Spencer Callaghan
@spencercallaghan.ca
Director, brand & communications, @CIRA.ca
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internet advocacy, dad jokes, 90s hip hop lyrics, existential dread. Born again Sens fan.
spencercallaghan.ca
Board, @ncfottawa.bsky.social
Board, @openmedia.org
Board, @nourishlead.bsky.social
internet advocacy, dad jokes, 90s hip hop lyrics, existential dread. Born again Sens fan.
spencercallaghan.ca
That was a 100% legal hit
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
That was a 100% legal hit
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Last I heard, from an inside source, they don't even know how they are going to haul away the north side stands debris.
One idea was to float it down the canal, I kid you not.
One idea was to float it down the canal, I kid you not.
Construction work to begin on Lansdowne 2.0 this week
Construction work to begin on Lansdowne 2.0 this week
With crews set to begin work on Lansdowne 2.0 this week, some residents are still concerned about the $419 million redevelopment. CTV’s Austin Lee reports.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Last I heard, from an inside source, they don't even know how they are going to haul away the north side stands debris.
One idea was to float it down the canal, I kid you not.
One idea was to float it down the canal, I kid you not.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
The fix was in from the beginning. You don't have construction timelines this tight to your decision point of you didn't know it was a sure thing.
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The fix was in from the beginning. You don't have construction timelines this tight to your decision point of you didn't know it was a sure thing.
Some people are going to dunk on this as proof that Carney’s deal did nothing but it’s the opposite. It’s exposing the UCP and their MAGA base as the Canada haters they really are. It’s not about oil, it’s about pleasing their Orange King.
November 30, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Some people are going to dunk on this as proof that Carney’s deal did nothing but it’s the opposite. It’s exposing the UCP and their MAGA base as the Canada haters they really are. It’s not about oil, it’s about pleasing their Orange King.
How supportive do we think Canadians will be of environmental policy when they are unempoyed?
There is no climate policy without a stable economy. If you don’t see this, and understand the actual existential danger Canada is in as a country, I don’t know what to tell you.
There is no climate policy without a stable economy. If you don’t see this, and understand the actual existential danger Canada is in as a country, I don’t know what to tell you.
November 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
How supportive do we think Canadians will be of environmental policy when they are unempoyed?
There is no climate policy without a stable economy. If you don’t see this, and understand the actual existential danger Canada is in as a country, I don’t know what to tell you.
There is no climate policy without a stable economy. If you don’t see this, and understand the actual existential danger Canada is in as a country, I don’t know what to tell you.
I feel like a Canada where the centre right is peeled off from the CPC and back into the mainstream and the left is angry and fighting for progress again is actually a pretty good spot to be in.
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I feel like a Canada where the centre right is peeled off from the CPC and back into the mainstream and the left is angry and fighting for progress again is actually a pretty good spot to be in.
Your sports takes are too important to leave.
November 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Your sports takes are too important to leave.
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The Canada-Alberta deal "is textbook Carney" @maxfawcett.bsky.social says
He's "daring Danielle Smith to do the work required" to get a pipeline built, knowing she can’t do it. "But Smith’s concessions help advance his govt's climate agenda far more"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
He's "daring Danielle Smith to do the work required" to get a pipeline built, knowing she can’t do it. "But Smith’s concessions help advance his govt's climate agenda far more"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The Canada-Alberta deal "is textbook Carney" @maxfawcett.bsky.social says
He's "daring Danielle Smith to do the work required" to get a pipeline built, knowing she can’t do it. "But Smith’s concessions help advance his govt's climate agenda far more"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
He's "daring Danielle Smith to do the work required" to get a pipeline built, knowing she can’t do it. "But Smith’s concessions help advance his govt's climate agenda far more"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Another reasonable take
There are clearly risks to Carney's plan but I can't take seriously the claim that he's an oil shill now.
What is more likely is that he inherited the biggest economic and geo-political shift in 100 years and these decisions aren't easy or binary
There are clearly risks to Carney's plan but I can't take seriously the claim that he's an oil shill now.
What is more likely is that he inherited the biggest economic and geo-political shift in 100 years and these decisions aren't easy or binary
Here’s my take on the policy substance of today’s events. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Carney’s new bargain: An end to Trudeau-era climate policies, and a big bet on industrial carbon pricing
New energy deal with Alberta brings Prime Minister’s approach to fighting climate change into full view
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Another reasonable take
There are clearly risks to Carney's plan but I can't take seriously the claim that he's an oil shill now.
What is more likely is that he inherited the biggest economic and geo-political shift in 100 years and these decisions aren't easy or binary
There are clearly risks to Carney's plan but I can't take seriously the claim that he's an oil shill now.
What is more likely is that he inherited the biggest economic and geo-political shift in 100 years and these decisions aren't easy or binary
Another reasonable perspective from @acoyne.bsky.social.
