TekkMatt
@tech15.bsky.social
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Pass legislation requiring majority Canadian ownership and control of print, digital and other non-audio-visual news media, to protect Canadian sovereignty, ensure journalism integrity, and guarantee that our media reflects Canadian priorities and values.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
November 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Pass legislation requiring majority Canadian ownership and control of print, digital and other non-audio-visual news media, to protect Canadian sovereignty, ensure journalism integrity, and guarantee that our media reflects Canadian priorities and values.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
File this under various readings I'm finding based on the discussion around a new pipeline from AB to northern BC, and the ancillary considerations, such as shipping routes, and safety. I found this to be a dispassionate look at some of the factors. #bcpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli
Fact check: Elizabeth May’s tanker ban claims don’t add up
thehub.ca
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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"Landowners’ frustration with industry is reaching a boiling point... Unless these issues are addressed, there can be no consideration of increased production, no new pipelines, or carbon capture and storage. It makes no sense."
therockies.life/albertans-wa... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli
therockies.life/albertans-wa... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli
Albertans Want Polluters To Pay, But Government Trying to Pass Bill to Public
The Alberta Energy Regulator “has black marks all over it for being one sided to development companies like oil and gas and coal,” says Bill Trafford.
therockies.life
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"Landowners’ frustration with industry is reaching a boiling point... Unless these issues are addressed, there can be no consideration of increased production, no new pipelines, or carbon capture and storage. It makes no sense."
therockies.life/albertans-wa... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli
therockies.life/albertans-wa... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli
The hot take here is that a new pipeline won't ever be built. Just too much economic uncertainty in the O&G sector, indigenous opposition, and BC opposition. Would love to see equal enthusiasm for renewable energy sources - China is far outpacing everyone in that arena. #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
Carney, Smith sign energy agreement between Ottawa and Alberta
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sign a memorandum of understanding that includes a path to an oil pipeline through B.C.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"With $6 of every $10 in profits crossing the border, never to return, Canadian oil sands majors produced $12.3 billion worth of capital flight per year."
#cdnpoli #ableg #ElbowsUp
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www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
#cdnpoli #ableg #ElbowsUp
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www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
U.S.-Owned Oil Sands Giants Send Profits Out of Canada Despite Public Support for Resource Sovereignty
Canada’s biggest oil sands producers are sending a large share of their profits out of the country to their shareholders in the United States, the CEO of the Trottier Family Foundation warns in an opi...
www.theenergymix.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Somebody really needs to tell me how a new pipeline will fix.... This.
We are setting annual records for oil extraction and exports year after year, and Alberta is still running a budget deficit.
When an addict keeps ODing, the next hit is likely to kill them. When do we learn?
#ABPoli #ABleg
We are setting annual records for oil extraction and exports year after year, and Alberta is still running a budget deficit.
When an addict keeps ODing, the next hit is likely to kill them. When do we learn?
#ABPoli #ABleg
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Africa-EU summit seeks to reinvigorate ties
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
Africa-EU summit seeks to reinvigorate ties
About 70 African and European leaders met in Angola, where they committed to stronger trade ties and alignment on strategic minerals.
www.semafor.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Africa-EU summit seeks to reinvigorate ties
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
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We need to stop Premier Smith’s plan for Two-Tier Healthcare. There is a better option. A Canadian option that works. Let's defend and promote Universal Public Healthcare. notwotier.ca
URGENT – Stop Premier Danielle Smith’s Plan to End Universal Healthcare
Alberta Premier Smith has used the Notwithstanding Clause to pass laws that erase rights and silence the courts.
notwotier.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We need to stop Premier Smith’s plan for Two-Tier Healthcare. There is a better option. A Canadian option that works. Let's defend and promote Universal Public Healthcare. notwotier.ca
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Albertans are pissed, it's like they're finding out voting CONservative has CONsequences. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
5 more UCP legislature members facing recall, bringing total to 14 | CBC News
Elections Alberta says it has approved recall petitions against five more members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus, bringing the total to 14.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Albertans are pissed, it's like they're finding out voting CONservative has CONsequences. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Yeah, no shit
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Yeah, no shit
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This is a major miss Canada. Hey @mark-carney.bsky.social, let's see if we can get this fixed. It seems like this is the very thing the Major Projects Office should be on top of. #cdnpoli
Why Canadian potash giant Nutrien picked a US port
Nutrien chooses Longview, Washington, for a $1B potash terminal, sidelining Canadian ports and testing Ottawa’s critical minerals ambitions.
thedeepdive.ca
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This is a major miss Canada. Hey @mark-carney.bsky.social, let's see if we can get this fixed. It seems like this is the very thing the Major Projects Office should be on top of. #cdnpoli
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“At first glance, these revelations appear to confirm what researchers & close observers have long known: that foreign actors (bots or humans) are posing as Americans & piping political-engagement bait, mis- & disinformation, & spam into people’s timeline.”
