@patderoch.bsky.social
"When a 12-yr-old child has to spend their summer preparing to go to court to enforce Ottawa’s environmental regulations, it highlights Ottawa’s abysmal track record in actually doing the work they are already taking credit for." #cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social www.theenergymix.com/opinion-otta...
Opinion: Ottawa’s Double Standard Leaves Saskatchewan Free to Continue Burning Coal
Nobody likes having to do other people’s jobs for them—especially when it’s the federal government shirking its duty to enforce its own climate laws, leaving ordinary people to step up to the plate. Y...
www.theenergymix.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"When a 12-yr-old child has to spend their summer preparing to go to court to enforce Ottawa’s environmental regulations, it highlights Ottawa’s abysmal track record in actually doing the work they are already taking credit for." #cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social www.theenergymix.com/opinion-otta...
"Subsidizing a dying oil & gas industry and scaling back climate spending moves us in exactly the wrong direction. It is a costly blunder, mainly to the benefit of foreign fossil investors, that makes our economy less competitive in the long-term." #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...
Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget
The budget makes clear that fossil fuel production for export is a central pillar of this government’s economic strategy — and that it won’t let climate measures get in the way.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"Subsidizing a dying oil & gas industry and scaling back climate spending moves us in exactly the wrong direction. It is a costly blunder, mainly to the benefit of foreign fossil investors, that makes our economy less competitive in the long-term." #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...
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Rent is high. Groceries are impossible. But instead of taxing billionaires, the govt is pushing Bill C-12 to deport workers.
Syed Hussan explains how migrant blaming is a strategy to distract us.
Stop Bill C-12. Stop the scapegoating:
migrantrights.ca/StopC12
#StatusForAll
Syed Hussan explains how migrant blaming is a strategy to distract us.
Stop Bill C-12. Stop the scapegoating:
migrantrights.ca/StopC12
#StatusForAll
October 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Rent is high. Groceries are impossible. But instead of taxing billionaires, the govt is pushing Bill C-12 to deport workers.
Syed Hussan explains how migrant blaming is a strategy to distract us.
Stop Bill C-12. Stop the scapegoating:
migrantrights.ca/StopC12
#StatusForAll
Syed Hussan explains how migrant blaming is a strategy to distract us.
Stop Bill C-12. Stop the scapegoating:
migrantrights.ca/StopC12
#StatusForAll
“This is just another example of the Ford govt’s complete denial of climate breakdown and continuing to put fossil fuel companies ahead of changes that need to happen. It’s a recipe for greatly increasing costs and dragging our feet." #cdnpoli #onpoli #topoli www.theenergymix.com/toronto-call...
Toronto Calls for Portlands Gas Plant Phaseout, Province Plans Decades of Operation
Toronto city council’s plan to cut the community’s dependence on gas-fired electricity is hitting a roadblock from Ontario’s grid operator, which says the city will still need fossil generation beyond...
www.theenergymix.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“This is just another example of the Ford govt’s complete denial of climate breakdown and continuing to put fossil fuel companies ahead of changes that need to happen. It’s a recipe for greatly increasing costs and dragging our feet." #cdnpoli #onpoli #topoli www.theenergymix.com/toronto-call...
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💥BREAKING💥 Four young Canadians just launched a lawsuit against the Canada Pension Plan investment manager, #CPP Investments, for alleged mismanagement of climate risks.
Read more about the case brought by @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social and @gpllp.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/4okNn1i
Read more about the case brought by @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social and @gpllp.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/4okNn1i
October 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
💥BREAKING💥 Four young Canadians just launched a lawsuit against the Canada Pension Plan investment manager, #CPP Investments, for alleged mismanagement of climate risks.
Read more about the case brought by @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social and @gpllp.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/4okNn1i
Read more about the case brought by @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social and @gpllp.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/4okNn1i
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💥 BREAKING: 4 young Canadians just launched a legal challenge to protect the Canada Pension Plan.
They argue Canada’s $700bn pension fund is failing to manage #climaterisk while investing billions in #fossilfuels – putting our pension savings & the planet in danger. #cdnpoli
They argue Canada’s $700bn pension fund is failing to manage #climaterisk while investing billions in #fossilfuels – putting our pension savings & the planet in danger. #cdnpoli
Legal Challenge to Protect CPP from Climate Risk — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
www.shiftaction.ca
October 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
💥 BREAKING: 4 young Canadians just launched a legal challenge to protect the Canada Pension Plan.
