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In a follow-up to last month's interview with Shannon Phillips about the 2016 convention battle over the LEAP manifesto, this episode we chat with someone from the LEAP camp—Breach Media managing editor & Avi Lewis advisor Martin Lukacs.
POD: The Alberta NDP and LEAP—from the LEAP perspective
www.theprogressreport.ca
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
In a follow-up to last month's interview with Shannon Phillips about the 2016 convention battle over the LEAP manifesto, this episode we chat with someone from the LEAP camp—Breach Media managing editor & Avi Lewis advisor Martin Lukacs.
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Canada’s top political leaders are climate deniers. There’s no such thing as “decarbonized” oil and no environmentally conscious way to increase fossil fuel production.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Canada’s top political leaders are climate deniers. There’s no such thing as “decarbonized” oil and no environmentally conscious way to increase fossil fuel production.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
Mark Carney and his government are sacrificing the climate and baking in worse natural disasters in the hope of short-term profit.
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This path-to-a-pipeline MOU between Alberta and the federal government just keeps getting worse.
Luckily @karlamarx1917.bsky.social and @emilylowan.bsky.social joined me for a much-needed palate cleanser!
Here’s a taste:
Luckily @karlamarx1917.bsky.social and @emilylowan.bsky.social joined me for a much-needed palate cleanser!
Here’s a taste:
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This path-to-a-pipeline MOU between Alberta and the federal government just keeps getting worse.
Luckily @karlamarx1917.bsky.social and @emilylowan.bsky.social joined me for a much-needed palate cleanser!
Here’s a taste:
Luckily @karlamarx1917.bsky.social and @emilylowan.bsky.social joined me for a much-needed palate cleanser!
Here’s a taste:
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No conservative Premier of Alberta has successfully completed a 4-year term since Ralph Klein in 2006.
Danielle Smith tried to sell her federal-Alberta energy deal to the UCP convention crowd: tepid applause.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
No conservative Premier of Alberta has successfully completed a 4-year term since Ralph Klein in 2006.
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My latest for PressProgress
Tenant Organizers Call Doug Fords Threats a “Distraction” From Legislation that Could Increase Housing Instability
Doug Ford says he’ll talk to any Ontarian with concerns about the province, but this tenant organizing group still can’t get a meeting with the premier
pressprogress.ca/tenant-organ...
Doug Ford says he’ll talk to any Ontarian with concerns about the province, but this tenant organizing group still can’t get a meeting with the premier
pressprogress.ca/tenant-organ...
Tenant Organizers Call Doug Ford’s Threats a “Distraction” From Legislation that Could Increase Housing Instability
Doug Ford says he’ll talk to any Ontarian with concerns about the province, but this tenant organizing group still can’t get a meeting with the premier
pressprogress.ca
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
My latest for PressProgress
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UCP AGM is off to a great start
Danielle Smith gets booed at UCP convention after mentioning working with Canada
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
UCP AGM is off to a great start
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« The only way to fight a counterfeit revival is with the real thing: scripture that flat-out refuses the logic of power and profit. The gospel, at its heart, was never on the side of conquest or capitalism but of liberation. »
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
« The only way to fight a counterfeit revival is with the real thing: scripture that flat-out refuses the logic of power and profit. The gospel, at its heart, was never on the side of conquest or capitalism but of liberation. »
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Reviving the gospel of liberation
As the far-right turns faith into a weapon, Canada’s left needs to rediscover the moral vision it once carried. The social gospel called Christians to organize love into policy—to fight inequality, de...
canadiandimension.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Worth a repost:
« The only way to fight a counterfeit revival is with the real thing: scripture that flat-out refuses the logic of power and profit. The gospel, at its heart, was never on the side of conquest or capitalism but of liberation. »
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
« The only way to fight a counterfeit revival is with the real thing: scripture that flat-out refuses the logic of power and profit. The gospel, at its heart, was never on the side of conquest or capitalism but of liberation. »
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Excusez mon français, mais illes peuvent bien manger de la marde.
Le respect, ça va dans les deux sens. »
La chronique de @judithlefebvre.bsky.social 👇
Le respect, ça va dans les deux sens. »
La chronique de @judithlefebvre.bsky.social 👇
Boulet contre les syndicats : saper la démocratie et faire l’innocent – Pivot
Pendant que les médias s’insurgent des paroles de la présidente de la FTQ, le ministre du Travail démantèle ce qui reste des contre-pouvoirs de la société civile.
pivot.quebec
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Excusez mon français, mais illes peuvent bien manger de la marde.
