Vic GenXer
@genxer22.bsky.social
Climate & social justice warrior. Double Green Party riding! Prov BC MLA R. Botterell. Canada MP. E. May.
Settler crone grateful to reside on unceded Wsanec territory on Vancouver Island! #yyj
Settler crone grateful to reside on unceded Wsanec territory on Vancouver Island! #yyj
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Vic GenXer
@genxer22.bsky.social
· Aug 10
TSX & Treasury 🇨🇦!
U.S. based Multinat'l corps willing to headquarter here & denominate into 🇨🇦CAD? backed by our Gold?!
+ > 🇨🇦 production?
- Big 3 U.S. auto makers
- Big Pharma. Need cleaner water for meds. + an FDA.
-Services
🇨🇦 Unyoke ourselves & maybe 60 other nations from being
Pegged by USD!😉
U.S. based Multinat'l corps willing to headquarter here & denominate into 🇨🇦CAD? backed by our Gold?!
+ > 🇨🇦 production?
- Big 3 U.S. auto makers
- Big Pharma. Need cleaner water for meds. + an FDA.
-Services
🇨🇦 Unyoke ourselves & maybe 60 other nations from being
Pegged by USD!😉
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BC says Carney ‘has to fuck off’ with pipeline plan from Alberta www.biv.com/news/carney-...
Carney says B.C. 'has to agree' on pipeline plan from Alberta
OTTAWA — British Columbia "has to agree" on any pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific coast, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday, as his government edges closer to unveiling the details of a new en...
www.biv.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
BC says Carney ‘has to fuck off’ with pipeline plan from Alberta www.biv.com/news/carney-...
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"I know the member opposite likes to think himself as judge, jury and executioner, but we do have due process in this province," Smith said.
So that's why she invoked the Notwithstanding Clause to deny affected trans youth the ability to challenge her laws in court, right?
What a fucking hypocrite.
So that's why she invoked the Notwithstanding Clause to deny affected trans youth the ability to challenge her laws in court, right?
What a fucking hypocrite.
Alberta's Smith says UCP caucus not afraid to defend record in face of recall efforts
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party caucus isn't afraid to defend its record as it faces more than a dozen recall campaigns.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
"I know the member opposite likes to think himself as judge, jury and executioner, but we do have due process in this province," Smith said.
So that's why she invoked the Notwithstanding Clause to deny affected trans youth the ability to challenge her laws in court, right?
What a fucking hypocrite.
So that's why she invoked the Notwithstanding Clause to deny affected trans youth the ability to challenge her laws in court, right?
What a fucking hypocrite.
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🇨🇦 BOOM TURNS TO BUST: DRILLING RIGS GO QUIET ACROSS THE WEST 🇨🇦
North American oil has slumped below $60 US a barrel. The rigs are powering down.
A new industry report confirms the slowdown is here, and it is digging in for the long haul.
#CdnEnergy #AbLeg #BcPoli #Economy
🇨🇦 BOOM TURNS TO BUST: DRILLING RIGS GO QUIET ACROSS THE WEST 🇨🇦
North American oil has slumped below $60 US a barrel. The rigs are powering down.
A new industry report confirms the slowdown is here, and it is digging in for the long haul.
#CdnEnergy #AbLeg #BcPoli #Economy
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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🇨🇦 BOOM TURNS TO BUST: DRILLING RIGS GO QUIET ACROSS THE WEST 🇨🇦
North American oil has slumped below $60 US a barrel. The rigs are powering down.
A new industry report confirms the slowdown is here, and it is digging in for the long haul.
#CdnEnergy #AbLeg #BcPoli #Economy
🇨🇦 BOOM TURNS TO BUST: DRILLING RIGS GO QUIET ACROSS THE WEST 🇨🇦
North American oil has slumped below $60 US a barrel. The rigs are powering down.
A new industry report confirms the slowdown is here, and it is digging in for the long haul.
#CdnEnergy #AbLeg #BcPoli #Economy
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I wonder if CTV made an attempt to speak to the 16 year old this story is qbout
They quote her parents and David Eby and John Rustad but there's no mention of whether they tried to talk to her
They quote her parents and David Eby and John Rustad but there's no mention of whether they tried to talk to her
‘Desperate to save her’: B.C. parents push for change, want involuntary care for drug-addicted children
‘Desperate to save her’: B.C. parents push for change, want involuntary care for drug-addicted children
The parents of a Kamloops, B.C., teen who has overdosed four times in less than two months are desperate to get their daughter into treatment.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I wonder if CTV made an attempt to speak to the 16 year old this story is qbout
They quote her parents and David Eby and John Rustad but there's no mention of whether they tried to talk to her
They quote her parents and David Eby and John Rustad but there's no mention of whether they tried to talk to her
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Only the federal government can provide the stable, predictable support needed to modernize and expand transit systems across the country, write Sam Hersh and Andrew Pulsifer. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/o...
