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12/12 Being referred to the MPO "puts us in the fast lane," said Canada Nickel's CEO, Mark Selby.
"We probably won’t be designated... but it should put us at the front of the line to work through specific permits & issues that may come up."
CBC News
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"We probably won’t be designated... but it should put us at the front of the line to work through specific permits & issues that may come up."
CBC News
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
12/12 Being referred to the MPO "puts us in the fast lane," said Canada Nickel's CEO, Mark Selby.
"We probably won’t be designated... but it should put us at the front of the line to work through specific permits & issues that may come up."
CBC News
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"We probably won’t be designated... but it should put us at the front of the line to work through specific permits & issues that may come up."
CBC News
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
11/12 Final initiative: "Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor" in B.C./Yukon. It's a "concept," not a specific project; MPO will explore its huge critical mineral deposits.
So far, none of the 7 projects have the "national interest designation" that would let them bypass environmental laws.
So far, none of the 7 projects have the "national interest designation" that would let them bypass environmental laws.
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
11/12 Final initiative: "Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor" in B.C./Yukon. It's a "concept," not a specific project; MPO will explore its huge critical mineral deposits.
So far, none of the 7 projects have the "national interest designation" that would let them bypass environmental laws.
So far, none of the 7 projects have the "national interest designation" that would let them bypass environmental laws.
10/12 Other key projects:
👉 Nouveau Monde Graphite (Que): $1.8B mine, defence/battery supply chains.
👉 Sisson Mine (NB): Produces tungsten (critical mineral) for high-strength steel/defence.
👉 Iqaluit Hydro Project (NU): Inuit-owned; replaces 15M litres imported diesel.
👉 Nouveau Monde Graphite (Que): $1.8B mine, defence/battery supply chains.
👉 Sisson Mine (NB): Produces tungsten (critical mineral) for high-strength steel/defence.
👉 Iqaluit Hydro Project (NU): Inuit-owned; replaces 15M litres imported diesel.
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
10/12 Other key projects:
👉 Nouveau Monde Graphite (Que): $1.8B mine, defence/battery supply chains.
👉 Sisson Mine (NB): Produces tungsten (critical mineral) for high-strength steel/defence.
👉 Iqaluit Hydro Project (NU): Inuit-owned; replaces 15M litres imported diesel.
👉 Nouveau Monde Graphite (Que): $1.8B mine, defence/battery supply chains.
👉 Sisson Mine (NB): Produces tungsten (critical mineral) for high-strength steel/defence.
👉 Iqaluit Hydro Project (NU): Inuit-owned; replaces 15M litres imported diesel.
9/12 Ontario Premier Doug Ford welcomed the move but immediately demanded more.
"It’s great that they’re doing the Crawford nickel project," Ford said, "but let’s get out of our way on everything else. Let’s get out of our way when it comes to the Ring of Fire."
#RingOfFire
"It’s great that they’re doing the Crawford nickel project," Ford said, "but let’s get out of our way on everything else. Let’s get out of our way when it comes to the Ring of Fire."
#RingOfFire
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
9/12 Ontario Premier Doug Ford welcomed the move but immediately demanded more.
"It’s great that they’re doing the Crawford nickel project," Ford said, "but let’s get out of our way on everything else. Let’s get out of our way when it comes to the Ring of Fire."
#RingOfFire
"It’s great that they’re doing the Crawford nickel project," Ford said, "but let’s get out of our way on everything else. Let’s get out of our way when it comes to the Ring of Fire."
#RingOfFire
8/12 Another initiative: Canada Nickel’s Crawford Project in Timmins, Ontario.
The mine, on one of the largest nickel reserves, will produce ore "integral to making batteries and steel."
The govt says it's cleaner (90% below global avg. emissions) & creates "4,000 new careers."
The mine, on one of the largest nickel reserves, will produce ore "integral to making batteries and steel."
The govt says it's cleaner (90% below global avg. emissions) & creates "4,000 new careers."
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
8/12 Another initiative: Canada Nickel’s Crawford Project in Timmins, Ontario.
The mine, on one of the largest nickel reserves, will produce ore "integral to making batteries and steel."
The govt says it's cleaner (90% below global avg. emissions) & creates "4,000 new careers."
The mine, on one of the largest nickel reserves, will produce ore "integral to making batteries and steel."
The govt says it's cleaner (90% below global avg. emissions) & creates "4,000 new careers."
7/12 Environmentalists immediately panned Carney's decision.
Environmental Defence called it a "harmful and unnecessary project."
The David Suzuki Foundation said LNG facilities like this one "fuels the climate crisis" noting it hasn't earned the consent of some Indigenous peoples in the area.