They argue Canada’s $700bn pension fund is failing to manage #climaterisk while investing billions in #fossilfuels – putting our pension savings & the planet in danger. #cdnpoli
They argue Canada’s $700bn pension fund is failing to manage #climaterisk while investing billions in #fossilfuels – putting our pension savings & the planet in danger. #cdnpoli
"People don't understand how someone who has championed climate issues for 15 years can suddenly become prime minister of a G7 country and stop talking about climate change," one Liberal MP said, on the condition they wouldn't be named. "What's going on?" #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
ANALYSIS | Will Mark Carney deliver on the climate values he preached as a central banker? | CBC News
Mark Carney spent a decade as one of the most credible voices on climate action and the economy. Now as prime minister, he is scrapping emissions reductions policies, backing LNG projects and talking ...
www.cbc.ca
October 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"People don't understand how someone who has championed climate issues for 15 years can suddenly become prime minister of a G7 country and stop talking about climate change," one Liberal MP said, on the condition they wouldn't be named. "What's going on?" #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
“The idea that Trans Mountain, in any way, helps fight climate change is absolute disinformation. There's absolutely no way that's true at all, in any sense.” #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/22/n...
Major Projects Office can’t back up its boss’ claim Trans Mountain helps fight climate change
After Dawn Farrell told a House of Commons committee she believes the Trans Mountain pipeline helps fight climate change, Canada’s National Observer asked if the Major Projects Office she leads could ...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“The idea that Trans Mountain, in any way, helps fight climate change is absolute disinformation. There's absolutely no way that's true at all, in any sense.” #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/22/n...
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Since 2016, big banks have directly financed over $15 billion to oil and gas operations in the Amazon rainforest — fueling human rights violations, environmental destruction, and climate chaos. 🧵
October 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Since 2016, big banks have directly financed over $15 billion to oil and gas operations in the Amazon rainforest — fueling human rights violations, environmental destruction, and climate chaos. 🧵
“There has been an unending parade of fossil fuel lobbyists in Ottawa, all getting meetings with various people, including the PM. He is hearing disproportionately from the industries that represented the 20th century economy, not the 21st century.” #cdnpoli thenarwhal.ca/carney-natur...
Carney welcomed industry lobby, ignored environmental groups: records | The Narwhal
Records show resource industry lobbyists had regular access to Prime Minister Mark Carney in his first 100 days, while environmental groups were shut out
thenarwhal.ca
October 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“There has been an unending parade of fossil fuel lobbyists in Ottawa, all getting meetings with various people, including the PM. He is hearing disproportionately from the industries that represented the 20th century economy, not the 21st century.” #cdnpoli thenarwhal.ca/carney-natur...
"Believing #TMX contributes to the fight against climate change is as bad as saying smoking cigarettes is good for your health.”
“I am shocked that (Dawn Farrell) has not been publicly reprimanded."
... Crickets from @juliedabrusin.bsky.social.
#cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n...
“I am shocked that (Dawn Farrell) has not been publicly reprimanded."
... Crickets from @juliedabrusin.bsky.social.
#cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n...
Head of Carney’s Major Projects Office thinks Trans Mountain is good for climate
Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office told the House of Commons environment committee that the oil pipeline helps fight climate ch...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"Believing #TMX contributes to the fight against climate change is as bad as saying smoking cigarettes is good for your health.”
“I am shocked that (Dawn Farrell) has not been publicly reprimanded."
... Crickets from @juliedabrusin.bsky.social.
#cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n...
“I am shocked that (Dawn Farrell) has not been publicly reprimanded."
... Crickets from @juliedabrusin.bsky.social.
#cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n...
"National policies for public infrastructure investments... ought to confer benefits to everyday residents, inc. affordability, reliability, energy security, return-on-investment and competitiveness.
Fossil-fuel investments fall flat on all these metrics." #cdnpoli vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Fossil-fuel investments fall flat on all these metrics." #cdnpoli vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Opinion: Energy market trends should alarm Canadians about investments in the oil-and-gas sector
Andy (Anil) Hira: An examination of energy market trends should alarm Canadians about investments in the oil-and-gas sector.
vancouversun.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"National policies for public infrastructure investments... ought to confer benefits to everyday residents, inc. affordability, reliability, energy security, return-on-investment and competitiveness.
Fossil-fuel investments fall flat on all these metrics." #cdnpoli vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Fossil-fuel investments fall flat on all these metrics." #cdnpoli vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Imagine actually thinking, in 2025, with the world on fire, that building a $50-billion pipeline designed to transport diluted bitumen for another six decades is a "global, moral imperative.”
#cdnpoli #ableg #PetroState globalnews.ca/news/1146005...
#cdnpoli #ableg #PetroState globalnews.ca/news/1146005...
