captain cold 🇨🇦
@captaincold.bsky.social
just a lefty canadian here for the news
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You pay, they profit, they leave a mess, you pay again. Repeat as necessary www.theenergymix.com/any-new-oil-... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #ClimateChange
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 1:58 PM
You pay, they profit, they leave a mess, you pay again. Repeat as necessary www.theenergymix.com/any-new-oil-... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #ClimateChange
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we have a branch of the RCMP whose whole job is to help energy companies repress indigenous resistance. we own half of the world's mining companies. Canadian critique of annexation has to expand past "it's bad when we're not doing it"
canadian nationalism reaching intolerable levels rn, and like, i get it, but christ it's so annoying
March 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
we have a branch of the RCMP whose whole job is to help energy companies repress indigenous resistance. we own half of the world's mining companies. Canadian critique of annexation has to expand past "it's bad when we're not doing it"
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Trump: "250 percent for dairy products, tariff"
Fact: That high tariff was negotiated by Trump in the USMCA and has never been used.
"as the U.S. dairy industry acknowledges, the U.S. is not hitting its allowed zero-tariff maximum in any category of dairy product."
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Fact: That high tariff was negotiated by Trump in the USMCA and has never been used.
"as the U.S. dairy industry acknowledges, the U.S. is not hitting its allowed zero-tariff maximum in any category of dairy product."
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Fact check: What Trump doesn’t mention about Canada’s dairy tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump correctly noted Friday, as he has before, that Canada has tariffs above 200 per cent on dairy products imported from the U.S.. But Trump again failed to mention a critical ...
www.ctvnews.ca
March 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Trump: "250 percent for dairy products, tariff"
Fact: That high tariff was negotiated by Trump in the USMCA and has never been used.
"as the U.S. dairy industry acknowledges, the U.S. is not hitting its allowed zero-tariff maximum in any category of dairy product."
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Fact: That high tariff was negotiated by Trump in the USMCA and has never been used.
"as the U.S. dairy industry acknowledges, the U.S. is not hitting its allowed zero-tariff maximum in any category of dairy product."
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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The campus protests did everything you’re “supposed” to do and they were still despised. There is no way to protest correctly besides going somewhere where no one can see it
This sober study of the protests found they were overwhelmingly non-violent and vandalism free. That is just not the impression you get from the coverage, which focused on the most fringe actors and confrontations with police acleddata.com/2024/05/10/u...
US Student Pro-Palestine Demonstrations Remain Overwhelmingly Peaceful | ACLED Insight
acleddata.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The campus protests did everything you’re “supposed” to do and they were still despised. There is no way to protest correctly besides going somewhere where no one can see it
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LBGTQ+ Activists Issue Mass Call to Organize This Weekend Ahead of Possible Federal Election
“We need to be building a movement together.”
pressprogress.ca/lbgtq-activi...
“We need to be building a movement together.”
pressprogress.ca/lbgtq-activi...
LBGTQ+ Activists Issue Mass Call to Organize This Weekend Ahead of Possible Federal Election
“We need to be building a movement together.”
pressprogress.ca
March 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
LBGTQ+ Activists Issue Mass Call to Organize This Weekend Ahead of Possible Federal Election
“We need to be building a movement together.”
pressprogress.ca/lbgtq-activi...
“We need to be building a movement together.”
pressprogress.ca/lbgtq-activi...
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Okay so if you spend 4 years campaigning on how “broken” the country is, I guess if you add 12 Canadian flags to every presser, people will forget that you’re too cowardly and unpatriotic to get your security clearance so you can be briefed on foreign security by CSIS during a time of threat?
Undoing Bill C-69 is a central plank in Polievre's plan to strengthen Canada’s oil and gas sector and reduce reliance on the United States.
Poilievre vows to repeal environmental assessment law to fast-track resource projects
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has vowed to repeal a key Liberal environmental law if his party wins the next federal election to streamline approval of major projects, such as pipelines, mines,...
www.nationalobserver.com
March 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Okay so if you spend 4 years campaigning on how “broken” the country is, I guess if you add 12 Canadian flags to every presser, people will forget that you’re too cowardly and unpatriotic to get your security clearance so you can be briefed on foreign security by CSIS during a time of threat?
