"You vote once in four years, and that’s your political responsibility? That’s the height of bourgeois propaganda, making the people politically irresponsible. Thinking their responsibility is limited to a one day vote. Politics is every day." -Kwame Ture

Glad to see mayors pushing for national scale projects that will help us move towards post-carbon economies besides the pipeline campaigns. It’s like #FCM’s Green Municipal Fund has also educated mayors across the country!

As the federal election campaign unfolds, a concerning pattern is emerging in Western Canada: some high-profile conservatives retreating from national coalition-building in favour of grievance politics. @drjaredwesley.bsky.social writes.

Yes! We must NOT stay home. Get out and VOTE in advance polls or on election day. Make the voting % high. We need a strong mandate. The worse thing we can do is register apathy. #cndpoli #elxn2025 #ableg #abpoli

The ideal of masculinity: destroying things other people built, whining about it, blaming someone else.

we used to kill whales to light lamps. Technology advances and old patterns get replaced by better ones. Phasing out fossil fuels - particularly coal - is a big win for health and the climate. The Trumpist passion for coal is pure culture war, with miners’ lives and everyone’s lungs the casualties.

❌ Say no to coal mining in the Eastern Slopes. That’s the message that ranchers, farmers, water councils & everyday Albertans want the UCP to understand. Alberta’s New Democrats are listening and we stand with you. Sign our petition so Smith can hear us, loud and clear: ProtectOurMountains.ca

Pierre Poilievre says he'd shut down overdose prevention sites if elected. These sites fall under provincial jurisdiction. Yesterday Health Minister Josie Osborne said, to paraphrase: 'lol you will absolutely not shut these life-saving sites down. Try me.' www.timescolonist.com/local-news/b...

Anthropogenic Global Warming & Drought 🧵 www.carbonbrief.org/multi-year-d...

"If you’re worried about disinformation and manipulation in this election, it might be wise to stay clear of coverage by CTV National. They've made it clear that they are not in the business of offending Pierre Poilievre or his online posse." Charlie Angus, MP

Charlie Angus March 6 KINGSTON ROAD’S PROPHET OF JUSTICE open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

The stupidity in Trump’s new tariffs is apparently limitless. He has introduced a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory. The only inhabited island there is Diego Garcia, home to US service personnel. TRUMP HAS PUT A TARIFF ON A US MILITARY BASE 🤡

I don't even want us to talk to That Nation. I understand why the 🇨🇦 government needs to but it doesn't feel right or good when they are behaving like this.

I understand the stakes of this coming election. But what I can't get behind is the Liberals allowing Canadian made weapons components to be used by Israel in the on going genocide against Palestinian people. (Don't @ me about who to vote for here, I already know PP is a disaster).

“For two millennials with not enough space to sustain a garden, our desire for creativity and need to save money led us to Too Good To Go.” @melwoods.me writes. 🍎

A Red-winged Blackbird singing and declaring that this part of the marsh is his.

According to this article, strategic voting has been "taboo" and uncommon. The folks quoted are obviously not from Alberta. I've held my nose and voted strategically in almost every election I've ever voted in. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Need some GOOD news today? Consider, the Vancouver Island marmot once numbered fewer than 30 individuals in the wild. This year we are celebrating 381 wild-living marmots - the most ever counted for this rare species. Photo: John Deal.

In the outrage over the Signal “chat” fiasco, it should be noted that to kill one alleged enemy combatant, 53 civilians were murdered…including five children. Then these armchair sociopaths celebrated this slaughter with emojis and frat boy trash talk. This was criminal, stupid, AND barbaric.

This is what happens when the voter base is allowed (even encouraged) to shrink: it skews toward people with privilege and money. This incentivizes policies that secure that comfort, over policies that tackle inequality and the crises we face.