Public transit is nation-building. Our federal budget should reflect that
If the federal government truly believes in building communities that work for everyone, it needs to stop treating transit as secondary and start treating it as what it is: vital national infrastructu...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Only the federal government can provide the stable, predictable support needed to modernize and expand transit systems across the country, write Sam Hersh and Andrew Pulsifer. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/o...
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Again, as this is a public health emergency, where’s Public Health
Vancouver Fire Rescue Services responded to 54 overdoses last Friday - the most in a single day in the department's history. Averaged 16 per day in May.
There has been a surge in ODs reported all across the province in the past few weeks.
There has been a surge in ODs reported all across the province in the past few weeks.
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Again, as this is a public health emergency, where’s Public Health
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Carney's expected green light for oil pipeline causes unease in caucus and cabinet: sources. Concerns raised internally that ex-environment minister Steven Guilbeault could resign, @davidwcochrane.bsky.social & JP Tasker report www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Carney's expected green light for oil pipeline causes unease in caucus and cabinet: sources | CBC News
With Prime Minister Mark Carney expected to lay out a path forward for an oil pipeline to northwest B.C. on Thursday, senior people around him have had to assuage skittish MPs and at least one cabinet...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Carney's expected green light for oil pipeline causes unease in caucus and cabinet: sources. Concerns raised internally that ex-environment minister Steven Guilbeault could resign, @davidwcochrane.bsky.social & JP Tasker report www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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The Freep probably wants to be more accurate ... CIJA is an Israeli organization, not a Jewish organization. Conflating the two, making it look like Jews in general want to stop the CMHR from talking about forced displacement of Palestinians, could feed anti-Semitism.
A national Jewish organization has launched a campaign targeting the Canadian Museum for Human Rights over an upcoming exhibit about the 1948 forced displacement of an estimated 750,000 Palestinians in what is now Israel.
National Jewish organization takes human rights museum to task over Palestinian exhibit
A national Jewish organization has launched a campaign targeting the Canadian Museum for Human Rights over an upcoming exhibit about the 1948 forced displacement of an estimated 750,000 Palestinians in what is now Israel.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The Freep probably wants to be more accurate ... CIJA is an Israeli organization, not a Jewish organization. Conflating the two, making it look like Jews in general want to stop the CMHR from talking about forced displacement of Palestinians, could feed anti-Semitism.
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10 years of reconciliation work, gone in less than 8 months. #cdnpoli
www.aptnnews.ca/featured/peo...
www.aptnnews.ca/featured/peo...
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
10 years of reconciliation work, gone in less than 8 months. #cdnpoli
www.aptnnews.ca/featured/peo...
www.aptnnews.ca/featured/peo...
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Roundup post: Assuaging Carney's BC caucus #cdnpoli
www.routineproceedings.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Roundup post: Assuaging Carney's BC caucus #cdnpoli
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DND says 17 Ottawa soldiers have faced "remedial measures" for their involvement in the Blue Hackle Mafia Facebook group.
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
DND says 17 Ottawa soldiers have faced "remedial measures" for their involvement in the Blue Hackle Mafia Facebook group.
🇨🇦 New Pipeline has to financially compete with in-progress #BigOil alternatives!
Enbridge & Trans Mountain each have plans to expand existing networks to the U.S. and Vancouver area, respectively. Together, those could add 650,000 barrels per day of new export capacity by 2030
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
Enbridge & Trans Mountain each have plans to expand existing networks to the U.S. and Vancouver area, respectively. Together, those could add 650,000 barrels per day of new export capacity by 2030
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
Oil tanker ban just one obstacle to northern B.C. pipeline, experts say (BC)
Oil tanker ban just one obstacle to northern B.C. pipeline, experts say - BC News
A new oilsands pipeline to the northern B.C. coast is a non-starter as long as oil tankers are forbidden there, but experts say a removal of the federal ban would only lift one of many obstacles deterring the private sector from such a project.
www.castanet.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Write & ask PM Carney to fund a National Citizens Assembly on Healthcare for these 3 core issues:
1) Jurisdiction
2) For Profit vs Non-Profit delivery
3) At Fault vs No-Fault harm in care compensation.
S Korea Nationalized healthcare and it paid off big time.
#cdnhealth
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1) Jurisdiction
2) For Profit vs Non-Profit delivery
3) At Fault vs No-Fault harm in care compensation.
S Korea Nationalized healthcare and it paid off big time.
#cdnhealth
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June 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Write & ask PM Carney to fund a National Citizens Assembly on Healthcare for these 3 core issues:
1) Jurisdiction
2) For Profit vs Non-Profit delivery
3) At Fault vs No-Fault harm in care compensation.
