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PONIs or PHONIs? My latest ABlawg post on the subject of where things stand following yesterday's announcement of the second tranche of "major projects" / PONIs. And an imperfect glossary to try to make sense of the odd mix of terminology circulating.
New Post: Major Projects and the Building Canada Act: New list of PONIs or PHONIs?
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Major Projects and the Building Canada Act: New list of PONIs or PHONIs?
By: David V. Wright Matter Commented On: Building Canada Act, SC 2025, c 2, s 4 PDF Version: Major Projects and the Building Canada Act: New list of PONIs or PHONIs? This week, Prime Minister Carn…
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November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
PONIs or PHONIs? My latest ABlawg post on the subject of where things stand following yesterday's announcement of the second tranche of "major projects" / PONIs. And an imperfect glossary to try to make sense of the odd mix of terminology circulating.
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Alberta premier says loss of measles elimination status concerning, urges vigilance
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November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Alberta premier says loss of measles elimination status concerning, urges vigilance
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Two potential nation building projects announced in B.C. Thursday by the prime minister continue to divide First Nations in the regions potentially impacted.
www.aptnnews.ca?p=279864
www.aptnnews.ca?p=279864
Carney’s LNG project referrals in B.C. getting mixed reviews
The day after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced two B.C. additions to the federal government’s list of possible project referrals for "nation-building" reaction continued to roll in.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Two potential nation building projects announced in B.C. Thursday by the prime minister continue to divide First Nations in the regions potentially impacted.
www.aptnnews.ca?p=279864
www.aptnnews.ca?p=279864
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The Trudeau Liberals cut 10,000 public sector jobs beginning last year. PM Carney's plan to axe 30,000 more jobs will impact access to access pensions, Employment Insurance, and passports
The latest from my colleague Harrison Samphir for @breachmedia.ca
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The latest from my colleague Harrison Samphir for @breachmedia.ca
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‘Devastating and demoralizing’: public service braces for wave of cuts ⋆ The Breach
Carney’s austerity plan risks hollowing out government and hurting service delivery
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November 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The Trudeau Liberals cut 10,000 public sector jobs beginning last year. PM Carney's plan to axe 30,000 more jobs will impact access to access pensions, Employment Insurance, and passports
The latest from my colleague Harrison Samphir for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/canada-publi...
The latest from my colleague Harrison Samphir for @breachmedia.ca
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Anyhow our hospital system, like our whole health system, is crumbling under the weight of population growth, decades of cuts and underfunding, privatization, and insufficient infrastructure.
This announcement reads like an off-brand bandaid being slapped on a gaping wound.
This announcement reads like an off-brand bandaid being slapped on a gaping wound.
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Anyhow our hospital system, like our whole health system, is crumbling under the weight of population growth, decades of cuts and underfunding, privatization, and insufficient infrastructure.
This announcement reads like an off-brand bandaid being slapped on a gaping wound.
This announcement reads like an off-brand bandaid being slapped on a gaping wound.
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Proving itself no better than any other country, #Canada brought a bunch of fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30
This includes representatives from several orgs that promise Canadian oil & gas are "low carbon", a term experts agree is bullshit
Latest @desmog.com #cdnpoli
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This includes representatives from several orgs that promise Canadian oil & gas are "low carbon", a term experts agree is bullshit
Latest @desmog.com #cdnpoli
www.desmog.com/2025/11/13/i...
‘Inviting the Fox into the Henhouse’: Canada Delegation to COP30 Loaded with Fossil Fuel Representatives
Delegation’s composition consistent with new KBPO report revealing this year’s U.N. climate talks have the largest number of fossil fuel lobbyists to date.
www.desmog.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Proving itself no better than any other country, #Canada brought a bunch of fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30
This includes representatives from several orgs that promise Canadian oil & gas are "low carbon", a term experts agree is bullshit
Latest @desmog.com #cdnpoli
www.desmog.com/2025/11/13/i...
This includes representatives from several orgs that promise Canadian oil & gas are "low carbon", a term experts agree is bullshit
Latest @desmog.com #cdnpoli
www.desmog.com/2025/11/13/i...