Le respect, ça va dans les deux sens. »
La chronique de @judithlefebvre.bsky.social 👇
Le respect, ça va dans les deux sens. »
La chronique de @judithlefebvre.bsky.social 👇
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A recent visit home by a Ukrainian refugee living in St. John’s underscores the joys of her homeland amid the harsh reality of the ongoing war
Read the story of Katerina Gavrilyuk and her family, from Rhea Rollmann 👇
theindependent.ca/news/lji/ret...
Read the story of Katerina Gavrilyuk and her family, from Rhea Rollmann 👇
theindependent.ca/news/lji/ret...
Returning home brings mixed feelings for Ukrainians living in Newfoundland – The Independent
A recent visit home by a Ukrainian refugee living in St. John’s underscores the joys of her homeland amid the harsh reality of the ongoing war
theindependent.ca
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A recent visit home by a Ukrainian refugee living in St. John’s underscores the joys of her homeland amid the harsh reality of the ongoing war
Read the story of Katerina Gavrilyuk and her family, from Rhea Rollmann 👇
theindependent.ca/news/lji/ret...
Read the story of Katerina Gavrilyuk and her family, from Rhea Rollmann 👇
theindependent.ca/news/lji/ret...
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Deadline extended to December 15th for our annual Writing in the Margins contest! If you've been thinking about entering, this is your sign to do it! Full details below:
Deadline extended – Writing in the Margins: Briarpatch’s 15th annual poetry, creative non-fiction, and photography contest
Briarpatch is accepting submissions of original, unpublished poetry, creative non-fiction, and photography. Win prizes totalling $2,000, and be published in Briarpatch Magazine!
briarpatchmagazine.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Deadline extended to December 15th for our annual Writing in the Margins contest! If you've been thinking about entering, this is your sign to do it! Full details below:
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Mark Carney presents himself as the steady hand Canada needs, but his politics amount to neoliberalism with a friendlier face. Canada needs more than tinkering around the edges of capitalism—we need a government willing to confront capital itself.
I read Mark Carney’s book so you don’t have to
Fortunately, we don’t have to rely on campaign literature to discern Mark Carney’s vision for the future. The decades he’s spent in both the private sector and the public service, as well as his 2021 ...
canadiandimension.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Mark Carney presents himself as the steady hand Canada needs, but his politics amount to neoliberalism with a friendlier face. Canada needs more than tinkering around the edges of capitalism—we need a government willing to confront capital itself.
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The greatest irony of this comment is that it's actually fossil fuel companies (and the governments they've captured) who are living in the past. The rest of the world is moving towards renewables, and all this multi-billion dollar fossil fuel infrastructure is going to be worthless stranded assets.
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The greatest irony of this comment is that it's actually fossil fuel companies (and the governments they've captured) who are living in the past. The rest of the world is moving towards renewables, and all this multi-billion dollar fossil fuel infrastructure is going to be worthless stranded assets.
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For two years, a Sudanese paramilitary force has been massacring civilians—with Canadian-made weapons.
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and Ismail Adam join @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes Ottawa complicit in the war in Sudan.
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and Ismail Adam join @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes Ottawa complicit in the war in Sudan.
Canadian weapons are enabling Sudan’s ‘war against civilians’ ⋆ The Breach
Nisrin Elamin and Ismail Adam join Desmond Cole to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes the country complicit in the war in Sudan
breachmedia.ca
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
For two years, a Sudanese paramilitary force has been massacring civilians—with Canadian-made weapons.
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and Ismail Adam join @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes Ottawa complicit in the war in Sudan.
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and Ismail Adam join @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes Ottawa complicit in the war in Sudan.
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Shut out of #COP30, Indigenous climate leaders create new independent advisory council.
At the recent summit in Brazil, leaders launch global council to centre #Indigenous solutions and knowledge in addressing the crisis.
New from @brandimorin.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/clim...
#climate
At the recent summit in Brazil, leaders launch global council to centre #Indigenous solutions and knowledge in addressing the crisis.
New from @brandimorin.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/clim...
#climate
Shut out of COP30, Indigenous climate leaders create new independent advisory council
At the recent summit in Brazil, Indigenous leaders launch global council to centre Indigenous solutions and knowledge in addressing the crisis
ricochet.media
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Shut out of #COP30, Indigenous climate leaders create new independent advisory council.
At the recent summit in Brazil, leaders launch global council to centre #Indigenous solutions and knowledge in addressing the crisis.
New from @brandimorin.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/clim...
#climate
At the recent summit in Brazil, leaders launch global council to centre #Indigenous solutions and knowledge in addressing the crisis.
New from @brandimorin.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/clim...
#climate
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Our 24th issue, ANNIVERSARY, is here!
Five years ago, in the chaos of the pandemic & collapsing music media, we started a co-op. Today we’re still here, organizing for something better.
www.newfeeling.ca/issue-24-ann...
Our 24th issue, ANNIVERSARY, is here!