S Korea Nationalized healthcare and it paid off big time.
#cdnhealth
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1) Jurisdiction
2) For Profit vs Non-Profit delivery
3) At Fault vs No-Fault harm in care compensation.
S Korea Nationalized healthcare and it paid off big time.
#cdnhealth
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While renewables have become the cheapest power on earth, Ontario is pouring billions into massive nuclear projects that cost three to four times as much. That decision will lock ratepayers into decades of the most expensive electricity available.
Ontario faces high cost and high-risk nuclear future
Ontario is doubling down on costly, high-risk nuclear mega-projects while electricity prices climb and cheaper clean energy options are sidelined. Billions in public subsidies now hide the true costs....
canadiandimension.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
While renewables have become the cheapest power on earth, Ontario is pouring billions into massive nuclear projects that cost three to four times as much. That decision will lock ratepayers into decades of the most expensive electricity available.
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Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 26, 2025 ~ Have an ice day!
"This area in the Canadian Archipelago is expected to be the last place on the planet to have sea ice intact. Scientists predict this final melting could happen as early as the coming decade."
news.umanitoba.ca/the-last-ice/
"This area in the Canadian Archipelago is expected to be the last place on the planet to have sea ice intact. Scientists predict this final melting could happen as early as the coming decade."
news.umanitoba.ca/the-last-ice/
The Last Ice
Researchers complete inaugural voyage of a little-known region of Canada’s Arctic that will be home to the world’s last surviving sea ice
news.umanitoba.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 26, 2025 ~ Have an ice day!
"This area in the Canadian Archipelago is expected to be the last place on the planet to have sea ice intact. Scientists predict this final melting could happen as early as the coming decade."
news.umanitoba.ca/the-last-ice/
"This area in the Canadian Archipelago is expected to be the last place on the planet to have sea ice intact. Scientists predict this final melting could happen as early as the coming decade."
news.umanitoba.ca/the-last-ice/
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Across 9 million square miles at the top of the planet, climate change is writing a new chapter.
“Three years ago, temperature in ground above our permafrost was minus 3 Celsius [27 degrees Fahrenheit],”
This year, temperature was plus 2 degrees.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
“Three years ago, temperature in ground above our permafrost was minus 3 Celsius [27 degrees Fahrenheit],”
This year, temperature was plus 2 degrees.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
Arctic permafrost is thawing fast. That affects us all.
As the frozen ground warms much faster than expected, it’s reshaping the landscape—and releasing carbon gases that fuel global warming.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Across 9 million square miles at the top of the planet, climate change is writing a new chapter.
“Three years ago, temperature in ground above our permafrost was minus 3 Celsius [27 degrees Fahrenheit],”
This year, temperature was plus 2 degrees.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
“Three years ago, temperature in ground above our permafrost was minus 3 Celsius [27 degrees Fahrenheit],”
This year, temperature was plus 2 degrees.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
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This is very interesting (and yeah, I also had an initial “oh come on, that’s nuts” reaction to the first part of this article, but as I read on, I realized he was making some pretty compelling points)
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This is very interesting (and yeah, I also had an initial “oh come on, that’s nuts” reaction to the first part of this article, but as I read on, I realized he was making some pretty compelling points)
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This could be Canada.
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for 3 hours per day.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/m...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/m...
Millions to receive free electricity in 2026 thanks to Australia’s solar boom | TechCrunch
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.
techcrunch.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This could be Canada.
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Worthwhile read!
“We did buy a pipeline because we felt there was a need to get Alberta's oil to market… what did we get? A super expensive pipeline, completely over budget paid for by Canadian taxpayers. Alberta has gone back on all the regulations agreed to as part of moving ahead on a pipeline”💩
“We did buy a pipeline because we felt there was a need to get Alberta's oil to market… what did we get? A super expensive pipeline, completely over budget paid for by Canadian taxpayers. Alberta has gone back on all the regulations agreed to as part of moving ahead on a pipeline”💩
Carney is reportedly preparing to push forward a pipeline to the coast. Catherine McKenna has been here before, and has some words of warning.
'I would never trust them' Catherine McKenna warns as Carney-Smith deal looms
Justin Trudeau's first environment minister spoke with Canada's National Observer about misogyny, policy and broken promises.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Worthwhile read!
“We did buy a pipeline because we felt there was a need to get Alberta's oil to market… what did we get? A super expensive pipeline, completely over budget paid for by Canadian taxpayers. Alberta has gone back on all the regulations agreed to as part of moving ahead on a pipeline”💩
“We did buy a pipeline because we felt there was a need to get Alberta's oil to market… what did we get? A super expensive pipeline, completely over budget paid for by Canadian taxpayers. Alberta has gone back on all the regulations agreed to as part of moving ahead on a pipeline”💩
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CERES has been catching up after the end of the US government shutdown. Many thanks to all the CERES folks for their working overtime to get us this info.
