Lynn Perrin
@justlynnp.bsky.social
Public Policy Analyst , Protector of watercourses/ wetlands and ALR
@mark-carney.bsky.social Stpp rolling the dice www.independent.co.uk/news/earth-u...
Climate leaders are talking about 'overshoot' into warming danger zone. Here's what it means
After years of pushing the world to limit Earth's warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, climate leaders are starting to acknowledge that the target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement will almost surely be brea...
www.independent.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social Stpp rolling the dice www.independent.co.uk/news/earth-u...
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Canada is pouring billions into LNG megaprojects while the rest of the world moves on. This CleanTechnica piece shows how public money is propping up fossil exports instead of building the clean, resilient economy we actually need.
Nation-Building or Asset Stranding: What Canada’s Latest Megaprojects Tell Us - CleanTechnica
Canada’s new megaprojects focus on LNG expansion over clean infrastructure. A national HVDC spine offers a stronger path for growth and climate alignment.
cleantechnica.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Canada is pouring billions into LNG megaprojects while the rest of the world moves on. This CleanTechnica piece shows how public money is propping up fossil exports instead of building the clean, resilient economy we actually need.
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“Minimum wage is not enough to live on anywhere in the province and we need to work to close the gap,” with the living wage that is higher than the minimum wage everywhere in BC said @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
With Living Wage BC we just released the 2025 report.
With Living Wage BC we just released the 2025 report.
The edge of poverty: B.C.'s living wage far outstrips the minimum wage
Even though inflation has eased from its record highs, there is a $10 gap between living and minimum wage in Metro Vancouver
vancouversun.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Minimum wage is not enough to live on anywhere in the province and we need to work to close the gap,” with the living wage that is higher than the minimum wage everywhere in BC said @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
With Living Wage BC we just released the 2025 report.
With Living Wage BC we just released the 2025 report.
Is @mark-carney.bsky.social a gambling banker / investment corporate CEO rolling the dice or a MINORITY Government Prime Minister who must #COMPRISE with Opposition MPs as directed by 🇨🇦 voters six months ago??? parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/P...
HoC Sitting No. 54
Sitting No. 54 House of Commons
parlvu.parl.gc.ca
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Is @mark-carney.bsky.social a gambling banker / investment corporate CEO rolling the dice or a MINORITY Government Prime Minister who must #COMPRISE with Opposition MPs as directed by 🇨🇦 voters six months ago??? parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/P...
Both high rent and pay inequity are forcing women to endure intimate partner violence Domestic abusers are weaponizi...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Report reveals how domestic abusers weaponize B.C.'s housing crisis, calls for more legal aid | CBC News
A legal group's interviews with survivors of intimate partner violence show that many stay in abusive relationships because they can't find affordable housing. Following the interviews, a report from ...
www.cbc.ca
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Both high rent and pay inequity are forcing women to endure intimate partner violence Domestic abusers are weaponizi...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Indigenous activists from Brazil stormed #COP30 demanding freedom for their territories from oil, mining, and logging interests.
“For us, the defeat of our land is felt on our own skin”
After decades of exploitation, Indigenous communities are saying: ENOUGH
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“For us, the defeat of our land is felt on our own skin”
After decades of exploitation, Indigenous communities are saying: ENOUGH
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Indigenous activists from Brazil stormed #COP30 demanding freedom for their territories from oil, mining, and logging interests.
“For us, the defeat of our land is felt on our own skin”
After decades of exploitation, Indigenous communities are saying: ENOUGH
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“For us, the defeat of our land is felt on our own skin”
After decades of exploitation, Indigenous communities are saying: ENOUGH
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A rising cost of living—especially for housing—has caused the highest ever Metro Vancouver living wage.
This is the hourly rate that a full-time worker must earn to cover essential expenses for a basic, decent standard of living and to avoid chronic financial stress.
bcpolicy.ca/living-wage
This is the hourly rate that a full-time worker must earn to cover essential expenses for a basic, decent standard of living and to avoid chronic financial stress.
bcpolicy.ca/living-wage
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A rising cost of living—especially for housing—has caused the highest ever Metro Vancouver living wage.