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It's kinda wild how little we know about what the Major Projects office does and what the federal fast-track means
BC Premier David Eby said he expects the MPO will help "resolve long-standing issues" with First Nations and "do things faster"
I guess we'll see
BC Premier David Eby said he expects the MPO will help "resolve long-standing issues" with First Nations and "do things faster"
I guess we'll see
Are Mark Carney’s nation-building projects really on the fast-track — or just the fake-track? @meyer.bsky.social sorts hype from reality in today’s newsletter:
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The hype and reality of Carney’s nation-building wish list | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s list of nation-building projects just got longer — but the federal fast-track isn’t everything it might seem
thenarwhal.ca
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It's kinda wild how little we know about what the Major Projects office does and what the federal fast-track means
BC Premier David Eby said he expects the MPO will help "resolve long-standing issues" with First Nations and "do things faster"
I guess we'll see
BC Premier David Eby said he expects the MPO will help "resolve long-standing issues" with First Nations and "do things faster"
I guess we'll see
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Well, it exists but not the way you think. youtu.be/wrZ7PnolbQ4?...
THingu's The Thing (18+)
YouTube video by Lee Hardcastle
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November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Well, it exists but not the way you think. youtu.be/wrZ7PnolbQ4?...
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Well the Edmonton Police just released an “AI” image of a deceased person in hopes of generating tips.
I have questions.
I have questions.
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Well the Edmonton Police just released an “AI” image of a deceased person in hopes of generating tips.
I have questions.
I have questions.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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If you spend any time in Edmonton with the folks who live on its streets, you'll see how the elites have condemned them to horrific situations, including the obvious possibility of disease.
Yikes: A tuberculosis outbreak has been declared in inner-city Edmonton. 12 people have gotten sick this year. Two recently confirmed in October, suggesting it's spread.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If you spend any time in Edmonton with the folks who live on its streets, you'll see how the elites have condemned them to horrific situations, including the obvious possibility of disease.
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It bothers me that the UCP are considering denying healthcare to temporary foreign workers
These workers are only in Canada because a Canadian company said they couldn't fill their positions with Canadians
It's inhumane
#ableg #abpoli #Alberta
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These workers are only in Canada because a Canadian company said they couldn't fill their positions with Canadians
It's inhumane
#ableg #abpoli #Alberta
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Flags, vaccines and buying the RCMP: 35 resolutions proposed for upcoming UCP AGM
Members of Alberta's governing United Conservative Party will vote on a raft of policy proposals this month.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It bothers me that the UCP are considering denying healthcare to temporary foreign workers
These workers are only in Canada because a Canadian company said they couldn't fill their positions with Canadians
It's inhumane
#ableg #abpoli #Alberta
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
These workers are only in Canada because a Canadian company said they couldn't fill their positions with Canadians
It's inhumane
#ableg #abpoli #Alberta
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
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When they get half a billion dollars every year, they always find new toys to buy.
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
When they get half a billion dollars every year, they always find new toys to buy.
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“I looked into a cow’s eyes and saw that all cows were indeed as racist as I am.”
Between Peterson, Gad Saad, this guy and half of Elon Musk, you gotta wonder why so much of the mind numbingly profoundly wrong intellectualized racism and/or bigotry is coming from Canada.
Between Peterson, Gad Saad, this guy and half of Elon Musk, you gotta wonder why so much of the mind numbingly profoundly wrong intellectualized racism and/or bigotry is coming from Canada.
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“I looked into a cow’s eyes and saw that all cows were indeed as racist as I am.”
Between Peterson, Gad Saad, this guy and half of Elon Musk, you gotta wonder why so much of the mind numbingly profoundly wrong intellectualized racism and/or bigotry is coming from Canada.
Between Peterson, Gad Saad, this guy and half of Elon Musk, you gotta wonder why so much of the mind numbingly profoundly wrong intellectualized racism and/or bigotry is coming from Canada.
