context from last week:

DYK Ontario municipalities have to give Enbridge Gas, a for-profit fossil fuel company company, free access to build pipelines under public land? In 2026, there will be a local fight to change this. Guelph & Waterloo Region are resisting. Toronto & Ottawa have concerns thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enbr...

"The potential to have things seized will send a message that you can't ride on the sidewalk," Burnside said.

Canada’s Big Six banks have engineered a $2.2 trillion mortgage debt bubble. According to a new report by @maketheshift.bsky.social, banks’ lending practices have pushed home prices out of reach and left the public holding the bag. breachmedia.ca/canadas-big-...

4 years after Indigenous woman died in Niagara hospital waiting room, family still waits for coroner's inquest https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/heather-winterstein-ontario-death-9.7012283 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

“Civilians are now wading through sewage, mud and debris, with no proper shelter. This is not a failure of preparedness or capacity; it's the direct result of the systematic obstruction of aid.” @oxfaminternational.bsky.social www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

New piece: Private and public capital are flooding into mining and LNG development in the service of a war economy. Over 44 per cent of the Liberal budget is allocated toward defence spending that will eventually slap a Canadian flag on missiles and submarines. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

High income countries now discovering how people from low and middle income countries have been treated for decades This is standard immigration questioning in every North American and European airport

💨 New research published by the Lancet Countdown finds that the failure to transition to clean energy sources has led to an estimated 2.5 million deaths from fossil fuel derived outdoor air pollution. ➡️ Visit lancetcountdown.org to learn more. #LancetClimate25

Today is Universal Health Coverage Day 🌎 Still a long way to go for equitable health and social care for all #UHC

Badbadnotgood are legends. Back to back shows last night playing until 1:30 am to raise money for @dailybreadto.bsky.social This shouldn’t have to happen in a rich country like Canada but it did in such a good way

A decade ago... www.thestar.com/business/the...

First boil a kettle to unlock my bike day of the year! Winter’s here 😅❄️

Unfortunately, after repeatedly using time allocation motions to limit debate, Bill 11 just passed third reading in the legislature. Read more here: www.friendsofmedicare.org/bill_11_brin...

#Bill11 just passed in Alberta to allow two tier health care. Patients may soon be asked to pay to move up waiting lists. What does this mean for your care and how could it threaten fair access to Medicare for all? Join @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social for a webinar on Dec 17 🚨 #cdnhealth

MPPs & doctors @robinlennoxmd.bsky.social & @shamjiadil.bsky.social cross-party lines, for Pharmacare. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

A new pipeline won’t lead to new jobs in the oil and gas sector, and the only question for government officials is whether or not to plan for the inevitable energy transition. Nice summary of new research from @jimbostanford.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/08/n...

Join our webinar tomorrow, Wed. Dec.10, 1pm EST, digging into the new Centre for Future Work report on the ongoing transition away from fossil fuel jobs in Canada's labour market. Register for 'Effective Transitions for Fossil Fuel Workers in Canada': us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... /2 #canlab

For two years, a Sudanese paramilitary force has been massacring civilians—with Canadian-made weapons. @nisrinelamin.bsky.social and Ismail Adam join @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes Ottawa complicit in the war in Sudan.

Personal update -- I resigned from my role at Co-Chair of Canada's Net-Zero Advisory Body. The job had been a true honour and privilege, one of the highlights of my professional life. If you're interested in more of an explanation, see my Linked-In page.

The planned data centre “could raise Alberta’s greenhouse gas emissions to levels not seen since the coal era … Planned in an area battling drought, the project’s water needs would also be vast, rivalling the annual use of hundreds of thousands of Alberta households” @theenergymix.com #AI #alberta

On Dec 3, EFF joins Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders for a virtual discussion on their new book, Rewiring Democracy. RSVP to attend! www.eff.org/event/rewir...

Yup. Lots of people are struggling to afford rent right now. They need (much more than) the small break that revenues from this luxury tax will provide. Someone that can afford a house that's 3x the average price in Toronto is in this group 👇 #topoli www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...

Hyperscale data-centre expansion is outpacing the capacity of the local systems that support it. The public health costs are falling to small municipalities with limited leverage and no oversight mechanisms. This week we map out an emerging pattern:

Important new study by the @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social team in @nature.com finding that "the richest 20% of nations, with 15% of the global population, contribute more than 40% of annual ecological overshoot" doi.org/10.1038/s415...

“‘People want their local leaders to take action … not walking away from their climate commitments’” @how-sen.com “… 84 per cent of Toronto residents support green building standards as a climate action tool” #topoli #climateaction

Shut out of COP30, Indigenous climate leaders create new independent advisory council ricochet.media/climate/clim...

On a day where Carney is set to announce an MOU for a new oil pipeline, it's all the more important this country has a serious reckoning with the choices being made and how the world is changing. It's reckless, short sighted and completely ignorant to the shifting geopolitics we depend on.

After becoming Trudeau’s climate minister, Guilbeault was a prolific supporter and architect of many of the climate policies that came to define the previous government’s vision — many of which were abandoned on Thursday in Mark Carney’s deal with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

Eye on the ball folks! It seems the pipeline piece may well be a distraction. While a pipeline remains very unlikely, the practical impact of this deal are all the immediate concessions to oil & gas industry & the federal abandonment of core climate policies. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/n...

Treating access to health care like airline seat upgrades would be confusing, inefficient, and deeply unfair. Thanks to @info.radio-canada.ca for the opportunity to speak about Alberta's proposal for business class "hybrid" health care. #cdnhealth #cdnpoli

The UN just held a vote on ending torture, in which three countries voted against ending torture. 🔍 Zoom in…

How is outlook so terrible? It’s only slightly more intuitive than washing machine repair.

"Instead of giving in to corporate American demands ... the federal government should reach out to provinces and territories to bolster Canada’s publicly funded health-care system" - Nav Persaud National expert committee report on how to make #pharmacare happen 👉 www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

A prescription for nation building for all Canadians https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/heres-one-thing-mark-carney-could-do-that-would-improve-the-welfare-of-more-canadians/article_110c0169-77c5-4a1e-86ec-70e401c15191.html 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model? Think about a double double. If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.

The AMA is starting to fracture under political pressure. Our analysis explains what changed this week, and why it matters.

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

@theenergymix.com BREAKING: ‘Empty Deal’ at COP30 as Petrostates Block Progress on Fossil Fuel Phaseout www.theenergymix.com/breaking-emp...

Love the way @greenprofgreen.bsky.social frames the fetishization of collaboration at COP as something that tries to impose a "win-win" frame on a situation in which there must be a loser...failing to grapple with that puts humanity--rather than fossil asset owners--at risk of losing. #COP30

A Canada Health Act 2.0 is needed to address widening gaps in care and intentional cracks. Marchildon argues for strengthening and upgrading a universal system where “There’s no business class, there’s no economy class, there’s just one class.”

Over the last year, CFNU President Linda Silas has been a member of this committee tasked with recommending options for how to operate and finance a national universal single-payer pharmacare program in Canada.

Doctors across Canada are deeply concerned that the #Alberta government’s proposed private care plan will leave more Albertans waiting even longer to access health care. The CMA is calling on the government to reconsider this proposal, and focus on known solutions to support public health care.

Press release: "Canadian Doctors for Medicare urges Premier Smith and the Government to #Alberta to reconsider their plan for dual practice as it fundamentally harms the public system by drawing away physicians and worsening our already dire human resource deficits" @cdndrsformedicare.bsky.social