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Larry Neufeld
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Organizer for change on #sustainability, #democracy, #renewables, #basicincome and fighting the #climatecrisis
Israel increasing violence in Palestine despite Trump’s ‘peace’ deal
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Israeli violence in Palestine rising despite US ‘peace’ deal
Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu appears to have free rein to do as he pleases, as UN Security Council backs Gaza plan
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November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
How Democracies Learn to Goose-Step prosyn.org/o3jSx8m
How Democracies Learn to Goose-Step
Kaushik Basu highlights the subtle ways social pressures cause people to accept constraints they once rejected.
prosyn.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Canada needs fast action on its new climate competitivenes climateinstitute.ca/canada-needs...
Canada needs fast action on its new climate competitiveness strategy
The new climate competitiveness strategy is an important moment for action to both reduce emissions in the country and ...
climateinstitute.ca
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Can the World Address Climate Change Without the US?
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Can the world address climate change without the US?
Even with Trump's America absent, COP30 ended in a weak deal—and a win for petrostates.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“The answer is still no. No pipelines in British Columbia, no further fossil fuel pipelines, period,” said Stewart Phillip, grand chief of Syilx Nation and president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs.  www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/n...
BC First Nations denounce reported Alberta-Ottawa agreement
Ahead of Thursday's expected announcement, Indigenous leaders in the province are accusing the federal government of making a "back room deal" to force through a pipeline to the province's northwest c...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
As Carney-Smith pipeline deal looms, Catherine McKenna says oil companies can't be trusted. She would know www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/n...
As Carney-Smith pipeline deal looms, Catherine McKenna says oil companies can't be trusted. She would know
Justin Trudeau's first environment minister spoke with Canada's National Observer about misogyny, policy and broken promises.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Mark Carney has said that Canada needs to "do things previously thought impossible at speeds we haven’t seen generations." But that clearly doesn't include reforming Old Age Security or making the federal budget more fair for young people. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/o...
We’re not ready for an aging population — and it's going to cost us
Canada's government budgets keep getting squeezed by our aging population. When are we going to do something about it?
www.nationalobserver.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Reconciliation without accountability is just talk — especially when it comes to Indigenous health theconversation.com/reconciliati...
Reconciliation without accountability is just talk — especially when it comes to Indigenous health
Despite a decade of commitments, audits and Calls to Action, the federal government has failed to deliver meaningful and measurable improvements in First Nations health services.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity theconversation.com/growing-pain...
Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity
London, Ont., adopted Canada’s first stand-alone Urban Agriculture Strategy in 2017. Yet, almost eight years later, many of the strategy’s goals remain unrealized.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Because they don't care: Most oil companies aren’t disclosing net-zero timelines — IEA subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Most oil companies aren’t disclosing net-zero timelines — IEA
A report catalogs halting progress since the Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter was signed at the U.N. climate summit in 2023.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Was never about drug smuggling. Its about the oil: GOP Lawmaker Presses U.S. to Invade Venezuela, Promising “Field Day” for U.S. Oil Companies
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GOP Lawmaker Presses U.S. to Invade Venezuela, Promising “Field Day” for U.S. Oil Companies
The news website Axios is reporting President Trump may be ready to hold talks with Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro as the U.S. ramps up military threats. The reports came on the same day the Trump ...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Donald Trump is wanting to bend the region to his will: Will the U.S. Attack Venezuela? Trump’s Anti-Maduro Campaign Seen as Part of a Broader Regional Plan
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Will the U.S. Attack Venezuela? Trump’s Anti-Maduro Campaign Seen as Part of a Broader Regional Plan
As the Trump administration escalates pressure on Venezuela, U.S. military activity across the Caribbean continues to grow. The U.S. has deployed more than 15,000 troops to the region and carried out ...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The most privileged are often the most immoral-“The Epstein Class”: Anand Giridharadas on the Elite Network Around the Sexual Predator
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“The Epstein Class”: Anand Giridharadas on the Elite Network Around the Sexual Predator
While much of the recent interest in Jeffrey Epstein has focused on the late sexual predator’s relationship with President Donald Trump, his emails also reveal his close relationships with other power...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Canada hasn’t changed its UN voting strategy on Palestine since 1947
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Canada hasn't changed its UN voting strategy on Palestine since 1947 - Just Peace Advocates
Canada’s vote shows at best conditional support for Palestine. More realistically, it ebbs and flows as its image falters.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The financial incompetence of the Sask Party just gets more obvious every year-Midyear update: What to know about growing provincial deficit www.sasktoday.ca/provincial-n...
Midyear update: What to know about growing provincial deficit
Finance Minister Jim Reiter reports on deficit now up to $427 million
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November 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Patagonia’s Playbook for Environmental Activism
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Patagonia's Playbook for Environmental Activism
The brand's first impact report details how business can support activists.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Reposted by Larry Neufeld
Conservative MP Jamil Jivani was on the latest episode of our “Playbook Canada” podcast.

We talk about what he learned from gangster rap, surviving cancer, DEI — and the toughest person he knows.

🎧 www.politico.com/news/2025/11... or on Apple/Spotify
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If democracy matters, why isn’t it funded in the federal budget? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
If democracy matters, why isn’t it funded in the federal budget?
A close read of this month's federal budget reveals where public participation shows up and where it doesn’t.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The oil and gas industry wants you to believe that more fossil fuel exports will help alleviate energy poverty in the developing world. Here's why they're full of it, and why this particular argument is destined to fall on deaf ears. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
The energy poverty trap
Will more oil and gas production in Canada help alleviate energy poverty in the developing world? Of course not — but that hasn't prevented Danielle Smith and other industry champions from pretending ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM