TYSM Quinton! Glad you enjoyed the article (if enjoyed is the right word lol). I don't think enough ordinary Albertans realize that shorting the orphan levy still means higher costs to taxpayers the longer cleanup gets delayed (because of compensation etc.). Hopefully it lands with others too!
Yet again, the AER is making decisions that put the profit margins of oil and gas companies before the interests of ordinary Albertans and the land that we depend on. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG @cuym-alberta.bsky.social
iPods were a great product that only died because they couldn't figure out a way to insert ads into your own music.
"Canadian companies in the oil industry are bringing in an extra $170 million in profits every day because of the war in Iran, which has pushed global oil prices up by more than 50 per cent, according to an analysis published by @policyalternatives.ca" halifax.citynews.ca/2026/04/19/f...
Come out to a Clean Up Your Mess town hall to meet other affected landowners and learn how Albertans are fighting back! drillanddash.substack.com/p/oil-and-ga... @cuym-alberta.bsky.social #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli
Many of them don't feel that way (despite voting behaviour). But they don't see any other option because Alberta's opposition party largely neglects rural communities and they aren't promising anything that would help either. Screwed either way.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on record in the legislature (on Wednesday April 15) saying that her government wants to artificially inflate the price of natural gas to keep struggling companies afloat - but wouldn't that mean ordinary Albertans paying MORE for their natural gas? #ABLeg #ABPoli
“All of these problems are the result of regulatory failure" Fluker said. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-long... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli
I learned a lot in the research for this and I'm proud of the episode we put together. Reactionary cultural framing of childhood and family life can make it hard to talk about trans issues productively w/o unpacking a lot of that first. We try to do that here.
Ageing oil and gas infrastructure is estimated to represent a $4 trillion liability globally, that must - at some stage - be dealt with. This is a significant issue for regulators, investors and all of us, if any of those costs are passed on to taxpayers. 1/4
This is awful news, especially for communities living nearby & downstream, but pipeline ruptures like this will become lethal if we allow the oilsands companies to build explosive CO2 pipelines across the province - like the Pathways carbon capture project. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ABLeg #ABPoli
& on my read of the AER's conflicts policy, the chair of the board, Au, is not the gatekeeper or guardian of the process - that role falls to the chair of the AER's ethics committee. And w good reason, Au himself is compromised, he must have already approved of Yager's multiple roles.
Elizabeth May: "I just read in The Guardian that the big oil and gas companies are making $30m [*an hour] because of the wars. So why are we deciding to get rid of the excise tax on gas instead of an excess profit tax on the companies that are raking in the dough due to war?"
This Bloomberg interview with @natural-resources.canada.ca Minister Tim Hodgson on how oil drilling is now "woke" is remarkable for the utter disdain it shows for climate action www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
May this lawsuit be a wake-up call to the so-called leaders of Canadian post-secondary education institutions that they cannot trample our Charter rights with impunity.
@ualberta.bsky.social @ucalgary.bsky.social @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social @utoronto.ca
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More on Alberta's growing orphan well crisis: "Alberta Landowners Mad as H*ll About No Pipeline Reclamations" www.youtube.com/watch?v=49_0... @markhamhislop.bsky.social @markdorin.bsky.social @energimedia.bsky.social #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli
Looks like the Alberta NDP are calling for the dismissal of the Alberta Energy Regulator's CEO over the mismanagement of oil & gas liabilities (according to MLA Janis Irwin's Facebook). Late to the party, but better late than never I guess? #ABLeg #ABPoli
Join us in Airdrie on April 29 to learn how you can get involved to help stop the Alberta government’s handout to oil and gas corporations.
Visit the link below to register.
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It's so obvious that our governments (UCP and ANDP) and regulators are completely captured by the industry. It's shameful.
And... When I'm in rural spaces talking to landowners, I don't even bother talking about voting behaviour, because even if the UCP are causing harm, the current opposition is not promising anything that will help ordinary Albertans. The NDP are pushing MORE oil & gas infrastructure. #ABLeg #ABPoli
This is an example of rural Albertans who may have typically voted conservative (not always true), who are gaining the courage to speak out against the oil & gas industry. It's an opportunity to build solidarity across differences, and your first instinct is to treat them like shit? #ABLeg #ABPoli
Peoples brains have been so ruined by electoral politics that all the top comments for this article on r/Alberta are just pricks shaming rural Albertans for voting UCP, when: 1) it's O&G companies doing the harm, 2) it's the AER that's failing & 3) The NDP are pushing MORE pipelines! #ABLeg #ABPoli
"Patry can smell the fumes from her home, and she believes they are negatively impacting her health and that of her family and animals. But every time she calls the province's energy regulator, she says they tell her everything is operating as it should be." www.cbc.ca/radio/whaton... #ABLeg #ABPoli
The Canadian govt recently decided to defer to Alberta's [crap] impact assessment process for "national interest" projects, and now AB is planning to ram through project approvals in just 120 days - ignoring environmental impacts & Indigenous sovereignty. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ABLeg #CDNPoli
New ep of Sandy and Nora is out! We talk about Carney's majority government and how his Red Toryism in a moment of massive change is paving the way for something radical to come next. The only question is whether or not it will be fascist.
Plus, we talk Doug Fraud.
sandyandnora.com/episode-370-...
Mark Carney is giving $925 million in tax breaks to the AI industry
🧵 The Canadian federal government’s 2025 budget has allocated:
More business tax breaks including for fossil fuels sector
$925 million for AI
$81.8 billion over 5 years for military
However, this comes at the expense of cultural heritage.
Cutting gas taxes is temporary. Corporations will eat that up within a month. It brings no relief to marginalized people who don’t own a car. Transit is not going to drop their fares. Grocery chains will not pass on transportation savings to you.
- Increases and prolongs reliance on fossil (so next crisis hurts even more)
- Often doesn't pass through to consumers (fossil co's just pocket it)
- Benefits enjoyed more by the rich (who drive bigger cars longer distances)
- Decreases gov't revenue so you end up paying for it in different ways