Five years ago, in the chaos of the pandemic & collapsing music media, we started a co-op. Today we’re still here, organizing for something better.
www.newfeeling.ca/issue-24-ann...
ISSUE 24: ANNIVERSARY
On the occasion of our fifth anniversary, New Feeling features editor Tom Beedham considers the historical circumstances that produced the co-op and our place in the growing cooperatively organized la...
www.newfeeling.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🗓️🥳🎂
Our 24th issue, ANNIVERSARY, is here!
Five years ago, in the chaos of the pandemic & collapsing music media, we started a co-op. Today we’re still here, organizing for something better.
www.newfeeling.ca/issue-24-ann...
Our 24th issue, ANNIVERSARY, is here!
Five years ago, in the chaos of the pandemic & collapsing music media, we started a co-op. Today we’re still here, organizing for something better.
www.newfeeling.ca/issue-24-ann...
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As New Feeling turns 5, we zoom out by surveying the co-ops, solidarity economies, and platform alternatives that make our work possible and show how we can organize differently.
Featuring @flaminghydra.com, @subvert.fm & more!
www.newfeeling.ca/21st-century...
Featuring @flaminghydra.com, @subvert.fm & more!
www.newfeeling.ca/21st-century...
21st Century Co-op Ecologies
Cooperatives have always been more than a business model, they’re an experiment in how we might live, work, and create differently together.
www.newfeeling.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As New Feeling turns 5, we zoom out by surveying the co-ops, solidarity economies, and platform alternatives that make our work possible and show how we can organize differently.
Featuring @flaminghydra.com, @subvert.fm & more!
www.newfeeling.ca/21st-century...
Featuring @flaminghydra.com, @subvert.fm & more!
www.newfeeling.ca/21st-century...
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We’ve made it to five years thanks to the support of our subscribers, who co-own New Feeling with us. To mark our anniversary, you can now join the co-op and support our work for only $5/month, or $55/year.
$5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive
$55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360
$5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive
$55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We’ve made it to five years thanks to the support of our subscribers, who co-own New Feeling with us. To mark our anniversary, you can now join the co-op and support our work for only $5/month, or $55/year.
$5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive
$55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360
$5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive
$55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360
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Last night's NDP French language debate exposed a party that doesn't seem serious about rebuilding after the departure of Jagmeet Singh
The party's livestrteam links were faulty, and candidates weren't particularly engaging, mainly because the collective level of French was atrocious🧵
The party's livestrteam links were faulty, and candidates weren't particularly engaging, mainly because the collective level of French was atrocious🧵
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Last night's NDP French language debate exposed a party that doesn't seem serious about rebuilding after the departure of Jagmeet Singh
The party's livestrteam links were faulty, and candidates weren't particularly engaging, mainly because the collective level of French was atrocious🧵
The party's livestrteam links were faulty, and candidates weren't particularly engaging, mainly because the collective level of French was atrocious🧵
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What is OneBC, the far-right party making headlines in British Columbia?
Its two MLAs were originally elected as Conservatives, and their constituents are not happy.
pressprogress.ca/onebc-far-ri...
Its two MLAs were originally elected as Conservatives, and their constituents are not happy.
pressprogress.ca/onebc-far-ri...
What is OneBC, the Far-Right Party Making Headlines in British Columbia?
The party's two MLAs were both elected as Conservatives, and their constituents are not pleased
pressprogress.ca
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
What is OneBC, the far-right party making headlines in British Columbia?
Its two MLAs were originally elected as Conservatives, and their constituents are not happy.
pressprogress.ca/onebc-far-ri...
Its two MLAs were originally elected as Conservatives, and their constituents are not happy.
pressprogress.ca/onebc-far-ri...
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🔥L'édito du collectif d'À bâbord! du numéro 106 est disponible sur notre site web!
« Les valeurs d’une société ne se décrètent pas par une loi, fût-elle constitutionnelle. Elles s’incarnent dans des pratiques, des relations, des luttes. »
« Les valeurs d’une société ne se décrètent pas par une loi, fût-elle constitutionnelle. Elles s’incarnent dans des pratiques, des relations, des luttes. »
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🔥L'édito du collectif d'À bâbord! du numéro 106 est disponible sur notre site web!
« Les valeurs d’une société ne se décrètent pas par une loi, fût-elle constitutionnelle. Elles s’incarnent dans des pratiques, des relations, des luttes. »
« Les valeurs d’une société ne se décrètent pas par une loi, fût-elle constitutionnelle. Elles s’incarnent dans des pratiques, des relations, des luttes. »
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Je trouve toujours ça étrange quand des gens (y compris de gauche dite «traditionnelle») disent que la gauche d'aujourd'hui néglige les enjeux économiques.