Unbelievable. They drove a part of Canadian history into the ground and Managers are rewarding themselves. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Look at this map. The Government of Alberta is planning to let US-based logging company Weyerhaeuser absolutely GUT remaining winter habitat for two southern mountain caribou herds. Coloured blobs represent planned logging areas. Any further loss of habitat risks extinction. #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

Here's a closer comparison showing caribou winter habitat (above) and Alberta's / Weyerhaeuser's proposed logging plans (below). This looks like intentional extirpation. Where are caribou supposed to live?!? #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

Stop this plan to clearcut the winter forests habitat of the Red Rock-Prairie Creek & Narraway mountain caribou. @albertandp.ca @elmeligisarah.bsky.social #Conservation vs #Extirpation #AbPoli #AbLeg #UnethicalAlberta

If this is what Premier Danielle Smith is willing to share when speaking to the MAGA media outlets that fuel Trump’s agenda, Albertans are justified to ask what else is she saying behind closed doors when she meets with officials and opinion makers in the US President’s orbit?

🇨🇦💪🗳️ #TheMoreYouKnow #ElectionsCanada #VOTE #CdnPoli #CanadianFederalElection2025 #Canadians #Cdns #ElectoFacts #NeverVoteCONservative! #WomenAgainstPoiLIEvre #NeverPoilievre #ElbowsUP! #Canada #CdnVOTErs #CdnFedElxn45 #CdnElxn2025

"These are dangerous times for our country, and the stakes are becoming clearer. And it is extraordinary that we have to start wondering about enemies within." www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

Texting war plans to reporters is clearly bad But the fact that America’s top leaders communicate about 40% via emojis is also freaking me out

If you are considering a trip to the US, please reconsider. Why reward Donald Trump’s America with your tourist dollars? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/18/us-trump-boycott

Federal debates will be April 16-17. All in Montreal. 16th will be in French. 17th in English. 🪶🙌🏽🇨🇦 #CanadaVotes

CARTOON OF THE DAY

Danielle Smith told U.S. officials to "put things on pause" until after Canada’s federal election — Interfering with foreign policy to sway an election crosses a serious line. Calling for a pause on tariffs to politically benefit one party isn't the right approach. But standing firm for Canada is.

Quisling (noun): a traitor who collaborates with an enemy force.

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"Attorney General Rob Bonta is advising people who have submitted their DNA to the California-based company 23andMe to invoke their state right to privacy and request that the company, which is facing bankruptcy, delete their genetic information."

Chantal Hébert speaks the truth

Can the riding of Brooks-Medicine Hat recall Premier Smith? It will cost $500. Will need to collect 40% of the riding with in person signatures. Of 35000 eligible voters, only 13000 (or so) voted for Smith. Someone from the riding has to initiate. #ableg #cdnpoli www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...

I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year

Remarkable that this article speculates on the reasons for Trump’s annexation threats without once mentioning Canada’s natural resources. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

🚨Another missed deadline for endangered caribou. Canada is 12 years late on its habitat plan while logging continues. With the election ahead, will the next government act? @stand.earth @wildsight.bsky.social @wildernews.bsky.social @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social  Read more: https://bit.ly/4c14pMZ

Anthropogenic Global Warming, Landslides, & Avalanches 🧵 “The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that warming temperatures have destabilised mountain climates, leading to more avalanches, melting glaciers and more intense storms.” www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldvi...

As always I’m grateful to Charlie Angus for speaking honestly & bluntly to Canadians. We shouldn’t be traveling to the U.S. right now. Our previous relationship as friends & neighbours has shifted, and we are no longer safe. Germany and the UK have issued warnings, why haven’t we?

It's been 80 years since 🇨🇦 needed 2 think about mobilization against fascism. We answered the call & were ultimately successful in our campaigns. The time has come now for this generation 2 put partisanship aside & think about our country & the threats it faces. We need 2 unite if not mobilize again

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Oh, poor Pierre. He has been endorsed by every MAGA right-wing voice that supports Donald Trump. But what Donald Trump is realizing is that getting an endorsement from him is political death in Canada. Pierre Poilievre is MAGA.