Environmental Defence called it a "harmful and unnecessary project."
The David Suzuki Foundation said LNG facilities like this one "fuels the climate crisis" noting it hasn't earned the consent of some Indigenous peoples in the area.
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
7/12 Environmentalists immediately panned Carney's decision.
Environmental Defence called it a "harmful and unnecessary project."
The David Suzuki Foundation said LNG facilities like this one "fuels the climate crisis" noting it hasn't earned the consent of some Indigenous peoples in the area.
Environmental Defence called it a "harmful and unnecessary project."
The David Suzuki Foundation said LNG facilities like this one "fuels the climate crisis" noting it hasn't earned the consent of some Indigenous peoples in the area.
6/12 This project & the LNG Canada expansion are a federal plan (B.C. NDP supported) to "turbocharge" LNG development.
Proponents (like Nisga'a's U.S. partner Western LNG) say it's cleaner, claiming "net-zero by 2030" as it’s largely hydro-powered.
Proponents (like Nisga'a's U.S. partner Western LNG) say it's cleaner, claiming "net-zero by 2030" as it’s largely hydro-powered.
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
6/12 This project & the LNG Canada expansion are a federal plan (B.C. NDP supported) to "turbocharge" LNG development.
Proponents (like Nisga'a's U.S. partner Western LNG) say it's cleaner, claiming "net-zero by 2030" as it’s largely hydro-powered.
Proponents (like Nisga'a's U.S. partner Western LNG) say it's cleaner, claiming "net-zero by 2030" as it’s largely hydro-powered.
5/12 That transmission line will also be used to deliver electricity to the Ksi Lisims #LNG project.
This is an #Indigenous-led, $30B liquefied natural gas facility co-developed by the Nisga'a Nation. It will produce 12M tonnes of LNG per year, mostly for shipment to clients in Asia.
This is an #Indigenous-led, $30B liquefied natural gas facility co-developed by the Nisga'a Nation. It will produce 12M tonnes of LNG per year, mostly for shipment to clients in Asia.
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
5/12 That transmission line will also be used to deliver electricity to the Ksi Lisims #LNG project.
This is an #Indigenous-led, $30B liquefied natural gas facility co-developed by the Nisga'a Nation. It will produce 12M tonnes of LNG per year, mostly for shipment to clients in Asia.
This is an #Indigenous-led, $30B liquefied natural gas facility co-developed by the Nisga'a Nation. It will produce 12M tonnes of LNG per year, mostly for shipment to clients in Asia.
4/12 A key piece of the strategy is the new North Coast Transmission Line in B.C.
It's designed to deliver low-cost, clean electricity & better telecommunications to West Coast communities, with a possible link to the Yukon.
The Canadian Infrastructure Bank will loan B.C. Hydro $139M to build it.
It's designed to deliver low-cost, clean electricity & better telecommunications to West Coast communities, with a possible link to the Yukon.
The Canadian Infrastructure Bank will loan B.C. Hydro $139M to build it.
November 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
4/12 A key piece of the strategy is the new North Coast Transmission Line in B.C.
It's designed to deliver low-cost, clean electricity & better telecommunications to West Coast communities, with a possible link to the Yukon.
The Canadian Infrastructure Bank will loan B.C. Hydro $139M to build it.
It's designed to deliver low-cost, clean electricity & better telecommunications to West Coast communities, with a possible link to the Yukon.
The Canadian Infrastructure Bank will loan B.C. Hydro $139M to build it.
3/12 The 7 projects & concepts are:
👉 Sisson Mine (NB)
👉 Crawford Nickel project (ON)
👉 Ksi Lisims LNG project (BC)
👉 Iqaluit hydro project (NU)
👉 Nouveau Monde Graphite project (QC)
👉 North Coast Transmission Line (BC)
👉 Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor (BC/YK)
#CdnPoli #Budget2025
👉 Sisson Mine (NB)
👉 Crawford Nickel project (ON)
👉 Ksi Lisims LNG project (BC)
👉 Iqaluit hydro project (NU)
👉 Nouveau Monde Graphite project (QC)
👉 North Coast Transmission Line (BC)
👉 Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor (BC/YK)
#CdnPoli #Budget2025
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
3/12 The 7 projects & concepts are:
👉 Sisson Mine (NB)
👉 Crawford Nickel project (ON)
👉 Ksi Lisims LNG project (BC)
👉 Iqaluit hydro project (NU)
👉 Nouveau Monde Graphite project (QC)
👉 North Coast Transmission Line (BC)
👉 Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor (BC/YK)
#CdnPoli #Budget2025
👉 Sisson Mine (NB)
👉 Crawford Nickel project (ON)
👉 Ksi Lisims LNG project (BC)
👉 Iqaluit hydro project (NU)
👉 Nouveau Monde Graphite project (QC)
👉 North Coast Transmission Line (BC)
👉 Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor (BC/YK)
#CdnPoli #Budget2025
2/12 These 7 initiatives, plus 5 from Sept, total $116B (govt).