The Alberta-Ottawa energy deal marks a major shift in Canadian politics, @acoyne writes www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: The Alberta-Ottawa energy deal marks a major shift in Canadian politics
With this agreement, Mark Carney has captured the long-neglected centre ground of Canadian politics
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Another reasonable perspective from @acoyne.bsky.social.
This is the right take.
You trade the possibility of a pipeline 10 years from now, which will probably never happen, for more immediate action to spur clean energy growth AND you shut Danielle Smith up for a while
You trade the possibility of a pipeline 10 years from now, which will probably never happen, for more immediate action to spur clean energy growth AND you shut Danielle Smith up for a while
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is the right take.
You trade the possibility of a pipeline 10 years from now, which will probably never happen, for more immediate action to spur clean energy growth AND you shut Danielle Smith up for a while
You trade the possibility of a pipeline 10 years from now, which will probably never happen, for more immediate action to spur clean energy growth AND you shut Danielle Smith up for a while
Despite being a complete nutcase, Danielle Smith is still polling in the lead in Alberta.
So long as Albertans continue to support her MAGA-lite government, I don't see how Carney has any choice but to at least try to appease her.
So long as Albertans continue to support her MAGA-lite government, I don't see how Carney has any choice but to at least try to appease her.
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Despite being a complete nutcase, Danielle Smith is still polling in the lead in Alberta.
So long as Albertans continue to support her MAGA-lite government, I don't see how Carney has any choice but to at least try to appease her.
So long as Albertans continue to support her MAGA-lite government, I don't see how Carney has any choice but to at least try to appease her.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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The line Carney is walking is so narrow as to be nearly invisible.
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The line Carney is walking is so narrow as to be nearly invisible.
Jim's medal is actually just foil with chocolate inside, industrial chocolate from expired 2003 Easter eggs.
Order of Ottawa recognizing community leaders, including former mayor Jim Watson
Order of Ottawa recognizing community leaders, including former mayor Jim Watson
Fifteen people will be inducted into the Order of Ottawa Thursday evening for contributions to life in the nation’s capital.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Jim's medal is actually just foil with chocolate inside, industrial chocolate from expired 2003 Easter eggs.
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If you got in a time machine, went back to 2015 and told people that by 2025 we would be on course to reduce emissions by 31.5 to 33.5% below 2005 levels, would anyone have complained?
www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publicati...
www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publicati...
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If you got in a time machine, went back to 2015 and told people that by 2025 we would be on course to reduce emissions by 31.5 to 33.5% below 2005 levels, would anyone have complained?
www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publicati...
www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publicati...
We have failed our kids to even put them in the position of having to learn this.
Can you spot AI-generated fake images? Ottawa children are learning how
Can you spot AI-generated fake images? Ottawa children are learning how
Kids are turning screen time into skills while learning about robotics, computer coding, and artificial intelligence at privately run learning centres in Ottawa
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November 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
We have failed our kids to even put them in the position of having to learn this.
This is not meant to support any particular stance but it's important to understand that the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over pipelines that cross interprovincial borders and reach either a coast or an international border.
This has been tested all the way to the Supreme Court.
This has been tested all the way to the Supreme Court.
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This is not meant to support any particular stance but it's important to understand that the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over pipelines that cross interprovincial borders and reach either a coast or an international border.
This has been tested all the way to the Supreme Court.
This has been tested all the way to the Supreme Court.
It still blows my mind that the Kings use the same penalty chime as the Sens.
We have a REASON to use it. It's the sound of the Peace Tower!
Unless they are showing fealty to England, L.A. does not.
We have a REASON to use it. It's the sound of the Peace Tower!
Unless they are showing fealty to England, L.A. does not.
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
It still blows my mind that the Kings use the same penalty chime as the Sens.
We have a REASON to use it. It's the sound of the Peace Tower!
Unless they are showing fealty to England, L.A. does not.
We have a REASON to use it. It's the sound of the Peace Tower!
Unless they are showing fealty to England, L.A. does not.
This intermission is bizarre
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This intermission is bizarre
Playing in Crypto.com Arena just makes me want to beat them more.
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Playing in Crypto.com Arena just makes me want to beat them more.
The American media needs to stop focusing on click bait garbage and realize that that their institution is in jeopardy if current trends continue.
No one is going to give you an award for the most clever headline when the media becomes state controlled.
No one is going to give you an award for the most clever headline when the media becomes state controlled.
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
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Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. so convinced he’s right?
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November 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The American media needs to stop focusing on click bait garbage and realize that that their institution is in jeopardy if current trends continue.
No one is going to give you an award for the most clever headline when the media becomes state controlled.
No one is going to give you an award for the most clever headline when the media becomes state controlled.
Having Pickens and Brown on your fantasy team makes an Eagles-Cowboys game bearable.
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Having Pickens and Brown on your fantasy team makes an Eagles-Cowboys game bearable.