@kdodd27.bsky.social
Retired Canadian journalist. Live in Stratford, Ontario. Anti extremist. Worried about democracy, media freedom, disinformation, misinformation. Refugee from Twitter's noise and anger. Also a big baseball fan.
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If you expect Mark Carney won't take pipeline blame whether it's built or not, I have bad news for you: opposition parties aren't going to be charitable in their framing and voters aren't always charitable, or consistent, themselves.
Carney will be seen as Captain Pipeline.
Carney will be seen as Captain Pipeline.
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If you expect Mark Carney won't take pipeline blame whether it's built or not, I have bad news for you: opposition parties aren't going to be charitable in their framing and voters aren't always charitable, or consistent, themselves.
Carney will be seen as Captain Pipeline.
Carney will be seen as Captain Pipeline.
The NDP leadership candidates aren't particularly inspiring. But, the NDP might be poised for a big comeback anyway. In spite of whomever becomes leader. Many many progressive voters who voted for the Carney Liberals in April aren't likely to do so again.
NDP leadership race: dismal.
The party needs the skillset of a Mulcair/Layton. What's on offer:
- a narrow focus on "union halls" & "shop floors"
- govt price controls
- antipathy to business
- l'incapacité de parler français
- a lack of interest in productivity & research
#PND
#NDP
#cdnpoli
The party needs the skillset of a Mulcair/Layton. What's on offer:
- a narrow focus on "union halls" & "shop floors"
- govt price controls
- antipathy to business
- l'incapacité de parler français
- a lack of interest in productivity & research
#PND
#NDP
#cdnpoli
a young man is holding a cell phone in his hand and looking at it .
ALT: a young man is holding a cell phone in his hand and looking at it .
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The NDP leadership candidates aren't particularly inspiring. But, the NDP might be poised for a big comeback anyway. In spite of whomever becomes leader. Many many progressive voters who voted for the Carney Liberals in April aren't likely to do so again.
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Note that he's sitting in a chair for this presser
He looks -and sounds- frail
And he's completely incapable of filtering himself at all anymore
He looks -and sounds- frail
And he's completely incapable of filtering himself at all anymore
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Note that he's sitting in a chair for this presser
He looks -and sounds- frail
And he's completely incapable of filtering himself at all anymore
He looks -and sounds- frail
And he's completely incapable of filtering himself at all anymore
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CBC reports that coastal First Nations are rejecting the new Alberta–Ottawa pipeline deal, citing no consent, spill risks and threats to their way of life. Alberta support doesn’t replace real consultation.
Is investing in another pipeline really wise?
r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
Is investing in another pipeline really wise?
r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
CBC reports that coastal First Nations are rejecting the new Alberta–Ottawa pipeline deal, citing no consent, spill risks and threats to their way of life. Alberta support doesn’t replace real consultation.
Is investing in another pipeline really wise?
r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
Is investing in another pipeline really wise?
r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
The ripple effect of Danielle Smith spooking political novice Mark Carney.
"Team Canada? Forget about it".
"The pipeline announcement is likely to fracture that noble idea once and for all."
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #BCPoli
"The pipeline announcement is likely to fracture that noble idea once and for all."
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #BCPoli
Danielle Smith Wins Even If a Pipeline Is Never Built | The Tyee
The deal with Carney boosts the premier. But a lot of people are going to hate it.
thetyee.ca
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The ripple effect of Danielle Smith spooking political novice Mark Carney.
Carney has lost the progressives who elected him.
I am saddened to say that @mark-carney.bsky.social has betrayed Canadians by entering into a MOU with Albertan fascists to further exploit fossil fuel exports.
Carbon capture is a scam.
I voted Liberal the last election. I wont again. Carney is no better than the #cpc #cdnpoli
Carbon capture is a scam.
I voted Liberal the last election. I wont again. Carney is no better than the #cpc #cdnpoli
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Carney has lost the progressives who elected him.
Her husband is a Carney advisor.
This is like Dejavu. Ask former Minister of Environment Catherine McKenna…
“You can’t trust oil companies”
She should know.#cdnpoli #abpoli #canpoli
“You can’t trust oil companies”
She should know.#cdnpoli #abpoli #canpoli
As Carney-Smith pipeline deal looms, Catherine McKenna says oil companies can't be trusted. She would know
Justin Trudeau's first environment minister spoke with Canada's National Observer about misogyny, policy and broken promises.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Her husband is a Carney advisor.
B.C.'s coastline is a national treasure. Enjoyed, appreciated by Canadians and people from around the world. Protecting it is a National Priority.
