An oil and gas company just left behind an estimated $476M cleanup mess in Alberta | The Narwhal The mess is left behind by a tangled web of Chinese investors and a company based in the British Virgin Islands.

Not sure why Canada keeps pushing for more fossil fuel production

4,031 wells, 383 facilities, and 2,121 pipeline segments previously owned by Long Run Exploration Ltd. had officially become orphans...with a $476M cleanup bill in Alberta.

Who's gonna pay ?

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The Doug Ford Grift: A $29 Million Gravy Plane & The Death of Public Healthcare Ontario Premier Doug Ford is out of control. Defunded hospitals, a 28.9 million dollar luxury jet, and deleted phone records. It is time to rein in this super-majority.

The Doug Ford Grift: A $29 Million Gravy Plane & The Death of Public Healthcare
Ford is out of control. Defunded hospitals, a 28.9 million dollar luxury jet, and deleted phone records. It is time to rein in this super-majority. #cdnpoli
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Orbán rode to power on resentment over the economic stagnation that developed under center-left governments. But he leaves office with Hungarians facing falling wages and higher inflation than similar countries are experiencing. Orbán’s sectarianism and intolerance have sparked neither a religious revival nor a fertility bump; Hungary’s population is shrinking and has become more irreligious, even as Orbán has demonized LGBTQ people, “Muslim invaders,” and Jews. Orbánism, in short, did not make Hungarians more rich, Christian, or free—unless you happened to be one of Orbán’s buddies, in which case you may have gotten rich. As most Hungarians felt their economic circumstances worsen, Orbán provided them with relatively powerless targets to hate.

Orban made grand appeals to “Christianity” and “Western Civilization,” but his “illiberal democracy” was just a scam, a way to make him and his buddies rich while subjecting Hungarians to stagnation and robbing them of their freedom. Sound familiar? (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

This is a well-documented pattern in medical research and reflects systemic gender bias in pain assessment and treatment.👇

I’m *really* bummed out. So tired of being violated by right-wing governments. So tired of big tech. So tired of having no hope. I realize I’m exceedingly lucky; I have a job and can afford to live, but it’s all while knowing we’re on a collision course with our own stupidity.

The rise of far-right authoritarianism just got kicked in the nads.

Hard.

Viktor Orbán, a puppet master of the rise of the far-right, just lost the election in Hungary.

Everyone who cares about the rise of the far right should care about this — but shouldn’t get complacent.

Here’s why:

Touting election reform and PR since 1997 🤓

CBC breaks down the con game played by the nutjobs at Universal Ostrich Farms.

The only victims here were the ostriches brought from Zimbabwe by an incompetent horrible family.
#cdnpoli

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“In 2012, you voted against a bill that would have required floor crossers to sit as independents, or call a byelection. Given everything that’s happened, is that something that you would bring forward now?” #cdnpoli
Watch Poilievre stumble, stutter & backpedal, trying to answer!

Mark Carney mocked an Indigenous woman dying of mercury poisoning at a press conference and got so angry that we asked him to apologize that he cut all funds to MMIWG. A hammer 🔨 video is not that far of a leap.

Facts call bullshit. And this is before you cut capital gains and luxury taxes while gutting public services. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Everything 🍊 touches dies. Not always a terrible thing.

Page 2 of 2025 blank tax form Canada showing a register to vote box, yes or no

This is how easy it is to register to vote in Canada, you check a box on your tax return. That’s it.

B) check yes

Link: www.canada.ca/content/dam/...

Carney’s ‘big tent’ makes room for bigotry

By welcoming Marilyn Gladu into its ranks, Mark Carney tests how much Liberal voters will accept to hold and expand power.

NEW from @christoaivalis.bsky.social:

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Didn’t he vote No the last time this came up ? 🤓

image from inside Artemis II text: i need more men to understand that two men crying and hugging in space after one of them announced they were naming a moon crater after the other one's late wife is actually what peak masculinity looks like.

Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu crosses floor to Liberals | CBC News The Liberals have picked up another Conservative floor crosser bringing them within a hair's bradth of a majority

And just like that PM Carney has his majority. I’m not sure how I feel about that. I would have much preferred the Liberals being forced to work with the NDP 😞

#cdnpoli

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Multiple B.C. Ferries routes hit by cancellations, delays over Easter long weekend | CBC News Several B.C. Ferries routes between the Lower Mainland, the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island were disrupted Sunday, as mechanical issues and vessel shortages led to cancellations, long waits and al...

We need a wealth tax to pay for the infrastructure deficit that has built up over the past generation

We can have nice things—and essential things—if we start to address skyrocketing wealth inequality

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#bcpoli

The Nikon and GoPro marketing teams were probably ready for today but think about the Nutella team having to scramble into action.

The contrast in leadership.

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Democrats Who Refuse To 'Moderate' On Trans Rights Are Showing The Way Many say Democrats need to shift to the right on trans issues. But the evidence shows otherwise.

After the 2024 election, support for trans rights was widely viewed as a political liability for Democrats. But across the country, Democrats who are standing firm against anti-trans legislation haven’t seen the backlash many expected — and may even be strengthening their standing with voters.

Canada’s golden wheelchair curling team to be honoured at Rock League One month after making history at the Paralympics and capturing the hearts and minds of fans across Canada and beyond, the Canadian wheelchair curling team will be honoured during Rock League’s inaugu...

GOLDEN CELEBRATION

Good morning sports fans. Canada's golden wheelchair curling team is going to be honoured at @rockleaguecurl in Toronto on Saturday, April 11th. I expect everyone in attendance to yell "throw the rock, Mark!"

Details here: rockleague.com/posts/canada...

Avi Lewis: "When Israel commits a genocide in Gaza, we call them out. When the US and Israel start an illegal and reprehensible war against Iran that sets the world on fire, we say Canada should have absolutely no role in it whatsoever."

The NDP needed an orator 🙌

This seems highly illegal.

And if it somehow is allowed to continue, why would anyone else enter into any sort agreement with this administration?

Don’t 'engage in divisive or contentious issues of any kind,' says provincial memo on graduation ceremonies | CBC News The memo, signed by Education Minister Paul Calandra and addressed to educators and school board staff, warns that failure by school boards to meet those expectations “poses a real risk to student wel...

Ford government bans all high school valedictorian speeches that include the words "bicycle", "nature", "healthcare", "education", "opinion" or "sobriety."

Same thing being done to Canada by the #Conservatives

#cdnpoli
#bcpoli
#abpoli

[photo of daniel radcliffe] "Transgender women are women. Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people & goes against all advice given by professional health care associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either [JK Rowling) or I" ~Daniel Radcliffe [photo of emma watson] "Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren't who they say they are." ~Emma Watson [photo of rupert grint] "I firmly stand with the trans community. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. We should all be entitled to live with love and without judgment." ~Rupert Grint

'but harry potter was such a huge part of my childhood'

reminder: the only reason jk rowling is doing a harry potter tv remake is bcos she wants a version she can flog that doesn't involve the original cast.

This is the only Harry Potter argument worth making

It wouldn't matter if Harry Potter was a singular, unmatched work of genius. Giving Rowling money is actively making the world a worse place and killing trans folks. There's no book good enough or nostalgic enough for that to be worth it.