This is the hourly rate that a full-time worker must earn to cover essential expenses for a basic, decent standard of living and to avoid chronic financial stress.
bcpolicy.ca/living-wage
This is the hourly rate that a full-time worker must earn to cover essential expenses for a basic, decent standard of living and to avoid chronic financial stress.
bcpolicy.ca/living-wage
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Message to US distillers - you want product space in Canada? Move your operations to Canada. Sour Puss Liquer is setting up in Montreal. They will be welcome.
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Message to US distillers - you want product space in Canada? Move your operations to Canada. Sour Puss Liquer is setting up in Montreal. They will be welcome.
Reposted by Lynn Perrin
Nov. 19 - Moncton NB speaking at the National Farmers Union on food sovereignty.
Nov. 27 Toronto, @meidascanada.ca town hall with West End Phoenix - tickets going fast.
Nov. 30 - Ottawa @grievousangels104.bsky.social matinee at the Rainbow Bistro.
Dec 14 -Toronto Grievous Angels at the Horseshoe.
Nov. 27 Toronto, @meidascanada.ca town hall with West End Phoenix - tickets going fast.
Nov. 30 - Ottawa @grievousangels104.bsky.social matinee at the Rainbow Bistro.
Dec 14 -Toronto Grievous Angels at the Horseshoe.
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Nov. 19 - Moncton NB speaking at the National Farmers Union on food sovereignty.
Nov. 27 Toronto, @meidascanada.ca town hall with West End Phoenix - tickets going fast.
Nov. 30 - Ottawa @grievousangels104.bsky.social matinee at the Rainbow Bistro.
Dec 14 -Toronto Grievous Angels at the Horseshoe.
Nov. 27 Toronto, @meidascanada.ca town hall with West End Phoenix - tickets going fast.
Nov. 30 - Ottawa @grievousangels104.bsky.social matinee at the Rainbow Bistro.
Dec 14 -Toronto Grievous Angels at the Horseshoe.
@mark-carney.bsky.social The Competition Bureau must investigate this all across Canada. "Part of the deed dated in February 2011 stated that for the next 20 years the property could not be used for a grocery store." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Federal investigation probes grocery store competition in Halifax | CBC News
Since last year, an investigation into the ability of new grocers to set up in the Halifax Regional Municipality has been quietly ticking along under Competition Bureau Canada.
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social The Competition Bureau must investigate this all across Canada. "Part of the deed dated in February 2011 stated that for the next 20 years the property could not be used for a grocery store." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@mark-carney.bsky.social protect CFIA workers and Canadian law from this 🇺🇸 foreign interference! "If Canadian authorities choose not to act, I’ll provide the information to the U.S. Department of Justice. It will be up to them to decide whether to pursue it,” he said www.castanet.net/news/Nelson/...
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social protect CFIA workers and Canadian law from this 🇺🇸 foreign interference! "If Canadian authorities choose not to act, I’ll provide the information to the U.S. Department of Justice. It will be up to them to decide whether to pursue it,” he said www.castanet.net/news/Nelson/...
@mark-carney.bsky.social 🚫🇺🇸 Influence in 🇨🇦 First Ottawa Convoy now BC. "Wood was allegedly assaulted by a man who punched her in the face and poured gasoline on her home, then on then on her body. RCMP.. have arrested a man who was associated with the supporters..." thetyee.ca//News/2025/1...
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social 🚫🇺🇸 Influence in 🇨🇦 First Ottawa Convoy now BC. "Wood was allegedly assaulted by a man who punched her in the face and poured gasoline on her home, then on then on her body. RCMP.. have arrested a man who was associated with the supporters..." thetyee.ca//News/2025/1...
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The federal Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development released a report today highlighting how federal investments supporting projects in the oil & gas sector face significant risks in a transition to net‑zero emissions by 2050.
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/doc...
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/doc...
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The federal Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development released a report today highlighting how federal investments supporting projects in the oil & gas sector face significant risks in a transition to net‑zero emissions by 2050.
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/doc...
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/doc...
@mark-carney.bsky.social both matters are going before the Sipreme Courts of their respective countries!
@mark-carney.bsky.social Why did you apologize for Ontario ad re Regan tariff quotes when POTUS#47 said it was foreign interference and this public health threat is happening? 😡Ostriches facing cull at Canada farm find allies in Trump officials share.google/oUXnHNUfgpPm...
Ostriches facing cull at Canada farm find allies in Trump officials
RFK Jr and Dr Mehmet Oz are backing an ostrich farm in British Columbia as it seeks to stop a cull ordered after a bird flu outbreak.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social both matters are going before the Sipreme Courts of their respective countries!