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Good news
Canada's ruling Liberals, who a few weeks ago looked certain to lose an election this year, are mounting a major comeback amid the threat of US tariffs and are tied with their rival Conservatives, according to three new polls reut.rs/41y58kW
Canada's ruling Liberals mount a comeback with Trump threats, polls show
Canada's ruling Liberals, who a few weeks ago looked certain to lose an election this year, are mounting a major comeback amid the threat of U.S. tariffs and are tied with their rival Conservatives, according to three new polls.
reut.rs
February 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Good news
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Doug Ford has fallen short. Vote for change.
As comforting as continuity may seem, what Ontario needs is change. Liberals, NDP, Greens: take your pick. A vote for any is a vote for a better Ontario. #StarEditorial
As comforting as continuity may seem, what Ontario needs is change. Liberals, NDP, Greens: take your pick. A vote for any is a vote for a better Ontario. #StarEditorial
Star Editorial Board: Doug Ford has fallen short. Vote for change
The Progressive Conservative leader had seven years to tackle the challenges facing this province, and he couldn't get it done. It's time for change.
www.thestar.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Doug Ford has fallen short. Vote for change.
As comforting as continuity may seem, what Ontario needs is change. Liberals, NDP, Greens: take your pick. A vote for any is a vote for a better Ontario. #StarEditorial
As comforting as continuity may seem, what Ontario needs is change. Liberals, NDP, Greens: take your pick. A vote for any is a vote for a better Ontario. #StarEditorial
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Please repost this. It needs to be seen before the election. It's Doug Ford's "Fortress American-Canadian Growth Plan."
Please, let's show people his intentions for our future. Please repost this! www.ontario.ca/page/buildin...
Please, let's show people his intentions for our future. Please repost this! www.ontario.ca/page/buildin...
Building Fortress Am-Can: Ontario’s Am-Can growth plan
Ontario’s Am-Can Growth Plan envisions a new American and Canadian century as we work together to build Fortress Am-Can, a renewed strategic alliance between the U.S. and Canada that’s a beacon of sta...
www.ontario.ca
February 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Please repost this. It needs to be seen before the election. It's Doug Ford's "Fortress American-Canadian Growth Plan."
Please, let's show people his intentions for our future. Please repost this! www.ontario.ca/page/buildin...
Please, let's show people his intentions for our future. Please repost this! www.ontario.ca/page/buildin...
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People should really take note of what's going on here. Two premiers resigning back to back, both citing Trump and economic concerns, suggests the premiers' recent charm offensives in Washington aren't working.
Great piece from @cloelogan.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/26/n...
Great piece from @cloelogan.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/26/n...
Two Atlantic premiers resign amid Canada's economic turmoil
Last week, Progressive Conservative Dennis King stepped down as premier of Prince Edward Island, and on Tuesday, Liberal Andrew Furey announced that he was calling it quits as premier of Newfoundland ...
www.nationalobserver.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
People should really take note of what's going on here. Two premiers resigning back to back, both citing Trump and economic concerns, suggests the premiers' recent charm offensives in Washington aren't working.
Great piece from @cloelogan.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/26/n...
Great piece from @cloelogan.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/26/n...
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As Canada installs a fentanyl czar, it is also:
-closing safe drug consumption sites
-gutting drug decriminalization
-forcing drug users into treatment
-restricting safe supply
With Trudeau leaving, I wrote about the end of progressive drug policy: hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/manisha-kr...
-closing safe drug consumption sites
-gutting drug decriminalization
-forcing drug users into treatment
-restricting safe supply
With Trudeau leaving, I wrote about the end of progressive drug policy: hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/manisha-kr...
Manisha Krishnan: A Fentanyl Czar and the End of Progressive Drug Policy
Like previous crackdowns, this will likely make the crisis worse
hatchetmedia.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
As Canada installs a fentanyl czar, it is also:
-closing safe drug consumption sites
-gutting drug decriminalization
-forcing drug users into treatment
-restricting safe supply
With Trudeau leaving, I wrote about the end of progressive drug policy: hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/manisha-kr...
