Craig McNaughton
@jcraigmcn.bsky.social
Working to help slash GHG emissions & defend liberal-democratic norms. Enjoying guitar with friends. Golfing to stay humble. Helped get @brucefanjoy.bsky.social elected!
"Fossil fuel pollution is overheating Canadian forests, spawning an out-of-control wildfire crisis"
& yet, in another part of our collective mind, all we can think about is burning more & more oil & gas...for those lovely paycheques...which we will then spend to deal with #extremeweather
& yet, in another part of our collective mind, all we can think about is burning more & more oil & gas...for those lovely paycheques...which we will then spend to deal with #extremeweather
September 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"Fossil fuel pollution is overheating Canadian forests, spawning an out-of-control wildfire crisis"
& yet, in another part of our collective mind, all we can think about is burning more & more oil & gas...for those lovely paycheques...which we will then spend to deal with #extremeweather
& yet, in another part of our collective mind, all we can think about is burning more & more oil & gas...for those lovely paycheques...which we will then spend to deal with #extremeweather
"The additional climate change impacts between 2015 and 2025 alone will cost the average household $700 per year, & will continue to increase moving forward"
Check June 2025 fact sheet from @climateinstitute.bsky.social on the cost of climate-driven wildfires:
climateinstitute.ca/wp-content/u...
Check June 2025 fact sheet from @climateinstitute.bsky.social on the cost of climate-driven wildfires:
climateinstitute.ca/wp-content/u...
August 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"The additional climate change impacts between 2015 and 2025 alone will cost the average household $700 per year, & will continue to increase moving forward"
Check June 2025 fact sheet from @climateinstitute.bsky.social on the cost of climate-driven wildfires:
climateinstitute.ca/wp-content/u...
Check June 2025 fact sheet from @climateinstitute.bsky.social on the cost of climate-driven wildfires:
climateinstitute.ca/wp-content/u...
It's curious that Canadian populism (I'm thinking of you, Pierre) hasn't grabbed hold of the need to defend all those good people who are losing their livelihoods to wildfires, warm/acidic oceans, storms, floods, drought, smoke/pollution...
Instead, we get nostrums about hard work, taxes, family...
Instead, we get nostrums about hard work, taxes, family...
August 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It's curious that Canadian populism (I'm thinking of you, Pierre) hasn't grabbed hold of the need to defend all those good people who are losing their livelihoods to wildfires, warm/acidic oceans, storms, floods, drought, smoke/pollution...
Instead, we get nostrums about hard work, taxes, family...
Instead, we get nostrums about hard work, taxes, family...
On EVs and the rural way of life, check out "5 Ways Rural Drivers Benefit from Electric Vehicles": cleantechnica.com/2021/11/07/5...
and forbes.com/sites/joshua...
and forbes.com/sites/joshua...
August 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
On EVs and the rural way of life, check out "5 Ways Rural Drivers Benefit from Electric Vehicles": cleantechnica.com/2021/11/07/5...
and forbes.com/sites/joshua...
and forbes.com/sites/joshua...
Most worrisome point? Poilievre’s attack on the “Liberal open borders experiment of mass immigration.” He wants a “Canada first” policy that includes “more people leaving than coming”
Way too much Trump in there; not enough Canadian generosity
Way too much Trump in there; not enough Canadian generosity
August 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Most worrisome point? Poilievre’s attack on the “Liberal open borders experiment of mass immigration.” He wants a “Canada first” policy that includes “more people leaving than coming”
Way too much Trump in there; not enough Canadian generosity
Way too much Trump in there; not enough Canadian generosity
If an oncologist tells you it’s best to stop drinking alcohol, do you then keep drinking alcohol?
If a scientist in atmospheric chemistry tells you it’s best to stop emitting greenhouse gases, do you then keep emitting?
Freedom works best with expertise
If a scientist in atmospheric chemistry tells you it’s best to stop emitting greenhouse gases, do you then keep emitting?
Freedom works best with expertise
August 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If an oncologist tells you it’s best to stop drinking alcohol, do you then keep drinking alcohol?
If a scientist in atmospheric chemistry tells you it’s best to stop emitting greenhouse gases, do you then keep emitting?
