Joan Baxter
@joanbaxter.bsky.social
Author, independent investigative journalist, member ICIJ global network - environment, climate, and corporate capture my obsessions - allergic to hypocrisy, propaganda and greenwashing grifters. Still writing after all these years. Opinions my own.
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Vancouver had 117 people die during the 2021 heat dome climate disaster.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Vancouver had 117 people die during the 2021 heat dome climate disaster.
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That an ex-con, enriched by a speculative activity that is both utterly useless & environmentally destructive, in cahoots with a despot who threatens our country, now tops the ranks of Canadian capitalism, proves we've gone right off the rails. Time to think big about change.
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
That an ex-con, enriched by a speculative activity that is both utterly useless & environmentally destructive, in cahoots with a despot who threatens our country, now tops the ranks of Canadian capitalism, proves we've gone right off the rails. Time to think big about change.
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This should make us all grab torches and pitchforks and start a revolution. Crypto billionaire Changpeng Xhao, ex-con recently pardoned by Trump, is now Canada's richest person according to the annual @macleans.bsky.social ranking: macleans.ca/longforms/th.... #cdnecon #canlab /2
The Rich List - Macleans.ca
There's a new billionaire topping our list this year. Here are Canada's 40 wealthiest people—and how they made their money.
macleans.ca
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This should make us all grab torches and pitchforks and start a revolution. Crypto billionaire Changpeng Xhao, ex-con recently pardoned by Trump, is now Canada's richest person according to the annual @macleans.bsky.social ranking: macleans.ca/longforms/th.... #cdnecon #canlab /2
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It's possible that Erskine-Smith has normalized dissent sufficiently — at least from him — that he can do stuff like this without it becoming a huge deal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jtC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jtC...
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - Some thoughts on Budget 2025
YouTube video by Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, M.P., Beaches-East York
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It's possible that Erskine-Smith has normalized dissent sufficiently — at least from him — that he can do stuff like this without it becoming a huge deal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jtC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jtC...
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Good piece by @desmog.com on the Telegraph’s record of having to issue ‘corrections’ on its stories about climate change (and yes, there’s some quotes from me) www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/t...
The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The Telegraph, which has accused the BBC of bias and a lack of editorial rigour, has been forced to amend a swathe of climate inaccuracies. The BBC’s director-general and CEO resigned this weekend aft...
www.desmog.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Good piece by @desmog.com on the Telegraph’s record of having to issue ‘corrections’ on its stories about climate change (and yes, there’s some quotes from me) www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/t...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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There’s a lot of confusion circulating on industrial carbon pricing and food prices in Canada.
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
FACT SHEET: Industrial carbon pricing in Canada
Industrial carbon pricing is Canada’s most important policy for cutting carbon pollution and creating a competitive clean economy.
climateinstitute.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
There’s a lot of confusion circulating on industrial carbon pricing and food prices in Canada.
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
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Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.
More than 300 collisions reported as early season snow slams parts of Ontario
YouTube video by CTV News
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November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.
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If people put half of their anger and energy on this poppy debate into other issues, we could accomplish a lot!
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If people put half of their anger and energy on this poppy debate into other issues, we could accomplish a lot!
Carney’s next book should be called “Value($): Building a better world for very rich people, burning it up for everyone else.” Or: “How I caved to the oil and gas industry, and did it with a smile on my face.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Carney’s next book should be called “Value($): Building a better world for very rich people, burning it up for everyone else.” Or: “How I caved to the oil and gas industry, and did it with a smile on my face.”
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Public officeholders in Canada serve diverse communities
Any statement from a politician challenging mainstream Canadian values like diversity and multiculturalism should be highly concerning to the public
Canadians have a right to know about the views and values of those seeking public office
Any statement from a politician challenging mainstream Canadian values like diversity and multiculturalism should be highly concerning to the public
Canadians have a right to know about the views and values of those seeking public office
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Public officeholders in Canada serve diverse communities
Any statement from a politician challenging mainstream Canadian values like diversity and multiculturalism should be highly concerning to the public
Canadians have a right to know about the views and values of those seeking public office
Any statement from a politician challenging mainstream Canadian values like diversity and multiculturalism should be highly concerning to the public
Canadians have a right to know about the views and values of those seeking public office
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Hey Media! want to talk to a Canadian physician working hard to make change at COP30?
There are five of us!