-closing safe drug consumption sites
-gutting drug decriminalization
-forcing drug users into treatment
-restricting safe supply
With Trudeau leaving, I wrote about the end of progressive drug policy: hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/manisha-kr...
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The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stone.
Society has changed before at the scale we need it to today: but that change was never catalyzed by presidents, PMs, or CEOs of the richest companies of the time.
The fossil fuel age won’t end until we ordinary people demand it does.
Society has changed before at the scale we need it to today: but that change was never catalyzed by presidents, PMs, or CEOs of the richest companies of the time.
The fossil fuel age won’t end until we ordinary people demand it does.
BP shifts course, boosting fossil fuel investments and cutting renewables
BP said on Wednesday it would increase annual oil and gas investment to $10 billion, returning the focus to fossil fuels, as part of CEO Murray Auchincloss' efforts to boost returns and improve financial performance.
www.reuters.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stone.
Society has changed before at the scale we need it to today: but that change was never catalyzed by presidents, PMs, or CEOs of the richest companies of the time.
The fossil fuel age won’t end until we ordinary people demand it does.
Society has changed before at the scale we need it to today: but that change was never catalyzed by presidents, PMs, or CEOs of the richest companies of the time.
The fossil fuel age won’t end until we ordinary people demand it does.
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Wrote this for the Toronto Star in November about how Europe was talking more and more about breaking its dependency on the US
Actually surprised to see how rapidly this is now becoming a reality – and even going further than experts thought plausible at the time
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Actually surprised to see how rapidly this is now becoming a reality – and even going further than experts thought plausible at the time
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
February 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Wrote this for the Toronto Star in November about how Europe was talking more and more about breaking its dependency on the US
Actually surprised to see how rapidly this is now becoming a reality – and even going further than experts thought plausible at the time
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Actually surprised to see how rapidly this is now becoming a reality – and even going further than experts thought plausible at the time
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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I’ve finally calmed down about Kevin O’Leary being invited to talk about Canadian annexation on CBC Ra—ARE YOU KIDDING ME???
DAVID FRUM?!?!?!! IS UP NEXT!?!?!
February 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I’ve finally calmed down about Kevin O’Leary being invited to talk about Canadian annexation on CBC Ra—ARE YOU KIDDING ME???
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Some people believe Doug Ford winning another majority is a foregone conclusion but I prefer to hope this election results in a Ford gone conclusion.
February 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Some people believe Doug Ford winning another majority is a foregone conclusion but I prefer to hope this election results in a Ford gone conclusion.
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Canadians on here actually being like "I can't believe how bad things are getting in the US" without acknowledging Alberta just passed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws and are about to vote Doug Ford back into power.
Wakeup because the far right are in inside the building
Wakeup because the far right are in inside the building
February 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Canadians on here actually being like "I can't believe how bad things are getting in the US" without acknowledging Alberta just passed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws and are about to vote Doug Ford back into power.
Wakeup because the far right are in inside the building
Wakeup because the far right are in inside the building
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🧵 Our special election issue, “7 Years of Doug Ford,” is now live. From health care to education, online gambling to the Greenbelt, this is the best collection of stories about how the lives of Torontonians have changed during Ford’s time as premier. thelocal.to/7-years-of-d...
7 Years of Doug Ford | The Local
After seven years in office, Doug Ford has left his mark on Toronto. From health care to education, online gambling to the Greenbelt, we examine the record of the Progressive Conservative leader seeki...
thelocal.to
February 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🧵 Our special election issue, “7 Years of Doug Ford,” is now live. From health care to education, online gambling to the Greenbelt, this is the best collection of stories about how the lives of Torontonians have changed during Ford’s time as premier. thelocal.to/7-years-of-d...
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Doug Ford Claims There Are ‘More Cranes’ Building Homes Than Ever Before. Actually, The Number of New Home Builds Has Decreased Under Ford.
There were 74,326 housing starts in Ontario in 2024 –that’s 25,000 fewer than the peak in 2021.
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There were 74,326 housing starts in Ontario in 2024 –that’s 25,000 fewer than the peak in 2021.
pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-cl...
Doug Ford Claims There Are ‘More Cranes’ Building Homes Than Ever Before. Actually, The Number of New Home Builds Has Decreased Under Ford.