Government of Alberta plans to propose a new oil pipeline to B.C. coast | Globalnews.ca
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Wednesday her government will work with advisory group of pipeline operators to develop a proposal for a new pipeline to the B.C. coast.
globalnews.ca
October 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Imagine actually thinking, in 2025, with the world on fire, that building a $50-billion pipeline designed to transport diluted bitumen for another six decades is a "global, moral imperative.”
#cdnpoli #ableg #PetroState globalnews.ca/news/1146005...
#cdnpoli #ableg #PetroState globalnews.ca/news/1146005...
“For us to make 30- or 40-year bets on an industry that by all predictions is going to decline just doesn’t make any economic sense.” But “we have a prime minister who is an economist, who is going against all of the economic indicators.” #cdnpoli #ableg www.theenergymix.com/any-new-oil-...
Any New Oil Pipeline Will Need Massive Taxpayer Subsidies, Analyst Warns
With a “flashing red warning light” heralding years of low oil prices, and a major Canadian fossil company joining its international peers in laying off hundreds of workers, a Simon Fraser University ...
www.theenergymix.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“For us to make 30- or 40-year bets on an industry that by all predictions is going to decline just doesn’t make any economic sense.” But “we have a prime minister who is an economist, who is going against all of the economic indicators.” #cdnpoli #ableg www.theenergymix.com/any-new-oil-...
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#MEDIA: Today marks 10 years since PM Carney’s Tragedy of the Horizons speech, yet our financial system remains underprepared for climate risks and continues to favour investments in fossil fuels over clean energy.
Action is urgently needed: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/09/29/p...
Action is urgently needed: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/09/29/p...
PM Carney's "Tragedy of the Horizon" at 10: groups call for stronger action - Environmental Defence
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, CHANGE COURSE, ECOJUSTICE, INVESTORS FOR PARIS COMPLIANCE, SHIFT: ACTION FOR PENSION WEALTH AND PLANET HEALTH Ottawa | Traditional,
environmentaldefence.ca
September 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#MEDIA: Today marks 10 years since PM Carney’s Tragedy of the Horizons speech, yet our financial system remains underprepared for climate risks and continues to favour investments in fossil fuels over clean energy.
Action is urgently needed: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/09/29/p...
Action is urgently needed: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/09/29/p...
"Is the science of atmospheric physics and chemistry upended by the overwhelming force of Liberal short-term thinking and opportunism?"
#cdnpoli #PetroState www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
#cdnpoli #PetroState www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Elizabeth May: Where is the ‘brainy and thoughtful’ Mark Carney who warned the world of the dangers of climate change?
Our PM, when he was the governor of the Bank of England, gave a speech 10 years ago that changed the conversation on the threat to climate change on our
www.thestar.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"Is the science of atmospheric physics and chemistry upended by the overwhelming force of Liberal short-term thinking and opportunism?"
#cdnpoli #PetroState www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
#cdnpoli #PetroState www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Why does anyone think they'll uphold any of their side of any bargain that is made? They did nothing other than fight every single policy, and there are none of these policies now in any serious way.”
#cdnpoli #PetroState #fossilfuels
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/n...
#cdnpoli #PetroState #fossilfuels
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/n...
Catherine McKenna isn’t buying Carney’s carbon capture grand bargain
In a wide-ranging interview ahead of the launch of her memoir, former climate minister Catherine McKenna warns consequences are coming for the fossil fuel industry, even as the federal government purs...
www.nationalobserver.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“Why does anyone think they'll uphold any of their side of any bargain that is made? They did nothing other than fight every single policy, and there are none of these policies now in any serious way.”
#cdnpoli #PetroState #fossilfuels
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/n...
#cdnpoli #PetroState #fossilfuels
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/n...
🔥 "I want to tax billionaires out of existence." 🔥
Congratulations to my friend and colleague @emilylowan.bsky.social on becoming the new leader of the BC Greens! ✊
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Congratulations to my friend and colleague @emilylowan.bsky.social on becoming the new leader of the BC Greens! ✊
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. Green Party votes in climate activist Emily Lowan as new leader | CBC News
Emily Lowan, a 25-year-old climate activist, promised Wednesday to build a "formidable political movement" to take on B.C.'s largest corporations, billionaires and big oil.
www.cbc.ca
September 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🔥 "I want to tax billionaires out of existence." 🔥
Congratulations to my friend and colleague @emilylowan.bsky.social on becoming the new leader of the BC Greens! ✊
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Congratulations to my friend and colleague @emilylowan.bsky.social on becoming the new leader of the BC Greens! ✊
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"People don't understand how someone who has championed climate issues for 15 years can suddenly become prime minister of a G7 country and stop talking about climate change. Not a word about it. What's going on?"