Je ne dis pas qu'À bâbord représente toute la gauche mais ça reste un exemple intéressant: prochain numéro 👉 épiceries et austérité 🤷♂️
Je ne dis pas qu'À bâbord représente toute la gauche mais ça reste un exemple intéressant: prochain numéro 👉 épiceries et austérité 🤷♂️
📣Le numéro 106 et son dossier « Épiceries. Faim de justice. » est bientôt disponible en kiosque ou sur commande. Sommaire dispo ici : surl.li/apejfs
❄️On vous invite à offrir un abonnement en cadeau ou vous abonner pour ne pas manquer les numéros inspirants de 2026.
www.ababord.org/abonnements/
❄️On vous invite à offrir un abonnement en cadeau ou vous abonner pour ne pas manquer les numéros inspirants de 2026.
www.ababord.org/abonnements/
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Je trouve toujours ça étrange quand des gens (y compris de gauche dite «traditionnelle») disent que la gauche d'aujourd'hui néglige les enjeux économiques.
Je ne dis pas qu'À bâbord représente toute la gauche mais ça reste un exemple intéressant: prochain numéro 👉 épiceries et austérité 🤷♂️
Je ne dis pas qu'À bâbord représente toute la gauche mais ça reste un exemple intéressant: prochain numéro 👉 épiceries et austérité 🤷♂️
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Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are collapsing, locking in multi-meter sea level rise.
Coral reefs continue to die off.
Atlantic ocean current collapse means Europe could soon enjoy Edmonton winters.
Our boreal forest continues to burn every summer.
But at least we'll have a strong economy.
Coral reefs continue to die off.
Atlantic ocean current collapse means Europe could soon enjoy Edmonton winters.
Our boreal forest continues to burn every summer.
But at least we'll have a strong economy.
The new Canada-Alberta MOU is a positive step for our energy future.
Meaningful investments in Pathways, clear measures to reduce emissions, and a stronger industrial carbon price give Albertans the certainty we need to move forward. /1
Meaningful investments in Pathways, clear measures to reduce emissions, and a stronger industrial carbon price give Albertans the certainty we need to move forward. /1
November 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are collapsing, locking in multi-meter sea level rise.
Coral reefs continue to die off.
Atlantic ocean current collapse means Europe could soon enjoy Edmonton winters.
Our boreal forest continues to burn every summer.
But at least we'll have a strong economy.
Coral reefs continue to die off.
Atlantic ocean current collapse means Europe could soon enjoy Edmonton winters.
Our boreal forest continues to burn every summer.
But at least we'll have a strong economy.
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We should never underestimate the potential of Indigenous resistance in Canada. The Carney government will find that its drive to unleash oil and gas projects—steamrolling over Indigenous rights in the process—is a risky proposition.
Carney’s attacks will unleash major struggles
As Mark Carney’s government prepares a sweeping austerity agenda—gutting public services, fuelling militarism, and expanding fossil fuel projects—John Clarke argues that a new wave of resistance is em...
canadiandimension.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
We should never underestimate the potential of Indigenous resistance in Canada. The Carney government will find that its drive to unleash oil and gas projects—steamrolling over Indigenous rights in the process—is a risky proposition.
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Carbon capture and storage technology is, at its core, a calculated tactic by fossil fuel companies to perpetuate their environmentally destructive practices while giving the illusion that they’re addressing the very crisis they’ve been fueling for over a century.
The false hope of carbon capture and storage
Do we need carbon removal? Almost certainly, but not because we need to offset “hard-to-decarbonize” industries: we need it because we’ve already disrupted the climate to dangerous levels. Just ask an...
canadiandimension.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Carbon capture and storage technology is, at its core, a calculated tactic by fossil fuel companies to perpetuate their environmentally destructive practices while giving the illusion that they’re addressing the very crisis they’ve been fueling for over a century.
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Student accepted into UNB grad program stranded in Gaza awaiting Canadian study permit [video]
Advocates say Ottawa lacks the political will to evacuate more than 130 Palestinian students from Gaza following their admission to universities across Canada
Report by @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social
Advocates say Ottawa lacks the political will to evacuate more than 130 Palestinian students from Gaza following their admission to universities across Canada
Report by @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social
Student accepted into UNB grad program stranded in Gaza awaiting Canadian study permit [video]
It was a "dream come true" for Baraa, 23, when he learned that he'd been accepted into the Master of
nbmediacoop.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Student accepted into UNB grad program stranded in Gaza awaiting Canadian study permit [video]
Advocates say Ottawa lacks the political will to evacuate more than 130 Palestinian students from Gaza following their admission to universities across Canada
Report by @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social
Advocates say Ottawa lacks the political will to evacuate more than 130 Palestinian students from Gaza following their admission to universities across Canada
Report by @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social