What year is this—really? A decade after the Trans Mountain Pipeline disaster and billions in taxpayer dollars wasted, we’re walking the same tired path again. Whatever environmental concessions the Prime Minister has gotten from Alberta is a farce risking BC’s precious coastline.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
The irony is impossible to miss: Carney, the former UN Special Envoy on Climate Action, is now entertaining a pipeline expansion that runs directly counter to the urgent climate leadership he used to champion.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #pipeline
bcgreencaucus.ca/bc-green-cau...
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #pipeline
bcgreencaucus.ca/bc-green-cau...
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
B.C.'s coastline is a national treasure. Enjoyed, appreciated by Canadians and people from around the world. Protecting it is a National Priority.
I like it. Yup, the precedent now has been set.
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I like it. Yup, the precedent now has been set.
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The pipeline stuff will get the most attention, but the bottom line of the Ottawa-Alberta MOU policy-wise is that Carney is scrapping or softening most Trudeau-era climate-related regulations in favour of putting (almost) all his eggs in the industrial carbon pricing basket.
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The pipeline stuff will get the most attention, but the bottom line of the Ottawa-Alberta MOU policy-wise is that Carney is scrapping or softening most Trudeau-era climate-related regulations in favour of putting (almost) all his eggs in the industrial carbon pricing basket.
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Sediments from the bottom of a small lake in Ontario are revealing a remarkable record of our impact on the planet.
Just outside Toronto lies a significant site offering a unique, comprehensive 1,000-year record of human impacts - local, regional, and global: Crawford Lake near Milton, Ontario.
Just outside Toronto lies a significant site offering a unique, comprehensive 1,000-year record of human impacts - local, regional, and global: Crawford Lake near Milton, Ontario.
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Sediments from the bottom of a small lake in Ontario are revealing a remarkable record of our impact on the planet.
Just outside Toronto lies a significant site offering a unique, comprehensive 1,000-year record of human impacts - local, regional, and global: Crawford Lake near Milton, Ontario.
Just outside Toronto lies a significant site offering a unique, comprehensive 1,000-year record of human impacts - local, regional, and global: Crawford Lake near Milton, Ontario.
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Re: pipeline MOU between Alberta and Ottawa, B.C. Energy Minister Adrian Dix said yesterday having places like Alta and Sask discussing this without B.C. sort of like if David Eby, Wab Kinew and Doug Fort started making decisions about Alberta without Smith, and it likely wouldn’t go over well.
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Re: pipeline MOU between Alberta and Ottawa, B.C. Energy Minister Adrian Dix said yesterday having places like Alta and Sask discussing this without B.C. sort of like if David Eby, Wab Kinew and Doug Fort started making decisions about Alberta without Smith, and it likely wouldn’t go over well.
This scenario may well come to pass. Certainly far more likely than the Northern Gateway pipeline getting built. Tomorrow's "accord" could spark more discord than the unity Carney hopes.
What Smith is going to do is claim Carney promised to get the pipeline built and use it as ammunition for another Separatist referendum until Carney relents and agrees to her demands like Trudeau did when the Liberals bought TMX from Kinder Morgan.
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This scenario may well come to pass. Certainly far more likely than the Northern Gateway pipeline getting built. Tomorrow's "accord" could spark more discord than the unity Carney hopes.
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Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is a terrific, informed analysis by Charlie Angus. The puzzle of how "the smartest guy in the room" could do something so seemingly....dumb.
There is no political, economic or environmental case for even pretending to consider Northern Gateway pipeline.
Mark Carney has given a huge with to Danielle Smith while reviving the environmental conflicts of Stephen Harper.
This is a huge mistake.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Mark Carney has given a huge with to Danielle Smith while reviving the environmental conflicts of Stephen Harper.
This is a huge mistake.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Pipeline to Nowhere
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s success in his first year has been to successfully convey an image of being the “smartest guy in the room.”
substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is a terrific, informed analysis by Charlie Angus. The puzzle of how "the smartest guy in the room" could do something so seemingly....dumb.
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It would have been nice if someone asked Doug Ford to explain how he plans to order these charity audits given charities are overseen federally by Canada Revenue Agency
Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation | Globalnews.ca
Ford's warning came after members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN interrupted the legislature to protest a controversial omnibus bill that shortens some eviction timelines.
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It would have been nice if someone asked Doug Ford to explain how he plans to order these charity audits given charities are overseen federally by Canada Revenue Agency
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It really has been interesting the last while to see Doug Ford's outbursts. The true Ford. From "get a job" to "audit orgs that might support left wing causes". The authoritarian belligerent bully that had no staff to muzzle him in City Hall days is still there. Does Ontario see? Do they care?