Learn more about what we are doing there, and how to reach us, in the link below.
There are five of us!
Learn more about what we are doing there, and how to reach us, in the link below.
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) Delegation at COP30 to protect people’s health and confront climate disinformation - CAPE
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) delegation of physicians and program team will be in Bélem from November 11 to 20. While the federal budget 2025 may have fallen short...
cape.ca
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hey Media! want to talk to a Canadian physician working hard to make change at COP30?
There are five of us!
Learn more about what we are doing there, and how to reach us, in the link below.
There are five of us!
Learn more about what we are doing there, and how to reach us, in the link below.
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Dear @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. Congratulations on your historic victory.
At the risk of speaking for any of my fellow Canadians, please feel free to completely ignore Kevin O’Leary. I think he’s generally reviled in Canada. I’d be surprised if anyone in our entire country would return his calls.
At the risk of speaking for any of my fellow Canadians, please feel free to completely ignore Kevin O’Leary. I think he’s generally reviled in Canada. I’d be surprised if anyone in our entire country would return his calls.
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Dear @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. Congratulations on your historic victory.
At the risk of speaking for any of my fellow Canadians, please feel free to completely ignore Kevin O’Leary. I think he’s generally reviled in Canada. I’d be surprised if anyone in our entire country would return his calls.
At the risk of speaking for any of my fellow Canadians, please feel free to completely ignore Kevin O’Leary. I think he’s generally reviled in Canada. I’d be surprised if anyone in our entire country would return his calls.
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Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
Carney carnage … seems the blinkered private equity bullshit is hard to shed. Despite high-minded books about “values” and how politicians should have courage to tackle climate change. Not just our grandkids, our kids are already paying the price.
The world blew past the dangerous 1.5 degree red line.
Our grandkids will pay the price.
Canada was the outlier in the G7 because of massive oil production expansion.
Mark Carney has decided to go all in on planet burning as a national strategy.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/07/c...
Our grandkids will pay the price.
Canada was the outlier in the G7 because of massive oil production expansion.
Mark Carney has decided to go all in on planet burning as a national strategy.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/07/c...
Carney tells business crowd a new pipeline project is 'going to…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Carney carnage … seems the blinkered private equity bullshit is hard to shed. Despite high-minded books about “values” and how politicians should have courage to tackle climate change. Not just our grandkids, our kids are already paying the price.
To be a little more explicit, and also not the least respectfully, Bill (Billionaire) Gates needs to shut - the fuck - up.
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
To be a little more explicit, and also not the least respectfully, Bill (Billionaire) Gates needs to shut - the fuck - up.
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I want to note there are several excellent reporters who cover #Halifax City Hall, and some are mentioned in this article.
While stories may have my byline, some of the responses in those stories come from questions asked by my colleagues. This is why you should support local media.
While stories may have my byline, some of the responses in those stories come from questions asked by my colleagues. This is why you should support local media.
Nov. 4 is the first year anniversary of this Halifax regional council meeting.
I have been trying since December to get an interview with Mayor Andy Fillmore. Three tries with no luck. But I wrote about reporting on Fillmore and some of his motions:
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/arts-and-cul...
I have been trying since December to get an interview with Mayor Andy Fillmore. Three tries with no luck. But I wrote about reporting on Fillmore and some of his motions:
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/arts-and-cul...
Going through the motions of Andy Fillmore's first year as Halifax's mayor - Halifax Examiner
While I wait for a face-to-face interview with Fillmore, here are thoughts on the last year of reporting on City Hall.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I want to note there are several excellent reporters who cover #Halifax City Hall, and some are mentioned in this article.
While stories may have my byline, some of the responses in those stories come from questions asked by my colleagues. This is why you should support local media.
While stories may have my byline, some of the responses in those stories come from questions asked by my colleagues. This is why you should support local media.
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"However terrible the war and its consequent famine in Sudan is today, it can still get much worse"
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
Terror Returns to Darfur
Only American pressure can stop the killing in Sudan.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"However terrible the war and its consequent famine in Sudan is today, it can still get much worse"
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone
www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
Update from Nova Scotia Environment: this week’s list of newly protected lands increases by a minuscule 0.01% the amount of protected land & water in NS. A sorry 13.76%, up from 13.75%, far short of the 15% required by March 2026, 20% by 2030. West Mabou Beach Park is Premier Houston’s Owl’s Head.