Freedom works best with expertise
If a scientist in atmospheric chemistry tells you it’s best to stop emitting greenhouse gases, do you then keep emitting?
Freedom works best with expertise
... and now we add art as propaganda
DHS using art to represent its mass deportations
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/the-trump-administration-is-using-fascist-propaganda-to-promote-its-mass-deportation-campaign-experts-say/ar-AA1JMm8k?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=6891732937bc4f5186812e736acba773&ei=39
DHS using art to represent its mass deportations
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/the-trump-administration-is-using-fascist-propaganda-to-promote-its-mass-deportation-campaign-experts-say/ar-AA1JMm8k?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=6891732937bc4f5186812e736acba773&ei=39
August 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
... and now we add art as propaganda
DHS using art to represent its mass deportations
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/the-trump-administration-is-using-fascist-propaganda-to-promote-its-mass-deportation-campaign-experts-say/ar-AA1JMm8k?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=6891732937bc4f5186812e736acba773&ei=39
DHS using art to represent its mass deportations
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/the-trump-administration-is-using-fascist-propaganda-to-promote-its-mass-deportation-campaign-experts-say/ar-AA1JMm8k?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=6891732937bc4f5186812e736acba773&ei=39
Couple of useful flood maps from www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weather/severe/why-has-2025-seen-so-much-widespread-flash-flooding-us-texas
We don't need an expansive historical record with steady increases to tell us something weird & very damaging is happening...
We don't need an expansive historical record with steady increases to tell us something weird & very damaging is happening...
August 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Couple of useful flood maps from www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weather/severe/why-has-2025-seen-so-much-widespread-flash-flooding-us-texas
We don't need an expansive historical record with steady increases to tell us something weird & very damaging is happening...
We don't need an expansive historical record with steady increases to tell us something weird & very damaging is happening...
Bruce's win over Pierre in Carleton is one of the most consequential things about our recent consequential election
May 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Bruce's win over Pierre in Carleton is one of the most consequential things about our recent consequential election
I got there, but this voting process requires considerable patience and a little ingenuity!
Some tips: reload the Canada Post app if it's not working; go to vote.liberal.ca directly on your browser not from the email; open the Canada Post app AFTER your phone dings
Some tips: reload the Canada Post app if it's not working; go to vote.liberal.ca directly on your browser not from the email; open the Canada Post app AFTER your phone dings
February 27, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I got there, but this voting process requires considerable patience and a little ingenuity!
Some tips: reload the Canada Post app if it's not working; go to vote.liberal.ca directly on your browser not from the email; open the Canada Post app AFTER your phone dings
Some tips: reload the Canada Post app if it's not working; go to vote.liberal.ca directly on your browser not from the email; open the Canada Post app AFTER your phone dings
February 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
When you come across a great goalie, sign them immediately
Like #MarkCarney — of whom it has been said, "He did the Ken Dryden. He stepped up"
(See "How hockey shaped the Governor" telegraph.co.uk/finance/econ...)
Canadians need Carney in net
x.com/i/status/188...
Like #MarkCarney — of whom it has been said, "He did the Ken Dryden. He stepped up"
(See "How hockey shaped the Governor" telegraph.co.uk/finance/econ...)
Canadians need Carney in net
x.com/i/status/188...
January 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
When you come across a great goalie, sign them immediately
Like #MarkCarney — of whom it has been said, "He did the Ken Dryden. He stepped up"
(See "How hockey shaped the Governor" telegraph.co.uk/finance/econ...)
Canadians need Carney in net
x.com/i/status/188...
Like #MarkCarney — of whom it has been said, "He did the Ken Dryden. He stepped up"
(See "How hockey shaped the Governor" telegraph.co.uk/finance/econ...)
Canadians need Carney in net
x.com/i/status/188...
Though we might just have a 'carbon election'
#ExtremeWeather is changing our context fast & the only possible solution is cutting emissions
We don't have enough hoses, or rakes, or boats, or AC units, or irrigation, or insurance, or money
#Climate costs more than #tariffs
x.com/i/status/187...
