Canada’s focus on oil and gas to drive its national energy strategy leaves the country vulnerable to eroding global demand for fossil fuels in the wake of the US-Iran war, while slowing its own transition to renewables, a new report from Ember says.
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"Environment #HamOnt laments Ontario changes that will limit publicly-available government information"
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Ford was already trying to circumvent FOI laws by doing government business on his personal cell (he gives out the number freely! 647 612 3673) instead of his official #. The courts saw this and authorized his personal call logs be released. That's what he's hiding from
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In January, the courts mandated that Doug Ford had to release his phone records as part of an investigation into his crooked dealings with developers.
Instead, with no public consultation or debate, in the blink of an eye on a Thursday morning, he changed the laws so he didn't have to comply.
ICYMI: We @thenarwhal.ca spent a month investigating what Doug Ford's conservation authority consolidation means for drinking water protections. 12 sources & a leaked doc reveal the system built to prevent another Walkerton crisis is in flux. Experts are worried
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This law is as authoritarian and undemocratic as anything Trump has ever pushed. Members of the Conservative party and ONLY the Conservative party are now 100% shielded from any Freedom Of Information requests from the public or reporters. And it's retroactive, too.
Some real Innocent Guy shit.
Doug Ford didn’t have time to stop and talk about the FOI changes that were rushed through today.
Although the premier said he’d be back, his office said he actually has photos planned and back to back meetings.
He’s also taking time to appear on US media today. #OnPoli
The next government is going to be spending 50% of it's time simply reversing things.
An easy way to fix this would be to not give out your personal cell number like it's candy when you're the premier of the largest province in the country.
In broad terms you could juxtapose the economic output of fossil fuels with health costs: Crude oil exports were $138 billion in 2024, health impacts from air pollution, $146 billion in 2018. But in other ways it’s tough to quantify: there’s a ripple effect of consequences that go unaccounted for.
When Canadians talk about affordability, the discussion often revolves around the cost of fuel. While we pay for gasoline and diesel with our credit cards, in study after study, scientists have shown we also pay with our health. We should talk about it more. thenarwhal.ca/climate-chan...
...of the federal and/or provincial governments. This would require provinces giving up more power to cities...which is the opposite of what many of them are doing right now.
Cutting DCs just ensures profits for developers and land speculators, and creates a toxic and race-to-the-bottom culture at the municipal level as it results in higher property taxes (or the raiding of reserves in an election year). Cities need other sources of revenue that isn't left to the whims..
Mark Carney came into power with a promise that he was going to build homes at levels not seen in decades, and so far what we've gotten is his government refusing to hold some of our largest cities accountable for deliberately breaking agreements they signed on regulatory reform.
The stretch of Wasaga Beach used by piping plovers is no longer protected under Ontario law. Environmental groups have asked the feds to issue an emergency order for the endangered bird's protection, before it migrates back to the beach. Now they're going to court. thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
Ford never bought a plane.
They leased a plane.
But #CdnMediaColludes is helpfully lying, as per usual.
This plane thing is manufactured to distract from Doug's bags of burner phones and the end of FOIs.
It was meant to capture rage and attention and give him an opportunity to stand down.
"Amidst today’s oil price shocks, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca estimates that Canadian oil and gas companies are on track to triple their profits because of the war." #cdnecon #cdnpoli
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I thought Carney was a builder of infrastructure? With $2.4 billion, we could quickly get to incredible levels of intercity bus service.
Medical appointments, family visits, vacations, etc could all be done without a car.
Instead, the people who can afford a car will save ~$5 per tank.
Interesting reading from Hamilton - where the community successfully pushed back against both sprawl developers and planners to preserve farmland and build housing where infrastructure already exists - only for the province to change the law and allow privately initiated urban boundary expansions.
This could be a major change for Hamilton City Council, if Integrity Commissioner David Boghosian applies the same standard.
Haldimand Council members now prohibited from being wined-and-dined by developers.
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NEW: The Ford government is moving to take direct control at the top of some local governments in Ontario, offering its appointees enhanced powers and shrinking the size of two councils. #Onpoli
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They’ll do anything except actually fund deeply affordable home construction.
Last summer #HamOnt had 30 days at or over +30C, and local media never even mention it.
We’re literally cooked.
Hey, come on now, let's be fair, because who among us didn't get a 31% raise last year?
The Chair of Quebec government's climate science advisory panel is pulling no punches on proposed Marinvest LNG facility: "a prehistoric vision of the economy", a "catastrophe" from an economic, environmental & social point of view (my translation below):
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Here's one small trick to save a nation: Invest in the welfare state.
Countries exist to serve their people. Canada should remember that.
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This is a very important and disturbing story.
So it seems the Carney gvt will allow new AI data centers to generate their own electricity by burning gas. If this is the future, our climate goals are f-cked.
On the left: a close up photograph of Prime Minister Mark Carney. On the right: text that reads “After intense lobbying, Carney allows gas-powered data centres in Alberta. Energy firm pushed federal officials to scale back clean-electricity rules tied to AI sector.”
Alberta electricity company Capital Power has successfully lobbied the Mark Carney government to drop clean-energy regulations, clearing the path forward for the development of their gas-powered AI data centre. Journalist Taylor C. Noakes explores: https://ow.ly/XM7b50Yzsyb
...spending much much more on active enforcement, either by police or dedicated officers. Enforcing traffic violations like speeding and running red lights also significantly inconveniences the violator as well as the general flow of traffic.
