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Posts by Erwin Dreessen

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Tell Santander: Stop Financing Fossil Fuel Expansion in Latin America and Beyond! Between April 24th - April 29th, dozens of national governments are convening in Colombia for the first-ever “Transition Away from Fossil Fuels International Conference.” Their goal? Accelerating the ...

I just took action with @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social to tell Santander: Stop financing toxic fossil fuel expansion in Latin America and beyond! Take action: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore

Join me in asking the Canada Pension Plan to NOT invest in high-risk gas projects that violate Indigenous rights, undercut Canada’s climate obligations and undermine my retirement security. win.newmode.net/shiftaction/... #cdnpoli #pensions #bcpoli #LNG

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Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22! 🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in...

🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky #BillC22

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What's really at stake at Port Hope The assessment of the world's largest nuclear project proposed for Port Hope must include a full examination of lower cost, renewable alternatives. Send your own message here. #onpoli #ontarionews

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Protect Canadian democracy: Sunset C-4! 🇨🇦’s political parties are using Bill C-4 to permanently exempt themselves from basic privacy law. We have days to force the House to accept the Senate’s sunset clause compromise. Tell your MP: respec...

🇨🇦’s political parties are using Bill C-4 to permanently exempt themselves from basic privacy law. We have days to force the House to accept the Senate’s sunset clause compromise. Tell your MP: respect voter privacy, sunset Bill C-4! openmedia.org/C4Sunset-bsky @openmedia.org

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AI data centers must run on 100% renewable energy Tech giants must invest in cheaper and cleaner renewable energy options for AI data centers

I just signed @stand.earth's petition calling on tech giants to ensure their AI data centers run on 100% renewable energy. Join me:
act.stand.earth/page/84847/p...

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Lecce's nuclear spin

Stephen Lecce says Darlington was “on budget & ahead of schedule.” OPG’s own filings say it’s at least 25% over budget and needs 6 more years. The truth matters. share.nwmd.social/s/4HXkHVeE

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Triple solar at Nanticoke

Ontario shut down coal.
Now let’s go solar. ☀️ share.nwmd.social/s/FBkBvVV8

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Endorse Canada’s Digital Sovereignty Charter! 🇨🇦 Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. ✍️ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charter’s five principles today!

🇨🇦 Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. ✍️ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charter’s five principles today! openmedia.org/DigitalChart... @openmedia.org

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Tell Hootsuite: No Tech for ICE! Hootsuite.com promised to cut ties with ICE in 2020. Now they’re seeking billion-dollar contracts to help ICE monitor social media. 🚩 As a B Corp, they should protect rights—not build surveillance too...

@Hootsuite.com promised to cut ties with ICE in 2020. Now they’re seeking billion-dollar contracts to help ICE monitor social media. 🚩 As a B Corp, they should protect rights—not build surveillance tools. Tell them to drop the deal: #NoTechForICE openmedia.org/NoTech4Ice-b... @openmedia.org

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Time for some courage in the climate fight too Big business, and its political enablers, have turned tail. They need to take a page from the resistance

Time for some courage in the climate fight too
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We can't afford nuclear

To kick off the New Year, OPG has applied for a whopping 72.6% increase in the price it is paid for nuclear power. We can't afford nuclear. #onpoli share.nwmd.social/s/b4poj8KU

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Keep crypto corruption out of Canada Shady crypto 💸 transfers are a threat to our democracy: keep them out of 🇨🇦 politics! Speak up - write your MP today! https://openmedia.org/CryptoBanCA

Shady crypto 💸 transfers are a threat to our democracy: keep them out of 🇨🇦 politics! Speak up - write your MP today! openmedia.org/CryptoBanCA-... @openmedia.org

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Read, Seen or Heard - November 2025 (p) Thirteen items

My Diary entries for November:
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Stop Canada’s “Buy Now, Regret Later” AI Future Canada can’t afford a “buy now, regret later” AI strategy. 🚫🤖 Urge your MP to push our leaders to act now with people-first rules that actually protect our digital future. 🇨🇦 Send your message now 👉 h...

Canada can’t afford a “buy now, regret later” AI strategy. 🚫🤖 Urge your MP to push our leaders to act now with people-first rules that actually protect our digital future. 🇨🇦 Send your message now 👉 openmedia.org/AI4Canadians... @openmedia.org

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Will Mayor Chow shut down Toronto’s dirty power plant?

We need strong leadership from Mayor Chow and Toronto City Council to shut down the dirty Portlands gas plant on Toronto’s waterfront. #topoli #onpoli share.nwmd.social/s/nGmZayIL

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Canada needs a monopoly buster! ⚠️ Canada will pick its next Competition Commissioner soon! Sign by Nov 28 ✍️ to demand a leader who will #StopMonopolies and fix Canada’s competition crisis ⚖️. https://openmedia.org/Competition4Cana...