#ExtremeWeather is changing our context fast & the only possible solution is cutting emissions
We don't have enough hoses, or rakes, or boats, or AC units, or irrigation, or insurance, or money
#Climate costs more than #tariffs
x.com/i/status/187...
January 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Though we might just have a 'carbon election'
#ExtremeWeather is changing our context fast & the only possible solution is cutting emissions
We don't have enough hoses, or rakes, or boats, or AC units, or irrigation, or insurance, or money
#Climate costs more than #tariffs
x.com/i/status/187...
#ExtremeWeather is changing our context fast & the only possible solution is cutting emissions
We don't have enough hoses, or rakes, or boats, or AC units, or irrigation, or insurance, or money
#Climate costs more than #tariffs
x.com/i/status/187...
"Conquering the world on horseback is easy. It is dismounting and governing that is hard" - Genghis Khan
See "Pierre Poilievre is setting himself up to fail" www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/17/o...
See "Pierre Poilievre is setting himself up to fail" www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/17/o...
December 30, 2024 at 7:31 PM
"Conquering the world on horseback is easy. It is dismounting and governing that is hard" - Genghis Khan
See "Pierre Poilievre is setting himself up to fail" www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/17/o...
See "Pierre Poilievre is setting himself up to fail" www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/17/o...
Inuit comedy, North of North
Coming via #CBC & @aptnv.bsky.social in January
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...
www.cbc.ca/television/c...
Coming via #CBC & @aptnv.bsky.social in January
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...
www.cbc.ca/television/c...
December 18, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Inuit comedy, North of North
Coming via #CBC & @aptnv.bsky.social in January
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...
www.cbc.ca/television/c...
Coming via #CBC & @aptnv.bsky.social in January
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...
www.cbc.ca/television/c...
Trump has us focused on the flow of drugs into the US from Canada
But here is evidence of drugs flowing into Canada from the US: seizure of 406kg methamphetamine worth $50mil, headed for Winnipeg
We work on this problem together; no need to damage relations
www.canada.ca/en/border-se...
But here is evidence of drugs flowing into Canada from the US: seizure of 406kg methamphetamine worth $50mil, headed for Winnipeg
We work on this problem together; no need to damage relations
www.canada.ca/en/border-se...
December 12, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Trump has us focused on the flow of drugs into the US from Canada
But here is evidence of drugs flowing into Canada from the US: seizure of 406kg methamphetamine worth $50mil, headed for Winnipeg
We work on this problem together; no need to damage relations
www.canada.ca/en/border-se...
But here is evidence of drugs flowing into Canada from the US: seizure of 406kg methamphetamine worth $50mil, headed for Winnipeg
We work on this problem together; no need to damage relations
www.canada.ca/en/border-se...
So of 37 countries, Canada is 12th in economic performance—tied with Sweden & ahead of the US, Germany, Australia...
Room for improvement (e.g., affordability), but we're not broken as #Poilievre argues
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Room for improvement (e.g., affordability), but we're not broken as #Poilievre argues
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
December 12, 2024 at 3:13 PM
So of 37 countries, Canada is 12th in economic performance—tied with Sweden & ahead of the US, Germany, Australia...
Room for improvement (e.g., affordability), but we're not broken as #Poilievre argues
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Room for improvement (e.g., affordability), but we're not broken as #Poilievre argues
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
As Herodotus would have observed: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays candidates such as these from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"
December 5, 2024 at 3:00 AM
As Herodotus would have observed: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays candidates such as these from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"
Why not organize a series of meetings with the other four parties to hammer out some sort of shared Canada First strategy to deal with this threat to the country?
Let's see what can be agreed politically rather than putting our political differences on display...
Let's see what can be agreed politically rather than putting our political differences on display...
November 26, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Why not organize a series of meetings with the other four parties to hammer out some sort of shared Canada First strategy to deal with this threat to the country?
Let's see what can be agreed politically rather than putting our political differences on display...
Let's see what can be agreed politically rather than putting our political differences on display...
Took me a second... 😊
It really shouldn't be that hard to Charter the spirit of Christmas in a thriving democracy
"Are there no prisons? And the Union workhouses? Are they still in operation? The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?"