A “worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors.”
A “worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors.”
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“At first glance, these revelations appear to confirm what researchers & close observers have long known: that foreign actors (bots or humans) are posing as Americans & piping political-engagement bait, mis- & disinformation, & spam into people’s timeline.”
A “worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors.”
A “worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors.”
As ususal, PP and the CONs offer nothing, no fresh ideas, no alternative plan that makes any sense whatsoever. The 2006 softwood lumber deal wasn't renewed for a reason, you ninny. The USA didn't want it anymore - so that ship has sailed. See link below to analysis of the deal. #cdnpoli
If I was PM, we'd have a tariff-free softwood lumber deal with Trump: Poilievre
Conservative leader says Ottawa's plan to offer loans could send some struggling outfits over the financial cliff
tj.news
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
As ususal, PP and the CONs offer nothing, no fresh ideas, no alternative plan that makes any sense whatsoever. The 2006 softwood lumber deal wasn't renewed for a reason, you ninny. The USA didn't want it anymore - so that ship has sailed. See link below to analysis of the deal. #cdnpoli
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And by the way, the last time Canada spent less than 1% of GDP on the military was under Harper. Under Trudeau it was again approaching 2%. #cdnpoli
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
And by the way, the last time Canada spent less than 1% of GDP on the military was under Harper. Under Trudeau it was again approaching 2%. #cdnpoli
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I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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"Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to a legal filing containing newly unredacted information."
Social media are a threat to our health. They know it #cdnpoli
Time for class-action lawsuits, folks.
Social media are a threat to our health. They know it #cdnpoli
Time for class-action lawsuits, folks.
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to a legal filing containing newly unredacted information."
Social media are a threat to our health. They know it #cdnpoli
Time for class-action lawsuits, folks.
Social media are a threat to our health. They know it #cdnpoli
Time for class-action lawsuits, folks.
I'm in disbelief that there is such a large percentage still willing to back the CPC. Have you seen/heard their leader? Complete useless tool of a person - supremely unqualified. #cdnpoli
Federal Polling Average:
LPC: 41.8%
CPC: 37.9%
NDP: 8.8%
BQ: 6.8%
GPC: 2.7%
PPC: 1.3%
canadianpolling.ca/Canada-2025
LPC: 41.8%
CPC: 37.9%
NDP: 8.8%
BQ: 6.8%
GPC: 2.7%
PPC: 1.3%
canadianpolling.ca/Canada-2025
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I'm in disbelief that there is such a large percentage still willing to back the CPC. Have you seen/heard their leader? Complete useless tool of a person - supremely unqualified. #cdnpoli
A warning for Canada as well. #cdnpoli
"The U.S. is currently trending toward a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires and for the billionaires."
"The U.S. is currently trending toward a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires and for the billionaires."
One stat reveals how much of Trump's 'populist' agenda is funded by billionaires
A new report shows an astonishing trend in the way the ultra-wealthy are intervening in American politics.
www.ms.now
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A warning for Canada as well. #cdnpoli
"The U.S. is currently trending toward a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires and for the billionaires."
"The U.S. is currently trending toward a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires and for the billionaires."
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Canada's had some far right foreign pretenders exposed, including a prime driver of bozo #AlbertaSeparatism other than #DanielleSmith herself; the #AlbertaProsperityProject. Every person associated with this group needs investigating including a full forensic accounting work up #abpoli #cdnpoli
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Canada's had some far right foreign pretenders exposed, including a prime driver of bozo #AlbertaSeparatism other than #DanielleSmith herself; the #AlbertaProsperityProject. Every person associated with this group needs investigating including a full forensic accounting work up #abpoli #cdnpoli
Another terrific article comparing the F-35 to the Gripen. #cdnpoli
Gripen E vs F-35? The Wrong Question to Ask
Mikael Grev is a former Gripen pilot and co-founder and CEO of Avioniq. In this column for Nordic Defence Sector, he compares the Gripen E and the F-35, arguing for a more nuanced view of fighter capa...
nordicdefencesector.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Another terrific article comparing the F-35 to the Gripen. #cdnpoli