Good article with great figures. Trickledown Carney should be made to address them in his next speech. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/20/a...

Wow, this is embarrassing

“Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.” — Carl Sagan

Plant based proteins now cheaper than meat products, according to new report. www.businessgreen.com/news/4529942...

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

Important thread here from @richardbrooks.bsky.social about recent changes to the Canada Infrastructure Bank mandate👇

Once a climate leader, Canada is now doubling down on oil grist.org/business/onc...

Why do Canada Post’s deficits trigger calls for privatization while military spending gets framed as investment? Writer David Moscrop explores how the language we use around public institutions shapes what Canadians believe is worth preserving. https://ow.ly/pvAk50Z1UPk

Worth paying attention to the evolution of climate denial Carney is innovating here. First wave: deny climate change is real Second wave: admit it’s real, but downplay its significance or ability to address it Third wave: reframe fossil fuels as a climate solution

Trickledown Carney speech incoming: “Canadians know this…” “Canadians want that…”.

"A coalition of conservation authorities wants to know what you value about the Lake Ontario shoreline, and they're travelling the 100-kilometre stretch between Niagara-on-the-Lake and Oakville to find out." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #HamOnt #Niagara

Area government says city needs longer runway so magic money can fall safely from sky.

I asked the US embassy in Ottawa what their view is on American contractors or political actors helping secessionist movements in Canada This was the US embassy’s response: “US companies must operate in Canada in accordance with Canadian law. Who they work with in Canada is not our responsibility”

"The increased reliance on PJMW's coal fleet raises its emission intensity from 0.40 to 0.49 metric tonnes CO2 per MW." This would wipe out over a decade of grid decarbonization and bring the region's grid back to 2018 emissions intensity.

“The power sector has made progress in reducing carbon emissions over the past 20 years, but the increased demand will essentially erase a lot of that progress."

The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen. And it worked. Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%. Industrial process heat is the real prize.

Seriously what the fuck is wrong with you @raskin.house.gov? I swear to god democrats are so unbelievably stupid but also clearly corrupt too bc democrats are actually trying to ensure Americans never get better built much much cheaper Chinese cars. They’re fine w/unaffordable shitty American cars.

Pete Hoekstra has demonstrated himself time and again ro be a threat to Canadian national security and should be expelled immediately.

Shaq is selling Canadian couches and this has been happening for two months we are in a recession recession

NEW: Alberta separatist group’s controversial voter ID app has links to US Ambassador, MAGA influencers and wealthy Michigan Republicans US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra told @pressprogress.ca he was ‘not aware’ an American-made app he previously promoted was used to help an Alberta separatist group

#Ontario #Canada is way ahead on this behavior thanks especially to doug ford.

LOL fresh off killing electric cars in the US and with the implicit guarantee that Congress will never subject it to capitalism or free markets, Ford is headed to Europe! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Gonna be interesting to see if Mark Carney essentially abandons the Canada Health Act.

I cannot believe this video griping about the 'atom bombs' metaphor for heat effects of the Box Elder data centre project while skipping breezily past how it involves NINE GIGAWATTS OF NEW FOSSIL GAS POWER There is truly no way to explain how bonkers this project is without also sounding bonkers

Canada’s big telcos could soon receive tens or even hundreds of millions more in public subsidies through an expanded journalism labour tax credit, despite Bell and Rogers posting massive profits while laying off thousands of workers.

US House GOP & Dems have compromised on 5-year transportation bill. Draft bill includes a $150 annual fee on electric vehicles ($35 for plugins). No fee on gas-powered cars. Though not huge, this is another disincentive to shift to EVs in a country where the EV market share is low & declining.

03:38 on Friday May 15th, over the South China Sea

I think Canadians can find this useful, both to understand our neighbors but more because it is the exact same dynamic up here.

“Some 37,121 Canadians filed for insolvency in the first quarter of 2026 — the highest number of consumer insolvencies since 2009, when North America was reeling from the financial crisis.” www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

So bad. "Some of the reforms — namely, cabinet’s power to overrule the minister & changes to product re-evaluation — are so contentious that the industry’s main voice, CropLife Canada, stressed to the Star that it did not request those changes" #GiftLink 🎁 #CdnPoli www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

Everyone defending the PM's deregulation is saying it's to appease separatists. There's SO much now he's doing wrong that's clearly not connected to that at all: policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/04/carn... We are told to ignore those other warning signs because it must be '4D chess.' Nonsense. #CDNpoli

Utility-backed astroturf campaigns are nothing new, but take on a new significance during this moment of increased attention to skyrocketing electricity bills: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The world appears to be very keen to import Chinese solar panels right now (especially the US)

Detroit needs competition + the US desperately needs more affordable EVs. Letting Chinese companies build factories and sell cars here will enormously benefit US consumers. If Big Auto cannot survive, then that's how it goes. And politicians arguing to shortchange US consumers should be voted out.

McKinsey meets Goldman Sachs

Review of what Canada's release of a national electricity strategy means for energy efficiency www.efficiencycanada.org/what-canadas...

“Survey responses were also grouped by age. The national statistical agency found that 64 per cent of people 75 and older reported high life satisfaction, while the same was true for just 32.7 per cent of people aged 25 to 34.” www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Carney announces environment to be eliminated as cost-cutting measure

Teachers and nurses need to walk off the job and shut down this province.

Doug Ford is killing ON healthcare, nurses laid off. ottawacitizen.com/news/ontario...

I re-pinned my #REE primer to my account. It needs to be updated but I hope most experts would agree this info is quite evergreen. Enjoy!

Have you heard of #RareEarth or #REE metals, but want to know what they are? Here is a short primer on the “what”, “where” and “why” of REEs from a global perspective...

MAGA Voter Claims She Loves High Gas Prices https://theonion.com/maga-voter-claims-she-loves-high-gas-prices/

Fortress North America is replacing free trade in Canada’s lexicon policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/05/fort...

Canada Was Set to Bring in National Pharmacare. What Happened? thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Voters think they can have it all: an affordable life and a livable planet. They are right. Both is at the core of an anti-fascist economics that centers on making life livable for all rather than letting the far right dystopia of a burning planet rule. Chart via @triofrancos.bsky.social

It's possible to build better things in the world. Collectively, we can accomplish a lot.

Electric vehicles are an affordability strategy- fueling up on electricity costs less than half as much as filling up on gasoline. And there are fewer parts and maintenance required. Getting the purchase price down and building charging stations were in the IRA/BIL policies. Even more important now.

Civil society organizations responded with outrage to the Canada-Alberta agreement announced today. The deal dramatically weakens industrial carbon pricing for big polluters, and doubles down on fast-tracking an oil pipeline to the west coast. Read our reaction 👇 shorturl.at/JPpze