⚠️ Canada will pick its next Competition Commissioner soon! Sign by Nov 28 ✍️ to demand a leader who will #StopMonopolies and fix Canada’s competition crisis ⚖️. openmedia.org/Competition4... @openmedia.org

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Write for Rights: Ensure the safety of Guerreras por la Amazonía! Support the Guerreras por la Amazonía, who despite winning a 2021 lawsuit to end harmful gas flaring in Ecuador, still face burning flares, violent threats, and government pressure to abandon their ac...

Support the Guerreras por la Amazonía, who despite winning a 2021 lawsuit to end harmful gas flaring in Ecuador, still face burning flares, violent threats, and government pressure to abandon their activism instead of receiving protection.
takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/178168/...

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Canada Needs Privacy Law Reforms Now! 🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority...

🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority! 📨 openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
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How the Liberal and Conservative Parties Have Quietly Colluded to Undermine the Privacy Rights of Canadians Despite warnings from Commissioner of Elections and Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Liberals and Conservatives have been quietly working to exempt themselves from privacy law imposed on everyone else.

How the Liberal and Conservative Parties Have Quietly Colluded to Undermine the Privacy Rights of Canadians
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Stand.earth - For the people and places you love For more than twenty years, we’ve been utilizing cutting-edge research, building equitable power with frontline communities, and leveraging mass movements to make a real impact on the health and wellb...

Drax, the coal giant-turned-“sustainable energy” company, is purchasing old growth in B.C, Canada and turning trees into wood pellets to fuel power plants overseas. Will you join me and sign this petition to protect old growth?
act.stand.earth/page/90486/p...

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Canada Needs Privacy Law Reforms Now! 🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority...

🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority! 📨 openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
@openmediaorg.bsky.social

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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore

Join me in asking the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to protect our pensions and the climate and stop investing in oil, gas, coal and pipelines. A legal case is already underway. It’s time to stop investing in fossil fuels and recommit to net-zero. win.newmode.net/shiftaction/...

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Erwin Dreessen (@erwindreessen) https://open.substack.com/pub/erwindreessen/p/kevin-chen-rising-star So pleased to hear that Kevin Chen has made it to the finals in the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. He’s playing tonight!

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So pleased to hear that Kevin Chen has made it to the finals in the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. He's playing tonight!

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Stop Funding the Methane Menace: Tell Banks to End LNG Expansion! LNG is not a solution—it's a climate catastrophe in disguise. Sign the petition today to tell banks to stop funding the LNG boom and invest in a healthy, sustainable future instead.

LNG is not a solution—it's a climate catastrophe in disguise. Sign the petition today to tell banks to stop funding the LNG boom and invest in a healthy, sustainable future instead.
act.stand.earth/page/88515/p...

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Build Social Housing AND Protect Affordable Housing - ACORN Canada Millions of Canadians are struggling with unaffordable housing. With over 61% of low-income renters facing financial hardship and social housing making up only 3.5% of total housing stock.

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Fracking with Freshwater 2025 - Stand.earth At a time where we should be making every effort to conserve water and phase out fossil fuels, oil and gas companies in B.C. withdrew and polluted enough freshwater for more than 110,000 households – ...

Despite B.C.’s Peace River Region facing an ongoing severe drought, last year oil & gas companies set a new record high for freshwater extraction, with an alarming 50% increase. T

Stand.earth/FrackingWithFreshwater
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Fix Bill C-8: Stop the Fast-Track of a Flawed Cybersecurity Bill Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let it fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 https://openmedia.org/FixBillC8

🇨🇦’s Cybersecurity bill is back! Bill C-8 is Bill C-26’s twin. 👯‍♀️ Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let #BillC8 fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 openmedia.org/FixBillC8-bsky
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Mercury Justice for Grassy Narrows I just signed the Grassy Narrows petition calling on Justin Trudeau to honour his treaty obligations and commitment to reconciliation. Join me in signing here https://you.leadnow.ca/org/petitions/merc...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/me...

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Stop Carney’s Surveillance Plan: Stop Bill C–2! Bill C-2 threatens our privacy, erodes our freedoms, and grants the government unchecked surveillance powers. Tell Mark Carney: surrendering to U.S. data demands isn’t leadership — it’s a betrayal of ...

Bill C-2 is anti-privacy, anti-rights, and anti-Canadian! We need your voice to stop it. ✊ Tell our leaders to scrap this dangerous bill NOW! #StopBillC2 @OpenMediaOrg openmedia.org/Stop-BillC2-bsky

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