Laureen Whyte
lwhyte604.bsky.social
Laureen Whyte
@lwhyte604.bsky.social
Consultant. Mom to two amazing humans and Abuelita to one. Indigenous Reconciliation. Energy Policy. Non-profit board director. Drinker of good coffee. CA
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We need our countries to get serious about abandoning US tech and putting serious resources behind developing more public-oriented alternatives their citizens can use instead.

Always great to get @ceciliarikap.bsky.social’s insights on these topics. Don’t miss our chat!
For years, countries accepted their dependence on US tech companies. That needs to change.

This week @ceciliarikap.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss why it’s so important for governments to champion digital sovereignty that puts people first.

Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/290_...
August 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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This is brilliant policy reporting of a rare kind by @aradwanski.bsky.social — very big-picture post-USA proposals that nonetheless focus on the achievable and realistic, with suggested plausible paths to achievement

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
How to awaken Canada’s sleeping economic giant
Recent interviews with industry leaders and experts point toward 10 areas where actionable strategies are needed – and toward the sorts of policy actions that may be needed
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the two health systems stack up. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/03/25/i... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the…
The differences hit me immediately, and are profound.
canadahealthwatch.ca
March 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The mistake of allowing US interests to buy up our Canadian media is now in full view. The National Post is throwing things at the wall - doubt any of it will stick with the majority of Canadians.
March 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Canada’s first ministers have agreed on the development of a national trade and energy corridor strategy, Prime Minister Mark Carney tells reporters at a news conference in Ottawa following his meeting with provincial and territorial premiers.

#cdnpoli
March 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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This is a highly significant development - Canada may be shifting out of the US military production complex orbit. I wonder ifnit depends on a Liberal majority or if the other parties have been briefed, especially the Conservatives. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/w...
Menaced by Trump, Canada Prepares to Join E.U. Military Industry Efforts (Gift Article)
Canada’s draft deal to participate in Europe’s defense industry will bring contracts to Canadian manufacturers and help lessen dependence on the United States.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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History repeats itself. These are pictures from outside my grad school lab for a Guardian article I wrote shortly after Brexit in the UK. First is all of us, the second is only the British researchers. www.theguardian.com/science/occa...
March 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Everyone Like And Repost 💯
March 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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I will attempt to flesh out why the CBC's broadcast of Cross Country Checkup was so toxic today, since there are some people still expressing confusion or dismay at the criticisms, including my own, leveled at it.
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#Canada
#CBC
February 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Just an absolute banger of a research paper out recently from Mark Ellis, a Senior Fellow @econliberties.bsky.social about how investor owned utilities are breaking the bank, and the backs, of regular people.

Here are few of my favorite passages, a 🧵.

www.economicliberties.us/press-releas...
New Economic Liberties Paper Exposes How Investor-Owned Utilities Exploit Rate of Return Policies to Overcharge Americans - New Economic Liberties Paper Exposes How Investor-Owned Utilities Exploit Ra...
The American Economic Liberties Project today released a new paper, “Rate of Return Equals Cost of Capital: A Simple, Fair Formula to Stop Investor-Owned Utilities from Overcharging the Public,” which...
www.economicliberties.us
January 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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If Alberta applied the same level of stringency of regulation to the oil and gas sector that it now plans to wind and solar, there would be no oil and gas sector 🤣 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta laid out new rules for wind, solar power. Some say it should do the same for oil | CBC News
How do existing oil sector regulations compare with new regulations laid out for the renewable energy sector?
www.cbc.ca
December 17, 2024 at 1:27 AM
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This is a must watch clip!

Because in it, Smith is fact checked on the amount of drugs and migrants crossing the border.

Smith’s response is to state that “we have the highest level of opioid deaths we’ve ever seen”.

So much for the Alberta Model?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
December 12, 2024 at 11:45 PM
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My grizzly shot that was nominated for The People's Choice Award in last year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
December 2, 2024 at 8:26 PM
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Thank you for sending to your followers! Happy to answer any questions on the paper, which fortunately has no paywall.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Testing and Masking Policies and Hospital-Onset Respiratory Viral Infections
This cohort study examines the ratio between hospital- and community-onset respiratory viral infections at different levels of testing and masking from 2020 to 2024.
jamanetwork.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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This was too funny to not crosspost it here 😭😭 @lefthandstu.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 4:43 AM
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Beyond parody: while debating the motion to re-instate natural gas heating in new buildings, Mayor Sim and Cllr. Brian Montague described the colourful artwork created by children & displayed by Cllrs Fry & Carr "intimidating" to those who express pro-gas opinions. Demand the signs be taken down.
November 26, 2024 at 11:57 PM