#cdnpoli #PetroState
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#cdnpoli #PetroState
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Liberal MPs form environmental caucus as some want stronger climate focus from Carney | CBC News
As Liberal MPs prepare for a national caucus meeting in Edmonton next week, some are aiming to bring climate change to the forefront of the political agenda by creating a formal caucus to discuss the ...
www.cbc.ca
September 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"People don't understand how someone who has championed climate issues for 15 years can suddenly become prime minister of a G7 country and stop talking about climate change. Not a word about it. What's going on?"
#cdnpoli #PetroState
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#cdnpoli #PetroState
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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The new Building Canada Act (in Bill C-5) gives Cabinet power to fast-track projects they designate as serving the “national interest”.
Now, Cabinet will decide the criteria that a project must meet to be deemed in the "national interest".
Now, Cabinet will decide the criteria that a project must meet to be deemed in the "national interest".
September 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The new Building Canada Act (in Bill C-5) gives Cabinet power to fast-track projects they designate as serving the “national interest”.
Now, Cabinet will decide the criteria that a project must meet to be deemed in the "national interest".
Now, Cabinet will decide the criteria that a project must meet to be deemed in the "national interest".
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Since 2017, the Int'l Energy Agency has told the world the fossil fuel industry can reduce its emissions of toxic, planet-warming methane at little to no cost to itself. But industry keeps failing to clean up its act. Methane emissions are still rising in lockstep with production. bit.ly/47YXaVt
September 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Since 2017, the Int'l Energy Agency has told the world the fossil fuel industry can reduce its emissions of toxic, planet-warming methane at little to no cost to itself. But industry keeps failing to clean up its act. Methane emissions are still rising in lockstep with production. bit.ly/47YXaVt
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The Office of the Chief Actuary is severely underestimating the systemic financial risks of climate change to pension plans and failing to assess the cascading economic and financial impacts of a rapidly warming world.
Read our letter to the OCA. #cdnpoli
www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/8/...
Read our letter to the OCA. #cdnpoli
www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/8/...
Shift warns Canada's Chief Actuary is severely underestimating climate risks to public pension plans — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
Shift, represented by environmental law charity Ecojustice, has written to Canada's Office of the Chief Actuary (OCA) warning that the OCA is severely underestimating the systemic financial risks of c...
www.shiftaction.ca
August 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Office of the Chief Actuary is severely underestimating the systemic financial risks of climate change to pension plans and failing to assess the cascading economic and financial impacts of a rapidly warming world.
Read our letter to the OCA. #cdnpoli
www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/8/...
Read our letter to the OCA. #cdnpoli
www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/8/...
You know Alberta's a #PetroState when it's offering to use public money to build a heavy oil refinery in another country on the other side of the world, all so it can increase #oilsands production. #ableg #cdnpoli
Nevermind the wildfires or collapsing healthcare system... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Nevermind the wildfires or collapsing healthcare system... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta eyes Japanese refining investment to boost oil exports, sources say | CBC News
Alberta is considering a financial investment in Japan's refining sector to reduce its overwhelming dependence on top trade partner the United States for oil exports, according to sources who spoke to...
www.cbc.ca
August 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
You know Alberta's a #PetroState when it's offering to use public money to build a heavy oil refinery in another country on the other side of the world, all so it can increase #oilsands production. #ableg #cdnpoli
Nevermind the wildfires or collapsing healthcare system... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Nevermind the wildfires or collapsing healthcare system... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“Any claim that China is replacing coal-fired power with gas is wishful thinking at best, cynical propaganda at worst. And it has nothing to do with a sober factual analysis.”
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #LNG
@mark-carney.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/20/a...
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #LNG
@mark-carney.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/20/a...
Is Canada betting big on LNG at just the wrong time?
Canada’s $100 billion gamble on liquefied natural gas is counting on Asian nations buying huge volumes as the region transitions from higher-polluting coal power to clean energy. But Canada may have a...
www.nationalobserver.com
August 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“Any claim that China is replacing coal-fired power with gas is wishful thinking at best, cynical propaganda at worst. And it has nothing to do with a sober factual analysis.”
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #LNG
@mark-carney.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/20/a...
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #LNG
@mark-carney.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/20/a...
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🚨Time is running out! 🚨 Tell Toronto city council: the fossil fuel industry driving the climate crisis shouldn't be permitted to promote its polluting products on city-owned property. https://loom.ly/TlsXPlA
July 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
🚨Time is running out! 🚨 Tell Toronto city council: the fossil fuel industry driving the climate crisis shouldn't be permitted to promote its polluting products on city-owned property. https://loom.ly/TlsXPlA