What info? For example, that the Earth energy imbalance is back up to 10.4 Hiroshimas per second.
ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp...
What info? For example, that the Earth energy imbalance is back up to 10.4 Hiroshimas per second.
ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp...
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
CERES has been catching up after the end of the US government shutdown. Many thanks to all the CERES folks for their working overtime to get us this info.
What info? For example, that the Earth energy imbalance is back up to 10.4 Hiroshimas per second.
ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp...
What info? For example, that the Earth energy imbalance is back up to 10.4 Hiroshimas per second.
ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp...
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Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
y-axis Alert!
Data just dropped from CERES for September, 2025, and yet another record low for Earth albedo was set, with the 36-month reaching below 28.70% for the first time, coming in at 28.693%.
Everything is not fine.
Code UFB!!!
y-axis Alert!
Data just dropped from CERES for September, 2025, and yet another record low for Earth albedo was set, with the 36-month reaching below 28.70% for the first time, coming in at 28.693%.
Everything is not fine.
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
y-axis Alert!
Data just dropped from CERES for September, 2025, and yet another record low for Earth albedo was set, with the 36-month reaching below 28.70% for the first time, coming in at 28.693%.
Everything is not fine.
Code UFB!!!
y-axis Alert!
Data just dropped from CERES for September, 2025, and yet another record low for Earth albedo was set, with the 36-month reaching below 28.70% for the first time, coming in at 28.693%.
Everything is not fine.
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As the insatiable greed of fossil fuel billionaires
tightens its grip on bribe-hungry governments ...
"As the impact of global warming becomes more obvious, you might expect countries to step up climate action & preparation, but we’re seeing the opposite happen"
www.newscientist.com/article/2505...
tightens its grip on bribe-hungry governments ...
"As the impact of global warming becomes more obvious, you might expect countries to step up climate action & preparation, but we’re seeing the opposite happen"
www.newscientist.com/article/2505...
Why is climate action stalling, not ramping up as Earth gets hotter?
As the impact of global warming becomes more obvious, you might expect countries to step up climate action and preparation, but we’re seeing the opposite happen
www.newscientist.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
As the insatiable greed of fossil fuel billionaires
tightens its grip on bribe-hungry governments ...
"As the impact of global warming becomes more obvious, you might expect countries to step up climate action & preparation, but we’re seeing the opposite happen"
www.newscientist.com/article/2505...
tightens its grip on bribe-hungry governments ...
"As the impact of global warming becomes more obvious, you might expect countries to step up climate action & preparation, but we’re seeing the opposite happen"
www.newscientist.com/article/2505...
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"The “ceasefire” is a diplomatic sham – a cover for the continuing extermination, displacement and erasure of the Palestinian people in Gaza and a distraction for the international public and the media." www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions...
No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza
Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire'. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover.
www.aljazeera.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"The “ceasefire” is a diplomatic sham – a cover for the continuing extermination, displacement and erasure of the Palestinian people in Gaza and a distraction for the international public and the media." www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions...
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'Atta added that “the world has been silent regarding all the RSF has done in Sudan” despite “social media and technological tools” that clearly expose the group’s crimes. “This silence was bought by the power of the UAE’s money.”'
www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/...
www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/...
UAE buys West’s silence on its ‘race war’ in Sudan: Sudanese top general
The West does not speak about the slaughter of civilians in Sudan because the UAE has bought and paid for its silence, says a senior Sudanese commander.
www.presstv.ir
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
'Atta added that “the world has been silent regarding all the RSF has done in Sudan” despite “social media and technological tools” that clearly expose the group’s crimes. “This silence was bought by the power of the UAE’s money.”'
www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/...
www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/...
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'Armed attacks, aid cuts provoke record hunger
Nearly 35 million people in the N of the country are “projected to face severe food insecurity” from May to Sept 2026, the UN agency said in a report released on Tues. The figure is the highest recorded in Nigeria'
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Nearly 35 million people in the N of the country are “projected to face severe food insecurity” from May to Sept 2026, the UN agency said in a report released on Tues. The figure is the highest recorded in Nigeria'
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Armed attacks, aid cuts provoke record hunger levels in Nigeria: WFP
Nearly 35 million people 'projected to face severe food insecurity', including 'famine-like conditions'.
www.aljazeera.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
'Armed attacks, aid cuts provoke record hunger
Nearly 35 million people in the N of the country are “projected to face severe food insecurity” from May to Sept 2026, the UN agency said in a report released on Tues. The figure is the highest recorded in Nigeria'
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Nearly 35 million people in the N of the country are “projected to face severe food insecurity” from May to Sept 2026, the UN agency said in a report released on Tues. The figure is the highest recorded in Nigeria'
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...