It really shouldn't be that hard to Charter the spirit of Christmas in a thriving democracy
"Are there no prisons? And the Union workhouses? Are they still in operation? The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?"
November 21, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Took me a second... 😊
It really shouldn't be that hard to Charter the spirit of Christmas in a thriving democracy
"Are there no prisons? And the Union workhouses? Are they still in operation? The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?"
It really shouldn't be that hard to Charter the spirit of Christmas in a thriving democracy
"Are there no prisons? And the Union workhouses? Are they still in operation? The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?"
Part of the solution is to be on both XTwitter & Bluesky
Use Bluesky to recharge, recover, caucus, create...
Use XTwitter to engage the world head-on
Brandish facts, scope arguments, address concerns...
Dialogue is powerful — & essential
Use Bluesky to recharge, recover, caucus, create...
Use XTwitter to engage the world head-on
Brandish facts, scope arguments, address concerns...
Dialogue is powerful — & essential
November 16, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Part of the solution is to be on both XTwitter & Bluesky
Use Bluesky to recharge, recover, caucus, create...
Use XTwitter to engage the world head-on
Brandish facts, scope arguments, address concerns...
Dialogue is powerful — & essential
Use Bluesky to recharge, recover, caucus, create...
Use XTwitter to engage the world head-on
Brandish facts, scope arguments, address concerns...
Dialogue is powerful — & essential
Rally for Refugees in Ottawa
When: Sunday, November 17 from 3:00pm-4:00pm
Where: Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa
This event is family-friendly, all are welcome.
Learn more at www.facebook.com/share/15P1vQ...
Info on Refugee 613: www.refugee613.ca/pages/about-...
When: Sunday, November 17 from 3:00pm-4:00pm
Where: Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa
This event is family-friendly, all are welcome.
Learn more at www.facebook.com/share/15P1vQ...
Info on Refugee 613: www.refugee613.ca/pages/about-...
November 15, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Rally for Refugees in Ottawa
When: Sunday, November 17 from 3:00pm-4:00pm
Where: Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa
This event is family-friendly, all are welcome.
Learn more at www.facebook.com/share/15P1vQ...
Info on Refugee 613: www.refugee613.ca/pages/about-...
When: Sunday, November 17 from 3:00pm-4:00pm
Where: Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa
This event is family-friendly, all are welcome.
Learn more at www.facebook.com/share/15P1vQ...
Info on Refugee 613: www.refugee613.ca/pages/about-...
Uncommon good sense
November 14, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Uncommon good sense
Do we have a Cabinet Committee on Climate Risk?
This kind of brief to other governments must form part of our assessment of how the disruption of global weather will affect Canadians
Economically, socially, what happens in Norway, or the UK, or Spain, or Morocco, or China... affects us all
This kind of brief to other governments must form part of our assessment of how the disruption of global weather will affect Canadians
Economically, socially, what happens in Norway, or the UK, or Spain, or Morocco, or China... affects us all
November 13, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Do we have a Cabinet Committee on Climate Risk?
This kind of brief to other governments must form part of our assessment of how the disruption of global weather will affect Canadians
Economically, socially, what happens in Norway, or the UK, or Spain, or Morocco, or China... affects us all
This kind of brief to other governments must form part of our assessment of how the disruption of global weather will affect Canadians
Economically, socially, what happens in Norway, or the UK, or Spain, or Morocco, or China... affects us all
"adaptation to such a severe climate catastrophe is not a viable option, we urge the Council of Nordic Ministers to (a) initiate an assessment of this significant #risk to the Nordic countries & (b) take steps to minimize this risk..." - climate scientists on #AMOC
www.ucl.ac.uk/geography/si...
www.ucl.ac.uk/geography/si...
November 13, 2024 at 4:05 PM
"adaptation to such a severe climate catastrophe is not a viable option, we urge the Council of Nordic Ministers to (a) initiate an assessment of this significant #risk to the Nordic countries & (b) take steps to minimize this risk..." - climate scientists on #AMOC
www.ucl.ac.uk/geography/si...
www.ucl.ac.uk/geography/si...