@mark-carney.bsky.social Why did you apologize for Ontario ad re Regan tariff quotes when POTUS#47 said it was foreign interference and this public health threat is happening? 😡Ostriches facing cull at Canada farm find allies in Trump officials share.google/oUXnHNUfgpPm...
Ostriches facing cull at Canada farm find allies in Trump officials
RFK Jr and Dr Mehmet Oz are backing an ostrich farm in British Columbia as it seeks to stop a cull ordered after a bird flu outbreak.
share.google
November 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social Why did you apologize for Ontario ad re Regan tariff quotes when POTUS#47 said it was foreign interference and this public health threat is happening? 😡Ostriches facing cull at Canada farm find allies in Trump officials share.google/oUXnHNUfgpPm...
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Thoughts for our hockey-loving Prime Minister on his new 'climate competitiveness strategy': If you are serious about winning the Stanley Cup, you don't trade away your star forwards because you have a good goalie
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st...
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st...
Now is not the time to roll back action on climate change - Greenpeace Canada
Advice for our hockey-loving Prime Minister on his new climate plan: If you are serious about winning the Stanley Cup, you don't trade away your star forwards because you have a good goalie.
www.greenpeace.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Thoughts for our hockey-loving Prime Minister on his new 'climate competitiveness strategy': If you are serious about winning the Stanley Cup, you don't trade away your star forwards because you have a good goalie
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st...
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st...
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If you think the #COVID19 pandemic is done and ever-evolving variants pose no significant threat, consider these two realities, writes contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk.
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee
We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
thetyee.ca
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
If you think the #COVID19 pandemic is done and ever-evolving variants pose no significant threat, consider these two realities, writes contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk.
How close is infected ostrich flock... "Nearly 11.5 million birds in B.C. are believed to be affected.... The virus spread through the air, outdoor water sources and other means. Fall is typically the time of year when the risk of avian flu is at its peak." www.hopestandard.com/news/multipl...
Multiple avian flu outbreaks reported across Fraser Valley
At least 10 reported in Abbotsford, Chilliwack this month
www.hopestandard.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
How close is infected ostrich flock... "Nearly 11.5 million birds in B.C. are believed to be affected.... The virus spread through the air, outdoor water sources and other means. Fall is typically the time of year when the risk of avian flu is at its peak." www.hopestandard.com/news/multipl...
@rparmarbc.bsky.social hope 2025 will not be a repeat of 1988 when the NDP candidates from BC warned against the FTA. Here is some history CIVL Radio share.google/KOSxlK2BRr31...
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
@rparmarbc.bsky.social hope 2025 will not be a repeat of 1988 when the NDP candidates from BC warned against the FTA. Here is some history CIVL Radio share.google/KOSxlK2BRr31...
@mark-carney.bsky.social Canadian workers did not vote for this! "These cuts in most departments will go to pay for historic expansions in defence as well as an expensive middle- and upper-income tax cut." 😡 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Budget cuts by stealth: Letting programs “sunset” to cut costs won’t be painless - CCPA
The feds will quietly “sunset” programs as part of their cost-cutting in the November 4, 2025 budget. Quiet cuts can still hurt.
www.policyalternatives.ca
October 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social Canadian workers did not vote for this! "These cuts in most departments will go to pay for historic expansions in defence as well as an expensive middle- and upper-income tax cut." 😡 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
@davidebybc.bsky.social These are the extra costs to local governments from Trans Mountain expansion that must be paid through property taxes.
October 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
@davidebybc.bsky.social These are the extra costs to local governments from Trans Mountain expansion that must be paid through property taxes.
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BC Gov was the first to announce that we’d appeal the decision of Cowichan Tribes v. AG Canada et al. We strongly disagree with the court’s treatment of private property, but even as this case continues, we know lasting solutions are found through dialogue & collaboration with First Nations partners
What the Cowichan decision really means, and how we move forward together
Niki Sharma and Spencer Chandra-Herbert: The fact is, you can respect Aboriginal title and protect private property.
vancouversun.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
BC Gov was the first to announce that we’d appeal the decision of Cowichan Tribes v. AG Canada et al. We strongly disagree with the court’s treatment of private property, but even as this case continues, we know lasting solutions are found through dialogue & collaboration with First Nations partners