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It really has been interesting the last while to see Doug Ford's outbursts. The true Ford. From "get a job" to "audit orgs that might support left wing causes". The authoritarian belligerent bully that had no staff to muzzle him in City Hall days is still there. Does Ontario see? Do they care?
There is a sense here of "why are they even doing this?"
Tell me there is more to this! One of my biggest complaints with Government is their lack of information sharing. I wrote to the PM's office today on this. I, for one, do not approve of this pipeline.
We all need to exercise our democratic right to tell the PMO how we feel about this!! www.pm.gc.ca
We all need to exercise our democratic right to tell the PMO how we feel about this!! www.pm.gc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
There is a sense here of "why are they even doing this?"
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Would be more believable if BC weren't so mad about it. globalnews.ca/news/1154194...
It’s unacceptable B.C. has been cut out of pipeline talks, Premier Eby tells Mark Carney | Globalnews.ca
For a project he says 'doesn't actually exist,' there was a lot British Columbia Premier David Eby had to say about a potential pipeline from Alberta to B.C.'s northern coast.
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Would be more believable if BC weren't so mad about it. globalnews.ca/news/1154194...
This is a good analysis. What Carney, Sabia + Hodgson are doing-with little apparent input from others-is saying Alberfa matters, B.C. + indigenous peoples are afterthought. Yes, Liberals will lose much much support in B.C. with not much pickup in Alberta.
The result of the current path could well be a project tied up for years with court battles and beset by protests, and a decline in Liberal fortunes in BC and no offsetting gains in Alberta.
Meanwhile other states will continue moving towards a low carbon future. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Meanwhile other states will continue moving towards a low carbon future. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is a good analysis. What Carney, Sabia + Hodgson are doing-with little apparent input from others-is saying Alberfa matters, B.C. + indigenous peoples are afterthought. Yes, Liberals will lose much much support in B.C. with not much pickup in Alberta.
Yup. It is like we're trapped.
Ford has raised voter suppression to an art.
Capture the major media outlets;
Stick to talking points;
Defund opposition parties;
Deregulate campaign donations;
Dead of winter 4-week election campaign
Resulting in under 50% voter turnout. He wins a big majority with only 18% of total electorate 🤦🏻♀️
Capture the major media outlets;
Stick to talking points;
Defund opposition parties;
Deregulate campaign donations;
Dead of winter 4-week election campaign
Resulting in under 50% voter turnout. He wins a big majority with only 18% of total electorate 🤦🏻♀️
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Yup. It is like we're trapped.
The police don't seem to be in much hurry to investigate the corruptions in Doug Ford's Ontario do they? I wonder why?
#Ontario where we know #DougFordIsCorrupt & wish the RCMP would share their findings- it’s been 2 years.
How’s that for transparency? He ran on transparency but it has been in short supply from the Ford government. Deals behind closed doors, refusal to reveal cost of finally canceling Starlink, etc. The list goes on.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The police don't seem to be in much hurry to investigate the corruptions in Doug Ford's Ontario do they? I wonder why?
He just got elected for the third time. With a 4th likely in the bag with the opposition in disarray. Awful. But true.
If only Dougie boy would pony up the necessary cash to transition the Ontario auto industry into the future, Carney could score a significant trade deal with China. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Doug Ford is dragging down the rest of Canada. Time to cut him loose Ontario.
ANALYSIS | 3 ways Canada and China can reset their relations in Trump's new trade world | CBC News
As Canada starts to diversify its ties with other countries amidst an increasingly unpredictable and unreliable relationship with the U.S., its pivot toward China, in particular, will need to be strat...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
He just got elected for the third time. With a 4th likely in the bag with the opposition in disarray. Awful. But true.
Except only 42-44 % votes. So he keeps getting in. His only real opposition the Liberals are in disarray. Again. Ford can do what he wants. And, he is. It is ugly, despotic, short sighted, disastrous. But Ontarians only have themselves to blame. Ford been allowed to game the system.
Ford really seems to be on a new corruption wave recently. A whole clot of ugly events, and more abrasive than usual.
We can't get this guy out of power fast enough. Ontario has grown more depressing by the day under his lousy, corrupt aegis.
We can't get this guy out of power fast enough. Ontario has grown more depressing by the day under his lousy, corrupt aegis.
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Except only 42-44 % votes. So he keeps getting in. His only real opposition the Liberals are in disarray. Again. Ford can do what he wants. And, he is. It is ugly, despotic, short sighted, disastrous. But Ontarians only have themselves to blame. Ford been allowed to game the system.