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.

Nothing says "Handmaid's Tale" like banning Handmaid's Tale

Carney and (energy minister) Hodgson pitched Canadian LNG to Germany and the EU this week. Unlike exports to Asia, that's a fantasy. What they actually cut deals on were critical minerals. As for oil? Crickets. Here come the Major Projects... www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/29/a...

How cool -- the @financialpost.com dedicated an entire article to my latest essay for @thewalrus.ca, in which I argue that Trump's scorched-earth assault on clean energy presents an opportunity for Canada. Unsurprisingly, they disagree with my position. 1/ financialpost.com/opinion/trum...

Now this is good news. Context, for any who don't know it:

Dunno about the proposal, but I may have to adopt “nay” as a verb now. youtu.be/azI03y9i1hw

Hadn't realized that Canada was the *only* country besides China to try imposing retaliatory tariffs. Hard not to imagine that parallel universe... www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

a really great and well-researched story from @zoeyunker.bsky.social about the context and implications of the Cowichan decision, including how the namesake of Port Moody, B.C., secretly bought a Cowichan village site that should have been a reserve: thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

“It would have been inconvenient to governments in the 19th century to have to abide by the promises they had made. But they put their own convenience first, and as such passed on the inconvenience to future generations.” Coyne’s on board - that’s progress. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Can Trump slow the global energy transition? Ask China. Will Canada seize the opportunity? Ask Carney... My latest for @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/trumps-attac...

Once you start pulling on the threads of mis/disinformation... The Atlantic Canada wildfires are the latest case in point. For once, though, federal Conservatives seem nervous about re-posting their influencer fan base. My latest for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/14/a...

I keep losing track of where we are on the love/hate Newsom-coaster, but this is sumthin.

Yesterday's Métis Major Projects Summit in Ottawa verrrry nearly exploded in the PM's face. But then everyone emerged smiling, including the Manitoba Métis Federation who boycotted it. A minor miracle: Carney turns disaster into a small but crucial victory. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/07/o...

I wonder if they'll let him wear the cape?

Well, we sure showed Elon subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

As Bill C-5 wound through parliament in June, mentions of "economic reconciliation" spiked to record highs in Canadian news outlets. Reminding me of Inigo Montoya's immortal quote: "I do not think it means what you think it means." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/05/a...

Enviro Journalism Opportunity alert: The Sitka Foundation is offering 16 grants of $10K each for reporting on biodiversity in British Columbia. Deadline is August 31. I was among last year's cohort, it's a special thing. 👇 www.messengersofbiodiversity.org

It may seem whimsical to non-coasters, but the weird wasting disease obliterating sea stars has been a big deal out here. Kudos to @hakai.org and all the dedicated scientists who solved this whodunnit, and to @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social for great reporting. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...

"Influencers want the truth, but ignore the means of discovering it." Resonates deeply with my (limited) interactions with the Canadian cohort.

Please see my statement regarding the flawed report released earlier this week concerning Canadian arms exports ⬇️

Nice to see a bipartisan endorsement of diversity. Would be nice to see it extend to the products we export, as well the countries we export them to. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

This week's sentencing hearing brought the gang back together: Poilievre, Conservatives, Convoy leaders and the right-wing influencers who all shot to fame together. Meanwhile, authorities still worry more about ecoterrorists than right-wing extremism. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/24/n...

This is amazing stuff. Vancouver’s mayor is out there literally saying “if everyone had bought their houses with gold bars instead of money, Vancouver wouldn’t have a housing crisis…. now imagine what we could do with bitcoin!”

Coastal First Nations have just sent an open letter to the prime minister, "to express our profound, unwavering, and continued support for Bill C-48, the 2019 Oil Tanker Moratorium Act." coastalfirstnations.ca/wp-content/u...

Spending some time in Ottawa recently has driven home how peripheral the concerns of far-flung provinces and Indigenous communities can be to federal officials. But every so often, distant realities barge into parliament. Enter Northern Gateway 2.0... www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/21/o...

Carney told the chiefs this morning that no specific projects have yet been chosen under bill C-5, though several are being considered. Here they are, in case you're wondering. (I have no idea how @woodsideful.bsky.social put this list together, but damn.) www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/17/a...

Bill C-5 may be law, but it remains vulnerable. The bill’s future depends on Indigenous consultation & consent. Putting a wee bit of pressure on Carney’s meeting with FN leaders this Thursday. Delighted to work w/ Sonal Gupta on this for @nationalobserver.com

pretty wild how many Bitcoin video podcasts Vancouver mayor Ken Sim has done just in 2025, all of which are clearly being recorded at City Hall