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“While carbon taxes became a magnet for frustration during the inflation crisis…oil companies were actually the biggest driver of rising costs. And among the industries that profited most during Canada’s inflation surge, fossil fuel companies were in a league of their own.”
This is an outstanding article by
@zoeyunker.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca, documenting how higher fossil fuel prices were the leading cause of post-COVID inflation & hence Canadians' affordability concerns: thetyee.ca/News/2025/03.... Costs of the 2022 oil shock=$12000 per household over 3yrs. /2
@zoeyunker.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca, documenting how higher fossil fuel prices were the leading cause of post-COVID inflation & hence Canadians' affordability concerns: thetyee.ca/News/2025/03.... Costs of the 2022 oil shock=$12000 per household over 3yrs. /2
Feeling Broke? Blame Big Oil | The Tyee
Canada’s affordability crisis and fossil fuel company profits are linked, says report.
thetyee.ca
March 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“While carbon taxes became a magnet for frustration during the inflation crisis…oil companies were actually the biggest driver of rising costs. And among the industries that profited most during Canada’s inflation surge, fossil fuel companies were in a league of their own.”
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seeing takes about the aid institutions and their role in imperialism. correct. If someone said "investor-owned hospitals exploit the vulnerable to benefit shareholders" I'd nod. If their followup was "and that's why I'm turning off your mom's dialysis machine" I'd...have some followup questions
But when it comes to cutting aid budgets no one says “let’s spend less money on Israeli or Egyptian military capacity”. Instead you want to start by taking healthcare and education away from people who have been made vulnerable by the structural injustices you create and benefit from.
February 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
seeing takes about the aid institutions and their role in imperialism. correct. If someone said "investor-owned hospitals exploit the vulnerable to benefit shareholders" I'd nod. If their followup was "and that's why I'm turning off your mom's dialysis machine" I'd...have some followup questions