There were 74,326 housing starts in Ontario in 2024 –that’s 25,000 fewer than the peak in 2021.
pressprogress.ca
February 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Doug Ford Claims There Are ‘More Cranes’ Building Homes Than Ever Before. Actually, The Number of New Home Builds Has Decreased Under Ford.
There were 74,326 housing starts in Ontario in 2024 –that’s 25,000 fewer than the peak in 2021.
pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-cl...
There were 74,326 housing starts in Ontario in 2024 –that’s 25,000 fewer than the peak in 2021.
pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-cl...
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Pierre Endorsers: -Mostly all are American MAGA Facists
Pierre Poilievre has racked up endorsements from a who’s who of fascists, fraudsters and alt-right influencers
cultmtl.com/2025/02/pier...
Pierre Poilievre has racked up endorsements from a who’s who of fascists, fraudsters and alt-right influencers
cultmtl.com/2025/02/pier...
Pierre Poilievre has racked up endorsements from a who's who of fascists, fraudsters and alt-right influencers
Pierre Poilievre has racked up endorsements from Trumpists, fascists, alt-right influencers and disinformation specialists — concerning.
cultmtl.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Pierre Endorsers: -Mostly all are American MAGA Facists
Pierre Poilievre has racked up endorsements from a who’s who of fascists, fraudsters and alt-right influencers
cultmtl.com/2025/02/pier...
Pierre Poilievre has racked up endorsements from a who’s who of fascists, fraudsters and alt-right influencers
cultmtl.com/2025/02/pier...
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Provincial governments across Canada are blaming drug users and homeless people for problems they created.
Euan Thomson and Zoë Dodd examine how columnists at our biggest papers are helping them. breachmedia.ca/media-politi...
Euan Thomson and Zoë Dodd examine how columnists at our biggest papers are helping them. breachmedia.ca/media-politi...
Media, politicians are rebranding coercion against drug users as ‘care’ ⋆ The Breach
Governments are using forced abstinence to hide their failures—and our biggest papers are helping them
breachmedia.ca
February 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Provincial governments across Canada are blaming drug users and homeless people for problems they created.
Euan Thomson and Zoë Dodd examine how columnists at our biggest papers are helping them. breachmedia.ca/media-politi...
Euan Thomson and Zoë Dodd examine how columnists at our biggest papers are helping them. breachmedia.ca/media-politi...
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hello cis friends
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
February 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
hello cis friends
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
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www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti... I read the affidavits on the injunction yesterday. I am no lawyer, but the evidence looks pretty flimsy. I mean I also receive hateful phone calls, emails, and mean tweets, but have not hired security. And no evidence that Nate is urging that type of behaviour.
Alberta political web series temporarily shut down by court order
A judge has ordered an Alberta political web series to temporarily turn off its lights following complaints by a medical supplier embroiled in controversy. MHCare and its Edmonton-based CEO, Sam Mriac...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti... I read the affidavits on the injunction yesterday. I am no lawyer, but the evidence looks pretty flimsy. I mean I also receive hateful phone calls, emails, and mean tweets, but have not hired security. And no evidence that Nate is urging that type of behaviour.
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Pierre Poilievre signals plan to extend government subsidies to right-wing media websites
The federal Conservative leader says he would change Canada Revenue Agency rules designating which media outlets are eligible for government funding
The federal Conservative leader says he would change Canada Revenue Agency rules designating which media outlets are eligible for government funding
Pierre Poilievre Signals Plan to Extend Government Subsidies to Right-Wing Media Websites
Conservative leader says he would change Canada Revenue Agency rules designating which media outlets are eligible for government funding
pressprogress.ca
February 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Pierre Poilievre signals plan to extend government subsidies to right-wing media websites
The federal Conservative leader says he would change Canada Revenue Agency rules designating which media outlets are eligible for government funding
The federal Conservative leader says he would change Canada Revenue Agency rules designating which media outlets are eligible for government funding
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Beyond the fact that Police Associations and Police Unions should remain apolitical, one has to consider the optics of actively endorsing someone who is under criminal investigation.
February 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Beyond the fact that Police Associations and Police Unions should remain apolitical, one has to consider the optics of actively endorsing someone who is under criminal investigation.