The new Major Projects Office (MPO), led by Dawn Farrell, will guide them to completion.
Farrell's team will streamline approvals, aid Indigenous consultations, attract investors, & co-ordinate labour.
The new Major Projects Office (MPO), led by Dawn Farrell, will guide them to completion.
Farrell's team will streamline approvals, aid Indigenous consultations, attract investors, & co-ordinate labour.
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
2/12 These 7 initiatives, plus 5 from Sept, total $116B (govt).
The new Major Projects Office (MPO), led by Dawn Farrell, will guide them to completion.
Farrell's team will streamline approvals, aid Indigenous consultations, attract investors, & co-ordinate labour.
The new Major Projects Office (MPO), led by Dawn Farrell, will guide them to completion.
Farrell's team will streamline approvals, aid Indigenous consultations, attract investors, & co-ordinate labour.
11/11 When legislatures are organized as team locker rooms first and democratic institutions second, elected representatives are less likely to insist on the public work that tests ideas before they become law.
Jared Wesley, Alex Marland, & Mireille Lalancette, The Tyee
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Jared Wesley, Alex Marland, & Mireille Lalancette, The Tyee
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Party Discipline Is Undermining Canadian Democracy | The Tyee
Alberta’s bill ordering teachers back to work is a prime example, say authors of a new book.
thetyee.ca
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
11/11 When legislatures are organized as team locker rooms first and democratic institutions second, elected representatives are less likely to insist on the public work that tests ideas before they become law.
Jared Wesley, Alex Marland, & Mireille Lalancette, The Tyee
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Jared Wesley, Alex Marland, & Mireille Lalancette, The Tyee
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
9/11 Guthrie has since emerged as a steady critic, assuming the role as an Independent MLA that parliamentary traditions intended all representatives to play: holding the government to account.
That he felt unable to do so within cabinet or caucus is a symptom of the hyper-partisanship.
That he felt unable to do so within cabinet or caucus is a symptom of the hyper-partisanship.
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
9/11 Guthrie has since emerged as a steady critic, assuming the role as an Independent MLA that parliamentary traditions intended all representatives to play: holding the government to account.
That he felt unable to do so within cabinet or caucus is a symptom of the hyper-partisanship.
That he felt unable to do so within cabinet or caucus is a symptom of the hyper-partisanship.
8/11 When disagreements are handled through discipline rather than deliberation, the conflict doesn't disappear. It often relocates.
Earlier this year, #UCP MLA Peter #Guthrie resigned from cabinet and was expelled from caucus after sustained criticism of his party’s ethics record.
#AbLeg #AbPoli
Earlier this year, #UCP MLA Peter #Guthrie resigned from cabinet and was expelled from caucus after sustained criticism of his party’s ethics record.
#AbLeg #AbPoli
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
7/11 Message discipline reshapes everyday incentives. Rather than seeing alternative arguments as quality control, members learn to treat them as obstacles.
This means members of the governing caucus sometimes choose to silence themselves just to prevent their opponents from engaging in debate.
This means members of the governing caucus sometimes choose to silence themselves just to prevent their opponents from engaging in debate.
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
7/11 Message discipline reshapes everyday incentives. Rather than seeing alternative arguments as quality control, members learn to treat them as obstacles.
This means members of the governing caucus sometimes choose to silence themselves just to prevent their opponents from engaging in debate.
This means members of the governing caucus sometimes choose to silence themselves just to prevent their opponents from engaging in debate.
6/11 It unpacks the pressures that compel elected officials to prioritize party interests and suppress dissent.
Leaders and their entourages co-ordinate what caucus members say and do, rewarding conformity and punishing dissent. Opposing fast-tracked legislation can feel like deserting "the team."
Leaders and their entourages co-ordinate what caucus members say and do, rewarding conformity and punishing dissent. Opposing fast-tracked legislation can feel like deserting "the team."
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
6/11 It unpacks the pressures that compel elected officials to prioritize party interests and suppress dissent.
Leaders and their entourages co-ordinate what caucus members say and do, rewarding conformity and punishing dissent. Opposing fast-tracked legislation can feel like deserting "the team."
Leaders and their entourages co-ordinate what caucus members say and do, rewarding conformity and punishing dissent. Opposing fast-tracked legislation can feel like deserting "the team."