Nova Scotia announces protection of 1,267 hectares, but no word on West Mabou Beach Provincial Park
By @joanbaxter.bsky.social
By @joanbaxter.bsky.social
Nova Scotia announces protection of 1,267 hectares, but no word on West Mabou Beach Provincial Park - Halifax Examiner
"All of these little additions only amount to two one-hundredths of a percent,” says Raymond Plourde with the Ecology Action Centre.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Update from Nova Scotia Environment: this week’s list of newly protected lands increases by a minuscule 0.01% the amount of protected land & water in NS. A sorry 13.76%, up from 13.75%, far short of the 15% required by March 2026, 20% by 2030. West Mabou Beach Park is Premier Houston’s Owl’s Head.
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I beg everyone who comes across this post to PLEASE read this thread and all links attached! Please share! And PLEASE raise your voice to help stop this distraction and from get another US billionaire parasite.
Enough is enough
#westmaboubeach
#provincialpark
#crownland
#canada
#novascotia
Enough is enough
#westmaboubeach
#provincialpark
#crownland
#canada
#novascotia
U.S. billionaire financier of Cabot Links golf resort in Cape Breton is Trumpian climate denier, Mike Keiser. Now the Cabot Group wants to take West Mabou Beach provincial park for a 3rd luxury golf course in Inverness, Nova Scotia. Keiser originally got his hands on the Cabot Links land for $1. 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I beg everyone who comes across this post to PLEASE read this thread and all links attached! Please share! And PLEASE raise your voice to help stop this distraction and from get another US billionaire parasite.
Enough is enough
#westmaboubeach
#provincialpark
#crownland
#canada
#novascotia
Enough is enough
#westmaboubeach
#provincialpark
#crownland
#canada
#novascotia
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That drivers are out here running stop signs and red lights while looking at the phones they’re holding in front of their faces and this isn’t treated like a crisis, but Halifax council spent the summer debating the cost of bike lanes as though that is… it’s fucking bananas.
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
That drivers are out here running stop signs and red lights while looking at the phones they’re holding in front of their faces and this isn’t treated like a crisis, but Halifax council spent the summer debating the cost of bike lanes as though that is… it’s fucking bananas.
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Please take time to read the whole thread. It’s time we Nova Scotians stopped being such bootlickers. We need to send grifters like these packing once and for all.
U.S. billionaire financier of Cabot Links golf resort in Cape Breton is Trumpian climate denier, Mike Keiser. Now the Cabot Group wants to take West Mabou Beach provincial park for a 3rd luxury golf course in Inverness, Nova Scotia. Keiser originally got his hands on the Cabot Links land for $1. 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Please take time to read the whole thread. It’s time we Nova Scotians stopped being such bootlickers. We need to send grifters like these packing once and for all.
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Tim Houston thinks being an outrage farmer is the same as being a leader.
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Tim Houston thinks being an outrage farmer is the same as being a leader.
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Massive thanks to @joanbaxter.bsky.social for digging into this story. I had the “pleasure” of working with Cowan-Dewar briefly when he was head of NS’s tourism agency. In my opinion, a total grifter only in it for himself and his friends. Frustrating, he’s still sucking at the public teat this way.
U.S. billionaire financier of Cabot Links golf resort in Cape Breton is Trumpian climate denier, Mike Keiser. Now the Cabot Group wants to take West Mabou Beach provincial park for a 3rd luxury golf course in Inverness, Nova Scotia. Keiser originally got his hands on the Cabot Links land for $1. 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Massive thanks to @joanbaxter.bsky.social for digging into this story. I had the “pleasure” of working with Cowan-Dewar briefly when he was head of NS’s tourism agency. In my opinion, a total grifter only in it for himself and his friends. Frustrating, he’s still sucking at the public teat this way.
U.S. billionaire financier of Cabot Links golf resort in Cape Breton is Trumpian climate denier, Mike Keiser. Now the Cabot Group wants to take West Mabou Beach provincial park for a 3rd luxury golf course in Inverness, Nova Scotia. Keiser originally got his hands on the Cabot Links land for $1. 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
U.S. billionaire financier of Cabot Links golf resort in Cape Breton is Trumpian climate denier, Mike Keiser. Now the Cabot Group wants to take West Mabou Beach provincial park for a 3rd luxury golf course in Inverness, Nova Scotia. Keiser originally got his hands on the Cabot Links land for $1. 🧵