"It is not apparent how much the president of the United States sleeps.” - Mark Carney on Trump. "Hitler stays up late and sleeps badly, which I fear is the world's misfortune." - William Shirer on the other guy. www.thestar.com/politics/the...

"Profit-making replaced nation-building as the prime motive." Plus ca change...

Canadian Geothermal is World Class, Ready to Scale for Global Markets Geothermal is closely tied to oil/gas drilling. Alberta is a leader in this technology. Perfect fit for economic diversification. @ABDanielleSmith @MarkJCarney #ableg #cdnpoli youtu.be/klaxCT38M9s

👇 #cdnpoli

Seriously appreciating this close-up translation of Carney's energy plans from @arnokopecky.bsky.social 👏

Lots of attention (rightly so) on Carney's latest Major Projects announcements. But imo, Ottawa's energy/climate policy is way bigger than that. And last week, in a riveting on-stage / off-script exchange, Carney revealed that picture in full. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/14/a...

Oh wow - *that’s* why they changed venues? Ouch.

We are not living in an era of optional climate policy. We are living in an era of planetary limits where the choices we make in city halls will determine the world our children inherit, @carolmliao.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social write. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/13/o...

I feel like this doesn't get enough acknowledgement

Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate & sustainability dept. This would spell an end to the city's national leadership in urban climate policy. Great reporting by @mfawcettatkinson.bsky.social & @natashabulowski.bsky.social If you disagree... www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...

“The belief that the transition is inevitable is the mechanism itself." - Masterful essay from one of Canada's best climate writers, @theturner.bsky.social, on the state of play going into COP 30. Puts the current moment in crystal clear context. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Some very useful corrections to the NY Times piece today on progress since Paris. We're actually doing much better than indicated by the emissions graph the Times used

New meme just dropped

A strong subtext from my conversation with MP Will Greaves was just how much financial strain the system is under. And like it or not, nothing pays the bills (health care, education, etc) like fossil fuel revenue. Unelected climate hawks can ignore that strain in a way that elected ones cannot.

Mark Carney's "Climate Competitiveness Strategy" didn't get much love at first sight. But there are good things in it. Spoke to a few supporters, including MP @wgreaves.bsky.social, who pushed hard to make sure a youth climate corps is part of the strategy. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/a...

really worth watching the clip here

100% Bonkers that mass transit is so absent from the national chat. I mean trains are even compatible with fascism! Pan-partisan appeal! Make em run on time and rule for life…

Every time the term comes up, I have to remind myself exactly what "the notwithstanding clause" means, and why it's nuclear.

I get the narrative mechanics in play, but it would be lovely to see this story get as much (national) attention as the premier’s pipeline rhetoric.

Pretty sure that's 'pervert'

Alberta teachers have entered the chat. Massive turnout to greet Danielle Smith at the Ledge…

That's a long flight

Great thread

David Eby will win this fight seven days a week and twice on Sundays. He's not the one opening the door to separatist referendums and forever blaming Canada for everything that goes wrong in his province.

This is dangerous rhetoric. Attempts to delegitimize opponents' right to take part in a conversation inevitably undermine respect on both sides. It polarizes our politics, undermining trust in democracy, which depends on expressing disagreement. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Dear progressives in BC (and beyond): let's shout our support for @davidebybc.bsky.social's position on Northern Gateway. Lord knows we tell him when we're upset. There has to be a political upside for him doing the right thing now. Feels like the whole country is leaning on him to cave.

”This is a test of whether Canada works as a country,” said Danielle Smith of Alberta’s latest pipeline salvo. She’s right, just not for the reason she thinks. My latest for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/02/a...

I don't like talking about the hate & abuse I received in politics. I don't need sympathy. But we do need change. And I promised to support women & girls who want to go into politics. So here is my story. We need to stop this. Now. 🔗 thewalrus.ca/they-called-...

woot! congrats @noorazrieh.bsky.social! So well deserved...one of my favourite people to talk politics with -- rare gift of embedding humour & personal reflection into the conversation.

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

And that‘s before he got to climate change

From a climate denial group's mailout... I want to frame this

Journalism Opportunity Alert! The Knight-Wallace Fellowship was transformative for me, on too many levels to name; I'd recommend it even if our industry wasn't being assaulted on every front. But here we are. Check out the webinar, learn more, and go get it.

Me yelling into the void: SHE'S JUST SHORT!!

Pay attention to the extraordinary work of my colleague Hasan Jaber, whose reporting from Gaza has graced our front pages for the past two years. Despite having lost dozens of family and being trapped himself, his work is a beacon of impartial professionalism www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Climate advocates within the Liberal party are finding common cause and voice, on the eve of parliament's resumption. “I was not elected to parliament to either bite my tongue or not use my brain,” Will Greaves, freshman MP for Victoria, told me. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/11/a...

It's official. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

Mercredi's exchange with Liberal MP Will Greaves is well worth a watch - starts at 3:09: www.cpac.ca/in-committee...

Holy smokes. Highly recommend watching Trevor Mercredi's testimony at the C-5 hearings - he was one of very few Indigenous leaders who got to have a say before the Bill became law. Whithering, and riveting, legal critique... www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

If you're wondering what "enabling other countries to move swiftly from fossil to clean energy" looks like, here's a snapshot

This is a major energy transition pivot point

perfection

The city I live in, Vancouver, got buried in smoke this week, after dodging it all summer. This is Canada's second-worst wildfire season; 70K people evacuated all across the country; playground's closed on the first day of school. And so...we write. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/05/o...

Everyone hates wasps. It's not unreasonable. But we'd be worse off without 'em. And hey, at least they don't lay their eggs inside *our* bodies, for the larvae to hatch and eat their way out. Now that'd be a buzzkill. As summer goes out with a heat wave, my ode to the season's demons👇

"...imagine a tree and when it dies, rather than being decomposed by fungi and beetles and on and on, that tree suddenly gets buried in sediment and falls into the crust and becomes part of the rock record, and the oxygen it made in life is not used in its own destruction." In praise of oil!

ditto in Canada, eg Poilievre's lies about Canadian immigration levels or various premiers' lies about arson being the primary cause of wildfire.

The dearth of international or domestic opposition to Trump (tariffs, media, uni's, corps) reminds me of a line from Berlin Diary, when Hitler starts invading Czech & other countries with no opposition (1939): "Strange how these little nations prefer to be swallowed by Hitler one at a time."

When so many are ignoring the obvious, it becomes satisfying to see it spelled out so clearly. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

I started out describing ecosystems 20 years ago and now I cover national politics (in Canada)...I'm still telling the same story.