I don't think we should talk about climate change anymore, we should talk about kitchen-table issues. Like how climate change will destroy your kitchen table and everything else you have

To solve climate change, we need more philanthropy One cause is especially underrepresented in our charitable giving: climate change.

Major donors are raising the bar for climate philanthropy. So are households. That momentum is desperately needed in Canada, where climate philanthropy is comparatively low and climate charities are hungry to get the work done.
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Jane Goodall, primate expert and conservationist, dies aged 91 A pioneer in her field, Goodall spun her love of wildlife into a lifelong campaign to better understand chimpanzees

I'm so grateful for Jane Goodall.
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'An extraordinary legacy': Tributes after chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies age 91 - follow live The primatologist was a

So sad 💔. Jane Goodall was an inspiration. She never stopped …
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I had no idea this is what was happening inside my cassette player.

Statscan says income gap hit record high in first quarter Income gap between country’s highest and lowest income households reached all-time high in first quarter of 2025, a measure that increased each year following onset of COVID-19

Need to fix this.

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Opinion: How ideology can trump self-interest The collapse of the Biden administration’s green agenda shows that even economic self-interest isn’t as powerful as narrative

To paraphrase: the effortless repeal of Biden's Inflation Reduction Act is a reminder that economic self-interest isn't as powerful as narrative. And it's time for climate advocates to write a stronger narrative.

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At quick glance, about 50% of Canadians are facing air quality alerts as result of climate change right now.

Map c/o FireSmoke.ca

Provinces ‘hold the key’ to unlocking homebuilding, new report argues OTTAWA - While the federal government and cities across Canada are making strides on expanding the housing supply, the provinces still need to get serious about building quality homes, a

Canada needs 5.8M new homes that are affordable, low-carbon and resilient. How are our governments doing at making it happen? Today's "Report Card for More & Better Housing" gives the feds a B and the provinces virtually failing grades. Time to pick up the slack.
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An American friend just sent me pics of his parents' house in Connecticut: fully decked out with Canadian flag and sporting ball caps saying "Elbows Up for Canada". These people aren't even *half* Canadian! Hard to see through the fog, but could it be we come out of all this even closer neighbours?

Opinion: Canada needs a nation-building project. It should start with interprovincial power transmission The future is electric – and Canada should leverage its provinces’ complementary strengths and needs to build an east-to-west network and reach our full energy potential

Amid all the Oil & Gas industry's giddy talk about east-west pipelines, Canada's true superpower when it comes to energy is clean electricity. I'm with @blakeshaffer.bsky.social & Philippe - east-west transmission is the nation-building project we need.
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Israeli troops killed 15 Palestinian medics ‘one after another’ and buried them in a mass grave, UN says The Palestinian Red Crescent says the slain workers and their vehicles were clearly marked as medical and humanitarian personnel and accused Israeli troops of killing them ‘in cold blood’

This is very hard to take.
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Trump invites ‘Governor Trudeau’ to watch 4 Nations hockey final with him U.S. President Donald Trump says he’ll watch the Canadians and Americans battle for a win in the 4 Nations Face-Off final tonight, and suggested for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to join him in D.C.

Please tell me there was a bet and now Trump is the premier of Canada's 11th province.
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Lotta snow in Ottawa!

(and the occasional car not obeying the street parking ban 😮)

I've always felt I'm in the minority, but turns out I'm among 75% of Canadians and even 65% of Americans who don't give a damn for #SuperbowlLIX.

Such an important report. It gives us the first-ever cost analysis of sprawling our communities into flood and wildfire zones, which is exactly what provinces currently incentivize them to do. We need to build new housing and we need to build it smart.

Did he say "superpower" or "super-downer"? Trump tries to block the most-plentiful and fastest-growing energy sources in the U.S. ⤵️

I can barely process it. The images from the meeting look like an SNL sketch. "Somebody wheel in Danielle!".

Wait, Danielle Smith took the Premiers Meeting VIRTUALLY? And from a holiday in PANAMA??

@Alberta, how do you feel about that?

Blended finance isnt working. Public resources dominate & the SDGs remain off track. How do we align public-private finance w/ missions like decarbonization? It’s time to rethink how we structure finance to deliver real impact.

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Opinion: Bowing to authoritarianism in the gilded age of tech plutocracy The 21st-century public square is not governed by democratic interests, but by the profit margins of the ultra-wealthy

Such an important read on the natural coalition bt authoritarianism (eg. Trump) and the wealthy (eg. Musk).

"[Plutocrats'] wealth not only shields them from the effects of democratic decline but often ensures they benefit from it"...

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For those, (ahem) like me, who missed this over the holiday break: the deadline for making tax-creditable charitable donations in 2024 was extended to Feb 28.

Support your favourite climate charities, get a tax break.

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U.S. president-elect Donald Trump talks of using ‘economic force’ to annex Canada Trump ruled out military action, but said economics could convince Canada to agree to a political union with the U.S.

Does the Donald realize that absorbing Canada would forever transform US elections? And not in his party's favour. Our ~54 electoral votes (same as California) would lean heavily Democrat (2/3 according to Environics).

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It's been a heck of a 9 years. PM Justin Trudeau transformed the climate discourse in Canada, set an ambitious vision for a cleaner economy, and initiated the all-important first steps towards achieving it. I'm immensely grateful for his leadership.

Just me or is Freeland's stock fast rising?
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Wow these EV market-share numbers are big, and astronomical in Québec.

Charitable giving to climate solutions in Canada is well below the global average, less than half that in the US, and a fraction of that in the UK (per CEF analysis). So this #GivingTuesday, consider contributing to Canada's leading climate charities.
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For Ottawans, this is the #cookie to beat. Courtesy of the geniuses at Bread & Sons (also Black Squirrel Books, which buys the dough and bakes its own).

Four Pathways to Housing Affordability Read the Report Stay tuned for new insights and sharp policy recommendations. Low-carbon, resilient homes improve housing affordability Earlier this year, our Blueprint for More and Better Housing …

Canada's housing shortage continues a-pace. This latest from Mike Moffatt is clear: building 5.8M homes that are low-carbon & resilient is the only way to achieve long-lasting housing affordability. @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social
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These Canadian cities are finally doing something to fix the housing crisis. Almost none are in Ontario While British Columbia and Quebec move to address the lack of housing, Ontario is going backwards.

Latest by me, in today's Toronto Star. These Canadian cities are finally doing something to fix the housing crisis. Almost none are in Ontario.

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