5/11 Why would a legislature vote to shorten its own deliberation on fundamental freedoms?
The authors' new book, No “I” in Team, points to a simple answer: hyper-partisanship has evolved from "party discipline" (voting together) into "message discipline" (speaking together).
#AbLeg
The authors' new book, No “I” in Team, points to a simple answer: hyper-partisanship has evolved from "party discipline" (voting together) into "message discipline" (speaking together).
#AbLeg
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
5/11 Why would a legislature vote to shorten its own deliberation on fundamental freedoms?
The authors' new book, No “I” in Team, points to a simple answer: hyper-partisanship has evolved from "party discipline" (voting together) into "message discipline" (speaking together).
#AbLeg
The authors' new book, No “I” in Team, points to a simple answer: hyper-partisanship has evolved from "party discipline" (voting together) into "message discipline" (speaking together).
#AbLeg
4/11 Speed mattered as much as the substance. It limited any chance for MLAs to probe details, air local concerns, or test alternatives in public.
It also sidestepped a constitutional responsibility. The #notwithstanding clause charges legislatures—not just premiers—with removing Canadians’ rights.
It also sidestepped a constitutional responsibility. The #notwithstanding clause charges legislatures—not just premiers—with removing Canadians’ rights.
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
4/11 Speed mattered as much as the substance. It limited any chance for MLAs to probe details, air local concerns, or test alternatives in public.
It also sidestepped a constitutional responsibility. The #notwithstanding clause charges legislatures—not just premiers—with removing Canadians’ rights.
It also sidestepped a constitutional responsibility. The #notwithstanding clause charges legislatures—not just premiers—with removing Canadians’ rights.
3/11 The process is the other half of the story. Party discipline pushed the law through the legislature in record time.
The government moved Bill 2 from first reading to final passage in less than 12 hours. Debate windows were cut to just one hour, concluding in the early morning hours.
#AbLeg
The government moved Bill 2 from first reading to final passage in less than 12 hours. Debate windows were cut to just one hour, concluding in the early morning hours.
#AbLeg
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
3/11 The process is the other half of the story. Party discipline pushed the law through the legislature in record time.
The government moved Bill 2 from first reading to final passage in less than 12 hours. Debate windows were cut to just one hour, concluding in the early morning hours.
#AbLeg
The government moved Bill 2 from first reading to final passage in less than 12 hours. Debate windows were cut to just one hour, concluding in the early morning hours.
#AbLeg
2/11 The authors point to recent events in Alberta. #Bill2, the "Back to School Act," ended a provincewide teachers’ strike by imposing a contract & ordering more than 50K teachers back to work.
It drew national attention for how it was done: the government invoked the #notwithstanding clause.
It drew national attention for how it was done: the government invoked the #notwithstanding clause.
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
2/11 The authors point to recent events in Alberta. #Bill2, the "Back to School Act," ended a provincewide teachers’ strike by imposing a contract & ordering more than 50K teachers back to work.
It drew national attention for how it was done: the government invoked the #notwithstanding clause.
It drew national attention for how it was done: the government invoked the #notwithstanding clause.
18/18 Urgent energy security challenges are front and centre for policymakers.
Their responses must weigh the trade-offs between security, affordability, and climate change as they reach different conclusions on the right path forward.
International Energy Agency www.iea.org/reports/worl...
Their responses must weigh the trade-offs between security, affordability, and climate change as they reach different conclusions on the right path forward.
International Energy Agency www.iea.org/reports/worl...
World Energy Outlook 2025 – Analysis - IEA
World Energy Outlook 2025 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
www.iea.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
18/18 Urgent energy security challenges are front and centre for policymakers.
Their responses must weigh the trade-offs between security, affordability, and climate change as they reach different conclusions on the right path forward.
International Energy Agency www.iea.org/reports/worl...
Their responses must weigh the trade-offs between security, affordability, and climate change as they reach different conclusions on the right path forward.
International Energy Agency www.iea.org/reports/worl...
17/18 The report also highlights a massive failure in human development.
Today, around 730 million people still live without electricity.
Worse, nearly 2 billion people—one-quarter of the global population—still rely on cooking methods "that are detrimental to human health".
Today, around 730 million people still live without electricity.
Worse, nearly 2 billion people—one-quarter of the global population—still rely on cooking methods "that are detrimental to human health".
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
17/18 The report also highlights a massive failure in human development.
Today, around 730 million people still live without electricity.
Worse, nearly 2 billion people—one-quarter of the global population—still rely on cooking methods "that are detrimental to human health".
Today, around 730 million people still live without electricity.
Worse, nearly 2 billion people—one-quarter of the global population—still rely on cooking methods "that are detrimental to human health".