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Hann was a celebrated singer-songwriter and children’s entertainer in Edmonton, hosting a popular show on CTV in the '80s. #yeg
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Paul Hann, noted children's musician and Edmonton kids' show host, dies at 77
Singer-songwriter and beloved children's entertainer Paul Hann has passed away from Parkinsons and Lewy body
edmontonjournal.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hann was a celebrated singer-songwriter and children’s entertainer in Edmonton, hosting a popular show on CTV in the '80s. #yeg
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As the PM makes big resource extraction announcements today, Im thinking about the findings of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Safety concerns for Indigenous women in resource development: MMIWG inquiry | CBC News
Amnesty International Canada is supporting the call from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on the "urgent need" to consider the safety of Indigenous women in al...
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
As the PM makes big resource extraction announcements today, Im thinking about the findings of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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“What we saw, once again, were self-centred claims that public-health measures that protect the larger population somehow oppress individuals who essentially think that laws they don’t like don’t apply to them.”
The ostrich saga was for the birds. The decision to cull the big birds exposed to avian influenza was a good one and the histrionics unhelpful, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social
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www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #H5N1
Opinion: The ostrich saga was for the birds
Government’s decision to cull 300 birds in B.C. was for the public good
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“What we saw, once again, were self-centred claims that public-health measures that protect the larger population somehow oppress individuals who essentially think that laws they don’t like don’t apply to them.”
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Everywhere you look in Canada, there are no leaders of principle to be found.
Unlocked | Up to the U.S. to decide if it violated international law with Caribbean boat strikes, says Anand
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Up to the U.S. to decide if it violated international law with Caribbean boat strikes, says Anand
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand broke with tradition as she seemingly asserted that Canada's top diplomat doesn't weigh in on a foreign country's adherence to international law.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Everywhere you look in Canada, there are no leaders of principle to be found.
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In 2021 I asked the Canadian government how much it was spending fighting First Nations in court - one access-to-info request specifying four cases. Today they got back to me.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In 2021 I asked the Canadian government how much it was spending fighting First Nations in court - one access-to-info request specifying four cases. Today they got back to me.
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Local politician BIG MAD that people are engaging in politics, story at 6.
Alberta MLA Angela Pitt accuses school principal of weaponizing position to push recall petition — principal says he’s specifically not been advertising his title, but Pitt has now brought it to the forefront.
From me today:
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From me today:
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Alberta MLA accuses school principal of weaponizing position to push recall petition
One of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s caucus members went on the attack Wednesday against a constituent trying to get her kicked out of the legislature.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Local politician BIG MAD that people are engaging in politics, story at 6.
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Within the part of the menswear industry that I operate in, Roopa Knitting Mills is widely regarded as one of the best hoodie manufacturers. Founded in 1991 by an Indian immigrant named Nat Thakkar, they do every production step after yarn spinning in Ontario, Canada.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Within the part of the menswear industry that I operate in, Roopa Knitting Mills is widely regarded as one of the best hoodie manufacturers. Founded in 1991 by an Indian immigrant named Nat Thakkar, they do every production step after yarn spinning in Ontario, Canada.
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Canada’s correctional investigator is leaving two years before his second term ends and says one of the reasons is the government’s failure to address the gross over-representation of Indigenous people in the federal prison system.
Zinger leaving post early due to lack of progress on Indigenous issues
Ivan Zinger, Canada's prison watchdog says he's leaving his job early due to the lack of progress on Indigenous issues in penitentiaries.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Canada’s correctional investigator is leaving two years before his second term ends and says one of the reasons is the government’s failure to address the gross over-representation of Indigenous people in the federal prison system.
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The idea that sexual abuse is part of “private” life instead of a public crisis has done incalculable damage. Anti-rape activists have to fight to even make it possible to expose sexual abuse as a wrongdoing in public without being silenced and undermined. That fight is far from won
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The idea that sexual abuse is part of “private” life instead of a public crisis has done incalculable damage. Anti-rape activists have to fight to even make it possible to expose sexual abuse as a wrongdoing in public without being silenced and undermined. That fight is far from won
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canadian sovereignty tho
As the CDN prime minister designates select projects like Coastal GasLink and LNG Canada in the "national interest," the companies behind them continue to form deep ties with Canada's spy agency and other federal law enforcement. Here's a look at why this matters. thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...
The deepening ties between CSIS and resource companies | The Narwhal
As the federal government earmarks resource extraction projects in the ‘national interest,’ the companies building them are deepening ties to CSIS
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November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
canadian sovereignty tho